Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London for the year 1919
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MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. | Date of Appointment. |
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Area. Statute Acres. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. | |||||
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1901. | 1911. | 1901. | 1911. |
Year. | Imperial Census. Night Population. | City Census. Day Population. |
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Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious Objections. |
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City ofondon. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent.of Deaths Registered. | Deaths from principal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
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Estimated Night Population (Imperial Census). | Estimated Day Population (Corporation Census). | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. |
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
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Uncorrected number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
Number. * | Rate. | 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 per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. * | Rate. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT (a). | Total Deaths WHETHER OF "Residents" or "nonresidents" in Institutions in the District (b). | |||||||||
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All ages | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 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. |
Year. | City of London. | Metropolis. |
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Year. | City of London. | 96 Great Towns of England and Wales. | Metropolis. |
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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 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Name of Disease. | Number of i Certificates Received. | Treated at Home. | Removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries. | Duplicate Certificates Received. | Diagnosis subsequently found to be incorrect. | Net number of cases. |
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Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
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Removed to Hospital. | Treated at home. |
At Ages—Years | Total Cases Removed to Hospitals | ||||||||
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At all Ages | Under i | i and under 5 | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 25 years | 25 and under 45 years | 45 and under 65 years | 65 years and upwards |
Diagnosed as Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Diagnosed as Not Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Undiagnosed. | Total Number Examined. | ||||
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Still under Observation. | Not still under Observation. | Insured. | Uninsured. |
Residents. | Non-Residents. | Totals. | ||
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Working in City | Not working in City. |
AGE-PERIODS | notifications on form a | notification on form B † | Number of Notifications on Form c | |||||||||||||||||
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Number of Primary Notifications * | Total Primary Notifications | Total Notifications on Form a | Number of Primary Notifications * | Total Notifications on Form B | Poor Law Institutions | Sanatoria | ||||||||||||||
0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Primary Notifications |
Insured. | Not Insured. | Totals. |
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Insured. | Not Insured. | Totals. |
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Insured. | Not Insured. | Totals. |
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Insured. | Not Insured. | Totals. |
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1 Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhoea | Conditions other than Venereal | Total. | |||||||||
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Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females |
*Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings. | London. | Essex. | Herts. | Middlesex. | Surrey. | Kent. | Croydon. | Beds. | Bucks. | Sussex. | Hants. | Dorset. | Gloucester. | |Somerset. | Total |
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Specimen. Disease suspected. | Result— Positive. Negative. |
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Month of the Year 1919. | Place. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Rainfall in millimetres. | Metric tons of deposit per square kilometre during month. | ||||||||||
Insoluable matter. | Soluable matter. | Total solids | Included in soluble matter. | ||||||||
Tar. | Carbonaceous other than Tar. | Ash. | Loss on ignition. | Ash. | Sulphate as <S03). | Chlorine (CI). | Ammonia (NH3). |
YEAR. | Woking.* | Manchester. | Glasgow. | Liverpool. | Hull. | Darlington. | Leicester. | Golder's Green. | Birmingham. | Leeds | City of London. | Sheffield. | Bradford. | W. Norwood. | No. of Cremations each year. |
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Owners. | No. of Tongues Examined. | No. of Tongues Seized. | Percentage. |
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Carcases. | BEEF. Qrtrs. | Pces. | Carcases. | PORK. Qrtrs. | Pces. | Carcases. | VEAL. Qrtrs. | Pces. |
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Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. |
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Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause for Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | lbs. |
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Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause for Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | lbs. |
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Article. | Quantity. | Article. | Quantity. |
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1919. | 1914. |
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Cause for Destruction | BEEF. | MUTTON. | VEAL. | GOAT. | PORK. | |||||
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Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. |
Cause for Destruction. | OXEN. | SHEEP. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. |
Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | lbs. |
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1918. | Diseased. | Unsound. | Unwholesome. | Poultry. | Offal. | Fish. | Total. |
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Quinquennium. | Annual Average General Supply. | Seizures by Inspectors. | % of Unsound Meat. | ||||
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Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. |
British. | Foreign Killed. Per cent. | American. | Australian and New Zealand. Per cent. | |||
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Country Killed. Per cent. | Town Killed. Per cent. | Home Killed. Per cent. | American Killed.‡ Per cent. |
1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | |
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Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. |
Year. | Diseased. Per Cent. | Unsound.* Per Cent. | Unwholesome. Per Cent. |
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Month. | Meat delivered at the Market. 1918. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors. 1918. | Meat delivered at the Market. 1919. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors. 1919. |
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Month. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
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By Land. | By Water. | ||||||
Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons | cwt. | qrs. | Per Cent. |
Tons | cwts. | qrs. |
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Year. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
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By Land. | By Water. | ||||||
Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons | cwt. | qrs. |
Article. | Description of Package. | Total Packages. | General Range of Weight of Packages. |
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Article. | Description of Package. | Total Packages. | General Range of Weight of Packages. |
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Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. |
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No. of Sample. | Date. | Presence of Dirt. | Guinea Pig Inoculated. | Animal Killed. | Result. |
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No. of Sample. | Date. | Presence of Dirt. | Guinea Pig Inoculated. | Animal Killed. | Result. |
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1904 % | 1905 % | 1906 % | 1907-8 % | 19(59 | 1910 % | 1911 % | 1912 % | 1913 % | 1914 % | 1915 % | 1917 % | 1919 % | |||
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1st series % | 2nd series % |
Sample. | Nature and extent of adulterations. | Result. |
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Sample. | Nature and extent of adulteration. | Result. |
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Sample. | Offence. | Result. |
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Name of Article. | Identification No given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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Name of Article. | Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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Name of Article. | Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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Name of Article. | Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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Name of Article. | Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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Articles submitted for Analysis. | Quarter ending 31st March. | Quarter ending 30th June. | ||||||
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No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
Quarter ending 30th September. | Quarter ending 31st December. | Total for 1919. | |||||||||
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No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
No. of Order. | Title of Order. | Prosecutions. | Cautions. | Complaints not justified. | Unable to test. | Forwarded to Authorities concerned. | Reported to Food Controller. | Prosecutions not proceeded with. | Minor infringements and no action taken. | Total Number of Cases. |
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Order. | Offence. | Result. |
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ORDER. | Year 1917. | Year 1918. | Year 1919. | Total | ||||||||||||
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Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | |||||||||
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
ORDER. | Year 1917. | Year 1918. | Year 1919. | Totals. | ||||||||||||
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Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | Prosecutions. | Fines including costs. | |||||||||
£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Year. | Prosecutions. | Cautions. | Complaints not justified. | Unable to test. | Forwarded to Authorities concerned. | Reported to Food Controller. | Prosecutions not proceeded with. | Minor infringements and no action taken. | Total number of cases. |
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Name of Block. | Births. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | |||||||
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Male. | Female. | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | es and upwards. |
Month. | Sex. | Total. | |||
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Males. | Females | ||||
Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. |
Year. | Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected. | Bodies received at the Mortuary. | Inquests held on Bodies. | Inquests held on Fires. |
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1919. Inquest held on | Name of Premises. | Date of Fire. |
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Month. | Premises inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected. |
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District. | Number of inspections made. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected. |
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District. | No. of Houses on Register. | No. of Lodgers. | No. of Tenements. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement | Cleansing Notices Served. | |||||
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1919 | 1900 | 1919 | 1900 | 1919 | 1900 | 1919 | 1900 | 1919 | 1900 |
Premises. | Workrooms, &c. |
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Workshop Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. |
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FACTORIES. | Workshop Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | |||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector Dun worth. | West District. Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss | East District. Miss Wilkinson. | Totals. |
Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | |||||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector Dunworth. | West District. | Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss | East District | Miss Wilkinson. | Totals. |
Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | |||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector Dun worth. | West District. Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss | East District. Miss Wilkinson | Totals. |
Year. | Number ot Lists received. | Outworkers Employed in City. | Outworkers Employed outside City. | Total number of Outworkers. |
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Premises. (1) | Number. | ||
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Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
a) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
NATURE OF WORK.* (1) | OUTWORKERS' LIST, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTION 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 | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||
Lists.† | Outworkers. | Lists.† | outworks. | ||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
(2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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Street or Place. | Number of House. | Sex. | Age. | Disease. | Date of Notification. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Landlord. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Landlord. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Landlord. | Tenements. | Lodgers |
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