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Wandsworth 1920

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

Published
1921
Pages
150
Tables
85

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85 tables in this report

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    TABLE I.
    Sub-District.Census Population, 1911.Population estimated to middle of 1920.
    Corrected.Uncorrected.
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    TABLE II.
    Sub-DistriotBIRTHS.RATES.
    Males.Females.Total.Birth-Rate.Rate of natural increase.
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    TABLE III.
    Year.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting,Wandsworth.Whole Borough.London.England and Wales.
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    TABLE IV.
    Sub-District.Total No. of births notified.NOTIFIED BY :Total births registered.No. born dead.
    Medical AttendantParent.Midwife.Other person.
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    TABLE V.
    Name of Public Institution.Clapham.Putney.StreathamTooting.Wandsw'ttTotal.
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    TABLE VI. Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough, of Persons not belonging to the Borough, 1920.
    causes ofdeathDeaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Institutions.
    All Ages.Males.Females.Under1 year.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.Springfield Mental Hospital.Tooting Mental Hospital.Hostel of God.Swatfield Road Institution.H.M. Prison.Ryl. Hosp. for IncurablesFountam Mental Hospital.S.Lon. Hosp. for Women.Putney Hospital.Grove Hospital.Military Hospitals.Weir Hospital.The Priory.Other Places, not Public Institutions.
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    TABLE VII. Deaths in Public Institutions, &c., in the Borough, of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1920.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Institutions.
    All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.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.Tooting Mental Hospital.Hostel of God.Swaffield Road Institution.H.M. Prison.Ryl. Hosp. for IncurablesFountain Mental Hospital.S.Lon. Hosp. for Women.Putney Hospital.Grove Hospital.Weir Hospital.Military Hospitals.Other Places, not Public Institutions.
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    TABLE VIII. Deaths in Public Institutions, &c ., outside the Borough, of Persons belonging to the Borough, 1920.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages.)Institutions.
    All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.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.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Poor Law Infirmaries.General and Special Hospitals, &c.Public Lunatic and Imbecile Asylums.Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals.
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    TABLE IX.
    Sub-Districts.Corrected Deaths.Uncorrected Deaths.Corrected Death-rate.
    Males.Females.Total.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE X.
    Clap-ham.Putney.Streat-ham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole BoroughLondon.England and Wales.
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    TABLE XI. Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the year 1920.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages).Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
    All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.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.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
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    TABLE XII. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1920 and previous years.
    Year.Corrected Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferred Deaths:Nett Deaths Belonging to the District.
    Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.At all Ages.of Nonresidents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Number.Rate per 1000 Births registeredNumber.Rate.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate.
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE XIII. Infant Mortality. 1920. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages' under 1 Year of Age.
    Cause of DeathUnder 1 Week. .1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Months3 Months and under 6 Months6 Months and under 9 Months9 oMnths and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE XIV.
    Sub-District.No. of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage to total Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Births.
    1910191119121013191419151916191719181919Average 10 years.1920
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    TABLE XV.
    19151916191719181919Five years' average.1920
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    TABLE XVI.
    1910.I9II.1912.1913-1914.I9I5- "1916.1917.1918.1919.I920.1920.
    No. above corrected average.No. below corrected average.
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    TABLE XVII.
    Sub-District.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Other Tuberculous Diseases.Total.
    No. of DeathsRate.No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of DeathsRate.
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    TABLE XVIII.
    1910191119121913191419151916191719181919Average for 10 yrs.1920
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    TABLE XIX.
    INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.Whole Borough.
    i Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
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    TABLE XX.
    INQUESTS.Sub-Districts.Whole Borough.
    Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
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    TABLE XXL
    I.—Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.II.—Institutions in the District, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
    Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.Name of Institution.No. of Deaths.
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    TABLE XXII. Summary of Sanitary Operations in the Borough during the Year 1920.
    Clapham.Putney.itrkath amTooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
    North WardSouth Ward.Streat ham Ward.Bal-ham I WardSouth field WareFair field . WarrSpri'g field Ward
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    TABLE XXIII. DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1920. (Male Inspectors).
    1 inspections.Re-Inspections.Total.
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    TABLE XXIV. DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS AND RE-INSPECTIONS, 1920. (Female Inspectors).
    Inspections.Re-Inspections.Total.
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    HOUSING, TOWN PLANNING, &c., ACT, 1909. TABLE XXV.
    Wards.No. of houses inspectedNo. of houses in which defects were found.Percentage of defects to houses inspectedNumber of Families living in
    One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms and upwards.
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    TABLE XXVI.
    Premises.Offences.Result.Fine.Costs.
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    TABLE XXVI.—(contd.)
    Premises.Offences.Result.Fine.Costs.
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    INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. TABLE XXVII.
    CLASS OF WORKS.Number of Places.Number of Inspections, 1920.Number of Notices.Number of Prosecutions, 1920.
    On Register at end of 1919.Added in 1920.Removed in 1920.On Register at end of 1920.Intimation, 1920.Statutory, 1920.Under Factory Act.Under Public Health Act.
    PremisesRooms.
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    TABLE XXVIII. I.— INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    TABLE XXIX. 2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    PARTICULARS.Number of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE XXX. 3 .-HOME WORK.
    NATURE OF WORK.1OUTWORKERS' LISTS, 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.
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.Instances.Noticesserved.Prosecutions.instances.Orders made (S. 110..Prosecutions SS.109,110).
    Lists†Outworkers -†-ListsOutworkers.
    Con-tractors.Workmen.Contractors.Workmen.
    (1) Wearing Apparel—(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
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    TABLE XXXI. 4— REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number
    (1)(2)
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    TABLE XXXII. 5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
    (i)(2)
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    Report for the year ended 311st December, 1920. 1. Milk andi cream not sold as " Preserved Cream.
    (a) Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative.(b) Number in which a preservative was reported to be present.
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    No action has been taken with regard to unsound meat, and no carcases were condemned during the year. By far the greater proportion of the meat sold in the Borough has been inspected in the Central Markets before being sold to retailers.
    In 1914.In January, 1920.In December, 1920.
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    TABLE XXXIII.
    PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACESNumber of inspections, 1920.Number of notices, 1920.Number of prosecutions, 1920.
    On register at end of 1919.Added in 1920.Remov-ed in 1920.On register at end of 1920.
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    TABLE XXXIV.
    Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Total No. of samples taken.No. per 1.000 of Population.No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    No. of samples taken.No. Adulterated .Percentage Adulterated.No of samples taken.No. AdulteratedPercentage Adulterated.
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    TABLE XXXV. Wandsworth District. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1920.
    Notifiable Disease.No. of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Total cases removed to Hospital.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Clapham.Putney.Streatham'looting.Wandsworth
    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 XXXVI.
    1910.1911.1912.1913.1914.!1915.1916.1917.I9l8.1919.1920.1920.
    No. above decennial average.No. below decennial average.
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    TABLE XXXVII.
    Sub-Districts.One case.Two cases.Three cases.Four cases.Five cases & upwardsTotal houses invaded
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    TABLE XXXVIII.
    Sub-Districts.One case.Two cases.Three cases.Four cases.Five cases and upwardsTotal houses invaded
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    TABLE XXXIX. Cerebro=Spinal Fever.
    No. of Cases.Date of notification.Name and address of patient.Age.Sex.Date of onset.RESULT OF CASE.HAS BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION BEEN UNDERTAKEN
    Date of death.Recovery with or without permanent paralysis or other disablement.Of material from patient*Result.Of contacts?Result.
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    TABLE XXXIX.—(continued.)
    No. of Cases.Date of notification.Name and address of patient.Age.Sex.Date of onset.RESULT OF CASE.HAS BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION BEEN UNDERTAKEN
    Date of death.Recovery with or without permanent paralysis or other disablement.Of material from patient?Result.Of contacts?Result.
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    TABLE XXXIX.—(continued.)
    No. of Cases.Date of notification.Name and address of patient.Age.Sex.Date of onset.RESULT OF CASE.HAS BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION BEEN UNDERTAKEN
    Date of death.Recovery with or without permanent paralysis or other disablement.Of material from patient?Result.Of contacts?Result.
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    TABLE XL.
    No. of Cases.Date of notification.Name and address of patient.AgeSex.Date of onset.RESULT OF CASE.Results of Pathological Examinations if made.REMARKS.
    Date of death.Recovery withTremors Athetosis.Mental condition.
    No after effects.Ocular Paraly.-per.si sting.Permanent Paralysis or Paresis.
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    TABLE XL.—(continued.)
    No. of Cases.Date of notification.Name and address of patient.Age.SexDate of onset.RESULT OF CASE.Results of Pathological Examinations if made.REMARKS.
    Date of death.Recovery withTremors Athetosis.1 j Mental I con- | dition.
    No after effects.Ocular Paralysis persisting.Permanent Paralysis or Paresis.
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    TABLE XL.—(continued.)
    No. of CasesDate of notification.Name and address of patient.Age.Sex.Date of onset.RESULT OF CASE.Results of Pathological Examinations if made-REMARKS.
    Date of death.Recovery withTremors. Athetosis.Mental condition-
    No after effects.Ocular Paralysis persisting.Permanent Paralysis or Paresis.
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    TABLE XLI.
    SCHOOL.DISEASES.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.German Measles.Chicken PoxWhooping Cough.Mumps.Ringworm.Other Diseases.TOTALS.
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    TABLE XLI.—(continued)
    SCHOOL.DISEASES.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.German Measles.Chicken PoxWhooping Cough.Mumps.Ringworm.Other Diseases.TOTALS.
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    TABLE XL1.—(continued)
    SCHOOL.DISEASES.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.German Measles.Chicken PoxWhooping Cough.Mumps.Ringworm.Other Diseases.TOTALS.
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    TABLE XLII.
    Year.Cases Reported.Deaths.Removed.Recovered.Cases on Register.
    1909 to 1911191219131914191519161917191819191920Total
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    TABLE XLIII.
    Localisation of Disease.Number of cases notified.No. of deaths.
    Total.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 10.10 and under 15.15 and under 20.20 and under 25.25 and under 35.315 and under 45.45 and under 55.and under 65.65 and upwards.Males.Females.Total.Removed.On Register.
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    TABLE XLIV.
    Year.Cases Notified.Deaths.Removed.Recovered.Cases on Register.
    1913.19141915.1916.19171918.19191920Total.
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    TABLE XLV. PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from 4th January, 1920, to 1st January, 192 1,. Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth.
    Age Periods.Number of Notifications on Form A.Number of Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
    Under 1.1 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 20.20 to 2525 3535 to 454i to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total.Under 55 to 10.10 to 15Total.
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    TABLE XLVI. Number of New Cases and Total Attendances at each Dispensary for each year from 1913 to 1920, with totals. NEW CASES.
    Year.19131914191519161917191819191920Totals.
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    Table XLVII. gives further comparative details of the work. TABLE XLVII. Return showing detail of other Work connected with the Dispensaries during the last four years.
    1917191819191920
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    Table XLVII1. gives the numbers of new cases living in each of the five sub-districts, and shows on whose recommendation they made the first attendance. TABLE XLVIII.
    District.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Outside Borough.Totafs.
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    Table XLIX. divides the new cases, by sexes, into' insured and non-insured, Tuberculous and Non-Tuberculous. TABLE XLIX. NEW CASES, 1920.
    Cases.Tuberculous.Non-Tuberculous.Totals.
    Male.Female.Total.Male.FemaleTotal.Male.FemaleTotal.
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    Table L. shows the total attendances for insured and nonnsured persons during the year. TABLE L.
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    Table LI. gives particulars with regard to ex-service men examined at the dispensaries. TABLE LI. Particulars relating to Discharged Soldiers attending at the Dispensaries.
    New Cases.Old Cases.Total Attendances.
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    TABLE LII. New Cases, 1913 to 1918, Classified according to Diagnosis.
    Year.Definite Cases of Tuberculosis.Suspected Cases.Non- Tuberculous.Totals.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Totals.
    Active.Inactive.Active.Inactive.
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    TABLE LIII. Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis condition at end of 1919.
    Year.Removed.Dead.Still on Dispensary Books, 31st December, 1919.Total.Case Mortality (Removed Neglected).
    Advanced.Stationary.Improved.Total.
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    TABLE LIV. Inactive Pulmonary Tubereulosis condition at end of 1919.
    Year.Removed.Dead.Still on Dispensary Books, 31st December, 1919.Total.
    Advanced.Stationary.Improved.Total.
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    TABLE LV. Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1913-1917 Cases.
    Age.Males.Females.Total.
    Sputum Positive.Sputum Negative.No record of Sputum.Totals.Sputum Positive.Sputum Negative.No record of Sputum.Totals.
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    TABLE LVI. Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Condition of 1913 to 1917 patients at the end of third year of Treatment.
    ALL CASKS.Unt aced.Dead.Advanced.Stationary.Improved.Total Cases.
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    TABLE LV1I. Case Mortality in Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 1913 to 1917 Cases.
    Result of Sputum Examination.Total.
    Positive.Negative.No record.
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    TABLE LVIIl. N on- P ulmonary T uberculosis. C ondition at end, of 1919.
    Removed.Dead.Advanced.Stationary.Improved.Cured.Totals
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    TABLE LIX. Results of Vaccine Treatment.
    Dead.Advanced.Stationary.Improved.Total.
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    TABLE LX.
    Age Groups.Tuberculous.Suspected Tuberculosis.Non-Tuberculous.Grand Totals.
    Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE LXI.
    * Sub-Districts.Number of Births returned from 1st January to 31st December, 1919.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Smallpox.Dead, Unvaccinated.Certificates of Conscientious objection.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removed to District, Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removed to places unknown, or which cannot be traced; and cases not having been found.Remaining on Books as Unvaccinated.
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    TABLE LX11.
    Year ended December 31st, 1920.Clapham.Putney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Borough.
    N.S.B.S.So.F.Sp.
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    TABLE LV1II.
    Clapham, North.Clapham, South.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Southfield.Fairfield.Springfield.Borough.
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    TABLE LX1V. Deaths of Infants Visited.
    Under mo.Under 2 mos.Under 3 mos.Under 4 mos.Under 5 mos.Under 6 mos.Under 7 mos.Under 8 mos.Under 9 mos.Under 10 mos.Under 11 mos.Under 12 mos.Total.
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    TABLE LXV.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Southfields.Wandsworth.Totals.
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    TABLE LXV1. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1920.
    NO.Date of notification.Eye affected.Severe or SlightWhere treated or by whom.History of specific disease.Result.
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    TABLE LXVII.
    Method of Feeding.Age in Months.
    Under 11 and under 33 and under 66 and under 99 and under 12Total.
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    The next Table shows the result of the inquiries made after these deaths, arranged in wards, and there is also shown the number of infants who had been previously visited, and the number of illegitimate infants.
    Clapham, North.Clapham, South.Putney.Streatham.Balham.Tooting.Southfield.Fairfield.Springfield.Borough.
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    TABLE LXIX.
    ClaphamPutney.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough
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    G eneral S tatement.
    Examined.Adulterated.
    Nature of Sample.Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
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    Drugs.
    Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
    Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
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    Other Articles.
    Nature of Sample.Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
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    Milk and Cream.
    Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
    Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
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    Butter. Of the 632 samples of Butter submitted, two only were formal samples, and both of these were reported against, as under :
    Case No.Nature of Report.
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    Margarine.
    Case No.Nature of Report.
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    Only one formal sample of drugs was submitted, and this was reported against, as under :—
    Case No.Nature of Article.Nature of Report.