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 London County Council]
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Year. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35— | 45— | 55— | 65 + | All ages. |
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1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. |
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Disease. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. |
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Probable origin. | Initials of case, age, and sex. | Address. | Dates of | Remarks. | |
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Rash. | Removal to hospital. |
Probable origin. | Initials of case, age, and sex. | Address. | Dates of | Remarks. | |
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Rash. | Removal to hospital. |
Form of tuberculosis notified. | Sex | Notifications on Form A. (Total of primary notifications received in London boroughs, other than elementary school cases, infra). | ||||||||||||||||
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0— | 1— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 25— | 35 — | 45 — | 55— | 65 + | Age not stated | Total. |
Age. | Under 3 | 3—5, | 5—10. | 10—20. | 20—30. | 30-40. | 40—50. | 50—60. | Over 60. | Total. |
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Year. | 1911, from 1st Sept. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. |
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Month | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. |
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Age | Under 3 | 3—5. | 5—10. | 10—20. | 20—30. | 30—40. | 40—50. | 50—60. | Over 60. |
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Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total |
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Sanitary area. | Sanitary inspectors. | ||||
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Male. | Female. | Health visitors. | |||
Whole time. | †Part time. | Whole time. | †Part time. |
Type. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Type. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
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Type. | Idiot. | Imbecile. | Feebleminded. |
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Chronological age. | Mental age. | Total. | |||||||||||||
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1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | 15. | Adult. |
Chronological age. | Unfit to derive benefit in a special school. | Total. | Capable of deriving benefit in a special school. | Total. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mental age. | Mental age. | |||||||||||||||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. |
Chronological age. | Mental age. | ||||||||||
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3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. | Total. |
Type. | No. observed. | Father's age. | Mother's age. |
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Condition of child. | Total cases. | Period of gestation. | ||||
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Full term. | 8 months. | 7 months. | 6 months or less. | Not stated. |
1913. | 1914. | 1915. | 1916. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. |
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Year. | 1917. | 1918. | 1919. |
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Year. | No. of houses licensed. | Authorised number of lodgers. | No. of day visits by inspectors. | No. of night visits. | No. of prosecutions. | No. of convictions. | Penalties and costs. | No. of cases of infectious disease. | ||
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£ | s. | d |
Year. | No. of licensed houses. | Authorised number of lodgers. | No. of day visits. | No. of night visits. | No. of prosecutions. | No. of convictions. | Penalties and costs. | No. of cases of infectious diseases. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
Cowsheds. | Slaughterhouses. | Offensive Trades | Smoke nuisances. | Underground rooms. | Overcrowding. | Houses let in lodgings. | Common lodging houses. | Cleansing of persons and rooms. | Water supply. | Milk. shops. | Ice cream premises. | Other food places | ||||||||||||||||
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Sanitary Authority. | No. licensed. | No. of inspections. | No. licensed | No. of inspections | No. licensed. | No. of Inspections. | Observations. | Complaints. | Notices. | No. illegally occupied. | Vo. closed or otherwise remedied. | Instances found. | No. remedied. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | Prosecutions. | Houses licensed. | Authorised lodgers. | Adults. | Children. | Premises or rooms | Tenement houses extra supply. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. on register. | No. of inspections. | No. of places. | No. of. Inspections. |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Borough. | Rxarained for the first time. | No. included under (2). Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | No. included under (2). Sutfering from Non. Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | No. included under (2). Found to be Non. Tuberculous. | No. included under 2 where Diagnosis Doubtful. | Total Attendances at Dispensary, including those under column 2. | Attendances included in column 7 at which systematic examination and records were made. | Visits to homes made by Dispensary Medical Officers. | Visits to homes made by Dispensary Nurses. | Referred to hospital to which Dispensary affiliated. | Specimens of sputum examined. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | Insured. | Uninsured. | ||||||||||||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. | M. | F. | M. | F. | Chldn. |
Year. | Clothing and Footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness (Head). | Cleanliness (Body). | |||||||||
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Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Excellent | normal. | Subnormal. | Clean. | Nits. | Verminous. | Clean. | Dirty. | Verminous. |
Year. | Clothing and Footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness (Head). | Cleanliness (Body). | |||||||||
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Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Excellent. | Normal. | Subnormal. | Clean. | Nits. | Verminous. | Clean. | Dirty. | Verminous. |
Age. | Total examined | Number defective. | Percentages. |
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Age. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | ||||
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Moderate. | Acute. | Slight. | Moderate. | Acute. | Slight. |
Hospital or Centre. | No. of children attended. | No. of attendances made. | No. of teeth or roots extracted. | No. of stoppings. | No. of other operations, e.g., scaling, Immediate regulation, application of Ag. N03, etc. | Number of general anaesthetics. | |||
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Nitrous oxide. | Ethyl chloride. | Other general anaesthetics. | |||||||
Temporary. | Permanent. |
Morbid condition. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Morbid condition. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
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Physical age. | Mental age. | |||||||
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3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Totals. |
Age. | Entrants. | Intermediate group. | Leavers. | Total. | |||||||||
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3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | Other ages. | Total. | 8. | 12. | 13. | 14. | Other ages. | Total. | All age groups. |
Special cases. | *General examination. | Re.examinations, i.e., number of children re.inspected. |
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Code groups. | Specials. | |||||
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Number referred for treatment. | Number requiring observation. | |||||
Elementary Schools. | Special Schools. | Referred for treatment. | Requiring observation. |
Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
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Boys. | Girls. | Total. |
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Condition. | Number of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary | Number of defects for which no report is yet available. | Number of defects treated. | Result of treatment. | Improved without institutional treatment. | Number of defects not treated and still needing treatment | Percentage of defects under treatment or discharged as cured in cases reported upon. | ||||
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From previous year, i.e., all cases referred for treatment in 1918, less cases noted as discharged. | New. | Total. | Remedied and discharged. | Not fully remedied. |
Elementary Schools. | Special schools. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Entrants. | Intermediate. | Leavers. | Totals. | Urgent and Special. | Myope. | Deaf. | Mentally defective. | |||||||||||||||
Boys. | Girls. | Boys | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys and Girls. | Boys and Girls. | Boys and Girls. |
Clothing and Footgear. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Teeth. | Vision. | Mental Condition | |||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Class of ailment and number re-inspected. | Number of ailments treated. | Cases not Treated. | |||||||
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By doctor. | Under Council's scheme. | At other hospitals. | Cases cleared up naturally. | Cases needing observation only. | Cases still needing treatment. | ||||
Cured. | Not Cured. | Cured. | Not Cured. | Cured. | Not Cured. |
Class of ailment and number re.inspected. | Number treated. | Not Treated. | |||||||
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By doctor. | Under Council's scheme. | At other hospitals. | Cleared up naturally. | Cases needing observation only. | Cases still needing treatment. | ||||
Cured. | Not Cured. | Cured. | Not Cured. | Cured. | Not Cured. |
Year. | Pulmonary. | Non.Pulmonary. | Total. | |||
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London. | England and Wales. | London. | England and Wales. | London. | England and Wales. |
Phthisis. | Other tuberculosis. |
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Calendar year. | No. of schemes. | No. of separate Dispensaries. | Calendar year. | No. of schemes. | No. of separate Dispensaries. |
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Metropolitan borough. | Primary notifications. | Cases of tuberculosis dealt with at dispensaries for first time. | ||||
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Number. | Per cent, of primary notifications. | |||||
Pulmonary. | Non. pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non. pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non. pulmonary. |
1917. | 1918. |
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1917. | 1918. |
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Average deaths per annum from tuberculosis, 1912.16, inclusive. | Average number of primary notifications per annum, 1914.18, inclusive. | Estimated number of "new home contacts" per annum. | ||
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Pulmonary. | Non.pulmonary. |
* Dispensary. | Borough. | Average number of deaths per annum from tuberculosis, 1912.16 inclusive. | Average number of primary notifications per annum, 1914.18 inclusive. | Estimated number of new "home contacts" per annum. | |
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Pulmonary. | Non. pulmonary. |
Estimate. 1915. | Actual cost. | |||
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1916. | 1917. | 1918. | ||
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Estimate. 1915. | Actual cost. | Estimate. 1920.21. | ||||
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1915.16. | 1916.17. | 1917.18. | 1918.19. |
Percentage of work which related to insured persons. | ||
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1917. | 1918. |
Year. | Beds. | Cases treated. | ||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. |
Adults. | Children. (Under 16.) | Total. |
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Total. | Untraced. | Known to be alive December, 1918. | Known to be dead December, 1918. |
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No. of cases. | Known to be alive December, 1918. | Known to be dead December, 1918. |
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Cases. | Alive Dec. 1918. | Dead Dec. 1918. |
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Total No. of cases treated. | Traced, cases known to be alive 31.12.19. | Traced cases known to be dead 31.12.19. | Untraced. |
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No. of cases treated. |
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No. of cases treated and traced to 31.12.19. | No. known to be alive on 31.12.19. | No. known to be dead on 31.12.19. |
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No. of cases. | Known to be alive 31.12.19. | Known to be dead 31.12.19. |
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No. of cases treated. |
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No. of cases treated and traced | Known to be alive | Known to be dead | |
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31.12.19. | 31.12.19. | 31.12.19. |
Classification of stage of disease | Adults Insured and Uninsured. | Children under 16 years of age. |
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£ | £ |
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Pulmonary tuberculosis. | Non.pul monary tuberculosis. | |||
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Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. |
Total percentages of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis occurring in institutions. | Ad ministrative counties. | County borough. | Metropolitan boroughs. |
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Particulars relating to area. | Period. | . Persons examined for the first time during the period at or in connection with the Dispensary. | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary. | 3 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Proportion per 100 deaths per annum from tuberculosis (average 1912.1916). | Proportion per 1,000 new persons who were found to be | Number of insured person* per 100 new persons. | Number per 10,000 population in area served. | Per 100 new cases of tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination. | Percentage relating to insured persons. | By medical officer. | By nurses. | |||||||||||||||||
All persons | Tuberculous. | Non. tuber. culous. | Doubtful. | Tuberculous. | Non. tuberculous. | Doubt. lul. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | |||||||
Pulm. | Non. puim. | Pulm. | Non. pulm. |
Particulars relating to area. | Period. | 1. Persons examined for the first time during the period at or in connection with the Dispensary- | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary- | 3 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Proportion per 100 deaths per annum from tuberculosis (average 1912-1916). | Proportion per 1,000 new persons who were found to be | Number of insured persons per 100 new persons. | N umber per 10,000 population in area served. | Per 100 new cases of tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination- | Percentage relating to Insured persons | By medical officer. | By nurses. | |||||||||||||||||
All persons | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubt. ful. | Tuberculous. | . Non-tuber culous. | Doubtful- | Insured. | Un Insuted. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | |||||||
Pulm. | Nonpulm. | Pulm. | Nonpulm. |
Particulars relating to area. | Period. | 1. Persons examined for the first time during the period at or in connection with the Dispensary. | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary. | 3 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Proportion per 100 deaths per annum from tuberculosis (average 1912-1916). | Proportion per 1,000 new persons who were found to be | Number of Insured persons per 100 new persons. | Number per 10,000 population in area served. | Per 100 new cases of tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination. | Percentage relating to Insured persons | By medical officer. | By nurses. | ||||||||||||||||||||
All persons | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Insured | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | ||||||||||
Pulm. | Non-pulm. | Pulm. | Non-pulm. |
Particulars relating to area. | Period | Persons examined for the first time during the period at or in connection with the Dispensary. | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary. | 3 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Proportion per 100 deaths per annum from tuberculosis (average 1912-1916). | Proportion per 1,000 new persons who were found to be | Number of insured persons per 100 new persons. | Number per 10,000 population in area served. | Per 100 new cases of tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination. | Percentage relating to insured persons | By medical officer. | By nurses. | ||||||||||||||||||
All persons | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Insured. | Un-Insured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Un-insured. | All cases. | ||||||||
Pulm. | Non-pulm. | Pulm. | Non-pulm. |
Particulars relating to area. | Period. | Persons examined for the first time daring the period at or in connection with the Dispensary. | 2. Total attendance at the dispensary. | 8 and 4. Home visits per 100 new cases of tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Proportion per 100 deaths per annum from tuberculosis (average 1912-1916). | Proportion per 1,000 new persons who were found to be | Number of insured persons per 100 new persons. | Number per 10,000 population in area served. | Per 100 new cases ol tuberculosis. | Per systematic physical examination. | Percentage relating to insured persons. | By medical officer. | By nurses. | |||||||||||||||||
All persons | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubt ful. | Tuberculous. | Non-tuberculous. | Doubtful. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Uninsured. | All cases. | Insured. | Un Insured | All cases. | |||||||
Pulm. | Non-pulm. | Pulm. | Non-pulm. |
Metropolitan borough. | Percentage of population in each age group. | Amount by which the borough percentage is greater (+) or less (—) than the London average for each age. | Percentage of males in population. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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0— | 5— | MALES. | 35— | 55- | 0— | 5— | FEMALES. | 35— | 55+ | MALES. | FEMALES. | ||||||||||||||||
15— | 25- | 15— | 25- | 0-1 | 5— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 55+ | 0— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 35— | 55+ |
Metropolitan Boroughs. | Males. | PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. | non-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Total deaths. | Females. | Males. | Total deaths. | Females. | Total deaths. | |||||||||||||||||||
Pre-war death rates. | 1914. | Pre-war death rates. | 1914. | Total deaths. | Pre-war death rates. | Pre-war death rates. | ||||||||||||||||||
1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911-14. | 1915-18. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1911-14. | 1915-18. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1911-14. | 1915-18. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | 1911-14 | 1915-18. |
Metropolitan Boroughs. | males. | females. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Unoccupied and retired. | General and Local Government, professional, agents, merchants, etc. | Defence of the country. | Commercial clerks. | Railways. | Roads. | Domestic service, in and outdoor. | General engineering. | Building. | Furniture, decorating, etc. | Printers. | Tailors. | Boot and shoemakers. | Food and lodging, etc. | Unoccupied and retired. | Civil Service, teaching, literary professional. | Domestic scrvice. | Hotel and eating house service. | Laundries | Tailor- esses. | Dressmakers, milliners, etc. |
Metropolitan borough. | Tenements occupied by more than two persons per room. | Number of tenements of | Population in tenements of | Percentage of total population living in tenements of | Average number of persons per room in 1-9 room tenements. | |||||||||||||||
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Number. | Occupants. | |||||||||||||||||||
Number. | Per-centage of total population. | Children under ten years. | 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. | 1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. | 1 room. | rooms. 3 rooms.. | 4 rooms. | Over 4 rooms. |