[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

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Table 1. Population of the Borough in Wards obtained, at the Census, April, 1901. Also the population estimated at the middle of the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.

Ward.	Population at Census, Apr., 1901	Population estimated to the middle of
Ward.	Population at Census, Apr., 1901	1901.	1902.	1903,	1904.	1905.

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Table 2. Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905.

Divisions.	Population at Census, Apr. '01.	Population estimated to the middle of
Divisions.	Population at Census, Apr. '01.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.

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Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901-1905.

Division.	1901.		1902.		1903.		1904.		1905.
Division.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons,	Total Number of Births.	Birth R ate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.	Total Number of Births.	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.

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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Table 4 Number of Deaths at Various Age Periods and their Percentage to Corrected Total Deaths during the years 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.

Age Period.	1902.		1903.		1904.		1905
Age Period.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage to Total Deaths.

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Table 5. Percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions for the years 1902-5.

District.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.

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Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1903-5.

Disease.	1903.		1904.		1903.
Disease.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Deaths under 1 year.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.

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The highest mortality was in the Lewisham Village and Lewisham Park Wards:—

Ward.	Common Infect. Diseases.	Diarr. Diseases.	Wasting Diseases	Tuber. Diseases.	Resp. Diseases.	Other Diseases.	Total Infant Deaths	Death-rate per 1000 of the Population.

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LIST OF STREETS in which more than one infant died under the age of 12 months, showing that the majority of infantile deaths occurred in the poorer classes.

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The total deaths from the diseases mentioned were :—

	Lewisham.	County of London.

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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS belonging to the Borough occurring in Public Institutions, &c., in districts outside during the year 1905.

	Number of Deaths		Number of Deaths

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Table 7. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901-5.

	1901.		1902.		1903.		1904.		1905.
Locality.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rate per 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death-rateper 1,000 of the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rateper 1,000 ot the population.	Total Number of Deaths.	Death rateper 1,000 of the population

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Table 8. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1905.

Localities.	First Quarter.			Second Quarter.			Third Quarter.			Fourth Quarter.			Whole Year.
Localities.	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total

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Table 9 Corrected Death Rates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, and the Whole Borough, for the four Quarters of the Year 1905.

Localities.	First Quarter.	Second Quarter.	Third Quarter.	Fourth Quarter	1905.

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*Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1905.

Disease Classes.	Lee Division.					Lewisham Division.					Sydenham and Forest Hill Division					Whole Borough
Disease Classes.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year	1st Qr.	2nd Qr—	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year

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Table 11. Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the Wards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1905.

Disease Class	Wards and Divisions.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
	Church	Manor	South	Lee	Blackheath	Lewisham Village	Lewisham Park	Brockley	\| Catford	Lewisham	Forest Hill	Sydenham	Sydenham and Forest Hiil	Whole Borough

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Table 12 Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1905, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

Boroughs	Per 1000 Persons Living.													Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered
	Deaths from
	Births.	All Causes	Principal Epidemic Diseases	Small-Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping-Cough	Typhus	Enteric Fever	Pyrexia* (Origin uncertain)	Diarrhoea	Phthisis

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Table 13. Death rates during 190S in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution, and (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

Boroughs.	Death-rates per 1000 Living.
	All Causes.		Scarlet Fever.		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Phthisis.
	Before Distribution	After Distribution	Before Distri bution	After Distribution	Before Distribution .	After Distribution	Before Distribution	After Distribution	Before Distribution	After Distribution

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Table 14. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham jor the year 1905.

Causes of Death.		Deaths Whole Borough							Borough Divisions			Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outside the Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough
Causes of Death.		Under 1 year	1 and under 5 years	5 and under 13 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under 65 years	65 years and over	Total all Ages	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill	Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outside the Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough

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Table 14 -continued.

Causes of Death.		Deaths Whole Borough							Borough Divisions			Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outside the Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough
Causes of Death.		Under 1 year	1 and under 5 years	5 and under 13 years	15 and under 25 years	25 and under 65 years	65 years and over	Total all Ages	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill	Deaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outside the Borough	Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Table 15. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough, 1905.

Institution.	Deaths of Residents.	Deaths of Non-Residents.	Total.

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Table 16. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1905.

Localities	Small-Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Typhus Fever	Enteric Fever	Pyrexia *(origin uncertain)	Epidemic Diarr-hœa& Epidemic Enteritis	Dysentery.	Totals	Death Kates from Principal Zymotic Diseases.

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Table 17. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis and Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1905.

Disease.	Lee Division.	Lewisham Division.	Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.	Whole Borough ,	County of London.	76 Great Towns.

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Table 18. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1905.

Ages.	Small-Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.	Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis.	Dysentry.	Totals in Age Groups.

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Table 19. Meteriologica! Table for London far the Year 1905 (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

Barometer.	AIR TEMPERATURE						Bright Sunshine.		Rain and other forms of Precipitation
Mean pressure at 32 ºF. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. 1 above M.S.L.)	Mean of		Absolute Minimum & Maximum.				Total possible	Total observed	Number of Days.	Total Fall.	Most in a day.
	Minimum. A	Day of Month B	Minimum	Day of Month.	Maximum.	Day of Month.	Total possible	Total observed	Number of Days.	Total Fall.	Amount	Day of Month.
Ins	0	0	0		0		Hours	Hours		Ins.	Ins.

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The following figures show the percentage of cases occur-ing among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—

Age.	Scarlet Fever.			Diphtheria.
Age.	1903.	1904.	1905.	1903.	1904.	1905.

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Table 20. Age Periods of Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year, 1905.

Age Periods.	Scarlet Fever.		Diphtheria.
Age Periods.	Number of Cases.	Percentage to Total Cases	Number of Cases.	Percentage to Total Cases

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Table 21. Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Ten Wards and the Whole Borough during the year 1905.

Wards.	Small Pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever	Erysipelas.	Puerperal Fever.	All Notifiable Infectious Diseases.

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Table 22. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough in the years 1903, 1904 and 1905.

Wards.	Diseases
	Small-Pox			Scarlet Fever			Diphtheria			Enteric Fever			Erysipelas			Total
	1903	1904	1905	1903	1904	1905	1903	1904	1905	1903	1904	1905	1903	1904	1905	1903	1904	1905

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Table 23. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small-Pox Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Borough and the County of London for the years 1903, 1904, and 1905

Borough.	Small-Pox.			Scarlet Fever.			Diphtheria.			All Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Borough.	1903	1904	1905	1903	1904	1905.	1903	1904	1905.	1903.	1904.	1905.

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED FROM SCHOOLS.

	Number of children suffering.	Children excluded on account of infection in their homes.

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The following is a summary of the principal nuisances found:—

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Table 24. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts during 1905.

Name of Street.	Number of Houses.	Number of Dwellings.	Number of Certificates Granted.	Date of Inspection.

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Table 25. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance with Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the years 1903, 1904, and 1905.

Ward	Number of Water Certificates Granted.
Ward	1903	1904	1905

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Adulteration of Food and Drugs.

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Table 26. Inspection of Factories, Workshops, &c.

Premises.	Inspections	Notices served.

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Statement of Defects Found.

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

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Workshops on the Register at the end of 1905:—

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Table 27. * Workshops and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1905.

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

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Factory and Workshop Act:-

	Miss Whitworth.	Miss Jones.*	Total.

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Table 28. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK.A .

Premises.	Number of Places				No. of Inspections 1905	No. of Notices 1905.	No. of Prosecutions 1905
	On Register at end of 1904.	Added in 1905.	Removed in 1905.	On Register at end of 1905

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Table 29. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK—B For the year ended 31st December, 1905.

Description of Work	Mr. J. A. K. Cooper j	Mr. H. King	Mr. E. T Pidwell	Mr. B. A. Knappett	Mr. R. White	Mr. J. Daltry	Mr. A. H. Gray	Mr. H. L. Hyde	Total tor Wuole Boro.

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Table A. Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 31 s t , 1905. (a) Samples taken officially and in accordance with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Article.	Total.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Table C. Showing results of Total Samples submitted during the years 1902-5.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.				Adulterated.				Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1902	1903	1904	1905	1902	1903	1904	1905	1902	1903	1904	1905

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Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the years 1902-5.

Quarter.	No. of Samples				Adulterated.				Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1902	1903	1904	1905	1902	1903	1904	1905	1902	1903	1904	1905

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Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1905.

Period.	Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.		Average Composition of genuine samples.		Board of Agriculture Standard.
	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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Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted during the Years 1902-5.

Period.	Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.		Average Composition of genuine samples.		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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Table G. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk during the year ended December 31st, 1905.

No.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1902.5.

Quarter.	No. of Samples.				Adullerated.				Percentage Adulterated.
Quarter.	1902	1903	1904	1905	1902	1903	1904	1905	1902	1903	1904	1905

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Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31st, 1905.

No.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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Table J. Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the year ended December 31st, 1905.

No.	Article.	Adulteration.	Remarks

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Other Prosecutions taken under The Sale of Foods & Drugs Acts.

No.	Offence.	Remarks.

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Table A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901-5.

Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.				Nett Deaths at all Ages eelong1ng to the District.
Number.	Rate.*	Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages.		Nett Deaths at all Ages eelong1ng to the District.
		Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages.		Number.	Rate.*
		Number.	Rate per 1000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate.*	Number.	Rate.*

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Table B. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901-5

Names of Localities.	LEE.				LEWISHAM.				SYDENHAM & FOREST HILL.				WHOLE BOROUGH.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 Year	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all ages.	Deaths under 1 year.

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Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1905.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in whole district.							Total Casks Notified in each Locality at all Ages.			No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
	At all Ages	At Ages—Years.						Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.	Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.
	At all Ages	Under 1	1 to 5.	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 and upwards	Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.	Lee.	Lewisham.	Sydenham and Forest Hill.

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Table D . Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1905

Causes of Death.	Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.							Deaths in cr belonging to Localities (at all Ages).			Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
Causes of Death.	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Lee Division.	Lewisham Division.	Sydenham & Forest Hill Division.	Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

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Table E. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.			Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months	10-11 Months.	11-12 Months.	Total Deaths under One Year.

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Suggested Time Table for Feeding; from Birth to Twelve Months.

From Birth to Six Weeks	Six Weeks to Three Months.	Three to Six Months.	Six to Nine Months.	Nine to Twelve Months.

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Lewisham 1905

58 tables in this report

Table 1. Population of the Borough in Wards obtained, at the Census, April, 1901. Also the population estimated at the middle of the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.

Table 2. Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905.

Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901-1905.

ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Table 4 Number of Deaths at Various Age Periods and their Percentage to Corrected Total Deaths during the years 1902, 1903, 1904 and 1905.

Table 5. Percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions for the years 1902-5.

Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1903-5.

The highest mortality was in the Lewisham Village and Lewisham Park Wards:—

LIST OF STREETS in which more than one infant died under the age of 12 months, showing that the majority of infantile deaths occurred in the poorer classes.

Continued from previous page...

The total deaths from the diseases mentioned were :—

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS belonging to the Borough occurring in Public Institutions, &amp;c., in districts outside during the year 1905.

Table 7. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901-5.

Table 8. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1905.

Table 9 Corrected Death Rates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, and the Whole Borough, for the four Quarters of the Year 1905.

*Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1905.

Table 11. Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the Wards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1905.

Table 12 Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1905, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

Table 13. Death rates during 190S in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs, from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases (1) before Distribution, and (2) after Distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.

Table 14. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham jor the year 1905.

Table 14 -continued.

Table 15. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough, 1905.

Table 16. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1905.

Table 17. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis and Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1905.

Table 18. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1905.

Table 19. Meteriologica! Table for London far the Year 1905 (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

The following figures show the percentage of cases occur-ing among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—

Table 20. Age Periods of Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year, 1905.

Table 21. Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Ten Wards and the Whole Borough during the year 1905.

Table 22. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough in the years 1903, 1904 and 1905.

Table 23. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small-Pox Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Borough and the County of London for the years 1903, 1904, and 1905

INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED FROM SCHOOLS.

The following is a summary of the principal nuisances found:—

Table 24. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts during 1905.

Table 25. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance with Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the years 1903, 1904, and 1905.

Adulteration of Food and Drugs.

Table 26. Inspection of Factories, Workshops, &amp;c.

Statement of Defects Found.

Workshops on the Register at the end of 1905:—

Table 27. * Workshops and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1905.

Factory and Workshop Act:-

Table 28. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK.A .

Table 29. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK—B For the year ended 31st December, 1905.

Table A. Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 31 s t , 1905. (a) Samples taken officially and in accordance with the provisions of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.

Table C. Showing results of Total Samples submitted during the years 1902-5.

Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the years 1902-5.

Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1905.

Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted during the Years 1902-5.

Table G. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk during the year ended December 31st, 1905.

Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1902.5.

Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31st, 1905.

Table J. Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the year ended December 31st, 1905.

Other Prosecutions taken under The Sale of Foods &amp; Drugs Acts.

Table A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901-5.

Table B. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901-5

Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1905.

Table D . Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1905

Table E. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

Suggested Time Table for Feeding; from Birth to Twelve Months.

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS belonging to the Borough occurring in Public Institutions, &c., in districts outside during the year 1905.

Table 26. Inspection of Factories, Workshops, &c.

Other Prosecutions taken under The Sale of Foods & Drugs Acts.