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 Croydon]
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| Sex | All Ages | 0— | 1 — | 5— | 15— | 45— | 65— |
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| Cause of Death. | 1937 Total Deaths | 1938 Total Deaths | 1939 Total Deaths | 1940 Total Deaths | 1941 Total Deaths | 1942 Total Deaths | Death Rate |
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| WARDS. | Estimated Population. | Births. | Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 Births. | Death Rate from Six Zymotic Diseases (excluding Diarrhoea) | Death Rate from Diarrhoea. | Death Rate from Bronchitis and Pneumonia. | Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death Rate from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Death Rate from Heart and Circulation Diseases. | Death Rate from Nervous Diseases. | Death Rate from Cancer. | Natural Increase or Decrease of Population. |
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| Wards. | Normal or Basic Rating. | Emergency Bed Rating. |
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| Disease Groups. | Children (under 16) | Men and Women. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discharged. | Died. | Discharged. | Died. | |
| 1941. | 1942. |
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| 1941. | 1942. |
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| Positive. | Negative. |
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| Condition for which Treatment was given. | No. of Patients. | No. of Applications. | Cured. | Relieved. | Died. | Transferred to other Hosps. | Still under Treatment. |
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| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cared | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses In Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | _ Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses in Cases Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Diagnoses In Casts Treated | Medical. | Surgical. | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | Cured | Relieved | Unrelieved | Died | ||
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in the whole District. | Total cases notified in each Ward. | Total cases removed to Borough Hospital & diagnosis confirmed. | Total Deaths in the Borough. | Sex Distribution 1942. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At ages—years. | Upper Norwood. | Norbury. | West Thornton. | Bensham Manor. | Thornton Heath. | South Norwood. | Woodside. | East. | Addiscombe. | Whitehorse Manor. | Broad Green. | Central. | Waddon. | South. | Addington. | |||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1—5. | 6—15. | 16—25. | 26—45. | 46—65. | 66 and up. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| M | F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notified Disease. | Incidence Rate per 1,000 population. | Housing Conditions. | Case occurring in Institutions in the Borough. | Total cases notified (1942). | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-3 rooms | 4-5 rooms | Over 5 rooms | ||||||
| 1941 | 1942 | |||||||
| Complaint for which admitted. | Patients remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1942 | Patients admitted and discharged in 1942 | Patients admitted during 1942 and remaining in Hospital on 1st January, 1943 | Analysis of Cases admitted whether discharged or not during the year. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Total. | Recovered. | Died. | Case Mortality. | Average No. of days j in Hospital. | | |
| Serum Cases. | Non-Serum Cases. | Total. |
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| Age. | Male. | Female. | Totals. |
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| Age. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
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| Disease. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Deaths. |
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| New Cases Swabbed on Admission. | Swabs taken during Convalesence. | Total. | Total. |
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| B. Typhosum. | B. Para-Typhosum A. B. Para-Tvphosum B. | Total. |
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| B. Typhosum. | Sonne Dysentry. | Total. | Total. |
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| Fluids found to contain Meningococci. | Total Examined and found Sterile. | Examined. Total |
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| 0—1 | 1—2 | 2—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45 & over | Totals | Deaths | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |||
| For private practitioners | Mayday Hos. | For Borough Hospital | For Chest Clinic | For School Medical | Other Instns. of Corporation | Other Institutions | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | Pos. | Neg. | |
| Year. | Total attended for treatment. | New cases attended. | No. of sessions held. | Av. attend per session. | No. given Primary Schick. | % Pos. on Primary Schick. | No. given Posterior Schick. | No. Neg. on Posterior Schick. | % Neg. on Posterior Schick. | No.completed treatm't |
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| Under Treatment 1.1.42 | Total new Cases, 1942. | 1942 Cases Completed Treatment. | Received A.P.T. | Under Treatment 31.12.42 | Defaulted. |
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| Year. | School | Inf. Welfare C. | Others under 5 yrs. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Per cent. | Total. | Per cent. | Total. | Per cent. | |
| Registration Sub-districts in V.O. District. | Births Registered. | Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Statutory Declaration. | Died Un-vaccinated. | P.P.O. | j Transferred j to other V.O.s | Untraced Removals. | In Default. | Overage when Registered. |
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| Name of Public Assistance Institution or Vaccination District. | Numbers of successful Primary Vaccinations of persons. | No. of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year of age. | 1 year and upwards. | Total. | ||
| 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. | 1939. | 1940. | 1941 | 1942. |
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| Hospital. | Detection of Spirochaetes | Detection of Gonococci. | Wasserman Re-action. | Other Exams. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For Clinic | For Prac. | For Clinic | For Prac. | For Clinic | For Prac. | For Clinic | For Prac. | ||
| Hospital. | Cases seen for the first time. | Conditions other than venereal. | Total number of attendances. | Aggregate number of Inpatient Days. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syph. | Gon. | ||||
| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed condition | Totals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Ttls. | |
| Syphilis | Soft Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Non-venereal or undiagnosed condition | Totals | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | Ttls. | ||
| 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. | Croydon | Surrey | Kent | London | Forces | Total |
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| Age period. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Calculated population at this age period | Incidence per 1,000 persons living. |
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| Site. | Male. | Female. | Total. | Percentage of Total. |
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| Age Periods. | No. of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis | 1 Total | Notifications | on Form A. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-1 | 1— 5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 66 up. | Total (all ages) | ||
| Age periods. | 0—1 | 1—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—25 | 25—35 | 35—45 | 45—55 | 55—65 | 65 and upwards | Total Cases. |
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| PULMONARY. | NON-PULMONARY. | Total Cases. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
| Year. | 0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—45 | 45—65 | Over 65. | Total. |
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| Male. | Female. |
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| Males. | Females. | Total. |
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| For Clinic. | For General Practitioners. | Totals. |
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| Institutions. | In Institutions on 1.1.42 | Admitted During 1942 | Discharged During 1942 | Died During 1942. | Remaining in on 31.12.42. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Adults. | Adults. | Adults. | Adults. | |||||||||||
| M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | |
| Institution. | In Institutions. on 1.1.42. | Admitted During 1942. | Discharged During 1942. | Died During 1942. | Remaining in on 31.12.42 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Adults. | Adults. | Adults. | Adults. | |||||||||||
| M. | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | M | F | Ch. | |
| In-patients on 1st Jan., 1942 | Admitted during the year | Discharged during the year. | Died during the year. | In on 1st Jan. 1943. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
| Group. | Total number of cases discharged | Quiescent. | Improved. | No Material Improvement. | Died in the Sanatorium. | Discharged before completion of treatment. | Average duration of stay in days. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1941 | |||
| Males. | Females. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 1941 | |||
| Live Births. | Still Births. | Total. |
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| Number. | Percentage. |
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| 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 |
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| Notified. | Cases treated. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired | Died. | Removed | Remaining under Treatment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At home. | In hospital | ||||||
| causes of death. | 1st day. | 2nd day. | 3rd day. | 4th day. | 5th day. | 6th day. | 7th day. | 1st-2nd wk. | 2nd-3rd wk. | 3rd-4th wk. | Under 1 mnth. | 1-2 mths. | 2-3 mths. | 3-4 mths. | 4-5 mths. | 5-6 mths. | 6-7 mths. | 7-8 mths. | 8-9 mths. | 9-10 mths. | 10-11 mths. | 11-12 mths. | total. |
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| Maternity Homes. | Other Nursing Homes. | Combined Maternity and other Nursing Homes. | Total. |
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| Coldharbour House | Whitehorse Road | Mayday Road | Tennlson Road |
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| Expectant Mothers. | Nursing Mothers' | Total. | Young Children. |
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| Visits Re:— | Wilson | Ashe | Southgate | Walker | Hobday | Hinton | Wakefield | Overington | Wybrew | Early | Warman | Oakley | Devaney | Cross | Bird | Webb | Buttfieid | Bond | Ernest | Lewis | Catlow | Cox | Toneri | Total |
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| Municipal. | Boston Road. | St. Andrew's. | South Croydon. | Shirley. | Woodside. | Lr. Addiscombe Road. | South Norwood | Westow Street. | St. Alban's. | St. Paul's. | St. Oswald's. | West Croydon. | Norbury. | Waddon. | Selhurst. | Addington. | St. Stephen's | Total 1942. | Total 1941. |
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| No. as at Dec. 31st 1941 | Notice of Reception of Children during the year | Notice of removal to— | Children Adopted | Died | Children reaching age of 9 | No. as at Dec. 31st 1942 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | Another area with Foster Parent | Another Foster Mother | Public Institution | ||||||
| No. as at December 31st 1941 | Applications for Authorisation during the year. | Removals during the year | Authorisation cancelled for other reasons | No. as at December 31st 1942 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| With Child | Without child | ||||
| Mayday Hospital Booked. | Mayday Hospital Emergency | St. Mary's Maternity Hospital Booked. | Total. |
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| Mayday Hospital Booked. | Mayday Hospital Emergency' | St. Mary's Maternity Hospital Booked. | Total | Per Cent. |
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| Mayday Hospital. Booked. | Mayday Hospital. Emergency | St. Mary's Maternity Hospital. Booked. | Total. |
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| Mayday. | St. Mary's | Total. | % |
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| Cases. | Deaths. |
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| Jan. 1st, 1942. | New Cases, 1942. | Cases Discharged, 1942. | Cases on books, Dec. 31st, 1942. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C.W. | S.M.S. | T uberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.S. | T uberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.S. | T uberc. | M.C.W. | S.M.S. | T uberc |
| Defects. | School. | M.C.W. | Tuberculosis. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | Cases. | Attendances. | |
| Defects. | School Cases. | M.C.W. Cases. | Tuberculosis Cases. | Total. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | No. of Treatments | X- Rays | Cases | No. of Treatments | X- Rays | Cases | No. of Treatments | X- Rays | Cases | No. of Treatments | X- Rays | |
| Name of Institution. | School Cases. | M.&C.W. Cases | Tuberculosis Cases. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. in on 1st Jan., 1942 | Admitted | Discharged. | No. in on 1st Jan., 1942 | Admitted. | Discharged. | No. in on 1st Jan.. 1942 | Admitted. | Discharged. | No. in on 1st Jan. 1942 | Admitted. | 1 Discharged. | No. in on 1st Jan., 1943 | |
| Condition. | In on 1st Jan. 1942 | Admitted or transferred. | Discharged. | I.S.Q. | Died. | In on 1st Jan. 1943 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrested. | Quiescent. | Improved. | ||||||
| Age period 0-1 | Age period 1—5 | Age period 5—16 | Age period 16—21 | Age period 21—40 | Age period 40—50 | Age period 50—65 | Age period 65—70 | Age period 70 and over | (i) Total of all age groups | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| (ii) Age unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | M | F. | T. | M. | F. | T. | ||||||||||||
| Agen te, Collectors, &c. | Basket Workers | Bedding (including Divans & Ottomans) and Upholstering | Boot Repairers | Braille Copyists and. Proof Readers | Brush Makers | Carpenters and Woodworkers | Chairseaters | Clerks and Typiste | Coal Bag Makers | Dealers, Tea Agents, Newsagents, Shopkeepers | Firewood Workers | Gardeners | Hawkers. News-vendors, &c. | Home Teachers | Knitters | Labourers | Massage | Mat Makers | Ministers of Religion | Musicians and Mueic Teachers | Netting Makers | Porters, Packers, Cleaners | Poultry Farmers | School Teachers | Ships Fender (Fendoff) Makers | Telephone Operators | Timers | Weavers | Miscellaneous | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattress Makers | Machinists | Upholsterers | Hand | Machine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Prosecutions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | |||
| Nature of Work. | Number Employed. | Outwork in Infected Premises. | Outwork in Unsatisfactory Premises. | Remarks. |
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| Receipts. | Expenditure. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Road. | Number of Houses Let in Lodgings. |
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| Class of Animal. | Tuberculosis | Mould. | Unsound. | Total Carcases. |
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| Articles. | Weight in lbs. | Remarks. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseased. | Unsound. | Total. | ||
| Licences granted under the Milk (special Designations) Order 1936. | Present. | Absent. | Present in 1/100 M.l. | Absent. | Present. | Absent. | Present. | Absent. | Exceeding a trace. | 1 Not exceeding a trace. | Satisfied. | Not satisfied. |
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| Licences granted under the milk (Specialised Designations) Order, 1936. | Present. | Absent. | Over 100,000 per M.l. | Under 100,000 per M.l. | Present. | Absent. | Present. | Absent. | Present. | Absent. |
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| Present. | Absent. | Over 100,000 per M.l. | Under 100,000 per M.l. | Present. | Absent. | Present. | Absent. | Exceeding a trace. | Not exceeding a trace. | Satisfied. | Not satisfied. |
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| Areas. | No. obtained. | No. Tuberculosis. |
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| Samples of | Total Samples. | Genuine. | Not Genuine. | Prosecutions. | Conviction ; | Cautions. |
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| Samples of | Total Samples | Genuine | Not Genuine | Prosecutions | Convictions | Cautions |
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| Samples of | Total Samples. | Genuine | Not Genuine | Prosecutions | Convictions | Cautions |
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| Adulteration or | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Sample. | Deficiency. | Remarks. |
| No. | Somple. | Adulteration or Deficiency. | Remarks. |
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| No | Sample. | Adulteraltoii or Deficiency. | Remarks. |
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| No. | Sample. | Adulteration or Deficiency. | Remarks. |
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