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 for Kensington Borough]
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
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District. | 1930. | Birth-rates in previous years. | |||||
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No. of births. | Birth-rate. | 1929. | 1928. | 1927. | 1926. | 1925. |
Period. | Birth.rate per 1,000 population. |
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Source of notification. | Number of births notified. | ||||
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Still births. | Live births. | Total births. |
Year. | Percentage |
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District. | 1930. | Death-rates in previous years. | |||||
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No. of deaths. | Death-rate. | 1929. | 1928. | 1927. | 1926. | 1925. |
Cause of death. | Number of deaths. |
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Period. | Deaths from principal zymotic diseases per 1,000 persons living. | |
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Kensington. | London. |
Parts affected. | Sex. | Total. | |||
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Male. | Female. |
Four weeks ending | Measles. | Scarlet fever. | Whooping-cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Phthisis. | Cancer. | Bronchitis. | Pneumonia. | Diarrhoea and enteritis. |
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District. | 1930. | Infantile mortality rates in previous four years. | |||||
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No. of births. | No. of deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infantile mortality rate. | |||||
1929 | 1928 | 1927 | 1926 |
Period. | England and Wales. | London. | Kensington. |
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Causes of death. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total 4 weeks. | 1—3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6—9 months. | 9—12 months. | Total infant deaths under 1 year. |
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Cases. | Visits. |
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Cases attended. | Visits paid. |
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New cases. | Total attendances. |
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New cases. | Total attendances. |
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Number examined | Boys. | Girls. | ||||||||||||||
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Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Age 14. | |||||||||
955 | 758 | 519 | 527 | 875 | 772 | 525 | 614 | |||||||||
Defect. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. | Cases. | Cases referred for treatment. |
Age Group. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
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Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits | Pediculi, | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than 4 decayed. | Four or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either eye |
£ | s. | d. |
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£ | s. | d. |
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Voluntary work. | Work under notice. |
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DESCRIPTION OF INSPECTIONS. &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT | Grand Total | |||||||||
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] | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Grand Total | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
DESCRIPTION OF WORK, &c. | NUMBER OF DISTRICT. | Grand Total | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Nature of Offence. | Number of Summonses heard before the Magistrates. | Magistrates' Decisions. |
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During the year 250 bodies were deposited in the Public Mortuary under the following circumstances:— |
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Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
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Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Description of Work. | Health Officers. | |||||||
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No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5 | No 6. | No. 7. | Total. |
Particulars of Work done. | Archer Street. | Bramley Road | Camp-den Hill. | Earl's Court. | Gol-borne. | Kenley Street. | Lancaster Road. | Ray-mede. | Totals |
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Centre. | No. of patients. | No. of attendances. | Extrac-tions. | Fillings. | Dentures. | Other Treatments. |
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New Cases— |
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1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. |
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Gol-borne. | Lan-caster Road. | Notting Hill. | St. Cle-ment's. | Totals. |
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Number of lectures. | Number attending. | Average attendance at lecture. |
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No. of pints of milk granted. | Price per pint paid by recipients. . | Estimated cost to Council. |
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Name of welfare centre at which the dried milk was distributed. | No. ol lib. packets sold. | Value of milk sold. |
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No. of dinners granted. | Price per dinner paid by recipients. | Estimated cost to Council. |
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Situation. | Action taken. | Housing Act under which work was done. | Approximate Cost £ | Accommodation provided. |
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Single family houses. | Self contained flats. | Tenement houses let in lodgings. | Totals. | |||
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No. of houses or flats | No. of families. | No. of persons. |
North Kensington | South Kensington | The Borough |
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Ward. | Name of registered keeper. | Address of common lodging house. | No. of lodgers for which licensed in 1930. | ||
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Male. | Female. | Total. |
1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 |
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No. of houses let and notified, to M.O.H. in advance of occupation. | No. of instances in which rooms vacated have been let to Kensington families living under unsatisfactory or overcrowded conditions. |
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Months. | Number of formal samples taken. | Average composition of all samples submitted, genuine and adulterated. | Average composition of genuine samples. | Ministry of Agriculture Standard. | |||
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Percentage of milk fat. | Percentage of solids not fat. | Percentage of milk fat. | Percentage of solids not fat | Percentage of milk fat. | Percentage of solids not fat |
Purveyors of milk in sealed bottles. | Dairymen. | Dairies and milkshops. |
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Special class of milk. | Maximum number of bacteria permitted per c.c. | Standard for bacillus coli. |
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Sample collected on. | Bacteria per 1 c.c. | Coli per l/10th c.c |
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Churn No. | Sample taken from bottom of churn. | Sample taken from 6 in. up the churn. | Sample taken from 9 in. up the churn. | Sample taken from 12 in. up the churn. | Sample taken from 18 in. up the churn. | Composite sample taken with Walters' tube. | Sample taken after mixing milk with sterilised plunger. |
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Churn No. | Sample taken from bottom of churn. | Sample taken from 6 in. up the churn. | Sample taken from 9 in. up the churn. | Sample taken from 18 in. up the churn. | Composite sample taken with Walters' tube | Sample taken after mixing milk with sterilised plunger. |
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Animals Slaughtered. | |||
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Month. | Beasts. | Swine. | Sheep. |
Nature of sample. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. |
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Nature of sample. | Number taken. | Number adulterated. |
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Article analysed | Nature and amount of adulteration. | Action taken. |
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Year. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever, | Erysipelas. | Ophthal-mia Neonatorum. | Puer-peral Fever. | †Puerperal Pyrexia | Pneu-monia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | P. M'ltis & Polio-Encephalitis. | ‡Acute Rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal Meningitis. | Dysent. ery. | *Enteritis. | Total. |
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Four Weeks ending | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Pneu-monia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | P. M'itis & Polio-Ence-phalitis. | Acute Rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal Meningitis. | Dysentery. | Enteritis. | Total. |
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Notifiable Disease | Number of cases notified. | ||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | At ages.—Years. | ||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. |
Notifiable Disease. | Total cases notified in each ward. | ||||||||
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St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate | Redcliffe. | Brompton. |
District. | Period No. 1. | Period No. 2. | Period No. 3. | Period No. 4. | Period No. 5. | Period No. 6. | Period No. 7. | Period No. 8. | Period No. 9. | Period No. 10. | Period No. 11. | Period No. 12. | Period No. 13. |
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District. | Period No. 1. | Period No. 2. | Period No. 3. | Period No. 4. | Period No. 5. | Period No. 6. | Period No. 7. | Period No. 8. | Period No. 9. | Period No. 10. | Period No. 11. | Period No. 12. | Period No. 13. |
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Case No. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Death. | ||
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Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
At home. | In hospital. |
No. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Notification. | Result. |
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No. | Sex. | Age. | Date of notification. | Result. |
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Nature of Infection. | Premises Disinfected. | Rooms Disinfected. | Disinfections at Wood Lane. | No. of Articles Disinfected. |
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Disease suspected. | Examinations. | Positive. |
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Scabies— | Total Cleansings. |
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District. | Years. | |||||||||
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1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 192s. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. |
Age Periods. (Years). | New Cases† | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Year. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Tuberculosis (all forms). | |||||
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No. of notifications. | No. of deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. | No. of notifications. | No. of deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. | No. of deaths. | Deaths per 100,000 persons living. |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. |
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis, | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. |
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Adults. | Children under 15 yrs. | Total. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Women Health Officers. | total. | |||||||
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No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 8 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | No. 7 |
No. of occupants. | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
Year. | Cases. | Visits. |
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First Year, 1927-1928 | Second Year, 1928-1929 | Third Year, 1929-1930 |
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1927-1928 | 1928-1929 | 1929-1930 | Total. |
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Ward. | Total Population (1921 Census). | Estimated child population under 16 years of age in 1930. | Notifications of acute rheumatism under 16 years of age. 1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 |
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1929-30 | 1927-30 |
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Pulse Rate. | Patients with juvenile rheumatism. | Patients with pains which may or may not be rheumatic. | Patients definitely not rheumatic. | ||
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Rheumatic. | Chorea. | Total. |
A Cases. | Percentage of total of 60. | B Cases. | Percentage of total of 45. | C Cases. | Percentage of total of 309 |
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Ages. | Rheumatism. | Female. Chorea. | Totals. | Rheumatisr | Male, Chorea. | Totals. | Total. (Male and Female.) |
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Housing. ABC | Income. ABC | Maternal Ante-natal. ABC | Employment. Post-natal. ABC | Feeding. ABC | Maternal Care. ABC | Foster-Care. ABC | Size of Family. ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces. ABC |
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Marasmus. | Bronchitis. | Enteritis. | Measles. | Prematurity | ||
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data | corrected. |
Particulars of Cases, excluding those with " C" Incomes. | Housing. ABC | Income. ABC | Maternal Ante-natal. ABC | Employment. Post-natal. ABC | Feeding. ABC | Maternal Care. ABC | Foster-Care. ABC | Size of Family. ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces. ABC |
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Percentage of total Cases. | Housing. ABC | Income. ABC | Maternal Ante-natal. ABC | Employment. Post-natal. ABC | Feeding. ABC | Maternal Care. ABC | Foster-Care. ABC | Size of Family. ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces. ABC |
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Housing. ABC | Income. ABC | Maternal Ante-natal. ABC | Employment. Post-natal. ABC | Feeding. ABC | Maternal Care. ABC | Foster-Care. ABC | Size of Family. ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces. ABC |
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Housing. ABC | Income. ABC | Maternal Ante-natal. ABC | Employment. Post-natal. ABC | Feeding. ABC | Maternal Care. A BC | Foster-Care. ABC | Size of Family. ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces. ABC |
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Average number of "C" c ntries per case. | |||
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Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. |
Housing ABC | Percentage of "C" housing | Income ABC | Percentage of "C" incomes | Maternal Antenatal ABC | Employment Postnatal ABC | Feeding ABC | Maternal Care ABC | Foster-Care ABC | Size of Family ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces ABC |
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Deaths | Housing ABC | Income ABC | Maternal Antenatal ABC | Employment Post-natal ABC | Feeding ABC | Maternal Care ABC | Foster-Care ABC | Size of Family ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces ABC |
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Housing. ABC | Income. ABC | Maternal Antenatal. ABC | Employment Post-natal ABC | Feeding. ABC | Maternal Care. ABC | Foster-Care. ABC | Size of family. ABC | Proximity of Open Spaces. ABC |
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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. | |||||||||||
of nonresidents registered in the district. | of resi-dentsnot registered in the district. | Under 1 year of age | At all ages. | |||||||||
Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate per 1,000 nett births. | Number. | Rate. * | |||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Total cases removed to hospital. | |||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | At ages.—Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. |
Causes of Death | Sex. | 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 upward |
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Cause of death. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total deaths under one year. |
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HEALTH OFFICERS | Total. | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
DATE. | Registration sub-districts comprised in vaccination officer's district. | Number of births returned in birth list sheets. | number of these births duly entered in columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the vaccination register (birth list sheets), viz.: | Number of these births which are not entered in the vaccination register, on account, (as shown by report book) of | |||||||
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Column II. | Column V, dead, unvacci-nated. | Postponement by medical certificate. | Removed to other districts and notified to vaccination officers of the districts. | Removal to places unknown, or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found. | Not accounted for. | Total number of certificates of successful vaccination received during the calendar year, 1930. | |||||
Column I. successfully vaccinated. | Insusceptible of vaccination. | Certificate of conscientious objection. | |||||||||
1929 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Year of Appointment |
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