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 Islington Borough]
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| Sub-Districts. | Area. Acres. | Estimated Persons to an Acre. 1929. | Estimated Population Mid-year 1929. | Enumerated Population at Census 1921. |
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| WARDS. | Area in Acres. | Estimated Persons to an Acre or Density of Population. | Estimated Population Mid-year, 1929. | Enumerated Population Census, 1921 |
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| Ages. | Males. | Females. | Persons. |
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| Years. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. | Years. | Marriages. | Marriage Rate. |
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| Quarter. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington, 1929. | Islington, 1919-20. | London, 1929. | 107 Great Towns, 1929. | ||||
| Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | |||||||||||||
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| Males. | Females | 1 Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
| Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington South-East. | The Borough. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | Males. | Females | Total. | Birth rates. | |
| Notified by : | Doctors. | Midwives. | Parents and other Persons. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alive. | Still bom. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | Alive. | Still born. | ||
| Period. | Certified by doctor | Certified by Midwife | By other Person | Total Registered | Per 1,000 of Total Births (including Still-born |
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| Sub-Districts. | Quarters. | The Year. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Quarter. | Males. | Females | Total. | Death Rates. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islington, 1929. | Islington, 1919-28. | London, 1929. | 107 Great Towns. 1929. | ||||
| Classified Causes of Death. | Years. | Mean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 10 Yrs. | 1929 | Difference. | ||
| Ages. | Number of Deaths, 1929. | Mean Deaths (10 years, 1919-28.) | Increase or Decrease on mean. |
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| Sub-District. | Infant Deaths. | Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
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| Years. | Under one week. | Weeks. | Total under four weeks. | Months. | Total Deaths under one year. | Deaths per 1,000 Births. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 weeks and under 3 mths. | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | ||||||||
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | |||||||||
| Sub-Districts. | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | Mean 10 years | 1929 | Increase or decrease on mean |
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| Causes of death. | 1929. Rate per 1,000 Births. | Mean rate 10 years 1919-28 per 1,000 Births. | Difference. |
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| Cause of Death. | Under 1 week | Weeks. | Total under 4 | 4 weeks | Months. | Total Deaths under | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | weeks | 3 months | 3-6 | 6-9 | 9-12 | 1 year | |||
| Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | High-bury. | Barnsbury. | South East. | The Borough |
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| Ophthalmia Neonatorum Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified, | Treated. | |||||
| At home. | In hospital. | |||||
| 1923. Month. | Cause of Death. | Ages at Death. | Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 25 | 25 35 | 35 45 | 45 upwd. | Total. | From Puerperal Sepsis. | From other Diseases of Childbirth. | ||
| Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | The Borough |
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| Tufnell. | Upper Hollo way. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway, | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | South-East. | The Borough |
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| Net family income after deduction of rent. | Number in family—excluding children earning:— | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. |
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| District | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Totals. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | South. | East. | West. | Total. |
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| NORTH. Wards 1, 2, 3. | SOUTH. Wards 9, 10, 11 and Part of 6. | EAST. Ward 5 and Parts of 4 and 6. | WEST. Ward 7, 8 and Part of 4. | Total. |
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| Voluntary Welfare Centres. | Day Nurseries. |
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| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths |
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | Deaths. | Death Rates. | |
| Ages. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhæa. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | Diarrhoea. | Enteritis, etc. | Totals. | |
| Years. | Quarters. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First. | Second. | Third. | Fourth. | ||
| Ages. | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | Mean 10 yrs | 1929 | Difference. |
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| Ages. | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | Mean 10 yrs | 1929 | Difference. |
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| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
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| Tuberculosis (Respiratory System). | Proportion of Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100 Deaths from All Causes. | Death rates from All Causes per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Years. | Deaths. | Death rates per 1,000 inhabitants. | ||
| Age Periods. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| Quarters. | Tufnell. | Upper Holloway. | Tollington. | Lower Holloway. | Highbury. | Barnsbury. | Islington, South East. | The Borough |
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| Form. | Ages. | Sex. | Districts. | Total Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1-5 | over 5 | M. | F. | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | L.H. | H. | B. | S.E. | ||
| Motor Car or Lorry. | Bus or Tram. | Taxi-cab. | Other Vehicles. | Total. |
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| Bodies received into Mortuary | Inquests. |
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| 1929 | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. | 1928 | No. of bodies received. | Daily Average. | No. of Inquests held. |
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| Year. | Cases. | Attack-rates per 1,000 civil population. |
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| Total cases notified. |
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| Years. | Cases. | Deaths. | Fatality. |
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| Year. | Cases treated in Hospital. | Percentage of cases treated. |
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| Disease. | Total cases. | Cases isolated. | Percentage of known cases. |
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| Notified Cases Treated. | Percentage of Notified Cases Treated. | Deaths Occurring. | Percentage of Deaths Occurring. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | In Hospital | At Home | Total | In Hospital | At Home | Total | |
| DISEASES. | YEARS. | Average number of cases, 1919-28 | 1929 | Increase or Decrease | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | |||||
| Sub-Registration Districts. | Wards. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Enteric (Typhoid' Fever. | Typhus Fever | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Cholera. | Total. |
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| 1929 | 1928 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Deaths. | Cases. | Deaths. | |
| 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | Average 10 yrs. 1919-28 | 1929 | Total Deaths, 1919-28. |
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| 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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| Years. | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | Average (10 years). | 1929 |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Respiratory Tuberculosis. | Other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Grand Totals | Tuberculosis Rate per 1,000 of Population. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | ||||
| Tubercular Diseases. | Sex. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—-Years. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | X to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up. | |||
| Lungs. | Other Forms. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | Males | Females | Total | |
| Houses. | Rooms. |
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| Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | Total Notifications on Form A. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | |||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and up. | Total Primary Notifications. | ||
| Age-periods | Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications on Form B. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria | ||||
| Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Primary Notifications | ||||
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (6) Adults. | (6)Childr'n. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | ||
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (6)Adults. | (6)Childr'n. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | North Dispy | South Dispy | |
| Cases. | Attendances. |
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| Date. | Dispensary | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May. | June | July | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Year. | Total. |
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| Month. | North Dispensary. | South Dispensary. | Total. |
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| Disease. | No. of Notifications. | Average of preceding 10 years. | Increase or Decrease. |
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| Disease. | Notifications by Teachers. | Average of preceding 10 years. | Increase or Decrease. |
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| No. Submitted for Examination. | Negative Result. (Bacilli) | Positive Result. (Bacilli) | Non-Virulent. | Virulent. |
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| Periods. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined | Positive Results. | Negative Results. | Total Examined | Totals. | |
| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered in 1928. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Small Pox. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection. | Died Unvaccinated. | Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removed to other Districts. | Removed to places Unknown. | Number of Children remaining Unvaccinated. or not accounted for (Defaulters). | Total Number of Certificates of Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during year 1929. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Obiection received during year 1929. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 1929 | 1928 |
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| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | The Year 1929 | 1928 |
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| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Year. |
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| How disposed of. | Carbolic Powder. | Disinfecting Fluid. | Formaldehyde Solution | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary. | Special. | |||
| Cwts. | Gallons. | Gallons. | Gallons. | |
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1929. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
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| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Instances. | Notices Served. | Remedied. | Prosecutions. |
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| Number. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nature of Work. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Districts. | Totals | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Districts. | Totals | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||
| Improvements. |
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| 1922 | 1923* | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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| 1919 to 1928. | 1929. | Total since 1919. |
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| Year. | House or part of the house not kept in a reasonable state of repair. | House or part of the house kept in a reasonable state of repair. | "Report" re completion of work mentioned in schedule issued with certificate. | Certificates not issued | Total |
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| Quarers. | Average number Relieved during each week. | Borough Death rates, 1929. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indoor Paupers, Adults and Children. | Outdoor Paupers. | Totals, 1929 | Totals corresponding periods 1928. | Children Boarded out. | |||
| Adults. | Children under 16. | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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| Number Inspected. | Number found Unsatisfactory. |
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| No. of Cases. | Description of Animal Affected. | Nature of Disease. | Extent of Disease. | How disposed of. |
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| Designation. | No. of applications | Number granted. | Amount of Fees received. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929. | 1929. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1929. | No. of Samples Taken, | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Per cent. Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. | Sundays. | Weekdays. | Railway Stations. | All Milks. |
| Samples Analysed. | Genuine. | Adulterated | Per cent Adulterated. |
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| Years. | Sunday Milks. | Week-day Milks. | Railway Milks (Farmers). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Samples | Per cent of non-fatty solids. | Per cent. of fat. | No. of Samples | Per cent. of non-fatty solids. | Per cent. of fat. | No. of Samples | Per cent. of non-fatty solids. | Per cent. of fat. | |
| Article. | Number of Samples examined | Samples adulterated. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | Total | Formal | Informal | Total | |
| Total Prosecutions | Successful. | Dismissed. | Withdrawn | Amount of Penalties. | Costs Received. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £. | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||||
| Institution; within Borough. | DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 | Over 5 | DISTRICTS. | Males. | Females. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | I,.H. | w | B. | S.E. | ||||||||
| Deaths in Institution; within Borough. | DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 | Over 5 | DISTRICTS. | Males | Females. | Totals | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35 | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | I..H. | H. | B. | S.E. | |||||||
| Deaths in nstitutionsl within Borough. | DISEASES. | AGES. | Under 5 1 | Over 5 | DISTRICTS. | Males. | Females. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 5r>- | 65- | 75- | 85- | Tuf. | U.H. | Toll. | I.H | H. | B. | S.E. | |||||||
| Causes of Death. | Sex | All ages | 0— | 1— | 2- | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
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| Disease. | Ages. | Totals | Total Cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3—4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 15- 20 | 20—35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and upwds | |||||
| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
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| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
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| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
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| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Offence. | Result. |
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| Date. | Name and Address of Defendant. | Ofience. | Result. |
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| Premises. | No. on Register at end of 1929 | No.-Added in 1929 | No. Removed in 1929 | Number of Inspections 1929 | Number of Notices 1929 | Number of Prosecutions 1929 |
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