Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health
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| Mouth. | Greenwich. | Hampstead. | Kew. | Tottenham. | Westminster. | Camden Square. |
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| Greenwich. | Hampstead. | Kew. | Tottenham | . Westminster. | Camden Square. |
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| Year. | No. of persona married per 1000 of the population. |
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| Ward. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1000 of the population. | ||
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| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Year. | Number of illegitimate births. | Illegitimate birth-rate per 1000 births registered. |
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| WARD. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. |
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| DISTRICT. | Death-rate from all causes. |
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| Age Periods. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards | All Ages. |
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| Year. | DEATHS AT AGES | Totals. | |
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| under 25 | 25 and upwards | ||
| Institution. | Totals. | Group Totals. | |
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| Institution. | Totals. | Group Totals. |
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| Year. | No. of Deaths from Cancer. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. |
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| Situation. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| 1913 | 1,914 |
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| Causes of Death or Verdict. | Number of Bodies received. |
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| Bodies Admitted. | No. of Post-Mortems. | No. of Inquests. | No. of Funerals from Mortuary. | |||||
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| Month. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
| Date. | Premises. | Food seized or surrendered. |
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| Trades. | No. of Premises | DRAINAGE. | PREMISES. | |||
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| Entire reconstruction | Partial reconstruction | Drain openings removed. | Cleansed | Other defects remedied | ||
| Articles. | Number taken. | Adulterated. | Low Quality. |
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| Year. | Samples Analysed. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. | Fines and Costs. | ||
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| Ward. | Samples analysed. | Number adulterated. | Percentage adulterated. |
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| No. of Sample. | Article. | How adulterated. | Result of proceedings. |
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| No. of Sample. | Article. | How adulterated. | Result of proceedings. |
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| (a) | (b) | |
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| Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. | Number in which a preservative was reported to be present. |
| Offiicial No. | Sample. | Analyst's Report. | Percentage on Statutory Label. |
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| Represented. | Closing Order made. | Remarks. |
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| No. of Houses. | No. of rooms found to be occupied in contravention of Sec. 17 of Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, 1909. | No. of these rooms that were also occupied contrary to the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891. | Illegal occupations discontinued | Structural works necessary to make rooms comply either completed or well in hand before the end of the year. | No. of Rooms. | |
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| Represented by Medical Officer of Health under Sec. 17. | Closing Orders made by Council, under Sec. 17. | |||||
| Want of Proper Area. | Want of proper Damp-proof Courses. | Space beneath floor insufficiently ventilated. | Site not Concreted. | Defective Drains. |
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| Trade or Business. | Workshops other than Domestic Workshops. | Domestic-Workshops. | Total number of Workshops. | |||
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| Number of Workshops. | Number of Workrooms. | Number of Employees. | ||||
| Males. | Females. | |||||
| Premises. | Number of | ||
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| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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| Found. | Remedied. | Keterred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| *NATURE OF WORK. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in unwholesome premises, Sec. 108. | Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S- 110). | Prosecutions Sections 109, 110). | |||||||
| Sending Twice in the year. | Sending Once in the year. | ||||||||||||||
| Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||
| Outworkers | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||||
| Lists | Contractors. | Workmen. | Lists | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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| (1) | (2) |
| Class. (1) | Number. (2) | |
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| Positive. | Negative. | Total. |
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| DISEASE. | WARDS | Totals. | ||||||
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| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | 'No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| Disease. | MONTHS. | Totals. | |||||||||||
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| January | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | ||
| Disease. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | No. 2 (Belsize) | No. 3 (Adelaide) | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End) | No. 6 (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory) | ||
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small-pox. | Number in respect of whom Certificates of "Conscientious Objection "have been received. | Died Unvaccinated. | Vaccination Postponed. | Remaining. | Percentage of Births Registered. | |||
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| Successfully Vaccinated. | Exempted by " Conscientious Objection" Certificates. | Not finally accounted for (including cases postponed). | Unvaccinated. | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Initials. | Age. | Klebs Loeffler Bacillus. | Diphtheroid Bacilli. | Hoffman's Bacillus. | Other predominating Organisms. | Remarks. |
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| Initials. | Age | Klebs Loeffler Bacillus. | Diphtheroid Bacilli. | Hoffman 8 Bacillus. | Other predominating Organisms. | Remarks. |
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| Initials. | Age | Klebs Loeffler Bacillus. | Diph- theriod Bacilli. | Hoffman's Bacillus. | Other predominating Organisms. | Remarks. |
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| Initials. | Age. | Klebs Loeffler Bacillus. | Diphtheriod Bacilli. | Hoffman's Bacillus. | Other predominating Organisms. | Remark. |
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| Year. | No. of Cases notified. | Year. | No. of Cases notified. | Year. | No. of Cases notified. |
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| Year. | No. of Cases notified. | Deaths among Notified Cases. | Diphtheria Death-rate per 1000 population. | |
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| No. | Percentage of Cases notified. | |||
| Months. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
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| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| Year. | No. of cases notified. |
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| Month. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (priory). | ||
| Month. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
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| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| DISEASE. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town) | No. 2 (Belsize) | No. 3 (Adelaide) | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End) | No. 6 (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory) | ||
| Month. | No. 1 (Town.) | No. 2 (Belsize.) | No. 3 (Adelaide.) | No. 4 (Central.) | No. 5 (West End.) | No. 6 (Kilburn.) | No. 7 (Priory.) | Totals. | |
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| YEAR. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No 5 West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| YEAR. | WARDS. | Totals. | |||||||
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| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | |||
| Year. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1000 Population. | Deaths from Con-sumption. | Death-rate per 1000 Population. | Cases of Consumption notified. |
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| Ward. | Area (Acres). | Estimated Population middle of 1914. | Consumption. | Tuberculosis (All Forms.) | ||
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| Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | |||
| Year. | DEATHS PER 10,000 POPULATION. | |||||||
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| Borough. | No. 1 Town Ward. | No. 2 Belsize Ward. | No. 3 Adelaide Ward. | No. 4 Central W ard. | No. 5 West End Ward.. | No. 6 Kilburn Ward. | No. 7 Priory Ward. | |
| Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
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| 0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65— | ||
| Year. | Age Periods. | |||||
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| 0—5 | 5—15 | 15-25 | 25—65 | 65— | All Ages. | |
| Year. | Deaths from all forms of Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths from Tuberculous Meningitis. |
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| Year. | Persons Newly Notified. | Total. | |
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| Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Notifiable from 1st February, 1913.) | ||
| Age-periods (years). | 0—1 | 1—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65 and upwards | Totals. |
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| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. |
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| Pulmonary Cases. | Non-pulmonary Cases. |
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| Pulmonary Cases. | Non-pulmonary Cases. | ||
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| Number of persons in family. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | ||||||||
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| Occupying 1 room. | Occupying 2 rooms. | Occupying 3 rooms. | Occupying 4 rooms. | Occupying more than 4 rooms. | Occupying 1 room. | Occupying 2 rooms. | Occupying 3 rooms. | Occupying 4 rooms. | Occupying more than 4 rooms. | |
| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-pulmonary Cases. |
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| Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases- | Non-pulmonarv Cases. |
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| Month. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | ||||||
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| Insured. | Non-Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Non-Insured. | Total. | Insured. | Non-Insured. | Totals. | |
| Age. | 0—1 | 2—5 | 6—15 | 16—25 | 26—35 | 36—45 | 46—55 | 56—65 | 66 & over | All Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sex. | m. | f. | Both | M. | F. | Both | M. | F. | Both | M. | F. | Both | M. | f. | Both | M. | F | Both | M. | F. | Both | M. | F. | Both | M. | F. | Both | M. | F. | Both |
| Insured:— |
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| Pulmonary and Non-pulmonary. | Males. | Females. | Children under 14. | Total. | |
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| Sent to Sanatoria, Hospitals, Convalescent |
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| defect. | boys. | girls. | ||
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| No. of cases where defect was noted. | No. of cases referred for medical treatment. | No. of cases where defect was noted. | No. of cases referred for medical treatment. | |
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | WARDS. | Totals. | ||||||
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| No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | ||
| Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Infantile death rate per 1000 births. | Illegitimate Infants. | Infantile death-rate per 1000 births | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. | |||
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the Borough. | ||||||||
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| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Non-residents registered in the Borough. | of Residents not registered in the Borough. | Under 1 Year of age. | At all Ages. | ||||||
| Number. | Rate per 1.000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | ||||||||||
| Number. | Rate. | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |
| notifiable disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
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| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 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. | Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the Borough. | Total Deaths, whether of "Residents" or"Non-residents " in Institutions in the Borough. | |||||||||||
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| All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||
| causes of death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 and under 6 Months. | 6 and under 9 Months. | 9 and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. | |
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| PREMISES. | Number on register at end of 1913. | Number added in 1914. | Number removed in 1914. | On register at end of 1914. | Number of inspections 1911. | Number of prosecutions, 1914. |
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| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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| Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infections Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number, | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken- pox) | Attack-rate per 1000 of the population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths, | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number, | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births, | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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| Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Hate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified 'excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Estimated rate per 1C00 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infections Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number. | Estimated rateper 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding C hicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of thePopulation. | ||
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. _ | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis) | Pulmonary Tuber-culosis. | |||||||
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| Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | ||
| Year. | Birth rate per 1000. | General death-rate per 1000. | Natural increase Hamp-stead. | Notifi-able Infec-tious disease rate per 1000 Hamp-stead. | ||
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| Hamp-stead. | England and Wales. | Hamp-stead. | England and Wales. | |||
| Statute or By-law. | Number of Prose-cutions. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
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| Date when proceed-ings ordered. | Date of Hearing. | Court, and Name of Magistrate. | Initials of Defendant and District. | Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
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| Date when proceedings ordered. | Date of Heaving. | Court, and Name of Magistrate. | Initials of Defendant and District. | Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
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| Date when proceedings ordered. | Date of Hearing. | Court, and Name of Magistrate. | Initials of Defendant and District. | Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
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| Date when proceed-ings ordered. | Date of Hearing. | Court and Name of Magistrate. | Initials of Defendant and District. | Offence. | Result of Hearing. |
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