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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| Rate per 1,000 of Population. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth-rate. | Death-rate. | Infant Mortality. | |
| Year. | Number of Births (Uncorrected). | Total for Year (Un-corected). | Total for Year (Corrected). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Qtr. | 2nd Qtr. | 3rd Qtr, | 4th Qtr. | |||
| Year. | Rate, | Year. | Rate. |
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| Diseases. | 1913 | 1914 | 191.S | 1916 | '917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Average for 10 years. | 1923 |
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| Death-rate. | Death-rate. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1922 | 1923 | 1922 | 1923 | ||
| CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under I week. | 1 —2 weeks. | 2—3 weeks. | 3—4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks & under 3 mouths. | 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. | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Average for 10 years. | 1923 |
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| Year. | Total Number of Births. | Number of Deaths from all causes of children:— | Number of Deaths from Diarrhcea and Enteritis. | Number of Deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough. | Number of Deaths from Kronchitis and Pneumonia. | Number of Deaths from Injury at Birth, Debility, Premature Firth, and Congenital Defects. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years. | Total under 5. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years. | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years- | Under 1 year. | 1 to 2 years. | 2 to 5 years. | Under 1 week. | Total under 4 weeks. | Total under 1 year. | ||
| No. of Expectant Mothers Visited. | Total Visits to Expectant Mothers. | No. of Children Visited. | Total Visits to Children. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre. | Attendances at Consultations. | Visits by Trained Visitors. | Consultations. | Number of Trained Visitors. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Expectant Mothers. | Children. | Infant, | Expectant Mothers. | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 Borough Council. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by Borough Council. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers. not paid by Borougn Council. | Visitors paid by Borough Council. | Trained workers not paid by Borough Council. | Per month | Total. | Per month. | Total. | Whole time. | Part time. | |||
| Mothers. | Children. |
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| No. in. Family. | Free. | Half cost. |
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| Pints of Milk Granted Free. | Pints of Milk Granted Half-price. | Cost to Council. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant paid by Borough Council. | No. of Days Open. | Attendances. | Average per Day. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Births. | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Attended by | North (Wards 1—4). | South (Wards 5—8). | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| s. | d. |
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| £ | s | d |
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| DISEASES. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | I and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. , | 65 and upwards. | |||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Diseases. | 01914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | Whole Borough. | West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | Whole Borough. | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 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 rate per 1,000 population, | Case Mortality per cent. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
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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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| Year. | Cases notified. | Deaths. | Case Mortality per cent. |
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| Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A, | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notifications on Form C. | .Numuei 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. | ||||||||
| Age Periods. | Number of Primary Notifications on Form C, included in above. | Number of Primary Notifications on Form D, included in above. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to | 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. | 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. | ||
| Age Periods. | Cases not Notified-—Information obtained from Special Death Reports. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
| Ages. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other forms of Tuberculosis. | Total, all Forms. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
| Ages. | ruluionary Tuberculosis. | Other forms of 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. | |
| Location of Disease. | Ages. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—5 years. | 15 years 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 tit. Pancras Dispensary, 39, Oakley Square. | Branch Tubereulo* is Dispensary at 132, Maiden Road. | Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Adults. | Cinder 15 | Total. | Contacts included in Total. | Insured Persons included in Total. | Adults. | Under 15 | Total. | Contacts included in Total. | Insured Persons included in Total. | Adults. | Under 15 | Total. | Contacts included in Total. | Insured 1'«roona included in Total. | ||||||||||||
| M. | P. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |||||||||||||||
| Confinement attended by | Total Number of Births Notified. | Number of Cases of Puerperal Fever. | Rate per 1000 Births. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Case Mortality per cent. | Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Case Mortality per cent. |
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| Date of Notification. | Name. | Age and Sex. | Date of Onset. | Removal to Hospital. | Result and Remarks. |
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| Year. | Cases Notified. | Cases Fatal | Year. | Cases Notified. | Cases Fatal. |
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| Confinement attended by | Total number of Births. | Total cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
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| Age and Sex. | Acute Primary Pneumonia. | Influenzal Pneumonia. |
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| Measles. | German Measles. |
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| Year. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | Case Mortality, per cent. |
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| Year. | Deaths. | Year. | Deaths. |
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| Year. | Births Registered. | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Infantile Mortalityfrom all Causesper 1000 Births. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 5. | Under 1. | Deaths under 1 per 1000 Births. | |||
| Year. | Deaths. | Year. | Deaths. |
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| Sex. | No. of Deaths. | Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on estimated population 1923). |
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| Sex, | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | Average for 10 years. | 1923 |
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| 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. | Verminous. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destroyed. | Disinfected. | Destroyed. | Disinfected. | |
| Males. | Females. | Children under 10. |
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| Men. | Women. | Children under 15. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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| Situation of Property. | Offence, | Date of Hearing of Summons | Result of Proceedings. |
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| First inspections. | Consequent re-inspections. |
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| Causes. | Under 1 year. | 1—5 years. | 6—15 years. | 15—25 years. | 25—65 years. | 65 and over. | Totals. |
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written | Prosecutions. | |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspectors. | ||
| Workshops on the Register (Sec. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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| (1) |
| Class | Number. |
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| - | Added to Register. | Removed from Register. | On Register at end of 1923. |
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| Factory and Workshop Inspector. | Woman Sanitary Inspector. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspec- 1 tions. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | |
| Boys. | Girls. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entrants. | Age 8. | Age 12. | Entrants. | .Age 8. | Age 12. | |||||||
| Age Group. | Number examined. | Clothing and Boots. | Nutrition. | Cleanliness of head. | Cleanliness of Body. | Teeth. | Vision. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||
| — | Weekly average Number of children fed. | Number of meals provided. | Cod Liver Oil and Malt. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dinners. | Breakfasts. | Milk. | |||
| Dental Cases. | Aural Cases. | Eye Cases. | Minor Ailments. |
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| Address where offence committed. | Offence. | Date of Hearing. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |||
| Date of Licence. | Name and Address of Licensee. | Grades of milk in respect of which Licence is granted. | St. Pancras Address at which graded milk will be sold. |
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| — | (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. | ||||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||||
| — | Total. | Positive. | Negative. |
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| 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. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | m. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | PERSONS | |
| 1.—General Diseases. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause ofDeath. | ages. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 5 | Total under 5 | ft 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 51 | 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. | |||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | PERSONS | |
| 4. Diseases of the Respiratory System—con. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause of Death. | AGES. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 1 | 1 to 2 | 2to 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 to85 | 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. | Births. | Deaths. | Deaths under 1 year. | Deaths, Tuberculosis (all forms). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No, | Rate. | ||
| Adjusted Population, Mid. 1922. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Infantile Mortality. | - | Adjusted Population, Mid. 1922. | Birth Rate. | Death Kate (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. | |
| DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Visits and Inspections. | Re-inspections after Intimation Notices, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Auger. | Mr. Child, | Totals. | Mr. Auger. | Mr. Child. | Totals. | |
| DUTIES AND PREMISES. | Visits and Inspections. | Re-inspections after Intimation Notices. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | *Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | Total. | Miss Bibby. | Miss Smith. | *Miss Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | *Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | Total. | Miss Bibby. | Miss Smith. | *Miss Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | *Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
| Inspector. | Inspections. | Re-inspections. | Call made but admission not obtained. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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