Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics for 1923.

	1923.	1922.

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Table 1.

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

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The following table shows the number of deaths which have occurred during the past ten years, with the respective rates :— Table II.

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

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Table III.

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

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The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1923 and the previous year is as follows:— Table IV.

	1922	1923

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The mortality amongst infants in the various wards is shown in the following table:— Table V.

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

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Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis. Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

	Diarrhoea 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 1923

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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 1923 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.
		Births.					Transferable Deaths		Uuder 1 year of Age.		At all Ages.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.				of Nonresidents registered in the District	of Residents not registered in the District.	Uuder 1 year of Age.		At all Ages.
			Nett.						Number.	Rate per 1.000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate.
			Number	Kate.	Number.	Hate.			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 1923.

	Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of ''Residents'' whether occurring within or without the District.
CAUSES OF DEATH.	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 and under 75 years.	75 and upwards.

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Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1923. 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 12 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 1923.

Notifiable Disease	Number of cases notified.								Total cases notified in each Ward.						Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages	At Ages—Years							East Ward	North Ward	North-West Ward	South Ward	South-East Ward	South-West Ward
	At all Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards	East Ward	North Ward	North-West Ward	South Ward	South-East Ward	South-West Ward

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

Year	Enteric Fever		Small Pox		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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Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1923.

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

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Table XXII. clinics and treatment centres.

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Laboratory Work at Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich.

Material.	Total Specimens examined.	N umber Positive.	Number Negative.

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Table XXIII. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 and Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations (No. 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 31st December, 1922 to 29th December, 1923.

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
0-1	1-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	25-35	35-45	45-55	55-65	65 and up	Total Primary Notifications.		Number of Primary Notifications.					Poor Law-Institutions.	Sanatoria.
0-1	1-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	25-35	35-45	45-55	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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Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Interval between Notification and Death in 1923.

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

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The notification according to wards was:—

	Pulmonary.	Non-Pulmonary.

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The following table gives the number of deaths and notification rate per 1,000 for Pulmonary and non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis during 1923 and a comparison with the three previous years:—

Year.	Deaths. P.T.		Deaths. O.T.		Notifications P.T.		Notifications O.T.		Population.	Total Deaths.	Total Rate	Total Notifi-cation.	Notification rate per 1000

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Table XXIV. Metropolitan Borough of Deptford. Return of work carried out in connection with the Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1923.

Number of			Under observation at the Dispensay on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis.	Examined for the first time during the year.	Total.	Found to be			Under observation at the \| Dispensary on Dec. 31. pending diagnosis.	Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis.
						Suffering from Tuberculosis.		Not suffering from T uber-culosic.
						Pulmonary.	Non-Pulmonary.	Not suffering from T uber-culosic.

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The following table gives the number of cases thus removed from the active register :—

	Pulmonary Tuberculosis.	Other Tuberculosis.

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After the removal of the cases, the totals for the respective wards were:—

	Pulmonary Tuberculosis.	Other Tuberculosis.

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1923. Table No. XXV.

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

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1923—continued.

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

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1923—continued.

Table— continued.	Number of District.
Table— continued.	1	2	8	4	5	6	7	Totals.

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House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1923:— INSPECTOR Simpson-East Ward.

	Total premises inspected.	Number in which defects were found.

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Inspector Shelley—East Ward.

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Inspector Kemp—North-west and South-west Wards.

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Inspector Hewett—North Ward.

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Inspector Allam South and South east Wards.

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Inspector Yates—North and North-west Wards.

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Inspector Mayo—North-west Ward.

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Table XXVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1923.

PREMISES.	NUMBER OF PLACES—				Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings
PREMISES.	On register at end of 1922	Added 1923	Removed 1923	On register at end of 1923	Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings

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Table XXVII. 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 1923.

Number of Places					Number of Prose -cutions.
On Register at end ol 1922	Added 1923.	Removed 1923.	On Register at end of 1923		Number of Prose -cutions.
			On Register at end of 1923		Under Factory Acts.	Under Public Health Acts.
			Premises.	Rooms	Under Factory Acts.	Under Public Health Acts.

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Table XXVIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1923 On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. 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.

NATURE OF WORK	OUTWORKERS' LISTS. SECTION 107									OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES. SECTION 108			OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES. SECTIONS 109. 110
	Lists received from Employers.						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.		OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES. SECTION 108			OUTWORK IN INFECTED 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.	Out-workers.		Lists.	Out-workers.			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.
1	2	3		5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

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Table—continued. 4—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on Register (s. 131) at the end of year.		Number.

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Table XXIX. Proceedings Taken with regard to Samples Purchased during the year.

Simple No.	Article.	Particulars of Adulteration or Infringement.	Fine.			Costs.			Remarks.

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SUMMARY

	£	s.	d.

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Table XXX. Legal Proceedings taken under Public Health Act and By-Laws.

Premises.	Offence.	Fine.			Costs.			Remarks.
Premises.	Offence.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	Remarks.

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SUMMARY

	£	s.	d

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Table XXXI. Samples taken during 1923.

Articles.	Number Genuine.	Number Adulterated.	Total.	Percentage of Adulter ation.

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Table XXXII. SHOWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED AFTER THE FOLLOWING DISEASES.

1923 Date	* Small Pox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Erysipelas	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	PulmonaryTuberculosis.	Cancer.	Chicken Pox.	Measles.	Pneumonia.	Scabies.	Syphilis.	Requests.	SenileDecay

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Table XXXIII. SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES, ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR 1923.

Date 1923	Premises.	Rooms.	Beds.	Pillows.	Bolsters.	Mattresses.	Sheets.	Blankets.	Odd articles	Articles destroyed.

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Summary.

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Mortuary Report for the year ended 31st December, 1923 Bodies Received, etc.

Total.	Male.	Female.	Inquests.	Postmortems.	Under 1 year of age.	Un- known.	Deposited to await burial only.	Infectious.

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Boroughs of which deceased persons were residents.

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Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors.

Ward (approximate)	Visits	E.	N.	N.W.	S. & S.E.	S.W.	Total.

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SUMMARY OF WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS. The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:-

	1st visits	Re-visits	Total

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Births Notified, Year 1923.

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

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Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children. During the year 7,961 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—

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NAPIER STREET CLINIC.

1923.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consul-tations with Doctor.
1923.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1—5.	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consul-tations with Doctor.

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ERLAM ROAD CLINIC.

1923.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases	Total New and Old Cases	Consultations with Doctor.
1923.	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.

1923.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1923.	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.

1923.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases	Consultations with Doctor.
1923.	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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GOSTERWOOD STREET CLINIC.

1923.	No. of times Clinic opened	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1923.	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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HALES STREET CLINIC.

1923.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1923.	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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Table showing Attendances at the Ante-natal Centre and Special Clinic for Babies During 1923.

Ante-natal Examinations.						Babies' Special Clinic.
Period.				Number.		Number.

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Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics for 1923.

Table 1.

The following table shows the number of deaths which have occurred during the past ten years, with the respective rates :— Table II.

Table III.

The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1923 and the previous year is as follows:— Table IV.

The mortality amongst infants in the various wards is shown in the following table:— Table V.

Comparative table of infantile deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis. Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1923

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

Table No. IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1923 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1923.

Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1923. 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 1923.

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

Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1923.

Table XXII. clinics and treatment centres.

Laboratory Work at Seaman's Hospital, Greenwich.

Table XXIII. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 and Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations (No. 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 31st December, 1922 to 29th December, 1923.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Interval between Notification and Death in 1923.

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

The notification according to wards was:—

The following table gives the number of deaths and notification rate per 1,000 for Pulmonary and non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis during 1923 and a comparison with the three previous years:—

Table XXIV. Metropolitan Borough of Deptford. Return of work carried out in connection with the Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1923.

The following table gives the number of cases thus removed from the active register :—

After the removal of the cases, the totals for the respective wards were:—

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1923. Table No. XXV.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1923—continued.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1923—continued.

House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1923:— INSPECTOR Simpson-East Ward.

Inspector Shelley—East Ward.

Inspector Kemp—North-west and South-west Wards.

Inspector Hewett—North Ward.

Inspector Allam South and South east Wards.

Inspector Yates—North and North-west Wards.

Inspector Mayo—North-west Ward.

Table XXVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1923.

Table XXVII. 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 1923.

Table—continued 3.—HOME WORK.

Table—continued. 4—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Table XXIX. Proceedings Taken with regard to Samples Purchased during the year.

SUMMARY

Table XXX. Legal Proceedings taken under Public Health Act and By-Laws.

SUMMARY

Table XXXI. Samples taken during 1923.

Table XXXII. SHOWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED AFTER THE FOLLOWING DISEASES.

Table XXXIII. SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PREMISES, ROOMS AND BEDDING DISINFECTED DURING THE YEAR 1923.

Summary.

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Mortuary Report for the year ended 31st December, 1923 Bodies Received, etc.

Boroughs of which deceased persons were residents.

Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors.

SUMMARY OF WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS. The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table:-

Births Notified, Year 1923.

Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children. During the year 7,961 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—

NAPIER STREET CLINIC.

ERLAM ROAD CLINIC.

GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE CLINIC.

BESSON STREET CLINIC.

GOSTERWOOD STREET CLINIC.

HALES STREET CLINIC.

Table showing Attendances at the Ante-natal Centre and Special Clinic for Babies During 1923.

The cases which have been notified in the Borough during the last ten years are:—

The following is a record of the number of house-to-house inspections carried out in recent years:—