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Overlying 1, Asphyxia 1, Suffocation 6 8
Suicide (1 wound of throat, 1 hanging) 2
Drowning 4
Misadventure 9
Want of proper attention at birth 1
ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN.
The Registrar-General excludes from his returns from local
areas the deaths of all members of the armed forces. Information
was received of 7 such deaths of men belonging to Leyton, viz.,
1 from each of the following diseases:—
Bronchitis, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis, Scarlet Fever, Diabetes, and Cancer.
Amongst the Scarlet Fever notifications one man was found
to be in the forces. This notification is not included in Table II.
He was removed to our hospital, where he made a good recovery.
No other notifications of infectious disease were received
among the members of the forces.
HOUSING.
House-to-house inspection is regularly carried on, especially
in the poorer neighbourhoods, in which it is found that houses tend
to become more or less insanitary chiefly owing to the class of
tenants occupying them.
STATEMENT, required by Article V. of the Housing
(Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, in regard to
the inspection of dwelling-houses under section 17 (1) of
the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, 1909.
Number of dwelling-houses inspected under
and for the purposes of the section 1561
Number of such dwelling-houses which were
considered to be in a state so dangerous or
injurious to health as to be unfit for human
habitation 2
Number of dwelli. g-houses in respect of
which representations were made to the
local authority with a view to the making
of closing orders Nil.