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 St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Year. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| Year. | Number of Births (Uncorrected). | Total for Year (Uncorrected). | Total for Year (Corrected). | |||
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| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr. | 4th Qtr. | |||
| Diseases. | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | Average for 10 years | 1921. |
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| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1—2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & under 3 months. | 3 months & under 6 months. | 6 months & under 9 months. | 9 months & under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. | ||
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| Cause of Death. | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | Average for 10 years. | 1921 |
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| Half-Year ending. | Amount spent in the half-year. | Numbers chargeable in the middle week of the half-year. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Date. | Numbers chargeable in St. Pancras House. |
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| Hospital. | Number of beds. | Number of in-patients admitted 1921. | Number of new outpatients treated in 1921. |
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| No. of Expectant Mothers Visited. | Total Visits to Expectant Mothers. | No. of Children Visited. | Total. Visits to Children. |
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| Centre. | Expectant Mothers. | attendances at consultations. | Visits by Trained Visitors. | Infant Consultations. | Expectant Mothers' Consultations. | Number of Trained Visitors. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New cases. | Total attendances. | New cases. | Total attendances. | First visits. | Total visits. | First visits. | Total visits. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | Over 1 year | Total. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Total. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by Borough Council. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by Borough .Council. | Per week. | Total. | Per week. | Total. | Whole Time. | Part Time. | |||
| Ages. | No. of Consultations | No. of New Children. | No. of Individual Children. | Total Attendances. |
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| No. of Clinics Held. | No. of New Cases. | Total No. of Attendances. |
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| No. in Family. | Scale for Distribution of Milk at Half-price. | Scale for Distribution of Free Milk. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pints of Milk Granted Free. | Pints of Milk Granted Half-price. | Cost to Council. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pints of Milk Granted Free. | Pints of Milk Granted Half-price. | Cost to Council. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| £ | s. | d. |
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| £ | s. | d. |
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| Year. | Births Registered. | Deaths from Diarrhœa and Enteritis. | Infantile Mortality— from all Causes— per 1,000 Births. | 4-foot Earth Temperature (Mean for Aug., Sept. and Oct.). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 5. | Under 1. | Deaths under 1 per 1,000 Births. | ||||
| Confinement attended by | No. of cases of Puerperal Fever. | Total number of births notified. | No. of cases per 1,000 births. |
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| Confinement attended by | No. of cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Total number of births notified. | No. of cases per 1,000 births. |
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| 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
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| Measles. | German Measles. |
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| Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Percentage Case Mortality. |
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| Diseases. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| Quarters | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | Quarters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Months | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quarters | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Totals. | Quarters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Months | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Months. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diseases. | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 |
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| Infectious Diseases. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. Ward. | South. Ward. | East. Ward.. | North. Ward. | No Address. | Whole Borough. | West. Ward. | South. Ward. | East. Ward. | North. Ward. | No Address. | Whole Borough. | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Disease. | No. of Cases. | No. of Houses. | No. of Rooms Contents Disinfected or Destroyed. | No. of Rooms Sprayed and Fumigated. |
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| Infectious Disease. | Verminousness. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destroyed. | Disinfected. | Destroyed. | Disinfected. | |
| Males. | Females. | Children under 10. |
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| Men. | Women. | Children under 15. | Total. |
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| Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form b. | Number of Notifications on Form c. | Number of Notifications on Form D. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other Doctors'). | Primary Notifications. | Total .Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified by other Doctors). | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 upwards. | Total. | Under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total. | ||||||||||
| Ages. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total all Forms. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Ages. | Phthisis. | Other Tuberculosis. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Notification rates per 1,000 Males or Females Living. | Death rates per 1,000 Males or Females Living. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Total. | |
| 0-1 | 1-5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Males. | 0-1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Females. | Total Persons. |
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| Location of Disease. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—5. | 5—15. | 15 and upwards. | |||||
| Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. | ||
| Year. | Estimated Population. | Primary Notifications. | Deaths. | Notification Rate. | Death Rate. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | Phthisis. | Other forms. | All forms. | ||
| Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital. | Tuberculosis Dispensary at St. Pancras Dispensary 39, Oakley Square. | Branch Tuberculosis Dispensary of St. Pancras Dispensary at 132, Maiden Road. | |||||||
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| Insured Persons. | Uninsured Persons. | Total. | Insured Persons. | Uninsured Persons. | Total. | Insured Persons. | Uninsured Persons. | Total. | |
| 1921. | No. of Applica-cations for institutional Treatment. | No. of these Applicants who were admitted. |
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| Number. | Percentage of Births registered. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough. | North. | East. | West. | South. | Whole Borough. | |
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Per cent. | Conscientious Objections, and Children otherwise escaping Vaccination. | Per cent. |
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| Year. | No. of Notifications. | Notification rate per 1,000 Population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Kate per 1,000 Population. | Case Mortality per cent. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
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| Days. | Cases. | Days. | Cases. | Days. | Cases. | Days. | Cases. |
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| Year. | No. of Notifications. | Notification rate per 1,000 Population. | No. of Deaths. | Death Rate per 1,000 Population. | Case Mortality per cent. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
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| Cases Notified. | Not Typhoid. | Diagnosis not contradicted. |
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| Year. | Cases Notified. | Fatal Cases. | Case Mortality per cent. |
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| Date of Notification. | Date of Onset. | Date of Death. | Age and Sex. | Ward and District. | Bacteriological Notes, &c. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Fatal Cases. | Case Mortality per cent. |
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| Age and Sex. | Acute Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. |
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| 0—1 | 1—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Males. | 0—1 | 1—5 | 5-15 . | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65—75 | 75—85 | 85 up. | Total Females. | Total Persons. |
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| Sex. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on estimated population 1921). |
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| Sex. | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | Average for 13 years. | 1921 |
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| District Inspectors. | Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Food Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Total. |
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| Situation of Property. | Offence. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First inspections. | Consequent re-inspections. |
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| After Infectious Disease. | Upon Complaint. | Upon systematic Inspection. | Old Buildings. | New Buildings at completion of work. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At commencement of work. | At completion of work. | |||||||
| Premises. | Number of | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Workshops on the Register (sec. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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| (1) | (2) |
| Class. | Number. |
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| (1) | (2) |
| Added to Register. | Removal from Register. | On Register at end of 1921. |
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| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Woman Sanitary Inspector. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| Boys. | Girls. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Leavers (nearly 14). | Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Leavers (nearly 14). | |||||||||
| Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of Head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Teeth. | Vision. | Total number of children examined. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good. | Fair. | Poor. | Good. | Average. | Below normal. | Bad. | Clean. | Nits only. | Pediculi. | Clean. | Dirty. | Pediculi. | All sound. | Less than four decayed. | Four or more decayed. | 6/6 in both eyes. | 6/9 in either or both eyes. | 6/12 or worse in either eye. | ||
| Number of individual children fed. | Number of meals provided. | Cod Liver Oil and Malt. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinners. | Breakfasts. | Milk. | |||
| Dental. | Aural. | Eyes. | Minor Ailments. |
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| Address. | Offence. | Date of Hearing. | Penalty. | Costs. |
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| (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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| Articles of food of which Samples have been taken. | Total number of Samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated. |
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| No. of Sample. | Article. | Result of Analysis. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty. | Costs. | ||||||||
| 1921. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Article. | Offence. | Date of Hearing. | Result of Proceedings. |
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| Total. | Positive. | Negative. |
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| Number of Flats, Maisonettes or Houses. | Description. | Net Rent. | *Gross Rent. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Population estimated to middle of each Year. | Civil Population. | Births | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | Rates for 1910-12 calculated on the 1911 census population and for 1919-21 on the 1921 population (212,900). | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | |||||||||||||
| of Nonresidents 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 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
| Cause of Death. | Ages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cause of Death. | Ages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cause of Death. | Ages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||
| Cause of Death. | Ages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5. | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards. | Totals. | |||||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 5. | Total under 5 years. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards | Totals. |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Wards. | Net Births. | Birth-rate per 1,000 population. | Net Deaths. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths under 1 year of age. | Infantile Death-rate per 1,000 Births. |
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| Enumerated Population, 1921. (Unrevised.) | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality. | — | Enumerated Population, 1921. (Unrevised. ) | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. (Crude.) | Infantile Mortality. |
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| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. |
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| Duties and Premises. | Male Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| Visits and Inspections. | Re-Inspections after Intimation Notices. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duties and Premises. | Mr. Auger. | Mr. Child. | Totals. | Mr. Auger. | Mr. Child. | Totals. |
| Visits and Inspections. | Re-Inspections after Intimation Notices. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duties and Premises. | Mr. Auger. | Mr. Child. | Totals. | Mr. Auger. | Mr. Child. | Totals. |
| First Visits. | Subsequent Visits, | Call made but admission not obtained. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Bibby, | Miss Smith. | *Miss Payne. | *Miss Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | †Miss Steggles. | Total. | | Miss Bibby. | Miss Smith. | *Miss Payne. | *Miss Anthony. | Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | fMiss Steggles. | Total. | Miss Bibby. | Miss Smith. | *Miss Payne. | *Miss Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | †Miss Steggles. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
| Inspector. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Call made but admission not obtained. | Total. |
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| Schedule of Nuisances. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
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| Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
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| Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. |
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| Breaches of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws. | Intimations. | Statutory Notices. | |
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