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Tottenham 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham District]

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Notes.
(а) In this Table all deaths of "Residents" occurring
in public institutions, whether within or without the district, are
included with the other deaths in the columns for the several age
groups (columns 2-8). They are also in columns 9-13, included
among the deaths in their respective "Localities" according to
the previous addresses of the deceased as given by the Registrars.
Deaths of "Non-Residents" occurring in public institutions in
the district are in like manner excluded from columns 2-8 and
9-13 of this Table.
(б) All deaths occurring in public institutions situated
within the district, whether of "Residents" or of "Non-Residents,"
are, in addition to being dealt with as in note (a), entered
in the last column of this Table. The total number in this
column equals the figures for the year in column 9, Table I.
(c) Under the heading of "Diarrhœa" are included
deaths certified as from diarrhoea, alone or in combination with
some other cause of ill-defined nature; and also deaths certified
as from
Epidemic enteritis;
Zymotic entiritis;
Epidemic diarrhoea. Summer diarrhœa;
Dysentery and dysenteric diarrhœa ;
Choleraic diarrhoea, cholera nostras
(in the absence of Asiatic cholera).
Deaths from diarrhoea secondary to some other welldefined
disease are included under the latter.

Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.

Number of Factories and Workshops73
,, Laundries ..38
,, Bakehouses63
174

A Register of Factories and Workplaces, Laundries, and
Bakehouses in the district is kept as required by the provisions
of Sec. 131 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901. Such
premises have been regularly visited, and any sanitary defect or
nuisance found on inspection has been promptly remedied.
The printed regulations of the Council referring to this
Act, have been served upon the occupiers of all workplaces in
the district.
Outworkers—
The number of outworkers reported during the year was
171, and Sec. 107 of the above-mentioned Act has been properly