Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1902

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Table 1. Population of the Borough in Wards obtained at the Census, April, 1901. Also the population estimated at the middle of the years 1901 and 1902.

Ward.	Population at Census, April, 1901	Estimated population middle of 1801.	Estimated population middle of 1902,

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Table 2. Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901 and 1902.

Divisions.	Population at Census, April, 1901.	Estimated population middle of 1901.	Estimated population middle of 1902.

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Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901 and 1902.

Division.	Toal Number of Births. 1901.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons. 1901.	Total Number of Births. 1902.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons. 1902.

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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Age Periods.—Of the 1818 corrected total deaths occurring in the Borough :

		Age.

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Table 4. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901 and 1902.

Localities.	Total Number of Deaths. 1901.	Death Rate per 1,000 of thepopulation. 1901.	Total Number of Deaths. 1902.	Death Rate per 1,000 of thepopulation 1902.

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Table 5. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1902.

Localitses.	First Quarter.			Second Quarter.			Third Quarter.			Fourth Quarter.			Whole Year.
Localitses.	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total

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Table 6. Corrected Death Rates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, am the Whole Borough, for the four Quarters of the Year 1902

Localities.	First Quarter.	Second Quarter.	Third Quarter.	Fourth Quarter.	Whole Year.

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* Table 7. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 190'2.

Disease Classes.	Lee Division.					Lewisham Division.					Sydenham and Forest Hill Division					Whole Borough
Disease Classes.	1St Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year.	1St Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year	1St Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year	1St Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year

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*Table 8. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Ten Wards of the Borough for the Year 1902.

Disease Class	Wards										Deaths Whole Borough 1902	Percentage to Total Deaths
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Church	Manor	South	Blackheath	Lewisham Village	Lewisham Park	Brockley	Catford	Forest Hill	Sydenham

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Table 9. Showing death rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1902, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

Boroughs	Per 1000 Persons Living.											Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered
	Deaths from
	All Causes	Principal Epidemic Diseases	Small-pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping.cough	Enteric Fever	Pyrexia* (Origin uncertain)	Diarrhœa	Phthisis

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Table 10. Death rates in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases during the year 1902 before Distribution, and after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

Boroughs.	Death-rates per 1000 Living.
	All Causes.		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Phthisis
	Before Distribution.	After Distribution	Before Distribution	After Distribution	Before Distribution	After Distribution	Before Distribution	After Distribution

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* TABLE 11. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough for the year 1902.

Causes of Death.		Deaths Whole Borough									Borough Divisions
Causes of Death.		Under 1 year	1 and under 5 years	5 and under 15 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under 65 years	65 years and over	Total all Ages	Deaths of Residents outside Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in Borough	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill	Public Institutions in Borough
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE 11 —continued.

Causes of Death		Deaths Whole Borough									Borough Divisions
Causes of Death		Under 1 year	1 and under 5 years	3 and under 15 years	18 and under 23 years	23 and under 63 years	63 years and over	Total all Ages	Deaths of Residents outside Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in Borough	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill	Public Institutions in Borough
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Table 12. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.

Institution.	Deaths of Residents.	Deaths of Non-Residents.	Total

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Table 13. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1902.

Localities	Small Pox	Measle	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Enteric Fever	Epidemic Diarrhoea	Totals	Death Kates Principal Zymotic Diseases.

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Table 14. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis, ana Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1902.

Disease.	Lee Division.	Lewisham Division.	Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.	Whole Borough	County of London.	76 Great Towns.

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Table 15. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1902.

Ages.	Small Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.	Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis	Totals in Age Groups.

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Table 16. Number of Notifications of Infectious Disease in Divisions of and, for the whole Borough during the four Quarters of the Year 1902.

Disease.	Lee Division.					Lewisham Division.					Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.					Whole Borough.
	Quarters.				Whole Year.	Quarters.				Whole Year.	Quarters.				Whole Year.	Quarters.				Whole Year.
	1st.	2nd	1 3rd	4th	Whole Year.	1 st	2nd	3rd	4th	Whole Year.	I st	2nd	3 rd	4th	Whole Year.	I st	2nd	3rd	4th	Whole Year.

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TABLE 17. Notifications of Infections Disease in Wards and whole Borough during the year 1902.

Disease.	WARDS.										Whole Borough
Disease.	Church	Manor	South	Blackheath	Lewisham Village	Lewisham Park	Brockley	Catford	Forest Hill	Sydenham	Whole Borough

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TABLE 18. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the Whole Borough for the year 1902.

Disease.	WARDS.										Whole Borough
Disease.	Church	Manor	South	Blackheath	Lewisham Village	Lewisham Park	Brockley	Catford	Forest Hill	Sydenham	Whole Borough

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Table 19. Number of Notifications of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London during the year 1902.

Borough	Small Pox.		Scarlet Fever.		Diphtheria.
Borough	No.	Attack Rate.	No.	Attack Rate.	No.	Attack Rate.

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Table 20. Showing Cases of Infectious Diseases notified at various age groups in the Borough and its Divisions during the Year 1902.

Disease.	Notifications and Ages in Whole Borough.						Lee Division.		Lewisham Division.		Sydenham & Forest Hill Division.		Totals Borough.
Disease.	Under 1 Year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upward.	Total Notified.	Removed to Hospital.	Total Notified.	Removed to Hospital.	Total Notified.	Removed to Hospital.	Notified at all Ages.	Removed to Hospital.

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Table 21. Showing Cases of mistaken Diagnosis of Cases of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria admitted to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals during the years 1899, 1900, and 1901.

Parish or Union.	No. of Cases Admitted.			Percentage of Mistakes to Total Cases.
Parish or Union.	1899.	1900.	1901.	1899.	1900.	1901.

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Street List showing the incidence of certain infectious disease notifications, also deaths from Phthisis.

LEE DIVISION	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric		Erysipelas		Phthisis
LEE DIVISION	No. of Cases	Houses Affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	I louses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small–pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected.

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small	-pox	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected J	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small-pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric		Erysipelas		Phthsis
	No. of Cases.	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases.	Houses affected	No. ot Cases	Houses affected	No. ot Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Small Pox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric		Erysipelas		Phthsis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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Table 22. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK For the year ended 31st December, 1902.

Description or Work	Lewisham Division				Sydenham and Forest Hill Division			Lee Dive	Work-shops	House to House	Total for Whole Boro.
Description or Work	Mr. J. P. Charlesworth	Mr. J. A. K. Cooper*	Mr. R. J. Davis*	Total	Mr. E. T. Pidwell	Mr. B. A. Knappett	Total	Mr. R. White	Mr. J. Daltry	Mr. A. H. Gray	Total for Whole Boro.

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Showing Articles submitted for Analysis, with Results, for the year ended December 31st, 1902.

Article.	No. of Samples.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Table B. Summary of Samples Analysed in the Borough in each Year, 1898 to 1902 ( inclusive).

Year	No. of Samples			Genuine	Adulterated	Percentage Adulterated	No. of Prosecutions	Amount of Fines and Costs imposed

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Table C. Showing results of total samples submitted during the year ended December 31 st, 1902.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Table D.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Table E. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk Jor the year ended December 31 st , 1902.

No.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1902.

	Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.		Average Composition of genuine samples submitted.		Board of Agriculture Standard.
	Percentage of Milk fat.	Percentage of Solids not fat.	Percentage of Milk fat.	Percentage of Solids not fat.	Percentage of Milk fat.	Percentage of Solids not fat.

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Table G. Showing number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the year 1902.

Quarter.	No. of Sample.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Table H. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31 st , 1902.

No.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Coffee, Spirits, &c., for the year ended December 31st, 1902.

No.	Article.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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TABLE A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901 and 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.				Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
Number.	Rate.*	Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages.		Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
		Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages.		Number.	Rate.*
		Number.	Rate per 1000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*	Number.	Rate.*

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TABLE B. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901 and 1902. LOCAL, GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Names of Localities.	LEE.				LEWISHAM.				SYDENHAM & FOREST HILL.				WHOLE BOROUGH.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of eaeh Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.

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Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Notifiable Disease	Cases notified in whole district.							Total Casks Notified in each Locality at all Ages.			No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
	At all Ages	At Ages—Years.						Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.	Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.
	At all Ages	Under 1	1 to 5.	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 and upwards	Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.	Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.

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Table D. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Causes of Death.		Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages).			Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
Causes of Death.		All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Lee Division.	Lewisham Division.	Sydenham & Forest Hill Division.	Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

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Table 1. Population of the Borough in Wards obtained at the Census, April, 1901. Also the population estimated at the middle of the years 1901 and 1902.

Table 2. Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901 and 1902.

Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901 and 1902.

ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Age Periods.—Of the 1818 corrected total deaths occurring in the Borough :

Table 4. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901 and 1902.

Table 5. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1902.

Table 6. Corrected Death Rates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, am the Whole Borough, for the four Quarters of the Year 1902

* Table 7. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 190'2.

*Table 8. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Ten Wards of the Borough for the Year 1902.

Table 9. Showing death rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1902, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

Table 10. Death rates in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases during the year 1902 before Distribution, and after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

* TABLE 11. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough for the year 1902.

TABLE 11 —continued.

Table 12. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.

Table 13. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1902.

Table 14. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis, ana Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1902.

Table 15. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1902.

Table 16. Number of Notifications of Infectious Disease in Divisions of and, for the whole Borough during the four Quarters of the Year 1902.

TABLE 17. Notifications of Infections Disease in Wards and whole Borough during the year 1902.

TABLE 18. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the Whole Borough for the year 1902.

Table 19. Number of Notifications of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever, and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London during the year 1902.

Table 20. Showing Cases of Infectious Diseases notified at various age groups in the Borough and its Divisions during the Year 1902.

Table 21. Showing Cases of mistaken Diagnosis of Cases of Small Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria admitted to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals during the years 1899, 1900, and 1901.

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Table 22. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK For the year ended 31st December, 1902.

Showing Articles submitted for Analysis, with Results, for the year ended December 31st, 1902.

Table B. Summary of Samples Analysed in the Borough in each Year, 1898 to 1902 ( inclusive).

Table C. Showing results of total samples submitted during the year ended December 31 st, 1902.

Table D.

Table E. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk Jor the year ended December 31 st , 1902.

Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1902.

Table G. Showing number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the year 1902.

Table H. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31 st , 1902.

Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Coffee, Spirits, &amp;c., for the year ended December 31st, 1902.

TABLE A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901 and 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

TABLE B. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901 and 1902. LOCAL, GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Table D. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1902. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOARD.

Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Coffee, Spirits, &c., for the year ended December 31st, 1902.