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c8f6a4d7-97e4-4ee7-a2d9-5180c3b19e43 | From these figures, I think it may be inferred, that a very considerable proportion (say one-fourth) of the saving in life capital above referred to, may fairly be attributed to the improved sanitary administration inaugurated by the Woolwich Borough Council, and it will be seen how remunerative is all well considered ... |
8607468a-c8f8-4e60-adcc-8a6fad8aaf9d | The following table gives the rate in each parish and ward:— Woolwich Parish 119 Dockyard 98 St. Mary's 133 River—North 192 River—South 109 St. George's 127 Plumstead Parish 129 Burrage 123 Herbert 107 Glyndon 119 St. Margaret's 112 Central 135 St. Nicholas 152 Eltham 95 Greenwich 138 West Ham 149 East Ham 119 Erith 10... |
15e3d89c-6ec1-4d14-9e29-2e9cd71f945a | Woolwich 175 160 175 167 171 137 119 Plumstead 133 116 156 124 129 122 129 Eltham 176 120 150 198 156 141 95 17 Woolwich Parish had the lowest rate yet recorded, the next lowest having been in 1901. Its rate was for the first time lower than in Plumstead. 17. Compared with 1901, the infant mortality was lower in Woolwi... |
50a0b846-3a8f-491c-9e10-fbb4c1ba0296 | From Table IV., we see that this high infant mortality arises from deaths by diarrhoea, whooping cough, bronchitis, premature birth, and "other nervous diseases" (mainly convulsions). I am informed by the Borough Engineer, that the sewers in North Woolwich are defective and have insufficient fall. The County Council ma... |
d4c1997f-102c-491b-87e4-4ea0cff833aa | The Zymotic death rate, i.e., the deaths from Small-pox, Measles, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Fever, and Diarrhoea per 1,000 population, was 188 as compared with 1.51 in 1901, and 2.21 in London County. b 18 The Zymotic death rate was 177 in Woolwich Parish, 2.23 in Plumstead Parish, and 0.20 in Eltham. ... |
5d2917f6-684b-4fcb-926c-c04ab94e353a | Table 1 gives the total number of deaths in public institutions, inside and outside the Borough, and Table la, the institutions in which they occurred. Table lb gives a summary of the number of deaths, male and female, occurring in each of the principal institutions mentioned in Table la. Table IV. also shows how many ... |
63945f0a-a41b-44a9-acb0-a72b0de471cc | Accidental causes:— 105 Burns 6 Drowning 7 19 Falls 2 Fractures 3 Misadventure 11 Run over 5 Suffocation, being overlain in bed 3. Homicidal causes: — 5 – 39 Suicide 9 Murder—Manslaughter 0 – 9 4. Found drowned 0 Exposure 1 1 Total 154 Of the above, 6 were certified by the Coroner to be accelerated by alcoholism. Uncer... |
258ce978-32b1-4d42-9f10-8e21955204ea | A full report on the recent outbreak of Small-pox in the Borough has already been presented and printed. It is appended to this report, and covers the period September, 1901, to June, 1902. Five cases and two deaths occurred in July, but no cases have occurred since. There were during the year, 228 cases, and 38 deaths... |
51c641c0-7ff1-4bf1-b294-01dc39adbfb9 | 1. East Plumstead 1706 1350 7 0 75 162 7 12 93 0 2. West Plumstead 512 428 0 0 91 35 4 1 21 2 3. Woolwich 1184 969 5 0 31 116 4 4 54 l Total 3402 2747 12 0 127 313 15 17 168 3 Altogether there were 3,226 successful primary vaccinations in the Woolwich Union in 1900, 3,936 in 1901, and 3,665 in 1902. Measles. 26. There ... |
a734159c-24e3-4a71-a1c3-10e0d6e8cb19 | Table X. shows that the highest number of deaths occurred in January (10), and in April (11). Only two deaths occurred after June. 10 deaths occurred in Woolwich Parish—death rate 0.24 31 ,, „ Plumstead „ ,, 043 0 „ „ Eltham „ „ nil London death rate 051 646 notifications of measles were received from School Teachers, ... |
c0be17de-2e68-4899-a4be-759c31509db1 | The following classes or class-rooms of the infant departments of elementary schools were closed during a period of three weeks for the prevention of Measles:—Conway Road, rooms A and B; Mulgrave Place, room C; Central Schools, infant department; Slade School, room A; Plum Lane, room B; Burrage Grove, rooms C and B; Ea... |
ab9e44ef-9d73-429b-8ea3-8cf0f527f2e5 | The following table gives the death rate per 1,000 population from Measles, in each of Woolwich and Plumstead parishes, during the last 12 years compared with London:— Woolwich Plumstead London Year. No. Rate. No. Rate. Rate. 1891 26 0.63 33 0.62 0.43 1892 16 0.39 19 0.35 0.79 1893 14 034 47 0.84 0.38 1894 39 095 20 0.... |
2e5f6d72-c4f2-4121-b30e-a11c4fece429 | 32 3 0.04 0.48 1900 29 0.69 46 0.68 0.43 Average 10 years 0.65 . 0.54 0.58 1901 11 0.26 9 0.13 0.43 1902 10 024 31 0.43 0.51 22 It will be seen from this table that the measles death rate was lower in each parish during the past two years than in any previous biennial period since 1890. The same is true of the measles ... |
f9629636-401d-4384-ad42-0a6f838df943 | The following are the means adopted in the Borough for diminishing the spread of Measles:— (a). Special warnings sent to Head Teachers of Infant Schools when Measles is prevalent in adjoining districts. (b). The inspection of houses where Measles is reported by School Teachers, cards of precautions left, means taken to... |
ff6f11a5-e9cc-42b1-8e42-575566521583 | The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified during the year, viz., 267, was the smallest on record, giving a rate per 1,000 population of 2.14, compared with 2.64 in 1901, which was the previous minimum. The following table shows the occurrence rates from Scarlet 23 Fever for the Borough and each Parish during the pa... |
9bab1882-0336-4330-93c3-a94e3d8aeedb | The age incidence was as usual mainly on the ages 1 to 5, and 5 to 15, or the school ages. There was no marked prevalence in any one ward. 32. There were only 8 deaths, giving a death rate of 0.06. The following table gives the case mortality for each parish compared with London in the past two years (per cent. of case... |
47dcec22-0fc4-423a-9aaf-7b4ee6888447 | of admissions were reported not to be Scarlet Fever after observation at Hospital. 24 34. The following was the School most affected:— Elizabeth Street, North Woolwich—17 cases or 23 per cent. of numbers on the books. 35. Return Cases. 19 "return cases" were reported, compared with 7 in 1901. The interval between retur... |
9d98e11b-63ae-4266-b65e-16438d67c3a8 | There were 233 cases of Diphtheria compared with 365 and 216 in the two preceding years. The case rate was 1.87 compared with 184 in 1901, and, with the exception of that year, was the lowest rate recorded since 1894. There were 23 deaths; The death rate was 0.18 compared with 0.16 in 1901, and with the exception of th... |
723934db-d726-44ac-a55b-ade805c4003c | The Borough 1.84 1.87 25 Woolwich Parish 1.56 1.67 Plumstead Parish 1.9 2.09 Eltham Parish 2.33 1.08 London 2.7 2.3 38. 189 cases were removed to Hospital, or 81 per cent. The case mortality was 9.9 per cent. compared with 8.8 in 1901, and 10.5 in London; 19 cases died in hospital giving a case mortality of 10.0; 4 cas... |
775c0d6c-2559-424c-99dc-75894a511101 | School Attendance.—Ancona Road was the School most affected, there being 28 cases among pupils of this school. No other school had more than 10 cases; 25 of the 28 cases at Ancona Eoad School occurred in November and December. 41. Up to the end of October the number of cases of Diphtheria did not attain the number reac... |
e452e576-764b-4976-b678-8b7d51f199db | 26 In November the following letter was sent to Medical Practitioners in the Borough :— "After an interval, in which the occurrence of Diphtheria has fallen to a comparatively low ebb, we appear, at the present time, to be confronted with a marked recrudesence of the disease, but mainly of a mild type. "But, what is mo... |
6ab25353-ee46-42de-8a8e-de60b937b345 | "It appears that where any such case of clinical Diphtheria has occurred in a family, any member with the least discharge or soreness of the nose, is to be regarded as a possible case of the disease and source of infection. "I thought that you would be glad to be made aware of these facts in case Diphtheria should occu... |
c4cb2046-e05d-4afe-98ca-ac5109b460f2 | This I had no hesitation in doing, but, at the same time, I observed a brother, 27 A. C. W., age 16, with soreness and running at the nose His throat was normal I was informed, however, that two weeks before, he had had a slight sore throat, for which he had stayed away from school for balf-a-day. A swab was taken of t... |
7548597b-c17f-4ef9-bd00-fe131ca31f86 | On the 1st November, M. W., sister of W. W., age 13, commenced with the same disease, and on the 2nd and 3rd November, respectively, E. W., age 6, and M. W., age 1 3/12, brother of W. W. On visiting the house, I discovered a lad, A. W., age 15, with a soreness and scab in the left nostril; throat normal. He was said to... |
d93b6442-21f1-48f6-8406-0e3d9adb23f5 | 3.—On the 22nd November, R, B., age 15, commenced with Diphtheria, and on the 23rd her brother, W. B., age 17. These persons were not attending school, but brothers attended a school 28 where several cases of Diphtheria had recently occurred. I accordingly suspected an undetected case in the house, and, on visiting, di... |
7f5c8a22-efb4-4dd4-80e7-b640474b8a3f | The following report on the prevalence of Diphtheria was presented to you on the 3rd December:— "Facts coming to my knowledge within the last few months have impressed me with the wide-spread prevalence of the Diphtheria bacilli, causing, however, in most cases, very mild symtoms, and in some, no symptoms at all. Certa... |
f929ca7d-997f-486c-bdfb-3f4086d77d27 | He picked out 16 cases for bacteriological examination, one of which had obvious 29 Diphtheria when I saw her, and one was found to have the Diphtheria germs in a nasal discharge. Four others were found to have pseudo Diphtheria germs in nasal discharges from which they suffered, In addition to these I found, on visiti... |
d5ab422e-ca9d-40ca-89d3-6ee3f0ee2765 | Secretion from 97 cases of suspected Diphtheria was examined at the Jenner Institute. The presence of Diphtheria bacilli was shewn in 27 cases, and in 7 cases pseudo-Diphtheria bacilli were found, or a total of 34 positive results. In 1901, 26 cases were examined with 7 positive results. 21 cases, or 11 per cent, of ad... |
6bdcae84-52ff-4712-9524-959b9667d048 | Arrangements have been made to keep a supply of diphtheria anti-toxin at the Health Office, to enable medical practitioners to obtain it promptly in an emergency. It is only supplied on payment, the Council having no power to provide it gratuitously. Enteric Fever. 47. There were 50 cases of Enteric Fever (excluding 8 ... |
9e432298-9967-4420-83b7-aa81bacaf3bd | Woolwich 23 21 17 Plumstead 39 32 24 Eltham 4 15 9 Eltham and Dockyard Wards had the highest number of cases proportionally to population. There were 13 deaths, giving a death rate of 0.10 per 1,000 population, and a case mortality of 26 per cent. London death rate 012, and case mortality 17 per cent. Six of the deaths... |
9720b14d-70a0-4691-9bca-e3492c746654 | Five cases were due to direct infection occurring in three houses, three of the cases living in the same dirty house as the primary case, and the other two being employed in nursing the primary case The primary case was in one instance a hawker, in another a greengrocer (in Kidbrook), and in the third had never been no... |
5eee9059-ffc2-4bf3-9884-8a0dff9a9157 | In the remaining cases no source of infection was discovered. Of the 9 Eltham cases 4 lived in Court Eoad and West Park, 1 was a greengrocer, 1 a hawker who had had cockles, 1 a carter who had had oysters, and 1 was due to direct infection outside the Borough. The following table gives the age, sex, date of commencemen... |
8bcd44c0-9691-408c-b0f2-9aa25884ad32 | 14, Pelham Terrace 30 F 18/6/02 N. " Courtfield," Court Eoad 18 M 15/9/02 D. 13, Pelham Terrace 15 M 14/10/02 S. 22, Deansfield Eoad 6 M 18/12/02 N. 17, West Park 51. Bacteriological Diagnosis.—Blood serum from 30 cases of suspected Enteric Fever was submitted to the Jenner Institute for the application of the Widal re... |
e1a80159-2584-45a7-aa6c-2ccb64034929 | The deaths from Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis, numbered 59, or 0 48 per 1,000 population, compared with 0-82 in 1901. The rate for London County was 0-54. There were, in addition, 18 deaths from Enteritis and Gastro-Enteritis, making a total of 77 deaths, due probably to the same disease denot... |
bf2f4998-943c-49d9-b8a6-69bed94596f7 | Mary's Ward 19 18 St. George's Ward 20 7 Plumstead Parish 31 23 St. Nicholas Ward 43 29 Central 20 12 Glyndon 34 31 St. Margaret's Ward 22 25 Herbert Ward 21 11 Burrage Ward 23 22 Eltham Parish 39 9 55. During the two years 1901 and 1902, there was a saving of 103 lives from diarrhoea in Woolwich and Eltham Parishes, c... |
3b6ec3e8-887c-4067-b051-fd5774c962d5 | The table given above shows the River Ward North had far the highest death rate from diarrhoeal diseases and St. George's, Eltham, and Herbert Wards the lowest. There has been a marked improvement in the diarrhoeal mortality of River, Dockyard, St. George's and Eltham Wards. 58. It is much to be regretted that I do not... |
05659ad8-9ab6-44c1-b607-6958e94609ae | Erysipelas. 59. There were 98 cases of erysipelas notified, compared with 72 in the previous year. There was only one death from this cause as in 1901. Puerperal Fever. 60. There were 11 cases of Puerperal Fever, compared with 8 in 1901. There were 6 deaths, compared with 3 in 1901. Four cases were in Woolwich Parish, ... |
e8dbf846-0baa-4aec-990b-7b28908f2d5c | The case of supposed Influenza preceded only by a few days the first case of Puerperal Fever; the second was two months later. There seemed reason for thinking that the supposed Influenza was really Puerperal Fever, and that the nurse was in some way responsible for all three. She was requested to thoroughly disinfect ... |
829b90f7-2154-42b7-9b16-c3006a20a9b4 | The case was of average severity, and did not present the ordinary features of Puerperal Fever. Influenza, Beonchitis, and Pneumonia. 63. Influenza caused 60 deaths, compared with 62 and 22 in the two preceding years. The deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia number 299, having been 407 and 245 in 1900 and 1901 respecti... |
d48537ec-765c-494a-be5a-a651eb602780 | The rate per 1,000 population was 1.86, compared with 2.29 in the year preceding. The deaths from Phthisis were 183, and the death rate 1.47, compared with 180 and 1.79 in the two preceding years. 65. The following table gives the death rate from Phthisis and other tubercular diseases per 1,000 population in each Ward ... |
8ba33d77-8743-422c-9698-a84d9f7ab750 | Woolwich Parish 105 2 52 83 1.95 26 0.62 23 0.54 River, North ) 46 3.17 4 1.15 9 0.62 9 057 South ) 25 2.15 5 0.43 Dockyard 17 1.95 18 2.03 4 0.45 7 079 St. Mary's 23 2.20 19 1.79 5 0.47 4 0.38 St. George's 19 2 35 17 2.06 8 0.99 5 0.60 Plumstead 104 1.49 94 1.30 27 039 23 0.32 St. |
40c80ef3-e3da-443d-abfd-4d1b167b2188 | Nicholas 33 1.63 25 1.08 11 0.54 9 0.39 Central 15 1 46 13 1.24 5 0.48 2 0.19 Glyndon 18 1.83 14 1.39 0 — 4 0.40 St. |
7405dbdd-f9fb-4b9f-9fda-079ed4e99f40 | Margaret's 14 1.37 17 1.41 5 0.50 3 0.25 Herbert 12 1.30 9 0.91 4 043 3 0.30 Burrage 12 1.22 16 1.59 2 0.20 2 0.20 Eltham 6 0.77 6 0.59 1 013 3 0.30 The Borough 215 1.80 183 1.47 54 0.46 49 0.39 London 1.66 – 160 – – – C 2 36 65. It appears then that there has been a marked decrease in the death rate from Tuberculosis ... |
dd98e98b-b8d6-44c7-a6ec-dcb15b7518e6 | Nicholas Wards having the next lowest. River Ward South and St. George's again had the highest rates, River Ward North having the lowest rate of the Woolwich Wards. 66. The following table shows the death rate from Phthisis in recent years in Woolwich and Plumstead Parishes :— 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 Wo... |
f2872828-efcc-4600-9bc3-0159748a02f5 | I have no doubt that the improvement would have been more marked and appeared earlier if it had not been for the increase of intemperance in recent years. As to this, more is said under Alcoholism (paragraphs 83 and 84). 67. Notifications. Voluntary notification was in force during the whole of the year, having commenc... |
e85d4be8-7d87-46d1-b62a-72f1062dc66f | In 71 notified cases the previous duration of the disease was under six mouths ; in 21 between six months and a year; in 30 between one and two years ; and in 37 over two years. 68. In 21 houses where cases were notified the walls were dirty, and in 3 the walls were damp. 11 cases were said to be intemperate, 2 were sa... |
994626ec-7291-4138-9436-91a1fb1b6724 | In the two previous years, 18 and 86 premises, respectively, were disinfected. 70. Bacteriological diagnosis. Sputa from 36 suspected oases of diagnosis was submitted to the Jcnner Institute for bacteriological examination, and a positive result obtained in 12. The Council only commenced to provide for this valuable me... |
25dacd81-65f6-4098-8d9e-b8302d58df33 | Notifications 1 2 11 34 140 1 Deaths 2 1 6 25 147 2 So far as it goes this table indicates that phthisis is less fatal between 5 and 25 years of age than in after life. 98 cases were notified between 25 and 45 years, and 42 between 45 and 65. As there are over twice as many persons living at the earlier age, it is seen... |
a96cbd14-b624-47ec-88fd-efa3d3630331 | But I have no doubt that a case of phthisis in a house where proper precautions are not taken, very commonly infects the children in that house with some form of tuberculosis. In recently investigating the deaths of three children from tubercular meningitis, I found that in two cases there was a person in the house rec... |
c6208002-42c1-4565-a364-6d448bf04cba | 21 outside the Arsenal were labourers (11 being dock labourers); 3 were soldiers, 3 bootmakers, 2 stablehands ; the remainder included a baker, a printer, a painter, a waterman, a lighterman, a tailor, a draper, an outfitter and a cabdriver. The 59 females included 3 servants, 2 laundry women, and a barmaid. Among the ... |
84a2a10f-263a-4d0a-9bf7-a71e7f2a007a | The prevention of promiscuous spitting.—The following steps for the prevention of dangerous habits of expectorating were taken during the year, in addition to those described in previous reports :—- (a) Notices requesting persons not to spit on the floor were distributed and fixed in the bars of all public houses in Wo... |
887b91d1-37ca-4b16-8a95-39109c45e083 | There is no doubt that such a prohibition should be general, and should apply to public houses. Probably most adult men who contract phthisis, derive the infection from the public house. The Borough Council has the power to make a bye-law to prohibit spitting, and it is most desirable that this power should be exercise... |
f20b5d0f-8f4c-4db6-8932-f6d9e8fc6d2c | Such sanatoria are therefore necessary for treatment; but they are also most desirable for prevention, for every case properly treated in a Sanatorium ceases to be a source of infection to others, and during his stay in the institution will be trained in the steps necessary to avoid spreading the infection on his retur... |
7163c90c-cad9-460f-9441-590f72770781 | The Council has power to provide Hospitals under the Public Health (London) Act, and the neighbouring Boroughs of Greenwich and Lewisliam have been approached with a view to the joint establishment of a Sanatorium. Cancer. 79. There were 104 deaths from Cancer, compared with 84 and 82 in the two preceding years. 39 dea... |
3e6dbfe2-2574-4281-a51a-a581c45c6418 | There were 18 deaths from Alcoholism, and 22 from Cirrhosis of the Liver, making a total due to intemperance of 40, compared with 52 in the preceding year. In addition to these, 371 deaths were attributed to diseases of the brain, nervous system, heart, blood vessels, and kidneys; probably at least a quarter of these d... |
5cdd6d69-28d6-48cf-96c3-4954a4da08e1 | The following table shows the death rate from Alcoholism and Cirrhosis of the Liver in the two past years : — 1901. 1902. The Borough 0.44 0.32 Woolwich Parish 0.74 0.61 Plumstead Parish 0.27 0.19 Eltham Parish 0.25 Nil River Ward 110 0.86 River Ward, South — 0.94 It is satisfactory to find some general improvement in ... |
5c1de51c-faf6-4799-b76b-30019b5a138f | The following table shows that the parts of the Borough which have the highest mortality from Alcoholism have also the highest percentage of public houses :— Public and Beer Houses. Total Houses. Percentage. The Borough 185 18,086 10 Woolwich Parish 110 5,441 2-0 Plumstead 62 11,292 0-5 Eltham 13 1,353 1-0 River Ward 6... |
d2e2097f-1c4d-46e1-8a3c-981a71dc24ee | These included 2 from Phthisis, 1 Enteric Fever, 1 Suicide, 1 Cirrhosis of the Liver, 1 Cerebral Haemorrhage, 1 Cerebral Meningitis, 1 Bronchitis, 1 Peritonitis, 1 Morbus Cordis, and 1 Premature Birth. The gross death rate was thus 29.3, or about twice that of the Borough; and the Phthisis death rate 5 3, or about thre... |
58217e2f-c540-44e5-81c1-cd1fb181bf62 | In the first, or winter, quarter the temperature was below the average in four weeks, above the average in eight weeks, and equal to the average in one week. The mean temperature was 40°.5, or 10.6 above the average. In the spring quarter the temperature was above the average in four weeks and below in nine ; the first... |
f8f09af7-86a4-4367-88c7-17d48f417e81 | The temperature three feet below the ground averaged 59°.68 in the summer quarter, and never exceeded 61°.09. The highest temperature of the air was 86°.l in the third week of July, and the lowest 14° 3 in the last week in February. The highest number of deaths in one week occurred in the first week of March, i.e., the... |
a9866499-22ba-49be-a090-cf4af03ac797 | The water supply has continued to be satisfactory on the whole, and no complaint has been received as to the quality of the water. Three houses in Eltham were found to have their water from surface wells. In two cases the well was exposed to sewage pollution and was consequently closed and Kent Company's water laid on.... |
519557da-8ae8-4473-baa1-e8c7a039c5e7 | 2. The Public Health (London) Act requires that every house shall have a proper and sufficient supply of water. The question has arisen in the case of large tenement houses whether one water tap (in the basement say) can be regarded as a sufficient supply for a house containing 20 persons in 3 or 4 families, some of wh... |
c58b40f8-8732-4b6e-828e-3b5dc571cfb7 | Convictions were obtained in 18 cases, 1 was withdrawn on proof of warranty, and 2 were adjourned. Of the 18 milk adulterations, 13 were "fat abstracted" (from 10 to 33 per cent.), 3 "added water" (from 10 to 16 per cent.), and 2 " boracic acid added" (120 and 160 grains per gallon respectively). The highest penalty wa... |
d22cd9fb-71e8-43f8-bc1d-1d9007002b90 | 27 samples of milk were examined by the Public Analyst for the presence of Boric Acid; this was found in three, viz., 12 grains per gallon in one, 120 grains in another, aud 160 grains in a third; successful prosecutions were instituted for the two latter (see above). Food Inspection. 5. The special inspection of the m... |
a292fd56-05c3-4394-b9ba-91cdd7212da1 | Each lot seized was condemned by a magistrate, and three owners were prosecuted ; one was fined £20, one was imprisoned three months in default of paying a fine of £20, and one case was dismissed in spite of very strong evidence that the food (rabbits) was unsound at the time of seizure, mainly because two days elapsed... |
910ac8ee-2825-422c-ba13-49db6701f4af | Altogether, 22 samples have been examined in the two years, and 2, or 10 per cent, found to contain tubercle bacilli. All these samples were from milk imported from outside London, all cows in Metropolitan cowsheds being carefully inspected for tuberculosis by the London County Council. Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops... |
3cbd5f4f-ca49-412c-855b-00e19531fa39 | With the Chief Inspector, I personally inspected all the sheds in October. 13 notices were served, and objection was made to the renewal of the license in one case. (The license was finally granted after the work required was done). In all other cases the notice was complied with. The principal causes of complaint were... |
c8220fc1-ea82-49b0-90e3-2db6ea14abbc | Rumsey's license was neglect to attend to the frequent complaints made as to the dirty condition of the slaughter-house. Nuisances. 11. Complaints. 458 complaints of sanitary defects were received and 114 of non-removal of dust; the numbers in 1901 were 623 and 160 respectively (see Table VIII., which gives particulars... |
738979e3-4024-41d7-82d9-d819ef9c4130 | 21 have been re-laid in addition to those outstanding from 1901; 18 were in Woolwich Parish, 10 in Plumstead and 1 in Eltham. 693 private drains found to be choked or defective were examined, cleared and re-laid at the expense of the owners. 351 of these were in Woolwich Parish, 215 in Plumstead and 127 in Eltham. In 1... |
851a33fd-f26d-40e5-94c2-881ea71ca4b0 | The only direct means of dealing with these urinals is by serving notice for a nuisance, a means quite inadequate to secure regular and efficient cleansing. A bye-law is required similar to that in forc9 for water closets : viz., " The occupier of any premises shall cause every water closet belonging to such premises t... |
1697c012-bd6f-4262-9533-fee7b47f7ab1 | The epidemic of Small-pox had the effect of slightly diminishing the house to house inspections and greatly increasing the special inspections. Table XII. shews the streets in each ward inspected house to house, the number of houses visited, and the number in which defects were found. The proportion of defective houses... |
e042baf5-e4a3-4c9e-a08a-0197e54c8846 | In 369, damp walls were found and remedied (in 1901 the number was 608), and in 185 through ventilation was provided (250 in 1901.) In numerous other cases ventilation was improved by having the upper sash of the window made to open. 1,008 dustbins were provided (269 in 1901). I made, personally, house to house inspect... |
5a414c01-d8fc-4aca-bab6-27a960ab8dd4 | Overcrowding, it must be remarked, is caused not only by the lack of houses, but also by the high ratio of rents to wages, and the slack work which produces empty houses may, at the same time, increase overcrowding in those occupied, Rents, which were inflated by the great demand for houses in 1900 and 1901 have not fa... |
98332e3e-dfd7-4196-83a6-e52606f16b0b | Smoke Nuisance.—105 observations of smoking chimneys were made, and proceedings taken against four offenders for eight separate offences; convictions were obtained in each case. The fines inflicted were not excessive, varying from 10/to 40/- for each offence (see Table IX.) Although there is still a good deal of unnece... |
9ccabe3b-6392-4858-aae7-dbba52a8118b | The lighting of staircases—especially where two and more families inhabit one house—is only secondary in importance to the lighting of living rooms. Much attention has been given to remedying nuisances of this nature. Windows were either provided or enlarged in 65 houses, 53 being in Woolwich Parish. In several cases t... |
3cbe6727-701e-4ac7-9204-108f711be108 | Borne houses in North Kent Grove, where two cases of Phthisis had occurred, were found to be very dark, being overshadowed by the Bed Barracks and the trees in the Barrack Grounds. On the attention of the Acting Commandant of the Garrison and the Officer Commanding the Royal Engineers being called to the injury to heal... |
6bd6ae56-aa1b-43fb-a378-e48fd837de89 | The Woolwich Parish collection (performed by the Couucil) has, continued satisfactory, and there have been no complaints as to the dust destructor, although it has been observed to produce a large amount of smoke of a light grey colour. The cost of the collection was about £1,600. The Plumstead collection (performed by... |
c1120b26-4620-4a86-bec2-eb8a8f8e08c8 | The Eltham dust collection (also performed by a Contractor) gave rise to so many complaints that the Contractor was fined £10 in July, since which the collection has much improved, and there have been very few complaints. The amount paid for the collection during the year was £480 (less £10 penalty deducted), as compar... |
4eec8b06-8faf-45a6-bb1f-cfdbf9e4888d | There is a large population in its immediate vicinity, with many hundreds of children, who at present are largely dependent on the streets for a playground. They, and the surrounding population generally, would be greatly benefitted by having this ground kept free from buildings, to act both as a fresh air lung, and as... |
f80a4c9f-bd3b-470c-80d2-34e0c258c381 | But much nuisance is obviated, and an attempt to impose the full cost might mean refusal on the part of some tradesmen to avail themselves of the public collection, and a further raising of the expense of collecting from the remainder. For it must be remembered that the Council has no authority to collect trade refuse,... |
eed70dee-6210-43f7-865d-13884fc2659f | 1, Campbell Cottages, Nightingale Vale ; 11, Market Hill; 1, Beresford Street; 2, Globe Lane; 5, Globe Lane; 2 & 3, Lewis Place. In the first four mentioned the sanitary defects consisted mainly of dilapidations, dampness, and want of through ventilation; in the remainder the principal defects were want of light and in... |
211373c0-9e16-49d3-af3c-030bab1abcbd | Proceedings were taken under the Public Health (London) Act for 1, Beresford Street, and the light improved by Magistrate's Order (28/- costs). As regards 2 and 3, Lewis Place, Form "A" under the Housing Act was served and the case adjourned on an undertaking to do the work required. 28. New Street and Globe Lane. I re... |
6f9d5e46-62c5-486e-be4a-3ba9fef9a9a6 | Two of the Globe Lane houses are referred to in paragraph 26 as to taking proceedings for a closing order under the Housing of the Working Classes Act. A large number of defects were remedied in the others after service of notice under the Public Health (London) Act. Several houses were improved by providing light and ... |
d34bf60b-0ef6-4e37-a88b-9ebba30e6169 | Darkness of rooms is quite as serious from the health point of view as dilapidations or defective drainage, but, unfortunately, it does not appeal so forcibly to the mind of the average layman. 29. 32 old and insanitary houses at Eltham have been demolished and cleared by your Council for Municipal Buildings. These wer... |
6fd5eebf-acbc-4c2e-87a5-d5e5a899eb26 | 37 were recommended for registration during the year, of which 26 were placed on the register (21 being in Woolwich and 5 in Plumstead), 2 houses were removed from the register, being occupied by only one family, leaving a total of 129 on the register at the close of the year, viz.:—100 in Woolwich, and 29 in Plumstead... |
43c0ac00-68a4-478e-ac7e-de26b0973f29 | Mackey is specially charged with the inspection of the registered houses in Woolwich Parish. The new bye-laws are still, as when writing my last year's report, under consideration, and in consequence only about one-tenth of those who require the protection of the bye-laws enjoy it. Common Lodging Houses. 32. There are ... |
b5522266-3b42-4ded-9c62-ac59ddc7c63c | In one case the ground was lowered to obtain the requisite height, a new window was made, and other improvements completed so as to make the room comply with the Act; this was at 19, Barnfield Road. One underground room, though not separately occupied, was closed as being unfit for occupation. In others the insanitary ... |
326e9c65-ef08-4cd4-bba9-c2e1a62b009f | Woolwich (Inspector Wood) 58 167 20 3 19 Plumstead (Inspector Little) 101 315 31 14 6 Eltham (Inspector Wood) 7 14 1 2 0 Total 166 496 52 19 25 Of the 52 which defects were found, in 14 there was want of ventilation, 3 insufficient light, 7 insufficient w.c. accommodation, and 28 were dirty. 59 Two notices were receive... |
97fcd081-3552-458e-8bfe-512a666e2d5a | Women are employed in 119 of the 166 workshops. 35. Several restaurants and eating-houses were inspected by the District Inspectors, and the insanitary conditions found were remedied. Outworkers. 36. The names and addresses of 147 outworkers, resident in the Borough, were received from employers, 7 being transmitted fr... |
fd697420-4e59-400b-8ba8-d3e6c6e52a75 | These I inspected twice, in May and November. On the first inspection, 17, and on the second 18, were found to be dirty or otherwise defective. These defects were remedied without proceedings being taken. 60 The certification of underground bakehouses, under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1902, is now occupying the atte... |
3cb9baac-effe-4f48-b12b-a7d803e4dd05 | (5) Any drain or sewer under the bakehouse shall be constructed of gas and water tight pipes. No gulley shall be within the bakehouse, unless the drain connected therewith bs made to discharge into a trapped inlet outside the bakehouse. (6) Provision shall be made for safe and suitable means of access to the bakehouse.... |
b79e91fd-f31e-482c-97ad-36dfe4e6c684 | (9) There shall not be in direct communication with the bakehouse any coal or other cellar, room, unpaved yard or area which may be a nuisance, or cause contamination by foul air, dust or dirt. Disinfection. 38. Disinfection was performed after all notified cases of infectious disease with the exception of Chicken-pox ... |
d00a950d-f5e9-4345-b1e4-854f96670b24 | solution of Formalin. This was specially obtained to obviate the expensive practice of stripping and re-decorating rooms formerly in vogue after Small-pox. The time employed in spraying averaged three hours per room. Infected clothing, bedding, &c., was submitted to a pressure of 5 lbs., at a temperature of 227Q in the... |
76d73fd3-e05f-4386-8191-4edfb192eee6 | In 1901 the shelter was used by four families comprising 11 persons. The Mortuaries. 40. The Woolwich Mortuary in Sun Street was used for the reception of 164 bodies, compared with 156 in 1901. 10 were for custody only, and 154 for inques's. One of the bodies was a case of infectious disease, viz., Small-pox. This latt... |
50639cb7-5e79-4215-b8b7-ef649f13c8f9 | It was used for five bodies during the year; three of these were for post mortem examinations and inquests, a purpose for which this mortuary was not intended. It appeared that the Acting Coroner had authorised its use for the purpose, in ignorance of the Borough Council's intentions and the County Council's recommenda... |
714f3451-8d8d-4959-bd24-69f89b15d35c | 695 bodies were buried in Woolwich Cemetery and 817 in the Plumstead Cemetery, compared with 691 and 783 respectively in 1901; 125 bodies were buried in the Plumstead Churchyard, compared with 146, 164 and 144 in the three preceding years. Owing to the absence of properly marked grave spaces it is impossible to either ... |
d3953112-eb1d-4b14-9428-a215b635086a | This charitable institution for 32 boys and girls, under the care of the Cordwainers' Company, was the subject of report several years ago, and again last year, owing to the occurrence of infectious disease. In February two cases of Scarlet Fever and two cases of Chicken Pox occurred among the children; there was some ... |
b9c8ea99-6771-4a3f-9126-f774cb1afd0f | An application was received for a certificate to grant exemption under the Act from payment in full of inhabited house duty, with respect to a block of fiats in Nightingale Place, mainly occupied by married officers of the army. The certificate was refused on the ground that the houses did not offer suitable sanitary a... |
b4f68da8-3771-4601-8dcc-a04df4903217 | It also deserves to be chronicled that a Public Ambulance for non-infectious cases has been provided by public subscription, vested in trustees (The Rector of Woolwich, Aldermen Turton and Kelham, W. H. Lewis, Esq., and the Medical Officer of Health) and put in the care of a cab proprietor (Mr. Chick) from whom it can ... |
b284ad78-f00e-49b6-889a-22ba804f0aeb | I gave special attention to the system prevailing there of dealing with the prevention of consumption. I reported at the time on the lessons to be learnt from this Congress. My account for expenses amounted to £2 18s. 11d. Sanitary Staff. 50. A list of the staff is given on a fly-leaf to this Report. The only change si... |
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