Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics

	1926.	1925.

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The population for each of the various wards, based on this estimate, and on the estimated population at the revision of ward boundaries in 1925, was as follows:—

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Table 1.

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

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Illegitimate Births. The illegitimate births numbered 54 or 2.6 per cent, of the total births. These occurred in the several wards as follows:—

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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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The following table gives the number of deaths belonging to each Ward, and the respective death rates. Deaths of residents occurring outside the Borough are allocated to their respective Wards:— Table III.

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

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The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1926 and the previous year is as follows :— Table IV.

		1925	1926

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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 BIRl'HS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1926

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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 1926 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Year.	Population estimated to Middle of each year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		T ransferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.				T ransferable Deaths		Under 1 year of Age.		At all Ages.
							of Nonresidents registeredin the District	of Residents not registeredin the District.	Under 1 year of Age.		At all Ages.
					Number.	Rate.			Number.	Rate per 1.000Nett Births.	Number.	Rate.
			Number.	Rate.	Number.	Rate.			Number.	Rate per 1.000Nett 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 1926.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.
CAUSES OF DEATH.	All Ages.	Under I 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.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

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Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1926. 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 1926.

Notifiable Disease	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years							Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
Notifiable Disease	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 85	65 and upwards	Total Cases Removed to Hospital.

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Table No. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.

Notifiable Disease	Total Cases in Borough	Total Cases Notified in each Ward.
Notifiable Disease	Total Cases in Borough	Deptford Park	Evelyn	St. Paul's	Vale	Clifton	Canterbury	Hatcham	Pepys	St. Catherine's	St. Peter's	St. John's	Town Hall

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Scarlet Fever.

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There were 19 deaths as compared with 23, 15 and 33 for the three preceding years, giving a death-rate of 0.16 per 1,000 population as compared with 0.07 for England and Wales, and 0.12 for London.

Year 1921	363 notifications ;	13 deaths

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Enteric Fever.

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Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.

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Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.

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Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1926.

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

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Table XV. List of Infectious Diseases for the Past Five Years.

Disease.	Notified in					Admitted to Hospital.					Total Deaths.
	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925

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

Year	Enteric Fever		Smallpox		Measles		Scarlet Fever		Whooping Cough		Diphtheria		Diarrhœa 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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Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.

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

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1926. Table No. XVII.

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

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1926—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 1926-continued.

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

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS. House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1926:—

Street or Road.	Total premises inspected.	Number in which defects were found.

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Inspector Hewett—

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Inspector Mayo—

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Inspector Webster—

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The following table deals with the state of affairs re windows, at the commencement of 1924 and at the close of 1926:—

	1924	1926

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Joint visits were paid by the Food Inspector and myself to certain places where food is prepared:—

	Number.	Inspections and Calls.

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Table XVIII. Sale of Food and Drugs, Acts.—Samples Taken During 1926.

Articles.	Number Genuine.	Number Adulterated.	Total.	Percentage of Adulteration.

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Samples taken during 1926—continued.

Articles.	Number Genuine.	Number Adulterated.	Total.	Percentage of Adulteration.

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Table XIX. Proceedings Taken in regard to Samples Purchased during the year 1926.

Simple No.	Article.	Particulars of Adulteration or Infringement.		Fine		C	osts		Remarks.
			£	s.	d	£	s.	d.

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Table XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1926.

PREMISES.	NUMBER OF PLACES—				Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings
PREMISES.	On register at end of 1925	Added 1926	Removed 1926	On register at end of 1926	Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings

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Table XXI. 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 1926.

Number of Places					Number of Prosecutions.
On Register at end of 1925.	Added 1926.	Removed 1926.	On Register at end of 1925.		Number of Prosecutions.
			On Register at end of 1925.		Under Factory Acts.	Under Public Health Acts.
			Premises.	Rooms	Under Factory Acts.	Under Public Health Acts.

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Table XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health for the year 1926. 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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2 —DEFECTS FOUND.

PARTICULARS		Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions
PARTICULARS		Found.	Remedied.	Referred toH M. Inspector.	Number of 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 INFECTKD PREMISES SECTIONS 109. 110
	Lists received from Employers.						Notices served onOccupiers as to keepingor sending lists.	Prosecutions. j
	Lists received from Employers.							Prosecutions. j
	Twice in the year.			Once in the year.				Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to 1 send lists.	Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (S. 110).	Prosecutions (Sections 109. 110)
		Outworkers.			Outworkers.
	Lists.	Conractors.	Workmen. !	Lists.	Conxactors.	Work i men.
1	2	3	4	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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5.—OTHER MATTERS.

Class.		Number.

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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 3rd January, 1926 to 1st January, 1927.

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.					Cases admitted to
0-1	1-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	25-35	35-45	45-55	55-65	65and up	Total Primary Notifications		Number of Primary Notifications.				Total Notifications on Form B.	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.
0-1	1-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	25-35	35-45	45-55	55-65	65and up	Total Primary Notifications		Under 5	5-10	10-15	Total Primary Notifications	Total Notifications on Form B.	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

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Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1926.

Age Periods.	New Cases.*				Deaths.
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

Interval between Notification and Death in 1926.

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

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Analysis of Deaths According to Wards. Year 1926.

Wards	Estimated Population	Persons per acre (census 1921)	Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis	Deaths from Non-Pulmonar Tuberculosis	Total Deaths	Death Rate per 1.000

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With the addition of transfers from other areas and new notifications the Register stands at the end of 1926 as follows:—

	MALES		FEMALES		Total
	Under15	Over 15	Under 15	Over 15	Total

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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME.(a) PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1926, arranged according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates.				Previous to 1926					1926
				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.b. plus
				Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total(Class T.B. plus

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(b)NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1926, arranged according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Treatment, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates.				Previous to 1926					1926
				Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total

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Deaths of Dispensary Patients, 1926.

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Examined at Dispensary—33

	Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. in Sputum)		Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. not found in Sputum)		Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
	22		5		6
	Adults	Children	Adults	Children	Adults	Children

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CANCER.

Year	No. of Deaths	Year	No. of Deaths

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Deaths from, at age periods.

Year	2 to 5 years	5 to 15 years	15 to 25 years	25 to 45 years	45 to 65 years	65 years & upwards	75 years & over

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Deaths from, in Men and Women at different age periods.

Year	Sex	Under 25 years	25 to 45 years	45 to 65 years	65 to 75 years	75 years and upwards	Totals
Year	Sex	Under 25 years	25 to 45 years	45 to 65 years	65 to 75 years	75 years and upwards	Totals

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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 1926.

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

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Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children. During the year 8,521 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—

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Dried Milk, Virol, &c. The following amounts of dried milk, &c., were distributed to the mothers attending the Infant Welfare Centres, during the year 1926 and previous years.

	1926	1925	1924	1923

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Ante-Natal Clinic Statistics, 1926.

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Attendances at Clinics and Treatment Centres. napier street clinic.

1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total NewCases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultationswith Doctor.
1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1-5.	Total NewCases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultationswith Doctor.

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ERLAM ROAD CLINIC.

1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases-	Consultationswith Doctor.
1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1—5	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases-	Consultationswith Doctor.

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GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE CLINIC.

1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New andOld Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1-5.	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New andOld Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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BESSON STREET CLINIC.

1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1926.	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.

1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New andOld Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1-5.	Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New andOld Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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HALES STREET CLINIC.

1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total NewCases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1926.	No. of times Clinic opened.	Breast Fed.	Mixed.	Hand.	Ages 1—5.	Total NewCases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.

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Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors-

Wards (approximate)		St. Paul 's and Evelyn (pat)	Vale and Clifton	Deptford Park and Evelyn (part)	Canterbury and Hatcham	St.Catherine's and Pepys	St. John's. St. Peier's and Town Hall.	Total.

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SUNLIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE. Report for the Year 1926.

Month	No. of Patientson Register	Total Attendance	Hours Lamps used
Month	No. of Patientson Register	Total Attendance	Hours	Minutes

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Supplemental Vaccination Return for 1925. Return made on or before the 9th of February, 1927, by Mr. E. S. Elliott, Vaccination Officer of the several Districts of the Greenwich Union, respecting the vaccination of children whose births were registered in his District from 1st January to 31st December, 1925, inclusive:—

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District.	No. of Births from 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1925.	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan.. 1927.					No. of Births wnich on 31st Jan 1927 remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of—			No. of thesebirths remaining on 1st Jan.. 1927 not accounted for.	Total No. of Certificates of successfulPrimary Vaccination at all ages received during Calendar Year 192fi.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objectionsactually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1926.
	No. of Births from 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1925.	Success-fully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Smallpox.	Certificatesof Conscientious Objection received.	Dead, Unvaccinated.	Postponement by Medical Certihcate.	Removal to Districts. V.O. of which apprised.	Removal to places unknown and cases not found.

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Supplemental Vaccination Return for 1924.

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Table SHOWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED.

Formalin Spray			Fumigated
Infectious	Requests	Total Rooms	Verminous
Infectious	Requests		Premises	Rooms
R'ms.	R'ms		Premises	Rooms

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Table SHOWING NUMBER OF PREMISES VISITED AND ARTICLES COLLECTED FOR DISINFECTION OR DESTROYED AT OWNER'S REQUEST.

1926	Premises		Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	Books		Articles Destroyed (Owner's Requtst)								Cleansing Station
1926	Infectious	Requests	Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	D.B.C. Library	Private	Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	Wearing Apparel	Towels	Blank ts	Total

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Summary.

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Mortuary Report for the year ended 31st December, 1926 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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Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics

The population for each of the various wards, based on this estimate, and on the estimated population at the revision of ward boundaries in 1925, was as follows:—

Table 1.

Illegitimate Births. The illegitimate births numbered 54 or 2.6 per cent, of the total births. These occurred in the several wards as follows:—

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

The following table gives the number of deaths belonging to each Ward, and the respective death rates. Deaths of residents occurring outside the Borough are allocated to their respective Wards:— Table III.

The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1926 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 BIRl'HS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1926

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

Table No. IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1926 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1926.

Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1926. 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 1926.

Table No. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1926.

Scarlet Fever.

There were 19 deaths as compared with 23, 15 and 33 for the three preceding years, giving a death-rate of 0.16 per 1,000 population as compared with 0.07 for England and Wales, and 0.12 for London.

Enteric Fever.

Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.

Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.

Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1926.

Table XV. List of Infectious Diseases for the Past Five Years.

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

Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1926. Table No. XVII.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1926—continued.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1926-continued.

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS. House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1926:—

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Inspector Hewett—

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Inspector Mayo—

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Inspector Webster—

The following table deals with the state of affairs re windows, at the commencement of 1924 and at the close of 1926:—

Joint visits were paid by the Food Inspector and myself to certain places where food is prepared:—

Table XVIII. Sale of Food and Drugs, Acts.—Samples Taken During 1926.

Samples taken during 1926—continued.

Table XIX. Proceedings Taken in regard to Samples Purchased during the year 1926.

Table XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1926.

Table XXI. 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 1926.

2 —DEFECTS FOUND.

Table—continued. 3.—HOME WORK.

Table-continued. 4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

5.—OTHER MATTERS.

Table XXIII. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 and Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations (No. 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 3rd January, 1926 to 1st January, 1927.

Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1926.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis.

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

Analysis of Deaths According to Wards. Year 1926.

With the addition of transfers from other areas and new notifications the Register stands at the end of 1926 as follows:—

Deaths of Dispensary Patients, 1926.

Examined at Dispensary—33

CANCER.

Deaths from, at age periods.

Deaths from, in Men and Women at different age periods.

The work done by the health visitors is summarised in the following Table

Births Notified, Year 1926.

Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children. During the year 8,521 applications were received and were dealt with as follows:—

Dried Milk, Virol, &amp;c. The following amounts of dried milk, &amp;c., were distributed to the mothers attending the Infant Welfare Centres, during the year 1926 and previous years.

Ante-Natal Clinic Statistics, 1926.

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Attendances at Clinics and Treatment Centres. napier street clinic.

ERLAM ROAD CLINIC.

GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE CLINIC.

BESSON STREET CLINIC.

GOSTERWOOD STREET CLINIC.

HALES STREET CLINIC.

Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors-

Dried Milk, Virol, &c. The following amounts of dried milk, &c., were distributed to the mothers attending the Infant Welfare Centres, during the year 1926 and previous years.