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 Westminster, City of]
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Birth-rate. |
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1927. | 192s. | 1929. | |
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Legitimate. | Legitimate. | Legitimate. |
Births Registered | Births Notified. | ||||||
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In Westminster. | Belong elsewhere. | Born out of Westminster. | Net. | Total. | Alive. | Still-born. |
Number Born. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Number remaining at end of year. | ||||
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Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. |
Still-birtlis | Inward | Outward | ||
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Registered. | Transfers. | Transfers. |
Causes of Death. | Sex. | All | Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
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Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0– | 1– | 2– | 5– | 15– | 25– | 45– | 65– | 75– |
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Westminster, City of, Met. B. | Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified (Civilians). | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Puerperal pyrexia. | Puerperal fever. | Erysipelas. |
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Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent. Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. |
Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightbridge. | Knightbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Coveut Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. |
Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. |
Causes of Death. | Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Wards (at all Ages). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | St. Anne. | Great Marlborough. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | Homeless. |
Year. | Number of Deaths. | Westminster Rate. | London Rate. |
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1929. | Under 1 year | 1 to 2 years | 2 to 5 years | 5 to 15 years | 15 to 25 years | 25 to 45 years | 45 to 65 years | 65 and up. years | Total. |
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1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | |||||||||||
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M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total. | M. | F. | Total |
Total 1929. | Total. 1928. | Total. 1927. | Total 1926. |
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Year. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Rate, Westminster. | Total Rate, London. | ||||
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Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. | Births. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 Births. |
1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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CAUSES of death. | Under 1 Week | 1–2 Weeks. | 2–3 Weeks. | 3 –4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Works. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 .Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1–2 Weeks. | 2–3 Weeks. | 3–4 Week4 | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total |
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causes of death. | Under 1 Week. | 1–2 Weeks. | 2–3 Weeks. | 3–4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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causes of death. | Under 1 Week. | 1–2 Weeks. | 2–3 Weeks. | 3–4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 MontHS | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Months and under 9 MontHS. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1–2 Weeks. | 2–3 Weeks. | 3–4 Weeks. | Total under 4 Weeks. | 4 Weeks and under 3 Months. | 3 Months and under 6 Months. | 6 Mont hs and uuder 9 Months. | 9 Months and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Wards. | Population, 1921 Census. | Total Births, 1920. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total Infant Deaths, 1929. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | 1929—Infant death rate per 1,000 births. | ||
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legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. |
Deaths. |
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1923 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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Notifiable Diseases. | At all Ages. | Cases Notified. | Cases removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. | At all Ages. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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At Ages—Years. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and over. | Under 1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and over. | |||||
Smallpox | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Cholera (C). Plague (R) | - | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | 148 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 48 | 21 | 8 | 20 | 2 | 6 | - | 147 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ |
Erysipelas | 54 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 7 | 41 | 13 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
Scarlet fever | 208 | l | 2 | 7 | 21 | 15 | 86 | 25 | 14 | 31 | 3 | 3 | - | 204 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric fever | 7 | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Relapsing fever (R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Continued fever (C) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal fever | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
Poliomyelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Pneumonia | 51 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 25 | 81 | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | 9 | 8 | 30 | 30 |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Dysentery | 7 | l | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Puerperal pyrexia | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Totals | 514 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 38 | 31 | 138 | 50 | 26 | 92 | 22 | 58 | 16 | 457 | 57 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 9 | 32 | 31 |
Notifiable Diseases | Condult. | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St Anne. | Homeless. |
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Age. | Positive. | Negative. | No test. | Total. |
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1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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Under 1 year. | Other ages. | Total. |
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Under 1 year. | At other ages. | Total. |
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Year. | No. of births. | No. of cases. | Deaths. |
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Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total blindness. | Deaths. | ||
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Total. | Treated. | |||||
At home. | In hospital. |
Age-Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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1920. Age periods. | Number of notifications on Form A. | ||||||||||||
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Primary notifications. | Total notifications, on Form A, including cases previously notified. | ||||||||||||
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 new cases. |
1920. Age Periods. | 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. |
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1929. | All Ages. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knightebridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. __ | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless. | Received Institutional Treatment during 1929. |
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total of all forms. | |||||||
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General Population. | C.L.H and no Address. | Total. | |||||||
Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
Years. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||
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Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. | Deaths. | Rates. |
1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |||||||||
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Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | |||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates. | Previous to 1926. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | |||||||||||||||||
Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). |
Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates. | Previous to 1926. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. |
Inspection of premises:— | Sanitary work supervised :— |
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— | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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Work Premises. | Total Number. |
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Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
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Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers prosecuted. (4) |
Particulars. (1) | Nurnber of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. (5) | ||
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Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to h.m. Inspector. (4) |
Class. | Number. |
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Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108. | Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109 & 110. | |||||||||||||||
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Trade | Lists received from employers. | Addresses of Outworkers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending of lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Section 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | |||||||
Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | ||||||||||||||||
Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||||
Outworkers. | Outworkers. | Received from other Councils. | Sent to other Councils. | ||||||||||||||
Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. | Lists. | Contractors. | Workmen. |
- | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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Tenements. |
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Tenements. |
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1929. | Head lice. | Body lice. | Scabies. | Total. |
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1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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Year | Total. | For Inquest. | To await Burial. | Year. | Total. | For Inquest. | To await Burial. |
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Name of Hospital. | City Council's Centres. | Westminster Health Society. | Totals. | ||
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No. 1, Pimlico Road. | No. 15, Bessborough Street. | No. 9, Frith Street. | No. 30, Page Street. |
Centre. | Sessions. | First Attendance. | Subsequent Attendances. | Total. | No. of Individuals. |
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1929. | Pimlico Road. | Bessboro Street. | Frith Street. | Page Street. | Total. |
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1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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St. Margaret and St. John Wards. |
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- | Pimlico Road. | Bessborough Street. | Frith Street. | Page Street. | Total. |
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Centre. | Number of Sessions. | First Attendances. | Subsequent Attendances. | Total. | Total. | |||
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Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. |
1921 | 1928. | 1927. | 1926. |
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Patients. | Visits. |
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Cases (notified). | Rate per 100 births for both classes of cases. |
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Marernity and Child Welfare. |
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1924. | 1925. | 1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. |
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Vendor's Sample. | Action taken and Result. | Consignor's Sample, number taken. | Result of Analysis. | Action taken and Result. |
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District. | Total. | Good Quality. | Fair Quality. | Poor Quality. | Adulterated. | ||||
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No. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. | No. | Per cent. |
Milk— | Fine. | Costs. |
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Number | Article of Food. | Number of samples purchased. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Withdrawn or dismissed. | Fines. | Costs. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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No. | Article. | Result of Analysis.-Degrees U.P. | Action taken and Result. |
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