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27b5a283-8a93-4562-836c-c58488d8b9dc | A. Handsley, 2, Stannary Street, Kennington Green „ 14 Warranty proved and summons withdrawn Milk Butter 13 do. 4/5 margarine Ellen Dennis, 90, Brookhill Road, Woolwich 36, Arthur Street, Plumstead „ 14 „ 14 Fined 10/- and 12/6 costs Fined 20/- and 12/6 costs Milk 17 per cent. fat abstracted Wm. Sundry, 1, Walmer Road,... |
c17038c6-023d-4fa4-9870-be62b4d9aca9 | costs Milk 120 grains per gal. Boracic Acid A. Line, Belcot, Tenterden, Kent „ 16 Fined £20 and £3 3s. costs. Milk 10 per cent. fat abstracted „ „.. „ 16 Fined £2 and 12/6 costs Milk 16, added water Wm. H. Letley, 38, High Street, Woolwich. Dec. 15 Fined £3 and 23/- costs 106 Table XIX. Pood Seized or Surrendered by Ow... |
857e53a1-364a-4bfe-a996-3de80d7d06c6 | Pork l 1b. Livers 2 26th Feb Surrendered Rabbits 6 29th Mar Surrendered Sheep Plucks 12 3rd April Surrendered Eggs 370 18th April Condemned by Crabs 1 barrel 22nd April trate 18/4/02. Owner cautioned Surrendered Mackerel 1 box 26th May Surrendered Plaice 1 box 30th May Surrendered Cabbages 1 load 5th July Surrendered P... |
ef6f7145-4471-483e-8eb3-c6f8ce18a212 | 20/8/02 Pears 2 boxes 1st Sept Surrendered Surrendered Surrendered Peaches 2 baskets Tomatoes 1 box 3rd Sept Rabbits 70 6th Sept Condemned by Magistrate, 8/9/02; case dismissed by Magistrate Fish 3 trunks 16th Sept Surrendered Fish 2 trunks 16th Set Condemned by Magistrate, 16/9/02. Owner 3 months imprisonment Fish 3 t... |
0adad5c2-58a0-4ee1-a184-a4991b04fc5a | Plumstead Common Road 5 C. Pullen 105, Plumstead Common Road 6 R. Gilder 14, Westdale Road 7 J. R. Allway 126, High Street, Plumstead 8 J. E. Porter 1, Riverdale Road 9 H. Percival 223, High Street, Plumstead 10 E. Goodsell 307, 11 C. H. Goddard & Co. 14, Gunning Street 12 A. Jewiss 68, Glyndon Road 13 J. Werner 1, Par... |
b757ac55-3a94-420d-aaaf-28d351539cb1 | Plummer 46, Raglan Road 23 G. Mackintosh 64, Villas Road 24 O. Degen 14, Conway Road 25 R. Noakes 54, Parkdale Road 26 E. J. Tucker 82, Brookhill Road 27 J.A.Martin 16, Woolwich Common 28 J. Farrier 30, Burrage Road 29 W. Rose 57, 30 W. Jeffery 123, 31 W. T. Akers 16, Armstrong Place 32 Dalton & Sons 13, Eton Road 33 H... |
03d1714d-6789-4688-87f8-281b1f897687 | Colver 165, Sandy Hill Road 38 Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society 153, Powis Street 39 P. H. Mack 111, High Street, Woolwich 40 H. Sheerman 140 41 B. Flood 31, Beresford Street 42 T.Newman 94, Wellington Street 43 J. Fletcher 15, New Road 108 Table XX.—continued. No. Name. Address. 44 J. Fletcher 57, New Road 45 A. Bra... |
af3b361f-a796-46e5-a6af-50d84d00c32d | Dennis 90, Brookhill Road 50 E. Ewell 38, Artillery Place 51 H. Myers 33, Samuel Street 52 L. Wilkening 72, Henry Street 53 H. Moore 24, Chapel Street 54 F. Ginger 8, Hill Street 55 S. Harrison 1, Lower Pellipar Road 56 W. C. Clothier 51, Albion Road 57 — Bonner 36, Chapel Street 58 J. Franklin 21, Albion Road 59 A. F.... |
7ec0ad10-c81b-4c61-ad73-f1c44dfbfdcf | Attenborough 60, Sand Street 64 T. Holcombe 45, Warwick Street 65 G. West 10, King Street 66 S. Stephens 94, High Street, Eltham 67 R. Humphrey 77, „ „ 68 Ellen Scriven 114, 69 F. Cook 142, „ „ 5, The Parade, New Eltham 70 C. Worboys 71 E. Shillito 13, 72 E. Hobbs 6, Well Hall Parade, Eltham 109 Table XXI. List of Slau... |
5104623c-d8d5-478a-a11f-e54c831f5ec4 | Leech 78, Frederick Place, Plumstead 3 H. T. J. Reed & J. W. Funnell 25, Parry Place, Plumstead 4 T. Mead 6, High Street, Plumstead 5 Hedley Vicars 41, Church Street, Woolwich 6 Charles Bartlett 14, Church Street, Woolwich 7 Frederick Buckneil Love Lane (rear of Wellington Street), Woolwich 3 James & George Mitchell 25... |
d5082ad7-24e8-4890-b0f7-5a7f2850a654 | 1 Wm. J. Miller Keightley House Farm, Southwood Road, E. 2 Richard Higgs Coldharbour Farm, Chislehurst 3 John & Alfred Low, Avery Hill Farm, Eltham Park Farm, Eltham 4 W. F. Corp Lyme Farm, Eltham 5 E, Fisher & Sons, Crescent Farm, Sidcup Belmont Part Farm, Eltham 6 John Grace Pippin Hall Farm, Eltham 7 William Ridewoo... |
17789adb-ad97-4a2f-a4f0-846587cae4dc | Plumstead 15 W. Ridewood, Chapel Farm, Eltham 3, Ripon Road, Plumstead 16 F. G. Cock 13, Raglan Road, Plumstead 17 Chas. Lambeth 1, Griffin Road, Plumstead 18 Henry J. Chard, Heath Lodge, Little Heath, Charlton Rear of 14, 15, 16, Pellipar Road, Woolwich 111-112 Table XXIII.—List of Registered Common Lodging Houses. Re... |
52cb174d-08cb-4b8a-a565-0b92afde3a16 | " Purrett Road W ellington Road, Old Charlton Plumstead 2 Rope Yard Rails Woolwich 21 . . 21 27th Jan. 1869 4032 18th April, 1890 Robert Flett 19 Kent 51 High Street „ . . 10 20 4th Oct. 1869 4091 24th Oct. 1902 Eliza Ranton 3 Rope Yard Rails Woolwich 4 Rope Yard Rails „ 17 . . 17 5th April, 1870 4836 15th Dec. 1896 Jo... |
bb5ee2f0-1a6a-4d89-9247-4270089ac2fe | 1895 John Self 83 High Street Woolwich 82 High Street „ 12 5 . 17 17th Sept. 1877 5087 30th June, 1891 Robert Flett 19 Wellington Road, Old Charlton Kent 21 Rope Yard Rails „ 8 4 4 20 26th Oct. 1878 5218 13th Aug. 1897 Jeremiah James Mahony 5 Rope Yard Rails Woolwich 11 Rope Yard Rails „ 20 4 3 30 9th Jan. 1880 5261 30... |
2577973f-67a5-4c1a-9591-0c8beb7534a2 | 1863 5638 13th Aug. 1897 Jeremiah James Mahony 5 Rope Yard Rails Woolwich 10a Rope Yar.d Rails „ 26 . 3 32 5th May, 1884 5665 30th June, 1891 Robert Flett 19 Wellington Road, Old Charlton Kent 21a Rope Yard Rails „ •• 15 5 25 11th Sept. 1884 5747 14th June, 1899 Jeremiah James Mahony 5 Rope Yard Rails Woolwich 102 High... |
d01db1a1-69c9-457d-bb24-52670857d916 | 1887 5847 25th Aug. 1894 Maria White — " Fairview," Purrett Road High Street Plumstead 56 High Street „ ½ ½ . 7 15 10th Sept. 1887 5943 5th Dec. 1890 Mary Ann White 88 Woolwich 93 High Street „ 30 . . 30 24th Aug. 1888 6013 27th May, 1897 Wm. J. Cragg 50 St. Paul's Road Highbury 12 Warren Lane „ 39 .... . 39 29th June,... |
b40b815a-4b16-451c-9897-e71eeea54e75 | Paul's Road Highbury 13 Warren Lane „ 11 .. .. 11 10th Sept., 1892 6135 20th Dec., 1899 Sophia Hayden 67 Beresford Street Woolwich 7 Rope Yard Rails „ 18 .. .. 18 3rd June, 1893 6213 29th Dec., 1898 William Edwards 1 Warren Lane Woolwich 4 Warren Lane „ 31 .. .. 31 21st Dec , 1897 2 30th Jan., 1889 Robert Flett 19 Well... |
c4aeef51-c95d-4339-b65b-941b4ba0d91d | 9 4 17 2nd Dec. 1851 911 30th Jan. 1889 Robert Flett 19 Wellington Road, Old Charlton Kent 49 High Street „ 26 . . 26 20th Sept. 1852 1027 12th Mar. 1884 John Kelcher 5 Nile Street Woolwich 7 Nile Street „ 13 . . 13 14th Feb. 1853 1382 19th Nov. 1887 George Channing 75 High Street Woolwich 76 High Street „ ½ 2 8 18½ 18... |
b87ef83a-e427-438d-9ca8-4bcda5bbd7ad | „ 10 .. .. 10 30th Oct., 1855 2302 29th Sept., 1884 Eliza White — Gifford House, Lakedale Road Plumstead 9 Rope Yard Rails „ 36 .. .. 36 29th Sept., 1856 2443 15th Dec., 1896 John Huxford 61 High Street Woolwich 64 High Street „ 20 .. .. 20 7th Dec., 1857 2613 14th Mar., 1890 Maria White - " Fairview," Purrett Road Plu... |
9c19d10f-acc0-453c-ba42-9b10480bf067 | WOO 67 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for WOOLWICH. 1903. 2 Public Health Committee:— Jones, Eev. L. J. "Broomhill," Shrewsbury Lane, Plumstead (Mayor). Bull, W. J., 280, Plumstead Common Road, Plumstead (Chairman). Boubne, R. J., 196, Lakedale Road, Plumstead ( Vice-Ch... |
bddbbee0-9be1-4726-8c10-3b1779f98b7e | Hall, A., 98, Vicarage Road, Plumstead. Jones, P., 89, Sladedale Road, Plumstead. Merritt, W. J., 50, Herbert Road, Plumstead. Pringle, P., 28, Wrottesley Road, Plumstead. Slater, G., 84, Eglinton Road, Plumstead. Medical Officer of Health:— SIDNEY DAVIES, M.A., M.D., Oxon., D.P.H., Camb., Fellow and Member of Council ... |
1bcc5e74-4ceb-40e8-904c-9ccbce52f766 | Food Inspector and Inspector of Cow-sheds and SlaughterHouses (Woolwich and Plumstead) and Eegistered Houses, Woolwich. William Woolley (Cert. King's College), St. George's Ward. John W. Eance (Cert. San. Inst.), Dockyard and St. Mary's Wards. William Little (Cert. San. Inst.), Herbert and St. Margaret's Wards. William... |
dc50c340-7fe6-4fd8-8f6a-7daa5dc2b734 | William Wood, Parish of Eltham. Public Health Committee Clerk:— Charles Ellis. Assistant Clerk:— Amyas Britter. Junior Clerk:— F. H. Deans. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Part I.—Statistics. |
cda2f388-cfab-4d8c-bfa7-f29578b08bd9 | page Population—New Houses 10 Births 12 Deaths—Corrections Applied 14 Life Capital Saved 16 Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 17 Infant Mortality 17 Zymotic Death Rate 18 Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 19 Deaths in Public Institutions 20 Small-Pox and Vaccination 20 Measles—Closure of Infant Classes 22 ... |
6c8f9a58-0629-4a10-b61d-31b67aac67fc | page Water Supply 55 Food and Drugs' Act—Percentage Milk Adulteration 55 Pood Inspection 57 Dairies, Cow Sheds, and Milk Shops Order 58 Cow Sheds 58 Slaughter Houses 59 Nuisances—Complaints, Sewers, Drains, Public Urinals, House Inspections 59 Over-crowding, Dampness 61 Smoke Nuisance 62 Defective Light 63 Want of prop... |
244c211f-fd0b-47e7-b90e-e89e48a341ac | Outworkers 71 Bakehouses 72 Disinfection—New Disinfecting Station 73 Health Shelter 77 Mortuaries 77 Cemeteries 77 Bye-Laws for Vans and Sheds 78 Customs and Inland Revenue Act 78 Public Ambulance 78 Covered Seats 79 Dentistry and the Care of Teeth 79 Sanitary Staff 80 6 LIST OF TABLES. page Table I.—Population. |
2704b514-c81f-4154-b2a2-146b2da801a4 | Births and Deaths for the whole Borough from 1890 to 1903, including Deaths of NonBesidents in the District, also Deaths in Public Institutions in the District, and Deaths of Besidents Begistered beyond the District 81 Number of Inhabited Houses, the Average Number per House and the Acreage 81 Ia—Institutions inside an... |
17d4903b-e99b-4324-bca5-eaf5d01dae96 | 84 ,, III.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified at all Ages, at various Age Groups, and Distributed according to Wards during 1903 85 „ IV.—Deaths at all Ages, at various Age Groups, from Various Causes in 1903 87-88 „ IVa.—Deaths from Various Causes arranged by Wards in 1903 Total deaths in Public Institutions in Dist... |
218f535d-0f64-4f0b-af49-4e2ddf79370e | page Table Weekly Averages for Meteorology and Registered VIIIa. Deaths from all Causes and from certain prevalent Diseases. 97 , IX.—Summary of Statistics for the First Quarter of 1903 Corrected for Public Institutions 98 , X.—Summary of Statistics for the Second Quarter of 1903 Corrected for Public Institutions 99 „ ... |
0b6b5a5c-2a64-48b3-b413-189079b87293 | the Number of Nuisances Abated and the Notices Served in each Ward 108 , XVa.—Summary of Work of Chief Inspector & miscellaneous 110 , XVb.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces 111 , XVI.—List of Streets Inspected—House to House—and Number of Houses where Defects were found 114 , XVI1.—Prosecutions in 1903... |
cac1636b-843f-464d-aa80-c6accde35fbf | —List of Slaughter-Houses in the Borough, 1903 126 „ XXII,—List of Cow-Houses in the Borough, 1903 127 PREFACE. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OP WOOLWICH. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, Me. Mayor and Gentlemen, In presenting you with my Third Annual Report, I have the pleasure of... |
ed66933f-1962-4586-8f3f-9be2a358a8be | The provision by the Borough of municipal sanatorium treatment of phthisis creates a new departure in London. The work of the department fully detailed in this report, indicates the industry and devotion of the Sanitary Staff, of which I here desire to express my appreciation; I have specially to acknowledge the servic... |
6d7e6a74-9093-49ec-89e1-41868ae0df2b | Population.—The usual mode of estimating the increase of population, i.e., by allowing an increase for the year proportional to that found to have obtained between the two preceding censuses, would certainly give wrong results if applied this year to Woolwich. The rapid increase in population during the Boer War has no... |
8d4b3a76-85d8-4c8f-9add-a256fa2ce575 | I have estimated the population to the middle of 1903, to be 123,172, this number is arrived at as follows:—the populations of the parishes of Woolwich and Plumstead have been taken as calculated for 1902, without change, but the population of Eltham estimated for 1902 (10,002) has been increased by 667, this number be... |
604cddb4-9709-4ffc-97fc-15f4d31ce9ae | Houses in Borough at Census, 1901 18,086 New houses to June 30th, 1901 321 „ „ 1902 1,292 „ „ 1903 743 Total to middle of 1903 20,442 4. The population of each ward (except Eltham) has also been taken as calculated for 1902. This probably underestimates the population of St. Nicholas and St. Margaret's Wards, and sligh... |
7290cb4a-5bb7-49be-a85e-a1c3d2aa92d6 | Margaret's. Central Glyndon. St. Nicholas. Eltham. Table II. gives the estimated population. North. South. Population 8,712 10,439 2,991 11,405 8,078 9,837 9,080 9,842 10,118 9,810 19,640 7,226 No. |
f16f84b7-9db3-481b-9c71-7dcd6befe44f | of Inhabited Houses 1,325 1,126 441 1,671 878 1,735 1,612 1,638 1,805 1,697 2,805 1,353 Persons to a House 6.57 9.27 6.78 6.83 9.20 5.67 5.63 6.00 5.61 5.78 7.00 5.34 New Houses— April to June, 1901 — — 4 — — — 12 61 7 8 85 80 June, 1901 to June, 1902 — — 71 — — — 79 265 7 8 455 407 June, 1902 to June, 1903 12 — 33 — —... |
d1cf2c64-7907-4745-a5f1-cd29ed96bbe5 | The number of births was 3691, and the birth rate 30.0, compared with 30.0 and 29.9 in the two previous years, and 30.9 the average rate of the ten years 1892—1901. The rate for the County of London was 28.4. 6. The following table shows the birth rate of the three parishes and eleven wards of the Borough, and how thes... |
4c5ba716-ef15-42ec-ad1e-115118cc85cb | George's 36.0 34.4 37.5 Plumstead Parish 31.5 31.5 31.4 Wards. Burrage 25.7 22.7 23.9 Herbert 26.1 26.4 27.0 St. Margaret's 31.6 37.2 33.7 Central 29.3 32.6 26.9 Glyndon 32.4 28.5 31.7 St. |
52e44387-8d4a-4ff7-a65f-e6800a8b27d6 | Nicholas 36.4 29.8 31.8 Eltham 22.3 23.8 24.1 Greenwich Borough 29.0 28.1 27.3 Lewisham Borough 25.8 25.7 26.2 West Ham 35.0 34.1 33.6 East Ham 36.4 36.4 34.4 13 Erith 30.9 37.3 38.9 London 29.0 28.5 28.4 England & Wales — 28.6 28.4 Woolwich Borough 30.0 29.9 30.0 7. The birth rate of Woolwich and Eltham parishes, and ... |
34e89a3c-7c0a-4365-8b5b-31210e894ee0 | Nicholas Wards, were higher than in 1902, and the birth rate of Plumstead parish and of Dockyard, South River, St. Margaret's, and Central Wards, lower. 8. The highest birth rates were again in the North River Ward and St. Margaret's, and the lowest in St. Mary's, Burrage, Eltham, and the South River. 9. The following ... |
acd20a00-663f-4ba9-ab19-60ef41befde5 | Woolwich 30.5 31.5 30.2 30.3 28.2 28.5 28.8 29.1 Plumstead 32.7 32'3 30.2 30.2 29.8 31.5 31.5 31.4 Eltham 21.9 19.5 19.3 21.4 21.1 22.3 23.8 24.1 10. Illegitimate Births.—49 of the births registered ware illegitimate, 18 of these taking place in the Union Infirmary. 28 of the illegitimate births belonged to Woolwich pa... |
29a72206-9fb3-4b3a-9577-3bc6707b04f1 | There were 937 marriages celebrated in the Borough; the proportion of persons married was 15.2 per 1,000 population. The rate in London was 17.8 in 1902. 14 Deaths. 12. Table I, gives the gross and nett deaths and death rates in 1903, and each of the past 11 years, and shews also how the nett deaths are arrived at. All... |
cc8f81fc-c162-4d14-afd4-990fa4b03d93 | The Death Rate—13.3—is the lowest that has yet been recorded, the lowest rate previously reached being 14.6 in 1901, and the average for the previous ten years, 16.6. 14. Table VII, taken from the "British Medical Journal," shews how Woolwich compares with the County and other Metropolitan Boroughs. Six Boroughs had a ... |
26485c48-b956-4c21-92ca-0dd2fb5439cf | Dockyard 15.7 16.4 16.2 St. Mary's 11.6 14.0 14.1 River 20.1 N. 18.7 14.5 S. 18.7 17.9 St. George's 18.5 16.4 16.8 Plumstead Parish 13.2 14.3 12.3 Wards. Burrage 13.5 15.4 13.5 Herbert 11.3 13.1 9.7 St. Margaret's 11.7 13.5 14.0 Central 13.9 13.2 9.6 Glyndon 14.2 14.5 14.6 St. Nicholas 13.0 13.3 10.2 Eltham 13.6 8.5 8.... |
acf543ff-b850-41b7-86e4-18669a731ab5 | Compared with 1902, there was a decreased death rate in all the Wards except St Mary's, St. George's, St. Margaret's and Glyndon. The Central, Herbert and Eltham Wards had the lowest death rate, and River-South the highest. The apparently low rate of St. Mary's compared with the other Woolwich Wards is misleading, and ... |
dcfb5c29-866b-4b5a-a494-ec3c692ef0c1 | Nicholas Ward and Eltham is doubtless partly a result of the development of the new estates in these wards, and their population with a provident class of persons. 17. The following table gives the death rates in each parish for the past seven years. The rate for each in 1903 was the lowest recorded; the diminution in ... |
65237dc0-29bc-482b-836a-4768e1ea67a7 | Woolwich 20.4 17.3 20.1 21.0 21.8 16.8 17.1 16.3 Plumstead 15.6 13.6 16.2 14.0 15.8 13.2 14.3 12.3 Eltham 14.7 14.2 13.5 16.0 14.5 13.6 8.5 8.2 18. The death rate for males was 14.0, and that of females 12.5. 19. Life capital saved.—In my last Annual Report I estimated that life capital of the monetary value of about £... |
ce328143-3604-43c1-899a-875977742c07 | The experience of 1903 would allow of the addition of at least another £15,000 being added to this saving in life capital. The total saving of life capital attributable to the existing sanitary administration would be of course a very much larger sum. 17 20. Infant Mortality.—The infant mortality as measured by the pro... |
0807e00f-e969-4119-b9aa-81a724dc76e9 | George's 118 127 129 Plumstead Parish 122 129 95 Wards. Burrage 94 123 72 Herbert 91 107 80 Glyndon 94 119 105 St. Margaret's 130 112 95 Central 120 135 94. St. Nicholas 143 152 97 Eltham 141 95 74 Greenwich — 138 127 West Ham 172 149 148 East Ham 156 119 113 Erith 141 103 93 London 148 139 130 England & Wales — — 132 ... |
47d547b0-dda5-4489-904a-0825fe5c1ed0 | Woolwich 175 160 175 167 171 137 119 132 Plumstead 133 116 156 124 129 122 129 95 Eltham 176 120 150 198 156 141 95 74 Woolwich parish had a lower rate in 1902, but in Plumstead and Eltham the 1903 rate was the lowest in the eight years. 22. River Ward North and all the Plumstead Wards had a lower rate than in 1902, th... |
a91b39f4-03da-40c8-89f6-59a47a39d331 | The total deaths under five years of age were 551, giving a death rate (per 1000 living under five at the census) of 40.8, and per cent. of total deaths— 34. At ages between five and twenty, the number of deaths was very small; after the age of five, the actual greatest number of deaths occurred between 65 and 75. Thir... |
5be46da3-a917-45c5-865b-9eaab38c70a2 | Woolwich 3.8 1.61 1.74 1.08 Plumstead 2.1 1.42 2.20 0.92 Eltham 0.33 1.51 0.19 0.84 26. Inquests.—There were 160 inquests compared with 145, 154 and 154 in the three preceding years. The following table gives particulars as to causes of death:— 1. Natural causes 70 70 2. Accidental causes:— Burns 11 Drowning 2 Falls 6 ... |
6eb97f31-cfda-4153-91de-8cf7ddec3c34 | 20 12 of the deaths from misadventure were due to an explosion of lyddite in the Royal Arsenal. Of the remaining 53 deaths from accidental causes, 10 occurred on Sunday, and 11 on Saturday. 27. Certain accidental causes of death shew an increase: thus burns were 4 in 1901, 6 in 1902, and 11 in 1903; suffocations, by be... |
2fcc8de4-dc02-4c4a-8be9-23486beb075b | An inquest is now held on almost every person who dies without having medical attendance. It is most important that this should be the case, pending the introduction of a more scientific method of enquiry into the causes of such deaths. 29. Deaths in Public Institutions.—Table I. shews the actual number of deaths occur... |
89693cd8-5551-4e32-a836-101588b46244 | Three cases were inmates of the Workhouse, and must have been infected by a visitor having undetected small-pox. All the inmates of the Workhouse and Infirmary who had been in contact with these patients were revaccinated, and no further cases occurred inside these institutions. A scrubber at the Infirmary, however, wa... |
d74dec4b-3517-4128-90cf-f3e97cb1aacf | The following return kindly furnished by the Vaccinating Officer gives particulars as to vaccination of children born in Woolwich and Plumstead parishes in 1902. Compared with 1901 there has been an increase in vaccinations of 79, and conscientious objections fell from 127 to 78. Births 3435 Vaccinated 2826 Insusceptib... |
0424dda6-33c4-4258-8f5b-a13fa2dd2898 | Twenty-three of the patients were under 5 years of age, one from 5 to 10, and one from 15 to 20. 10 were males and 15 females; 8 were in Woolwich parish, 14 in Plumstead, and 3 in Eltham, giving death rates of 0.19, 0 20 and 0.28 respectively. All the deaths, and nearly all the cases occurred in the first six months of... |
0d0cc43e-0f92-4cb7-b7c9-e209812e0178 | Evidently Measles is at the present time a more fatal disease than Scarlet Fever. 23 34. The following table gives the death rate per 1,000 population from Measles in each parish for the past 13 years, compared with London:— Woolwich. Plumstead. Eltham. London. Year. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Rate. 1891 26 0.63 33 ... |
1bffb039-6db2-48ef-b481-96b71dbe0ae6 | 82 1897 1 0.02 3 0.05 0.43 1898 53 1.27 59 0.94 0.69 1899 13 0.32 3 0.04 0.48 1900 29 0.69 46 0.68 0.43 Average, 10 years 0.65 0.54 0.58 1901 11 026 9 0.13 1 0.14 0.43 1902 10 0.24 31 0.43 0 — 0.51 1903 8 0.19 14 0.20 3 0.28 0.40 The reduction in the deaths from Measles in Woolwich and Plum8tead during the past three y... |
98c271ee-cd34-433c-b4b9-fca0abcae078 | compared with the measles mortality in the previous ten years; it is, I believe, due as much to diminished fatality as to lessened spread of infection, and no doubt the efforts made to enlighten parents by leaflets and the educational effect of the application to measles of certain sections of the Public Health (London... |
d0df8cbc-cb78-4608-a982-2424627221c0 | The following is a copy of a report presented on 1st July, 1903. Measles.—Result of closure of classes in the six months, January to June, 1903. "In accordance with the arrangement come to with the Medical Officer of the School Board, 22 classes or classrooms of Elementary schools have been closed during the six months... |
cda5bc4a-0e86-4a96-b525-6b1e73d0fc90 | 1 Class (or room) was closed for 6 days 3 Classes (or rooms) were closed for 7 days 1 9 „ 8 10 „ 1 14 „ 1 16 „ 1 17 „ 2 19 „ 4 21 ,, The average period of closure was thus 13 days, including Saturdays and Sundays. 25 37. "The object of school closure is to prevent the attendance of children in the preliminary stage of ... |
70a365e8-db6a-4509-b8eb-7295bd63ffb0 | When one case of Measles has been present in a class, it is to be expected that in from 10 to 14 days there will be, if the class is not closed, three or four or more children in the class sickening for Measles, and if these are allowed to remain (and only exceptionally are they detected) they will probably each infect... |
b9012e90-deb7-4b62-8d8f-4d5b58e3826c | "A satisfactory answer to these questions depends on punctual notifications from school teachers and, unfortunately, it is certain in some cases that these are not obtained. A satisfactory answer to question (2) depends also on whether the teachers are careful to exclude children coming from infected houses, a duty I f... |
232b6694-e32e-4aa2-a6a2-3fc71ecd82ab | The second question can be answered still more satisfactorily, for in all, but one class the closure had the effect of preventing the occurrence of Measles in the class after return to school. In the one exception there was probably default of the parents or neglect of the teacher in allowing children to attend school ... |
1324bd95-1f19-46cd-b3ee-8c53e3d13089 | Unfortunately it gained headway in a private school, from which no notifications were received and had spread widely before I knew of its existence. "In Plumstead, however, I consider that but for closure there would have been very much more Measles. 41. "It must not be overlooked that in schools where closure was not ... |
60f52cb2-17a8-4fae-ad1a-3f05dba98d49 | Under an order of the London County Council, Measles has been a dangerous infectious disease under the Public Health (London) Act since April 1st, 1903. This course was recommended by me seven years ago. Measles is however exempt from the provisions relating to notification, hospital isolation, milk supply prohibition,... |
82655547-a4e0-40c1-80ee-2b1cd5dcffdb | Borough 2.64 2.14 3.16 Woolwich Parish 2.55 2.49 3.05 Plumstead ,, 2.63 1.88 3.19 Eltham „ 3.42 2.45 3.40 London County 4.1 4.0 2.75 c 2 28 44. Table III gives the age distribution, the number of cases in each ward, and the number of these removed to hospital. The heaviest incidence was on St. Margaret's Ward, and spec... |
86417761-3bcc-43aa-95a5-1a94cf79c11d | and were also of feeble infectivity, or there would certainly have been a much wider spread epidemic. One boy after an absence of a week from school for 'cold,' was found a few days after his return to be peeling and sent home by the teacher. The illness must have commenced fully two weeks before, and he had during tha... |
022149b9-8f1c-4012-99b1-8fac3245c389 | The following table gives the Scarlet Fever case mortality (deaths per 100 cases), compared with London in the past three years:— ] 1901. 1902. 1903 The Borough 1.6 3.0 1.0 London County 3.2 2.80 2.9 29 46. Hospital Removal.—Of the 389 cases, 337, or 86 per cent., were removed to the Fever Hospitals of the Asylums Boar... |
4f57cd71-8f61-435c-acb5-d0bdbeb7bae4 | Return Cases.—In 10 cases the source of infection was traced to a patient recently returned from the Fever Hospital, the 10 cases having been infected by four such patients; one of them infected two at his home, three schoolfellows, and two relations (not included among the 12) in an adjoining parish, where he was sent... |
bd33859e-0a93-45de-9a25-44a955b137a8 | The value of Hospital isolation.—The question of the success of Hospital isolation in Scarlet Fever has been raised in recent years by more than one Medical Officer of Health. From the point of view of treatment and benefit to the individual there is no doubt that removal of a sick patient from a poor home where cubic ... |
10a22d1f-51d4-4a2a-9c78-f3c2621b6274 | of the notified cases of Scarlet Fever in Plumstead have enjoyed the advantage of Hospital isolation every year for 10 years past, and the proportion has steadily increased, until during the past three years over 85 per cent. of the cases in the Borough have been isolated. Yet although the last four years show a marked... |
91c9874d-c303-430d-a153-13dfc67ebd63 | Each patient costs about £17 (i.e., 42/6 a week) for maintenance in hospital (p.p. 37 and 207 Asylums Board Annual Report, 1902), so that if my surmise is correct that hospital isolation is useless for one half the patients, a sum of £2,856 31 was spent last year out of the rates which produced no public benefit, and o... |
64f039e7-e5f2-4029-bc6b-858ca63ccda0 | Under the present state of medical knowledge it is impossible to detect such cases and prevent return cases, and it seems hopeless to expect Scarlet Fever to be eliminated. Thus it becomes a serious question whether so large a sum should be expended in general isolation, when equally good results would probably be obta... |
b9310482-5b36-4591-8ca1-4dd9c7eafca4 | The following resolutions were unanimously 32 passed at a meeting of the Metropolitan Branch of the Society of Medical Officers of Health:— (1) That there is now strong and increasing evidence that at least the later desquamation of Scarlet Fever is not infectious. (2) That bacteriological researches indicate that the ... |
d893d5d2-b294-4cc1-893f-bf8a71816614 | There were 13 deaths compared with 23 in the preceding year. The death rate was 0.11, the lowest recorded since 1891. (See Table V.) The London death rate was 0.16. 53. Fifty-three cases were in Woolwich parish, 118 in Plumstead, and 15 in Bltham. The following table shews the case rate in each parish in the past three... |
cdff5eff-b75e-4f1a-b703-a3df2df6be49 | Since the birth rate is higher in Plumstead than in Woolwich parish, and the infantile death rate much lower, it follows that the proportion of children to the whole population is much greater in Plumstead than Woolwich, and this difference largely accounts for the higher incidence rate of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever, an... |
45e40a6d-d096-4935-8a04-9cba9b248026 | Bacteriological diagnosis.—Swabs from the throat or nose of 66 persons suspected to have diphtheria were examined bacteriologically by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. The result was positive in 15 cases, negative in 45, the pseudo bacillus was found in 5, and one was stated to contain a few suspicious baci... |
1f75e632-cd0b-4c5b-b510-3d7b7f033ae9 | Last year however, there were six cases in one family in which infection followed the return home of a child with a nasal discharge, which was found to contain diphtheria bacilli. This child though sent to Hospital for Diphtheria, was found not to have that disease, but to have Measles on admission, and was separately ... |
92700726-9dd1-4111-84d6-36495defbb1e | The injection of antitoxin and the performance of tracheotomy in laryngeal cases, are operations which can usually be much more safely performed in a well equipped Hospital than in the patient's home. Further, the practice of examining all cases bacteriologically before the discharge obviates the occurrence of return c... |
80e62144-d1b3-436c-9d7d-c1cd2da186e2 | This is the lowest death rate recorded. The London death rate was 0 08. 64. The following were the cases occurring in each parish during the past four years. ] 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903 Woolwich 23 21 17 10 Plumstead 39 32 24 22 Eltham 4 15 9 10 65. |
9ade6856-43e5-4523-89b1-a70e48464c6e | Two cases were attributed to eating oysters, one to periwinkles, one to crayfish and crabs bought and cooked at Hull, four to watercress, five to unknown causes outside the Borough, viz., at Felixstowe, Shoeburyness, Portsmouth, Brighton, and Newport, respectively; one fell in the Victoria Dock 10 days before the onset... |
3f28abb7-27d8-4f7b-8be5-3ca9252e57ca | On the 22nd April, I made the following report on Enteric Fever in Eltham:— Enteric Fever at Eltham.—The Borough of Woolwich has been remarkably free from Enteric Fever during the present year, only six cases having occurred up to this date. Three of these have, however, been in Eltham, one at each of the following hou... |
781e13b4-6152-4eac-a92e-b4914af09197 | These two roads are practically continuous, and the lower part of Court Road and the whole of West Park are nearer to the shops in the village of Mottingham than to those in Eltham. I am informed that four cases of Enteric Fever have occurred in the small village of Mottingham this year, and that seven cases occurred l... |
6c4bdcfe-328f-41fd-9907-5fee24fa3f6e | One of the cases occurring last year in 2, West Park, had milk from another dealer in Mottingham, where a case of Enteric Fever had recently occurred. These two cases (Wensley House and 2, West Park) are the only ones of the eight cases in Court Road and West Park, occurring in 1902 and 1903, not supplied by the dairym... |
b5b81557-bacd-4adc-b44c-853e8e88123a | All the houses in West Park have been recently inspected house to house, the drains tested with smoke, and wherever found defective relaid. All houses where Enteric Fever has occurred, and many others in Court Road, have been similarly dealt with, and the drainage in both roads is probably decidedly superior to that of... |
1f3cfbed-4ad6-43a1-9997-6a8c8c880499 | I have ascertained that the main West Kent sewer runs under Mottingham and the south-west end of West Park; this is, however, at a depth of 50 to 60 feet, so it is not likely that it can have any injurious effect on these localities. Shell fish, ice creams, and other foods which occasionally cause Enteric Fever have be... |
4872f853-e0c1-4276-b9b7-b90bace1036a | Although I have shown some reason to suspect a particular milk supply, I am not aware of any condition that would cause a milk supply to be 38 ated during so long a period of time. Further, the farm and dairy premises have been inspected by Dr. Tew, Medical Officer of Health of West Kent combined sanitary districts, an... |
f44d82c1-bba9-4629-bbf5-e2e8a40a41e4 | The automatic flushing tank referred to above has been provided. Although, like myself, he failed to discover any actual source of infection, Dr. Simpson considers that the polluted condition of a small watercourse running through a field in which the cows of the suspected farm are turned out, offers sufficient explana... |
95e74565-9391-4711-9ef5-c85526745a9c | Bacteriological Diagnosis.—Blood serum from 23 cases of suspected Enteric Fever was submitted to the Lister Institute for the application of the Widal reaction, compared with 27 and 30 cases in the two previous years. A positive result was obtained in 9 cases, and a negative in 14. 69. Twenty-seven cases were removed t... |
5afdeddf-c4bf-4ddc-89f1-95ee46579fdb | There were in addition 15 deaths from Enteritis and GastroEnteritis, making a total of 59 deaths, probably due to the same disease under different names. 71. Of the above 59 deaths, 41 were under one year of age. The following table shews the death rate from these diseases per 1,000 births in each Ward and Parish in th... |
f513d7e2-6a6e-416d-8703-5b90d8b53593 | Nicholas 43 29 21 Central 20 12 7 Glyndon 34 31 9 St. Margaret's 22 25 12 Herbert 21 11 11 Burrage 23 22 Nil Eltham 39 9 11 72. The River Ward, North, again had the highest diarrhoea death rate; Dockyard, St. George's, the Plumstead Wards, and Eltham shew an improved rate, St. Mary's and River Ward an increased rate, c... |
30d2d198-4089-4d31-aac0-2b459834b91d | Leaflets on the feeding of infants are now distributed largely by clergymen at baptisms, and in other ways as opportunity is found. No general arrangements have yet been made by which a copy can be sent to each mother after the birth of a child. 75. Erysipelas.—There were 58 cases of Erysipelas compared with 72 and 98 ... |
e60cb039-5631-46a5-9735-43055f26f6f4 | Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia. — Influenza caused 27 deaths compared with 62, 22 and 60 in the three preceding years. Bronchitis and Pneumonia caused 258 deaths, compared with 407, 245 and 299 in the three preceding years. Table VIII. shows that the highest number of deaths from Bronchitis and Pneumonia was reach... |
af8f56dd-4a79-47e7-9aec-61d1cb67a9ef | The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past three years, and for comparison the deaths from simple meningitis:— 1901 1902 1903 Tubercular meningitis 17 20 28 Simple meningitis 26 19 24 Tuberculosis-intestines & peritoneum 37 29 14 Tuberculosis—other forms 24... |
4c3a69ca-358b-4b95-8ef5-8ffdcb74eb3e | The deaths from phthisis were 171, giving a death rate of 1.39 compared with 1.79,1.80 and 1.47 in the three preceding years. There was thus a reduction in the four years of 23 per cent. in phthisis mortality. 80. The following table gives the death rate from Phthisis per 1000 population, in each ward during the past t... |
d76e295c-46da-43c2-b53a-ed38927edd01 | Mary's 23 2.20 19 1.79 22 2.10 St. George's 19 2.35 17 2.06 16 1.98 Plumstead 104 1.49 94 1.30 84 1.18 St. Nicholas 33 1.63 25 1.08 29 1.26 Central 15 1.46 13 1.24 8 0.78 Glyndon 18 1.83 14 1.39 11 1.11 St. |
bf7950c5-8997-4e1d-818d-56d9ce0625b1 | Margaret's 14 1.37 17 1.41 12 1.01 Herbert 12 1.30 9 0.91 7 0.72 Burrage 12 1.22 16 1.59 17 1.72 Eltham 6 0.77 6 0.59 6 0.56 The Borough 215 1.80 183 1.47 171 1.39 London .. 1.66 .. 1.60 •• 1.55 43 81. As in previous years River Ward South had the highest death rate, and after it St. Mary's and St. George's. Eltham aga... |
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