Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1904

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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 and 1904.

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

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

Divisions.	Population at Census, April, 1901.	Population estimated to the middle of
Divisions.	Population at Census, April, 1901.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.

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Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901-1904.

Division.	1901		1902.		1903.		1904.
Division.	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	Total Number of Births	Birth Rate per 1000 persons.

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

Age Periods.	1902.		1903.		1904
Age Periods.	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.

District.	1902.	1903.	1904.

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Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1902-3-4.

Disease.	1902.		1903.		1904
Disease.	Number of Deaths.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.	Number of Death?.	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year	Number of Deaths	Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year

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The distribution of the principal infant deaths in Wards was as follows:—

Ward.	Premature Birth.	Epidemic Diarrhœa.	Respiratory Diseases.	Digestive Diseases.	Total from Special Groups.

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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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Sydenham And Forest Hill

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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 1904.

Number ofDeaths	Number of Deaths

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Table 7. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904.

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

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 1904.

Localities.	First Quarter.	Second Quarter.	Third Quarter.	Fourth Quarter.	1904.

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Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1904.

Disease Classes.	Lee Division.					Lewisham Division.					Sydenham and Forest Hill Division					Whole Borough
Disease Classes.	Istt Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr-	Whole Year.	Ist Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year	ISt Qr	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Whole Year	Ist 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 1904

Disease Class	Wards and Divisions.
Disease Class	Church 1	Manor 2	South 3	Lee 4	Blackheath 5	Lewisham Village 6	Lewisham 7 park	Brockley 8	Catford9	Lewisham 10	Forest Hill 11	Sydenham 12	Sydenhamand 13 Forest Hill	Whole 14 Borough

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Table 12. Death Bates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1904, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

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

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Table 13. Death rates during 1904 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 Distribution	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 for the near 1904.

Causes of Death.		Deaths Whole Borough							Borough Divisions			Deaths in Public Institutionsin the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outsidethe Borough	Deaths of Non-residents inthe Borough
Causes of Death.		Under 1 year	1 and under 5 years	5 and under 18 years	15 and under 29 years	25 and under 68 years	65 years and over	Total all Ages	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill	Deaths in Public Institutionsin the Borough.	Deaths of Residents outsidethe Borough	Deaths of Non-residents inthe Borough

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Table 14—C ontinued.

Causes of Death		Heaths Whole Borough							Borough Divisions			Deaths In Public Institutions in Borough	Deaths of Residents outside Borough	Deaths of non-residents ion Borough
		Under 1 year	1 and under 8 years	5 and under 13 years	19 and under 25 years 1	25 and under 65 years	65 years and over	Total all Ages	Lee	Lewisham	Sydenham and Forest Hill

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Table 15. Residents and NON-RESIDENTS dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.

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 1904.

Localities	Small-Pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Typhus Fever	Enteric Fever	Pyrexia *(origin uncertain)	Epidemic Diarrhoea& 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 1904.

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 1904.

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. Meteorological Table for London for the Year 1904. (D educed 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" F. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L.)	Mean of		Absolute Minimum & Maximum.				Total possible.	Total observed	Number of Days.	Total Fall.	Most in a day.
	A	B	Absolute Minimum & Maximum.								Amount	Day of Month.
	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum.	Day of Month	Maximum.	Day of Month.

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

	Scarlet Fever.		Diphtheria.

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Table 20. Age Periods of Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year, 1904.

Age Periods.	Scarlet Fever.				Diphtheria.
	Males.	Females.	Total.	Percentage to Total Cases	Males	Females.	Total.	Percentage to Total Cases.

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Table 21. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough in the years 1902, 1903 and 1904.

Wards.	Diseases
	Small.Pox			Scarlet Fever			Diphtheria			Enteric Fever			Puerperal Fever			Erysipelas			Total
	1902	1903	1904	1902	1903	1904	1902	1903	1904	1902	1903	1904	1902	1903	1904	1902	1903	1904	1902	1903	1904

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Table 22. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small-Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the years 1903 and 1904.

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

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The infectious diseases notified by the School Authorities were as follows:—

	Children Buffering.	Other children excluded.

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Street List Streets in which Cases of Infectious Disease occurred.

LEE DIVISION.	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever.		Erysipelas		Phthisis
LEE DIVISION.	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected \|	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever.		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases.	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Eryipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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	Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Enteric Fever		Erysipelas		Phthisis
	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected	No. of Cases	Houses affected

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Table 23. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland ReYenue Act during 1904.

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

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Table 24. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance tvith Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the years 1903 and 1904.

Ward.	Number of Water Certificates Granted.

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

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Drinking water cisterns defective 173

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Table 25. Workshops and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1904.

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

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Table 27. Details oj Premises Subject to Registration by the Local Authority or the London County Council.

Premises.		Number of Places.				No. of Inspections 1904.	No. of Notices 1904.	No. of Prosecutions 1904
Premises.		On Register at end of 1903.	Added in 1904.	Removed in 1904.	On Register at end 1 of 1904.	No. of Inspections 1904.	No. of Notices 1904.	No. of Prosecutions 1904

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Table 28. Register of Sanitary Work for the year ended 31 st December, 1904

Description of Work		Lewisham				Sydenham »nd Forest HiU		Lee	Work shops	House to House
Description of Work		Mr. J. F. Charlesworth	Mr. J. A. K. Cooper	Mr. H. King	t Mr. R. J. Davis	Mr. E. T Pidwell	Mr. B. A. Knappett	Mr. It. White	Mr. J. Daltry	Mr. A. H. Gray	J Mr. H. L. Hyde	Total for Whole Boro.

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Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 81st, 1904.

	Total.	Genuine.	Adulterated.	Percentage Adulterated.

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Table B. Summary of Samples Analysed in the Borough in each Year, 1898-1904 ( inclusive).

Year	No. of Samples			Genuine	Adulterated	Percentage Adulterated	No. of Prosecutions	Fines and Costs imposed

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Table C. Showing results of Total Samples submitted during the years 1902-3-4.

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

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Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the years 1902-3-4.

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

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Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1904.

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 F. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk for the year ended December 31s£, 1904.

No.	Adulteration.	Remarks.

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Table G. Samples in which Formalin was used as a Preservative.

No.	Adulteration.	Result.

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Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1902-3-4.

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

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Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31sf, 1904.

No.	Adulteration.	Result.

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Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the year ended December 31st, 1904.

No.	Article.	Adulteration.	Result.

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Table A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901-4.

Births.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.				at all Ages belonging to the District.
Number.	Rate.*	Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages.		at all Ages belonging 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 1901-4

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.	1 Deaths under 1 year.

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Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1904.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in whole district.							Total Cases 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 1904

Cadses 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 Institutionsin the District.
Cadses 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 Institutionsin the District.
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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 and 1904.

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

Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901-1904.

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

Table 5. percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions.

Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1902-3-4.

The distribution of the principal infant deaths in Wards was as follows:—

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:—

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS belonging to the Borough occurring in Public Institutions, &amp;c., in districts outside during the year 1904.

Table 7. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901, 1902, 1903 and 1904.

Table 8. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1904.

Table 9. Corrected Death Rates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, and the Whole Borough, for the four Quarters of the Year 1904.

Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1904.

Table 11. Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the Wards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1904

Table 12. Death Bates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1904, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.

Table 13. Death rates during 1904 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 for the near 1904.

Table 14—C ontinued.

Table 15. Residents and NON-RESIDENTS dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.

Table 16. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1904.

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 1904.

Table 18. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1904.

Table 19. Meteorological Table for London for the Year 1904. (D educed from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)

The following figures show the percentage of cases occuring 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, 1904.

Table 21. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough in the years 1902, 1903 and 1904.

Table 22. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small-Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the years 1903 and 1904.

The infectious diseases notified by the School Authorities were as follows:—

Street List Streets in which Cases of Infectious Disease occurred.

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Table 23. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland ReYenue Act during 1904.

Table 24. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance tvith Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the years 1903 and 1904.

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

Drinking water cisterns defective 173

Table 25. Workshops and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1904.

Table 27. Details oj Premises Subject to Registration by the Local Authority or the London County Council.

Table 28. Register of Sanitary Work for the year ended 31 st December, 1904

Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 81st, 1904.

Table B. Summary of Samples Analysed in the Borough in each Year, 1898-1904 ( inclusive).

Table C. Showing results of Total Samples submitted during the years 1902-3-4.

Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the years 1902-3-4.

Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1904.

Table F. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk for the year ended December 31s£, 1904.

Table G. Samples in which Formalin was used as a Preservative.

Table H. Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1902-3-4.

Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31sf, 1904.

Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the year ended December 31st, 1904.

Table A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901-4.

Table B. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901-4

Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1904.

Table D. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1904

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS belonging to the Borough occurring in Public Institutions, &c., in districts outside during the year 1904.