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Woolwich 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

Published
1927
Pages
130
Tables
98

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    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
    1926.
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    TABLE No. 1.
    Estimated population
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    TABLE No. 2.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Nett deaths belonging to the District.
    Nett.Under 1 year.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
    12345678
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    TABLE No. 3.
    Registration Districts.Males.Females.Total Births.
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    TABLE No. 4.
    PeriodWoolwichWest PlumsteadEast PlumsteadElthamThe Borough
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    TABLE No. 5.
    Year.No. of births.No. of live births notified.No. of still births.Percentage of births notified.Birth rate.
    Woolwich.London.England and Wales.
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    TABLE No. 6.
    Period.WoolwichWest PlumsteadEast PlumsteadElthamThe Borough
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Hospitals or Institutions.Number of Deaths.
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    T able N o . 8.— Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1926.
    Birth rate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 Years).Total Deaths under One Year.Causes of Death certified by Registered Medical Practitioners.Inquest Cases.Uncertified Causes of Death.
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    TABLE No. 9. Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1926, classified by age and cause.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.
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    TABLE No. 9.— continued.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.
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    TABLE No. 10. Showing the nett deaths of Woolwich residents, all deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough, and deaths of Woolwich residents occurring in Institutions outside the Borough, during the year 1926.
    Causes of Death.Male.Female.Woolwich.Plums tead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    West.East.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    Residents.Non-Residents.
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    TABLE] No. 10.— continued.
    Causes of Death.Male.Female.Plums tead.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Woolwich.West.East.Eltham.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    Residents.Non-Residents.
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    TABLE No. 11.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory.Total.Death Rate.No. under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
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    TABLE No. 12. Maternal Mortality, Woolwich, 1912-1926.
    Year.Abort1on.Ectop1c Gestat1on.Placenta Prævia.Other puerperal Hæmorrhage.Other Acc1dents of Child B1rth.Child B1rth with Secondary Causes.Puerperal Eclamps1a.Puerperal Phlebitis and Embolism.Puerperal Fever.Totals.
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    Deaths from Cancer and Malignant Disease.
    Year.Males.Females.Total.Rate.Percentage of Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 14.
    Seat of Primary Disease.Males.Females.Total.Deaths in Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 15. Child Mortality (1—2 years). Death rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated groups of diseases, in quinquennial periods.
    Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhceal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 16. Child Mortality (2—5 years). Death rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated groups of diseases, in quinquennial periods.
    Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhoeal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 17.
    Period.WoolwichWest Plumst.eadEast PlumsteadElthamThe Borough
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    INFANT MORTALITY, 1926. Nett deaths from stated causes at various Ages under one year of age.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1 month and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE No. 19. INFANT DEATHS, 1926.
    Cause of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.West Plumstead.East Plumstead.Eltham.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE No. 20. INFANT DEATHS, 1926.
    Cause of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.West Plum stead.East Plum stead.Eltham.
    Under 4 weeks4 weeks-1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks 1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks-1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks-1 yearUnder 4 weeks4 weeks-1 year
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    Rates for stated groups of diseases and for stated age periods for the quinquennial periods 1901.1926.
    Period.Groups.Totals.Sub.divisions of Group " G."Death rates.
    ABCDEFGH
    Infectious Diseases.Tuberculous Diseases.Diseases of Nervous system.Diseases of Respiratory System.Diseases of Digestive System.Syphilis.Diseases of Development.All other Diseases.Congenital Defects.Prematurity.Debility.Under 4 weeks.Over 4 weeks.
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    TABLE No. 22. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.Sessions weekly.
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    TABLE No. 22— continued.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.Sessions weekly.
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    No changes took place during the year except those consequent uponthe closure of the Council's Home for Ailing Babies.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    The Borough Council have entered into agreements with all the Nursing Associations whereby nursing assistance in necessitous cases is paid for by the Council for patients requiring such assistance suffering from the diseases set out in the following schedule, which, in addition, shows the rates of payment:—
    Disease.Rate of Payment.
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    TABLE No. 23.
    Disease.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total 1926.Total 1925.
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    Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
    Section.Date of Adoption.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Section.Date of Adoption.
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    TABLE No. 24. Inspections.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE No. 25. Nuisances Abated.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE No. 26. Factories Workshops Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. 1.—Inspection. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.— Defects Found.
    Description.Number of Defects
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. InspectorNumber of Prosecutions.
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    3.— Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
    Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
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    TABLE No. 27. Prosecutions under Public Health and Kindred Acts.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    Continued from previous page...
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    MORTUARIES. TABLE No. 28.
    Sun Street.Sun Street (Infectious)Eltham.All Mortuaries.
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    TABLE No. 29.
    Number of Interments.
    192419251926
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    TABLE No. 30.
    Premises.On Register 31st December.Number ofLegal Proceedings.
    Inspections.Notices.
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    TABLE No. 31.
    RetailWhole-. sale.Total.
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    TABLE No. 32.
    Name and Address.Nature of Licence.Premises to Sell at or from.Designation.
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    TABLE No. 33.
    1920.1926.
    Jan.Dec
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    TABLE No. 34.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number AnalysedNumber Adultera ted.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE No. 35.
    192419251926
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    TABLE No. 36.
    Sample No.ArticleFormal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings.
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    1. Milk and Cream not sold as " Preserved Cream."
    Number of samples examined for presence of a preservative.Number in which preservative was reported to be present.Percentage and nature of preservative found in each sample.Action taken.
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    TABLE No. 39.
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    TABLE No. 40. Action taken under Housing Acts.
    Date of representation. 1926.Date of closing order.Remarks.
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    21, 23, 40, 42, Dobell Road 12th November
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    The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough:—
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    TABLE No. 41. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    Diseases.Total cases notified.Admissions to Hospital or Sanatorium.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 42. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1926.
    DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.
    All Ages.Age Groups.
    Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years.3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and over.
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    TABLE No. 43. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the year 1926, shewing the Case Rate per 1,000 Population.
    Diseases.Borough.Total Cases notified in each locality.Case rates, per 1,000 Population.
    Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    West.East.West.East.
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    TABLE No. 44. DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (INCLUDING MEASLES), 1926.
    Diseases.Number of Deaths.
    All ages.Age Groups.
    Under 11-2-3-4-5-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565-
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    Table no. 45. Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1926.
    Year.Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Tuberculosis.*Continued Fever.Cerebro- Spinal Fever.Anterior Poliomyelitis.Encephalitis lethargica.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Zymotic Enteritis.Anthrax.Malaria.Dysentery.Pneumonia, †Measles. ‡
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    TABLE No. 46.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Eltham.Total Houses.Total Cases.
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    Return Cases. The following Table show the number of return cases, the dates of admission to hospital, the dates of discharge from hospital, and some observations on the condition of the primary case on discharge. TABLE No. 47.
    No. in register.Date admitted to hospital.Date discharged.Total days in hospital.Onset of secondary case.Remarks on primary case.
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    Multiple Cases. The following Table shows the house distribution by wards. The term "house " is synonymous with the term "family," except in instances where two families are involved. TABLE No. 48.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Eltham.Total Houses.Total Cases.
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    ENTERIC FEVER. Eight cases were notified during the year. One death occurred. In the following Table details of each case are given: TABLE No. 49.
    No.Date.Sex.Age.Diagnosis.Final Diagnosis.
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    TABLE No. 50.
    Date notified.SexAgeUltimate Diagnosis.Remarks.
    1926.
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    TABLE No. 51.
    Date notified.SexAgeUltimate Diagnosis.Remarks.
    1926.
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    tions and deaths from pneumonia during the past five years have been as follows:—
    Year.Notifications.Deaths.
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    The next Table shows the distribution of Pneumonia in each Ward of the Borough, classified according to the type of pneumonia given on the notification certificate: TABLE No. 52. Notification of Pneumonia.
    Ward.Lobar.Broncho.Influenzal.Acute Primary.Total.
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    TABLE No. 53. Monthly incidence of Pneumonia.
    Month.Male.Female.TotalType.No. of Deaths.
    Lobar.Broncho.Influenzal..4 cute Primary (not specified). ,A cute Primary PneumoniaInfluenzal Pneumonia
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    TABLE No. 54. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    No. Notified.Cases. Treated.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    Nine deaths were in infants under one year of age.
    Quarter.Cases.Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 55. POLIOMYELITIS.
    Date notified.SexAgeCondition on 31st December, 1926.Remarks.
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    In tabular form below is shown the amount of disinfection which was carried out during the year. TABLE No. 56.
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    The following Table, No. 57, shows the extent to which this Station has been used during the last five years. TABLE No. 57.
    Children.Adults.Grand Total.
    Year.Boys.Girls.Total.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 58. T uberculosis. Summary of Notifications received during the year ended 1st January, 1927.
    Age-periods—Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    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 & upwards.Total Primary Notifications.Under 5.5 to 10.[ 10 to 15.Total Primary Notifications.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    TABLE No. 59.
    Year.Lungs.Meninges.Intestines and Peritoneum.Glands.Joints.Spine.Other Forms.All Causes.
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    TABLE No. 60.
    Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.Totals
    M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE No. 61.
    Deaths.Death.rates.
    Year.All Forms.Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.All Forms.P ulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.
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    TABLE No. 62.
    Case No.Date notified as Tuberculosis.Cause of Death.
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    TABLE No. 63.
    Pulmonary.Percentage.Non. Pulmonary.Percentage.
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    Hours of Attendance.
    Day.Men.Women.Children.
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    TABLE No. 64. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the year 1926.
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    AdultsChildrenAdultsChildrenAdults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE No. 65.
    Hospitals.Sanatoria.Infirmary.Training Colonies.
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    These numbers refer to 369 persons, and the monthly admissions from January to December were as follows:—
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    Woolwich Tuberculosis Care Committee. At the end of the year the Committee was constituted as follows:—
    Bodies.Representatives.
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    TABLE No. 66.
    Centre.No. on Roll of Centre.No. of Attendances.
    Mothers.Children.Mothers.Children.
    Expectant.Nursing.Expectant.Nursing.
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    TABLE No. 67. Children in attendance at each Centre.
    Year of Birth.Town Hall.Eltham.Plumstead.Slade.New Eltham.North Woolwich.Beresford St. (Voluntary).Totals.
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    Attendances of Children at each Centre.
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    TABLE No. 68.
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    TABLE No. 69.
    1925.1926.
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    Only cases recommended by the Medical Officer of Health are included in this scheme, and payment is only made for the number of attendances approved by him. In detail, the children referred to the clinic required treatment for the following conditions:—
    Type of case.Number re-maining over from 1925.New cases.Total cases.Number who completed treatment by end of year.
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    TABLE No. 70.
    No. Attendances.
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    TABLE No. 71.
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    TABLE No. 72. Feeding of Infants Attending Welfare Centres, 31st May to 10th July, 1926.
    Method of Feeding.Age in Months.Grand Total.
    0-11-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.5-6.6-7.7-8.8-9.Total.9-10.10-11.11-12.
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    METEOROLOGY. Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1926.
    Week endingTemperature of the Air.Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years.Average Temperature 4 feet below ground.Number of days on which rain fell.Rainfall in inches.
    Highest during Week.Lowest during Week.Mean Temperature.
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    METEOROLOGY—continued.
    Week endingTemperature of the Air.Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years.Average Temperature 4 feet below ground.Number of days on which rain fell.Rainfall in inches.
    Highest during Week.Lowest during Week.Mean Temperature.