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 London, City of ]
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Area. Statute Acres. | Inhabited Homes. | Population. | |||
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1901. | 1911. | 1901. | 1911. |
Year. | Imperial Census. Night Population. | City Census. Day Population. |
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Year. | Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Consci-entious Objections. |
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per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. |
Year. | City of London. | 97 Great Towns of England and Wales. | Metropolis. |
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Year | City of London. | Metropolis. |
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Per cent. | Per cent. |
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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Year. | City of London. | Metropolis. |
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City of London. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent. of Deaths Registered. | Death fromprincipal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
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Estimated Night Population (Imperial Census). | Estimated Day Popu. lation(Corporation Census). | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. |
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Uncorrected number. | Birtbs. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths.‡ | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||
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Nett. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||
of Nonresidents registered in the District, † | of Residents noi registered in the District, † | |||||||||||
Number, † | Bate. | Number. * | Rate. | Number. * | Rate per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. * | Rate. |
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined auks op "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether op "Residents" on " non- "Residents" in Institutions in the District. | ||||||||||
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All ages | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. |
NATURE OF DISEASE. | Number of Certificates received. | Treated at Home. | Removed, to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis subsequently found to be incorrect. |
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Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent, of cases-reported. | |
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Removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. |
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | *Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 6 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. |
Age-periods | Notifications on Form A. | Notifications on Form B. † | Number of Notifications on Form C. | |||||||||||||||||
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Number of Primary Notifications.* | Total Notifications on Form A. | Number of Primary Notifications.* | Total Notifications on Form B. | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. |
Residents— | Tuberculous. | Not Tuberculous. | Doubtful. |
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Residents— | Tuberculous. | Not Tuberculous. | Doubtful. |
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No. of Sample. | Presence of dirt. | Date of inoculation of guinea-pig. | Date of animal's death. | Condition found after death. | Result as regards presence of tubercle bacilli. |
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No. of Sample. | Presence of dirt. | Date of inoculation of guinea-pig. | Date of animal's death. | Condition found after death. | Result as regards presence of tubercle bacilli. |
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1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907.8. | 1909. | 1910. | |||
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1st. | 2nd. | |||||||
per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. |
Sample No. | Fat. per cent. | Solids not Fat. per cent. | Water. per cent. | Sample No. | Fat. per cent. | Solids not Fat. per cent. | Water. per cent. |
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District. | No. of houses inspected. | No. of tenements in the houses inspected. | No. inspected so injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation. | No. of representations submitted. | No. of closing orders made. | No. of houses presenting defects . |
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No. of Sample. | Date of Sampling. | analyst'S report. | ||||||||
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Free n.h.3 | Alb. n.h 3 | Oxygen absorbed. | Nitrogen as Nitrates. | Chlorine | Total Solids. | Hardness. | Lead, Copper and Zinc. | Remarks. | ||
All these results are expressed in grains per gallon. |
YEAR. | Woking.* | Manchester. | Glasgow. | Liverpool. | Hull. | Darlington. | Leicester. | Golder's Green. | Birmingham. | Leeds. | City of London. | Sheffield. | Bradford. | No. of Cremations each year. |
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Name of Block. | Births. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages. | |||||||
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At all Rges. | Under 1 year. | l and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||
Male. | Female. |
Month. | Sex. | Total. | ||||||||
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Males. | Females. | |||||||||
Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | |||||||
1913. | 1914. | 1913. | 1914. | 1913. | 1914. | 1913. | 1914. | 1913. | 1914. |
Year. | Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected. | Bodies received at the Mortuary. | Inquests held on bodies. | Inquests held on Fires. |
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Month. | Premises inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected. |
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Month. | Premises inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected. |
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Month. | Premises inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected. |
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District | Number of inspections made. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected. |
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District. | No. of Houses on Register. | No. of Lodgers. | No. of Tenements. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement. | Cleansing Notices Served. |
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Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | ||||
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One Room. | Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. | Fire Rooms or more. |
Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | ||||
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One Room. | Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. | Five, or more Rooms. |
Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants | ||||
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One Room. | Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. | Five, or more Rooms. |
Month of the Year 1914. | Place. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Rainfall in millimetres. | Metrio tons of deposit per square kilometre during month. | ||||||||||
Insoluble matter. | Soluble matter. | Total solids. | Included in soluble matter. | ||||||||
Tar. | Carbonaceous other than tar. | Ash. | Loss on ignition. | Ash. | Sulphate as (SO4). | Chlorine (CI). | Ammonia (NH3). |
Premises. | Workrooms, &c. |
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Factories. | Workshop Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. |
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Workplaces. | Workshop Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. |
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Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector †Dunworth. | West District. Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss Safford. | East District. Miss Wilkinson. |
Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | Fast District. Inspector †Dunworth. | West District. Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss Safford. | East District Miss Wilkinson. |
Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector *Dunworth. | West District Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss Safford. | East District. Miss Wilkinson. |
Men Inspectors. | Women Inspectors. | Totals. | ||||
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Special. Inspector Gathercole. | East District. Inspector * Dunworth. | West District. Inspector Robinson. | West District. Miss SafEord. | East District. Miss Wilkinson. |
Year. | Number of Lists received. | Outworkers Employed in City. | Outworkers Employed outside City. | Total number of Outworkers. |
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Premises. (1) | Number. | ||
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Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
Particulars. (1) | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. (5) | |||
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Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspect or. (4) |
NATURE OF WORK. * | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109,110. | |||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (s. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110) | ||||||||
Lists. | Sending twice in the year. | Lists. | Sending once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | |||||||||||
Outworkers | Outworkers. | |||||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. |
Workshops cn the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) | Class (1) | Number. (2) |
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Source of Supply or Classification. | 1914. | 1913. | Difference. | Ratio per cent. |
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Source of Supply. | Beef and Veal. | Ratio per cent. | Mutton and Lamb. | Ratio per cent. | Pork and Bacon. | Ratio per cent. | Poultry, Game, Rabbits, & c. | Ratio per cent. | Totals. | Ratio per cent, of Totals. |
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Owners. | No. of Boxes. | No. of Tongues. | No. of Tongues Passed. | No. of Tongues Rejected. |
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Destination. | Fore-quarters of Beef. | Hind-quarters of Beef. | Crops of Beef. | Top pieces of Beef. | Pieces of Beef (various). | Carcases of Mutton. | Pieces of Mutton. | Carcases of Lamb. | Bags of Suet. | Ox Tongues. |
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Beep. | pobk. | Veal. | ||||||
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Carcases. | Quarters. | Pieces. | Carcases. | Q uarters. | Pieces. | Carcases. | Pieces. |
Beef. | Pork. | Calves. | |||||||||||||||||
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Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesentery. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Mesentery. | Kidneys. | Lung. | Hearts. | Livers. |
Poultry and Game. | Rail | 2 |
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Article. | Number. | How packed. | Country of Origin. | Cause for destruction. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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Article. | Number. | How packed. | Country of Origin. | Cause for destruction. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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1914. | 1913. |
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Causes for Destruction. | Beef. | Mutton. | Veal. | Goat. | Pig. | ||||
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Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. |
Reason for Destruction. | Oxen. | Sheep. | Calves. | Goat's. | Pigs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesenteries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Hearts. | Livers. | Stomachs. | Spleens. | Mesentries. | Intestines. | Kidneys. | Heads. |
Tons. | cwt. | qrs. | lbs. |
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Quinquennium. | Annual Average General Supply. | Seizures by Inspectors. | o/0 of Unsound Meat. |
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British. | †Foreign Killed. | American. | Australian and New Zealand. | |||
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Country Killed. | Town Killed. | Home Killed. | American Killed.‡ | |||
Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. |
1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | 1914. | |
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Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. |
1914. | Diseased. | Unsound. | Unwholesome. | Poultry. | Offal. | Fish. | Total. |
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Year. | Diseased. | Unsound.* | Unwholesome. |
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Month. | Meat delivered at the Market. 1913. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1913. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1914. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1914. |
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Serial Number. | Date of Hearing. | Where Heard. | Before whom. | Occupation of Person Summoned. | Defendant's Place of Business. | Result. |
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1914. |
Month. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
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By Land. | By Water. | ||||||
Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | cwt. | qrs. | Per cent. |
Year. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
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By Land. | By Water. | ||||||
Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons | cwts | qrs. |
Year. | Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales. | Number Examined in the City of London. | Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London. | Number of Persons to each Sample examined. | ||
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England and Wales. | *City of London. | London. |
Year. | No. of Samples Examined. | Found Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Year. | No. of samples taken. | No. of Samples found Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Samples taken. | Found adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. |
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Articles submitted for Analysis. | Quarter ending 31st March | Quarter ending 30th June. | Quarter ending 30th September. | Quarter ending 31st December. | Total for 1914. | |||||||||||||||
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No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. |
STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Certified Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Certified Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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Street or Place. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Disease. | Date of Notification. |
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Street or Place. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Disease. | Date of Notification. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements | Lodgers, |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person. Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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