Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1911
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| Year. | Density. | General Death Rate (per 1,000 living). | Infantile Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births). |
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| Boroughs. | Death.rate from all causes per 1,000 living (corrected). | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. |
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| Registration: Sub-districts. | Area in Statute Acres. | Families or Separate Occupiers. 1911. | Population 1911. | Increase or Decrease of Population between 1901 and 1911. | Population. | Increase of Population between 1891 and 1901 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891. | 1901 | |||||||
| Increase. | Decrease. | |||||||
| Urban and Rural Districts, Municipal Wards and Civil Parishes. | Area in Statute Acres (Land and Inland Water.) | Families of Separate Occupiers. | Population. | Institutions, Large Establishments, Vessels, &c., 1911. (included in Cols. 4 and 6.) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901. | 1911. | ||||||||
| 1901. | 1911. | Persons. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | No. | Population. | ||
| Cols. (1) | (2J | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) |
| North. | Central. | Southwest. | South-East. | Total for Hackney | Total for London. |
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| Year. | Borough of Hackney. | London. | |
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| Marriages. | Marriage Rate. | Marriage Rate. | |
| Year 1911. | Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | |||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Registration District of Hackney. | Registration Sub-District. | All London, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. | |||
| Year. | Borough of Hackney. | North Sub-District. | Central Sub-District. | South-West Sub-District. | South-East Sub-District. | London. |
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| Sub-District. | Population. | No. of Births. | Birthrate. | Total Deaths. | Death rate (crude.) | Deaths under 1 year. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
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| Year. | Hackney. | London. | Year. | Hackney. | London. |
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| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 month. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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| Babies Visited. | Feeding. | Separate Cot Provided for Baby. | Use of Comforter. | Home Conditions of Family. | Employment of Father. | Remarks. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poor. | Fair. | Comfortable. | |||||||||||||||
| Boys. | Girls. | Breast. | Artificial. | Mixed. | No. | Yes. | No. | Yes. | Clean. | Dirty. | Clean. | Dirty. | Clean. | Dirty. | In Work. | Out of Work | |
| 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. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
| Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Districts. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | Central | South-East | South-West | ||||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 66. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 05. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. | |
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| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages |
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| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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| AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Age. |
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| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Initials of Name. | Age. | Sex. | Date of Onset of Illness. | Date of Notification. | Date of Removal to Hospital. | Remarks. |
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| Initials of Name. | Age. | Sex. | Date of Onset of Illness. | Date of Notification. | Date of Removal to Hospital. | Remarks. |
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| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| DAY OF WEEK. | MARCH. | APRIL. | MAY. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week Ending | Week Ending | Week Ending | |||||||||||
| Mar. nth | Mar. 18th | Mar. 25 th | Ap. 1st | Ap. 8th | Ap. ]5th | Ap. 22nd | Ap. 29th | May 6th | Mav 13th | May 20th | May 27th | June 3rd | |
| Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Sub-districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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| Sub-districts. | North. | Central. South-West. | South-East. | ||||||||
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| Year. | No. of Certificates of Births Received. | No. of Certificates of Vaccination Received. | Percentage of Infants Escaping Vaccination. | No. of Certificates and Declarations of Conscientious Objection Received. |
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| Registration Sub-District. | No. of Cases in Birth Lists received during Month. | No. of Certificates of Vaccination received. | No. of Certificates of Postponement owing to | No. of Certificates under Section 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898, and No. of Statutory Declarations under Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907. | No. of Certificates of Insusceptibility or of having had Smallpox. | No. of Cases | No. of Entries in Lists sent to Public Vaccinator | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health of Child. | Condition of House. | Prevalence of Infectious Disease. | Parents Removed out of District. | Otherwise not found. | ||||||
| Found. | Abated. | In hand. | Outstanding. |
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| Found. | Abated. | In hand | Outstanding. |
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| Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1911. | Number of Notices, 1911. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Register at end of 1910. | Added in 1911. | Removed in 1911. | On Register at end of 1911. | ||||
| Found. | Abated. |
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| Helmsley Place. Helmsley Street. Chalgrove Road. | Nisbet Street. Marian Street. Hockley Street. Ribstone Street. Woolpack Place. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satisfactory. | Unsatissactory. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. | |
| Ages- | Under 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 years and upwards. | Totals. |
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| Ages- | Under 15 years. | 15 to 25 years. | 25 to 35 years. | 35 to 45 years. | 45 years and upwards. | Totals. |
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| Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any, is made for the use of Beds? | Do the Sanitary Authority use — (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis ? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium: If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents? |
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outworker in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on i Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices Served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders Made (Section 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109,110). | |||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | ||||||||||||||
| Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists. | Failing to send Lists. | ||||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of year. | Number. | |
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| Class. | Number. | |
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| Nuisance. | Found. | Abated by Workshop Inspector. | Abated by District Inspector. | Outstanding | Total. |
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| Occupations. | No. of Workshops. | Occupations. | No. of Workshops. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding at end of 1910. | Found in 1911. | Outstanding at end of 1911. | Abated in 1911. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Inspector of Workshops. | By District Inspector. | Total. | ||||
| Trade. | No. of Outworkers. | Trade. | No. of Outworkers.. |
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| Outstanding at end of 1910. | Found in 1911. | Outstanding at end of 1911. | Abated in 1911:— | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Inspector of Outworkers. | By District Inspector. | Total. | ||||
| Month. | Rooms Fumigated. | Rooms Cleansed. | Remarks. |
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| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSE LINEN. |
| Month. | Room's Fumigated. | Rooms Cleansed. | Remarks. |
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| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September | October. | November | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSE LINEN. |
| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
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| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEN'S. |
| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
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| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September | October. | November | December. | Total. |
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| Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total. |
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| Number of Books Disinfected. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Month. | From Hackney Public Library. | From other Libraries. | Totals. |
| Month. | No. of Persons Admitted. | Cost of Maintenance. | Average period of Stay. | Diseases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Year. | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
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| Schools. | No. Cleansed. | Schools. | No. Cleansed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Baths. | Sulphur Baths. | Hot Baths. | Sulphur Baths. | ||
| Month. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
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| Shelters. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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| No. of Homes Inspected. | No. of Homes where Rooms alone were found Verminous. | No. of Homes where Bedding or Clothes and Rooms were found Verminous. | No. of Homes not Verminous. |
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| Week ending | Refusals. | No Answers. | Week ending | Refusals. | No Answers. |
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| 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1905 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
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| Month, | Northern Division. | Southern Division. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight. | Cost. | Weight. | Cost. | Weight. | Cost. | ||||||||||||||||
| tons | cts. | qrs | lbs. | £ | s. | d. | tons | cts. | qrs. | lbs. | £ | s. | d. | tons | cts. | qrs | lbs. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Verdicts. | Sex. | |
|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | |
| Suicides. | Accidental Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature of Suicide. | No. | Nature of Accidental Death. | No. |
| Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Hackney | Mr. Haben, Homerton, E. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton, S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Punter. | ||||||||||||||||
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7, | No. 8. | No. 9 | No. 10 | No. 11 | No. 12. | |||||||
| Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street South Hackney | Mr. Haben, Homerton, E. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton, S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Punter. | ||||||||||||||||
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No, 8. | No. 9. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. | |||||||
| Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Hackney. | Mr. Haben, Homerton, E. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton, S. | Mr. White. Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Punter. | ||||||||||||||||
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7 | No. 8. | No. 9. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. | |||||||
| Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street and South -Hackney | Mr. Haben, Homerton, E. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton, S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Totals, | |||||||||||
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| Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard | Mr. Punter. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. | |||||||||||||||
| SAMPLES. | Percentage of Samples found. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. examined. | No. found genuine. | No. adulterated in which no action was taken. | No. adulterated in which action was taken. | Adulterated. | Genuine. | |||
| No proceedings. | Proceedings taken. | |||||||
| Articles Purchased. | Number Purchased. | Number Adulterated. | Number where proceedings taken. | Number of Samples Adulterated with percentage of Adulteration. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address. | Complaint. | Magistrate's Decision. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| f. | s | d. | f. | s. | d. | |||
| Address. | Complaint. | Magistrate's Decision. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | |||
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| 1911. | Temperature. | Relative Humidity. | Amount of Cloud. | Rain. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Means. | Extremes. | Amount | No. of Days. | ||||||||
| 9 a.m. | Min. | Max. | Range | Mean. | Min. | Max. | |||||
| ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° | in. | |||
| Case No. 1. | Case No. 2. | Case No. 3. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period. | Intervals of feeding. | Quantities for each meal. | No. of Feeds in 24. Hours. | Composition of Food. |
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