Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford

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Here we may give a table, kindly prepared by Dr. N. M. Donnelly, Tuberculosis Officer, dealing with the sleeping accommodation of 196 of the cases of Tuberculosis notified during 1927:—

	Separate room	One other in room	Two others in room	Three others in room	Four others in room	Five others in room	Separate bed	One other in bed	Two others in bed	Three others in bed

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Summary of Vital and Mortality Statistics.

	1927.	1926.

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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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The marriages were solemnised in the following places:—

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

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Table III.

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The proportion which the mortality at various ages bears to the total number of deaths during 1927 and the previous year is as follows Table IV.

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

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Infantile Mortality Rates.

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Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

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Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1927.

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Table VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS

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Table No. IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1927 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

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Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1927.

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Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1927. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 year of Age.

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Table No. XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

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Table No. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

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Scarlet Fever.

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Diphtheria Prophylaxis.

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Enteric Fever.

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Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.

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Puerperal Fever and Puerperai Pyrexia.

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Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1927.

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

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

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Supplemental Vaccination Return for 1926. Return made on or before the 9th of February, 1928, 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 81st December, 1926, inclusive:—

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Table XVIII. 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 XIX. SHOWING NUMBER OF PREMISES VISITED AND ARTICLES COLLECTED FOR DISINFECTION. OR DESTROYED AT OWNERS' REQUEST.

1927	Premises		Beds	Pillows	Bols'ers	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	Books		Articles Destroyed (Owners' Request)								Cleansing Station
1927	Infectious	Requests	Beds	Pillows	Bols'ers	Mattresses	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	D.B.C. Library	Privaje	Beds	Pillows	Bolsters	Mattresse*	Sheets	Blankets	Odd Articles	Total	Wearing Apparel	Towels	Blankets	Total

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Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.

Material.	Total Specimen examined.	Number Positive	Number Negative

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1927. Table No. XX.

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

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1927—continued.

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

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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1927 —continued.

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

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Legal Proceedings Under the Public Health Act and Bylaws.

Premises.	Nature of Offence.	Result of Proceedings.

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS. House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1927:—

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Inspector Kemp—

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

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Inspector Allam—

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

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Inspector Webster—

Street or Road	Total premises inspected.		No. in which defects were found

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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 1927:—

	1924	1927

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The animals slaughtered in the Borough during 1927 were:—

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

	Number	Inspections & Calls

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Table XXI. Sale of Food and Drugs, Acts.—Samples Taken During 1927.

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

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Samples taken during 1927—continued.

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

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Table XXII. Proceedings Taken in regard to Samples Purchased during the Year 1927.

Sample No.	Article.	Particulars of Adulteration or Infringement.	Fine.			Costs.			Remarks.
			£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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Table XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1927.

PREMISES.	NUMBER OF PLACES—				Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings
PREMISES.	On register at end of 1926	Added . 1927	Removed 1927	On register at end of 1927	Number of inspections	Number of notices	Number of proceedings

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Table XXIV. 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; 1927.

Number of Places					Number of Prosecutions.
On Register at end of 1926.	Added 1927.	Removed 1927.	On Register at end of 1927.		Number of Prosecutions.
			On Register at end of 1927.		Undpr Factory Acts.	1 Under Public! Health Acts.
			Premises.	Rooms	Undpr Factory Acts.	1 Under Public! Health Acts.

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Table XXV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. This Table is by request of the Secretary of State. Annual Report o] Medical Officer of Health for the year 1927. 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 INFECT. I) 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 INFECT. I) PREMISES SECTIONS 109. 110
	Twice in the year.			Once in the year.				Failing to keep Or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.	Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (S. 110).	Prosecutions (Sections 109. 110)
	Lists.	Outworkers.		Lists.	Outworkers.
	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	l6

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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 XXVI. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 and Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations (No. 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 2nd January, 1927 to 31st December, 1927.

												Notifications on Form B.					Number of Notifications on Form C
Age Periods.												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	L nder 5	5-10	10-15	Total Primary Notifications		Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

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Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1927.

	New Cases.*				Deaths.
Age Periods.	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	m	f	m	f	m	f	m	f

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Interval between Notification and Death in 1927.

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

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With the addition of transfers from other areas and new notifications the Register stands at the end of 1927 as follows:—

	males Under 15 Over 15		females Under 15 Over 15		Total

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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1927.

Diagnosis.	polmonary.				Non-Pulmonary.				Total.
	(6) Adults.		(6)Children.		Adults.		Children.		Adults.		Children
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Form A.

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

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case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1927, arranged Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and their classification as shown on

1926					1927
Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T B. minus	Class T.B. plus
Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Gioup 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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Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical

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

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case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1927, arranged Treatment, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal	Other Organs	Periphereal Glands	Total

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Deaths of Dispensary Patients, 1927 (i.e., persons suffering from tuberculosis).

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Persons not on out relief, and insured persons whose society did not pay all or any of the cost of the dentures, were assessed by a Sub-Committee of the Public Health. Committee for payment.

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Examined at Dispensary—87

Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. in Sputum)			Pulmonary Tuberculosis (T.B. not found in Sputum)		Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis

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Not Examined at Dispensary—85

	Pulmonary Tuberculosis T.B. + (known)		Pulmonary T uberculosis T.B. —		Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis
16		45		24

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CANCER.

Year	No. of Deaths	Year	No of Deaths
1922	146	1925	164
1923	140	1926	159
1924	148	1927	170

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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

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work of Health Visitors. The work done by the health visitorsis summarised in the following Table:-

	1st visits	Re-visits	Total

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Births Notified, Year 1927.

Ward	Births Notified.			Alive.	Dead.	Parent.	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 8,164 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 1927 and previous years.

	1927	1926	1925	1924

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Ante-Natal Clinic Statistics, 1927. Attendances during the years: —

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Brought forward 541

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Attendances at Clinics and Treatment Centres. napier street clinic.

1927	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1927	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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ERLAM ROAD CLINIC.

1927.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1927.	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.

1927	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1927	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.

1927.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1927.	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.

1927	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1927	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.

1927.	No. of times Clinic opened.	New Cases.				Total New Cases.	Total Old Cases.	Total New and Old Cases.	Consultations with Doctor.
1927.	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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Summary of Visits paid by Health Visitors.

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

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SUNLIGHT TREATMENT CENTRE. Report for the Year 1927.

Month	New Patients	Patients Readmitted	Patients Discharged	Total on Register	Attendance	Lamp used
Month	New Patients	Patients Readmitted	Patients Discharged	Total on Register	Attendance	Hours	Mins.

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Classification of Patients on Treatment during the year 1927.

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Mortuary Report for the year ended 31st December, 1927. Bodies Received, etc.

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

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Districts of which deceased persons were residents.

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Housing Statistics—Selected Streets.

	Number of houses inspected	Houses containing 1 family	Houses containing 2 families	Houses containing 3 families	Houses containing 4 families	Houses containing 5 families	Number of families overcrowded	Total families concerned

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The following is the table giving some details in the case of thirty of the families whose cases were investigated on complaint.

Applicant's Address.	Husband's Work.	Rooms Occupied.	Number in family and circumstances.	Remarks.

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Applicant's Address.	Husband's Work.	Rooms Occupied.	Number in family and circumstances.	Remarks.

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Applicant's Address.	Husband's Work.	Rooms Occupied.	Number in family and circumstances.	Remarks.

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Here we may give a table, kindly prepared by Dr. N. M. Donnelly, Tuberculosis Officer, dealing with the sleeping accommodation of 196 of the cases of Tuberculosis notified during 1927:—

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:—

The marriages were solemnised in the following places:—

The following table shows the number ot 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 1927 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.

Infantile Mortality Rates.

Table VI. RATE PER 1000 BIRTHS.

Table VII. TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1927.

Table VIII. INFANTILE MORTALITY RATE FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS

Table No. IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1927 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Table No. X. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1927.

Table No. XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Infantile Mortality, 1927. 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 1927.

Table No. XIII. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

Scarlet Fever.

Diphtheria Prophylaxis.

Enteric Fever.

Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.

Puerperal Fever and Puerperai Pyrexia.

Table XIV. Hospital Disposal of Notifiable Diseases during 1927.

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

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

Table XVIII. SHOWING NUMBER OF ROOMS DISINFECTED.

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

Laboratory Work at Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1927. Table No. XX.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1927—continued.

ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR 1927 —continued.

Legal Proceedings Under the Public Health Act and Bylaws.

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS. House-to-house inspections were made in the following streets during the year 1927:—

Inspector Kemp—

Inspector Allam—

Inspector Webster—

The following table deals with the state of affairs re windows, at the commencement of 1924 and at the close of 1927:—

The animals slaughtered in the Borough during 1927 were:—

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

Table XXI. Sale of Food and Drugs, Acts.—Samples Taken During 1927.

Samples taken during 1927—continued.

Table XXII. Proceedings Taken in regard to Samples Purchased during the Year 1927.

Table XXIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1927.

Table XXIV. 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; 1927.

Table—continued 3.—HOME WORK

Table—continued. 4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Table XXVI. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912 and Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations (No. 2), 1918. Summary of Notifications for the period from 2nd January, 1927 to 31st December, 1927.

Particulars of New Cases and of Deaths during the Year 1927.

Interval between Notification and Death in 1927.

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

With the addition of transfers from other areas and new notifications the Register stands at the end of 1927 as follows:—

TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the Year 1927.

Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical Form A.

case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1927, arranged Treatment for Pulmonary Tuberculosis, and their classification as shown on

Annual Return showing in summary form the condition of all Patients whose according to the years in which the Patients first came under Public Medical

case records are in the possession of the Dispensary at the end of 1927, arranged Treatment, and their classification as shown on Form A.

Deaths of Dispensary Patients, 1927 (i.e., persons suffering from tuberculosis).

Persons not on out relief, and insured persons whose society did not pay all or any of the cost of the dentures, were assessed by a Sub-Committee of the Public Health. Committee for payment.

Examined at Dispensary—87

Not Examined at Dispensary—85

CANCER.

Deaths from, at age periods.

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

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Summary of Work of Health Visitors. The work done by the health visitorsis summarised in the following Table:-

Births Notified, Year 1927.

Milk supplied to Necessitous Mothers and Children. During the year 8,164 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 1927 and previous years.

Ante-Natal Clinic Statistics, 1927. Attendances during the years: —

Brought forward 541

Attendances at Clinics and Treatment Centres. napier street clinic.

ERLAM ROAD CLINIC.

Dried Milk, Virol, &c. The following amounts of dried milk, &c., were distributed to the mothers attending the Infant Welfare Centres, during the year 1927 and previous years.