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548ffc68-63eb-47a2-921b-b61b5e4a11ae | page Water Supply 59 Food and Drugs Act—Percentage Milk Adulteration 60 Food Inspection 61 Dairies, Cow Sheds, and Milk Shops Order 61 Cow Sheds 62 Slaughter Houses 62 Nuisances—Complaints, Sewers, Drains, Public Urinals, House Inspections 62 Over-crowding 65 Smoke Nuisance 66 Defective Light 66 Want of proper Water Cl... |
071bd9b6-8cd1-474c-a344-126360895cab | Outworkers 72 7 page Bakehouses 73 lee Cream Shops 73 Disinfection 74 Health Shelter 74 Mortuaries 74 Cemeteries 75 Cleansing of Persons Act 75 By-Laws for Vans and Sheds 75 Public Ambulance 76 Health Leaflets 76 Soldiers' Married Quarters 77 Bactericlogical Examinations 77 Report of Departmental Committee on Physical ... |
e84078eb-5f40-4011-bbab-c3709836e94f | —Institutions inside and outside the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from the District 81 Ib.—Deaths of Persons belonging to the Borough of Woolwich occurring in various Institutions—1904 82 II.—Population, Births Registered, Deaths at all Ages, and Deaths under One Year for each Ward during 1901, 19C2, 1903... |
8d8557b7-d55e-4400-b512-ef50a05ef5d5 | and other Particulars of the Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria during 1904 90 „ VII.—Vital Statistics of the various London Boroughs for 1904 91 , VIII,—Meteorology and Registered Deaths from all causes and from certain prevalent Diseases in each week of the year 93 , VIIIa.—Weekly Averages for Meteorology and Regi... |
c007e4b6-6625-4f98-a151-5b6b9d6a991e | Table page „ XIII.—Birth and Death Rates for each Parish for the Year 1904 102 „ XIV.—Deaths from Various Causes for the whole Borough in each week, Corrected for Public Institutions 103 ,, XIVA.—Total of persons belonging to the County of London, and registered in the 52 weeks ending 2nd January, 1904 105 ,, XV.—Summa... |
5d3e58bb-9af1-41fa-950f-3e76c951a524 | —Prosecutions in 1904 under the Public Health (London) Act and By-laws 119 , XVIII—Summary of Articles Analysed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 120 ,XVIIIa—Proceedings in 1904 under the Sale of Food and Drugs' Act 121 , XIX.—Food Destroyed on Application of Owners and Seizures Condemned by a Magistrate 123 , XX.—L... |
d337d25e-4d16-4890-9eea-c51e9ded52ad | 1904 129 (2) Report of Proceedings re want of proper and sufficient Supply of Water 135 (3) Report of Proceedings re Premises without proper Light 136 (4) Infantile Diarrhoea Leaflet 137 (5) Duties of Clerks and Sanitary Inspectors re Infectious Diseases 138 (6) Report by Miss Middlebrooke re General Health Work 139 10... |
4ae3c665-0029-47a2-b386-2f4eb7975fe0 | Woolwich takes the first place among the essentially working class Boroughs of the Metropolis as regards its death rate. Among the many matters dealt with in the Report, Measles and Tuberculosis have received special attention, and the reduction in the death-rate from Measles is matter for congratulation. I am able to ... |
0e210852-a56e-4665-a63d-c61721ed45e4 | FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOOLWICH, Year ending 31st December, 1904. PART I. Statistics. 1. Population.—The population to the middle of the year 1904 has been estimated as follows:— The parishes of Woolwich and Plumstead are supposed to have remained stationary for one year, but ... |
b13c51e2-131d-4fa9-884c-04214d6ed47b | Natural increase (excess of births over deaths), 1,765. 2. The following table shows the present number and increase siuce the census of houses in the Borough; houses rebuilt are not included among new houses. Houses in Borough at Census, 1901 18,086 New houses to June 30th, 1901 321 ,, ,,1902 1,292 ,, ,,1903 743 ,, ,,... |
ee699dc6-fd5b-4def-a127-a413e9033b43 | St. Margaret's. Central. Glyndon. St. Nicholas. Eltham. 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. 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.... |
ba6022e3-8f22-469b-88ab-96206e3ee2af | 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 - - - 40 153 7 9 239 250 June, 1903, to June, 1904 4 - 89 14 - 8 30 94 7 - 185 151 Total Houses 1,341 1,126 638 1,685 878 1,743 1,773 2,211 1,833 1,722 3,769 2,241 Populations 8,712 *9,788 3,991 ... |
39ad872b-03c4-4a5c-9c09-2b371ba70591 | 153 * Deduction made re 101 houses demolished in Artillery Place, &c. 13 14 Births. 4. The number of births was 3,531, and the birth rate 28.1 compared with 30.0, 29.9, and 30.0 in the three previous years, and 30.9 the average of the ten years 1892—1901. The rate for the County of London was 28.0. 5. The following tab... |
086e0a2f-1c4e-4d8c-a40a-20608f40e449 | Birth rate. 1904. 1902. 1903. Woolwich Paeish 28.5 28.8 29.1 28.2 Wards. Dockyard 32.3 32.2 31.5 32.8 St. Mary's 19.9 21.2 21.3 18.8 River 28.7 N. 39.1 40.6 38.8 S. 25.6 24.2 21.7 St. George's 36.0 34.4 37.5 39.7 Plumstead Parish 31.5 31.5 31.4 28.5 Wards. Burrage 25.7 22.7 23.9 22.5 Herbert 26.1 26.4 27.0 22.2 St. |
10f1682a-b897-42f6-a5ea-e46d34b8db74 | Margaret's 31.6 37.2 33.7 31.4 Central 29.3 32.6 26.9 26.1 Glyndon 32.4 28.5 31.7 30.3 St. |
2203bfe7-f3c2-434d-b567-762da3d65ff4 | Nicholas 36.4 29.8 31.8 32.6 Eltham 22.3 23.8 24.1 24.9 Greenwich Borough 29.0 28.1 27.3 27.7 Lewisham Borough 25.8 25.7 26.2 25.6 West Ham 35.0 34.1 33.6 32.2 East Ham 36.4 36.4 34.4 31.7 Erith 30.9 37.3 38.9 33.2 London 29.0 28.5 28.4 28.0 England & Wales - 28.6 28.4 27.9 Woolwich Borough 30.0 29.9 30.0 28.1 15 The E... |
aaddf3d7-da85-405a-a0c1-e3caaf56b62b | The reduction of the birth rate in this and other countries has been going on for several years. The birth rate varies to a certain extent with the marriage rate, which itself depends upon the prosperity of the country, but there has been clear evidence of the steady decline during the past twenty years, and this decli... |
2a06056b-07a9-4f6a-ad9c-59fbb113d11d | The following table gives for each parish the birth rate in the two Quinq.uennia 1891-1895 and 1896-1900, and each of the four past years:— Average of years '91 to' 95 Average of years '96 to '00 1901 1902 1903 1904 Woolwich 31.1 30.1 28.5 28.8 29.1 28.2 Plumstead 33.3 31.0 31.5 31.5 31.4 28.5 Eltham 22.8 20.6 22.3 23.... |
92d40661-80ab-4eb0-8d55-5789d5bd778c | The lowest rate in any County in that year was 26 in Essex, the rate in Middlesex was 28. 16 Marriages. 8. There were 910 marriages compared with 937 in the previous year. The marriage rate was 14.5 compared with 15.2 in 1903, and with 17.4 in London in the same year. 387 Marriages were performed in the Registry Office... |
45df0c4a-5385-40dd-b40b-a36498ec8f1f | But in order to institute a fair comparison between one district and another, it is necessary to further correct the death rate for sex and age distribution, for it is obvious that a population containing a large number of young persons between the ages of 5 and 30, when the death rate is very low, should have a lower ... |
82414d10-5078-4de0-9fa3-bc400f9d9bcd | By the use of the factor given above, we find that the death rate when corrected for sex and age distribution is 15.0 The death rate in the County of London was 16.6 The factor for correction of the London death rate is 1.05107, and by the use of this we get the corrected London death rate, viz. 17.5. 17 11. Table VII.... |
9d6900c0-dca4-457d-a649-9ce1016ae851 | The death rate in West Ham was 16.8 17.9 „ East Ham „ 13.5 14.4 „ Erith „ 11.4 „ England & Wales was 16.2 16.2 ,, 76 large towns „ 17.2 ,, London ,, 16.6 17.5 ,, Woolwich 14.0 15.0 The following table gives the death rate in each Parish and Ward of the Borough for each of the past four years:— 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. W... |
06eafbcc-d396-46e9-95d2-18207a08deed | Mary's 11.6 14.0 14.1 12.4 St. George's 18.5 16.4 16.8 17.7 Plumstead Parish 13.2 14.3 12.3 13.1 Wards. St. Nicholas 13.0 13.3 10. 15.2 Central 13.9 13.2 9.6 8.5 Glyndon 14.2 14.5 14.6 17.2 St. Margaret's 11.7 13.5 14.0 13.0 Herbert 11.3 13.1 9.7 9.9 Burrage 13.5 15.4 13.5 12.6 Eltham 13.6 8.5 8.2 10.8 18 12. |
5da0d7d8-fdfb-452b-97a4-5cb88b3bd7ef | Compared with 1903 there was an increased death rate in the following wards:—Dockyard, Eiver North, St. George's, Herbert, Glyndon, St. Nicholas, and Eltham; and a diminished rate in St. Mary's, Eiver South, Burrage, St. Margaret's, and Central. The Central Ward had the lowest death rate, and Dockyard the highest. 13. ... |
3f900cc3-9519-4368-893f-b5a632e4bb74 | '96-'00 1901 1902 1903 1904 Woolwich 20.4* 19.3 20.1 16.8 17.1 16.3 16.5 Plumstead 16.4 16.0 15.1 13.2 14.3 12.3 13.1 Eltham - 13.0 14.6 13.6 8.5 8.2 10.8 * 3 years 1888-1890. It will be seen that whereas in the quinquennium 1896-1900, compared with the preceding five years, there was an increase in Woolwich and Eltham... |
57aba288-d292-49ac-97b9-39b4afb10917 | In Plumstead on the other hand the second quinquennium showed a decrease compared with the first, and the decrease has continued since 1900, but is not so marked as in Woolwich and Eltham parishes. 14. The death rate for males was 14.5 and for females 13.4. 15. Life Capital Saved.—The past year like the three preceding... |
c5519ae9-a01c-4085-9aae-d8e7c9303055 | But whatever is the cause the saving in life capital is immense, and may be expressed in terms of money. Particulars on the monetary value of life capital saved are given in my Annual Reports for 1902 and 1903. Infant Mortality. 16. The infant mortality or deaths under one year per 1000 births was 134. This is higher t... |
0bfa9cad-d8f2-4040-a791-7575e44db895 | George's 118 127 129 150 20 Plumstead Parish 122 129 95 124 Wards. St. Nicholas 143 152 97 166 Central 120 135 94 90 Glyndon 94 119 105 144 St. Margaret's 130 112 95 90 Herbert 91 107 80 91 Burrage 94 123 72 105 Eltham 141 95 74 101 Greenwich 140 149 137 142 West Ham 172 149 148 165 East Ham 156 119 113 140 Erith 141 1... |
0f53464a-80f9-40cf-adca-593129e86e33 | George's Wards. There was also a marked increase in St. Nicholas and Glyndon Wards, whereas Herbert, St. Margaret's and Central Wards showed a decrease compared with the average of the three preceding years. 18. On comparing Table IV. with the corresponding table in the Report for 1903, it appears that the total number... |
1e399f75-a4d7-4226-8e09-23f4897d74ac | The following table gives the death rate under one year per 1,000 births during the two quinquennia 1891 to 1895, and 1896 to 1900, and during the past four years in each of the three parishes of the Borough '86-'90 '91-'95 '96-'00 1901 1902 1903 1904 Woolwich 151* 157 170 137 119 132 160 Plumstead 121 120 132 122 129 ... |
8916eaae-4470-4228-9750-91e8066738b4 | The Eltham rate was lower in 1902 and 1903, but the rate for 1904 was far below the average of the last fourteen years. 20. Table VII. shows how Woolwich compared with other Metropolitan Boroughs as respects infant mortality. Nine Boroughs had a lower infantile death rate. In the southeastern Boroughs, Lewisham alone h... |
efd9e0c7-a7aa-4c67-b23b-0a3b5b15252e | Zymotic death rate.—The number of deaths from the principal zymotic diseases was 283, giving a death rate of 2.2 compared with 1.51,1.88 and 0.96 in the three preceding years. 22 25. Inquests.—There were 141 inquests, compared with 145, 154, 154 and 160 in the four preceding years. The following table gives particulars... |
78b3aac2-b947-4f72-a1d8-a27ded9307a7 | The accidental and homicidal causes were only 49 as compared with 85 in 1903. 24. The following table gives the zymotic death rate in each parish during the past five years:— 1900. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. Woolwich 3.8 1.61 1.74 1.08 2.69 Plumstead 2.1 1.42 2.20 0.92 2.17 Eltham 0.33 1.51 0.19 0.84 1.18 23 Deaths from b... |
aa676667-3942-4875-b205-16630f19a4ef | Homicides were 8 compared with 22, 9, and 20 in 1901, 1902 and 1903. 27. Deaths in Public Institutions.—Table I. shows the actual number of deaths occurring in Public Institutions in the Borough, viz : 261 compared with 269, 278 and 272 in the three preceding years. The great majority of these deaths occur in the Poor ... |
235391fd-f1cc-4b08-8755-4a9a3a45226e | The five true cases all occurred in December. The first (J.L.) was a man out of work living in Siemen's Road. He had been looking for work in the Docks. The second (S.A.) was a small shopkeeper in Samuel Street. The third (E.C.) lived in Samuel Street just opposite S.A. The fourth (W.McC.) was a young man discovered by... |
381cb18c-c448-4326-b5c4-c92124887240 | 's house, and his ordinary boots were brought into this house and left in J.L.'s bedroom during the game. There is little doubt that he was the source of infection of J. L., S. A. and E. C. He stayed in bed two days, and was away from work only a few days. He had resumed work some time when the notification of E. C., l... |
fcb582b1-78ee-4579-95e5-588de4b63fc2 | The usual methods of Hospital isolation, disinfection, vaccination, and observation of contacts were successfully carried out. Twenty-three contacts were re-vaccinated, and the only known contacts who contracted the disease were two whose visit to the infected house was concealed and who were consequently not vaccinate... |
a67396a6-20ef-41fb-a8fe-4cea01648f60 | 107 Not accounted for 1 Compared with 1902, there has been a further slight increase in vaccinations (3435 in 1902), but an increase also of conscientious objections; these were 127 in 1901, and 78 in 1902. Evidently conscientious objections are most numerous when cases of Small-pox are least numerous. Measles. 33. The... |
a8fb4734-822b-46d6-acc6-7b96037932a5 | 11 were in Woolwich parish, 15 in Plumstead, and 2 in Eltham, giving death rates of 0.26, 0.21 and 0.18 respectively. 26 The greater number of cases occurred in the second and fourth quarters of the year. 34. 1240 notifications of Measles were received from School Teachers and others, compared with 323, 646 and 661 in ... |
d03cb4c3-28b3-444b-9740-31b04f9f89f7 | Plumstead. Eltham. London Year. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Rate. 1891-5 (average) 20 0.49 29 0.51 — — 0.59 1896.1900 (average) 34 0.81 36 0.57 — — 0.57 1901 11 0.26 9 0.13 1 0 1.1 0.43 1902 10 0.24 31 0.43 0 — 0.51 1903 8 0.19 14 0.20 3 0.28 0.40 1904 11 0.26 15 0.21 2 018 0.49 36. |
9bfafd7f-d9ae-4049-8c98-9cc16ad3ffa1 | Although last year brought a great increase of notified cases, it is satisfactory to be able still to point to the continued diminution of deaths from Measles which began in 1901. In 27 the five years 1896-1900, the death rate from Measles in Woolwich and Plumstead exceeded the rate in London, but in the past four year... |
00682696-6f7f-46d4-b58f-6090e721c848 | The distribution of leaflets has also educated parents in the proper treatment of the disease, and so diminished its severity. 37. Of the 1,240 Measles cases notified, 1,048 were actually attending school, and 192 not attending. The following table gives the number of cases attending each school, with the number of sch... |
2ad9b3bc-84d9-48fc-870c-6aec8e0b41d1 | of eases of Measles. Closure Schools. No. on Roll. No. of cases of Measles. Union Street 589 42 Slade 962 66 St. Mary's 752 20 Earl Street 1008 57 Bloomfield Road 1631 134 Vicarage Road 1012 59 Elizabeth Street 793 72 Church Manorway 388 13 Plum Lane 757 53 Bostall Lane 894 45 Eglinton Road 1234 50 Conway Road 1346 30 ... |
d124de3e-dd80-4b97-a792-60c741955edd | Peter's 638 1 Wickham Lane 485 33 Pox Hill 227 1 Plumstead Road 846 7 Ancona Road (Mentally defective) 33 — Deansfield Road 214 5 Gordon 569 — Powis Street (Blind and Deaf) 27 — Pope Street 588 — Roper Street 400 — Union Street (Mentally defective) 28 - Christ Church 110 — St. Patrick's 182 — 10693 467 13579 553 38. 65... |
ea57ff19-c50b-453d-b674-ecf2477800a9 | Newsholme and other authorities are of opinion that no children under five years should be allowed to attend primary schools. The average age of the children notified was 4$ years. At any rate the loss to education is much too slight to weigh against any saving of health and life attributable to closure. 29 39. It appe... |
976c7929-b818-4be9-bfc6-500601064e18 | Kerr and Thomas (Principal and Assistant School Medical Officers of the County Council) have shown that school closure to be successful, must take place before the first crop of cases has time to occur. If the children infected by the first case in a class are allowed to attend in an infectious state, they will infect ... |
bae5255c-d751-49cf-9031-8587f94556be | Probably it could be best done by making notification of all infectious diseases compulsory on 30 parents, and throwing on them the onus of becoming aware that the disease was infectious. This would no doubt involve the provision of medical attendance free of charge for diagnostic purposes. But a useful if less complet... |
91786b88-f25d-46f0-b60a-b876881e9fe0 | It is curious to find that in some classes and schools in spite of frequent introduction of Measles, and of the presence of many susceptible children, the disease only spreads to a very slight extent. 44. Second Attacks.—Out of 438 cases enquired into, 69 or 16 per cent, were stated to have had Measles previously. Dura... |
e7be9c0a-c7ee-49d3-be39-34bc8a55cb59 | Of the 1748 cases, 875 were attended by a medical practitioner, 1480 attended day schools, and 669 Sunday Schools. Scarlet Fever, 45. There were 472 eases of Scarlet Fever notified, equivalent to a case rate of 3 75 per thousand population. This is the highest rate recorded since 1900, but it is lower than the rate in ... |
4007abac-eb60-46d1-9bcf-9717bf98072d | Borough 2.64 2.14 3.16 3.75 Woolwich Parish 2.55 2.49 3.05 3.76 Plumstead „ 2.63 1.88 3.19 4.08 Eltham „ 3.42 2.45 3.40 1.44 London County 4.1 4.0 2.75 2.89 47. Table III. gives the age distribution, the number of cases in each ward, and the number of these removed to Hospital. St. Nicholas', St. Margaret's, and North ... |
c6258212-0a6c-4251-8875-a515f1313d49 | There were 16 deaths, giving a death rate of 0.13 per 1000 population, which is higher than a.ny rate since 1898. (See Table V.). The following table shows the Scarlet Fever case mortality (deaths per 100 cases) compared with London in the past four years:— 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. The Borough 1.6 3.0 1.0 3.4 London Cou... |
1afd607f-c014-4457-9e33-5051673df5c1 | The average duration of stay in the Hospital was ten weeks and one day, compared with eight weeks and four days in 1903. 50. Return Cases.—There were 18 cases in which infection was traced to a patient recently returned from the Fever Hospital, compared with 19 and 10 in the two preceding years. The interval between re... |
ebf20c3a-99aa-4048-bebd-f7257c0efd0c | In order to enable precautions to be taken as far as possible against the occurrence of return cases, since the middle 33 of last year, a letter has been sent out to the mother of each child on its return from Hospital. Since this practice was begun, there have certainly been fewer return cases observed. The following ... |
f82c3898-ea41-4ec9-8a50-78749c77dab8 | You are therefore requested to take the following precautions on the return of your child:— 1. The child should sleep in a bed separate from the other children for a fortnight, or until the discharge has ceased; 2. He should not return to school for a fortnight, or as long as there is any discharge from ear or nose. 3.... |
8023f0a0-aaad-4afe-b133-17814cecd193 | Probnged Incubation.—In another instance there was an interval of six weeks between the occurrence of the first and second cases in one house. The primary case went to Hospital and had not returned when the second one began. There were no other cases in the neighbourhood, nor was any circumstance discovered to account ... |
7928475a-2a69-478e-8369-be0461eac693 | The result is in many cases to cause a nasal discharge which appears to act as a vehicle of infection. One child was seriously ill with fever and rheumatic pains on arriving home; she had walked home on a very cold day just after the hot bath. Any personal disinfection should take place the evening before the day of di... |
2ae63270-8fff-4b04-867f-68bab3ac1f86 | Cases commenced on the 22nd December, 1903, January 9th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 19th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, February 2nd and 3rd, among the boys ; and on March 7th; 19th, 25th, April 29th, May 5th and 15th, among the girls. The first case was not detected and isolated till the 8th January, and no doubt i... |
80f05525-de4b-4d12-b592-1f1494d8d03a | Boulter, the Medical Superintendent, and found their general sanitary condition excellent. I also examined many of the children with Dr. "Boulter to detect unsuspected cases of infection, but without any result. 57. Three cases occurred in the practice of a midwife, two parturient women, and one child; one of the women... |
2aeb5a98-2960-4890-ab90-a300b87228f3 | c 2 36 The most careful enquiry on the part of the Army Medical Staff and myself failed to discover the source of infection. A sixth case occurred on the 22nd September, which was probably a return case, several of the five officers having been meanwhile discharged, and visited the Mess before going on leave. 59. In 35... |
7b53a61f-f03d-4eaf-b2f8-bb1f07b7e317 | There were 29 deaths compared with 23 and 13 in the two preceding years. The death rate was 0.23, which is higher than in the three preceding years, but lower than in any of the nine years 1892—1900. (See Table V.). The London death rate was 0-16. 62. Fifty-one cases were in Woolwich parish, 107 in Plumstead, and 5 in ... |
16648ba7-cf09-4d92-8734-69a5be79765f | The Borough 1.84 1.87 1.51 1.30 Woolwich Parish 1.56 1.67 1.27 1.22 Plumstead 1.9 2.09 1.67 1.47 Eltham ,, 2.33 1.08 1.40 0.45 London ,, 2.7 2.3 1.64 1.52 37 63. 134 Cases, or 82 per cent, were removed to hospital. The case mortality (deaths per 100 cases) was 17 8, compared with 8.8, 9 9, and 7 0 in the three precedin... |
b144be3b-fd1d-44b8-973c-fb28e49e6a79 | Now that there is an almost certain means of diagnosing diphtheria at its very outset, and a remedy which rarely fails if administered at the beginning, there should be few, if any, deaths, from this disease. What is needed is the more prompt application for medical attendance on the part of parents and friends, and mo... |
295f5fa7-0a81-4a31-81ea-1d508ae55d17 | Bacteriological diagnosis.— Swabs from the throat or nose of 73 persons suspected to have Diphtheria were examined bacteriologically by the Lister Institute. The result was positive in twelve cases, negative in 61, and pseudo-diphtheria 38 bacilli were found in 3. In 1901, 26 swabs were examined with 7 positive results... |
99c57725-9920-42a6-8ee5-317f7ed28648 | At two houses which I visited after cases had been notified, I found children with nasal discharges, which bacteriological examination proved to be Diphtheritic. One of these had infected three brothers and sisters. At another house, where four children were infected, and two had died, I found a brother who had recentl... |
fdf2bed3-4ce8-4bc4-98a4-ccbec5245673 | In the other case a diphtheria patient after return home was found to have a very slight 39 occasional nasal discharge, which contained diphtheria bacilli. Probably no nasal discharge was apparent in Hospital, and it may not have been thought necessary to swab the nose. 71. The diphtheria of last year was characterised... |
baba147e-e6e2-4347-90ea-f6bcb7a71ffd | The case rate in London was 0.41. Chelsea alone of the London Boroughs had a smaller case rate. 73. There were 6 deaths giving a death rate of 005, as in the preceding year, which was the lowest recorded death rate. The London death rate was 0'06. 74. The following are the cases occurring in each parish during the past... |
3a373cef-43d2-47bd-98ae-85aa225a9fab | Two were in the habit of eating fried fish. Three were obviously cases of secondary infection, one being a sister, one a fellow servant, and the third a fellow lodger and bedfellow of the primary case. Another was possibly infected by a gardener discharged from hospital after Enteric, who helped to prepare the food of ... |
1f753820-4484-40c1-9619-fb25b18ded40 | This and the five other cases are referred to in the preceding paragraph, one being secondary, three due to water-cress, and one to shell fish. 77. The result of the steps taken in the previous year as to the infected milk supply was practically to put a stop to its sale in Eltham. I inquired as to any occurrence of En... |
589f0800-8df3-4353-bfdd-0334a8891b0e | The deaths from diarrhœa, dysentery, and epidemic or zymotic enteritis numbered 150, or 1.19 per thousand population, compared with 0'82, 0 48 and 0.36 in the three preceding years. The rate for London County was 1.02. There were in addition 19 deaths from Enteritis and Gastroenteritis, making a total of 169 deaths (or... |
bd225f1c-2a58-4a88-af29-1bed4c1924f0 | River (North) 62 37 35 103 River (South) 23 28 46 Dockyard 32 17 18 42 St. Mary's 19 18 31 76 St. George's 20 7 6 44 Plumstead Parish 31 23 13 48 Wards. St. Nicholas 43 29 21 69 Central 20 12 7 26 Glyndon 34 31 9 79 St. Margaret's 22 25 12 33 Herbert 21 11 11 32 Burrage 23 22 0 9 Eltham 39 9 11 11 The Borough ... ... .... |
446aac72-c99e-4ae8-8fb7-e5506cfec4b1 | Probably many births of soldiers' children living in St. Mary's Ward occur in the Female Hospital in St. George's Ward. These two Wards should therefore be considered as one as regards diarrhœal and infantile death rates ; the diarrhceal death rate would thus be 60 for each Ward, bringing them up to the fourth highest ... |
1d48528c-17fa-4d3c-b425-80565ad58b35 | I have already reported fully on the deaths from Diarrhoea occurring in the months of July, August, and September of 1904, which included all but fifteen of the deaths occurring during the year (see Summer Diarrhoea, Report on the prevalence of Zymotic Enteritis in 1904), there is therefore no need to say more here, ex... |
e7d16b32-537f-4ec5-b2a0-1389d80e3522 | There were 74 cases of Erysipelas compared with 72, 98, and 58 in the three preceding years. The case rate was 0.59, the lowest recorded with the exception of the two years 43 1891 and 1903. There were four deaths, giving a death rate of 0.03. The Loudon case rate was 1.07. Puerperal Fever. 86. There were 5 cases of Pu... |
78eab53c-8fd3-4ff7-8dcd-f995a63d0364 | Three were attended in the confinement by medical men, and two by midwives ; one of the former, however, was not properly a case of Puerperal Fever, being due to the bursting of an old pelvic abscess. Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia. 87. Influenza caused 23 deaths, compared with 62, 22, 60, and 27 in the four prece... |
b6a1563e-8a07-46bd-b4c5-5f87e9183507 | The following table gives the number of deaths from each oi the various forms of tuberculosis in the past four years, as well as the deaths from simple meningitis:— 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. Tuberculous meningitis 17 20 28 16 Simple meningitis 26 19 24 16 Tuberculosis intestines and peritoneum 37 29 14 12 ,, other forms ... |
182af149-a82e-439a-995c-f97a76208d62 | The following table gives the death rate from phthisis per 1,000 population in each parish and ward during the past four years compared with London:— 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. Woolwich Parish 105 2.52 83 1.99 81 1.94 93 2.23 River, North 46 3.17 4 1.16 4 1.16 8 2.00 ,, South 25 2.1... |
34fddbc1-3180-44d0-9725-26e8db01e1a5 | George's 19 2.35 17 2.06 16 1.98 15 1.86 Plumstead 104 1.49 94 1.30 84 1.18 104 1.43 St. Nicholas 33 1.63 25 1.08 29 1.26 41 1.95 Central 15 1.46 13 1.24 8 0.78 13 1.27 Glyndon 18 1.13 14 1.39 11 1.11 16 1.67 St. Margaret's. |
162e7ca1-0b5c-4dd2-805e-8ce980351540 | 14 1.37 17 1.41 12 1.01 17 1.38 Herbert 12 1.30 9 0.91 7 0.72 7 0.71 Burrage 12 1.22 16 1.59 17 1.72 10 1.03 Eltham 6 0.77 6 0.59 6 0.56 9 0.81 The Borough 215 1.80 183 1.47 171 1.39 206 1.64 London .. 1.66 .. 1.60 •• 1.55 •• 1.62 45 90. It appears that the phthisis death rate rose last year in the County as well as in... |
a96ed119-8960-4a92-957f-812515a51749 | George's, Herbert and Burrage. The River and Dockyard Wards had the highest rate, and Herbert and Eltham the lowest. 91. The following table shows the death rate from Phthisis in recent years in Woolwich and Plumstead parishes:— Average. Average. 1901 1902 1903 1904 1891-1895 1896-1900 Woolwich 2.8 2.16 2.52 1.99 1.94 ... |
0513ab81-45fb-4221-b7fc-d7f962c14044 | In attempting to account for the causa of this increase it must be remembered that the duration of the disease is on an average at least two years, so that the increase of deaths in 1904 does not mean increase of infection in that year. Many causes may, however, determine a fatal end to the subjects of phthisis, such a... |
a26bd0d6-a85b-4cd9-b892-060d1198bee9 | Sex and Age.—135 of those who died from phthisis were males and 71 females. Other forms of tuberculosis were nearly equally divided between the two sexes. Twenty-three deaths from phthisis were in persons under 20 years of age; 8 only of the 53 deaths from other forms of tuberculosis were in persons over 20 years of ag... |
009f403c-e117-43b8-bcc6-2436bcbd887b | £7 12s. 6d. was paid during the year for notification of phthisis. 95. Duration.—Of the 186 cases notified during 1904, 137 are still living, and of 167 notified during 1903, 94 are still living. Of the notified cases, in 37 the illness was under six months duration ; in 14 between six and twelve months; in 22 between ... |
640f6ac8-3740-4b68-88a9-f1eb0d0687cb | Lodgers 7 Nursing 1 Workshop 24 Train 1 Public house 35 Laundry 1 India 1 Servant 1 Friends 1 Mistress 1 Army 3 Office 1 Undetermined 68 97. Of 140 adults (viz.: 90 notified cases, and 50 deaths) as to whom information was obtained, 21 were stated to be teetotalers, 76 temperate, and 43 intemperate. Thus 30 per cent, o... |
bc0857ff-5692-4809-8c6b-88ae0f0673d8 | Age distribution.—The following table gives the age of notified cases:— 0-1 1-5 5-15 15-25 25-45 45-65 over 65 0 1 11 45 87 40 2 Sex.—136 were males, and 50 females. 100. Occupation.—Of the 136 notified males, 55 were Arsenal employees, of whom 22 were labourers. The Departments and Workshops affected are as follows:— ... |
6de05fb6-0063-49d8-8f00-88d2cfea727c | Tinman's Shop 1 Saw Mills 3 Carpenter's Shop 1 Painter's Shop 2 Inspection Branch 1 Brass Moulder 1 Unspecified 1 Total 10 Royal Gun Factoey. |
b10150e2-d569-48d6-a0e6-1d3304f9ead7 | Engine Repair Shop 2 Torpedo Factory 3 5 49 Army Ordnance Department 4 Building Works Department 4 Dockyard 7 19 outside the Arsenal were labourers (2 being Dock labourers), 4 were potmen, 5 soldiers, 3 clerks, 3 carters, 3 schoolboys, 2 errand boys, 2 bakers, 2 coal porters; the remainder included a barber, a rag and ... |
3944b964-8d15-493f-b7f5-e54a95dddbb6 | The 50 females included 4 laundry maids, 3 charwomen, 2 teachers, 3 scholars, 2 needlowomen, a machinist, a servant, a monthly nurse, a waitress, a fruit picker, a cook, and a dressmaker. 101. In my last Annual Report I considered the incidence of phthisis in the Royal Arsenal, and gave certain incidence rates, express... |
d93a5bef-d3e4-4a82-a42e-0eb8519249f5 | The total number of Arsenal employees far exceeds the total males in other occupations living in the Borough, so evidently the Arsenal workshops as a whole cannot be looked on as an important source of phthisis. d 50 102. The Public House as a source of infection.—In my last Annual Report, I gave reasons for regarding ... |
141471bd-5338-4828-b2bb-8643f18fcfd7 | Chronic Tuberculosis of Children.—Information was obtained through the Invalid Children's Association as to 26 children suffering from chronic tuberculosis, chiefly of the hip, knee and spine. Enquiries were made as to the source of infection of these cases, with the following result:— 6 had fathers who had died, or we... |
1ceb73cb-d3a0-4251-9337-9407231bda8d | 105. Disinfection was performed by the Health Department at 192 premises compared with 18, 86, 89 and 108, in the four preceding years. Of the 192 premises, deaths from phthisis 51 had occurred at 140, and in the 52 other cases removal to Infirmary, or Sanatorium, or other conditions allowed of disinfection taking plac... |
e003295f-4403-417c-8755-8cb9586c05b8 | The following report presented in March, 1905, described the results of the Sanatorium treatment from the commencement up to date:- In December last I reported that since the Council had maintained three beds at the Peppard Sanatorium (May, 1904), two for males, and one for females, the beds had been continually occupi... |
011c4d53-3bf6-4c6e-b30d-c086a8cd15a4 | d 2 52 I have previously pointed out that although the two first objects might be completely attained, it could not be expected that three months treatment would be sufficient in most cases to complete the cure. For this six months at least is generally required. On the other hand, the first two objects might be attain... |
a45bb477-3806-4348-a350-f9cf5d44d9ef | There are actually at the present time two Woolwich patients who have had three months' treatment in the Council's beds, but are continuing at Peppard and doing a certain amount of work as part payment for their keep; another one is on the point of returning home, but has been kept for four weeks over her time on the s... |
6c0dad56-7f47-480e-a9c5-a79b33f4bf22 | In each case the patient had a room to themselves, although no doubt this was arranged at some sacrifice on the 53 part of other members of the family; but during their stay at the Sanatorium they had learnt the importance of open air treatment and of sleeping in separate rooms. As regards cure, sufficient time has not... |
66c91d11-d7f2-4108-b34f-ad1abb2a8f91 | Four have relapsed since their return; of these One has been in another Sanatorium, and is now in Brompton Hospital; One is at work, but getting worse ; One is at home in bed; One is being treated at home. In three the treatment did not arrest the disease, though it improved the patient's general condition. 106a. Isola... |
a4fda729-304b-4e5a-b4f8-cc8b82ef5bc3 | When the patient is the bread winner, the illness means usually cessation of wages, and he consequently becomes destitute and goes to the Infirmary as a matter of course. When, however, the patient is the wife of the bread winner, and in other cases where there is no destitution, there is no legal claim on the Guardian... |
9daffa0e-b780-4f40-8479-065786886ec9 | There is no fear of too many applying; the patients are usually very unwilling to enter. 107. The Prevention of Improper Spitting. The London County Council bye-law prohibiting spitting in public places has not as far as I am aware been enforced, though no doubt it has had some educational value. The police alone appea... |
770dbca5-2628-480c-9c47-726516423979 | There were 93 deaths from cancer (malignant tumours) giving a death rate of 0.74 compared with 0.70, 0.83 and 0.75 in the three preceding years. Thirty-four of those who died were males, and 59 females. Fifty-eight deaths were of persons over 55 years of,age, giving a death rate of 5.8 per 1000 at this age. The highest... |
22a19c92-7e1c-4771-8217-7f508cef3270 | Head and face - 1 Mouth and tongue 5 3 Pharynx, larynx and neck 3 - Thyroid gland • 1 Stomach and Pylorus 5 8 Intestines (excluding rectum) 2 1 Bowel 1 - Rectum 4 4 Liver 3 7 Peritoneum and Omentum 2 - Male urinary organs 3 - „ genital „ 2 - Female urinary „ - 1 „ genital „ - 16 ,, breast - 11 Pelvis - 1 111 defined 1 ... |
9881e21f-a23a-4186-b5c4-5414c0fc96c6 | There were 5 deaths from alcoholism, and 22 certified as cirrhosis of the liver, making a total of 27 deaths actually caused by alcohol, compared with 52, 40 and 42 in the three preceding years. The recent reduction in alcoholism is probably to a large extent an indication of the poverty that has prevailed in the Borou... |
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