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

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Summary of Dital and Mortalitg Statistics.

	1928.	1927.

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The population for each of the various wards, based on this estimate, and on the estimated population at the revision of ward boundaries in 1925, was as follows:—

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Table 1.

Year.	Estimated	Births.
Year.	population.	No.	Rate per 1000.

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Table II.

Year.	Estimated Population.	Deaths.
Year.	Estimated Population.	No.	Rate per 1000.

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Table III.

Ward.	Deaths.				Death Rate per 1,000.
Ward.	Males.	Females.	Children under 1 year	Total.	Death Rate per 1,000.

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Table IV.

	1927	1928

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Table V.

Ward.	Births Registered.	Deaths under 1 year of age.	Infantile mortality per 1000 Births.

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Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

	Diarrhœa and Enteritis under two years.	Total deaths under one year.

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Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1928

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Table VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

Year.	Deaths under 1 year.	Infantile Mortality Rate.

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Table No. IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1928 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.		Number.	Rate.	of Nonresidents registered in the District	of Residents not registered in the District.	Under 1 year of Age.		At ail Ages.
		Uncorrected Number.	Number.	Rate.	Number.	Rate.	of Nonresidents registered in the District	of Residents not registered in the District.	Number.	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1928.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.
	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2 years.	2, and under 5 years	5 and under 15 years.	15 and under 25 year .	25 and under 45 years.	45 and under 85 years.	65 and under 75 years.	75 and upwards.

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Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1 week.	1 to 2 weeks.	2 to 3 weeks..	3 to 4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	4 weeks and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under IS months	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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Table No. XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1928.

Notifiable Disease	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years							Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
Notifiable Disease	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards	Total Cases Removed to Hospital.

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Table No. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1928.

Notifiable Disease	Total Cases in Borough	Total Cases Notified in each Ward
Notifiable Disease	Total Cases in Borough	Deptford Park	Evelyn	St. Paul's	Vale	Clifton	Canterbury	Hatcham	Pepys	St. Catherine's	St. Peter's	St. John's	Town Hall

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Diphtheria.

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Diphtheria Prophylaxis.

Number Schicked.	Number Schick Positive.	Number Schick Negative.	Result Unknown.	Number Inoculated.	Number fully Inoculated.	Number partly Inoculated.	Total Inoculations given.

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Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1928.

DISEASE	Total Cases Notified	Cases admitted to Hospital.	Total Deaths.

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Table XV. Deaths and Death Rates from Principal Infectious Diseases.

Year	Enteric Fever		Smallpox		Measles		Scarlet Fever		Whooping Cough		Diphtheria		Diarrhcea and Enteritis (under 2 years)		Total
Year	No. of Deaths	Rate	No. of Deaths	Rate	No. of Deaths	Rate	No. of Deaths	Rate	No. of Deaths	Rate	No. of Deaths	Rate ,	No. of Deaths	Rate	No. of Deaths	Rate

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Return made on or before the 9th of February, 1929, by Mr. E. S. Elliott , Vaccination Officer of the several Districts of the Greenwich Union, respecting the vaccination of children whose births were registered in his District from 1st January to 31st December, 1927, inclusive:—

Registration SubDistricts comprised in the vaccination Officer's District.	No. of Births from 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1927.	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan., 1929.					No, of Births wnich on 3ist Jan.. 1929 remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of—			No. of these births remaining on 1st Jan., 1929 not accounted for.	Total No. of Certificates of successful Primary Vaccination at all ages received during Calendar Year 1928.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objections actually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1928.
	No. of Births from 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1927.	Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Smallpox.	Certificates of Conscientious Objection received.	Dead, Unvaccinated.	Postponement by Medical Certificate.	Removal to Districts, V.O. of which apprised.	Removal to places unknown and cases not found.

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Table XVII. SHOWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED.

1928	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Pulmonary Tuberculosis	Measles	Small-Pox Contacts	Cancer	Puerperal Fever	Erysipelas	Pneumonia	Scabies	Typhoid Fever	Chicken Pox	Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis	Impetigo	Whooping Cough	Gangrene	Encephalitis Lethargica	Infantile Paralysis	Dysentery	Formalin Spray			Fumigated Vermionous
																				Infectious	Requests	Total Rooms	Premises	Rooms
																				R'ms.	R'ms.	Total Rooms	Premises	Rooms

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Table XVIII. SHOWING NUMBER OF PREMISES VISITED AND ARTICLES COLLECTED FOR DISINFECTION. OR DESTROYED AT OWNERS* REQUEST.

19-28	Premises		Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	Books		Articles Destroyed (Owners' Request)								Cleansing Station
19-28	Infectious	Requests	Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	I).B.C. Library	Private	Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresse:	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	Wearing Apparel	Towels	Blankets	Total

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Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.

Material.	Total Specimens examined.	Number Positive	Number Negative.

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1928. Table No. XIX.

	Number of District.
	1	2	3	4	⁵	6	7	Totals

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1928— continued.

	Number of District.
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Totals

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1928 —continued.

		Number of District.
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Totals.

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Legal Proceedings Under the Public Health Act and Bylaws.

Premises.	Nature of Offence.	Result of Proceedings.

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House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1928:— Inspector Simpson—

Street or Road.	Total premises inspected.	Number in which defects were found.

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Inspector Kemp—

Street or Road	Total premises inspected	Number in which defects were found

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Inspector Hewett—

Street or Road.	Total premises inspected.	Number in which defects were found.

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Inspector Allam—

Street or Road.	Total premises inspected.	Number in which defects were found.

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Inspector Mayo—

Street or Road	Total premises inspected	Number in which Defects were found

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Inspector Mason—

Street or Road	Total premises inspected.	Number in which Defects were found

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Inspector Webster—

Street or Road	Total premises inspected.	Number in which defects were found.

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Table XX. Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Samples Taken During 1928.

Articles.	Number Genuine.	Number Adulterated.	Total.	Percentage of Adulteration.

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Samples taken during 1928— continued.

Articles.	Number Genuine.	Number Adulterated.	Total	Percentage of Adulteration.

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Table XXI. Proceedings Taken in regard to Samples Purchased during the year 1928.

Sample No.	Article.	Particulars of Adulteration or Infringement.	Fine.			Costs.			Remarks,
			£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Table XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1928.

PREMISES.	NUMBER OF PLACES—				Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings
PREMISES.	On register at end of 1927	Added 1928	Removed 1928	On register at end of 1928	Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings

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Table XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TABULATION OF REPORT AS REQUIRED BY S. 131 OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES, during 1928.

Number of Places					Number of Prosecutions.
On Register at end of 1927.	Added 1928.	Removed 1928.	On Register at end of 1928.		Number of Prosecutions.
			On Register at end of 1928.		Under Factory Acts.	Under Public Health Acts.
			Premises.	Rooms	Under Factory Acts.	Under Public Health Acts.

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1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.		Number of
Premises.		Inspections.		Written Notices.			Prosecutions.

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Table— continued. 3.—HOME WORK.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107									OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 10S			OUTWORK IN 1NFECTKD PREMISES SECTIONS 109, 110
Lists received from Employers.						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or send lists.	Prosecutions.		OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 10S			OUTWORK IN 1NFECTKD PREMISES SECTIONS 109, 110
Twice in the year.			Once in the year.				Prosecutions.		Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (S. 110).	Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110)
Lists.	Outworkers.		Lists.	Outworkers.			Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.
Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.		Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.

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Table XXV. P ublic H ealth (T uberculosis ) R egulations , 1912 and P ublic H ealth (T uberculosis ) R egulations (N o . 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 1st January, 1928 to 29th December, 1928.

Notifications on Form A.											Notifications on Form B.					Number of Notifications on Form C
Age Periods.										Total Notifications on Form A.	Number of Primary Notifications.				Total Notifications on Form B.	Cases admitted to
	1-5	5-10 10-15	15-20 20-25	25-35	\| 35-45	45-5;	55-65	65 and up	Total Primary Notifications		Number of Primary Notifications.					Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.
	1-5	5-10 10-15	15-20 20-25	25-35	\| 35-45	45-5;	55-65	65 and up	Total Primary Notifications		Under 5	5-10	10-15	Total Primary Notifications		Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

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Analysis of the notifications and deaths for the year according to sex and age are given in the accompanying tables:— Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1928.

Age Periods.	New Cases *				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Interval between Notification and Death in 1928.

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The notifications of non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis were as follows :—

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With the addition of transfers from other areas and new notifications the Register stands at the end of 1928 as follows:—

	MALES		FEMALES
	Under 15	Over 15	Under 15	Over 15 Total

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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1928.

Diagnosis.	Pulmonary.				Non-Pulmonary.				Total.
	Adults.		Children.		Adults.		Children.		Adults.		Children.
	M.	F.	M	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Tuberculosis SCHEME. (a) PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1928, arranged according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates.				Previous to 1926					1926					1927					1928
				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.b. minus	Class t.b. plus				Class T B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus.	Class t.b. plus.
				Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.b. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total, (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)

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(b) NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1928, arranged according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Treatment, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates.				Previous to 1926					1926					1927					1928
				Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal	Other Organs	Periphereal Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total

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Deaths of Dispensary Patients, 1928 (i.e., persons suffering from tuberculosis).

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Dental Work. 68 patients, who made 317 attendances in all, were treated during the year. The following work was carried out:—

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Mortuary Report for the year ended 31st December, 1928. Bodies Received, etc.

Total.	Male.	Female.	I nquests.	Postmortems.	Under 1 year of age.	Unknown.	Deposited to await burial only.	I nfec-tious.

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Districts of which deceased persons were residents.

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CANCER.

Year	No. of Deaths	Year	No. of Deaths

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Deaths from, at age periods.

Year	2 to 5 years	5 to 15 years	15 to 25 years	25 to 45 years	45 to 65 years	65 to 75 years	75 years & over

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Deaths from, in Men and Women at different age periods.

Year	Sex	Under 25 years	25 to 45 years	45 to 65 years	65 to 75 years	75 years and upwards	Totals

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The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:—

	1st visits	Re-visits	Total

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Births Notified, Yean 1928.

Ward.	Births Notified,			Alive.	Dead.	By whom Notified.
Ward.	Total.	Male.	Female.	Alive.	Dead.	Parent.	Doctor.	Midwife	Other Person.

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Attendances at Clinics and Treatment Centres. gosterwood street clinic.

1928	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1928	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1—5.	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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NAPIER STREET CLINIC.

1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand. .	Ages 1—5	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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BESSON STREET CLINIC.

1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1-5.	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE CLINIC.

1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1—5.	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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ST. GEORGE'S HALL CLINIC (Opened September 28th).

1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1928.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1—5	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors.

Wards (approximate)		St. Paul's and Evelyn (part)	Vale and Clifton	Deptford Park and Evelyn (part)	Canterbury and Hatcham	St. Catherine's and Pepys	St. John's, St. Peter's and Town Hall.	Total. 1228

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SUNLIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE. Report for the Year 1928.

Month	New Patients	Patients Readmitted	Patients Discharged	Total on Register	Attendance

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Summary of Dital and Mortalitg Statistics.

The population for each of the various wards, based on this estimate, and on the estimated population at the revision of ward boundaries in 1925, was as follows:—

Table 1.

Table II.

Table III.

Table IV.

Table V.

Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1928

Table VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS.

Table No. IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1928 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1928.

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

Table No. XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1928.

Table No. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1928.

Diphtheria.

Diphtheria Prophylaxis.

Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1928.

Table XV. Deaths and Death Rates from Principal Infectious Diseases.

Return made on or before the 9th of February, 1929, by Mr. E. S. Elliott , Vaccination Officer of the several Districts of the Greenwich Union, respecting the vaccination of children whose births were registered in his District from 1st January to 31st December, 1927, inclusive:—

Table XVII. SHOWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED.

Table XVIII. SHOWING NUMBER OF PREMISES VISITED AND ARTICLES COLLECTED FOR DISINFECTION. OR DESTROYED AT OWNERS* REQUEST.

Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1928. Table No. XIX.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1928— continued.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1928 —continued.

Legal Proceedings Under the Public Health Act and Bylaws.

House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1928:— Inspector Simpson—

Inspector Kemp—

Inspector Hewett—

Inspector Allam—

Inspector Mayo—

Inspector Mason—

Inspector Webster—

Table XX. Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.—Samples Taken During 1928.

Samples taken during 1928— continued.

Table XXI. Proceedings Taken in regard to Samples Purchased during the year 1928.

Table XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1928.

Table XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TABULATION OF REPORT AS REQUIRED BY S. 131 OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES, during 1928.

1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Table— continued. 3.—HOME WORK.

Table XXV. P ublic H ealth (T uberculosis ) R egulations , 1912 and P ublic H ealth (T uberculosis ) R egulations (N o . 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 1st January, 1928 to 29th December, 1928.

Analysis of the notifications and deaths for the year according to sex and age are given in the accompanying tables:— Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1928.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Interval between Notification and Death in 1928.

The notifications of non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis were as follows :—

With the addition of transfers from other areas and new notifications the Register stands at the end of 1928 as follows:—

TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1928.

Deaths of Dispensary Patients, 1928 (i.e., persons suffering from tuberculosis).

Dental Work. 68 patients, who made 317 attendances in all, were treated during the year. The following work was carried out:—

Mortuary Report for the year ended 31st December, 1928. Bodies Received, etc.

Districts of which deceased persons were residents.

CANCER.

Deaths from, at age periods.

Deaths from, in Men and Women at different age periods.

The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:—

Births Notified, Yean 1928.

Attendances at Clinics and Treatment Centres. gosterwood street clinic.

NAPIER STREET CLINIC.

BESSON STREET CLINIC.

GOLDSMITHS COLLEGE CLINIC.

ST. GEORGE'S HALL CLINIC (Opened September 28th).

Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors.

SUNLIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE. Report for the Year 1928.

Classification of Patients on Treatment during the year 1928.