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Fulham 1913

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913

Published
1914
Author
Jackson, J. Charles.
Pages
120
Tables
95

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    TABLE I.
    Year.Population.Increase per cent, during previous intercensal period.Persons to the Acre.Rateable Value.
    £
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    TABLE II. Showing the number of tenements in 1911 and the population of the wards in 1901 and 1911.
    Ward.Dwellings or Tenements.Population, 1911.Population, 1901.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE III. Ages of persons (male and female), in Fulham, 1911.
    Age Period.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE IV. Proportion of the population at different ages in Fulhan in 1891, 1901 and 1911. (All ages taken as 1,000).
    Age Period.1891.1901.1911.
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    TABLE V.
    1901.1911
    Total.Total Cols. 4-11.Buildings used as Dwellings.Buildings not used as Dwellings.
    1234567891011121314
    Ordinary dwellings.Blocks of Flats.Shops.Hotels and Public-houses.Offices, Warehouses, Workshops and Factories.Institutions.Others.Vessels. Sheds.Separate Flats included in Col. 5.Kind of Building.Number.
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    TABLE VI.
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    TABLE VII. Number of Tenements with less than 5 rooms.
    Number of Rooms in Tenements.1891.1901.1911.Percentage Increase between 1901 & 1911.
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    TABLE VIII. Number of Persons living in Tenements of less than 5 rooms in 1891, 1901 and 1911.
    Number of Persons per Room.1911.1901.1891.
    Total Persons.Percentage of Total Population.Total Persons.Percentage of Total Population.Total Persons.Percentage of Total Population.
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    wards in which the mothers resided, and the inclusion of those occurring in outside Maternity Institutions:— TABLE VIIIA. Births in 1913.
    Ward.Males.Females.Total Births.Birth-rate.
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    TABLE IX. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1913 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
    Year.Population Estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.†Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.Number. *Rate.of Non- Residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.RateNumber. *Rate per 1 000 Nett Births.Number. *Rate
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    TABLE X. Mortality in 1913.
    Area.Annual Rate per 1000 living.
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    TABLE XI. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1913.
    Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District (a).Total Deaths whether of ''Residents" or "NonResidents" in Institutions in the District (b)Nett Deaths at all ages of "Residents" in the Wards of the Borough whether occurring in or beyond the Wards.
    Causes of DeathAll AgesUnder 1 Year1 and under 2 years2 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years24 and under 46 years45 and under 65 years65 and upwardsBarons Court WardLillie WardWalham WardMargravine WardMunster WardHurlingham WardSands End WardTown Ward
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    Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year was as under:—
    Deaths.Death Rate.
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    Death-rate per 1,000 persons in each Ward.
    Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.
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    TABLE XIII. Infant Mortality in 1913.
    Area.Deaths under one year per 1,000 births.
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    TABLE XIV. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1913.
    Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.Nett Deaths under One Year of residents in the Wards of the Borough whether occurring in or beyond the Wards.Deaths under One Year in previous years.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks2—3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—3 Months.3—6 Months.6—9 Months.9—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1912.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1911.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1910.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1909.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1908.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1907.Total Deaths under 1 year, 1906.
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    TABLE XV. Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births.
    Ward.1903190419051906190719081909191019111912Average Ten Years 1902-19121913
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    TABLE XVI. Death-rates of Infants under one year of age from certain groups of diseases.
    Diseases.Deaths per 1,000 births.
    1913.Average of 5 years 1908-12.
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    TABLE XVII. Attendances of Infants at the Fulham School for Mothers.
    19091910191119121913
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    TABLE XVIII. Deaths at certain age periods.
    Age Period.Number of Deaths.Percentage of Total Deaths.Death-rate per 1000 of population living at age period.
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    TABLE XIX. Deaths from the seven principal Epidemic Diseases.
    1903.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.Mean number of Deaths 1903—1912.
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    TABLE XX. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the Medical Officer of Health.
    189018911892189318941895189618971898189919001901190219031904190519061907190819091910191 119121913
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    TABLE XXI. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1913.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough.Total cases removed to Hospital.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE XXII. Supplemental Return for 1912 for the Borough of Fulham.
    No. of Births Registered from Jan. 1st, 1912. to Dec. 31st, 1912.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898.Removed to Districts in which Vaccina-tion Officer has been notified.Removed to places unknown.Outstanding.
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    TABLE XXIII. Return of the Vaccination for the period from January to June, 1913, for the Borough of Fulham.
    No. of Births Registered from Jan. 1st, 1913, to June 30th, 1913.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898.Removed to Districts in which Vaccina-tion Officer has been notified.Removed to places unknown.Outstanding.
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    The returns for the four quarters were:—
    Cases.Deaths.
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    The cases occurred in 560 houses as under:—
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    TABLE XXIV. Number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified per 10,000 of the population.
    1903190419051906190719081909191019111912Mean of 10 years 1903-121913
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    The cases of diphtheria notified in the four quarters of the year were as under:—
    Cases.Deaths.
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    TABLE XXV. Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 10,000 of the population.
    1903190419051906190719081909191019111912Mean of 10 years 1903-12.1913
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    TABLE XXVI. PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of notifications during the period from 1st February, 1913, to the end of the week ending on the 3rd January, 1914.
    Age peiiods.Number of Notifications on Form A.Number of Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Primary Notifications.Total Notifications (i.e. including cases previously notified by others doctors.Primary Notifications.Total Notifications (i.e. including cases previously notified by other doctors.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 5665 and upwardsTotal.Under 5.5 to 1010 to 15Total.
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    The distribution of the deaths was as under:—
    Males.Females.
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    TABLE XXVII. Deaths per 1,000 of the population of each Ward from Phthisis and other Tuberculous Diseases.
    Death-rate from Phthisis.Death-rate from other Tuberculous Diseases.Death-rate from all Tuberculous Diseases.
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    TABLE I (A). Statistics for the year 1913.
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    TABLE II (A). Sex and Age of Patients.
    Under 5101525354545 and overAll Ages
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    TABLE III (A). Diagnosis of Male and Female Patients.
    Number of Patients.Pulmonary TuberculosisOther Forms.SuspectsNon-Tubercular.Percentage Tuberculous
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    TABLE IV (A). Diagnosis at various Age Periods.
    Age.Pulmonary TuberculosisOther Forms.SuspectsNon-TuberculousPercentage Tuberculous
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    TABLE V (A). Source of Infections. The following table shows the number of cases in which there was a history of exposure to infection.
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other forms of Tuberculosis.
    Exposure to infection from another member of the family.Probably infected in some other way.No history of exposure to infection.Exposure to infection from another member of the same family.Probably infected in some other way.No history of exposure to infection.
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    TABLE VI (A). Housing Conditions.
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    TABLE VII (A). The following table gives the number of rooms occupied by tuberculous patients, together with the number of persons living with them.
    No. of Patients occupying one room.No. of Persons occupying 2 roomsNo. of Patients occupying 3 rooms.No. of Patients occupying 4 rooms.No. of Patients occupying 5 rooms.No. of Patients occupying 6or more rooms
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    TABLE VIII (A). Sleeping A ccommodation.
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    The deaths from measles in the four quarters of the year were:—
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    Whooping Cough.
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    DiarrhŒa. The deaths from diarrhœa and enteritis in the four quarters of the year were:—
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    Other diseases caused the following deaths:—
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    The deaths of Fulham residents in public institutions and elsewhere outside the borough numbered 407, and occurred in the following institutions:—
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    Of the deaths registered 855 or 42.2 per cent. took place either in Poor Law institutions, in hospitals, or in public lunatic asylums, the percentages in the various classes of institutions being as under:—
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    The following articles were disinfected at the Council's Disinfecting Station, Townmead Road, during the year.
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    The following rooms were disinfected and cleansed:—
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    Material from cases of suspected diphtheria:—
    Number of Specimens.
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    Public Mortuary. 149 bodies were removed to the mortuary during the year and were admitted as follows:—
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    Slaughterhouses.
    Premises.Licensee.
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    The undermentioned samples were purchased for analysis in 1913:—
    Article.Number of Samples taken Officially.Number Adulterated.Number of Samples taken Unofficially.Number Adulterated.Total Samples.Total Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
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    In the preceding ten years the samples purchased for analysis were as under:—
    Number of Samples.Samples Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
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    The average composition of the samples purchased as new milk in each of the four quarters was as under:—
    Period.Number of Samples.Solids other than Fat.Fat.Water.
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    1. Milk and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream.
    Articles.(a) Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative.(b) N umber in which a preservative was found to be present.
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    Nature of preservative in each case in column (b) and action taken under the Regulations in regard to it.
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    Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were instituted in the following cases:—
    Defendant.Offence.Result.Penalty.Costs.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors, or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.m. Inspector.
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    3.— Home Work.
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    4. — Registered Workshops
    Class.Number.
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    5.—Other Matters.
    Class.Number.
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    Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909, The number of dwelling-houses inspected under and for the purposes of Section 17 of the above Act was as under:
    Number of houses inspected.Number of houses unfit for habitation.Number of representations.Number of Closing Orders.Number of houses in which defects were remedied without Closing Orders.Number of houses in which defects were remedied after Closing Orders.Number of houses demolished.Number of houses in which repairs were not completed on Dec. 31st, 1912.
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    The following summary has been prepared at the request of the Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council:—
    PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES.Number of Inspections, 1913.Number of Notices 1913.Number of Prosecutions, 1913.
    On register at end of 1912.Added in 1913.Removed in 1913.On register at end of 1913,
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    APPENDIX I. TABLE A. DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR 1913. (Exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Public Institutions without the Borough.
    Ages.
    Diseases.0-1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.Total under 5.5-10.10-15.15-25.25-35.35-45.45-55.55-65.65-75.Over 75.Males.Females.Total All Ages.
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    Ages.
    Diseases.0-1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.Total Under 5.5-10.10-15.15-25.25-35.35-45.45-55.55-65.65-75.Over 75.Males.FemalesTotal All Ages.
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    Ages.
    Diseases.0-1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.Total under 5.5-10.10-15.15-25.25-35.35-45.45-55.55-65.65-75.Over 75.Males.Females.Total All Ages.
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    Ages.
    Diseases.0-1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.Total under 5.5-10.10-15.15-25.25-35.35-45.45-55.55-65.65-75.Over 75.Males.Females.Total All Ages.
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    Ages.
    Diseases.0-1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.Total under 5.5-10.10-15.15-25.25-35.35-45.45-55.55-65.65-75.Over 75.Males.Females.Total All Ages.
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    TABLE B. Showing the localities in which the cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths from Measles, Diarrhœa and Phthisis occurred during the year. (The figures in brackets denote the number of houses in which the cases occurred. The asterisks denote the fatal cases of Notifiable Diseases.)
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 yearsDeaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. Under 2 years.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    TABLE C. Giving the Meterological Conditions of the 53 Weeks ended January 3rd, 1914, together with the number of Deaths from certain Diseases and at certain Ages.
    Week endingMean Temperature.Highest Temperature.Lowest Temperature.Mean Temperature of the earth 3ft. 2in. below the surface.Mean Height of the Barometer.Rainfall in inches.Sunshine in hours.Prevailing Wind.Total Deaths.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths over 60.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diarrhœa & Enteritis, under 2 years.
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    Week EndingMean Temperature.Highest Temperature.Lowest Temperature.Mean Temperature of the earth 3ft. 2in. below the surface.Mean Height of the Barometer.Rainfall in inches.Sunshine in hours.Prevailing Wind.Total Deaths.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths over 60.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Epidemic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diarrhœa & Enteritis, under 2 years.
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    TABLE D. Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the Year 1913.
    Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population in the middle of 1913.Notified Cases of Infectious Disease.
    Small-pox.Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Typhus fever.Enteric fever.Other continned fevers.Puerperal fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-spinal meningitis.Poliomyelitis.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.
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    TABLE E. OCCUPATIONS OF MALES AND FEMALES AGED 10 YEARS AND UPWARDS, 1911.
    Males.Occupied and Unoccupied.Females.
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    OCCUPATIONS AT AGES 10 YEARS AND UPWARDS.
    Males.Females.
    Unmarried.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    Males.Females.
    Unmarried.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    Males.Females.
    Unmarried.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    Males.Females.
    Unmarried.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    Males.Females.
    Un-married.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    MalesFemales.
    Un-married.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    Males.Females.
    Un-married.Married.WidowedTotal Females.
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    TABLE 1. Classification of the Population of Heckfield Place and five selected areas according to the number of persons per room.
    Area.Less than one persons to a room.One and under two persons to a room.Two persons to a room.Under three and over two persons to a room.Three & under four persons to a room.Four & under five persons to a room.Five or more persons to a room.Per cent of over-crowding, i.e. more than two persons to a room.
    No. of Persons.• Per cent, of total population.No. of Persons.Per cent, of total population.No. of Persons.Per cent, of total population.No. of Persons.Per cent, of total population.No. of Persons.Per cent, of total population.No. of Persons.Per cent, of total population.No. of Persons.Per cent, of total population.
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    TABLE II. Vital Statistics of Heckfield Place compared with those of the whole Borough and certain selected areas.—1908-1912.
    Area.Average annual Birth Rate, 1908—1912.Average annual Death Rate at all ages, 1908—1912.Average annual number of Deaths of Infants under one year per 1,000 births, 1908—1912.Average annual Death Rate from principal epi-demic diseases, 1908—1912.Average annual Death Rate from Tuberculous diseases, 1908—1912.Average annual number of Deaths of Children under 5 years of age per 1,000 of the population at that age period.Average annual number of cases of infectious diseases notified per 1,000 of the population, 1908—1912.
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    TABLE III. Classification of Tenants in Heckfield Place as ascertained at the Census taken in 1911 and the Enquiry in 1913.
    Number of Persons.Number of Families