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 Hackney]
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Estimated Population. | Birth-rate. | Death-rate. | Infantile Mortality Rate. |
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London. | Hackney. | Registration Sub-district. | ||||
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North. | Central. | Southwest. | Southeast . |
Month. | Total rainfall. | No. of days on which rain fell. | Heaviest fall. |
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Total. | M. | F. |
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Year. | Borough of Hackney. | London. | |
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Marriages. | Marriage rate. | Marriage rate. |
Male. | Female. | Total. |
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District. | Births. | Birth-rates. |
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District. | 1930. | Birth-rates in previous years. | ||||
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No. of Births. | Birthrate. | 1929. | 1928. | 1927. | 1926. |
Year 1930. | Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and others. | Total. | |||||||||||||
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Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | ||||||||||
M . | F. | M . | F | F. | M . | F. | M. | F. | M . | F. | M. | F. | M . | F. | M. | F. |
District. | 1930. | Death-rates in previous years. | ||||
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No. of Deaths. | Death- rate. | 1929. | 1928. | 1927. | 1926. |
District. | Area (acres). | Population (estimated). | Death-rate. | Infantile Death-rate. |
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District. | Deaths. | Death-rates. |
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Name of Institution. | Persons belonging to the Borough. | Persons not belonging to the Borough. | Total Deaths. |
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District. | 1930. | Infantile Mortality Rates in five year periods. | ||
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Number of deaths of children under 1 year of age. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | |||
1926-30. | 1921-5. |
District. | Infant Deaths. | Infantile Mortality rate. |
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Cause of Death. | Under 24 hrs. | 1 day to 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total. |
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1926. | 1927. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
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Uncorrected. Number. | Nett Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 year of Age | At all Ages. | ||||||
Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1.0UI) Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
No. of Cases Nursed. | No. of Visits Paid. |
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Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
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Schools. | Hot Baths. | Sulphur Baths. |
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January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
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Name and Situation. | Purpose. | No. of Beds. | Proportion used by Hackney Residents. | Special Departments. | Arrangements for | |||
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For Males. | For Females. | Operative Surgery. | Pathological Work. |
Name and Situation. | Purpose. | No. of Beds. | Proportion used by Hackney Residents. | Special Departments. | Arrangements for | |||
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For Males. | For Females, | Operative Surgery. | Pathological Work. |
Name and Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By whom provided. |
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Name and Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By whom provided. |
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Name and Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | By whom provided. |
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Inspector. | Address. | Complaint. | Magistrate's Decision. | Fine. | Costs. |
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Inapector. | Address. | Complaint. | Magistrate's Decision. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Inspector. | Address. | Complaint. | Magistrate's Decision. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Occupations. | No. of Workshops. | Occupations. | No. of Workshops. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
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Found | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Workshops on the Register (S 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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Class. | Number. |
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Trade. | No. of Outworkers. | Trade. | No. of Outworkers. |
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Residing in the Borough. | Residing outside the Borough. | Total. |
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Nature of Work. | Outworkkrs' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections inn. i in. | ||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (Section 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). | |||||||
Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists. | Failing to send Lists. | ||||||||||||
Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. |
No. of Infants visited. | Method of Feeding. | Separate cot provided for Infant. | Use of Comforter. | Home conditions. | Secondary visits. | |||||
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Breast. | Artificial . | Mixed. | Yes. | No. | Yes. | No. | Satisfactory. | Unsatisfactory. |
Miss N. Burr. | Miss M. 1Chitson. | Miss M. Cockle. | jMiss E. Hamilton. | Miss N. V. Hobbs. | Miss M. L. Howman. | Miss J. D. Kimpsford. | Miss S. E. Love. | Mrs. A. Rhodes. | Miss A. Roche. | Miss G. S. Thomas. | Miss I). F. Vidal. | Miss E. E. Williamson. | Temporary Visitors. | Eton Mission (voluntary). | Hackney Grove (voluntary). | Totals. |
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Centre. | No. of sessions held. | No. of children brought to the Centre for the first time. | Total No. of attendances. | Total No. of attendances of infants and children before Doctor. | ||
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Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. | Under 1 year. | Over 1 year. |
Year. | No. of children brought to the Centre for the first time. | Total No. of attendances of children under the age of five years. |
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CENTRES. | No. of times Centre open. | No. of Expectant Mothers attending first visits. | No. of repeated attendances at Centre. | Total attendances . | No. of examinations by Doctor. |
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Year. | Primary attendances of expectant mothers. | Total attendances. | No. of physical examinations by Welfare Doctors. |
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Income per head of the family per week, after deduction of rent, insurances, etc. | Fee to be paid. |
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1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 |
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£ | s. | d. |
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Patients' contributions:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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Year. | No. of Sessions held. | No. of Attendances. | No. of Extractions. | No. of Fillings. | No. of other treatments. | No of Persons to whom Dentures were supplied. | No. of Dentures supplied. |
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Cases. | Cost. | |||
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£ | s. | d. |
Disease. | No. of Cases Nursed. | No. of Visits Paid. |
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Income per head of the family after deduction of rent and insurances. | Proportion of cost to be borne by the applicant. |
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Form of Assistance. | No. of Applications. | Cost to the Council. | |||
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Received. | Granted. | ||||
£ | s. | d. |
Description of Article. | Value of goods supplied. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
Description of Article. | Cost to the Council. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
Cowkeepers and Cowhouses. | Dairies and Milkshops. | Dairymen, including those whose premises are outside the Borough. | Purveyors of Milk in sealed bottles. |
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Name and Address of Dealer. | Designations of Milk for the sale of which licenses were granted. |
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Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. | Lbs. |
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No. of premises. | No. of inspections made. |
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Description of Article. | Formal Samples. | Informal Samples. | ||
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Number taken. | Number adulterated | Number taken. | Number adulterated |
Description of Article. | Nature and Extent of Adulteration. | Action taken. |
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Months. | Number of Formal Samples taken. | Average Composition of all Samples. | Average Composition of Genuine Samples. | ||
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Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat |
Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospitals. | Number of Deaths. |
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Disease. | Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. |
Disease. | Electoral Wards. | Registration Sub-Districts. | ||||||||||
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Stamford Hill. | West Hackney. | Kingsland. | Downs. | Clapton Park. | Homerton. | South Hackney. | Hackney. | North. | Central. | South-East. | South-West. |
Disease. | Total cases notified. | Age Groups of Deaths. | Total deaths at all ages. | |||||||||||
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Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. |
Public Vaccinators' Districts. | Name and Address of Public Vaccinator. | Name and Address of Deputy Public Vaccinator. |
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Public Vaccinators' Districts. | At Surgery or elsewhere other than at Home. | At Home. | At Institutions. | Total. |
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Area. | No. of cases. | Attack-rate per 1,000 living. |
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Registration Sub-District. | No. of Cases in Birth Lists received during Year. | No. of Certificates of Vaccination received. | No. of Certificates of Postponement owing to | No. of Certificates under Section 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898, and No. of Statutory Declarations under Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907. | No. of Certificates of Insusceptibility or of having had Smallpox. | No. of Cases. | No. of Entries in Lists sent to Public Vaccinator. | |||
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Health of Child. | Condition of House. | Prevalence of Infectious Disease. | Parents Removed out of District. | Otherwise not found. |
Area. | No. of cases. | Attack-rate per 1,000 living. |
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Cases removed to Hospital. | Cases nursed at Home. | ||||
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Less than 1 person per room. | 1 to 2 persons per room. | More than 2 persons per room. | Less than 1 person per room. | 1 to 2 persons per room. | More than 2 persons per room. |
Cases removed to Hospital. | Cases nursed at Home. | ||||
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Less than 1 person per room. | 1 to 2 persons per room. | More than 2 persons per room. | Less than 1 person per room. | 1 to 2 persons per room. | More than 2 persons per room. |
Year. | Schick Tested. | Commenced treatment without Schick Test. | Naturally Immune. | Immunised. | Discontinued treatment and struck off Register. | No. under treatment at end of year. | ||||
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Pre-Sehool Age. | School Age. | Adults. | Pre-School Age. | School Age. | Adults |
Cases. | Vision Unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
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Notified. | Treated | |||||
At Home. | In Hospital. |
Month. | No. of Cases which came to notice. |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-west. | South-east. |
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Years. | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 |
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1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-35 | 35-45 | 45-55 | 55-65 | 65-75 | 75-85 | 85 and upwards. | Total. |
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Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. |
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New Cases. | Deaths. | |||||||
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Age Periods | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Age Periods. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
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M. | F. | M. | F. |
Source of Information. | No. of Cases. | ||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
Area. | No. of Cases. | Attack rate per 1,000 persons living. |
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Forms A and B. | Form C. | |||
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Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. |
Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-west. | South-east. |
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Year. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | Death-rate. |
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Three-year periods. | Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease. | Percentage decrease on the period 1916-1918. |
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
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Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. |
Dispensary. | Males. | Females. | Totals. |
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Source. | Dispensary at | |||
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Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital | |||
Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. | Total No. | No. found to be tuberculous. |
Diagnosis. | Dispensary at | Totals. | |||||||
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Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital | ||||||||
Adults. | Children under 15. | Adults. | Children under 15. | ||||||
M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Diagnosis. | Dispensary at | Totals. | |
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Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital. |
Result of Examination | Dispensary at | Totals. | |
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Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital. |
Dispensary at | Totals. | ||
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Metropolitan Hospital. | City of London Hospital. |
1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | Total. |
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1928 | 1929 | 1930 | ||||
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Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. | Pul. | Non-Pul. |
New Cases. | Contacts. | Sailors and Soldiers. | Other Persons. | Total. | Insured. | Non-insured. |
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Year. | No. of Patients. | No. of Contacts. |
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Hospital. | No. of Patients Treated. | No. of "Refills" at 10s. 6d. | Gross Cost to Council. | ||
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£ | s. | d. |
Hospital. | "Finsen" Light. | Artificial Sunlight. | ||||||||
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No. of Patients Treated. | No. of exposures. | Cost to Council. | No. of Patients Treated. | No. of exposures . | Cost to Council. | |||||
£ | s. | d | £ | s. | d |
Year. | Cases. | Visits. |
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Abated. | |||||
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Year. | Number of instances recorded in Public Health Department. | Number of Applications from persons living in Overcrowded Houses for assistance in securing L.C.C. Houses. | Families accommodated in L.C.C. dwellings. | Families accommodated in H.B.C. dwellings. | Families known to have removed elsewhere . |
Year. | On grounds of Overcrowding only. | For other Health reasons, Separation of Sexes, and lack of Sanitary Convenience, etc. | Total Cases recommended. | Accommodation provided by L.C.C. | Refused by L.C.C. | Refused by Applicant. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Golds worthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown, Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Goldsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown, Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Goldsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown, Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Goldsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown, Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Goldsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown. Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Goldsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 1 >istrict . | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown. Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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INSPECTIONS. | Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. Goldsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown. Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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Mr. Fowler, No. 1 District. | Mr. Bew, No. 2 District. | Mr. Vobe, No. 3 District. | Mr. Sadler, No. 4 District. | Mr. Body, No. 5 District. | Mr. High, No. 6 District. | Mr. Sheppard, No. 7 District. | Mr. Long, No. 8 District. | Mr. GoIdsworthy, No. 9 District. | Mr. Galvin, No. 10 District. | Mr. Hillier, No. 11 District. | Mr. Crook, No. 12 District. | Mr. Truslove, No. 13 District. | *Mr. Hall, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Smith, No. 14 District. | *Mr. Alexander, No. 14 District. | Mr. Brown, Special. | Temporary Inspectors. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Mr. Peverett, Special. | †Miss Teebay, Special. | †Mr. Nighy, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | TOTALS. |
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Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1— | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75- |
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Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages. | 0— | 1 — | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75— |
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