+----------++------+------+------+------+ | || |Attack| Total|Attack| | || | Rate |Cases,| Rate | | || Total| per | M. & | per | | ||Cases.|1,000.| F. |1,000.| +----------++------+------+------+------+ |1899 M.|| 128 | 29} | 249 | 37 | | F.|| 121 | 53} | | | |1900 M.|| 95 | 22 }| 200 | 30 | | F.|| 105 | 46 }| | | |1901 M.|| 57 | 13} | 106 | 16 | | F.|| 49 | 21} | | | |1902[A] M.|| 40 | 9 }| 87 | 13 | | F.|| 47 | 20 }| | | |1903 M.|| 43 | 10} | 97 | 14 | | F.|| 54 | 23} | | | |1904[B] M.|| 39 | 9 }| 106 | 16 | | F.|| 67 | 29 }| | | |1905 M.|| 36 | 8} | 84 | 13 | | F.|| 48 | 21} | | | |1906 M.|| 47 | 10 }| 107 | 16 | | F.|| 60 | 25 }| | | |1907 M.|| 52 | 12} | 103 | 15 | | F.|| 51 | 22} | | | |1908 M.|| 56 | 12 }| 117 | 17 | | F.|| 61 | 26 }| | | |1909 M.|| 28 | 6} | 58 | 8 | | F.|| 30 | 13} | | | +----------++------+------+------+------+ [A] Lord James’s Code--Rule 3 onwards--came into force. [B] Medical examination of men began. The processes in so far as lead enters can best be divided into--(1) Glaze; (2) decorative. 1. _Glaze Processes._--The charge of glaze is made by weighing out and mixing carbonate of lead with the necessary silicates and silico-borates in the lead house or mixing-room, where wet grinding prepares the mixture for the dipping-tub. “Putters-up” hand the ware to the dipper, from whom “takers-off” place it on boards for removal to the drying still, or place it (in large works) directly on to the shelf of an appliance known as a “mangle,” in which an endless chain carries the ware through a heated chamber. Subsequently superfluous glaze has to be removed from the base, rims, and not infrequently also other parts of the articles. This ware cleaning is performed with a wet sponge or flannel, either while the ware is still moist or by scraping, the particles removed dropping into a vessel of water; or, if the glaze is dry, over a grating provided with exhaust draught. The ware is next removed by the glost-placer on boards, and each piece is separately placed by him in the sagger (fireclay receptacle) and carried into an oven to be fired. 2. _Decorative Processes._--Majolica painting is the application of a coloured glaze rich in lead by means of a brush. Ground-laying consists in dusting powdered enamel colour on to a pattern first printed on glazed ware with an oily medium. Colour dusting differs from the same only in detail.