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Paddington 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

Published
1922
Author
Dudfield, Reginald.
Pages
80
Tables
94

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    illegitimate births Illegitimate Births. Percentages of all Births Registered. Wards.
    Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.WestbourneChurch.Lancaster WestGate EastHyde Park.
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    Proportions (per cent.) of Births in Institutions.
    TotalsMaternity Hospitals and Nursing Homes.General Hospitals.Poor Law Institutions.
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    Multiple Conceptions.
    TwinsTriplets
    m mm ff fm m m
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    Notification of Births. Percentages of Total (uncorrected) Notifications
    Received fromAverages 1914-18191919201921
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    Notification of Births. Percentages of Total Births registered after Notification
    QuartersRegistration Sub-District
    Period1234NorthCentralSouth
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    Still-Births. Percentages of all Births Notified.
    Averages 1914-18191919201921
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    Still-Births. Percentages of all Births Notified.
    Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.West-bourne.Church.Lancaster West.Gate East.Hyde Park.
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    Percentages of Children Notified as Born Alive Dead at time of Registration of Birth.
    Averages. 1914-18.1919.1920.1921.
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    Diphtheria: Persons; All Ages. Borough
    Cases ReportedIndex Numbers
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    Diphtheria : Persons : All Ages. Wards.
    Queen's ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster WestGate EastHyde Park
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    Diphtheria: Borough. Percentages of Total Cases Reported.
    0-3-.5-13-15-25-
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    Diphtheria : Borough. Sex-Age Distribution of Notified Cases.
    Cases recorded MalesFemales
    0-3-5-13- 15-25-0-3-5-13-15-25-
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    Diphtheria: Borough. Per cent. of all Houses Invaded.
    Cases per house123456
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    Scarlet Fever : Borough. Years of Excessive Prevalence. Cases Notified.
    500—600—700—800—
    C.D.C.D.C.D.C.D.
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    Scarlet Fever : Borough : Persons.
    Cases reportedIndex Numbers
    12341234
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    Scarlet Fever: Persons. Index Numbers (Averages 1914-18=100).
    Queen's ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWestbourneChurchLancaster WestGate EastHyde Park
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    Scarlet Fever: Borough: Persons. Percentage Distributions.
    Ages.
    0-3-5-13-15-25-
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    Scarlet Fever: Borough. Sex-Age Distribution. A—Cases Reported.
    MalesFemales
    0-3-5-13-15-25-0-3-5-13-15-25-
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    Scarlet Fever: Borough. Percentages of All Invaded Houses. Houses with Multiple Cases. Cases per House.
    123456
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    Enteric Fever: Borough. Total Cases Notified.
    0-15-25-35-45-55-All Ages
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    Puerperal Fever—Notifications.
    Queen's ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster WestGate EastHyde Park
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    Fatality in Childbed due to Puerperal Fever and Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy. Rates per 1,000 Births (corrected).
    Queen.s Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.West-bourneChurchLancaster GateHyde Park.
    WestEast
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Cases Notified.
    Queen's ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWestbourneChurchLancaster GateHyde Park
    WestEast
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    Influenzal Pneumonia : Borough Cases.
    Ages0-15-45-65-
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    Influenzal Pneumonia : Wards : Cases.
    Queen.s ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourniChurchLancaster GateHyde Park
    WestEast
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    Epidemic Influenza : Deaths : Borough.
    Ages0-15-45-65-
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    Deaths : Wards.
    Queen.s ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster GateHyde Park
    WestEast
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    Tuberculosis: New Cases.
    DefiniteSuspect Ail Forms
    PulmonaryOther Forms
    MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
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    Tuberculosis: New Cases.
    PulmonaryDefiniteOther FormsSuspect All Forms
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    Tuberculosis: Borough. Dispensary Records.
    Adults
    MalesFemales
    TotalInsuredUninsuredTotalInsuredUninsured
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    Tuberculosis: Mortality: Borough Persons: All ages.
    AveragesRecorded
    1909-131914-18191919201921
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    Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Intervals to Fatal Issue.
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    Tuberculosis : Borough. Percentages of Deaths in Institutions.
    PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    1909-131914-181919192019211909-131914-18191919201921
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    Tuberculosis: Borough Percentages of all deaths in Institutions.
    Class of Institution.PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    1914-181919192019211914-18191919201921
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    "Cancer": Borough Deaths from
    Averages.
    Location1909-131914-181919-201921
    M.F.P.M.F.P.M.F.P.M.F.P.
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    Deaths in Institutions. Percentages of All Deaths, Corrected.
    BoroughQueen's ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster WestGate EastHyde Park
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    Deaths in Institutions. Increases in Proportions compared with Averages 1909-13.
    Borough: 16 per cent.
    Per cent.Per cent.
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    Deaths in Institutions. Percentages of All Deaths, Corrected.
    M.A.B. HospitalsPoor Law-InstitutionsLunatic AsylumsVoluntary HospitalsSpecial Hospitals and Homes
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    Mortality Rates : Borough. Per 1,000 Births.
    1909-131914-18191919201921
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    Mortality Rates: Persons. Per 1,000 Births.
    Queen.s ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster GateHyde Park
    WestEast
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    Mortality Rates: Borough. Per 1,000 Births.
    MalesFemales
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    Mortality Rates: Borough. Per 1,000 Births.
    Causes of Death.MalesFemales
    1914-181919192019211914-18191919201921
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    Infantile Mortality: Persons. Per 1,000 Births.
    1914-1819171918191919201921
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    Infantile Mortality: Borough. Per 1,000 births.
    MalesFemales
    Legit.Illegit.Legit.Illegit.
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    Mortality Rates : Borough. Per 1,000 Survivors.
    Ages :Years
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    Diarrhcea : Borough : Persons. Deaths at Ages 0—2 years. (From Quarterly Reports of Registrar-General.)
    AveragesAverages
    19211911-2019211911-20
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    "Diarrhcea" : Borough : Persons Deaths at Ages 0—2 years during Third Quarter only. (From Quarterly Reports of Registrar-General.)
    Deaths "Diarrhoea"Temperatures (Mean)Total Rainfall
    Maximum AirEarth
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    Measles.
    Queen.s ParkHarrow RoadMaida Vale.West-bourneChurchLancaster GateHyde Park
    West.East
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    Whooping Cough
    Queen.s ParkHarrow RoadMaida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster GateHyde Part
    WestEast
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    Bacteriological Work. Percentages of Positive Results.
    DiphtheriaEnteric FeverTuberculosis
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    Methods of Feeding at First Visit.
    191919201921
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    Mortality Rates per 1,000 infants visited.
    191919201921
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    Overcrowding. All cases reported
    1913191919201921
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    The distribution of the occupants in tenements of various sizes is shown in the appended statement:— Percentages of Total Occupants.
    Tenements comprising19131921
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    The averages per tenement and room—taking each category of tenements as a whole— are shown below:— In all Tenements of each Category.
    No. of Rooms.Total No. Rooms.Total Population.No. of Occupants.
    Per Tenement.Per Room.
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    Percentages of Total Occupants of Inspected Tenements.
    No. of Rooms.19131921
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    Outworkers.— The numbers of lists received from local and from other authorities do not show much varation but it is evident that trade and employment have not yet reached normal conditions.
    191319141915191619171918191919201921
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    Sickness.— The numbers of cases of infectious disease reported in outworkers' homes during the last three years are set out below.
    191919201921
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    Bullocks—Parts found Tuberculous.
    LiverLungsSpleenHeartMesenteryTripeHead and Tongue
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    Food Trade.
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    The averages of fines and costs per conviction in “Food Cases" were noticeably lower last year than in any year since 1917.
    19211920191919181917
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    TABLE I. Meteorology.
    Mean Temperature (9.0 a.m.)Extreme Temperatures (Shade)TemperaturesRainfallBright Sunshine
    Dry BulbWet BulbMaximumDateMinimumDateMax. SunMin. GrassTotal MeasurementNo. of DaysHours of RecordNo of Days
    F°F°F°F°F°F°Inches.Hrs.Mins.
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    TABLE II General Summary.
    Year.Estimated Population.Births.Deaths at All Ages.Deaths under One Year
    Registered Locally.Transfers.Nett.Registered Locally.Gross Mortality.TransfersNett.Registered.Nett.
    Out.In.TotalsRates.Out.In.TotalsMortality.NumberMortalityTotalsMortality
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    TABLE III. Births and Deaths. Annual Numbers: Averages.
    Wards.
    BoroughQueen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.Westbourne.Church.Lancaster Gate,Hyde
    West.East.Park.
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    TABLE IV. Deaths: All Causes. (Corrected Numbers) Borough.
    Age.0-15-20-25-35-45-55-65-75-85 & Upw'dsAll Ages.
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    TABLE Y. Sickness: Cases Reported. Borough.
    1912191319141915191619171918191919201921
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    TABLE VI. Vaccination Returns.
    Children Born.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible to Vaccination.Died Unvaccinated.Per cent. of Children Born (Cols. 1.4)Vaccination Postponed.Exempted under Act."Rest."Per cent. of Children Born (Cols. 6.8)
    Cols.123456789
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    TABLE VII. Notifications: Wards. Quarterly and Annual Averages.
    1914-1918Queen's Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.Westbourne.Church.Lancaster Gate.Hyde Park.
    West.East.
    1916-20192019211916-20192019211916-20192019211916-20192019211916-20192019211916-20192019211916-20192019211916-2019201921
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    TABLE VIII. Notifications. Sickness: Removals. Deaths. "Errors" indicated thus ( ). “-"nil return.“0" average less than unity.
    Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup).Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.
    Averages. 1916-2019201921Averages. 1916-2019201921Averages. 1916-2019201921
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    TABLE IX. Deaths of Residents of the Borough, 1921. Sex-Age Distribution for Whole Borough.
    Causes of Death.All Ages.Death at AgesIn Public Institu-tions.
    0—1—2—5 —15—25—45—65—
    P.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE IXA. Deaths: Persons, All Ages. Index Numbers.
    Causes of Death.Index Numbers.Causes of Death.Index Numbers.
    Based on Averages 1909-13.Based on Averages 1914-18.Based on Averages 1909-13.Based on Averages 1914-18.
    191919201921191919201921191919201921191919201921
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    TABLE X. Tuberculosis— Notifications.
    19171918191919201921
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    table xi. 1921. Tuberculosis. (see table v., ante, for history of notification.)
    Total cases reported.Known to have died from all causes during the year.Reported .Arrested..Diagnosis varied.Removed.Restored to Register..Suspects. Transferred to .Definite..On Register at end of 1921 . Survivors,.
    Definite.Suspect
    Year.DefiniteSuspect.1903190419051906190719081909191019111912191319141915191619171918191919201921O.F.
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    TABLE XII. Tuberculosis— Cases : All Forms.
    Queen.s Park.Harrow Road.Maida ValeWest-bourneChurchLancaster Gate.Hyde Park.Bor.ghNot allocated.
    West.East.
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    TABLE XIIa. Tuberculosis : Sex-Age Distribution of New Cases Reported and Deaths. 1921.
    Ages (years).All Ages.
    0—1 —5—10—15—25—35—45—55—65—75—Males.Females,Persons.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE XIII. Tuberculosis: Deaths. Sex—Age Distribution.
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Tuberculosis of Meninges.Other Forms of Tuberculosis.
    0—5—15—45—65—0—5—15—45—0—5—15—45—65—
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE XIV. Tuberculosis: Deaths. Ward Distribution.
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    Queen.s Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.West-bourne.Church.Lancaster West.Gate. East.Hyde Park.Queen.s Park.Harrow Road.Maida Vale.West-bourne.ChurchLancast West.er Gate. East.Hyde Park.
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    TABLE XV. Tuberculosis. Occupations—New Cases and Deaths. 1921.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    New Cases.Deaths.New Cases.Deaths.
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    TABLE XVI. CANCER: MALIGNANT DISEASE. 1921. Borough.
    Site of Disease.Carcinoma.Cancer.Epithelioma.ScirrhusSarcoma.Malignant Disease.Other FormsAll Forms.
    M.FM.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE XVII. Inquests, 1919-21.
    Finding of Jury.1919.1920.1921.
    M.F.M.F.VF.
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    TABLE XVIli. Deaths in Institutions.
    Local Institutions (Uncorrected).Outlying Institutions.Corrected Totals.Equivalent Percentage of all Deaths.
    Totals.Workhouse.Infirmary, now Paddington Hospital.St. Mary.s Hospital.children.s Hospital.Lock Hospital.Home of Compassion.. Women.s Hospital for Children.Totals.Metropolitan Asylums Board.General Hospitals.Special Hospitals and Homes.Lunatic Asylums.Poor Law Institutions.
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    Deaths under One Year. 1921.
    Group.Causes of Death.Days.Weeks.Months.Totals under One Year.
    Males.Females.
    0—0-1—2—3—0—1—2—3—4—5—6—7—8—9—10—11—19211916-2019211916-20
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.FM.F.M.F.M.F.MF.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE XX. Prevention of Infectious Diseases.
    Annual Averages.Totals.
    1914-18.1919.1920.1921.
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    TABLE XXI. Bacteriological Work. 19-21.
    Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Tuberculosis.Ophthalmia.Cerebro- Spinal Meningitis.Other.
    Pos.Neg.Hoffman.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.Pos.Neg.
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    TABLE XXII.
    Places Provided.Notified Diseases.Non-notified Diseases.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.Chickenpox.Whooping Cough.
    P.A.P.N.A.VP.N.A.P.A.P.N.A.P.A.P.N.A.P.A.P.N.A.
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    Places Provided..Sore Throat..Ringworm.Scabies.Other Complaints,Vermin.
    T.B.(Mx.)G.I.T.B.(Mx.)G.I.T.B.(Mx.)G.I.T.B.(Mx.)G.I.T.B.(Mx.)G.I.
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    TABLE XXIII. Exclusion Ratios. Per 1,000 Places Provided.
    Notified Diseases.Not Notified Diseases.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.Chickenpox.Whooping Cough.. Sore Throat,.Ringworm.Scabies.Other Complaints.Vermin.
    p.a.p.n.a.. p.a.p.n.a.p.a.p.n.a.p.a.p.n.a.p.a.p.n.a.
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    TABLE XXIY. Report of the Work op the District Inspectors, 1914-1921.
    Inspection of Dwelling Houses.Sanitary Works completed in Dwelling Houses.To Regulate Keeping of Animals.
    Drainage, &c.Water Supply.Dust ReceptaclesMiscellaneous.
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    TABLE XXV. Housing Conditions—Statistics.
    1919.1920.1921.
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    TABLE XXVI. Sanitary Defects Remedied in Tenement Houses..
    191919201921
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    TABLE XXVII. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Manufacture, or business.19131921
    No. of Premises.No. of Workers.No. of Premises.No. of Workers.
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    TABLE XXVIII. Samples taken under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts, etc. 1921.
    Total.Found Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
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    TABLE XXIX. Office (Clerical) Work.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891. Section 4.
    Fines.Costs.
    £s.d.£s.d.