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0fe4e7c0-3344-4448-b130-bf82a276ae17 | 2 15 6 24 2 Scarlet Fever 2 1 3 4 β 10 3 3 1 β Diphtheria 2 8 7 2 4 2 5 5 8 28 Whooping Cough 9 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 β Typhoid Fever β 1 1 β 3 4 2 2 2 2 Diarrhoea and) Dysentery 10 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 Puerperal Fever β β β β 1 6 4 2 β β Total number of deaths from 7 Zymotic Diseases 24 60 43 45 91 89 63 67 93 130... |
ef2ccff2-ea80-44a7-998f-b0e51ba39ca5 | 486 393 478 464 503 D'th rate from 7 Zymotic diseases per thousand 1.09 2.8 1.9 1.8 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.4 3.1 4.1 D'th rate from other causes per thousand 12.9 16.1 12.0 15.3 13.4 15.2 12 14.8 12.6 11.8 General death rate per thou- sand 13.99 18.9 13.9 17.1 17 18.6 14.2 17.2 15.7 15.9 In London the Zymotic Death rate was 2.5... |
45e539e9-c986-43cc-8e75-1d72cfea611a | The following table gives the number reported each year since the Act came into force. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. Small Pox β β 13 7 2 β β β Scarlet Fever 108 63 74 192 86 67 193 93 Diphtheria. 14 8 27 41 22 32 23 89 Membranous Croup 4 β 13 1 β β β 4 Typhoid Fever 13 13 15 19 15 28 14 10 Continued ... |
76884b77-6d20-4af0-81e3-25d21b1a3a31 | No cases have been notified since 1894, and no deaths have occurred in the district during the last thirteen years. It is very probable that great changes will shortly be inaugurated by the Local Government Board with reference to the system of Vaccination. We shall have the use of humanised lymph prohibited, and vacci... |
3be0d2ca-42ea-4e62-8bb6-a6e851b22f78 | It has been proved by competent bacteriologists that, by the admixture to Calf Lymph of 50 per cent, solution of pure Glycerine in sterile water, and storage of the lymph material in tubes, under proper precautions for a term of several weeks, the preparation remains quite active as vaccine, yet all disease producing m... |
13e7f916-9875-4a2e-8640-7d1c80f6805f | The long continued inhalation of diluted sewer air tends to produce a general loss of health, especially in children; shown in various ways, and one of these symptoms may be sore throat; or there may be only a condition of depressed vitality, which offers slight resistance to attacks of acute disease. Occasionally a se... |
40d531be-1974-43fe-b311-75106aba7f22 | Dampness and moisture in the air of a house is also a strong predisposing factor in the production of Diphtheria outbreaks. MEASLES. In the early spring I caused the following Leaflet to be circulated amongst the poorer class, and it has produced a very beneficial result, as although we had a distinct epidemic in the A... |
10396602-e472-40bc-9a65-f10e4297bfc7 | At this stage, before the rash appears, the disease is extremely Catching. 12 Look upon all colds with suspicion just now, and keep any child with the above symptoms in a warm room to himself. Send at Once for Medical Assistance. It is dangerous for parents to trust to household remedies. On the fourth day a rash appea... |
b7e2e37c-0b32-45b0-be00-0d7e4dc01223 | Any articles which will not bear toiling should be thoroughly washed with Carbolic Soap, and then freely exposed to the out-door air. G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, East Acton, W. Medical Officer of Health. TYPHOID FEVER. Ten cases were recorded, and two deaths occurred. It will be noticed that we have had only eight deaths from... |
09c421c6-3067-468f-afe9-9540faa45e54 | 14 REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTOR For the year ending December 31st, 1897. Visits to ensure continued isolation of infectious patients 511 Rooms, &c., disinfected by fumigation (Improved method) 146 Lots of Bedding, Clothing, &c., disinfected by Steam 110 Public school rooms, lavatories, &c., disinfected 2 Private school... |
f679ea41-aee6-4a3c-a0e2-c0f4d381985c | House drains and sanitary fittings tested (dwellings) 130 Re-tested (these do not include the water testing of reconstructed drains) 42 House drains taken up and reconstructed 81 Ditto partially reconstructed or repaired 28 Visits to ascertain whether notices were being complied with, and to inspect sanitary work in pr... |
a6d716f8-5cfa-47c7-a263-773c870a5ca2 | cleansed and repaired (houses) 40 Complaints registered 135 Notices served (supplemented by letters & personal interviews with owners and agents) 317 School Inspections 25 ORDINARY NUISANCES ABATED. Smoke 4 Manure, offal, and other deposits 22 Choked drains 50 Overcrowding 24 Cellar flooding 6 Animals, poultry, &c. 12 ... |
ed249ec6-2c0a-43e5-8f62-c5145f16d917 | of Butter β 70-lbs. β Cheese WILLIAM T. BOVEY, Sanitary Inspector. ' * β |
d45971bc-3ff1-48f0-ac6d-2a36be394f0b | BSX 1/18 A.R. 332 ACT 6 THE Urban District Council of Acton, ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the YEAR, 1898. by G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, Medical Officer of Health, Acton, W. ACTON: Printed by J. Knowles, 5 and 6, Market Place. 1899. THE Ur... |
fd759902-4730-4487-aaa6-17db25df9393 | ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER for the year 1898. To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council. Gentlemen, The year 1898 was remarkable, from a meteorological point, for the persistent absence of rain, the mild conditions which generally prevailed when cold should have been experienced, and the pheno... |
ea155ccd-eadf-4164-85f7-bebe24c8dd21 | The question of educating the public as regards infant feeding and the ordinary rules of hygiene, wilt I trust, ere long be taken up in earnest by the Government and those responsible; for it is truly lamentable that one-fourth of the whole mortality in the British Isles is among children under one year of age. Our sys... |
eaa297de-1636-4548-8a78-bc29b2b65b8e | I am pleased that you purpose erecting a "Destructor Furnace" with as little delay as possible, and that the question of providing means for Isolating Infectious Cases will not be long in abeyance; both these matters are, as you know, of vital importance, especially now that the population is so rapidly increasing. I t... |
b085e49b-5061-4d1f-a93d-7c2cb627cf0a | : to allow six persons for each occupied house; but the correct way to obtain a local census, is to allow six for each occupied house, and one for each unoccupied house, so as to allow for caretakers, &c.; by this means you get a better estimation of the population. In future, I would suggest this latter method. Our an... |
be332ab6-b961-4e9e-8a5a-b266929f44b4 | 610 3,151 1871. 1,568 8,306 1881. 2,844 17,110 1891. 4,084 24,207 BIRTHS. The total number registered was 995 (475 boys, 520 girls). The birth-rate per 1,000 persons living was 30.5 The following table shows the births since 1890:β Year. Number of Births. 1890. 704 1891. 772 1892. 763 1893. 831 1894. 834 1895. 874 1896... |
0a27f5da-2e09-4ef6-aaa9-f537838740be | General Mortality.β There were 507 deaths registered of parishioners who were resident in the Parish, and 10 of parishioners who died in Public Institutions outside the Parish, making a total of 517 deaths. 6 The recorded general death-rate is therefore 15.8 per 1,000, as against 15.9 in 1897. The London death-rate was... |
82312f6b-a7b7-4787-b723-ef8287a1db41 | Thus in this country the mean annual death-rate is as follows:β Males. Females. Under 5 years of age 68.1 58.1 10 to 15 β 3.7 3.7 25 β 35 β 9.3 8.6 35 β 45 β 13.7 11.6 45 β 55 β 20.0 14.6 Over 75 β 169.1 155.8 It will thus be seen that the death-rates of different districts cannot be compared with one another, unless t... |
f49b16d0-871e-4ca6-9aa4-bd353cbe12bb | From 1838 to 1854 the average lifetime was 39.9 years for males and 41.9 for females (Farr); from 1871-80, it was 41.4 years for males and 44.6 for females (Ogle); and from 1881-90, it was 43.7 years for males and 47.2 for females (Tatham). 7 The following table shows the various ages at which death occurred in the dis... |
4a46113b-8366-4f76-9fd2-4ccb6227ba23 | Per Thousand Registered Births. 1887. 28.7 147 1888. 31.1 182 1889. 34.1 175 1890. 28.3 151 1891. 30.8 146 1892. 30.5 185 1893. 31.9 192.5 1894. 30.2 160.6 1895. 31.6 168.1 1896. 30.3 168.9 1897. 30.7 198.3 1898. 30.5 181.9 8 It will thus be apparent that our infant mortality, though high, is an improvement on the prev... |
12016523-adb6-42e9-940c-3154f0127cf8 | These leaflets will be supplied to the Registrar of the district who will give one to each person who registers a birth. In the latter part of the year a warning was issued to parents and guardians as to the dangers attending the use of "Condensed Separated" and "Condensed Skimmed" milks for the feeding of infants and ... |
04abac1a-782a-435e-8c62-1e20abae7968 | Those women who receive childrenβmostly illegitimateβand adopt them, one child at a time, for a sum down, do not come under the Act, providing they receive payment exceeding Β£20. Thus they are not affected by the provisions of the Act if they receive Β£20 and is. This is too small a price for the disposal of an illegiti... |
d3040135-d0f1-4b57-9630-4e94e365a21b | 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. Small Pox - - - - - - - - - - - Measles 1 25 11 9 24 2 15 6 24 2 6 Scarlet Fever 2 1 3 4 β 10 3 3 1 β 3 Diphtheria 2 8 7 2 4 2 5 5 8 28 8 Whooping Cough 9 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 β 10 Typhoid Fever β 1 1 β 3 4 2 2 2 2 β DiarrhΕa and Dysentery 10 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 50 Puerperal Fever - β β β ... |
a6de7473-3def-4ddb-a4cc-0e53fb305563 | Diseases 24 60 43 45 91 89 63 67 93 130 78 Deaths from other causes 282 377 298 368 334 396 330 411 371 373 439 Total Deaths 306 437 341 413 425 486 393 478 464 503 517 Death-rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per thousand 1.9 2.8 1.9 1.8 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.4 3.1 4.1 2.3 Death-rate from other causes per thousand 12.9 16.1 12.... |
4171ebb7-d1e0-4011-95a9-77779a71af18 | 2 15.7 15.9 15.8 In London the Zymotic death-rate was 278 per 1,000. 10 NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. There were 234 notified, as against 221 in 1896. The following table gives the number reported each year since the Act came into force:β 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. |
18ced648-3fa1-4c9a-ab6a-3c84a13ca87c | Small Pox β β 13 7 2 β β β β Scarlet Fever 108 63 74 192 86 67 193 93 167 Diphtheria 14 8 27 41 22 32 23 89 35 Membranous Croup 4 β 13 1 β β β 4 β Typhoid Fever 13 13 15 19 15 28 14 10 9 Continued Fever β - β 1 β β β β β Puerperal Fever 1 β 1 2 1 3 3 β 1 Erysipelas 22 18 37 77 41 31 26 25 22 162 102 180 340 167 161 259... |
57dda64a-7aeb-48dc-8b3f-5acf6d49cc4a | "The Conscience Clause" has practically reduced the Vaccination Act to a dead letter, and many foresee a revival of the terrible scourge of small-pox. The opinions arrived at by the majority of the Royal Commission on vaccination I have summarised in the form of questions and answers:β Q. Has small-pox diminished since... |
2f62e9ad-2e1e-48fd-b77e-23e71e995ae4 | Q. Small-pox in pre-vaccination days claimed 80 per cent, of its victims among children, but since infantile vaccination was inaugurated, has the mortality been very largely transferred to the latter periods of lifeβwhen the protective power of infant vaccination has largely worn out ? A. Yes! Q. Among those attacked, ... |
9c43d2b8-c1ec-4577-a934-e4202c3ff9c1 | They wilfully shut their ears or misuse their understandings, and nothing short of an epidemic of Smallpox will cause them to recognise facts as they really are." SCARLET FEVER. One hundred and sixty seven cases were notified during the year. The seasonal curve of comparative prevalence was at its minimum in March, and... |
f52a9b2c-c3f7-48ae-9110-c2f29bebcc80 | Ignorance of the parents as to the nature of the illness and neglect to call in medical advice. 4. In three or four instances children were found peeling freely and playing in the streets with other children, and in one case a child had been sent to Sunday School peeling freely. On being censured the parents invariably... |
22e100ea-73e3-40ca-8076-f9797ec9a2b0 | In my report of November, 1898, to the Council on these return cases, I mentioned that possibly the micro-organism that caused the disease might remain in the throats of the patients after apparent convalescence. The following is Dr. Klein's report to the Local Government Board, which I have copied from the British Med... |
7dd3f509-110f-4516-95ed-685fd00806c7 | " 13 Some people regard Scarlatina as a disease which does not demand the same strict precautions against spread as Scarlet Fever; and many parishioners have expressed great surprise on being informed that Scarlatina is essentially Scarlet Fever of a mild type. It would be a gain if all medical practitioners referred t... |
40849a67-2d01-4d47-8d82-373057345ec8 | Dear Doctor, I am pleased to inform you that I have made arrangements with the Jenner Institute of Preventive Medicine to keep me supplied with Diphtheria Antitoxin, which will enable me to let you have the same at any hour of the day or night. I also keep by me a special Syringe recommended by the Institute with full ... |
fa4efdb6-ab12-4a50-92b2-7fa2767718cb | MEASLES. Measles becomes epidemic every two years, and 1898 followed the rule, but we had few deaths compared with previous epidemic years, and there can be no doubt of the value of the leaflet which I distribute in the spring and autumn. TYPHOID FEVER. Nine cases were notified, but no deaths occurred. Typhoid is gener... |
d35c037b-ac65-4b0b-8a9e-524cbfc29046 | I have made arrangements to apply Widal's Typhoid Serum Reaction, to assist the diagnosis of any doubtful cases. PHTHISIS. Under the above heading I have included all the deaths due to Tubercle Bacilli, and they number 48. About one half were registered as Tabes Mesenterica or Consumption of the Bowels, the remaining c... |
812d3774-9921-49e1-a90e-e2581f82f582 | Persons may inherit a certain delicacy of constitution, and cultivate it further by all sorts of insanitary living, sins against hygiene and the like. The chief predisposing causes are those that lower the vitality of the individual, such as bad air (consequent on overcrowding), damp dwellings, insufficient food, and i... |
0eb9b804-5700-4cf4-90e3-29d8ffd482d1 | The careful disinfection of all expectoration from a consumptive patient. (b.) The disinfection of all milk consumed as food, by boiling, or by " Pasteurisation," viz.: heating the milk in a special apparatus to a temperature of 158 deg. F, keeping at that temperature for 30 minutes, and rapidly cooling. (c.) Choice of... |
9f8c9db3-8413-4ca5-b4a8-1bd4536040fe | Registration of all cow-sheds, milk-shops, dairies, &c., with regulations as to site, space, lighting, ventilation and cleanliness. (f.) Systematic inspection of all cow-sheds, dairies and milk shops, by competent inspectors. (g.) Exclusion and isolation of all animals affected with Tuberculosis, by the "Tuberculin Tes... |
090ed6da-0ce5-489a-9327-d0b375736a5c | A. F. C. Jan. 29, 1898 Jan. 30. Diphtheria. J. N. Mar. 8, β Mar. 9. Diphtheria. C. S. B. April 6, ,, June 10. Scarlet Fever E. M. S. June 15, β Sept. 1. β M. C. β 21, ,, Aug. 18. β G. W. July 16, β Sept. 8. β c. s. Sept. 6, β Dec. 22. β F. E. S. β 6, β Nov. 24. β W. F. β 18, β ,, 24. (sent to Stanmore.) β J.W. Oct. 14,... |
478e332a-d991-4eaf-ad04-22d935de4816 | β 28 β Dec. 29. β 17 SANITARY WORK PERFORMED DURING THE YEAR. As will be seen by Mr. Bovey's Report, a great deal of sanitary work has been performed during the year 1898. I personally visited the dairies and cow-sheds, and distributed a leaflet, showing the legal responsibilities of cow-keepers, dairymen, &c. WATER SU... |
c1f302da-8908-42f3-a9be-4a7d314662b6 | During the five months that the hospital has been opened they have nursed no surgical and 64 medical, making a total of 174 cases. Nurse Dawkins has been most assiduous in her duties. The following is a summary of her work during the year:β Cases Nursed.-Diphtheria 6 Scarlet Fever 19 Typhoid 1 26 Visits paid to Diphthe... |
ede28237-86f9-4f76-935a-0f92c174f7d2 | A brief review of the sanitary work accomplished in the Acton district during the past year, indubitably demonstrates that genuine progress has been the undeviating rule, which, in the aggregate, amounts to an important sum; and it is interesting to note the ameliorative influence that keeps pace with improved sanitati... |
a8b8f848-a52d-4f3f-b7a6-25d459a61b0e | Happily there are signs in our social horizon of an early awakening; when public opinion is aroused, a solution of the difficult problem how the evils of damp, dirty, and overcrowded dwellings may be dealt with, and abolished, will doubtless be discovered. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Visits to ensure continued isolation 644 B... |
27e82624-c140-4c14-96a1-9ebb9542dbcd | and to inspect work in progress 542 Soil pipes provided with ventilation 34 Intercepting traps and air inlets fixed 31 20 Soil pipes taken outside house-walls 4 Scullery sink waste pipes disconnected from soil drains and made to discharge in the open air over trapped gullies 37 Rain water pipes disconnected from soil d... |
227d3c4a-50b6-4e36-b349-a7312d117d01 | Smoke 7 Manure, offal, and other filth deposits 34 Choked drains 45 Overcrowding 8 Cellar flooding 3 Animals, Poultry, &c., 22 Dust bins 9 Cesspools abolished 3 Waste gully inlets raised above ground level (dwellings) 6 Other nuisances not included with the above 44 GENERAL INSPECTIONS. Schools 8 Bakehouses 42 Cowsheds... |
66d116c4-24a1-4459-8017-380b7a26ead8 | ACT7 THE Urban District Council of Acton. ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH for the YEAR 1899. BY G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, M.R.C.S., L.S.A, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, Medical Officer of Health, Acton, W. ACTON: Printed by J. Knowles, 5 and 6, Marker Place 1900 THE Urban District Council of... |
2452bdc6-6fe5-4093-a968-87303d243d63 | To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council. Gentlemen, MANY measures of sanitary importance have occupied your attention during the year. The Plans for the Isolation Hospital have been forwarded to the Local Government Board for approval, so there is a reasonable hope that this much needed Institution wi... |
9447f88a-802e-4795-967d-0741157a311c | 4 I regret that forty-six cases of Enteric Fever were reported during the year, but one must not lose sight of the fact that Enteric Fever was generally universal, and that instances are recorded of outbreaks after a hot and dry summer followed by much rain, both of which climatic conditions we experienced. In this rep... |
d606a2f4-d3b1-423f-b3e5-3eefe96d2a06 | The following table shows the number of the population and inhabited houses at the four preceding censusefs;β Year. Inhabited Houses. Population. 1861. 610 3.151 1871. 1,568 8,306 1881. 2,844 17,110 1891. 4,084 24,207 The number of the population and inhabited houses since 1896. Year Inhabited Houses. Population. 1896.... |
68584c0c-7f61-4933-937e-a4b3e3644305 | During the year 1899 there were 1,068 births registered in the Parish: of these 535 were males, and 533 were females. The birthrate per 1,000 persons living was therefore 317. 6 The following table shows the Births since 1890:β Year. Number of Births. 1890. 704 1891. 772 1892. 763 1893. 831 1894. 834 1895. 874 1896. 89... |
b4088768-56d7-49cf-b8d1-d07b5d597d5d | The London death-rate was 19.8 per 1,000 living. Death-rates vary according to the nature of the population of the respective districts; for instance, in a district containing a large number of very young or very old people, the death-rate would be considerably higher than in a district consisting of middle-aged people... |
3abade57-4baa-4b0c-a548-b197096e3b9c | 7 Infantile MortalityβThere were 200 deaths registered of Infants under 1 year of age, as against 1,068 births; the proportion which the deaths under 1 year of age bear to 1,000 births is, therefore, 187.2 as against 181.9 in the preceding year. Prior to the commencement of the fourth quarter of 1899, the deaths of chi... |
af53b6b1-72c4-4509-ae87-69e606a07569 | Infants fed artificially for the first nine months of life, suffer much more from the complaint than those fed naturally from the mother's breast, and where such artificial feeding is necessary, very much mortality would be prevented if parents would give nothing but well boiled diluted cows' milk for the first nine mo... |
6dea45cc-3904-4a54-844a-df79199a7411 | In England the number of deaths from overlaying steadily increases, the highest on record being (or 1896, when they reached 1,941; of these 1,740 were under one year of age. Nearly every coroner, at all events in London, has lamented this increase, and has stated that the deaths were largely preventable. As they mainly... |
8deacb07-3b79-4c27-9657-015b65a0d576 | That this black list might easily be abolished is proved by the experience of Germany, where, though infantile mortality as a whole is high, this particular form of death has now been almost abolished, since it renders the parent liable to a fine; drunkenness being no excuse, as it is with us, for the child's death, bu... |
03a6ea83-ae85-45a2-8741-1fee7ab93264 | Starchy foods, such as Potatoes, Sago, Tapioca, Rice, Bread, Biscuits, &c., must on no account be given, as the juices for digesting them are not formed till the seventh or eighth month when the teeth begin to appear. 9 2. If the infant be brought up by hand, cow's milk, previously boiled and properly diluted should be... |
de7d5a26-8c9d-4599-bf08-5b85f0085f58 | 1st week 2 hours 1 ounce 10 ounces 1st to 6th week 2Β½ ,, 1Β½ to 2 β 12 to 16 β 6th to 12th week and possibly to 5 th or 6th month 3 ,, 3 to 4 ,, 18 to 24 β At 6 months 3 ,, 6 β 36 ,, At 10 months 3 ,, 8 β 40 β NoteβOne ounce is equal to two tablespoonfuls. 4. When eight month's old, a healthy baby may be allowed, in add... |
3492ddc0-97f4-4029-a39b-616c727acc8c | Never give Wine, Beer, Spirits, Tea or Coffee, Cake or Sweets. 5. Condensed Milk is never so good for infants as fresh milk, but if it is used at all it must be Condensed Whole Milk. Never give 10 condensed milk to an infant from a tin which has the words "skimmed" or "separated" upon the label, for such milk has been ... |
ea80f13a-10fa-411a-ba0e-b6edd6b0176c | A flannel bandage should be worn round the stomach and abdomeu next to the skin. The band should be sufficiently wide to cover the whole belly from the hips to the waist, and long enough to go twice round the body. 8. Healthy Infants should be taken into the fresh air whenever the weather permits. THE MEDICAL OFFICER O... |
79315db6-e85a-467a-b6c5-d06677fc6627 | I was most encouraged by the results of these addresses, and shall hope to continue them during the coming autumn and winter months. 11 The following table compares the death-rate of children under one year per 1,000 registered births, and the birth-rate for the last thirteen years:β Birth-rate per Thousand. Deaths of ... |
71d0d182-4f00-4cd6-884d-9a82f0f61cd8 | 31.7 187.2 The following table shows the various ages at which death occurred in the district:β Under 1 year 200 | Under 5 265 1 year and under 5 65 5 years and under 15 17 -Over 5 15 ,, ,, 25 22 25 ,, ,, 65 114 244 ) 65 ,, and upwards 91, 509 509 12 THE MORTUARY. During the year 22 bodies were deposited in the Public ... |
9ca9ee30-99e3-4e05-8633-97ab0296f8c6 | 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 Small Pox β β β β β β β β β β β β Measles 1 25 11 9 24 2 15 6 24 2 6 β Scarlet Fever 2 1 3 4 β 10 3 3 i β 3 2 Diptheria 2 8 7 2 4 2 5 5 8 28 8 7 Whooping Cough 9 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 β 10 14 Typhoid Fever β 1 1 β 3 4 2 2 2 2 β 7 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 10 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 50 56 Pu... |
f80e5ea6-58b5-4507-a274-9885451e885d | from seven Zymotic Diseases 14 60 43 4S 91 89 63 67 93 130 78 86 Deaths from other causes J 282 377 298 368 334 396 330 411 370 373 439 423 Total Deaths 306 437 34 1 413 425 486 393 48 464 503 517 509 Death-rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per thousand 1.9 2.8 1.9 1.8 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.4 3.1 4.1 2.3 2.5 Death-rate from oth... |
3202d95b-63ae-40d7-8ad9-a106caa2e7e8 | rate per thousand 13.99 18.9 13.9 17.1 17 18.6 14.2 17.2 15.7 15.9 15.8 15.1 In London the Zymotic death-rate was 2.48 per 1,000. 13 INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT THEIR SPREAD. It will be seen from the following table that 239 notification certificates of Infectious Illness were received from me... |
60ed3108-3e45-48c5-bb9b-7affedb5bb04 | The following table gives the number reported each year since the Act came into force. 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 Small Pox β β 13 7 2 β β β β β Scarlet Fever 108 63 74 192 86 67 193 93 167 111 Diphtheria 14 8 27 41 22 32 23 89 35 49 Membranous Croup 4 β 13 1 β β β 4 β β Typhoid Fever 13 13 15 19... |
130e1678-191c-4bce-b7af-e5e808d539ae | 340 167 161 259 221 234 239 DISINFECTION. The employment of sulphurous acid for the surface disinfection of rooms is still employed, but I take this opportunity of informing you that I shall shortly advise the use of Formic Aldehyde. There are no greater difficulties or inconveniences attending its use than those which... |
0fbb84ef-a96f-4162-bda3-279bae5ccbde | 26 ii 0 H. P. April 10, ,, June 1, β 23 8 0 F. S. May 25, ,, July 13, β 22 1 0 W. B. July 31, β Aug. 31. β 13 19 0 W. A. P. Sept. 13, β Nov. 2, β 22 10 0 G. P. Sept. 27, β Dec. 7, β 31 19 0 Β£140 8 0 In addition five patients suffering from Enteric Fever were treated in the Acton Cottage Hospital, four at the West Londo... |
26b1db82-873e-43ab-b87d-5f12cfe0af8a | One is suddenly called, often late at night, to find a child dying from laryngeal obstruction due generally to Diphtheritic Membrane; to save the child's life the operation of Tracheotomy has to be performed without delay, yet to attempt the operation without skilled nursing and proper surroundings is fatal. The West L... |
0e5f2b6a-be26-4b85-9b15-49b008690db9 | Nurse Dawkins has paid 1,090 visits, nursed 18 cases of Scarlet Fever, 16 of Diphtheria, and 13 of Enteric. She has given out 609 bottles of disinfectant, and superintended the removal of 14 patients to various Hospitals. She has also in her spare moments delivered about 800 Leaflets on Measles and Infant Feeding, &c. ... |
e155d28f-2088-48c7-b713-655da1a89725 | Most of the Medical Practitioners avail themselves of the Diphtheria Antitoxine which I always keep ready for immediate use. The following statistics should convince the most sceptical as to the value of the Antitoxine treatment. MORTALITY STATISTICS OF THE CITY OF PARIS, from 1894 to 1898. 1894 1,008 deaths. 1895 Diph... |
d10022ef-a14e-4f94-add9-d3a4b12b3b28 | Shirley Murphy), of the London County Council, has placed the matter upon a solid statistical foundation. He has shown that the increase in Diphtheria has mainly affected the ages 3β10, and that the relative increase of the mortality at the ages 3β10 commenced with the operations of the Elementary Education Act of 1870... |
8d429d65-2889-47e1-9a18-c5feb2781491 | Short of the adoption of these measures compulsory education will continue to be linked in some measure with compulsory disease. Medical Officers of Health have been for some time pressing for such powers, but they can only be granted by Act of Parliament. TYPHOID FEVER. The immunity which we have hitherto experienced ... |
5bee3448-d562-4d36-bd37-1ef504320236 | If we were to make full and proper use of the knowledge which we have gained with regard to the causes of typhoid fever, and the means of preventing it, we mightβin England and Walesβ save nearly 5,000 lives a year, and prevent the prolonged sickness and suffering of some 30,000 to 50,000 individuals. In fact, we might... |
abdefe17-bf27-4353-86d8-75ab1b7cd09f | If these bacilli are allowed to find their way into the .surroundings or the food of manβsuch as the soil, or water or milk,β they can multiply with marvellous rapidity. If they, again, find entrance into the body of man they can multiply in the same way, and produce the disease which we know as typhoid or enteric feve... |
35b55428-61dc-4359-9568-683c3ce87246 | (3) Through ordinary food (especially drinking water and milk), which has been exposed to air contaminated in the ways mentioned above; or has been directly polluted by deposits, leaking cesspits, sewers, drains, &c., containing discharges from typhoid fever patients. The poison of typhoid fever is also sometimes conve... |
5d5e12e9-01bb-4fd4-ac58-1e623f92c21f | When the living typhoid bacilli, contained in the discharges and urine of a typhoid fever patient, have once been allowed to escape into the outer world it becomes almost impossible to detect them again, or to learn what becomes of them; whilst the difficulty of protecting human beings and their surroundings from them ... |
88ef36d4-41ea-4e62-86ed-1ed55176e660 | Consequently linen, or solids, or liquids containing any solid articles should be boiled for at least half an hour; since it takes some time to raise the temperature of every part of the linen or solid particle up to that of the boiling water. When disinfecting solutions are used, the solution must be of sufficient str... |
13446c49-715b-46c9-859c-ccb0160fe04a | Thorough disinfection of the hands is extremely difficult. It is not sufficient merely to dip them in disinfecting solution. In addition to this the hands, and more especially the spaces under the nails, must be thoroughly scrubbed with soap and water. TUBERCULOSIS. Forty deaths were attributed to Phthisis or Tuberculo... |
c128b4fc-b12b-452a-ba02-e9a74f456717 | of milk cows suffer from Consumption. In my annual report for 1898 I entered fully into the subject, but I take this opportunity of suggesting that the following measures be sanctioned by the District Council, with a view of preventing the spread of consumption through the infection derived from previous human sufferer... |
5e890154-ddbf-4751-8a2b-8304766c7a5d | That handbills of information as to the nature of the disease, the ways in which it may be contracted, the necessity for the adoption of certain precautions, and the willingness of the District Council to undertake gratuitous disinfection, be sent to the ministers of religion, district visitors, school teachers, etc., ... |
2fed9d15-e574-4007-a532-0a42759ae192 | Brookfield Road β 300 β Esmond Road (extension) 450 ,, The following is the ANNUAL REPORT or the SANITARY INSPECTOR. For the Year ending December 31st, 1899 By WILLIAM T. BOVEY. 23 Sanitary inspector's Report for tHe pear ending, 1899. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Visits to ensure isolation 376 Rooms, &c., disinfected by fumig... |
ddaa43cc-e888-44c3-b43e-15471b752542 | Working Class Dwellings 236 More or less Insanitary 115 House drains taken up and re-constructed 54. Ditto partially re-constructed 70 Visits to ascertain whether Notices were being complied with, also to inspect work in progress 700 CONSTRUCTIVE SANITARY WORK. |
91786e80-3543-462e-addc-8381c44336f9 | Soil pipes provided with ventilation 33 Intercepting traps with air inlets fixed 11 Inspection chambers provided 40 Soil pipes taken outside house walls 6 Scullery sink waste pipes disconnected from soil drain 26 Bell and lip traps replaced by proper trapped gullies (dwellings) 15 Rain water down pipes discontinued fro... |
819a3a69-c394-4c25-bd35-bd9f7eda0f6b | Smoke 9 Manure, offal and other filth deposits 30 Overcrowding 7 Cellar flooding 5 Animals, Poultry, &c. 9 Dust bins 8 Cesspools abolished 2 Stopped up House Drains 111 Gas escape in sleeping apartments (dwellings) 14 Other nuisances not included with the above 23 GENERAL INSPECTIONS. Schools 5 Bakehouses 34 Milk shops... |
ed652abe-e699-4537-8a34-eaff5c86ba67 | ACT 2 THE Urban District Council of Acton. ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THF. YEAR 1900. BY G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, M.R.C.S., L.S.A. Fellcnv of the Royal Institute of Public Health, Medical Officer of Health, Acton, W. ACTON: Printed by J. Knowi.es, 5 and 6, Market Place. 1901. THE Urban District Coun... |
5d0cf79b-d761-4b3c-b051-4a077c36c640 | ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER for the year 1900. To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council. Gentlemen, I beg to submit to you my Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of Acton during 1900. The population shows a marked increase compared with preceding years; and our death rate of 137... |
d42ccb3b-d677-4b9a-a1bf-5a70aa824c55 | The chief works of Sanitary interest during the year have been:β The experiments in connection with the Bacterial Treatment of our Sewage; the Building and Opening of a most perfect and up-to-date Mortuary; the determination of the Council to erect Baths; and preliminary arrangements have been made for the purchase of ... |
e8cfc25f-8b93-4a29-9e98-4c9455e188fb | I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, G. A. GARRY SIMPSON. 5 POPULATION. Every year as we move onwards from the census of 1891 all vital calculations become more and more doubtful; but it is only a question of a few months, and we shall once more have a correct estimation of the population of Acton. Adopting the usua... |
2c57b0b0-d8c3-464b-a4cf-5e74479090a3 | 1861 610 3,151 1871 1,568 8,306 1881 2,844 17,110 1891 4,084 24,207 The number of the population and inhabited houses since 1896. Year. Inhabited Houses. Population. 1896 4,909 29,454 1897 5,272 32,632 1898 5,427 32,562 1899 5,614 33,684 1900 6,401 38,406 The increase of population by excess of births over deaths durin... |
8820a355-f430-44ae-bd72-7e12910045fe | The London birth rate was 28 6. The following table shows the births since 1890. Year. Number of Births. 1890 704 1891 772 1892 763 I893 831 1894 834 1895 874 1896 894 1897 973 1898 995 1899 1,068 1900 1,080 DEATHS. General Mortality.βThere were 528 deaths registered. The deaths comprised 237 males, and 291 females. Th... |
684ce6f1-2366-473e-80c8-32f29d72a6a5 | Deaths in Public Institutions. All ages. Under 1 1and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 65 65 and upwards Acton South Acton Acton Green East Acton Bedford Park Willesden Measles 16 4 12 β β β β 8 7 1 β β β β Scarlet fever 6 1 3 2 β β β 4 2 β β β β β Whoopingcough 4 2 2 β β β β 2 2 β β β β β Diphtheria... |
52b880d1-d203-4ab9-9253-b2f339122fbf | 14 10 2 1 1 1 1 Diarrhoea 50 40 8 β β β 2 19 18 11 β 2 β β Enteritis 8 7 β β β 1 β 1 6 β β 1 β β Puerperal fever 1 β β β β β β β β β β β β 1 Septic diseases 3 β β 1 β 2 β β β β β 1 β 2 Phthisis 25 1 β 1 3 19 1 14 2 5 2 β 2 β Other tubercular diseases 16 6 7 β β 2 β 7 4 3 1 β 1 β Cancer, malignant disease 31 β β β 1 18 ... |
9f1e5f64-654f-47af-a117-f0d42437a905 | 2 β Pneumonia 40 9 19 β 2 8 2 13 14 10 β 1 β 2 Pleurisy 1 1 β β β β β 1 β β β β β β Other diseases of Respiratory organs 1 β 1 β β β β β 1 β β β β β Alcoholism Cirrhosis of liver 5 β β β β 4 1 3 1 β 1 β β β Premature birth 20 20 β β β β β 8 8 3 β 1 β β Diseases and accidents of parturition 3 β β β 2 1 β 1 2 β β β β β H... |
bd6e2972-e458-4285-9821-b0ef554c6a0b | 2 35 4i 67 42 23 6 12 2 4 All causes 528 182 83 14 17 135 97 227 146 86 14 30 10 15 In the following table the death-rate and Zymotic death-rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the last thirteen years:β 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 Small Pox β β β β β β β β β β β β β ... |
ae99345f-9180-4afd-a5d0-c6a146e88004 | 7 4 Whooping Cough 9 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 β 10 14 4 Typhoid Fever β 1 1 β 3 4 2 2 2 2 β 7 4 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 10 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 50 56 50 Puerperal Fever β β β β 1 6 4 2 β β 1 0 1 Total number of deaths from 7 Zymotic Diseases 24 60 43 45 91 89 63 67 93 130 78 86 85 Deaths from other causes 282 377 298 ... |
a1931998-7428-4b7d-8ef8-c7b5ad31606a | Death-rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per thousand |1.9 2.8 1.9 1.8 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.4 3.1 4.1 2.3 2.5 2.2 Death-rate from other causes per thousand 12.9 i6.1 12.0 15.3 13.4 I5.2 12 14.8 I2.6 11.8 13.5 12.6 11.5 General Death-rate per thousand 13.99 18.9 13.9 17.1 17 18.6 14.2 17.2 15.7 15.9 15.8 15.1 13.7 In London the ... |
cd0e50ca-d4d5-43b3-8fc4-52e21d4ba7cb | 9 Infantile Mortality.βThere were 182 deaths registered of Infants under 1 year of age as against 1,080 births; the proportion which the deaths under 1 year of age bear to 1,000 births is therefore 168.5, as against i87.2 in the preceding year. The following table compares the death-rate of children under one year per ... |
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