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d5dc13c9-67ca-40bf-b112-e522416ea94c | 1907. Tubercular meningitis 20.0 22 19 Simple meningitis 22.0 15 20 Tuberculosis of intestines and peritoneum 13.0 14 11 Tuberculosis, other forms 20.8 21 22 Phthisis 192.0 164 154 73. The deaths from phthisis were 154, giving a death-rate of 1.19 compared with 1.49, 1.39, 1.64, 1.47, and 1.29, in the five preceding ye... |
1e065ed4-db33-44d1-a79e-84f4a41748bb | There was a great reduction in the parish of Woolwich, but an increase in Eltham:— Average 1901-5 1900. 1907. No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate Woolwich Parish 89 2.15 67 1.68 52 1.30 Plumstead „ 97 1.34 90 1.20 92 1.20 Eltham „ 6 0.03 7 0.58 10 0.78 The Borough 192 1.56 164 1.29 154 1.19 London — 1.57 6969 1.47 6654 1.39 54 ... |
88d8f07c-5c0f-4f33-88a1-d8f8bd2e132b | Woolwich 2.80 2.16 2.15 Plumstead 1.78 1.40 1.35 75. The reduction of the phthisis death-rate in the past two years, especially in Woolwich parish, is very marked. The deathrate from other forms of tuberculosis has diminished but very slightly. 76. 82 of those who died from Phthisis were males and 72 females. In 1905 t... |
149a6e39-4691-4746-8065-a0ab48a9fe6f | The source of infection was attributed, in 86 deaths from tuberculosis, with more or less probabability, as follows:— Family or personal—Father 18 Husband 3 Mother 13 Brother 5 Sister 6 Other relatives 5 Other inmates of house and friends 5 Workplace 6 Public House, or Licensed Restaurant 20 Milk 5 86 55 One who died w... |
4c1fb50e-7bf2-4682-bc05-c5932872d55a | 28 of these were in the Poor Law Infirmary, 17 others were notified by the District Medical Officers of the Poor Law Unions, 20 by the Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal, and the remainder by clergymen, philanthropic societies, applicants for admission to the Peppard Sanatorium, and by private medical practitioners.... |
93e68c25-e958-4f58-a390-c4b6ec954d19 | :— Father 12, Mother 5, Brother 6, Sister 1, Husband 2, Other members of family 3, Friends, lodgers, &c., 5 (including one patient nursed). Workshop and office 18. Public House 20. School 2. Navy and Army 8. Milk 1. Undetermined 67. 56 81. Of the 43 adults about whom information was obtained, 8 were stated to be teetot... |
b2247e2e-defe-465f-8cdc-9a27c5a3f443 | 97 males; 53 females. 82. Occupation. Of the 97 notified males, 34 were Arsenal employees. The Department and Workshops affected are as follows— Royal Laboratory 10 Electrical branch 1 Danger Buildings 0 Royal Carriage Department 5 Royal Gun Factory 3 Royal Shell Factory 2 Army Ordnance Department 2 Building Works Depa... |
e1ab9240-6d1e-4a35-955c-bc541584f497 | In my Annual Report for 1904 some figures were given as to the "Public House as a source of Infection," and "Chronic Tuberculosis in Children." (See page 50 of that Report.) The managers of licensed houses were all visited and supplied with one or more notices asking customers not to spit on the floor. Such notices are... |
da56cb9e-1ab2-4e1b-8e71-4e581b4087d8 | All the Council's seven beds at the Peppard Sanatorium were kept occupied throughout the year, except for a few days in the case of one female bed. There were always more male patients anxious to go than could be accommodated. The male applicants greatly outnumbered the female. 40 patients were admitted, and 40 dischar... |
8f04275f-3ce1-44ae-9136-5db35cd6c8a0 | Some of these earned their keep by performing light duties, and others were supported by a charitable fund. 58 87. From August 1903 up to June 30th, 1907, 76 patients had passed through the Council's beds at the Sanatorium, and the following table shows the condition of these up to February 1st, 1908. At work and well ... |
978098e1-92ff-4059-a005-36df331e67b5 | H. C. was at the Sanatorium two months, left in June, 1905, much improved though still with distinct symptoms; not finding work in Woolwich he went to Canada in March, 1906, and got work on a farm. He had excellent health while there and, having saved enough money to pay his return passage, thought he would spend Chris... |
301808ce-20a9-44df-93d4-7b3868fcbc16 | 59 Number of Patients Discharged in each year who were (a) Alive, (b) at Work, Seeking Work, or performing their ordinary duties in January of each of the under-mentioned Years. Year. Number Discharged. Dead Jan., 1908. 1904. 1905. 1906. 1907. 1908. |
9319de66-0fff-49a5-9578-6170c9bdc3cc | A B A B A B A B A B 1903 1 1 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1904 11 5 ... ... 8 7 5 4 4 4 2 2 1905 10 9 ... ... ... ... 13 11 10 9 6 5 1906 29 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... 29 22 21 16 1907 37 5 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 22 94 25 1 ... 9 7 18 15 43 35 61 45 N.B.—Some half-dozen of those recorded as at work ar... |
8a78547a-990a-4384-8160-07478bbb213c | The limitations of Sanatorium treatment were referred to in the 1906 Report. Phthisis cannot be prevented from recurring in susceptible subjects who return to unfavourable conditions, but a few months stay at a Sanatorium is a very successful means of re-establishing health temporarily in nearly all, and permanently in... |
686a2a29-207a-4def-adae-26563af7dc92 | Educational Sanatorium Treatment.—Three consumptive patients are now receiving educational treatment every month, by passing at least one month at the Sanatorium. The fact that 36 consumptive patients are there trained every year how to preserve their health and how to avoid infecting others will undoubtedly do much to... |
16b86d90-b73d-4c67-8fbd-421386b3e6aa | Indeed, the Sanatorium is found a very useful means of obtaining notifications of phthisis which would otherwise not be heard of until death occurred. 92. Thirty-two spitting-flasks were supplied at cost price (5d.), compared with 23, 35, 14, and 22, in the four previous years. Cancer. 95. There were 107 cases of cance... |
32d2a719-c21d-4b32-9543-a9566223913c | Seat of Primary Disease— Males. Females. Head and face 1 2 Mouth and tongue 1 — Pharynx, oesophagus, larynx and neck 8 1 Pleura, lung, mediastinum 1 1 Stomach and pylorus 9 5 Intestines (including rectum) 3 2 Rectum 3 7 Liver 7 10 Peritoneum and omentum — 1 Kidney and bladder 3 2 Female genital organs — 19 Female breas... |
c023b5fa-0184-465d-a2ca-2695d7484c25 | There were four deaths from alcoholism and 14 from cirrhosis of the liver, making a total of 18 deaths definitely attributed to alcohol, compared with 40, 42, 27, 24, and 17 in the five preceding years. In addition to these there were 327 deaths from diseases of the brain and nervous system (excluding meningitis), hear... |
e0db0452-702f-4a55-acc6-b7d8f161fd9e | The statement respecting "Physical Deterioration and Alcoholism," which was issued as a poster in 1905, is now appended to the other leaflets, and left at all houses in the course of house-tohouse inspection. (See Annual Report, 1905, page 59). The example of Woolwich in issuing the statement re "Physical Deterioration... |
e8090354-514e-4a5e-8aef-47b35d4778ab | There were in addition 15 deaths from general paralysis, tabes dorsalis (locomotor-ataxy), and peripheral neuritis (diseases 63 which are now considered to be usually due to syphilis), compared with 19 and 14 in the two previous years. These figures are far from representing the total mortality caused by this disease. ... |
3d15cdc9-68af-4ac3-aa01-dede2a8435c5 | The lowest temperature 19.8 occurred in the first week of the year, and the highest 82.7 occurred in the week ending the 28th September. The rainfall, 23.48 in., was below the average; the deficiency being specially in the summer quarter. Altogether the effect of the weather was favourable to health, the cool summer be... |
c6cd1565-63ba-44a7-8c2c-485f7be93383 | This was attributed to excessive pumping, causing the Thames water to be drawn through the chalk more quickly than was desirable. On pumping less quickly, the quality of the water improved. The Council requested the Board to have monthly examinations made of the water of the Plumstead Well, and to furnish the Borough C... |
baaa6413-9782-48d5-ac0a-550c519216f7 | This is the more important " since but little is known of the bacteriological (as com" pared with the chemical) qualities of deep well waters." 65 The report proceeds:- "The Plumstead Well is affected by its propinquity " to the River Thames and the river marshes." "The Plumstead Well, doubtless, owing to its pro" pinq... |
3f09bba3-7e18-41b0-93a0-54bad61640a5 | Four samples of the Plumstead water contained coli-like microbes in 100 c.c., and not in 10 c.c., and in one of these, the microbes were flaginac B. coli, i.e., microbes satisfying all the tests which distinguish B. coli. Fifteen samples of Plumstead water were taken. In November, 1907, I reported as follows:— "In the ... |
1173c12a-8d9c-4aa0-9007-e67042aa591a | The explanation " given of the impurity was that, owing to hard pumping, " Thames water was being drawn through the chalk. As a " result of the measures taken the quality of the water im- 66 " proved, but I pointed out in December that it was still one of " the least pure of the Kent waters, and but little purer than "... |
6a621611-741c-4dea-89a7-598adb001128 | : Westerham Hill, Westerham "Town and Shortlands, and of these the Westerham Town " well has since been closed. The Plumstead well water " gave, with one exception, the lowest percentage of samples " containing no bacillus coli in 100 cubic centimetres of "water, viz.: 83.3, as compared with 100 for the best '' waters.... |
21c47092-0842-4ee9-954a-a35c16525755 | Plumstead water is also above the average as regards the " ammoniacal nitrogen, albumenoid nitrogen, oxidised " nitrogen, and oxygen absorbed from permanganate. With " the analyses given with the official report I have com" pared an analysis of the water at the Plumstead Baths, " supplied by Professor Smith on August 2... |
f6e792e7-72bb-43bd-a837-452e8a89cc76 | It is, therefore, desirable that the Water " Board should be requested to take steps to improve the " quality of the Plumstead well water, or to provide the " Borough with a new source which would be at least "equal in quality to the average of the Kent waters." As a result of this report the Water Examinations Committ... |
3adc9860-2bef-4196-abf2-7adcbf9cddad | The supply is constant throughout the Borough with the exception of houses on Shooter's Hill (including Eglinton Road above Genesta Road, Brent Road, Dallin Road, Plum Lane above Dallin Road, and all houses above Red Lion Lane), which have an intermittent water-supply only. 2. Three tenement houses were found to have i... |
d9d651ca-b72d-423c-a4d4-56a709a72f53 | E 2 68 3. Defective and foul storage cisterns were found and remedied at 77 houses, compared with 90, 106, and 51 in three precedingyears. At 53 houses the supply was found insufficient or temporarily cut off. Food and Drugs Act. 4. 443 samples were submitted to the public analyst and 19 or 4.3 per cent., were found to... |
ab00ef34-b8eb-4ff5-a9f5-3431885036fa | was imposed in fines and £11 16s. 6d. in costs. 7. 346 of the samples were fresh milk, 3 separated milk, and 6 condensed milk. 17 of these or 4.8 per cent. were adulterated, compared with 48, 6.1, 9.3, 6.5, and 8.7 in the five preceding years. 72 samples were bought as butter, and 2 were found to be adulterated. Table ... |
9b03f19e-09ea-41de-98ab-d2cd5b8bd297 | 9. Of the 346 milk samples, 81 were taken on Sunday or Bank Holidays, and 2, or 2.5 per cent., were found adulterated. In 1905, 11 per cent. of samples taken on Sunday were found adulterated; and in 1906, 6.3 per cent. 10. A record is now kept of all analyses of milk made by the Public Analyst. The average percentage o... |
5e1d8e39-efe7-4b1c-9555-b0f7dfb740f5 | The inspection of meat and other food received particular attention, and the same arrangements were in force as described in previous reports. There was one seizure, and 59 surrenders. The seizure was of 33 unsound kippers; these were condemned by a magistrate, and destroyed. The owner was cautioned. Of the surrenders,... |
317c7248-e67e-49d2-b4ee-ae3bfe6be824 | On January 1st, there were 150 milkshops on the Register; 21 were added and 28 removed during the year, leaving 113 on the Register at the close of 1907. There were 340 inspections made. Owing to the steps taken by the Health Department, requiring persons not to sell milk in unsuitable general shops, the number of milk... |
ccb10625-609b-4631-8776-1487e40da48c | The Local Government Board, on the request of the London County Council, is considering the issue of a new Dairies and Cowsheds Order. The London County Council has obtained powers under the General Powers Act, 1907, to deal with tuberculous milk coming from outside the County. The same Council proposed to deal with di... |
de496838-7d1f-4ab1-91f9-5ae11144c422 | 366 complaints of sanitary defects were received and investigated, compared with 457, 380, and 498 in the three preceding years. 43 complaints of non-removal of dust were made and attended to, compared with 42, 40, and 43 in the three preceding years. 2 of the dust complaints came from Woolwich Parish, 22 from Plumstea... |
f1cab91e-e0b8-4dc4-b5e1-67c3db6c4907 | The majority were found in the River Ward. 1131 water-closets and w.c.-cisterns were repaired, compared with 1498, 1278, and 931, in the three preceding years. 175 foul w.c.-pans were cleansed by tenants, compared with 231, 247, and 160 in the three preceding years. 18. Ventilation of the New Outfall Sewers. During the... |
c49de76c-da1a-4b6a-87e6-2733316b97bc | 72 The Borough of Greenwich which also suffered in the same way, called a conference on the subject in April, at which it was resolved:— "That in the opinion of this conference the ventilation of the new L.C.C. sewers by means of surface ventilators will be open to grave objection, and will constitute a a danger and in... |
b0370031-571f-41c5-ad75-7e0eac28af2b | requesting them to take immediate steps to abate the nuisance existing in Greenwich, Lewisham and Woolwich, from escape of sewer gas from the outfall sewers, and that failing a satisfactory answer, and early abatement, the Councils of these Boroughs be requested to instruct their Town Clerks to jointly institute legal ... |
e787b3f3-137e-4c4b-9888-874abf75cf17 | The making of the new sewers would have given the Council a good opportunity of trying some of the methods of ventilation which have been found to obviate nuisance in other towns, and it is greatly to be regretted that the wealthiest city in the world should have been deterred from doing this by short-sighted considera... |
b53bd889-e678-457f-9457-579ce56de0d6 | shows the streets inspected and number of houses found defective in each. At 2193 houses, interiors were cleansed or defective roofs repaired, compared with 2917, 2693, and 2066 in the three preceding years. 369 houses with damp walls were remedied, compared with 885, 442, and 287 in the three previous years. Improved ... |
99ea3d57-38d4-4db4-90ac-df3557ca2e3b | 25 visits were paid for purposes of diagnosis, mostly at the request of medical men, and a few for school-teachers. Eleven of these cases were varicella, resembling small-pox. One was a case of suppuration of the mastoid in which enteric fever was suspected, and one was tuberculous meningitis, in which epidemic cerebro... |
d935f723-b035-45aa-af31-b90d35b6ff70 | Many complaints were received as to smoke nuisance at the factories in that district, both from the London County Council and the Coal Smoke Abatement Society. The term Black Smoke is evidently differently interpreted by different observers. The term should be re-placed by the words "dense smoke" or "Smoke such as to b... |
396552ab-5d0d-449f-a6b0-f89d1c0366df | In Woolwich parish 7517 loads of house and trade refuse were removed by direct labour and destroyed at the Woolwich Destructor. In the three preceding years, 7352, 6959, and 6808 loads respectively were removed. In Plumstead 13295 loads weighing 11487 tons were removed by the contractors, Messrs. Tuff & Hoar, and destr... |
8829e26a-c92a-41e0-a7ea-0f18df7bda1d | There are now 57 (63 in 1905) tradesmen on the books from whom offensive trade refuse is collected. There were no complaints of nuisance arising from collection. Chloride of lime is used as a deodorant. The cost of removal was £417. The charge made for inoffensive refuse is 1s. 6d. a load, and 2d. a bushel, and for off... |
4d43cd68-c653-4245-bac8-228ab316647b | A special inquiry into the causes of the unliealthiness of North Woolwich was described in the Annual Report for 1906. The low-lying damp soil is the chief cause of the high death-rate in this district. 30. Statistics of Special Areas. By the courtesy of the Secretary of the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society, I was en... |
189657cf-66cc-4b20-88b7-01875329b826 | In March, 1908, 278 houses were found unoccupied out of 3,521 in St. Nicholas Ward, or about eight per cent. 224 new houses were passed for water certificates in 1907. The great majority of the new houses are four or five-roomed dwellings, or consist of two flats of separately contained three or four-roomed tenements. ... |
6f4c8332-be03-4e5a-b667-532b57c458af | At the commencement of the year, 307 houses were on the register; 29 were newly registered and 4 taken off the register, leaving 332 on the register at the close of the year, compared with 123, 235, 265, and 307 in each of the four preceding years. 34. These houses were inspected, some quarterly, and others half-yearly... |
b055695c-3cab-42c3-98d8-84fd8828a41e | 37. There are 24 common lodging-houses in the Borough—19 for men, 4 for women, and 1 for couples. Total accommodation for 597 persons is available. The following is the list:— Common Lodging House. Accommodation. Total. Men. Women. Couples. 60 Beresford Street 58 . . 58 5 High Street 40 . . 40 52 „ 22 . . 22 50 „ 15 . ... |
ed0edbed-f1a7-4d8f-9385-1a5e62110ab9 | 11* 22 9 „ 32 . . 32 10 „ 51 . . 51 10a „ 32 . . 32 11 „ 30 . . 30 21 „ 21 . . 21 21a „ 21 . . 21 4 Warren Lane 31 . . 31 11 & 12 „ 39 . . 39 13 „ 11 . . 11 Totals 527 48 11* 597 * i.e. 22 persons. 78 underground rooms. 38. No underground rooms, separately occupied, were found not in accordance with the Act. Factories,... |
d4194eb8-1060-4b96-ae2d-0d5dd752b616 | 360 inspections of homeworkers' premises were made, and 40 notices sent and attended to. Miss Middlebrooke devoted a large amount of her time to the inspection of workshops and factories where women are employed ; 46 new workrooms were measured and put on the register. Factories and workshops, where no females are empl... |
bbdc565b-0245-449c-aaea-5062daad489a | Seventy-six Ice-cream shops were on the register at the close of the year, compared with 83, 87, and 68 in the three previous years. There were 219 inspections made, and 3 notices 79 served. Regulations, embodying the provisions for ice-cream shops contained in the Loudon County Council (General Powers) Act, are distri... |
ad00a8bc-4eea-4b05-950c-86a619bf82aa | was received for disinfection of rooms in special cases on request of the occupier. Disinfectants are supplied by the Department for disinfecting infected soiled linen, infected stools, sputa in phthisis, and for personal use in infectious disease. They are dispensed at the Maxey Road Offices; the Sun Street Mortuary (... |
060c350b-df40-42a4-91bf-10652f607371 | The disinfectants used were Jeyes' Soap, Corrosive Sublimate, Formalin Tablets (for fumigation); Formaldehyde (for spraying and disinfecting books and use in the Mortuary); Cyllin (for sputa in phthisis); Permanganate of Potash; Coarse Carbolic (for dustpails) ; and Chloride of Lime (for offal-tins, etc.). Health Shelt... |
71b509fe-5421-4610-b8dc-db46bea0c3e4 | Two bodies were deposited in the Infectious Mortuary, compared with one in 1906. The Eltham Mortuary was used for 4 bodies brought for custody only, compared with 4 in 1906. Cemeteries. 46. The two Borough Cemeteries were well maintained as visual. 670 bodies were buried in the Woolwich Cemetery compared with 690, 611,... |
dacbfb86-41f7-4052-ab40-a574e64108e1 | 47. The Station for Cleansing Verminous Persons was opened in November, 1906, and 19 persons used it in that year. During 1907 it was used by 257 persons, viz., 60 adult males, 2 adult females, and 195 children under 16 years of age. 87 of these persons applied on account of verminous bodies, and 170 for verminous head... |
878dccf0-8d99-4c92-8ca8-243701cfa327 | The need of a female attendant is also noticed for the children who come in large numbers. It is often very difficult to get the mothers or other responsible female to accompany the children, and, as it is not safe to allow children to use the bath by themselves, they often have to be refused admission. A female attend... |
1cb5c32f-1ab1-44e0-8262-86a250db1cf4 | (2) After drying, smear the ointment in the armpits and the other hairy parts of the body. (3) Repeat this process three times on alternate days. (4) The bed-clothes should be disinfected. The attendant at the cleansing-station will send for them on request and return them the same day. If the head is infested:— (1) Th... |
25809629-999e-42ea-a95a-24ba916437b3 | During the year, 102 tents, vans, and sheds were inspected, and 2 notices served. Infants' Milk Depot. 49. The staff of the Depot consists of a Manageress (Miss Bagshaw), two female assistants, a man who delivers the milk and assists with the boiler, and a boy. A full report on the work of the Depot will be found in an... |
1b05cf6a-60d3-46f6-a4f9-89e9e615fee1 | Thomas's Hospital 8 „ London „ 13 „ Charing Cross „ 8 „ Union Infirmary 5 83 To Other Hospitals ... ... 14 „ Private Houses ... ... 8 Particulars as to this ambulance were given in my Annual Report, 1903, page 78. The ambulance is kept in good repair. Notices and Prosecutions. 51. 3,302 written intimation notices and 4... |
a54e23c4-a6aa-4b18-aa21-b5795b388d6b | 884 bacteriological examinations were made for the Public Health Department by the Lister Institute, viz., 679 for diphtheria, 171 for phthisis, and 34 for enteric fever. The total cost was £141 4s. 9d. Women Sanitary Inspectors' Work. 53. The following is a summary of Miss Middlebrooke's work for the twelve months Hou... |
88172170-68c6-40ed-8019-a958d716492e | Remedied. Oil Landlords for Cleansing 185 185 On Tenants for Cleansing 127 127 On Landlords for Overcrowding 6 6 On Tenants for Overcrowding 39 39 On Landlords and Tenants for other Defects 503 503 On Landlords and Tenants for Verminous Rooms 02 02 Women's Lavatories at Railway Stations, &c. Number of Inspections 56 „ ... |
1382d47a-eec1-4da2-b19f-9386b7bc4a71 | Number of Inspections 360 ,, of Cases referred to District Inspectors 40 Total number of Houses visited re Phthisis, Measles, and Zymotic Enteritis 94 ,, Visits paid for various causes, viz., Complaints, and verminous and dirty houses and bedding 270 ,, Intimation Notices served 361 ,, Statutory „ „ 103 ,, Cases referr... |
067f1107-cae6-42f6-ae9e-c3cbc09a99fa | Efforts are made to induce those housewives who are inclined to be slatternly to be orderly and methodical in their houses. Many women are under the impression that, so long as they wash their floors, the rest of the room does not matter in the least. They are apparently blind to the cobwebs on the walls and ceilings, ... |
9e304b93-5047-4b50-93ee-c8aa7d4e6a6c | (3) To the spaces under the beds, which are used for the disposal of dirty clothing, old boots, and rubbish. (4) To the cupboards used for the storage of food ; these are usually found in a most unsatisfactory state as regards cleanliness and order. (5) To the use of heavy, dirty, light-obstructing materials as window ... |
382770fe-f411-4a51-9b13-078a105b4780 | Where the bedding was verminous, it was removed for disinfection ; in extreme cases, the owner's consent in writing was obtained and the bedding taken away and destroyed. Where the children in these houses were found to be in a verminous state, they were sent to the Cleansing Station to have a bath and their clothing d... |
49f3f59d-f950-41bb-ac58-4c8c09aedb56 | Visits to houses after notification of Births 2397 Re-visits 409 Visits after infant deaths 91 Visits to houses re zymotic enteritis 78 Re-visits 15 Visits to houses re phthisis 19 Visits to Depot-fed infants 638 Special visits 43 Reported to District Inspectors— Structural defects 4 Other „ 7 Dirty interior walls 3 Ov... |
9ad854d5-4e30-4c39-9e11-8a54bb94baf4 | These have, as a rule, to be visited before the Depot milk is supplied, in order that the age and condition of the child may be ascertained, and the proper use of the milk explained to the mother. It is also necessary, in cases where no doctor's certificate is received, to make sure that the case is a fit one for the D... |
1c3646ac-c435-4171-8143-72f65c56aaff | As a large proportion of the depot-fed infants are delicate, special modifications have often to be prepared, and the case must be visited at frequent intervals until the child begins to take the milk well and to make progress. A few cases have to be specially watched in order to detect abuse of the milk. There is a te... |
1fd9ffc4-6266-4e53-b1af-46c3a84b4255 | The time devoted to Depot-fed infants is considerable but it is spent to good purpose. Real educational work can be done by frequent visiting at the homes and by interviews on weighing days. The mothers realize that the Public Health Department is a reliable source of information on infant rearing and that application ... |
d31d5af5-6330-4ec9-b20b-3fb1c310bc62 | The following are typical of the worst cases met with in visiting infants. (a) Mother mentally deficient, has lost 6 children out of 10; house very dirty, smells foul; 3 rooms, family income about 27s. a week. Baby apparently healthy at first, but shortly began to waste ; older children sickly, dirty, ragged. The mothe... |
ebfea784-dc79-4f8e-873b-dd65421518a9 | (d) 8 children born, 4 have died of tubercular disease, mother probably consumptive, living in half-basement tenement; very dark, fairly clean. Baby appeared healthy at 3 weeks old, but older children looked sickly. Cases such as the foregoing require frequent visiting before any appreciable effect is obtained. Every e... |
260db2b9-0737-4c6f-8f35-5d29fd43e6a3 | As the result of a leaflet (see Appendix) written by the Medical Officer of Health, addressed to expectant mothers, and circulated by means of the midwives, requests for visits have in several instances been made by post. Cases where advice is needed and would be welcomed are also reported by some of the Clergy and by ... |
f51a8d67-a314-4c38-b01c-57ba1d2122a2 | (b) To stimulate and concentrate effort for the purpose of effecting necessary sanitary reforms, whether for the public weal or the benefit of individual sanitary districts. (c) To encourage and promote the study of practical hygiene, and to educate opinion with respect to the national as well as the local importance o... |
e7faa654-19c5-4962-aaf0-df46c1b647b7 | Child-Birth and Industrial Employment. 58. In May last His Majesty's Home Secretary invited my cooperation in obtaining information as to the connection between infant mortality and industrial employment, and you agreed that all the necessary facilities should be afforded in the matter. A Conference of all the Medical ... |
79f98ae1-41cd-4f8c-a7be-45ba392b21fc | It was also determined to obtain statistics as to illegitimate births, and the mode of feeding of infants in the first six months of their age. It will be necessary to keep the children under observation from their birth for twelve months, or until their death, if taking place within twelve months. The enquiry is to co... |
93e63329-c42b-43dc-8257-0a9db6842116 | The Eltham Sanitary Inspector's Office, 112, High Street, provides a place to take messages, and to give out disinfectants, and a room for the Inspector to call at daily and see visitors by appointment. It is found very useful for this purpose, but would be still more so if connected with the telephone. Public Health s... |
2601dfe5-ec5b-4b52-b436-30bb9878e558 | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of NonResidents Registered in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Residents Registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. Number. Rate* Under 1 Year of Age. At all Ages. Number. Rate per 1,... |
061b514d-8a5d-4fc7-94c1-6cb6a1204341 | 6 1900 115498 3303 28.6 469 142 . . . . . 2057 17.8 1901 117740 3535 30.0 455 128 1600 13.6 433 42 164 1722 14.6 1902 122505 3730 29.9 462 124 1678 13.7 278 43 208 1843 14.7 1903 123172 3691 30.0 390 106 1511 12.3 272 41 175 1637 13.3 1904 125791 3531 28.1 466 132 1636 13.0 261 40 169 1765 14.0 1905 125885 3549 28.2 36... |
35f4efe6-52b4-4d30-ab96-da02cd563097 | 7 1906 127345 3524 27.7 391 111 1530 . 293 48 183 1666 13.1 Average for years 1897 to 1906 J-118996 J 3489 29*3 445 128 1776 14*9 1907 129336 3295 25-4 367 111 1479 296 50 184 1613 12*5 93—94 * Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. Note.-—The deaths included in Column 7 of this Tabl... |
2584597d-0031-4be5-93e2-bf25752646db | By the term " Non-Residents " is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity and dying in public institutions there ; and by the term ''Residents " is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity and have died in public institutions elsewhere.... |
5eafd258-067b-4466-b3a0-7177f161fdcb | Institutions outside the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from the District. Woolwich Union Infirmary Lewisham Infirmary Royal Arsenal Hospital Herbert Hospital Auxiliary Hospital Blackheath Cottage Hospital Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Seamen's Hospital Hospital Brook do. Eltham Cottage Hospital Park do. H... |
2a08794a-f92f-42e0-8a98-e49e88558368 | Darenth do. Cater ham do. Stone do. Banstead do. Horton do. Hostel of God do. 97—98 TABLE II. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities, 1901-2-3-4-5-6-7. Increase of Population since 1901 Census, estimated by number of new houses occupied, and number of persons to a house in the Parish. Wards. 1901. 1902. 1903. 1904. 19... |
799d816b-61a4-4e5a-b623-bd2f3cf739bb | Births Registered. Deaths at all ages. Deaths under 1 year. Population estimated to middle of year. Births Registered. Deaths at all ages. Deaths under 1 year. Population estimated to middle of year. Births Registered. Deaths at all ages. Deaths under 1 year. Population estimated to middle of year. Births Registered. D... |
8ec3d251-0073-46c1-8821-7dfb7bef320a | Mary's 10439 203 122 25 10439 226 149 30 10439 222 147 39 9788 184 121 35 9788 174 104 21 9788 209 98 26 9788 181 133 31 River N.. 14504 410 292 661 N. 3450 135 66 26 3450 140 50 16 3991 155 71 30 3991 141 72 31 3991 135 62 19 3841 150 55 19 S. S.11444 293 219 32 11444 277 205 43 11405 237 193 37 11405 247 190 33 11405... |
1b21aa91-9759-412d-8492-defd0793e724 | George s 8078 298 151 35 8078 284 135 36 8078 303 136 39 8078 321 143 48 8078 297 116 31 8078 283 103 25 8078 299 107 32 Burrage 9837 253 133 24 9837 228 154 ?8 9837 235 133 17 9726 219 123 23 9726 217 119 17 9726 201 140 27 9726 202 109 16 Herbert 9195 240 104 22 9679 261 129 28 9679 261 94 21 9893 220 98 20 9893 245 ... |
ae9abc90-bfa1-4d9b-a70d-30bbc02e37e2 | Margaret's 10193 325 120 42 11826 448 163 50 11826 399 166 38 12337 388 161 35 12337 423 151 31 12975 436 145 34 13173 362 160 43 Central 10220 299 142 36 10263 341 138 46 10263 276 99 26 10228 267 87 24 10228 ?33 99 20 10061 248 102 20 10100 198 100 22 Glyndon 9829 319 140 30 9882 287 146 34 9882 313 144 33 9609 291 1... |
bc2b6678-aa5c-4235-aae2-45ff05eeb80e | Nicholas 20239 737 265 106 22985 698 312 106 22985 731 235 71 21031 685 319 114 21031 667 257 80 22274 693 282 74 22775 621 295 75 Eltham 7787 177 108 26 10002 243 85 23 10669 258 87 19 11153 278 123 28 11617 291 112 23 11919 266 123 25 12745 285 128 40 99 TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year... |
845d96a8-e0cb-4865-af16-8221502178f9 | Mary's. St. George's. Burrage. St. Margaret's. Herbert. Glyndon. Central. St. Nicholas. Eltham. Under 1. 1 to 5. 5 to 15. 15 to 25. 25 to 65. 65 and upwards. North. South. Small Pox . . . . . . . . • • • • • • . . . . . . . . . . . Cholera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diphtheria 275 4 65 151 25 30 . 4 20 9... |
ae1d8fab-207c-41d2-a701-c7d0febf9a18 | . Erysipelas 110 5 4 6 9 74 12 3 7 7 9 3 3 15 6 9 11 31 6 . . Scarlet Fever 1023 4 233 638 110 38 . 17 36 30 55 106 60 123 56 81 93 243 123 41 868 Typhus Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enteric Fever 27 . 3 8 8 8 . 1 1 2 . 2 1 2 2 4 2 5 5 7 18 Relapsing Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Co... |
71fa4772-ccea-4804-821b-33dc67e3dcc5 | . 1 5 . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . . Plague . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1442 13 305 804 153 155 12 25 64 48 87 129 90 l65 82 112 125 355 154 . . 101—102 TABLE IV.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1907. Disease. Deaths in or... |
b5d15d9d-80b5-49d8-91fe-31f656ba9c50 | 35 to 45. 45 to 55. 55 to 65. 65 to 75. 75 to 85. Over 85. Small-Pox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measles 70 41 29 14 50 5 . 1 . . . . . . . . Scarlet Fever 14 10 4 . 5 2 4 2 . . 1 . . . . . Tuphus Fevere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Epidemic Influenza 30 15 15 . 1 1 . . 1 . 3 3 4 9 5 3 Whooping Cough 37 11 26 12... |
e567cb4f-d751-43fb-941c-6a8c3c6ebc1f | 1 . 1 . . . . Croup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enteric Fevcr 4 1 3 . 2 . . . . . 1 1 . . . . Asiatic Cholera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diarrhœ and Dysentry 11 8 3 8 3 . . . . . . . . . . . Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis 23 13 10 21 2 . . . . . . . . . . . Enteritis 25 16 9 14 1 1 . . 2 1 2 . . 3 1 . Other Con... |
8418e96f-da1a-46d3-a18f-86609b1c608b | 1 Puerperal Fever l . 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . Other Septic Diseases 8 7 1 2 1 1 . 1 . . . 1 1 1 . . Syphilis 9 5 4 3 1 . . . . l 1 1 2 . . . Rheumatism 7 4 3 . . 1 3 . . . 2 1 . . . . Gout 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia 1 1 . . . . . . . l . . . . . . Tuberculosis of Mening... |
5acbf8ff-85d1-4c04-aa9a-36440db5c98d | Tuberculosis of Lungs (Phthisis) 154 82 72 1 4 1 6 14 22 25 36 29 9 6 1 . Tuerculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum 11 8 3 3 3 2 . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . Other forms of Tuberculosis 22 12 10 3 7 1 3 4 . 2 . 2 . . . . Alcoholism 4 2 2 . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 . Cancer 107 44 63 1 . . . . 1 3 13 16 28 32 13 . Diabetes 11 6 5 . ... |
a7eb7bfc-638f-4842-8b60-f1c942662e7d | Developmental Diseases 86 51 35 77 6 1 . . 1 1 . . . . . . Old Age 67 31 36 . . . . . . . . . . 16 36 15 Meningitis 20 9 11 9 8 1 . 1 1 . . . . . . . Inflammation and Softening of Brain 4 4 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . 2 . Epilepsy 5 4 1 . 1 . . 1 1 . 1 . . 1 . . General Paralysis 6 2 4 . . . . . . . 3 l 1 . 1 . Tabes Dorsa... |
8fc1f4df-f154-49b4-9059-a8799f07b369 | 1 . . . Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System 37 20 17 12 2 1 . 2 . 1 1 3 6 6 2 1 Organic Diseases of the Heart 128 63 65 1 . 1 4 5 5 9 15 25 19 32 9 3 Cerebral Hæmorrhage, Embolism and Thrombosis 41 22 19 . . . . . . 3 1 6 6 15 7 3 Apoplexy and Hemiplegia 18 9 9 . 1 . . . . . 1 . 8 5 3 . Other Diseases of Blood V... |
e10c2587-6e0e-428f-ae23-d920b761031c | 2 1 4 7 14 9 6 Chronic Bronchitis 54 27 27 . . . 1 . . 1 . 6 15 19 12 . Lobar (Croupous) Pneumonia 16 9 7 . 2 . . 1 . 3 2 2 2 1 3 . Lobular (Broncho) Pneumonia 74 41 33 32 28 1 . . . 3 1 2 3 3 1 . Pneumonia 39 27 12 6 2 1 . 1 2 3 7 3 5 4 5 . Other Diseases of Respiratory System 11 9 2 2 1 . . 1 1 . . 3 . 1 1 1 Diseases... |
3dd7edd0-4881-40cd-8b2f-e705a2fcb13b | 1 . . Obstruction of Intestines 14 6 8 2 1 . . . . 1 3 1 2 2 2 . Cirrhosis of Liver 14 9 5 . 1 . . . . . 1 6 5 1 . . Other Diseases of the Digestive System 20 11 9 2 2 . 3 l 3 1 2 4 2 . . . Nephritis and Bright's Disease 49 22 27 . 1 . . 2 3 1 6 13 12 7 4 . Tumours and other Affections of Female Genital Organs 2 . 2 . ... |
5ec374ca-8479-4efa-8def-909e0f3e17d3 | Deaths by Accidents or Negligence 34 21 13 12 9 2 . 1 3 . 1 . 2 2 1 1 Deaths by Suicide or Homicide 7 4 3 2 . . . . 2 . 1 . 1 1 . . Deaths from ill-defined causes 14 4 10 3 . . . 1 . . 3 2 2 2 . 1 All other Diseases 35 21 14 8 2 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 4 5 3 . Totals 1615 815 800 372 207 37 28 43 52 75 129 148 160 202 127 35 103... |
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