[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

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The total inspections made in 1933 by each inspector, and the number oi nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied, are set out in the following table:—

	Districts.
	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Borough

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Underground rooms and underground sleeping rooms, though controlled, the former under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the latter under special regulations under the Housing Acts, are not registered.

	Number of premises				Number of inspections 1933	Number of notices 1933	Number of prosecutions, 1933
	On register at end of 1932	Added in 1933	Removed in 1933	On register at end of 1933	Number of inspections 1933	Number of notices 1933	Number of prosecutions, 1933

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1.— INSPECTION.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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2.— DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars		Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions
Particulars		Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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3.— HOME WORK.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS. SECTION 107.										OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108.			OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES. SECTIONS 109,110
NATURE OF WORK.	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.
	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)

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4.— REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year		Number
(1)		(2)

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Situation, etc., of Licensed Common Lodging Houses.

Address.	Registered Owner.	Registered number of Occupants.

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Unsound and Diseased Food Condemned and Destroyed During the Year 1933.

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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1933. The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,012. The following is a complete list of the articles sampled:—

No.	Article	Formal	Informal	Private	Total	Formal	Informal 1	Private	Total

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ANALYSES

No.	Article	Formal	Informal	Private	Total	Formal	Informal	Private	Total

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Adulterated Samples, etc.

Serial Number	Article	Whether Formal, Informal, or Private	Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity	Observations

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The accompanying table contains a comparison of the rates in the several registration sub-districts and the Borough as a whole for 1933, with those of each of the five previous years:—

	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933

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The following short table shows the death-rates in the several registration sub-districts in 1933, and compares them with those of the years onward from 1927 :—

	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933

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A further table giving the vital statistics of separate localities for 1933, and the ten preceding years, will be found amongst the Ministry of Health Tables on page 64.

Sub-District.	Population estimated to middle of 1933.	Males.	Births, Females.	Total.	Males.	Deaths, Females.	Total

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For purposes of comparison the table for 1932 is reproduced. 1933.

	January-March	April-June	July-September	October-December	Total

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Information with regard to the situation of the disease and the age at which death occurred is given in the following tables:— Cancer: Ages at Death.

Ages	under 1	2 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 35	85 and under 45	45 and under 55	55 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and upwards	Totals

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Cancer.—Situation of the Disease.

Parts of the body affected.		Males.	Females.	Totals.

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The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during the past six years:—

	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933

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The following table and summary give details of the work of the clinic during the year.

	Children under 5.	Children over 5.	Adults.	Total.

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Infectious Diseases in Schools. The accompanying table shows the number of cases and contacts of measles, whooping cough, chicken-pox and the notifiable infectious diseases reported from Schools during 1933.

INFECTIOUS DISEASE IN SCHOOLS, 1933. (CASES and CONTACTS)	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Whooping Cough	Chicken-pox	Measles	All other Diseases

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The following table gives information with regard to the cases notified.

Notified	Cases Treated		Vision	Vision	Total	Deaths
Notified	At Home	At Hospital	Unimpaired	Impaired	Blindness	Deaths

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE.

	Notifications on Form A.													Notifications on Form B.					Notifications on Form C.
	Number of Primary Notifications.												Total Notifications on Form A.	No. of Primary Notifications.				Total Notifications on Form B.	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.
Age Periods.	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 Primary Notifications.	Total Notifications on Form A.	Under 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	Total Primary Notifications.	Total Notifications on Form B.	Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

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Part I. —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1933, to the 31st December, 1933, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone.

Age Periods	Formal Notifications.
	Number of Primary Notifications of new eases of tuberculosis.												Tota Notifications.
	0-	1-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45	55-	65-	Total all ages.	Tota Notifications.

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S upplemental R eturn. Part II. —New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during tile above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Age periods.	0-	1-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	Total.

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The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated below:—

Source of information.		No. of cases.
Source of information.		Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary

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Part III.—Notification Register.

	Pulmonary.			Non-Pulmonary			Total cases
Number of cases of Tuberculosis remainining at the 31st December, 1933, on the Registers of Notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health of the Metropolitan Borough	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Total cases
	436	269	705	85	86	171	876

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The Tuberculosis Care Committee continued to meet fortnightly throughout the year, Dr. Saner, Miss Baker and Miss Kenion attending and assisting in every way possible. The representatives of the Council on this Committee were: Councillors G. B. Ramsay, Mrs. M. G. Harris and Mrs. E. M. Shirley. In addition to the Council's representatives this Committee includes:—

NAME.	REPRESENTS.

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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work carried out in connection with the St. Marylebone Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year 1933.

DIAGNOSIS.	PULMONARY.				NON-PULMONARY.				TOTAL.				GRAND TOTAL
	Adults.		Children.		Adults.		Children.		Adults.		Children.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1933 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register. The Table is arranged according to the years in which the patients were first entered on the Dispensary Register as definite cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, and their classification at that time.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates.				Previous to 1926.					1926.					1927.					1928.					1929.					1930.					1931					1932					1933
				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				Class T.B. minus.	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus.	Class T.B. plus*
				Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).	Class T.B. minus.	Group 1.	Group 2.	Group 3.	Total (Class T.B. plus).

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NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1933 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates.				Previous to 1926.					1926.					1927.					1928.					1929.					1930.					1931.					1932.					1933.
				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.	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.]	j Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands'	Total.	Bones and Joints.	Abdominal.	Other Organs.	Peripheral Glands.	Total

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Deaths from Phthisis. 1929—1983.

Year	Estimated Population	All Ages	Sub-Districts
Year	Estimated Population	All Ages	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John

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The following table prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health contains information with regard to age and sex distribution of all forms of tuberculosis that may be found interesting.

Age Periods	•NEW CASES				ALL DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 31 st DECEMBER, 1932.

Localisation of Disease.	Cases notified in whole District.								Total cases notified in each Locality.					Number of cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
		At ages—years.							All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	Cases Isolated at Home
	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and upwards	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	All Souls	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John	Totals	Cases Isolated at Home

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The number of the articles disinfected are shown hereunder:—

	Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.	Phthisis. Measles.	Vermin.	Other Causes.	Total.

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The number of rooms disinfected and the reasons for carrying out disinfection are stated below:—

	Compulsorily Notifiable Diseases.	Phthisis.	Measles.	Other causes.	Total.

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The following table shows the number of specimens examined for purposes of diagnosis, and indicates also the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made.

Disease Suspected.	1933.
Disease Suspected.	Positive.	Negative.	Total.

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11. Infectious diseases.

Disease.	Number of cases notified during the year.	Number of cases visited by officers of the Council.	Number of cases for whom home nursing was provided by the Council.	Number of cases removed to hospitals or nursing homes.

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STATEMENT SHOWING WORK AT INFANT CONSULTATIONS AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC CENTRES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDED 31 st DECEMBER, 1933.

CENTRE	No. 24 Hill Road	No. 14 Salisbury Street	Queen Charlotte's Hospl.	113 Marylebone Road	No. 30 Marylebone Lane	The Middlesex Hospl.	The Westn. Genl. Dispy.

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Report of Mortuary Keeper. Number of bodies deposited from 1st January to 31st December, 1933, was:—

1932.	Males, 81	Females	Total,	For burial only.	For inquests.	Total.	No. of P.M.'s held.	No. of courts held.	No. of Infectious cases.

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VITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE. DURING 1933 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths.		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected No.	Nett.		Total Deaths Registered in the District.		of Nonresidents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.	Under 1 year of Age.		At all Ages.
		Uncorrected No.	No.	Rate.	No.	Rate.	of Nonresidents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.	No.	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	No.	Rate.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE II. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1933 and the Ten Previous Years.

Names of Localities	The Whole Borough				All Souls				St. Mary				Christ Church				St. John
Year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated t0middle of each year	Births registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year
	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.	a.	b.	c.	d.

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TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1933.

No.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	Net 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.	All Souls.		St. Mary.		Christ Church.		St. John.		Total.
No.	CAUSES OF DEATH.	All Ages.	Under 1	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5.	5 and under 15	15 and under25	25 and under45	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards		All Souls.		St. Mary.		Christ Church.		St. John.		Total.

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TABLE IV. C ases of I nfectious D isease N otified during the 52 weeks ended 31 st D ecember, 1933.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in whole District.													Total cases notified in each locality.					Number of cases removed to Hospital from each locality.					Cases isolated at home.
	At all ages.	At Ages—years.												All Souls.	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John.	Totals.	All Souls.	St. Mary.	Christ Church	St. John.	Totals.
	At all ages.	—1	1—	2—	3—	4-	5—	10—	15—	20—	35—	45—	65—	All Souls.	St. Mary	Christ Church	St. John.	Totals.	All Souls.	St. Mary.	Christ Church	St. John.	Totals.

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TABLE V. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1933.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases notified in whole District.													Total number of cases removed to Hospital	Total Deaths.
	At all ages.	At Ages—years.
	At all ages.	—1	1—	2—	3—	4—	5—	10—	15—	20—	35—	45—	65—

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Return made to the Borough Council and Ministry of Health on the 9th February, 1934, by Mr. George H. Bassett, Vaccination Officer of the Borough of St. Marylebone, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered in St. Marylebone, from 1st January to 31st December, 1932, inclusive.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District.	Number of Births returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1932.	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1934, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz. :					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1934, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by Report Book) of			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1934, neither duly entered in the "Vaccination Register' (columns 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9 and 10 of this Return).	Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during the calendar year 1933.	Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate during the calendar year 1933.
		Col. I.	Col. II.		Col. IV.	Col. V.			Removal to places unknown or which cannot be reached and Cases not having been found.
		Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	Had Small-Pox.	Number in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received.	Dead. Un vaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate.	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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The total inspections made in 1933 by each inspector, and the number oi nuisances of various kinds detected and remedied, are set out in the following table:—

Underground rooms and underground sleeping rooms, though controlled, the former under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the latter under special regulations under the Housing Acts, are not registered.

1.— INSPECTION.

2.— DEFECTS FOUND.

3.— HOME WORK.

4.— REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Situation, etc., of Licensed Common Lodging Houses.

Unsound and Diseased Food Condemned and Destroyed During the Year 1933.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ANALYST, 1933. The number of samples taken under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act and submitted for analysis, was 1,012. The following is a complete list of the articles sampled:—

ANALYSES

Adulterated Samples, etc.

The accompanying table contains a comparison of the rates in the several registration sub-districts and the Borough as a whole for 1933, with those of each of the five previous years:—

The following short table shows the death-rates in the several registration sub-districts in 1933, and compares them with those of the years onward from 1927 :—

A further table giving the vital statistics of separate localities for 1933, and the ten preceding years, will be found amongst the Ministry of Health Tables on page 64.

For purposes of comparison the table for 1932 is reproduced. 1933.

Information with regard to the situation of the disease and the age at which death occurred is given in the following tables:— Cancer: Ages at Death.

Cancer.—Situation of the Disease.

The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified during the past six years:—

The following table and summary give details of the work of the clinic during the year.

Infectious Diseases in Schools. The accompanying table shows the number of cases and contacts of measles, whooping cough, chicken-pox and the notifiable infectious diseases reported from Schools during 1933.

The following table gives information with regard to the cases notified.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE.

Part I. —Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1933, to the 31st December, 1933, in the area of the Metropolitan Borough of St. Marylebone.

S upplemental R eturn. Part II. —New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during tile above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

The source or sources from which information as to the above-mentioned cases was obtained should be stated below:—

Part III.—Notification Register.

TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME. Return showing the work carried out in connection with the St. Marylebone Tuberculosis Dispensary during the year 1933.

NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Supplementary Annual Return showing in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1933 of all patients remaining on the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases written off the Register.

Deaths from Phthisis. 1929—1983.

The following table prepared at the request of the Ministry of Health contains information with regard to age and sex distribution of all forms of tuberculosis that may be found interesting.

CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDING 31 st DECEMBER, 1932.

The number of the articles disinfected are shown hereunder:—

The number of rooms disinfected and the reasons for carrying out disinfection are stated below:—

The following table shows the number of specimens examined for purposes of diagnosis, and indicates also the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made.

11. Infectious diseases.

STATEMENT SHOWING WORK AT INFANT CONSULTATIONS AND ANTE-NATAL CLINIC CENTRES DURING THE 52 WEEKS ENDED 31 st DECEMBER, 1933.

Report of Mortuary Keeper. Number of bodies deposited from 1st January to 31st December, 1933, was:—

VITAL STATISTICS OF THE BOROUGH OF ST. MARYLEBONE. DURING 1933 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

TABLE II. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1933 and the Ten Previous Years.

TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1933.

TABLE IV. C ases of I nfectious D isease N otified during the 52 weeks ended 31 st D ecember, 1933.

TABLE V. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1933.