Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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Years. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. | Years. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. |
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Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rates. | |||
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Islington, 1932. | Islington, 1922.31. | London, 1932. | 117 Great Towns, 1932. |
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Hoiloway. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. |
Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
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Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total | Birth rates. |
Notified by | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and other Persons. | Total. | ||||
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Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. |
Period. | Certified by Doctor. | Certified by Midwife. | By Other Persons. | Total. Registered. | Per 1,000 of Total Births (including still-born). |
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Sub-Districts. | Quarters. | The Year. | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. |
Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Death Rates. | |||
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Islington, 1932. | Islington, 1922-31. | London, 1932. | 117 Great Towns, 1932. |
Ages. | Number of Deaths, 1932. | Mean Deaths (10 years, 1922-31.) | Increase or Decrease on mean. |
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Sub-District. | Infant Deaths. | Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
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Years. | Under one week. | Weeks. | Total under four weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 mths. | Months. | Total Deaths under one year. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | ||||
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1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 |
Sub Districts. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Mean 10 years | 1932 | Increase or decrease on mean |
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Causes of death. | 1932. Rate per 1,000 Births. | Mean rate 10 years 1922-31 per 1,000 Births. | Difference. |
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Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks | Months. | Total Death under 1 year. | |||||
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1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4 weeVs and under 3 months | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 |
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Toll-ington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South East. | The Borough. |
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Ophthalmia iNeonatorum Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
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Notified. | Treated. | |||||
At home. | hospital. |
Year. | No. of Births. | No. of Maternal Deaths. | Rate. |
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1932. Month. | Cause of Death. | Ages at Death. | Totals. | ||||||
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15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 and upwd. | Total | From Puerperal Sepsis. | From other Diseases of Childbirth. |
Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Toll-ington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | SouthEast. | The Borough |
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Tufnell. | Upper Hollo way. | Toll-ington. | Lower Holloway, | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | The Borough |
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District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. |
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District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. |
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Registered Births. | New Cases Handed to H V's for Visitation. | Infant Mortality. | Maternal Mortality. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | ||||||||
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No. | Rate. | Notified Births | Non-Notified Births. | Transfers In. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. | Cases. | Removals. |
North. | South. | East. | West. | Total. |
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Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Enteritis and Diarrhoea. | Totals. |
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Enteric Fever | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | ||||||
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Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. |
Ages. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. |
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Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
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First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. |
Ages. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Mean 10yrs | 1932 | Difference. |
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Ages. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Mean 10yrs | 1932 | Difference |
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Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Hollo-way. | Tolling-ton. | Lower Hollo-way. | High-bury. | Barns-bury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
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Tuberculosis (Respiratory System). | Proportion of Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from All Causes per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
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Years. | Deaths. | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. |
Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||
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0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U. H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. |
Year. | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 civil population. |
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Age. | Unvaccinated. | Vaccinated in Infancy. | Doubtful. |
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Years. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. |
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Year. | Cases treated in Hospital. | Percentage of cases treated. |
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Disease. | Total cases. | Cases isolated. | Percentage of known cases. |
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Notified Cases Treated. | Percentage of Notified Cases Treated. | Deaths Occurring. | Percentage of Deaths Occurring. | ||||||||
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In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | Total |
DISEASES. | YEARS. | Average number of cases, 1922 31 | 1932 | Increase or Decrease | ||||||||||
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1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 |
Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid) Fever. | Typhus Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. |
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1932 | 1931 | |||
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Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. |
1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | Average 10 yrs. 1922-31 | 1932 | Total Deaths, 1922.31. |
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1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 |
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Years. | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 3929 | 1930 | 1931 | Average (10 years). | 1932 |
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Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
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Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total |
Tubercular Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | ||||||||
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Sex. | At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. |
Lungs. | Other Forms. | Total. | |||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
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Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total |
Houses. | Rooms. |
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Notifications on Form A. | |||||||||||||
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Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
Age-periods | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | Total | |
to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | to | and | Primary | ||
1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 35 | 45 | 55 | 65 | up. | Notifications. |
Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths, | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary |
Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Grand Total. | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children, | Adults. | Children. | ||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | ||||||
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North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | Pouth Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy |
Cases. | Attendances. |
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Date. | Dispensary | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Year. | Total. |
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Month. | North Dispensary. | South Dispensary. | Total. |
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Disease. | No. of Notifications. | Average of preceding 10 years. | Increase or Decrease. |
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Disease. | Notifications by Teachers. | Average of preceding 10 years. | Increase or Decrease. |
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No. Submitted for Examination. | Negative Resu't. (Bacilli) | Positive Result. (Bacilli) | Non-Virulent. | Virulent. |
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Periods. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Totals. | ||||||
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Positive Results | Negative Results. | Total Examined. | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined. |
Specimen. | Examined for. | No. of Examinations. | No. Positive. | No, Negative. |
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Years. | Vaccination per 100 births, less infants who died unvaccinated. |
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Year. | Northern Islington (No. 1 District) | Southern Islington (No. 2 District) | Total. |
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Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1931. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts. | Removed to places Unknown. | Number of Children remaining Unvaccinated. or not accounted for (Defaulters). | Total Number of Certificates of Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during year 1932. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection received during year 1932. |
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
Name of the Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Number of successful primary vaccinations of persons, | Number of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | ||
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Under one year. | One year and upwards. | Total. |
Rooms Disinfected. | ||
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1932 | 1931 |
1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year 1932 | 1931 |
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1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. |
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How disposed of. | Carbolic Powder. | Disinfecting Fluid. | Formaldehyde Solution | |
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Ordinary. | Special. |
Workshops and Workplaces. | Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. |
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Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
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Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
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Inspections. (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecu tions. (5) | |||
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Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4) |
Instances. | Notices Served. | Remedied. | Prosecutions. |
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Number. |
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Nature of Work. (1) | Instances. (2) | Notices served. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
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Districts. | Totals | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Districts. | Totals | ||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
Drains: |
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Sinks: |
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1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 |
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1919 to 1931. | 1932 | Total since 1919. |
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1919 to 1931. | 1932. | Total since 1919. |
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Number of new houses erected during the year:— |
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Held under | Total at 31st Dec., 1929 | Erected in 1930 & 1931 | Total |
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Year. | House or part of the house not kept in a reasonable state of repair. | House or part of the house kept in a reasonable state of repair. | " Report " re completion of work mentioned in schedule issued with certificate. | Certificates not issued. | Total. |
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Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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No. of Cases. | Description of Animal affected. | Nature of Disease. | Extent of Disease. | How disposed of. |
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Number Inspected. | Number found Unsatisfactory. |
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Designation. | No. of applications | Number granted. | Amount of Fees received. |
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Examined. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per Cent. | ||||
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Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Formal | Informal | Adulterated. |
Number taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. |
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1932. | No. of Samples Taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
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Quarters. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | week-days. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. |
Samples Analysed. | Genuine. | Adulterated | Per cent. Adulterated. |
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Sunday Milks. | Week-day Milks. | Railway Milks (Farmers). | |||||||
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Years. | No. of Samples | Percent. of non-fatty solids. | Percent. of fat. | No. of Samples | Percent. of non-fatty solids. | Percent. of fat. | No. of Samples | Percent. of non-fatty solids. | Percent. of fat. |
Total Prosecutions | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn. | Amount of Penalties | Costs Received. |
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DISEASES. | Sex | All ages | AGES. | DISTRICTS. | ||||||||||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85 & up | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H | H. | B. | S.R. |
Causes of Death. | Sex | All ages | 0— | 1— | 2- | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 45- | 55— | 65— | 75— |
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Disease. | Ages. | Totals | Total Cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||||
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Under 1. | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and upwds |