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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| Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of " Residents or "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 under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. | |||
| Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncorrected number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | 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 per 1,000 nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
| 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. | Conscientious objections |
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| NAME 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. | Net number of Cases. |
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| DISEASES. | At Ages—Years. | No. of Cases Removed toHos- pital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 year and under 2 years. | 2 years and under 3 years. | 3 4years , years and and under under 4 ; 5 years. | years. | 5 years and under 10 years. | 10 years and under 15 years. | 15 years and under 20 years. | 20 years and under 35 years. | 35 years and under 45 years. | 45 years and under 65 years. | 65 years and over. | |||
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Nod Pulmonary. | |||||
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates. | Previous to 1926. | 1926. | 1927. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | |||||||||||||
| Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). | Group. 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class ' T.B. plus). | |||||||
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates. | Previous to 1926. | 1926. | 1927. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | ||||
| AGE-PERIODS | Notifications on Form A- | Notifications on Form B-t | 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. | |||||||||||||||
| 0 to 1 | 1 toS | 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 Primary Notifications. | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total Primary Notifications. | ||||||
| Syphilis. | Soft Chancre. | Gonorrhoea. | Conditions other than Venereal. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings. | London. | Essex. | Middlesex. | Herts. | Surrey. | Kent. | Total. |
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| Month of the Year 1927. | Place. | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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| Rainfall mm. | Metric tons per square kilometre. | ||||||||||
| Insoluble matter. | Soluble matter. | Total solids. | Included in soluble matter. | ||||||||
| Tar. | Carbonaceous other than tar. | Ash. | Loss on ignition. | Ash. | Sulphates (SO3). | Chlorine (Cl). | Ammonia (NH3). | ||||
| YEAR. | Woking.* | Manchester. | Glasgow. | Liverpool. | Hull. | Darlington | Leicester. | Golder's Green. | Birmingham. | Leeds. | City of London. | Sheffield. | Bradford. | W. Norwood. | Hendon Park. | Pontypridd. | No. of Cremations each year. |
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| Year. | Percentage showing Tuberculous infection. | Year. | Percentage showing Tuberculous infection. | ||
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| Percentage of Fat. | No. of Samples. | Percentage of Fat. | No. of Samples. |
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| Name of Article. | Identification No. given to :he sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts ' other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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| Name of Article. | Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report. | Result of Analysis. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately. | If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample. | Information, if any, as to previous convictions. | Remarks on any point of special interest. |
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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 1927. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| Articles submitted for Analysis. | Quarter ending 31st March. | Quarter ending 30th June. | Quarter ending 30th September | Quarter ending 31st December. | Total for 1927. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
| Articles submitted for Analysis | No of Samples taken | Quarter ending 31st March | Quarter ending 30th June | Quareter ending 30th September | Quarter ending 31th September | Total for 1927 | ||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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| Countries. | Beef. | Mutton. | Pork. | Bacon. |
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| Countries. | Cattle No. | Sheep No. | Pigs No. |
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| Description and Country of Origin. | 1027. | 1926. | Difference. |
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| Description and Country of Origin. | 1927. | 1826. | Difference. | |
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| CAUSE OF SEIZURE. | Carcases of Beef. | Quarters of Beef. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Carcases of Veal. | Quarters of Veal. | Carcases of Pork. | Quarters of Pork. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Kidneys. | Livers. | Plucks. |
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| CAUSE OF SEIZURI . | Carcases of Beef. | Quarters of Beef. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Carcases of Veal. | Quarters ofVeal. | Carcases of Pork. | Quarters of Pork. | Heads. | Tongues. | Lungs. | Kidneys. | Livers. | Plucks. |
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| Disease. | Quarters of Beef. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Pig Carcases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | 1927 | 1926 | 1927 | 1926 | 1927 | 1926 | 1927 | |
| Disease. | Quarters of Beef. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Pig Carcases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926. | 1927. | 1926. | 1927. | 1926. | 1927. | 1926. | 1927. | |
| Disease. | Carcases of Mutton. | Quarters of Mutton. | Pig Carcases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause for Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | lbs. |
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| Countries. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Goat in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Total in lbs. |
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| Countries. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Venison in lbs. | Goat in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Cheese in lbs. | Furred Game. No. | Feathered Game. No. |
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| Countries. | Eggs. | Tinned Milk. | Tinned Meat. Fish. Butter. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | No. of Tins. | No. of Tins. | lbs. | lbs. | |
| Date. | Name. | Business. | Address. | Where heard. | Before whom. | Offence. | Result. |
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| Quinquennium. | Annual Average Supply. Tons. cwts. | General qrs. | Seizures by Inspectors Tons. cwts. qrs. | % of Unsound % Meat. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British. | American. | Australian and New Zealand Per cent. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Killed. Pet cent. | Town Killed. Per cent. | tForeign Killed. Per cent. | Home Killed. Per cent. | American Killed. X Per C4fit. | ||
| Month. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1926. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1926. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1927. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1927. | ||||||||
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| Month. | Weight of Fish Delivered- | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Land. | | By Water. | |||||||||||||
| Tons. | cwts. | qrs | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | |||
| Year. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| By Land. | By Water. | |||||||
| Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | |||
| Article. | Where from. | Description of | Total Number of | General Range of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packages. | Packages. | Weight of Packages. |
| Article. | Where from. | Description of Packages. | Total Number of Packages. | General Range of Weight ol Packages. |
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| Article. | Where from. | Description of Packages. | Total Number of Packages. | General Range of Weight ol Packages. |
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| Male. | Female. ! | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 ina upwards. | |
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| Month | Sex. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total | |||
| Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | ||
| Month. | Premises Inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvements effected |
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| Month. | Premises Inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Improvement 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. | Number of Houses on Register. | Number of Lodgers. | Number of Tenements. | Average Number of Persons per Tenement. | Cleansing Notices Served. |
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| Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One Room. | Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. ' | Five Rooms or more. | |||
| Registered Places. | Workrooms, &c., in Registered Places. |
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| Workshop Inspectors. | Woman Inspector. | Totals. |
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| Workshop Inspectors. | Woman Inspector. | Totals. |
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| Workshop Inspectors. | Woman Inspector. | Totals. |
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| Year. | Number of Lists received. | Outworkers Employed in City. | Outworkers Employed outside City. | Total number of Outworkers. |
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| Year. | Number of Lists received. | Outworkers Employed in City. | Outworkers Employed outside City. | Total number of Outworkers. |
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| INSPECTIONS. | East District. | Middle District. | West District. | Totals. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEFECTS REMEDIED. | FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES. | KITCHENS OF RESTAURANTS, Sec. | KITCHENS OF LICENSED PREMISES. | |||||||||
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| East District | Middle District | West District | East District | Middle District | West District | East District | Middle District | West District | Totals. | |||
| ACTION TAKEN. | East District. | Middle District. | West District. | Totals. |
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| WOMAN INSPECTOR. | Total. | |
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| Premises. | Number of | ||
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| (1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) |
| Particulars, (i) | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in re pect to whicn Prosecutions were instituted. (5) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. (2) | Remedied. (3) | Referred to H.M. Inspectors, (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). | |||||||
| Sending twice in the year. | Sending once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit Inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists.† | Outworkers.† | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
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| (1) | (2) | |
| Class. | Number. | |
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| (1) | (2) | |
| Year. | Articles disinfected. | Bodies received at the Mortuary. | Inquests held on bodies | Inquests held on Fires. |
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| Months. | No. of Buildings Inspected. | Average No. of Firms in building. | No. of premises Rat Infested. | Total No. of Firms interested. | Steps taken to destroy Rats. | Rat Proofing done, Rat-holes stopped, &c. | Drainage and Sewerage Work carried out during the year. | Special Observations. Complaints or Applications for Advice. | |||||||
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| Rat-Catcher Employed. | Poison Used. | Wire Traps. | Breakbacks. | Varnish Traps. | Other Traps. | Cats or Dogs kept. | By City Engineer's Department. | By M.O.H. Department. | |||||||
| STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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| STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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| STREET OR PLACE. | No. of | House, | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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| STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 |
| Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Landlord. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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| Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Landlord. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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| Subject. | Date adopted. |
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