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of age, 29 deaths being attributed to overlying in bed by parents, 44 to
convulsions and 13 to burns and scalds.
Notifications of infectious disease included 498 cases of Scarlet
Fever, 352 of Diphtheria and 111 of Enteric Fever.
The Report contains the information that, at the time, there were
38 Common Lodging Houses in the area, providing accommodation for 6,900
persons; also 34 Cowhouses housing .795 cows.
Of the 1,222 samples of food analysed, 155 (12.7%) were found to
be adulterated, as a result of which 75 prosecutions were taken. 123
samples of milk and two samples of butter were found to, be adulterated.
67 samples of milk were taken on Sundays, 12.5% of these being adulterated.
Twelve milk vendors were prosecuted for using dirty milk vessels
and utensils.
The Council's first Health Visiter, Miss Isabel Virtue, commenced
work on 1st February at a salary of £100 per annum.
The Stepney Invalid Kitchens recently established supplied dinners
at a penny each to women after childbirth on recommendation of the
Health Visitor.
A person was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment with hard labour
for slaughtering cattle on unlicensed premises and for depositing for
sale veal which was diseased and unfit for food.
Eight summonses were issued for carrying offensive matter through
the streets during prohibited, hours.
The Borough Engineer & Surveyor reported that the weight of street
refuse- collected that year was 1,793 tons less than in the previous
year and which, he stated, showed the influence that was being exerted
by the displacement of horse-drawn 'vehicles for the new form of traction.
Population.
The Registrar-General's mid-year estimate for I960 is 93,850.
Last year's estimate was 94,900; while the census taken in 1951 showed
the population to be 98,858. The Registrar-General's Report on the
1951 Census revealed that the Borough's day-time population was 141,400
compared with 98,858 night-time population, an increase of over 44 per
cent.
The density of population is now 53.14 persons per acre. In 1935
it was 120 per acre.
During the year there was a natural increase in population of 677;
that is, there were 677 more births than deaths, The RegistrarGeneral
estimates the population to be 1,050 less than last year, the
indication being that 1,727 persons have moved out of the Borough.
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