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

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Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1964 The following table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1964:— Tables

Code No.	Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of " residents" whether occurring within or without the borough											Causes of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of " residents" whether occurring within or without the borough
		MALES									Toll pers (i.e incl. table opp.	Code No.		FEMALES									Total persons (i.e., incl. table opp.)
		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	Toll pers (i.e incl. table opp.	Code No.		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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The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 3

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

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Table 4 Grouped deaths in social class

Code Nos.	Group		Male						Female
Code Nos.	Group		1	II	III	IV	V	Total	1	II	III	IV	V	Total

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Table 5 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Weekly average for period ending	"Lewisham & Downham"	Weekly average for period ending	"Lewisham & Downham"

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Table 6 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)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)	(h)	(i)	(j)	(k)

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Table 7

Year	MALE			FEMALE
Year	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(c)as % of (b)	All cancer deaths	Lung cancer deaths	(f) as % of (e)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)

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General statistics from 1901 Table 8

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. rote††	Death rate††	% notif. rate under 15
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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Table 8- continued

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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Disinfecting Station Table 9

	West	North	South	Total

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Verminous conditions Table 10

	1st Cleansing	2nd Cleansing	3rd Cleansing	4th Cleansing

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Scabies Table 10— continued

	Cases	Contacts	Treatments

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Statistics are as under:— Table 11

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

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Table 12

Location	Base points

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Table 13

	Type of property
	Local authority	Dwelling houses (including council houses)	All other (including business premises)	Total	Agricultural

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Table 14

Specimens	Number	Remarks

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Table 15

Bath	Tests		Variation of chlorine (p. p.m.)
Bath	Chlorine	Bact.	Variation of chlorine (p. p.m.)

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Table 16 Average results of the chemical and bacteriological examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1964 milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated)

Description of the Sample	No. of Samples	Ammoni acal Nitrogen	Albuminoid Nitrogen	Nitrate Nitrogen	Chlorides as C1.	Oxygen abs. from KMnO4 4 hrs. at27ºC.	Turbidity units	Colour (Burgess) scale	Hardness (total)	Hardness (non-carbonate)	pH value	Phosphate as PO4	Silicate as SiO,	Sulphate so4	Magnesium as Mg.	Natural Fluoride as F.	Surface active material as Man 0X0/ OT	Electrical Conductivity (micromhos)

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Table 17 Bacteriological Results—Yearly Averages, 1964 of water supplied to the Borough of Lewisham

Source of supply	BEFORE TREATMENT							AFTER TREATMENT
	Number of samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count		Escherichia coli count		Number of samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count	E. coli. count
	Number of samples	20-24 hours at 37°C	3 days at 22°C	Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml.	Count per 100 ml.	Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml.	Count per 100 ml.	Number of samples	20-24 hours at 37°C	3 days at 22º C	Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.

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Atmospheric pollution Clean Air Act During 1964 three more areas were made the subject of Smoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows :—

	No. 18	No. 19	No. 20

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Table 18

Area No. and name	No. of dwellings	Dote of operation	Remarks

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Atmospheric Condition 1964 Table 9

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Average or actual (as applic.)

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Table 20

	W	N	S	Total

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Table 21

Reason for inspection	West	North	South	Total

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Summary of notices served Table 22

	West	North	South	Total

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Repairs carried out Table 23

Repairs	West	North	South	Total

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Inspections Table 24

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 25

Defects	No. of defects				Prosecutions instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To HM Inspector	By HM Inspector

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The following is a list of occupations concerned:

Trade	Outworkers employed

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Trade		Outworkers employed

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The following statistical information has been passed to the -Ministry of Labour under provisions contained in the Act. Registrations and General Inspections Table 26

Class of premises	Number of premises registered during the year	Total number of registered premises at end of year	Number of registered premises receiving a general inspection during the year

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Persons Employed in Registered Premises by Workplace Table 27

Class of work place	Number of persons employed

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During the year the following families were rehoused:—

1.	By the Lewisham Borough Council:—

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Table 28

Properties	Dwellings involved	Present position

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Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 29

Properties	Part of house	Present position

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Table 30 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

A —HOUSES DEMOLISHED Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)	Houses	Displaced
A —HOUSES DEMOLISHED Clearance areas (Housing Act, 1957)	Houses	Persons	Families

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D — UNFIT HOUSES IN TEMPORARY USE (Housing Act, 1957)

	Houses	Separate dwellings

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Rent Act 1957 The following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with during the year 1964, and for the whole period.

Table 31	1964	1957-64

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Table 32

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

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Table 33

Samples	Average percentage composition
Samples	Fat	Milk solids-not fat	Water

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During the year 22 samples of icecream were submitted for bacteriological examination with the following results :— Table 34

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Samples analysed Table 35

Articles	Examined			Adulterated
Articles	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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Non-genuine samples Table 36

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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Table 36— continued

Article	Formal or informal	Adulteration or irregularity	Action taken or result of proceedings

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Registration of food premises During the year the following were registered, the total (including previous registrations still existing) being shown in the last column.

Type	1964	Total

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Totals for the year are shown in the table:— Table 37

Country of origin	Tonnage imported	Amount unfit and remarks

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Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1964 with comparative figures for the previous six years. Table 38

Diseases	Cases notified
Diseases	1964	1963	1962	1961	1960	1959	1958

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Notifications of infectious diseases in 1964 showing sex and age groups Table 39

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

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Analysis of certain diseases in table 39 into divisional areas— Table 40

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

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The number of cases notified again increased in 1964, but it is not thought that the increase is particularly significant as there are bound to be fluctuation in the numbers notified from year to year. Table 41

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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Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:— Table 42

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

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Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 43

Year	Population	New casesnotified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per 100,000 pop.	Deaths		Death rate from resp. tuberculosis per 100,000 pop.
Year	Population	New casesnotified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per 100,000 pop.	All forms	Respiratory	Lewisham	County of London

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Table 44

	Cases	%*

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( 1 ) Food poisoning cases Table 45

	Notifications (corrected)	Cases otherwise ascertained	Symptomless excreters	Fatal cases

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(2) Single cases

	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total cases

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Table 46

Patients	Men	Women	Total

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Table 47

	Numbers examined			Cases of tuberculosis requiring treatment or close supervision			Not previously examined
	Numbers examined						Numbers			Cases
Public Surveys	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women	Total
Public Surveys	1,742	2,949	4,691	3	1	4	833	1,901	2,734	2	1	3

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Immunisation against diphtheria; whooping cough; smallpox; poliomyelitis Table 48

Age at December 31, 1964		Under 1		1			2	3		4		5-9		10-14	Total under 15
Born in year		1964		1963			1962	1961		I960		1955-59		1950-54	Total under 15

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The total deaths from the diseases mentioned were:— Table 49

	Lewisham	County of London

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Table 51

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Table 52

Centre	No. of infants attending	No. of attendances

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Table 53

Year	Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis	Other causes	Total

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Table 54

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Table 55

		1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	All Cases	%

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Table 56

Ages	Under 65		65-75		75+
Ages	Total	%	Total	°/o	Total	%

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Table 57

Street	Number of houses inspected	Number of houses in which nuisances existed

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Table 58

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Table 59

Description of Work	No.	Description of Work	No.

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Table 60

Description of work	No.	Description of work	No.

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Table 63

Defect or Infringement	No. found	No. remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector

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Table 64

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

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Table 65

Trade or business	Workshops	Workrooms	No. of Employees
Trade or business	Workshops	Workrooms	Male	Female

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Factories on Register Table 66

Trade or Business	No.	Trade or Business	No.

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Workplaces on Register Table 66

Trade or Business	Number	Inspections

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Domestic Workshops on Register (excluding Outworkers) Table 67

Trade or Business	No.	Employees
Trade or Business	No.	Male	Female

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Homework — Outworkers on Register Table 68

Nature of Work	No. of Workpeople	Nature of Work	No. of Workpeople

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Inspections and Defects Found Table 69 Inspections

Premises	Number of
	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions

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Table 70 Defects Found

Particulars	Number of Defects			No. of Prosecutions
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred toH.M. inspector	No. of Prosecutions

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Table 71

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 Hi) and iv) treated
	Total in borough	(a)	(b)	Major	Minor

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Table 72

	Premises	Rooms	Articles

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Table 73

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Table 74

Year	Locality	Approximate No. of dwellings	Responsible authority

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Table 75

Article submitted for Analysis	No. of Samples Submitted	Number Genuine	Number Adulterated

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Table 76

Period	Average Composition of all Samples submitted. Genuine and Adulterated		Average Composition of CenuineSamples		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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Adulteration of Milk 1905 to 1964 Table 77

years	No. of samples taken	Number adulterated	Percentage adulterated

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Table 78

Sample Marked No.	Percentage of Preservative	Remarks

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The following are details of legal proceedings during the year:—

Nature of summons	No.	Total fines		Total costs		Remarks

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Causes of death at different periods of life during the year 1964 The following table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1964:— Tables

The social class, related to cause of death, was as follows :— Table 3

Table 4 Grouped deaths in social class

Table 5 Morbidity shown in insurance certificates

Table 6 Heart and circulation mortality

Table 7

General statistics from 1901 Table 8

Table 8- continued

Disinfecting Station Table 9

Verminous conditions Table 10

Scabies Table 10— continued

Statistics are as under:— Table 11

Table 12

Table 13

Table 14

Table 15

Table 16 Average results of the chemical and bacteriological examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1964 milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated)

Table 17 Bacteriological Results—Yearly Averages, 1964 of water supplied to the Borough of Lewisham

Atmospheric pollution Clean Air Act During 1964 three more areas were made the subject of Smoke Control Orders and particulars with regard to these are as follows :—

Table 18

Atmospheric Condition 1964 Table 9

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Table 21

Summary of notices served Table 22

Repairs carried out Table 23

Inspections Table 24

Cases in which defects were found Table 25

The following is a list of occupations concerned:

Continued from previous page...

The following statistical information has been passed to the -Ministry of Labour under provisions contained in the Act. Registrations and General Inspections Table 26

Persons Employed in Registered Premises by Workplace Table 27

During the year the following families were rehoused:—

Table 28

Closing Orders in respect of part of house Table 29

Table 30 HOUSES IN CLEARANCE AREAS AND UNFIT HOUSES ELSEWHERE

D — UNFIT HOUSES IN TEMPORARY USE (Housing Act, 1957)

Rent Act 1957 The following table shows the applications for certificates of disrepair dealt with during the year 1964, and for the whole period.

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Table 33

During the year 22 samples of icecream were submitted for bacteriological examination with the following results :— Table 34

Samples analysed Table 35

Non-genuine samples Table 36

Table 36— continued

Registration of food premises During the year the following were registered, the total (including previous registrations still existing) being shown in the last column.

Totals for the year are shown in the table:— Table 37

Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1964 with comparative figures for the previous six years. Table 38

Notifications of infectious diseases in 1964 showing sex and age groups Table 39

Analysis of certain diseases in table 39 into divisional areas— Table 40

The number of cases notified again increased in 1964, but it is not thought that the increase is particularly significant as there are bound to be fluctuation in the numbers notified from year to year. Table 41

Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:— Table 42

Summary of statistics as to tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 43

Table 44

( 1 ) Food poisoning cases Table 45

(2) Single cases

Table 46

Table 47

Immunisation against diphtheria; whooping cough; smallpox; poliomyelitis Table 48

The total deaths from the diseases mentioned were:— Table 49

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Factories on Register Table 66