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Poplar 1920

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

Published
1921
Pages
114
Tables
146

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    During the year 1920 births took place in institutions within the Borough as follows :—
    Males.Females.TotalRemarks.
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    The number of births as per headings of Registrars' weekly ret urns was as follows :—
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    The corrected number of births with additions and subtractions is as follows:—*
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    Births occurring outside the Sub-District of persons belonging thereto :—
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    Births occurring within the Sub-District of persons not belonging thereto :-—
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    Bromley.
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    Births occurring within the Sub-District of persons not belonging thereto :—
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    Births occurring outside the Sub-District of persons belonging thereto :
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    At the beginning of the year 1921 the Registrar-General afforded the following information for the year ended 31st December. 1920 :¡ª
    Registered Births.Inward Transfers.Outward Transfers.
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    The corrected total births for the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is :
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The number of illegitimate births belonging to the Borough, according to the Registrar General, is:¡ª
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The annual birth rate per 1,000 living being :—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London
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    The annual marriage rate per 1,000 living being :—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London.
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    The 818 deaths in Poplar included 15 illegitimate children, 9 male and 6 female ; the 931 deaths in Bromley included 15 illegitimate children, 8 male and 7 female ; the 603 Bow deaths included 5 illegitimate children, 3 male and 2 female, making a total for the Borough of 35 deaths of illegitimate children, 20 male and 15 female.
    Males.Females.Totals.
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    The following figures are the death rates per 1,000 living for the past 5 years (see pace 2):—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.County of London
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    ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Measles, scarlet fever, pertussis, diphtheria and membranous croup, fever small-pox, diarrhoea, and enteritis. Death rates per 1,000 living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
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    Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    RESPIRATORY DISEASES. Bronchitis, pneumonia (all forms) and other diseases of respiratory organs Death rates per 1,000 living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Summary, 1920.
    District.Notifications. (10Actual Cases. (2.)Midwives' Notifications.† (3.)Notified by Midwives only. (4.)
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    Results, etc., of Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1914-1920.
    Year.Number of Cases Notified.Died while under Su-pervision.Removed while under Supervision.Born in Poplar Institution, not visited.Sight of One Eye— Damaged. Destroyed.Recovered.
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    The annual death rates per 1,000 living for the past 5 years being: —
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    TUBERCULAR DISEASES. Deaths at all ages.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Death rates per 1,000 persons living.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths from all causes.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    PHTHISIS. Deaths (all ages).
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications received during the period from the 4th January, 1920, to the 1st January, 1921, in Poplar (Whole Borough)
    Age PeriodsNotifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications received during the period from the 4th January, 1920, to the 1st January, 1921, in Poplar (Sub-District).
    Age Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form c.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 15 to to 15 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications received during the period from the 4th January, 1920, to the 1st January, 1921, in Bromley (Sub-District).
    Ago Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. • Summary of Notifications received during the period from the 4th January, 1920, to the 1st January, 1921, in Bow (Sub-District)
    Age Periods.Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total Primary NotificationsUnder 55to 1010 to 15Total Primary NotificationsPoor Law Institu-tions.Sanatoria
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    Number of Notifications on Form D. (Cases Discharged from Poor Law Institutions and Sanatoria.)
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals.
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    Actual Number of Cases on Register.
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    Poplar (Whole Borough). Notifications on Form A. Number of Notifications.
    Age Periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Notifications
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    Distribution of Cases in the Borough, etc.
    Insured.Uninsured.Total.
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    TABLE I. Deaths during the year 1920 in the Poplar Sub-District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics : public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    TABLE II. Deaths during the year 1920 in the Bromley Sub-District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics : public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    TABLE III. Deaths during the year 1920 in the Bow Sub-District of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, classified according to localities.
    Names of localities adopted for the purpose of these statistics : public institutions being shown as separate localities.1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    DEATHS FROM DROWNING, ETC., AND DEATHS OF PERSONS OF UNKNOWN ADDRESSES INCLUDED IN THE MORTALITY STATISTICS. The following deaths have been included in the Mortality Statistics of the respective Sub-districts as there is no reason for believing that such deaths will be shown in the Mortality Tables of any other District:— Poplar (Sub-District).
    25th Feb. s.s. Ulm, West India Dock.Deck hand. of Calcutta.Male, 41.Found dead. Pneumonia. Natural. Inquest.
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    Bromley (Sub-District).
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    TABLE IV. Statistics of Whole District during 1920 and Previous Years. Poplar (Whole Borough).
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths†Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.*Rate.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate.
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    TABLE V. Vital Statistics during 1920 awl Previous Years Poplar Sub-District
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths†Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.1Rate.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate.
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    TABLE VI. Vital Statistics during 1920 and Previous Years. Bromley Sub-District.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths†Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year ox Age.At all Ages.
    Number.1Rate.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate.
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    TABLE VII. Vital Statistics during 1920 and Previous Years. Bow Sub-District.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths†Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.
    of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.*Rate.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.*Rate per 1000 Nett Births.Number.*Rate.
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    TABLE VIII METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. The Borough. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Nett Deaths in whole Borough at subjoined Ages. *Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Borough (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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    TABLE IX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Poplar. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65.and upwards.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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    table x. metropolitan borough of poplar. Sub-District of Bromley. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1920.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Nett Deaths in whole Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-District (at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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    TABLE XI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Sub-District of Bow. Causes of, and Ages at, Death, during the Year 1920.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Nett Deaths in Sub-District at subjoined Ages.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions and certain localities within and outside Sub-Districts(at all ages) belonging thereto.Nett Deaths in Public Institutions, &c.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.See Footnotes.Outlying Institutions.
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    TABLE XII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Total Deaths (at all ages) in Public Institutions within the Borough. (Resident and Non-Resident included.)
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Poplar Institution.St. Andrew's Hospital.Bow Institution.Bromley House Institution.Poplar Hospital.Total deaths in Public Institutions within the Borough.
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    TABLE XIII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XIV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XV. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XVI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1920. Nett Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death (see page 27).Under I week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 1 month.1-3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Nett total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XVII. (1920).
    Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population to the middle of 1919.Notifications. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births.
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    The following death rates for the year 1920 are interesting when compared with one another :—
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    TABLE XVIII. Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1920.
    —Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Civilian Population.Rate per 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.*
    All CausesEnteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet . Fever.Whooping-cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under One Year.Deaths in Public Institutions.Certified Causes.Inquest Cases.Uncertified Causes of Death.
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    TABLE XIX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Borough of Poplar. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole Borough.Total Cases notified in each Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages-Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total Cases Removed.
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    TABLE XX. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Poplar Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
    Notifiaiile Disease.Cases Notified in Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from. 1 Sub D istrict.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards
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    TABLE XXI. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bromley Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Sub-District.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub-District.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE XXII. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF POPLAR. Bow Sub-District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1920.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Sub-District.No.. of Cases removed to Hospital from Sub District.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    The uncorrected notification rate per 1,000 living being :—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
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    Notifications of parishioners from Institutions (excluding cases which had been notified before admission) within the sub-districts of Poplar and Bromley were as follows:—
    Total Cases.Notifications.Removals.
    Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Zymotic Enteritis.Pneumonia (all forms'.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Zymotic Enteritis.Pni-umonia (all forms).
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    The following figures give the number of rooms and articles disinfected:—
    Sub-District, &c.Rooms.BedsMattresses and PalliassesPillows.Bolsters.Various.Totals.
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    The output of fluid during each month of the year 1920 was as follows:—
    Manufactured Gallons.Broken down to Gallons and Distributed.
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    The fluid was distributed as follows:—
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    The cost of material in manufacturing 39,255 (strong) gallons of the electrolytic fluid was as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    Bottles, Corks and Labels,
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    Continued from previous page...
    Year.Output, gallons.Material, Chloride of Magnesium, Salt, Caustic Soda and Water. Cost.ElectricityTotal
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    Estimate for the Year ended 31st March. 1920, and Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1920, average Expenditure for Three Years ended 31st March, 1920, Estimate for Year ended 31st March, 1921, and for Year ending 31st March, 1922.
    Electrolytic Disinfectant.Estimate for year ended 31st March, 1920.Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1920.Average Expenditure for 3 years ended 31st March, 1920.Estimate for year ending 31st March, 1921.Estimate for year ending 31st March, 1922.No.
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    Number of Verminous Children Bathed.
    Quarter. 1Total number of Cleansings.Amount.
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    Cleansing Station, Glaucus Street, daring the year ended 31st December, 1920.
    Common Lodging House, etc.Male.Female.Total.
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    Removals.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals.
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    Approximate Figures, 1920.
    Births notified.Deaths registered under 12 months.
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    84 cases of erysipelas were notified during the year : 26 Poplar 32 Bromley, and 26 Bow. 31 patients were isolated as follows:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Totals.
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    SCARLET FEVER. The number of Scarlet Fever cases notified for the three sub-districts and the deaths which occurred for the past five years were as follows:—
    [Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Notifications, The Typhoid Fever cases notified were:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    1st quarter.2nd quarter.3rd quarter.4th quarter.Total.
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    Notifications per 1,000 living:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar
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    Isolation. Seven cases in Poplar, three in Bromley and two in Bow were removed to various hospitals, as follows
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough.
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    Cases notified :—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Deaths; Number of deaths for the past five years was as follows:—
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    Isolation. 237 cases in Poplar, 243 in Bromley, and 191 in Bow were removed to various hospitals for treatment, as follows:—
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
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    WHOOPING COUGH. Deaths.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    INFLUENZA. Deaths.
    Poplar.BromleyBow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Influenza Deaths during the Year 1920.
    Age PeriodsAll Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
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    Poplar (Sub-District).
    Age Periods.All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
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    Bromley (Sub-District).
    Age Periods.All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards. .
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    Bow (Sub-District).
    Age Periods.All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
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    MEASLES. Deaths. The following figures are the deaths from Measles for the past five Years:-
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.
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    Isolation.
    Poplar.Bromley.BowTotals.
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    Removals.
    PoplarBromleyPowTotal.
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    Deaths—All Ages.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough of Poplar.London.
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    DIARRŒHA,† UNDER ONE YEAR.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough
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    ENTERITIS* UNDER ONE YEAR.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough
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    DIARRHŒA- AND ENTERITIS, UNDER ONE YEAR.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Borough
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    Notification of Zymotic Enteritis (Summer Diarrhœa). Notifiable from 1st June to 30th September.
    Age periods. Years.Number of notifications.TotalNumber of deaths.Total.
    PoplarBromley.Bow.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.
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    Inquests and Deaths from violence during the year 1920, were as follows:—
    Sub-Districts.Number of Inquests held in the Sub-Districts.Deduct Inquests held on non-parishioners.Add Inquests held on parishioners from outlying districts.Total Inquests belonging to each Sub-District.Verdict from Violence.Verdict from Natural Causes.
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    For annual rates of deaths from violence per 1,000 persons living and the percentages of inquest cases to total deaths, see Table XVIII page 43.
    Violent deaths which actually occurred in Poplar, Bromley and Bow, not deducting non-residents, were as follows :—Deaths occurring entirely outside the Borough, but belonging thereto.
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Poplar.Bromley.Bow.
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    The following is the number of bodies received into the Council's .Mortuary, Cottage Street, Poplar, classified according to the ages of the deceased:—
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    For the year ended 31st December, 1920, the inspections and reports of the Inspectors respecting registered canal boats and non-registered cinal boats were as follows:—
    Registered.Non-Registered.
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    TABLE A. Table giving number of, and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, Places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughter-houses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, and Homeworkers' premises.
    Premises.On Register during year 1920.Number of Inspections.Number of Intimations.Numl er of Notices.Number of Final Notices.Number of Prosecutions.
    Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE B. Workshops on Register (Male), 1920.
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    TABLE B—continued. Workshops on Register (Men and Women Employed)
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    TABLE C.* See footnote, page 74. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homeworkers. 1 —INSPECTION.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    Intimation.Statutory.Final.
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    2.—DEFECTS FOUND *
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABEL D Home Woek.
    Nature of Work.Outworkers' List, Section 107.Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108.*Outwork in infected premises,* Sections 109, 110.
    Lists received from Employers.Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.Prosecutions.
    Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.*Orders made (8. 110).Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110).
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
    Contractors.Workmen.Contractors.Workmen.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
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    LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901 (S. 107).1
    Class of Homework.1920 Number o£ Lists received.Number of Addresses of Outworkers.
    Due Feb. 1st.Due Aug. 1st..Forwarded to other Authorities.Received from other Authorities.
    No. of Lists.No. of Outworkers.No. of Lists.No. of Outworkers.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.
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    TABLE E. Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
    [Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
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    TABLE F. Other Matters
    Class.Number.
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    The results of the analyses of 730 samples were reported to the Committee during the year 1920, the samples being as follows:—
    Sample.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter4th QuarterTotal.
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    Administrative Action regarding Articles reported to be not Genuine. Quarter ended March, 1920.
    Sample.No.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings.
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    Quarter ended June, 1920.
    Sample.No.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings.
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    Quarter ended September, 1920.
    Sample.No.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings.
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    Quarter ended December, 1920.
    Sample.No.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings.
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    The following is the number of premises in each Sub-District of the Borough registered and in use under the above-mentioned Acts, up to and including 31st December, 1923, viz.:—
    Sub-District.Wholesale Dealer.Manufacturer.Factory.Wholesale Dealer in Milk-blended.
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    Tabulated Statement of Inspections, of Insanitary Condition found existing, and of Re-inspections during the Period from 1st January, 1920, to 31st December, 1920.
    East combined.West combined.Poplar Soitth.Bromley North.Bromley Central.Bow East.Bow W est.Totals.
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    Tabulated statement of Inspections of Insanitary Conditions found existing, and of Re-inspections, &c., during the twelve months ended 31st December, 1920 (Miss Alice Tattersall—Lady Inspector).
    Poplar.Bromley.Bow.Total.
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    Reports of Housing Inspectors. Summary, 1920.
    Poplar.Bomley.Bow.Totals.
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    Police Court Proceedings
    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Decision.Result.Name of Officer.
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    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Decision.Result.Name of Officer
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    Police Court Proceedings—continued.
    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Decision.Result.Name of Officer.
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    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Decision.Result.Name of Officer.
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    Police Court Proceedings—continued.
    No. of Street or Name of Premises or Locality, &c.Nature of Complaint.Date of Decision.Result.Name of Officer.
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    Visiting.
    Public Health Dept.Royal College of St. Katharine.Total.
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    Stillbirths.
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    Mothers who had had previous stillbirths :—
    One.Two.Three.Four.Five.
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    Nursing.
    Ophth. Neon.Measles.Zy. Enteritis.Influenza.
    Cases.Visits.CasesVisits.CasesVisits.Cases. Visits.
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    Zymotic Enteritis.
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    Feeding.
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    Medical Advice Obtained.
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
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    Old Ford Clinics.
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    Average attendance—6.4. Ante-Natal.
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    Allanmouth Road Clinic. (April, 1920.) Ante-Natal.
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    West Ferry Road Clinic. (April, 1920.)
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    Christ Church Schools. (April, 1920.)
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    Shirbutt Street (North Poplar) Clinic. (December, 1920.) Infant Consultations.
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    Money Taken.
    £s.d.
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    Grants.
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    Vital Statistics, 1919.
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    The feeding of the infants during the first six months of life was as follows:—
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    2. Those who died—
    Breast fed55.5 per cent.
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    Vital Statistics, 1918.
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    Vital Statistics, 1917.
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    Vital Statistics, 1916.
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    Vital Statistics, 1915.