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 Willesden]
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Month. 1904. | Highest by Day. | Lowest by Night. | Range in Month. | Mean of all Highest. | Mean of all Lowest. | 4 Earth Thermometer. | Rainfall in Inches. | No. of Days on which Rainfall was Measured. | |
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Maximum. | Minimum. |
NAME OP WARD. | Population estimated to Dec. 31,1904, on the number of houses at Census, with the addition of houses put In rating since 1901. | Population estimated to Dec. 31,1904, on the number of houses in occupation in each Ward as ascertained by special enumeration. | Total No. of Houses in Ward. | Total No. of Empty Houses. | Total Number of Empty Tenements. | Total No. of Houses recently erected but unoccupied. | Total No. of Houses in course of erection. | Percentage of Homes empty. | Per centage of Houses empty, Michaelmas Quarter | Percentage of Houses empty at Census. | |||
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1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | Over 3 Rooms. |
1904. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. |
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1875 | 1876 | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
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Ward. | Total No. of Houses October, 1903. | Total Population. | Rateable Value October, 1903. | Rateable Value per House not Including Factories. | Rateable Value per House lncluding Factories. | Rateable Value per Head. | Rateable Value per Head Including Factories. |
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Three-Year Periods. | Year. |
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Period. | Illegitimate births in 1,000 births. |
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Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Deaths in Public Institutions in the District | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in District. | Deaths of residents registered beyond. District. | Deaths Ages. | at all Nett. | ||||
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Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | |||||||||||
Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Hate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* |
Year. | Number of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. | Year. | Number of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | |||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Church End. | Harlesden. | Kensal Green. | South Kilburn. | Mid Kilbuin. | North Kilburn. | Willesd.n Green. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole District at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Localities (at all Ages). | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 1 5 and | under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Church End. | Harlesden | Kensal Green. | South Kilburn. | Mid Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Willesden Green. |
Diseases. | Year 1904. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. |
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Diseases. | Year lv04. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. |
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Diseases. | Year 1904. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. |
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Diseases. | Year 1904. | 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. |
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0 to 1 | l 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 to 75 | 75 to 85 | 85 and up. | All Ages. |
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1903. | 1904. |
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189-1. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900 | 1901. | 1902. | 193. | 1904. | Rate for the Country generally. |
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Period 5 years. | Rate. |
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Year. | Number of Deaths from Phthisis. | Rate per 1,000 of Population. | Number of Deaths from Cancer. | Rate per 1,000 of Population. |
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Wards. | 20 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85 | 85 and upwards | Total. | ||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Breast fed. | Hand fed. | Breast fed supplemented by Hand feeding. | Breast fed for short period followed by Hand feeding. |
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Breast fed. | Hand fed. | Breast fed supplemented by Hand feeding. | Breast fed for short period followed by Hand feeding. |
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Breast fed. Per cent. | Hand fed entirely or in part. Per cent. |
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Number Investigated in respect of Sleeping. | Sleeping With Mother. | Percentage Sleeping wiih Mother. |
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Insured. | Not Insured. | |||
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No. | Percentage. | No. | Percentage. |
The causes of death were:— |
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1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1902. | 1903. | 1904. |
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Names of Localities. | CHURCH END. | HARLESDEN. | KENSAL GREEN. | SOUTH KILBURN. | ||||||||||||
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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. |
Names of Localities. | mid kilburn. | north kilburn. | willesden green. | |||||||||
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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. |
Year. | Infantile Deaths. | Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,00 Births. | Deaths from Diarrhoea. | Rate per 1,000 of Pupulaton. |
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wards. | 1904. Corrected. | Death Kates 1904. Per 1,000. | 1900-1904. Rate of Infantile Mortality. | 1904. Rate of Infantile Mortality. Per 1,000. | Zymotic rate. Per 1,000. | Diarrhœa. Per 1,000. | Phthisis. Per 1,000. |
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Notifiable Diseases. | Cases notified in Whole District. | Total Cases notified in each Locality. Wards. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. Wards. | ||||||||||||||||||
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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. | Church End. | Harlesden. | Kensal Green. | South Kilburn. | Mid Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Willesden Green. | Church End: | Harlesden. | Kensal Green. | South Kilburn. | Mid Kilburn. | North Kilburn. | Willesden Green. |
1892 | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | 1900. | 1901. | 1903. | 1903. | 1901. |
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Wards. | Total No. of Roads. | Total No. of Roads Infected. | Total No. of Roads not Infected. | Average No. of Cases per Infected Road. | Average No. of Cases per Road. | Infected Roads per cent, of whole. | Notification Rate per 1 ,000 of Population. |
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YEARS | No. of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible | Dead. | Conscientious Objectors. | Postponed by Doctor. | Gone Away. | Un-vaccinated. | Percentage of Survivors unprotected by Vaccination. |
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wards. | scarlet fever. | diphtheria. | ||
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Notified under 15 years of age. | Notification rate per 1,000 population under 15 years of age. | Notified under 15 years of age. | Notification rate per 1,000 population under 15 years of age. |
Year. | Fatality Rate. Scarlet Fever. Deaths per 1,000 cases. | Incidence Rate. Scarlet Fever. Cases per 1,000 population. | Fatality Fate. Diphtheria, Deaths per 1,000 cases. | Incidence Rate. Diphtheria. Cases per 1.000 population. | Fatality Rate. Typhoid Fever. Deaths per 1,000 cases. | Incidence Rate. Typhoid Fever. Cases per 1,000 population. |
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Ward. | Rates. | Quinquennial Means. | Decennial Mean. | ||||||||||
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1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1895 to 1899 | 1900 to 1904 | 1895 to 1904 |
ward. | Rates. | Quinquennial Means. | Decennial Mean. | ||||||||||
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1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1895 to 1899 | 1900 to 1904 | 1895 to 1904 |
Ward. | Rates. | Quinquennial Means. | Decennial Mean. | ||||||||||
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1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 190l | 1902 | 1903 | 1901 | 1895 to 1899 | 1900 to 1904 | 1895 to 190.1 |
Year. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. |
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DISEASE. | Number of Casks. | Percentage Incidence. | ||||||||
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Visited. | Suffering. | Contacts. | Doctor in Attendance. | Isolated. | Under 5 Years. | 5 Years and upwards. | ||||
Cases not Attending School. | Cases Attending School. | Percentage Incidence. | Cases Attending School. | Percentage Incidence. |
SCHOOL. | BOYS. | GIRLS. | |||||||
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Age. | Average Weight. | Average Height. | Average Weight. | Average Height. | |||||
No.of Scholars. | Kilogr. | No.of Scholars. | Inches. | No.of Scholars. | Kilogr. | No.of Scholars. | Inches. |
AGES. | Kensal Rise School. | Lower Place School. | Averages from totals of British and American (statistics. | Averages of American Boys (Bowditch). | Averages of Anthropometric Committee. (British.) | Averages of Artisan Class in Towns. |
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Kilogram. | Kilogram, | Kilogram, | Kilogram. | Kilogram. | Kilogram. |
ages. | Kensal Rise School. | Lower Place School. | Averages from totals of British and American Statistics. | Averages of American Girls (Bowditch). | Averages of Anthropometric Committee (British). |
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Kilogram. | Kilogram. | Kilogram. | Kilogram. | Kilogram. |
ages. | Kensal Rise School. | Lower Place School. | Averages from Totals of British and American Statistics. | Averages of American Bnys (Bowditch). | Averages of Anthropometric Committee (British). |
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ages. | Kensal Rise Schools. | Lower Place Schools. | Averages from Totals of British and American Statistics. | Averages of American Girls (Bowditch). | Averages of Anthropometric Committee (British). |
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Year. | Total Cost of Collection. | Total No. of Loads Collected. | No. of Cubic Yards Represented. | Rate in the £. | Maximum No. of Carts Employed. | Minimum No. of Carts Employed. | Average No. of Carts Employed. | Maximum No. of Men Employed. | Minimum No. of Men Employed. | Yearly Increase in Cubic Yards. | No. of Houses in District. | Yearly Increase of Houses. | Total No. of Complaints. | Percentage of Complaints to Total No. of Houses. | |||
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Districts. | |||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | Total. |
Year. | Cost per Load. | Cost per Cubic Yard. | Cost per House. | Cost per Head of Population. |
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Year. | Amount of Refuse Collected per house per annum. | Amount of Refuse per head of population. |
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Cubic Yards. | Cubic Yards. |
TRADING PREMISES. | District No. I. | District No. II | District No. III. | Total No. of Business Premises. | Cube Yards Represented. | Average Amount per Business House in Cubic Yards per Week. | Estimated Average Amount per Home in Cubic Yards per Year. | |||
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No. of Shops. | Bushels Represented. | No. of Shops. | Bushels Represented. | No. of Shops. | Bushels Represented. |
Inspector's Districts. | No. of Milkshops in District. | No. found Registered. | No. found not .Registered. | No. of Visits Paid. | No. found in good Condition. | No. found in Unsatisfactory Condition. | No. of Notices Served. | No. of Re-inspect ions made where Notices Served. | No. of Nuisances Abated. |
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Schools Examined. | Drains found Defective. | Insufficient W.C. Accommodation. | Insufficient Urinal Accommodation. | Defective Light. | Other Sanitary Defects. |
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DESCRIPTION OF WORK. | Quarter. | Total. | |||
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1st. | 2ll(l. | ;?rd. | 4th. |
Premises. | Number of. | |||||
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Inspections. | Reinspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Class. | Number. |
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Description of Defects, &c. | Factory Laundries. | Workshop Laundries. | Domestic Laundries. | Dress-makers. | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Out-workers. | Total. | Description of Work or Occupation carried on by— | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Outworkers. | Total. |
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Number of above Bakehouses in District. | Bake-houses with capacity less than 1,500 cubic ft. | Inefficiently lighted. | Defective ventilation. | Absence of lavatory accommodation | Absence of separate w.c. accommodation | Defective walls and ce lings | Defective floors. | Want of cleanliness. |
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Disease. | Remaining in Hospital, December 31st, 1903. | Admitted during 1904. | Total under Treatment during 1904. | Discharged during 1904. | Died during 1904. | Mortality per cent. | Remaining in Hospital, December 31st, 1904. |
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Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Other Diseases. | Total Admissions. | Total Deaths | ||||
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Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. | Admissions. | Deaths. |
AGE. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTAL. | |||
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Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. |
Complications. | Number of Cases. | Per Cent. |
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AGE. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTAL. | |||
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Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. |
Complication. | Number of Cases. | Rate per cent. | ||
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1903. | 1904. | 1903. | 1904. |
age. | males. | FEMALES. | TOTAL. | |||
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Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. | Admitted. | Died. |
Certified as suffering from | Diagnosed in Hospital as suffering from | ||
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Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Erysipelas. |
From Patients of outside Practitioners. | From Patients in Hospital. |
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Age. | Number attacked. | Vaccinated. | Un-vaccinated. | Type of Attacks. | Result. |
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£ | s. | d. |
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Ambulance:— | £ | s. | d. |
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Ref. No. | Name of Street. | Houses. | Population. | No. of Rooms per Tenement. | No. of Persons per Room. | Weekly Rental for Tenement. | Weekly Rental per Room. | Total. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement. | No. of Tenements found Clean. | No. of Tenements found fairly Clean. | No. of Tenements found Dirty. | No. of Houses where Lodgers are taken. | Total No. of Lodgers in Street. | Maximum No. of Lodgers in any one House. | Mean No. Lodgers per House. | Percentage of Tenements where Lodgers are taken. | Supplemental Earners. | Average Cubic Capacity of 1, 2, & 3 Roomed Tenements. | Carmen, Coachmen, Ac. | Builder & Contractor. | Bootmaker, Saddler, &c. | Factory & Laundry Hands. | Smith and Farrier. | Bricklayer, Mason, & c. | Coachbuilder Wheelwright &c. | Police Officer. | Shopkeeper. | Labourer. | Sign Writer. | Plumber. | Post Office Official. | Watchmaker and Jeweller. | Engineer, Fitter, &c. | Railway Worker. | Clerk, Traveller, &c. | Sailor or Soldier. | Painter, Polisher, &c | Journeymen, Tradesmen. | Warehouseman. | Carpenter, Joiner,&c. | Upholsterer. | Cab, 'Bus and Tram Driver. | Tailor, Dressmaker, &c. | Printer, &c. | Coster and Hawker. | Dealers. | Ref. No. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total Number | Number Empty. | Percentage of Empties. | Total Stated. | Male. | female. | Total as per Census. | Mas. | Min. | Mean. | Max. | Min. | Mean. | Max | Min. | Max | Min. | Mean. | Rooms | Tenements | Persons. | Male. | Female. | No. of Tenements | Mean Cub. Cap. per Tenement. | Mean Cub. Cap. per Room. | No. of Tenements | Mean Cub. Cap. per Tenement. | Mean Cub. Cap. per Room. | No. of Tenements | Mean Cub. Cap. pel Tenement. | Mean Cub. Cap. per Room. |
No. of Rooms per Tenement. | Population living in Tenements of less than 5 Rooms. | Percentage of total Population in each class of Tenement. | Actual population living in Rooms occupied by more than 2 Persons per Room. | Percentage of each Class Overcrowded. | Mean Annual crude Death Rate for the Decennium ending. | ||||||
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Census 1891. | Census 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | London. 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. |
Locality. | Death Rate, 1871-1880. | Percentage of Population living in dwellings of | ||||
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One Room. | Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. | Five or more Rooms. |
Causes of Death. | Dwellings of 1 and 2 Rooms. | Dwellings of 3 and 4 Rooms. | Dwellings of 5 Rooms and upwards. |
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No. of Persons per Room. | Census, 1891. | Census, 1901. | ||
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Total No. of Persons. | Percentage to total persons living in tenements of less than 5 Rooms. | Total No. of Persons. | Percentage to total persons living in tenements of less than 5 Rooms. |
Town of Leipsic. Streets with a mean Population of— | of 100 died yearly. | All ages. | |
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Under one year. | Over five years. |
Year. | District. | Population per acre, 1901, on the basis of the total area of land and water. | Labouring class Dwellings built (brought into Assessment during 1902-3.) | ||||||||
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Houses. | Number of Tenements of— | No. of Rooms. | Average weekly rental per Room. | ||||||||
1 Room. | 2 Rooms. | 3 Rooms. | 4 Rooms. | 5 Rooms and over. | Total. |
No. of Persons. | No. of Tenements | Total Weekly Rental. | Mean No. of Persons per Room. | Mean Rental per Person. | Rental per Room. | Average Capacity per Room. | Maximum Capacity per Room. | Minimum Capacity per Room. | ||
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No. of Persons. | No. of Tenements. | Total Weekly Rental. | Mean No. of Persons per Room. | Mean Rental per Person. | Rental per Room. | Average Capacity per Room. | Maximum Capacity per Room. | Mini mum Capacity per Room. | ||
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No. of Persons. | No. of Tenements. | Total Weekly Rental. | Mean No. of Persons per Room. | Mean Rental per Person. | Rental per Room. | ||
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£ | S. | d. |
No. of Persons. | No. of Tenements. | Total Weekly Rental. | Mean No. of Persons per Room. | Mean Rental per Person. | Rental per Room. | ||
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No. of Person*. | No. of Tenements. | Total Weekly Rental. | Mean No. of Persons per Room. | Mean Rental per Person. | Rental per Room. | Average Capacity per Room. | No. of Rooms in Tenements. | ||
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Locality. | Years. | Mean Annual Death Rate per 1,000. |
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No. of House. | Alpha Place. Average No. of Persons per House, 8.4 | Alpha Place North. Average No. of Persons per House, 9.4 | Alpha Place West. Average No. of Persons per House, 9.1 | Alpha Mews, Average No. of Persons per House, 4.1 |
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No. of Deaths. | No. of Deaths. | No. of Deaths. | No. of Deaths. |
Alpha Place, etc. | Willesden. |
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Age. | No. of Nursings in 24 hours. | Interval during the Day. Hours. | No. of Night Nursings between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. |
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Age. | Interval between meals by day. hours. | Night Feedings 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. | No. of Feedings 24 hours. | Quantity for one Feeding. ounces. | Quantity for 24 hours. ounces. |
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Incubation Period | Period of quarantine required after the latest exposure to infection. | Period of Infection ceases. |
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Name and Address of Hospital. | Attendance of Ophthalmic Surgeons. | |||||
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Mon. | Tues. | Wed. | Thurs. | Fri. | Sat. |