[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

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Comparative statistics for the year 1953 Table 1

	Birth rate		Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)
	Live births (adjusted)	Still births	Death rate (per 1,000 population) (adjusted)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 livebirths)

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General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten years Table 2

Year	Estimated population	Births		Deaths		Deaths under one year		Deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis
Year	Estimated population	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate

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Causes of death at different periods The following table shows the causes of and Table Nett deaths at the subjoined age of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough

Code No.	Causes of death	MALES									Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)
Code No.	Causes of death	All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)

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Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough

Code No.	Causes of death	FEMALES									Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)
Code No.	Causes of death	All ages	Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over	Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)

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Deaths under 1 year of age. Table 4

Cause of death	Sex	Under 1 day	1-6 days	1 week	2 weeks	3 weeks	Total under 4 wks.	1-2 mths.	3-5 mths.	6-8 mths.	9-11 mths.	Total 1-11 mths.	Total under lyr.

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Table 5

Average of four weeks ending	Lewisham	Downham

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Social class in relation to cause of death Of the 2,513 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow Table 6

Social class	I	II	III	IV	V	Total	No information

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The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 7

Code No.	Cause of death	Male						Female
Code No.	Cause of death	1	II	Ill	IV	V	Total	I	a	Ill	IV	V	Total

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Table 8

			Male						Female
			1	II	III	IV	V	Total	1	II	III	IV	V	Total

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Table 9

		Social classification					Total	Not classifiable
		1	II	III	IV	V	Total	Not classifiable

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Table 10 Heart and circulation mortality

Year	Deaths from			Total heart and circulation (all ages)	Age group 45.65		Total deaths in borough	Percentage
Year	Coronary diseases	Other heart diseases	Other circulatory diseases	Total heart and circulation (all ages)	Total	Coronary diseases	Total deaths in borough	(e) of (h)	(f)of (h)	(g) of (h)

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Table 11 England and Wales, 1952. Years lost per 10,000 population*

Short list No.	Disease	Aged 15-64		Remarks
Short list No.	Disease	M	F	Remarks

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General Statistics from 1901 Table 12

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12.(10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Pulmonary tuberculosis		Tuberculosis (all forms)
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Premature birth rate ‡	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12.(10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9)+(12)	Notif. rate*	Death rate*	% notif. rate under 15

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Table 1 2-continued.

Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Pre. mature birth rate	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12.(10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9) +(12)	Pulmonary tuberculosis		Tuberculosis (all forms) % notif. rat under15
Year	Population	Death rate *	% dying under age 45	% dying under age 65	Birth rate *	Pre. mature birth rate	Maternal death rate †	Stillbirth rate †	Neonatal death rate **	One month to one year death rate (12.(10) **	Infant mortality rate **	Reproductive wastage rate (9) +(12)	Notif. rate*	Death rate*	Tuberculosis (all forms) % notif. rat under15

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Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows :— Disinfecting Station Table 13

		West	North	South	Total

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Table 13— continued

	West	North	South	Total

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A more detailed analysis of treatments for verminous conditions and for scabies is shown :— Verminous conditions Table 14

	First cleansing	Second cleansing	Third cleansing	Fourth cleansing

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The following summary relates to the work carried out by the laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1953 :— Table 15

Specimen	Number	Remarks

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Details are shown in the following table :— Table 16

Month	Bodies received from Institutions	Others	Post-mortem examinations		Inquests
Month	Bodies received from Institutions	Others	Lewisham residents	Others	Inquests

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A summary of the work carried out in private or business premises during the year is appended :— Table 17

	Parliamentary Division			Total
	West	North	South	Total

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Table 18

Location	Base points	Prebaiting				Poison bait		Estimated rats killed
		Days on which prebait laid	Takes	Results Partial takes	No takes	Amount laid (ozs.)	Amount taken (ozs.) (Est.)

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Table 19

Type of property	(i)	(ii)		(iii)		(iv)	(v)
	Total in borough	Properties inspected as a result of (a) notification or (b) otherwise		Properties under (ii) found to be rat infested		Properties found to be seriously mouse infested	Infested properties (under iii and iv) treated
	Total in borough	(")	(b)	Major	Minor	Properties found to be seriously mouse infested	Infested properties (under iii and iv) treated

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Table 20

Location	Properties*	Base points	Prebaiting				Poison bait		Estimated rats killed
			Days on which prebait laid	Results			Amount laid (ozs.)	Amount taken (ozs.) (Est.)
			Days on which prebait laid	Takes	Partial takes	No takes	Amount laid (ozs.)	Amount taken (ozs.) (Est.)

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organisations as accepted the Council's conditions and to assist any other such voluntary organisations as might be established during that year. Reports were made to the Public Health committee giving details of the work undertaken by the voluntary organisations and as a result grants were made as follows :—

	£	s.	d.

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Atmospheric Condition Table

Temperature							Rainfall		Sunshine*		Wind*
	Mean max.*	Mean min*	Mean*	Difr. from av*	Highest max.†	Lowest min. †	Total†	% av.*	Daily mean	% av.	NE/E/ SE	s/sw/w	N W\| calm

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Atmospheric Pollution † Weather summary

Pool Allotments			Verdant Lane			Wearside Road
	later insol. matter	Water sol. matter	Sulphur	Water insol. matter	Water sol. matter	Sulphur	Water insol. matter	Water sol. matter	Sulphur

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Average results of the examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1953 parts per million (unless otherwise stated) ( a ) CHEMICAL Table 22

Description of the sample	No. of samples	Ammoniacal nitrogen	Albuminoid nitrogen	Oxidised nitrogen (nitrate)	Chlorides as CI.	Oxygen abs. from permanganate (4 hrs. at 27°C)	Hardness (total)	Hardness (non. carbonate)	pH value	Conductivity

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( b ) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 23

	No. of samples	Agar colony count (average per millilitre)		Percentage of samples negative to Bact. coIi in 100 ml.	Bact. coli per 100 ml.
	No. of samples	22° C 3 days	37°C (20.24 hrs.)	Percentage of samples negative to Bact. coIi in 100 ml.	Bact. coli per 100 ml.

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The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year :— Table 24

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Summary of notices served in 1953 Table 25

	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisances remedied — Public Health Act Table 26

Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisances remedied — Housing Act Table 27

Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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Nuisance	West	North	South	Total

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Inspections Table 28

Premises	Number on register	Number of
Premises	Number on register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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Cases in which defects were found Table 29

Defects	No. of coses in which defects were found				No. of coses in which prosecutions were instituted
Defects	Found	Remedied	Refe To HM Inspector	rred By HM Inspector	No. of coses in which prosecutions were instituted

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The number of cases dealt with by the public health department during the year was as follows :— Table 30

	West	North	South	Total

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Table 31

Properties	Dwellings involved	Present position

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Table 32

Properties	Dwellings involved	Present position

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Closing orders in respect of part of house (section 12) Table 33

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Table 34 PART A —CLEARANCE AREAS (Housing Act, 1936)

	Dwelling-houses demolished		Persons displaced
	Unfit houses	Other houses	Persons displaced

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PART B —UNFIT HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS

	Houses	Persons displaced

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part a —clearance areas (Housing Act, 1936) Table 35

	Dwelling-houses demolished		Persons displaced
	Unfit houses	Other houses	Persons displaced

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PART B —HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS

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The following is a tabulated statement of various statistics, as submitted to the London county council :—

Item	Total

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Item	Total

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Table 36

		Dealer's	Supplementary	Total

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Table 37

Period	Samples	Average composition of samples examined Percentage of
Period	Samples	Milk fat	Solids not fat	Water

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Table 38

Grading	Parliamentary division			Total
Grading	West	North	South	Total

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Table 39

	Samples	Average percentage composition
	Samples	Fat	Milk solids. not fat	Sucrose	Water

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Table 40

ARTICLES	Examined			Adulterated
ARTICLES	Informal	Formal	Total	Informal	Formal	Total

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Adulterated samples Table 41

Article	Formal or Informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken

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Table 42

Diseases	Cases notified
Diseases	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949	1948	1947

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Table 43

Diseases	Under 1		1-		3-		5-		10-		15-		25-		45-		65 plus		Total

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Analysis of certain diseases in table 42 into divisional areas :— Table 44

Disease	Div. areas	Under 1	1-	3-	5-	10-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Total

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Table 45

	W	N	S	Total.

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Table 46

Year	Intimated to Dept.	Removed to hospital	Confirmed	(d) as %age of (b)

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Table 47

Year	Confirmed cases	Division			No. of weeks with 3 or more cases	Type		Sex		Age groups							Result*
		W	N	S		Paralytic	N-P	M	F	0-	1-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Died	Compl. recov.	Paralysed		Unknown
		W	N	S		Paralytic	N-P	M	F	0-	1-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65+	Died	Compl. recov.	Severe	Mild	Unknown

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Table 48

Age periods	New cases notified						Deaths
	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totals		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Totals
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 49

Source of information	Respiratory	Non-respiratory

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Table 50

Division		Sex 0-		1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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Table 51

	Respiratory		Non-respiratory
	M	F	M	F

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Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 52

Year	Population	New coses notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Not if. rate per thousand pop.	Deaths		Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per thousand pop.
Year	Population	New coses notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Not if. rate per thousand pop.	All forms	Respiratory	Lewisham	County of London

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Table S3

Patients	Town Hall October - November			Factories, hospitals, schools during the year
Patients	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total

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Table 54

Age at December 31, 1953 Born in year	Under	1	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	Total under 15
Age at December 31, 1953 Born in year	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949	1948-44	1943-39	Total under 15

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(lii) Vaccination against smallpox

Age at December 31, 1952	Under 1	1-4	5-14	15 and over	Total

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Public Health (London) Act, 1936

Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	£	s. c		Remarks

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Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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HOUSING ACT, 1936

Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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– FOOD AND DRUGS LEGISLATION

Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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BYELAWS MADE BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	Costs			Remarks
Date of hearing	Offence	Fine £	£	s.	d.	Remarks

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List of special reports submitted to the Health Committee by the Medical Officer of Health during 1953 :—

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Establishments in Lewisham by nature of business were shown in the 1951 Board of Trade census as follows :—

Type of business	Establishments	Persons engaged
Type of business	Establishments	full time	part time

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Type of business	Establishments	Persons engaged
Type of business	Establishments	full time	part time

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These statistics are grouped into five-year periods and are best set out in full.

Age last birthday	Persons	MALES						FEMALES
Age last birthday	Persons	Total	Single	Married	Wid.	D'v'd	Total	Single	Married	Wid.	D'v'd

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With regard to persons under the age of 21, there were 31,533 males and 32,288 females in Lewisham. The distribution in the various ages was as follows :—

Age last birthday	Males	Females

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In Lewisham there were 79,009 such males and the social class, with the percentages, can be shown in the following table to which I have added for comparison purposes the percentages of what would appear to be the borough with the highest class I and II grouping, the borough with the highest class IV and V grouping, and the whole County:—

	No. of males	Percentage	Comparisons (percentages)
	No. of males	Percentage	Hampstead	Bermondsey	Whole County

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79 tables in this report

Comparative statistics for the year 1953 Table 1

General summary of Vital Statistics for the last ten years Table 2

Causes of death at different periods The following table shows the causes of and Table Nett deaths at the subjoined age of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough

Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents" whether occurring within or without the borough

Deaths under 1 year of age. Table 4

Table 5

Social class in relation to cause of death Of the 2,513 deaths analysed by us the social categories were as follow Table 6

The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 7

Table 8

Table 9

Table 10 Heart and circulation mortality

Table 11 England and Wales, 1952. Years lost per 10,000 population*

General Statistics from 1901 Table 12

Table 1 2-continued.

Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows :— Disinfecting Station Table 13

Table 13— continued

A more detailed analysis of treatments for verminous conditions and for scabies is shown :— Verminous conditions Table 14

The following summary relates to the work carried out by the laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1953 :— Table 15

Details are shown in the following table :— Table 16

A summary of the work carried out in private or business premises during the year is appended :— Table 17

Table 18

Table 19

Table 20

Atmospheric Condition Table

Atmospheric Pollution † Weather summary

Average results of the examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1953 parts per million (unless otherwise stated) ( a ) CHEMICAL Table 22

( b ) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 23

The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year :— Table 24

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Summary of notices served in 1953 Table 25

Nuisances remedied — Public Health Act Table 26

Nuisances remedied — Housing Act Table 27

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Inspections Table 28

Cases in which defects were found Table 29

The number of cases dealt with by the public health department during the year was as follows :— Table 30

Table 31

Table 32

Closing orders in respect of part of house (section 12) Table 33

Table 34 PART A —CLEARANCE AREAS (Housing Act, 1936)

PART B —UNFIT HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS

part a —clearance areas (Housing Act, 1936) Table 35

PART B —HOUSES NOT INCLUDED IN CLEARANCE AREAS

The following is a tabulated statement of various statistics, as submitted to the London county council :—

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Table 36

Table 37

Table 38

Table 39

Table 40

Adulterated samples Table 41

Table 42

Table 43

Analysis of certain diseases in table 42 into divisional areas :— Table 44

Table 45

Table 46

Table 47

Table 48

Table 49

Table 50

Table 51

Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 52

Table S3

Table 54

(lii) Vaccination against smallpox

Public Health (London) Act, 1936

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HOUSING ACT, 1936

– FOOD AND DRUGS LEGISLATION

BYELAWS MADE BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL