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City of Westminster 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

Published
1939
Author
Shinnie, Andrew J.
Pages
116
Tables
83

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83 tables in this report

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    Table I.—Legitimate and Illegitimate Births.
    1936.1937.1938.
    Legitimate.Legitimate.Legitimate.
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    Table II.—Registered and Notified Births.
    Births RegisteredBirths Notified.
    In Westminster.Belong elsewhere.Born out of Westminster.Net.TotalAlive.Stillborn.
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    Table III.—Male and Female Births.
    Number Born.Number of Deaths under 1 yearNumber remaining at end of year.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Giria.
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    Table IV.-Causes of Death at different Periods of Life in the Metropolitan Borough of Westminster, 1938.
    Causes of Death.Sex.All Ages.0-1-2-5-15-25-3545-55-65-75-
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    Table IV-continued.
    Causes of Death.Sex.All Ages.0-1-2-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-
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    Table V.—Still-births. Notification and Registration. Fifty-three still-born children were notified during the year.
    Allocated to Westminster.
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    Table VI.—Infectious Diseases. The following shows the number of cases of certain infectious diseases in the area during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1938:—
    Westminster, City of, Met. B.Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified.Smallpox.Scarlet fever.Diphtheria.Enteric fever.Puerperal pyrexia.Puerperal fever.Erysipelas.Pneumonia.
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    MALES. Table VII.-Gauges of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1938.
    Causes of Death.Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Wards (at all Ages).
    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.Grosrenor.Hamlet of Knightsbridge.Knightsbridge St. George.Victoria.St. Margaret.St. John.St.. Anne.Great Marlborough.Pall Mall.Regent.Charing Cross.Covent. Garden.Strand.Homeless.
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    FEMALES. Table VII {continued).-Causes of, and. Ages at, Death during the year 1938,
    Causes or Death.Corrected Deaths in the City at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Wards (at all Ages).
    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.
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    Table VIII. Deaths Distributed amongst Age Groups. This table shows the total deaths distributed among age periods:—
    1938.Under 1 year1 to 2 years2 to 5 years5 to 15 years15 to 25 years25 to 45 years45 to 65 years65 and overTotal
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    Table IX.—Deaths According to Wards.
    -1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.Death rate for ward per 1,000 population
    M.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.Total
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    Table X.—Infantile Mortality.
    Total 1935.Total 1936.Total 1937.Total 1938.
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    Table XI.—Infantile Mortality since 1911.
    Year.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Bate, Westminster.Total Rate, London.
    Births.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 Births.Births.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 Births.
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    Table XII.-Infantile Mortality-Causes.
    -1931.19321933.1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table XIII.-Infant Mortality.-Causes at various ages.
    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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    Table XIV. Infant Mortality.-Net Deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age in Pimlico A rea (Victoria, Kniglitsbridge St. George and Hamlet Wards).
    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 One Year.
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    Table XV. Infant Mortality.-Net Deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age in St. John and St. Margaret Wards.
    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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    Table XVI. Infant Mortality. Net Deaths from stated causes at various ages under One Year of Age in the North District (Grosvenor, Conduit, St. Anne, Pall Mall, Regent, Gt. Marlborough, Strand, Charing Cross and Covent Garden Wards).
    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 MonthsTotal Deaths under 1 Year
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    Table XVII.—Infant Mortality and Births in Wards. The following table shows the allocation of the net births and infant deaths among the various wards in the City, together with the infantile mortality rate for the ward.
    Wards.Population, 1931 Census.Total Births, 1938.Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Infant Deaths, 1938.Legitimate.Illegitimate.1938—Infant death rate per 1,000 births
    Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total Rate.
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    Table XVIII.—Birth and Death Rates in Metropolitan Boroughs for 1938.
    Cities and Boroughs.Est. Resident Population (mid-1936).Live Births rate per 1,000 Population.Death rate per 1,000 Population.Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 Live Births.
    Crude.Adjusted.
  • Page 23
    Table XIX.—Deaths in Common Lodging Houses.
    Deaths.Ward.
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    Table XX.-Notifications of Infectious Disease.
    19341935193619371938
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    Table XXI. Vaccination Return foe the Year ended 31st December, 1937.
    Number of Births returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1937.Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1939, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1939, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by Report Book) ofNumber of these Births remaining on 31st Jan., 1939, neither duly entered in the "Vaccination Register" (cols. 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (cols. 8, 9 and 10 of this Return).Total number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 received during the calendar year 1938.Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actual-\ ly received by the Vaccination Officer, irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the calendar year 1938.
    Col. I. Successfully Vaccinated.Col. II.Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection have been received.Col. V. Dead, Unvaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removal to Places unknown,or which cannot be reached; and Cases not hav- ing been found.
    Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Smallpox.
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    Table XXII. Summary of Monthly Returns for the Year ended 31st December, 1938.
    No. of Cases in Birth Lists received.No. of Certificates of Vaccination received.No. of Certificates of Postponement owing to health of Child.No. of Statutory Declarations under Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907.No. of Certificates of Insusceptibility.No. of Cases removed out of District or otherwise not found.No. of Entries in List sent to Public Vaccinators.
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    Return showing the number of persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates by public Vaccinators during the Year ended 30th September, 1938.
    Name of Public Vaccinator and District.Numbers of successful primary vaccinations of personsNumber of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time.
    Under 1 year of age.1 year and upwards.Total.
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    Table XXIV.-Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.
    Notifiable Diseases.At all Ages.Cases Notified.Cases removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.At all Ages.Deaths.
    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.
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    Table XXV.-Infectious Diseases, Distributed according to Ward.
    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 and non-residents.
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    Table XXVI.
    Ages.Preliminary Schick Test.No Test.Total.
    Positive.Negative.
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    Table XXVII.—Measles—Cases Notified.
    1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table XXVIII.—Deaths from Influenza
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    Table XXIX. Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis.
    -Under 1 year.Other ages.Total.
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    Table XXX.-Deaths from Whooping Cough.
    Under 1 year.At other ages.Total.
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    Table XXXI.-Puerperal Fever.
    Year.No. of births.No. of cases.Deaths.Death rate per 1000 births
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    Table XXXII.—Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    Cases.Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total blindness.Deaths.Left district.
    Total.Treated.
    At home.In hospital.
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    Table XXXIII.—Tuberculosis—New Cases and Deaths.
    Age- Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    Table XXXIV.-Tuberculosis-Period between Notification and Death.
    Weeks.Months.
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    Table XXXV.—Tuberculosis Deaths.
    19341935193619371938
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    Table XXXVI. Tuberculosis.-Notifications received during the period from 1st January, 1938, to 31st December, 1938.
    Age periods.Number of notifications on Form A.
    Primary notifications.Total notifications, on Form A, including cases previously notified.
    0 tol.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
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    Table XXXVII. Tuberculosis.-New cases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by Notification under the Regulations.
    1038. 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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    Table XXXVIII. Tuberculosis.-Table showing distribution in Wards of notified and unnotified cases, and numbers of such persons who have been treated in Institutions.
    1938.All Ages.Conduit.Grosvenor.Knights-bridge St. George.Victoria.St. Margaret.St. John.Hamlet of Knights-bridge.Pall Mall.Regent.Great Marlborough.Charing Cross.Covent Garden.Strand.St. Anne.Homeless.Received Institutional Treatment during 1938.
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    Table XXXIX. Tuberculosis Notifications. The figures for a series of years are shown below:-
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total of all forms.
    General Population.Resident in Common Lodging Houses and Homeless.Total.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Total.
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    Table XL.—Tuberculosis—Cases on the Register.
    Pulmonary.non-Pulmonary.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.
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    Table XLI. Westminster—Deaths from Tuberculosis per 100,000 population.
    Years.Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.Total.
    Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.Deaths.Rates.
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    Table XLII.
    -1936.1937.1938.
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    Table XLIII.
    -1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table XLIV.
    Hospitals.Sanatoria.
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    Table XLV. TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL. (A) Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1938.
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.Total.Grand Total.
    Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    Table XLV—continued. TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL—continued. (A) Return showing the Work of the Dispensary during the Year 1938—continued.
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    Table XLVI.—Westminster Hospital. Midwifery Visits.
    1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table XLVII. Attendances by midwives at ante-natal and other clinics:-
    1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table XLIX.-Ante-natal Cases.
    City Council's Centres.Westminster Health Society.
    Source of Information.Ebury Bridge.Bessborough Street.Marshall Street.Marsham Street.Totals.
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    The attendances by mothers at the clinics are detailed below:— Table L.—Ante-natal Clinics.
    Centre.Sessions.First Attendance.Subsequent Attendances.Total.No. of Individuals.
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    Table LI.—Confinements in Hospitals.
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    Table LII. Attendances at Infant Consultations, 1938.
    Centre.Number of Sessions.First Attendances.Subsequent Attendances.Total.Total.
    Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Under 1 year.Over 1 year.
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    Table LIII.-Home Nursing.
    Chelsea, Pimlico and Belgravia.Westminster Nursing Committee.Metropolitan Nursing Association.
    Number of Patients.Number of Visits.Number of Patients.Number of Visits.Number of Patients.Number of Visits.
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    Table LIV.—Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Inflammation of the Eyes.
    Cases.Rate per 100 births for both classes of cases.
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    Table LV.-Death Rates from Syphilis under 1 Year of Age Per 1,000 Births.
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    Table LVI.—Health Visiting.
    1938Ebury Bridge.Bessborough Street.Marshall Street.Marsham Street.Total.
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    Table LVII.—Mothercraft Classes.
    1938.Ebury Bridge.Bessboro' Street.Marshall Street.Marsham Street.Total.
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    Table LVIII.-Foster Children.
    District.
    South-West.Southern.Northern.
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    Table LIX.—Dental Treatment.
    New Cases.Reappointments.Extractions.Fillings.Other Operations.Anæsthetics.Patients Supplied with Dentures.
    Local.General.
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    Table LX.—Drainage and other Sanitary Works.
    1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table LXI.-Medical Inspection of Aliens.
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    Table LXII.—District Sanitary Inspection.
    Inspection of premises :—Water-Closets—
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    Table LXIII.—Nuisances.
    19341935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table LXIV.—Factories.
    Trad 33.Total Number.
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    Table LXV.-Factories and Workplaces.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers prosecuted. (4)
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    Table LXVI.-Factories and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to h.m. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    Table LXVII.—Factories and Workplaces. Other Matters.
    Class.Number.
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    Table LXVIII.-Factories and Workplaces. Outworkers.
    Outworkers' Lists, Section 110.Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 111.
    Trade.Lists received from employers.Addresses of Outworkers.Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending of lists.Prosecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
    Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.
    Outworkers.Outworkers.Received from other Councils.Sent to other Councils.
    Lists.Contractors.Workmen.Lists.Contractors. 1 iWorkmen.
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    Table LXIX.—Cleansing of Persons.
    1938.Head lice.Body lice.Scabies.Total.
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    Table LXX.—General Disinfection of Premises, Articles, etc.
    1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table LXXII.-Smoke Abatement-Results of Observations and Action Taken.
    -1934.1935.1936.1937.1938.
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    Table LXXIII.—Atmospheric Pollution—Analyses of Deposited Impurities.
    1938.Figures in English Tons per Square Mile.
    Horseferry Road, S.W.1.Farm Street, W.1.
    Total Solids.Sulphur SO3.Daily Average.Total Solids.Sulphur. sO3.Daily Average.
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    Table LXXIV.—Atmospheric Pollution—Measurement of Sulphur Activity.
    Month.City Hall, W.C.2.Farm Street, w.1.Horseferry Road, S.W.1.
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    Table LXXV.-Ice-Cream. Bacteriological Examinations.
    No. of Sample.No. of Colonies per c.c.B. Coli per c.c.
    Positive.Negative.
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    Table LXXVI.-Milk. Bacteriological Examinations.
    No. of Sample.Colonies per c.c.B. Coli per c.c.
    Positive.Negative.
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    Table LXXVII.—Registration of Dairymen and Dairies.
    Premises.Persons.
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    Table LXVIII. Adulterated Samples of Milk.
    Sample No.Extent of Adulteration.Action taken and result thereof.
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    Table LXXIX. Samples purchased under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, showing results of Analysis and subsequent Proceedings for year 1938.
    Number.Article of Food or Drug.Number of samples purchased.Genuine.Adulterated.Prosecutions.Convictions.Withdrawn or dismissed.Fines.Costs.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Table LXXX.—Unsound Food.
    Article.Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.Article.Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.