[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Birth-Rate, Death-Rate, and Analysis of Mortality in igio.

-	Annual Rate per 1,000 Living.											Deaths under one year to 1,000 Births.
	Births	Death-rate.		Principal Epidemic Diseases Cols. 4-10.	Small-Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhoea.
	Births	Crude.	Corrected.	Principal Epidemic Diseases Cols. 4-10.	Small-Pox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Whooping Cough.	Fever.	Diarrhoea.
Cols.	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.

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As compared with previous years :—

	Shops.	Houses.	Tenements.	Total.

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TABLE I.

Wards.	Possible No. ot Houses fit for Occupation, 1909.	New Houses certified as fit for occupation in 1910.	Empty, Tune, 1910 (Overseers' Lists).	Possible Occupied Midyear, 1910.	Occupied Education Returns, January, 1910.	Proportion empty in 1910.	Proportion empty at Census, 1901.	Average number per House Census.	Assigned Population, 1910.

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EDUCATION AUTHORITY'S FIGURES.

Houses fit for Occupation.	Houses Empty.	Houses Occupied.	Houses in Course of Construction.	Population (at 5 9 per house)

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The age constitution of our population at the 1901 Census, as compared with England and Wales, and the average death-rates at the different age periods may be seen from the following table :— TABLE II.

	All Ages.	Under 5 years.	Over 5 and under 10.	Over 10 and under 15.	Over 15 and under 20.	Over 20 and under 25.	Over 25 and under 35.	Over 35 and under 45.	Over 45 and under 55.	Over 65 and under 65.	Over 65 and under 75.	75 years and upwards.

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The following Summary of the Sanitary and other data of importance are given for easy reference:— WHOLE DISTRICT.

	Population.	Rateable Value.	General District Rate,	Total Poor Rate,	Education Rate,
		£.	per £.	per £.	per£.

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The population was estimated to be 4,780 in 1851, 6,880 in 1861, and enumerated as 10,692 in 1871.

		Average for previous 10 years.

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

Summary.	Capacity.		On Books.	Present.	Aver-age.	Per-c'nt'ge.	Refused.
Schools.	Original.	Present.	On Books.	Present.	Aver-age.	Per-c'nt'ge.	Ov'r 5.	U'd'r 5.	Total

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TABLE III. WARDS.— Acreage, Estimated Population, Density, Birth and Death Rates, etc.

Wards.	Acreage.	Acreage (excluding Farm & Reservoirs).	Number of Houses, 1901.	Estimated number of Houses occupied. Mid-year 1910.	Estimated Population, 1910.	Density (excluding Sewage Farm & Reservoirs).	Birth Rate, 1910.	Death Rate, 1910.	Height in feet above Sea Level.

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TABLE IV. The following table shows the births distributed over the various Wards for the four quarters of the year :—

	St. Tames Street.		High Street.		Hoe Street.		Wood Street.		Northern.		Workhouse and others.		Totals.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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The birth-rates for the various Wards from Census year onwards are as follows :—

	St. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.

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The birth, death, and infantile mortality rates of the following districts of the outer zone of London, compared with your own, will be of interest.

	Population.	Birth-Rate.	Death-rate.	Infantile Mortality rate or Proportion of Deaths of Children under one year to 1,000 Births

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The deaths and death-rates for 1910 and the death-rates for previous years are as follows:—

	St.	James St.	High St.	Hoe St.	Wood St.	Northern.

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The following table shows the mortality in the four quarters of the year for the various Wards:—

	1st Qtr.	2nd Qtr.	3rd Qtr.	4th Qtr.	Total.

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The following figures give the total deaths and the deaths of children under 5 years of age from Zymotic or preventable diseases in the five Wards:—

St.	James St.	High St.	Hoe St.	Wood St.	Northern.

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Over One Year:

	1-5 Years.	5-15 Years.	15-25 Years.	25-65 Years.	65 and upwards	Total.

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TABLE V.

Year.	Births.	Deaths.	B. Rate.	D. Rate.	Zymotic D. R.	Infantile Mortality Rate.	Natural Increase of Population

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The following table shows the Infantile Mortality and other associated data for the various Wards.

	Whole District.	St. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern

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TABLE VI.

Causes of Deaths.		Under 1 Week	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	10-11 Months	11-12 Months	Total Deaths under One Year.

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In the formation of Table V. (L.G.B.), the deaths attributable to each Ward are indistinguishable. Dealing with the principal causes only, the following are the figures:—

		Deaths from
Ward.	No. of Births.	Prematurity and Developmental.	Disease of Lungs.	Whooping Cough and Measles.	Diarrhœa

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The following; shows in tabular form the number and causes of deaths in children under five years in 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905 and 1904:—

Diseases	1910	1909	1908	1907	1906	1905	1904

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Schedule B. Table of Deaths during the year 1910, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.

No.	Causes of Deaths.	All Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 & upwards	St. James St.	High Street	Hoe Street	Wood Street	Northern	Total Dealhs in Public Institutions (Workhouse and Infirmary included).

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TABLE VII. Table showing deaths for the four quarters of the year, and the total deaths for the entire district and for the Wards.

No.	CAUSE OF DEATH.	AT ALL AGES.					UNDER 1 YEAR.					1 TO 5 YEARS.					5 TO 15 YEARS.					15 TO 25 YEARS.					25 TO 65 YEARS.					65 AND UPWARDS.
No.	CAUSE OF DEATH.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.	1st Qr.	2nd Qr.	3rd Qr.	4th Qr.	Total.

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TABLE IX.

	Small-Pox.	Scarlatina.	Diphtheria.	Croup.	Typhoid.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Diarrhoea.	Zymotic Enteritis.	Total.

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TABLE X.

Names of Diseases.	Whole District.			Wards, 1910.
Names of Diseases.	Deaths, 1910.	Deaths, 1909.	Increase + Decrease -	St. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.

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TABLE XI.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.

1910. Notifications.		Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apl.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Total.	Deaths.

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TABLE XII.— Distribution of Infectious Diseases according to Wards.

WARDS.	Estimated Population.	Small-Pox	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Croup.	Erysipelas.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal.	Totals.	Increase+or Decrease -on last year.

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TABLE XIII.— Estimated Population, Number of Infectious Diseases notified, with "Infectious Sickness Rate" and the Mean for the Years under consideration.

Years.	Population.	Scarlet Fever.	Small Pox.	Diphtheria.	Croup.	Typhus Fever.	Typhoid Fever.	Continued Fever.	Erysipelas.	Puerperal Fever.	Totals.	Infectious Sickness Rate.

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TABLE XIV.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910. Name of District—Walthamstow.

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The following tabular statement gives the necessary facts.

	St. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.

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The following figures taken from the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns are of interest to show our position in reference to Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, as compared with our immediate neighbours:—

	Population.	No. Notified.		Deaths.
	Population.	S.F.	Diph.	S.F.	Diph.

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The following table will be of interest as showing the drainage and other defects in houses in which cases of infectious diseases occurred, and will help to show their relationship:—

Total No. Notified.	Disease.	No. of Houses Invaded.	No. showing defects as to:—		Dirty Condition of the House.	Percentage showing defects in:—		Dirty Condition of Prem's.
Total No. Notified.	Disease.	No. of Houses Invaded.	Drains.	Traps, Fittings. etc.	Dirty Condition of the House.	Drains.	Sanitary Fittings. etc.	Dirty Condition of Prem's.

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TABLE XV.

Years.	Population.	Number of Diphtheria cases.	Rate per 1,000.	Membranous Croup cases.	Diphtheria and Croup Death-rate per 1,000 population.

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SANATORIUM REPORT, 1910. ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, DEATHS.

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Diphth'a & W'ping Cgh.	Total.

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AGES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED.

	Scarlet Fever.
	Under 5 years.		From 5 to 10 years.		From 10 to 15 years.		15 years and upwards.		Total of		Total.
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE XVI. Sickness Return, from January, 1910, to December, 1910.

Month Ending	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Total.

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1.— INSPECTION Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Prosecutions.

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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.		Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
Particulars.		Found.	Remedied.	Referred to H.M. Inspector.	Number of Prosecutions.

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3.—HOME WORK.

Outworkers Lists, Section 107.											Outwork in Unwholesome Premises Section 108			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
Lists received from Employers.						Addresses of Outworkers.§		Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.		Outwork in Unwholesome Premises Section 108			Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
Sending twice in the Year.			Sending once in the Year.			Received from other Councils.	Forwarded to other Councils.		Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.	Failing to send lists.	Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (s. 110).	Prosecutions (ss. 109, 110.
Lists.†	Out-workers,†		Lists.	Out-workers.
Lists.†	Contractors.	Workmen.	Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.

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4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1910.		Number.

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Local G overnment B oard F orm.] TABLE I.—For Whole District.

Year. 1	Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2	Births.		Deaths under One Year of Age.		Deaths at all Ages. Total.		Deaths in Public Institutions W'stow General Hospital 9	Deaths of Non. Residents registerec in District. 10	Deaths of Residents registerec beyond District. 11	Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
Year. 1	Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2	Number. 3	Rate.* 4	Number. 5	Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6	Number 7	Rate.* 8	Deaths in Public Institutions W'stow General Hospital 9	Deaths of Non. Residents registerec in District. 10	Deaths of Residents registerec beyond District. 11	Number 12	Rate.* 13

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Continued from previous page...

I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.	II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.	III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District

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L ocal G overnment B oard F orm.] TABLE II. Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1910 and previous years.

Year.	Names of Localities.
	St. James Street Ward.				High Street Ward.				Hoe Street Ward.				Wood Street Ward.				Northern Ward.				Whole District.
	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.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.	Population estimated to middle of each year by Registrar General.	Births registered.	Deaths at all Ages.	Deaths under 1 year.

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Local Government Board Form.] TABLE IV. S chedule B. Table of D eaths during the year 1910, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.

No.	Causes of Deaths.	All Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 & upwards	St. James St.	High Street	Hoe Street	Wood Street	Northern	Total Deaths in Public Institutions (Workhouse and Infirmary included).

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L ocal G overnment B oard F orm.] TABLE V.

Causes of Deaths.		Under 1 Week	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 1 Month.	1-2 Months.	2-3 Months.	3-4 Months.	4-5 Months.	5-6 Months.	6-7 Months.	7-8 Months.	8-9 Months.	9-10 Months.	\| 10-11 Months	11-12 Months	Total Deaths under One Year.

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Local Government Board Form.] TABLE III.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910. Name of District—Walthamstow.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases Notified in Whole District.							Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.					No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality.					Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages.	At Ages—Years.						St. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.	SI. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.
	At all Ages.	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65	65 and upwards	St. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.	SI. James Street.	High Street.	Hoe Street.	Wood Street.	Northern.

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Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.— I have submitted to Dr. Bernard Dyer, 189 samples of food for analysis under these Acts, of which 18 were certified to be adulterated, impoverished, or otherwise not in accordance with the law

Description of Article.	Number submitted.	Adulterated, etc.

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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. Table showing how the samples found to be sold not in accordance with the law were dealt with :

No. of Sample	Description of Article.	Offence.	Fine Inflicted.			Analyst's Fee.			Costs.			Remarks.
			£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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GENERAL INFORMATION. SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION.

	Boys.	Girls.	Infants.	Mixed.

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The Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education gave on page 37 of his 1908 Annual Report, the cost of Medical Inspection as follows:—

	Cost of Salaries per child in average attendance.	Cost as decimal of Id. rate.

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(iii.) The number of Children inspected. — The following table shows the number of children inspected, classified according to age and sex, and for each a complete schedule was filled up.

Age.	Males.	Females.	Total.

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AVERAGE HEIGHTS, 1910.

Age.	Boys.						Girls.
	Total No. Measured, W'stow.	Centimetres.	Inches.	British Association, 1883.			Total No. Measured, W'stow.	Centimetres.	Inches.	British Association, 1883.
	Total No. Measured, W'stow.	Centimetres.	Inches.	General Population. Inches.	Class IV. Artizans. Inches.	No. Measured.	Total No. Measured, W'stow.	Centimetres.	Inches.	General Population. Inches.	Class IV. Artizans. Inches.	No. Measured.

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AVERAGE WEIGHTS, 1910.

Age.	Boys.						Girls.
	Total No. Weighed, W'stow.	Kilos.	Lbs.	British Association, 1883.			Total No. Weighed, W'stow.	Kilos.	Lbs.	British Association, 1883.
	Total No. Weighed, W'stow.	Kilos.	Lbs.	General Population. Lbs.	Class IV. Artizans. Lbs.	No. Weighed.	Total No. Weighed, W'stow.	Kilos.	Lbs.	General Population. Lbs.	Class IV. Artizans. Lbs.	No. Weighed.

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Table of Defects found on Medical Inspection.

AGE.	Number Examined.	Parent Present.	Clothing.			Footgear.			Head.						Body.					External Eye Disease.	Vision.						Nutrition.				Teeth.				Tonsils.			Adenoids.			Ear Diseases.				Glands.		Rickets.	Speech.	Heart Affection.	Lung Affection.	Tuberculosis.	Mental Condition.			Nervous System.	Spinal Deformities.	Infectious or Contagious Diseases.	Other Diseases.	Average Number in Family.
			Clothing.			Footgear.			Cleanliness.			Other Particulars.			Cleanliness.			Other Perticlrs.			Vision.						Nutrition.				Cleanliness.			Decay.	Tonsils.			Adenoids.			Ear Diseases.				Glands.							Mental Condition.
			Good.	Fair.	Bad.	Good.	Fair.	Bad.	Clean.	Somewhat Dirty.	Very Dirty.	Scurf.	Nits.	Lice.	Clean.	Somewhat Dirty.	Very Dirty.	Fleabites.	Lice.		Both Eyes Good.	One Eye Good. „ ,, Slightly Defective.	Both Eyes Slightly Defective.	One Eye Good. „ „ Very Detective.	One Eye Slightly „ ,, Very Defective.	Both Eyes Very Defective.	Good.	Normal.	Below Normal.	Bad.	Clean.	Somewhat Dirty.	Foul.	Average Number of Decayed Teeth per Child.	Slightly Enlarged.	Considerably Enlarged.	Urgently Requiring Removal.	Probable.	Mouth Breathing.	Requires Operation.	Cerumen in Excess.	Otorrhoea.	Perforation.	Defective Hearing.	Slightly Enlarged.	Considerably Enlarged.						Bright.	Average.	Dull.

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Table of Defects—Three age groups in two selected Schools.

Description of School.	SCHOOLS.	Age.	Number Examined.	Parent Present.	Clothing.			Footgear.			Head.						Body.					Vision.						Defective Hearing.	Nutrition.				Average Height.	Average Weight.	Teeth.				Tonsils.			Adenoids.			External Eye Disease.	Ear Diseases.			Glands.		Rickets.	Speech.	Heart Affection.	Lung Affection.	Tuberculosis.	Mental Condition.			Nervous System.	Spinal Deformities.	Infectious or Contagious Diseases.	Other Diseases.	Average Number in Family.
					Clothing.			Footgear.			Cleanliness.			Other Particulars.			Cleanliness.			Oth'r P'rticlrs.		Vision.							Nutrition.						Cleanliness.			Decay.	Tonsils.			Adenoids.				Ear Diseases.			Glands.							Mental Condition.
					Good.	Fair.	Bad.	Good.	Fair.	Bad.	Clean.	Somewhat Dirty.	Very Dirty.	Scurf.	Nits.	Lice.	Clean.	Somewhat Dirty.	Very Dirty.	Fleabites.	Lice.	Both Eyes Good.	One Eye Good. „ „ Slightly Defective.	Both Eyes Slightly Defective.	One Eye Good. „ Very Delective.	One Eye Slightly „ „ Very Defective.	Both Eyes Very Defectixs.		Good.	Normal.	Below Normal.	Bad.			Clea n.	Somewhat Dirty.	Foul.	Average Number of Decayed Teeth per Child.	Slightly Enlarged.	Considerably Enlarged.	Urgently Requiring Removal.	Probable.	Mouth Breathing.	Requires Operation.		Cerumen in Excess.	Otorrhoea.	Perforation.	Slightly Enlarged.	Considerably Enlarged.						Bright.	Average.	Dull.

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STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF DEFECTS REVEALED BY INSPECTION.

Defect or Disease.	No. of Children.	Percentage.

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The following tabular statement shows the vision of those inspected:—

Boys.				Girls.
Good.	Moderate.	Bad.	Ages.	Good.	Moderate.	Bad.

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About 85.5 per cent, of the children examined have "good" vision, 6-5 per cent. "moderate," and 8 per cent. "bad," and the influence of School work upon vision is shown in the percentages for the different ages as follows:—

	Boys.	Girls.

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RETURN showing the number of Cases of WHOOPING COUGH and MEASLES of Children attending the PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 1910.

	SCHOOL.	DEPARTMENT.	JAN.		FEB.		MAR.		APRIL		MAY.		JUNE.		JULY.		AUG.		SEPT.		OCT.		NOV.		DEC.		TOTALS.
	SCHOOL.	DEPARTMENT.	M.	w.c.	M.	w. c.	M.	w.c.	M.	w.c.	M.	w. c.	M.	w.c.	M.	w.c.	M.	w. c.	M.	w. c.	M.	w.c.	M.	w. c.	M.	w.c.	M.	w.c.

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RETURN showing the number of Cases of SCARLET FEVER and DIPHTHERIA notified each month of Children attending the PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 1910.

	SCHOOL.	DEPARTMENT.	JAN.		FEB.		MAR.		APRIL		MAY.		JUNE.		JULY.		AUG.		SEPT		OCT.		NOV.		DEC.		TOTALS.
	SCHOOL.	DEPARTMENT.	s f.	D.	s.f.	D.	s.F.	D.	s.F.	D.	s.f.	D.	s.f.	D.	s.F.	D.	s.f.	D.	s.F.	D.	s.f.	D.	s.f.	D.	s.f.	D.	s. f.	D.

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Summarised, the percentage of the commoner defects remedied was as follows:—

Schools.	Cleanliness of Head & Body.	Nose and Throat.	Teeth.	Tonsils and Adenoids.	External Eye Disease.	Vision.	Discharging Ears.	Various.

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MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Summary of Teacher's Returns of Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. BOYS' SCHOOLS.

NATURE OF DEFECT.
Cleanliness.		Nose and Throat.		Teeth.		Tonsils and Adenoids.		External Eye Disease.		Vision.		Discharging Ears.		Various.
Head & Body.		Nose and Throat.		Teeth.		Tonsils and Adenoids.		External Eye Disease.		Vision.		Discharging Ears.		Various.
No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd	No.	No. Remd.

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MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Summary of Teacher's Returns oj Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

NATURE OF DEFECT.
Cleanliness.		Nose and Throat.		Teeth.		Tonsils and Adenoids.		External Eye Disease.		Vision.		Discharging Ears.		Various.
Head &Body.		Nose and Throat.		Teeth.		Tonsils and Adenoids.		External Eye Disease.		Vision.		Discharging Ears.		Various.
No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Kemd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Kemd.

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MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Summary of Teacher's Returns of Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. INFANTS' SCHOOLS.

NATURE OF DEFECT.
Cleanliness.		Nose and Throat.		Teeth.		Tonsils and Adenoids.		External Eye Disease.		Vision.		Discharging Ears.		Various.
Head & Body.		Nose and Throat.		Teeth.		Tonsils and Adenoids.		External Eye Disease.		Vision.		Discharging Ears.		Various.
No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Kemd.	No.	No. Remd.	No.	No. Remd	No.	No. Remd.

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Schools visited and numbers of children inspected by the Medical Officer of Health at the request of the Head Teachers for the reasons alleged.

Name of School.	Dirty Heads & Bodies.	Defective Vision.	Heart Weakness.	Otorrhœa.	Defective Hearing.	Enlarged Tonsils & Adenoids.	Tuberculosis.	General Weakness.	Chorea.	Various.	Totals.

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Visits made in connection with Medical Inspection of School Children by the School Nurse.

Result.	Defective Vision.	Strabismus.	Blepharitis.	Nose and Throat.	Otorrhœa.	Other Reasons.	Totals.

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Children seen by the Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall during 1910.

Defects.	Number.		Totals.
	Allowed to go to School.	Excluded.

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Visits made by the Women Inspectors and Others in connection with Medical Inspection, and Children seen by the Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall during 1910.

	Miss Davis.	Miss Lamb.	Others.

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BOY LABOUR, 1910.

SCHOOL.	12 years and upwards. Number examined.	Number engaged out of School hours.	Percentage engaged outside School hours of those examined.	Boys engaged out of School hours whose parents are skilled workmen.			Boys engaged out of School hours whose parents are unskilled workmen.			Boys with Father dead.			Number of boys engaged 20 hours and over during School days.	Number of boys engaged 10 hours and over on Saturday.	Number of boys engaged on Sunday.
SCHOOL.	12 years and upwards. Number examined.	Number engaged out of School hours.	Percentage engaged outside School hours of those examined.	Number.	Average number in family.	Boys with defects.	Number.	Average number in family.	Boys with defects.	Number.	Average number in family.	Boys with defects.		Number of boys engaged 10 hours and over on Saturday.	Number of boys engaged on Sunday.

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Walthamstow 1910

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Birth-Rate, Death-Rate, and Analysis of Mortality in igio.

As compared with previous years :—

TABLE I.

EDUCATION AUTHORITY'S FIGURES.

The age constitution of our population at the 1901 Census, as compared with England and Wales, and the average death-rates at the different age periods may be seen from the following table :— TABLE II.

The following Summary of the Sanitary and other data of importance are given for easy reference:— WHOLE DISTRICT.

The population was estimated to be 4,780 in 1851, 6,880 in 1861, and enumerated as 10,692 in 1871.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

TABLE III. WARDS.— Acreage, Estimated Population, Density, Birth and Death Rates, etc.

TABLE IV. The following table shows the births distributed over the various Wards for the four quarters of the year :—

The birth-rates for the various Wards from Census year onwards are as follows :—

The birth, death, and infantile mortality rates of the following districts of the outer zone of London, compared with your own, will be of interest.

The deaths and death-rates for 1910 and the death-rates for previous years are as follows:—

The following table shows the mortality in the four quarters of the year for the various Wards:—

The following figures give the total deaths and the deaths of children under 5 years of age from Zymotic or preventable diseases in the five Wards:—

Over One Year:

TABLE V.

The following table shows the Infantile Mortality and other associated data for the various Wards.

TABLE VI.

In the formation of Table V. (L.G.B.), the deaths attributable to each Ward are indistinguishable. Dealing with the principal causes only, the following are the figures:—

The following; shows in tabular form the number and causes of deaths in children under five years in 1910, 1909, 1908, 1907, 1906, 1905 and 1904:—

Schedule B. Table of Deaths during the year 1910, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.

TABLE VII. Table showing deaths for the four quarters of the year, and the total deaths for the entire district and for the Wards.

TABLE IX.

TABLE X.

TABLE XI.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910.

TABLE XII.— Distribution of Infectious Diseases according to Wards.

TABLE XIII.— Estimated Population, Number of Infectious Diseases notified, with "Infectious Sickness Rate" and the Mean for the Years under consideration.

TABLE XIV.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910. Name of District—Walthamstow.

The following tabular statement gives the necessary facts.

The following figures taken from the Registrar-General's Quarterly Returns are of interest to show our position in reference to Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, as compared with our immediate neighbours:—

The following table will be of interest as showing the drainage and other defects in houses in which cases of infectious diseases occurred, and will help to show their relationship:—

TABLE XV.

SANATORIUM REPORT, 1910. ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, DEATHS.

AGES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED.

TABLE XVI. Sickness Return, from January, 1910, to December, 1910.

1.— INSPECTION Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

3.—HOME WORK.

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Local G overnment B oard F orm.] TABLE I.—For Whole District.

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L ocal G overnment B oard F orm.] TABLE II. Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1910 and previous years.

Local Government Board Form.] TABLE IV. S chedule B. Table of D eaths during the year 1910, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.

L ocal G overnment B oard F orm.] TABLE V.

Local Government Board Form.] TABLE III.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1910. Name of District—Walthamstow.

Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.— I have submitted to Dr. Bernard Dyer, 189 samples of food for analysis under these Acts, of which 18 were certified to be adulterated, impoverished, or otherwise not in accordance with the law

SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. Table showing how the samples found to be sold not in accordance with the law were dealt with :

GENERAL INFORMATION. SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION.

The Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education gave on page 37 of his 1908 Annual Report, the cost of Medical Inspection as follows:—

(iii.) The number of Children inspected. — The following table shows the number of children inspected, classified according to age and sex, and for each a complete schedule was filled up.

AVERAGE HEIGHTS, 1910.

AVERAGE WEIGHTS, 1910.

Table of Defects found on Medical Inspection.

Table of Defects—Three age groups in two selected Schools.

STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF DEFECTS REVEALED BY INSPECTION.

The following tabular statement shows the vision of those inspected:—

About 85.5 per cent, of the children examined have "good" vision, 6-5 per cent. "moderate," and 8 per cent. "bad," and the influence of School work upon vision is shown in the percentages for the different ages as follows:—

RETURN showing the number of Cases of WHOOPING COUGH and MEASLES of Children attending the PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 1910.

RETURN showing the number of Cases of SCARLET FEVER and DIPHTHERIA notified each month of Children attending the PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 1910.

Summarised, the percentage of the commoner defects remedied was as follows:—

MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Summary of Teacher's Returns of Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. BOYS' SCHOOLS.

MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Summary of Teacher's Returns oj Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. GIRLS' SCHOOLS.

MEDICAL INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN. Summary of Teacher's Returns of Forms Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. INFANTS' SCHOOLS.

Schools visited and numbers of children inspected by the Medical Officer of Health at the request of the Head Teachers for the reasons alleged.

Visits made in connection with Medical Inspection of School Children by the School Nurse.

Children seen by the Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall during 1910.

Visits made by the Women Inspectors and Others in connection with Medical Inspection, and Children seen by the Medical Officer of Health at the Town Hall during 1910.

BOY LABOUR, 1910.