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Poplar 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

Published
1919
Pages
180
Tables
203

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    During the year 1917 164 births were notified outside the Borough belonging thereto, as under:—
    poplar,bromley.bow.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.MaltFemale.
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    London Hospital.
    poplar.bromley.bow.
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    Salvation Army Hospital
    poplarbromley.bow.
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    During the year 1917 births took place in institutions within the Borough as follows :—
    Males.Females. TolaI. Remarks.
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    The number of births as per headings of Registrars' weekly re1 urns wan as follows:—
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows:—*
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    † See page 6. Transferable Births.
    Particulars.Maies.Females.Totals.
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    At the beginning of the year 1917 the Registrar.General afforded the following information:—
    Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.
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    The corrected total births for the Borough, according to Registrar General, is:— .
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is —
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County ol London.
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    The annual marriage rate per 1,000 living being:—
    Poplar and BromleyBow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    The excess of births over deaths was as follows:—
    Males.Females.Total Gain.
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    The following figures are the death rates per 1,000 living for the past 10 years (see pace 2):.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London
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    Death rates per 1,000 living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    iSronchitis, pneumonia (all forms) and other diseases of respiratory organs. Death rates per 1,000 living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough o Poplar
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    Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    80 deaths under one year of age belonging to Bow, making a total for the Borough of 352.f The death rates of children under one year per 1,000 births for the past 10 years being:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    Summary.
    District.Notifications.Actual Cases.Midwives' Notifications.Notified by Midwives only.
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    The number of deaths from one year to 65 years of age was 551 for Poplar, 556 for Bromley, and for Bow 316, making a total for the Borough of Poplar of 1,423. The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past 10 years being:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    The number of deaths over 65 years was 241 for Poplar, 258 for Bromley, and 143 for Bow, making a total of 642 for the whole Borough. The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past 10 years being:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    TUBERCULAR DISEASES.* • See Table XX., page 54. (Deaths at all ages.)
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Death rales per 1,000 persons living.
    Poplar.BromleyBow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    PHTHISIS. Deaths (all ages).
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1917, to the 30th Decernbor, 1917, in Poplar (Whole Borough),
    Ape Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 1 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary Notificationst 'oor J^w Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1917 to the 30th December, 1917, in Poplar (Sub-District).
    Age Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 j to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 0505 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Inst itu-tions.Sanatoria.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1917, to the 30th December, 1917, in Bromley (Sub-District).
    Age Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1917, to the 30th December, 1917, in Bow (S ub -D istrict).
    -Age Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.-
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    Number of Notifications on Form D. (Cases Discharged from Poor Law Institutions and Sanatoria.)
    Poor Law InstitutionsPoplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals
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    List of Non-Pulmonary Cases (for Borough).
    Form A.Form B
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Actual Number of Cases on Register.
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    Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption. Number of Notifications (actual cases) received from the Borough of Poplar Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption during the period from 1st January, 1917, to 30th December, 1917 :— Poplar (Whole Borough). Notifications on Form A. Number of Notifications.
    Age Periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Notifications
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    Poplar (Sub-District). Notifications on Form A. Number of Notifications.
    Age Periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Notifications
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    Bromley (Sub-district). Notifications oil Form A. Number of Notifications.
    Age Periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Notifi-cations
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    Bow ( Sub-District). Notifications on Form A. Number of Notifications.
    Age Periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 25 to to 25 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Notifications
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    TABLE 1.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpos of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    TABLE II Deaths during the year 1917 in the Bromiey Sub-District of the Metro-politan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    TABLE III. Deaths during the year 1917 in the Bow Sub-District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics: public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of some other District :— PorLAR (Sub-Distbict).
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    l0th Dec. Leuvesden Asylum Widow, of Poplar Female. 62 yrs. Gliomatous tumour of brain. P.M.
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    TABLE IV. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1917 and Previous Years. Poplar (Whole Borough).
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belong-ing to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number*.Rate.of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Number*.Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE V. Vital Statistics during 1917 and Previous Years. Poplar Sub-District.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable DeathsfNett Deaths belong-ing to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.*Rate.
    Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate.
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE VI Vital Statistics during 1917 and Previous Years. Bromley Sub-District.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths beloing ing to the Distrct.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.*Rate.
    Number.Rate.Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate.
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE VII. Vital Statistics during 1917 and. Previous Years Bow Sub-District.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths-)-Nett Deaths lielong-ing to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.*Rate.
    Number.Rate.Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births,Number.*Rate.
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE VIII. Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1917 and previous years. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR.
    Names of Localities.Borough.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered. (Nett.)Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered. (Nett.)Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered. (Nett.)Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births Registered. (Nett.)Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.
    abcdabcdabedabcd
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    TABLE IX METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1917.
    Causes of Death (seepag 37).NettDeathsinwholeBorough atsubjoinedAges.NettDeathsinPublic Institutionsandcertainlocalities withinandoutsideBorough (at allages) belongingthereto.NettTotalDeathsinPublic Institutions, &c.
    AllAges.Under 1.1 andunder 2.2 andunder 5.5 andunder 15.15 andunder 25.25 andunder 45.45 andunder 65.65 andupwards.PoplarUnion Workhouse.SickAsylum.Bow Institution.BromleyHouse Institution.Poplar Hospital.SeeFootnotes.Outlying Institutions.
    12345678910
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    TABLE X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1917.
    Causes of Death (see page 37).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
    12345678910
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    TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1917.
    Causes of Death (see page 37).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.1 45 and under 05.65 and upwards.Fopular Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow 1 Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
    12345078910
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    TABLE XII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1917.
    Causes of Death (see page 37).Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages. •Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-Districts(at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.1 2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions
    12345678910
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    TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and Non-Resident included.)
    Causes of Death (see page 37).Poplar Union WorkhouseSick Asylum.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.Nett total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
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    TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1917. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 37).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3—6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District Infantile Mortality during the Year 1917. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 3 .Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks. 1Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 monthsNett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1917. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see pages 37).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1917. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 37).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3—6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XVIII (1917).
    Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population to the middle of 1917.Notifications. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under one yea to 1,000 births.
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    The following death rates for the year 1917 are interesting when compared with one another:—
    Annual Rate per 1,000 persons living.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births.
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    TABLE XIX. Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis or Mortality During the Year 1917.
    Birthrate pee 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Civilian Population.Rate per 1,000 Births.Percentage or Total Deaths.*
    All CausesEnteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping-cough.Diphtheria.Violence.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under One Year.Deaths in Public Institutions.Certified P Causes.Inquest Cases.Uncirtified Causes of Death.
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    TABLE XX. Showing Mortality from certain groups of Diseases and Proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Death#, during the year ended 31st December, 1917, excluding non-Parishioners and including deaths in outlying Institutions.
    (All ages.)Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of population.Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths
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    TABLE XXI. POPLAR (SUB-DISTRICT). List of Deaths of Parishioners wmch occurred in Public Institutions, etc.t during the year ended 31st December, 1917.
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    POPLAR (SUB-DISTRICT)— {continued).
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    TABLE XXII. BROMLEY (SUB DISTRICT). List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions, etc., during the year, ended 31si December, 1917.
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    TABLE XXIII. BOW (SUB-DISTRICT). List of Deaths of Parishioners which occurred in Public Institutions, etc., during the year ended 31st December, 1917.
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    TABLE XXIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1917.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole Borough.Total Cases notified in each Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
    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 upwards.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total Cases Removed.
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    TABLE XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1917.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    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 upwards
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    TABLE XXVI. 'METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1917.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sbb-D isteict.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    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 upwards.
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    TABLE XXVII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1917.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in whole Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    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 u pwards.
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    The notification rate per 1,000 living being:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Institutions. Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the sub-districts of Poplar and Bromley were as follows:—
    Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
    Zymotic Enteritis.Chicken-pox.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Zymotic Enteritis.Chicken-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.
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    Errors in Diagnosis. The corrected number of notifications would be—
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    The numbers of cases wrongly notified and removed to Infectious Diseases Hospitals during the past 10 years have been as follows:—
    Poplar cases.Percentage of mistakes to total admission.Metropolitan cases.Percentage of mistakes to total admission
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    DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT. Rooms and Articles (Infectious and Verminous) Disinfected. Suggested Additional Cleansing and Disinfesting Accommodation. Rooms and Articles (Infectious and Verminous) Disinfected. The following figures give the number of rooms and articles disinfected:—
    Sub-District, &c.Rooms.BedsMattresses and PalliassesPillows.Bolsters.Various.Totals.
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    Output of Fluid. At the seven depots the electrolytic fluid was still in great demand by the public.
    Manufactured Gallons.Gallons and Distributed.
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    Distribution of Fluid 1'iie fluid was distributed as follows:—
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    Cost of Material and Electricity . The cost of material in manufacturing 27,900 (strong) gallons of the electrolytic fluid was as follows :—
    £s.d.
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    Total Quantity Manufactured since Installation of Plant. Since the installation of the plant, a period of 12 years, 473,469 (see footnote page 71) gallons of fluid have been manufactured at a cost for eleotricity of £535 5s. 8½d., and materials of £531 3s. 6d., about |d. per gallon (previous to the war the cost was under id. per gallon, but even with the strong fluid which at present is being made and is broken down the cost is still under ½d. per gallon when the gallons are reckoned in bulk)f. *On account of the war the price of these materials was increased, †See "Oommpnts on Advene Criticism," inrual Report, 1911.
    Year.Output, gallons.Material, Chloride of Magnesium, Salt, Caustic Soda and Water. Cost.Electricity.Total.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1917, and Expenditure for Half-year ended 30th September, 1917 average Expenditure for Thbke Years ended 31st March, 1917, Estimate for Year ended 31st March 1918, and for Year ending 31st March, 1919.
    Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1917.Average Expenditure for 3 years ended 31st March, 1917.Estimate for year ending 31st March, 1918.P'xpenditure for half-year ended 30th Sept., 1917.Estimate for year ending 31st March, 1919.No.
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    The Public Health and Housing Committee had no objection to a make to the proposal, and recommended the Council that the Agreement with the London County Council for cleansing verminous children be revised as proposed. The Agreement commenced 1st January, 1917.
    Quarter.Total number of Cleansings.Amount.
    1917.£s.d.
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    From Common Lodging Houses without Borough of Poplar—
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    1916 1st January to 31st December
    Births notified.Successful Vaccinations.Insusceptible.Dead.
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    SCARLET FEVER. The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past ten years were as follows:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Notifications The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Notifications per 1,000 living:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Cases notified:—
    Poplar.BromleyBow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Notifications per 1,000 living:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Sex and School Age. The diphtheria and membranous croup patients, classified according to sex and school age, were as follows:— All Ages.
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    3 to 10 years.
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    School-age cases (three to ten years), per 100 cases notified (all ages):—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total percentage.
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    Deaths Number of deaths for the past ten years was as follows:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of PoplarMortality per 100 cases notified.
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    WHOOPING COUGH. Deaths.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    INFLUENZA. Deaths.
    Poplar.Bromley,Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    By Doctors—"Measles."
    District.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter4th Quarter.Totals.Remarks
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    "Measles"—Notified by Medical Practitioners
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    1 and under 3 Months—
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    3 and under 6 Months—
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    6 and under 9 Months—
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    9 and under 12 Months—
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    Continued from previous page...
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    1 and under 2 years—
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    2 and under 3 years—
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    3 and under 4 years—
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    4 and under 5 years—
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    Continued from previous page...
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    10 and under 15 years—
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    15 and under 25 years—
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    25 and under 45 years—
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    45 and upwards—
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    Continued from previous page...
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter,3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    Measles—Notified by "Other Persons."
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    1 and under 3 Months—
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    3 and under 6 Months—
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    6 and under 9 Months—
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    Continued from previous page...
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    Total under 1 year—
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    1 and under 2 years—
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    2 and under 3 years—
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    3 and under 4 years—
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    4 and under 5 years—
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    Continued from previous page...
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    10 and under 15 Years
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    15 and under 25 Years—
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    25 and under 45 Years—
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    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    " German Measles "—Notified by Medical Practitioners *
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    1 and under 3 Months—
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    3 and under 6 Months—
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    6 and under 9 Months—
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    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    Total under 1 year-
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    1 and under 2 years—
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    2 and under 3 Years—
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    and under 4 Years—
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    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter,3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Grand Total.
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    5 and under 10 Years—
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    10 and under 15 Years—
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    15 and under 25 Years —
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    25 and under 45 years—
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    Deaths. The following figures are the deaths from Measles for the past ten years
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Deaths from dysentery are not included, but tabulated separately, and two fatal cases from this disease occurred in the Borough—0 Poplar, 0 Bromley and 2 Bow. See Tables IX.—XII.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.London.
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    DIARRH(EA,† UNDER ONE YEAR.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough
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    ENTERITIS** UNDER ONE YEAR
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough.
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    DIARRHCEA-f AND ENTERITIS,1 UNDER ONE YEAR.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough.
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    .Notification of Zymotic Enteritis (Summer Diarrhœa). Notifiable from 1st June to 30th September.
    Age periods. Years.Number of notifications.Number of deaths.
    Poplar.BromleyBow1 otal.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
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    INQUESTS AND DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE. Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1917, were as follows :—
    Sub-Districts.Number of Inquests held in the Sub-Districts.Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners.Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts.Total Inquests belonging to each Sub-District.Verdict from Violence.Verdict from Natural Causes.
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    For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Table XIX., page 53.
    Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows :—Deaths occurring entirely outside the Borough, but belonging thereto.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.
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    MORTUARY. Number of Bodies Received into Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street. The following is a list of the number of bodies received into the Council's Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the ages of the deceased :—
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    The notifici.tion of infectious diseases and the removals were as follows :—
    Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
    Zynotic EnteriesChicken pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Erysipelas.Zy i o ie i'Jnt1 ritis.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Total,
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    The deaths were as follows :—
    Residents.Outlying.
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    Grosvenor, Hanbury, and Council Buildings.
    Causes of Death. (See page 37)Deaths belonging to Buildings at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Public Institutions within and without Borough (at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    i All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Union Workhouse.Sick Asylum.Bow Institution.Poplar Hospital.Outlying. Institutions.
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    The institutions and localities in which the deaths happened were :—
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    The mortality for the above buildings for the past twenty-three years is as follows :—
    1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.
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    Hanbury Buildings.
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    Hanbury Buildings.
    1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917
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    Grosvenor Buildings.
    1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.1906.
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    Grosvenor Buildings.
    1917.1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.
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    Council B uildings.
    1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.1915.1916.1917.
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    SEAMEN'S LODGING HOUSES. Merchant Shipping Act, 1894.
    No.Address of Premises.Lodgers.Keeper.
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    CANAL BOATS. For the year ended 31st December, 1917, the inspections and reports of the Inspectors respecting registered canal boats and non-registered canal boats were as follows :—
    RegisteredNon-Registered.
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    TABLE A. Table giving number of, and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, Places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughter-houses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, Registered Houses Let in Lodgings, and Homeworkers' premises.
    Premises.On Register during year 1917.Number of Inspections.Number of Intimations.Number of Notices.Number of Final Notices.Number of Prosecutions.
    Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE B. Workshops on Register (Male), 1917.
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    Workshops on Register (Men and Women Employed).
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    TABLE B -continued. Domestic Workshops on Register (where Men are Employed)
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    TABLE C * See remarks in italics, page 109. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers. 1 —INSPECTION.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2 .—DEFECTS FOUND.*
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
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    LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY ASD WORKSHOP ACT, 1901 (S. 107).1
    Class of Homework.1917. Number of Lists received.Number of Addresses of Outworkers.
    Due Feb. 1st.Due Aug. 1st.Forwarded to other Authorities.Received from other Authorities.
    No. of Lists.No. of Outworkers.No. of Lists.No. of Outworkers.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.
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    TABLE E. Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
    [ Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the vear.Number.
    (1)(2)
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    TABLE F Other Matters.
    Class.Number.
    (1)(2)
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    Slaughterhouses.
    Division.Reg. NoPremises and Tenant.
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    Cowhouses.
    Division.Reg. NoPremises and Tenant.
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    The results of the analyses of 710 samples were reported to the Committee during the year 1917, the samples being as follows
    Sample.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    R esults or A nalyses. Of these 710 samples legal proceedings were instituted in 22 cases and letters of caution were sent in three instances.
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    The following table shows the percentage of all adulterated samples found in the several years named :—
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    The following table shows the percentage of all adulterated samples found in the several years named :—
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    Administrative Action regarding Articles reported to be not Genuine. Quarter ended 31st March, 1917.
    Article.No.Result ot Anatysis.Proceedings.
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    Quarter ended 30th June, 1917.
    Article.No.Result of Analysis.Proceedings.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Article.No.Result of Analysis.Proceedings.
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    Quarter ended 30th September, 1917.
    Article.No.Result of Analysis.Proceedings.
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    Quarter ended 31st December, 1917.
    Article.No.Result of Analysis.Proceedings.
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    The following is the number of premises in each Sub-District of the Borough registered and in usa under the above-mentioned Acts, up to and including 31st December, 1917, viz. :—
    Sub-District.Margarine.Butter.
    W holesalc Dealer.Manufacturer.Factory.Wholesale Dealer in Milk-bleuued.
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    Determination of Closing and Demolition Orders, Section 17 (6)
    Name of Premises.Date of (a) Closing Order. (6) Demolition OrderDate of determining Order.
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    Tabulated Statement of Inspections, of Insanitry Condition found existing, and of Re-inspections during the Period from 1st January, 1917, to 31st December, 1917.
    East com-bined. Mr. BullockWest combined. Mr. Johnson.Poplar South. Mr. Foad.Bromley North. Mr. Langley.Bromley Central. Mr. \V. Johnson.Bow East. Mr. Field.Bow West. Mr. Boyce.Totals.
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    Police Court Proceedings
    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Attendance at Police Court.Result.Name of Officer.
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    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Attendance at Police Court:Result-Name of Officer.
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    The details of which were entered in my journal day by day and reported to the Public Health and Housing Committee month by month.
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    The following is a tabulated statement of further details Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended 31st December, 1917.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals
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    Tabulated Statement for year ended, December 31 st, 1917
    General.Chinese Quarter.*
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    General.Chinese Quarter.*
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    GeneralChinese Quarters *
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    Visiting.
    Miss Hall.Miss Brockle-hurst.Poplar Infant Care Assoen.The Royal College of St. Katharine.Total.
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum. The number of notifications received (39) is the lowest but one (1912—34) since the Act came into force.
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    Zymotic Enteritis. The information given on the Case Sheets, was even less than last year. Very few visitors made remarks. Special foods mentioned as being given to infants under two years of age were: Cow's Milk. Glaxo, Nestle's, Allenbury's and Neave's.
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    Medical Advice Obtained.
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    The feeding of the infants visited during the first fix months of life was as follows:—
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    Vital Statistics, 1915.
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    Vital Statistics, 1914.
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    Visits.
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    Re -visits.
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
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    Zymotic Enteritis.
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    Measles.