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CONTENTS.
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Summary of Vital Statistics V
Vital Statistics 1
Population 1
Births and Transferable Births 2
Illegitimate Births 4
Birth Rate 5
Marriages 6
Marriage Rate 5
Deaths 5
Deaths of Illegitimate Children 6
Death Rate 6
Zymotic Diseases, Death Rate 7
Respiratory Diseases, Death Rate 7
Infantile Mortality—Notification of Births Act, 1907—Tables 8, 37
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Notifications, Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum)
Regulations, 1914: Results, etc., of Cases, 1014-1920 9
Age Mortality 10
Tubercular Diseases, Deaths, Death Rate 10
Phthisis—Deaths 11
Prevention of Consumption—Notifications; Summaries of Notifications Received;
Number of Notifications on Form D; Actual Number of Cases on Register
at end of year 1920. Bacteriological Examinations; The Borough of Poplar
Dispensary for the Prevention of Consumption; Deaths, Tubercular Diseases
and Phthisis Number and Rate (see pages 10 and 11); Disinfection of
Rooms and Articles (see page 50); Report of Tuberclosis Officer (see page 96) 11
Tables of Deaths 18
Deaths from Drowning, &c 21
Deaths of Persons of Unknown Addresses, included in the Mortality Statistics 21
Vital Statistics, Tables 23
Notes on Nomenclature of Diseases 27
Tables of Deaths (Classification); Deaths 28
Tables of Deaths in Public Institutions 36
Tables of Infectious Diseases 41
Zymotic Diseases, Notifications; Institutions, Errors in Diagnosis; Infectious
Diseases in Milkshops and on Homeworkers' Premises 48
Disinfecting Department—Rooms and Articles (Infectious Diseases and Verminous)
Disinfected 50
Electrolytic Disinfecting Fluid—Output of Fluid, Distribution of Fluid, Cost of
Material and Electricity, Bottles, Corks and Labels, Total Quantity Manufactured
since Installation of Plant, Estimate for the year ended 31st March,
1920, and Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1920. Average expenditure
for the three years ended March, 1920. Estimated Expenditure for the
year ending 31st March, 1921, and for the year ending 31st March, 1922,
Spraying and Cleansing of Floors of London County Council Schools with
Electrolytic Fluid, Swimming Baths—the use therein of Electrolytic Disinfecting
Fluid, Comments on Adverse Criticisms 51
Verminous Children attending School—London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1907, Children Act, 1908, Number of Verminous Children Bathed, Itch
Cases56
Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897 57
Verminous Persons in Common Lodging-Houses—London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1907, Number of Persons Cleansed from Common Lodging Houses
within and without the Borough 57
Plague 58
Anthrax 58
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