Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909

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The following epitome shows interesting comparisons with previous years and the average for seven years:—

Borough of Lewisham.	Year.							Average for seven years. 1902-8.	Year.
Borough of Lewisham.	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	Average for seven years. 1902-8.	1909

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Table 1. Showing the Population of the Borough, in Wards, obtained at the Census, April, 1901; also the Estimated Population for the years 1905-1909.

Ward.	Enumerated Population Census, April 1st, 1901.	Population Estimated to June 30th, 1905.	Population Estimated to June 30th, 1906.	Population Estimated to June 30th, 1907.	Population Estimated to June 30th, 1908.	Population Estimated to June 30th, 1909.

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Table 2. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1902 -1909.

Division.	1902.		1903.		I904.		1905.		I906.		1907.		1908.		1909.
Division.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.

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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Table 3. Number of Deaths at Various Age Periods and their Percentage to Corrected Total Deaths during the years 1902-1909

Age Period.	1902		1903		1904		1905		1906		1907		1908		1909
Age Period.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.

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Table 4. Corrected Death Totals and Death Bates for the years 1902-1909.

Locality.	1902.		1903.		1904.		1903.		1906.		1907.		1908.		1909
Locality.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 of the population	Total N umber of Deaths.	Deathrateper 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rateper 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rateper 1,000 of the population	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rateper 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rate per 1000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rateper 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 of the population.

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Table 5. Percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions for the years 1902 -1909.

District.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909.
	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.	per cent.

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Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1903-1909.

Disease.	1903.		1904.		1905.		1906.		1907.		1908.		1909.
Disease.	Number of 1 Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths un^er 1 year	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.

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Table 7.

Ward.	Common Infectious Diseases.	Diarrhœa Diseases.	Wasting Diseases.	Tubercular Diseases.	Respiratory Diseases.	Other Diseases.	Total Infant Deaths.	Death rate per 1000 of the Population.

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Table 8. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1909.

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

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Table 9 Corrected Death Bates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, and the Whole Borough, for the four quarters of the Year 1909.

Localities.	First Quarter.	Second Quarter.	Third Quarter.	Fourth Quarter	1909.

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Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1909.

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 11. Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the Wards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1909.

Disease Class	Wards and Divisions.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Church	Manor	South	Lee	Blackheath	Lewisham Village	Lewisham Park	Brockley	Catford	Lewisham	Forest Hill	Sydenham	Sydenham and Forest Hiil	Whole Borough

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Table 12. Birth and Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1909, after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

Boroughs	Per 1000 Persons Living.
	Births.	Deaths from												Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Biiths
	Births.	All Causes	Principal Epidemic Diseases	Small-Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping-Cough	Typhus	Enteric Fever	Pyrcxia† (Origin uncertain)	Diarrhœa	Phthisis	Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Biiths

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*Table 13. Death-rates during 1909 in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution, (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.

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

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Table 14. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1909.

Causes ok Death.		Deaths Whole Borough							Borough Divisions			Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outside the Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough
		Under 1 year	1 and under 8 years	5 and under 19 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under 65 years	65 years and over	Total all Ages	Lee	I Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest 1 Hill

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Table 14 continued.

Causes of Death		Deaths Whole Borough							Borough Divisions			Deaths in Public Institutionsin Borough	Deaths of Residents outsideBorough	Deaths of Non-residents inBorough
		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	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill

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Table 15. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.

Institution.		Deaths of Residents.	Deaths of NonResidents.	Total.

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Table 16. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1909.

Localities	Small-Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Typhus Fever	Enteric Fever	Pyrexia *(origin uncertain)	Epidemic Diarrhoea& Epidemic Enteritis	Dysentery	Totals	Death Hates from Principal Zymotic Diseases.

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Table 17. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis, and Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1909.

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

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Table 18. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1909.

Ages.	Small-Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.	Epidemi Diarrhœa and Enteritis.	Dysentry.	Totals in Age Groups.

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Table 19. Meteriological Table for London for the Year 1909. (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

1907. Month.	Barometer.	AIR TEMPERATURE						Bright Sunshine.		Rain and other forms of Precipitation
	Mean pressure at 32w F. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L )	Mean of		Absolute Minimum & Maximum.				Total observed	Percent. of possible.	Total Fall.	Most in a day.
		Minimum A	Maximum B	Minimum.	Day of Month	Maximum.	Day of Month.	Total observed	Percent. of possible.	Total Fall.	Amount	Day of Month

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The following figures show the percentage of cases occurring among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—

Age.	Scarlet Fever.			Diphtheria.
Age.	1907.	1908.	1909.	1907.	1908.	1909.

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Table 20. Age Periods of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year 1909.

Age Periods.	Scarlet Fever.		Diphtheria
	Number, of Cases.	Percentage to Total Cases	Number of Cases.	Percentage to Total Cases.

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Table 21. Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Ten Wards and the Whole Borough during the Year 1909.

Wards.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever	Erysipelas.	Puerperal Fever.	Continued Fever.	Total.

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Table 22. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1,000 of the population for the ten Wards, and the whole Borough in the years 1906.1909.

Wards.	Diseases
	Scarlet Fever				Diphtheria				Enteric Fever				Erysipelas				Total
	1906	1907	1908	1909	1906	1907	1908	1909	1906	1907	1908	1909	1906	1907	1908	1909	1906	1907	1908	1909

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Table 23. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small.Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the Years 1906-1909.

Borough.	Small-Pox.				Scarlet Fever.				Diphtheria.				All Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Borough.	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909.

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The details of the examinations were as follows:—

		1905.	1906.	1907.	1908.	1909.

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Table 24. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance with Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act , 1891, during the years 1903 -1909.

Ward.	Number of Water Certificates Granted.
Ward.	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909

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Table 25. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts during 1909.

Name of Street.	Applications.		Certificates		Date.
Name of Street.	Number of Houses.	Number of Dwellings.	Granted.	Refused.	Date.

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Table 26. Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces. (1)

Premises,	Inspections		Notices served.		Proceedings

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Table 27. HOME WORK. (3).

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.												Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
NATURE OF WORK.*	Lists received from Employers.						Addresses of Outworkers.		N otices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.		Instances	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances	Orders made, Sec. 110.	Prosecutions. Sections 109, 110.
	Twice in the year.				Once in the year		Received from other Councils.	Forwarded t"1 other Councils.		Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.
	Outworkers.†			Lists.	Outworkers.†
	Lists. †	Contractors.	Work-	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen

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Table 28. Workshops (sec. 131) and Workplaces and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1909.

Class of Work		Number of Rooms.	Number of Workers Allowed.			Number of Workers Found.			Part Time and Domestic. Workplaces.
	No.		Day	Artificial Light	Overtime.	Men.	Women.	Young Persons	Number.	No of Rooms.
			Day	Artificial Light	Overtime.	Men.	Women.	Young Persons	Number.	No of Rooms.

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The following is a summary of the work done:— Factory and Workshop Act.—

Miss Jones.		Miss Stevens.	Total.

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Table 29. ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.

Premises.	Number of Places.				No. of Inspections 1909	No. of Notices 1909.	No. of Prosecutions 1909.
	On Register at end of 1908.	Added in 1909.	Removed in 1909.	On Register at end of 1909

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Table 30. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK. (Male Inspectors ) For the year ended 31st December, 1909.

Lewisham Division.			Sydenham and Forest Hill Division.		Lee Division	Work-shops	House to House
Description OF Woks	Mr. J. A. K. Cooper	Mr. H. King	Mr. E. T Pidwell	Mr. B. A. Knappett	Mr. R. White	Mr. J. Daltry	Mr. A. H. Gray	Total for Whole Boro.

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Table A. Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 31st, 1909. (a) Samples taken officially and in accordance with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Article.	Total.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Continued from previous page...

Year.	No. of Samples *(not including Test Samples).			Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.	No. of Prosecutions.	Fines and Costs imposed.

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Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the Years 1905-1909.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.*					No. Adulterated.					Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909

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Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the Years 1905-1909.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.*					No. Adulterated.					Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909

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Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1909.

Period.	Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.		Average Composition of genuine samples.		Board of Agriculture Standard.
Period.	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 F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted during the Years 1902-1909.

Period.	Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.		Average Composition of genuine samples.		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 H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1905-1909.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.*					No. Adulterated.					Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909

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Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1905-1909.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.*					No. Adulterated.					Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909

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Table J. Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the rear ended December 31 st, 1909.

No.	Article.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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Table I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901-1909.

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

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Table II. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901 -1909.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under I 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 I Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under I year.\|

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Table III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1909.

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

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Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1909.

							Deaths in or
Deaths in or be lo nqing to whole							belonging
District at subjoined Ages.							to Localities
							(at all Ages).
All Ages	Under I year.	I 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.

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Table V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.		[Under I Week.	1-2 Weeks	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under I Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year .

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The following epitome shows interesting comparisons with previous years and the average for seven years:—

Table 1. Showing the Population of the Borough, in Wards, obtained at the Census, April, 1901; also the Estimated Population for the years 1905-1909.

Table 2. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1902 -1909.

ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Table 3. Number of Deaths at Various Age Periods and their Percentage to Corrected Total Deaths during the years 1902-1909

Table 4. Corrected Death Totals and Death Bates for the years 1902-1909.

Table 5. Percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions for the years 1902 -1909.

Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1903-1909.

Table 7.

Table 8. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1909.

Table 9 Corrected Death Bates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, and the Whole Borough, for the four quarters of the Year 1909.

Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1909.

Table 11. Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the Wards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1909.

Table 12. Birth and Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1909, after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

*Table 13. Death-rates during 1909 in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution, (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.

Table 14. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham for the year 1909.

Table 14 continued.

Table 15. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.

Table 16. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1909.

Table 17. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis, and Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1909.

Table 18. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1909.

Table 19. Meteriological Table for London for the Year 1909. (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

The following figures show the percentage of cases occurring among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—

Table 20. Age Periods of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year 1909.

Table 21. Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Ten Wards and the Whole Borough during the Year 1909.

Table 22. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1,000 of the population for the ten Wards, and the whole Borough in the years 1906.1909.

Table 23. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small.Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the Years 1906-1909.

The details of the examinations were as follows:—

Table 24. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance with Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act , 1891, during the years 1903 -1909.

Table 25. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts during 1909.

Table 26. Inspection of Factories, Workshops &amp; Workplaces. (1)

Table 27. HOME WORK. (3).

Table 28. Workshops (sec. 131) and Workplaces and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1909.

The following is a summary of the work done:— Factory and Workshop Act.—

Table 29. ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.

Table 30. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK. (Male Inspectors ) For the year ended 31st December, 1909.

Table A. Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 31st, 1909. (a) Samples taken officially and in accordance with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Continued from previous page...

Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the Years 1905-1909.

Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the Years 1905-1909.

Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1909.

Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted during the Years 1902-1909.

Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1905-1909.

Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1905-1909.

Table J. Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the rear ended December 31 st, 1909.

Table I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901-1909.

Table II. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901 -1909.

Table III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1909.

Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1909.

Table V. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1909. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Table 26. Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces. (1)