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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Year. | Imperial Census. Night Population. | City Census, Day Population. |
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Year. | City of London, Per cent. | Metropolis, Per cent. |
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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. | Jnder year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 6 and under 16 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 35 years. | 35 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 55 years. | 65 and under 65 years. | 65 and under 75 years. | 75 and upwards. |
Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||||
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Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | 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. |
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 Notifications received. | Treated at Home | Removed to the L.C.C. Special Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Institutions. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis subsequently found to be incorrect. | Net nutnbrr of Cases. |
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Year. | Number of actual cases. | Per cent. of actual cases reported. | |
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Removed to Hospital. | Treated at home. |
NUMBER OF ACTUAL CASES NOTIFIED. | ||||||||||||||
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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 years and under 4 years. | 4 years and under 6 years. | 5 years and under 10 yeas. | 10 years and under 15 years. | 10 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. |
Specimens. | Disease Suspected. | Result. | |
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Positive. | Negative. |
For Syphilis. | No. of patients treated. | For Non-Venereal Conditions. | ||
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For Soft Chancre. | For Gonorrhœa. |
Year. | New Patients. | Total. | Total Attendances. | "606." | Bismuth. | Mercury. | In-Pts. | Path.Ex | |
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Men. | Women. |
Syphilis. | Soft Chancrc. | Gonorrhoea. | Conditions other than Venereal. | Totals. | |||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F- | M | F. | M. | F. | Totals. |
Under 1 year. | 1 and under 6 years. | 6 and under 16 years. | 1ft years and over. | Totals. | ||||||
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M. | F | M. | F | M. | F | M. | F | M. | F. |
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. | Herts. | Essex. | Surrey. | Kent. | Bucks. | Total. |
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Resident. | Non- Resident. | Total. |
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City Residents. | Non-Residents. | Total. |
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Admitted to L.C.C. Institutions. | Other Institutions. | St. Columhas Hospital. Corpa. Expense. | St. Joseph's Hospice. Corpa. Expense. | Brompton Corpn. Expense. | Total. |
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Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates. | Previous to 1928. | 1828. | 1928. | 1930. | 1931. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | 1 Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. 1 | 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). | 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 1028. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joints. 1 | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. |
Class T.B.minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus, | Class T.B. plus. | Class T.B. minus. | Class T.B. plus. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Group I. 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). | 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). | Group 1. | Group 2. | Group 3. | Total (Class T.B. plus). |
1933. | 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joints. 1 | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joints. | Abdominal. | Other Organs. | Peripheral Glands. | Total. | Bones and Joint. | 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 | Formal Notifications. | ||||||||||||
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Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis. | Total Notifications. | ||||||||||||
0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages). |
Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total Cases. | ||||||
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Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females | Total. |
YEAR. | Woking. | Manchester. | Glasgow. | Liverpool. | Hull. | Darlington. | Leicester. | Colders Green. | Birmingham. (Perry Bar). | Leeds. | City of London. | Sheffield. | Bradford. | W. Norwood. | Hendon Park. | Pontypridd. | Bristol. | Ipswich. | Edinburgh. | Brighton. |
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Guernsey | Nottingham. | Reading. | Southampton. | Birkenhead | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Plymouth. | Stockport. | Blackpool. | Dundee. | Kent County. (Charing). | S. London. (Streatham). | Harrogate. | Norwich. | Croydon. | Birmingham. (Lodge Hill). | Islington. | St. Mary-lebone. | Cheltenham. | Aberdeen. | Bournemouth | Wandsworth. | Leeds (Cott-ingley Hall) | Enfield. | Paisley. | Rochdale. | Cambridge. | No. of Cremations each year. |
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BEEF AND VEAL. Cwts. | MUTTON AND LAMB. Cwts. | PORK. Cwts. | BACON. Cwts. | ||||||||||
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1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. |
Description and Country of Origin. | Twelve Month. | Difference. | ||
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Beef and Veal: | 1938. | 1937. |
Description and Country of Origin. | Twelve Months. | Difference. | |
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19S8. | 1937. |
Disease. | GREAT BRITAIN.—1938. | |||||||||||||
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Beef. | Mutton. | Pork. | Veal. | Goat. | Mesenterlee | Plucks. | Heads. | |||||||
Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Quarters. | Carcases. | Tongues. | Lungs. |
Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork and Bacon. | Poultry and Game. | Rabbits. | Eggs. | Butter and Cheese | Sundries. |
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Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork and Bacon. | Poultry and Game. | Eggs. | Butter. | Sundries. |
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Beet Quarters. | Lamb and Mutton Carcases. | Lamb and Mutton Pieces. | Pork Carcases. | |||||
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1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. |
Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork. | Poultry and Game. | Rabbits. | Eggs. | Butter. | Sundries. |
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Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork. | Poultry and Game. | Rabbits. | Eggs. | Butter and Cheese. | Sundries. |
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Beef Quarters. | Mutton Carcases. | Mutton Pieces. | Pork Carcases. | ||||||
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1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. |
Beef Quarters. | Mutton Carcases. | Mutton Pieces. | ||||
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1038. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. |
Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork and Bacon. | Eggs. | Butter. |
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SOUTH AFRICA. | SOUTHERN RHODESIA. | |||||||
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Hindquarters Beef. | Hindquarters Beef. | |||||||
1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1937. |
Beef and Veal. | Mutton and Lamb. | Pork. | Poultry and Game. | Eggs. |
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Beef Quarters. | Mutton and Lamb Carcases. | |||
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1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1997. |
Mutton and Lamb Carcases. | Mutton and Lamb Pieces. | |||
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1938. | 1937. | 1938. | 1837. |
Bacon Sides. |
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Country. | 1938. | 1937. | 1936. | 1938. | 1937. | 1936. |
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Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin. | Cause of Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
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Article. | No. | How Packed. | Origin* | Cause of Destruction. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
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Country. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton & Lamb in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Venison in lbs. | Goat in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Furred Game. | Feathered Game. | Tinned Milk. | Tinned Meat. | Fish in lbs. | Cheese in lbs. |
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Country. | Beef in lbs. | Mutton and Lamb in lbs. | Pork in lbs. | Veal in lbs. | Bacon in lbs. | Offal in lbs. | Furred Game in lbs. | Poultry and Feathered Game in lbs. |
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Serial No. | Date. | Business. | Where heard. | Before whom. | Offence. | Result. |
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Month. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1937. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1937. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1938. | Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1933. | ||||||||
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Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts | .qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. |
Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
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Annual Average General Supply. | Seizure by Inspectors. | % of Unsound Meat. | |||||
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Quinquennium. | Tons | cwts. | qrs. | Tons. | cwts. | qrs. |
British. | Australian and New Zealand. | South African and South Rhodesian. | U.S.A. | Argentine, etc. | Continental. | |||
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Year. | Country Killed. | Town Killed. | Canadian. |
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. |
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. | cwt. | qrs; |
Article. | Description of Packages. | Where from. | General Range of Weight of Packages. | Quantity. |
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Article. | Description of Packages. | Where from. | General Range of Weight of Packages. | Quantity. |
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Article. | Description of Packages. | Where from | General Range of Weight of Packages. | Quantity. |
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Percentage of Fat. | No. of Samples. | Percentage of Fat. | No. of Samples. |
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Serial No. | Article. | Whether Formal ' or Informal. | Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity. |
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Article. | Number Examined. | Number Adulterated, etc. | Percentage of Adulteration. | ||||||
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Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
Article. | Number Examined. | Number Adulterated, etc. | Percentage of Adulteration. | ||||||
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Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. | Formal. | Informal. | Total. |
Name of Block. | Births. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined ages. | |||||||
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Males. | Females. | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 65 | 65 and upwards. |
Month. | Sex. | Total. | |||
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Males. | Females. | ||||
Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. |
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. | Number of Houses on Register. | Number of Lodgers. | Number of Tenements. | Average Number of persons per Tenement. | Cleansing Notices Served. |
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FACTORIES (With Power). | Factories Inspectors. | Woman Inspector. | Totals. |
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INSPECTIONS. | East District. | Middle District. | West District. | Totals. |
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FACTORIES, WORKPLACES. | KITCHENS OF RESTAURANTS, &c. | KITCHENS OF LICENSED PREMISES. | |||||||||
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DEFECTS REMEDIED. | East District. | Middle District. | West District. | East District. | Middle District. | West District. | East District. | Middle District. | West District. | Totals. |
Year. | N umber of Lists received. | Outworkers Employed in City. | Outworkers Employed outside City. | Total number of Outworkers. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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(1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Occupiers Prosecuted. (4) |
Factories on the Register (S. 8) at the end of the year, (1) | Number. (2) |
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Class. | N umber. | |
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(1) | (2) |
Year. | Articles disinfected. | Bodies received at the Mortuary. | Inquests held on bodies. | Post-Mortem Examinations. | Inquests held on Fires. |
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Month. | Initial Inspections. | Number of Buildings found to be Infested. | Number of cases of Black Rat Infestation. | Number of cases of Brown Rat Infestation. | Methods Employed to Destroy Rats. | Drainage and Sewerage carried out during the year. | ||||
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Rat Catcher Employed. | Poison Used. | Traps. | 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. | 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 or Tenant. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner or Tenant. . Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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