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221e8980-2aba-491a-b0bd-0250ce96b9b9 | They have, however, been found much more prone to this disease than breast-fed children. Theoretically, Depot-fed children should not be liable to the infection of diarrhoea any more than those breast- l 2 152 fed, provided their general health makes them equally resistant, and provided the rules of the Depot as regard... |
e164146e-fb82-4ed5-af70-61a9d8ef9b2e | The cost to the ratepayers of the Depot is equal to a rate of oneeighth of a penny. The Borough Treasurer has kindly supplied a full revenue account which is given below. STATISTICS—Numbers Fed. Number having milk on January 1st, 1908 123 New cases taken on between December 31st, 1907, and December 31st, 1908 245 Total... |
72d7e94c-5c67-4573-bdf6-aa4f54480ba1 | Number well on commencing ... 115 Number unwell on commencing ... 130 viz:—Wasting 24 Premature birth 10 Twins 2 Delicate 24 153 Indigestion 30 Diarrhoea 15 Tubercle 2 Whoop ing-cough 1 Other diseases 22 130 Reasons For Discontinuing Depot-Milk. Left Borough 56 Too old 42 Died 6 Expense 56 Mother dissatisfied 28 Doctor... |
c0eb804a-57e6-464d-8804-b225d040b98d | 11 months 357 9-2-08 Whooping-cough 3 months 9 days 372 25- 9-08 Bronchitis 10 months 10 days 405 7-8-08 Diarrhoea 1 year 1 mth. 3 months 19 1-10-08 Zymotic Enteritis 3 months 1 day 320 31- 8-08 Bronchitis 11 months 9 months Total deaths, 0. Deaths in first week of feeding, 1. Deaths in following three weeks, 2. 154 Th... |
d97f5b15-bceb-462e-9372-7cc6a8959590 | Received milk for Discontinued milk 329 11-4-08 Congenital heart disease 4 months 3 months 28-3-08 350 2-9-08 Mastoid disease 9 „ 5 „ 28-6-08 351 6-8-08 Meningitis Bronchopneumonia 7 „ 6 .. 23-7-08 371 28-2-08 Hydrocephalus 9 „ 9 days 25-2-08 375 21-8-08 Zymotic Enteritis 10 „ 6 months 1-8-08 382 20-6-08 Diarrhoea 4 „ ... |
65c0ec94-ca69-4d83-a633-8a0871b47994 | 3 ,, 2 „ 10-7-08 430 2-9-08 Tubercular Mesentery 7 „ 3 „ 7-8-08 460 14-10-08 Gastritis 4 „ 2 weeks 17-7-08 Total deaths, 9. Deaths within one week of discontinuing Depot-milk, 1. Deaths within following three weeks, 5. Causes of Death—Diarrhoea, 5; Whooping Cough, 1; Bronchitis, 2; Eclampsia, 1; Heart Disease, 1; Masto... |
4b0811b5-95c8-49ab-a00b-965ee029a6d5 | Children who went off the Depot in 1908 253 Period for which they were supplied:—Under 1 month, 40; 1 to 3 months, 55; 3 to 6 months, 53; 6 to 9 months, 42; 9 to 12 months, 31; over 12 months, 26. Average duration of feeding months INFANTS WEIGHED—Depot-Fed. Number of Infants weighed 29 Number of Infants weighed 3 time... |
ac1b6e3f-118d-4efb-b2c3-696078a89137 | Number of Infants weighed 58 Number of Infants weighed 3 times or more 20 Number of weighings 142 Of those weighed 3 times or more— Number who gained more than average amount 10 Number who gained average amount 3 Number who gained less than average amount or lost 7 157-158 Dr. MILK DEPOT, MAXEY ROAD. Cr. Approximate Re... |
56587685-43bd-4262-9ceb-5ccf633b74a7 | £ s. d. To Wages 47 17 7 152 10 4 200 7 11 By Sale of Milk— Salaries 17 10 0 56 10 9 74 0 9 Sterilised 153 7 5 433 5 8 586 13 1 Rent 10 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 Separated 6 3 6 15 11 11 21 15 5 Gas 13 4 15 6 1 8 10 £159 10 11 £448 17 7 608 8 6 Horse Hire 17 11 0 53 8 0 70 19 0 Milk 94 5 10 281 11 6 375 17 4 Sugar of Milk, Cas... |
e244e7f9-565b-4af7-8d11-73f2b6b9a20b | 8 8 4 23 18 2 32 6 6 Milk Bottles, Stoppers Washers, Utensils, &c. 20 12 3 66 11 0 87 3 3 Machinery and Repair and Maintenance of same 5 16 6 16 10 7 22 7 1 Coal, Coke, and Fuel 6 19 3 19 1 1 2 26 13 5 Telephone Subscription . 1 10 0 1 10 0 Fire and Boiler Insurance, Xmas, 1907, to Xmas, 1908 1 3 9 . |
f497bf7a-e4ce-4e31-a5a0-115691d94f34 | 1 3 9 Cleaning Materials 1 9 4 5 13 10 7 o o 2 Thermometers 1 18 2 1 18 2 Milk Truck 6 12 6 6 12 6 Sundries 3 11 8 J 6 0 6½ 9 12 3 Balance carried to Net Revenue Account, being loss on Working Expenses 351 19 1 Ice . 1 3 8 1 3 8 £237 17 0½ £722 10 6½ £960 7 7 £960 7 7 Approximate Net Revenue Account for Year ended 31st... |
c2f739e7-808c-489c-9208-4125a2d38ac4 | £ s. d. To Balance brought down from Revenue account ... ... 351 19 1 By Balance, being Approximate Loss on Milk Depot Account for year 418 7 4 Loan Charges— Repayment of Principal 50 0 0 50 0 0 Interest on Loans 4 4 5 12 3 10 16 8 3 £4 4 5 £62 3 10 £418 7 4 £418 7 4 ALEXr. THOMAS, 23rd March, 1909. Borough Treasurer. |
90e10302-c914-486d-8423-9edd6d4cee8f | WOO 13 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL RETORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR WOOLWICH. 1909. Woolwich: H. Pryce & Son, Printers(T.U. Federation), 31, 33 & 35 Powis Street. a 2 Public Health and Housing Committee:— His Worship the Mayor. James Oates Widger, B.A.(Chairman), 113 Chesnut Road, Plumstead. Geo... |
5a423292-640a-4b8c-9e28-cab82b121441 | Francis Seymour Leslie, R.E., 24 Wood Street, Woolwich. Jeremiah James Mahony, 67 Beresford Street, Woolwich. James Newman, 92 Rochdale Road, Plumstead. Richard Patrick Purcell, 12 Gatling Road, Plumstead. William Raven, 82 Little Heath, Charlton. William Hardy Ross, 6 Cantwell Road, Plumstead. William Tailby, 89 Herbe... |
43197639-659b-4a28-b007-179d5563156a | ), Eltham Parish and St. George's Ward. William Tedham(Cert. San. Inst.), Central and St. Margaret's Wards. 3 District Sanitary Inspectors(continued):— Thomas Powell(Cert. San. Inst.), Burrage and Herbert Wards. Harry Shaw(Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Bd.), Dockyard and St. Mary's Ward's. Inspectors under Food and Drugs Act:... |
a1a4456b-5d25-4892-aced-a3776d213ab6 | Public Health and Housing Committee Clerk:— Charles Ellis. General Clerks:— Amyas Britter(Cert. R. San. Inst.). Harry S. Smith. Junior Clerk:— H. M. Collyer. Mortuary Keeper:— Frank Leason. Medical Officer of Health:— SIDNEY DAVIES, M.A., M.D. Oxon.; D.P.H, Camb.; Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers ... |
ca394124-8d28-4d0c-9a20-57230a0765c1 | Estimated to middle of 1909 127,993 Inhabited Houses—Census, 1901 18,086 Total Houses to middle of 1909 22,872 Persons to a House Census 6.47 Marriages 847 Births 2,937 Birth Rate 22.9 Deaths 1,585 Death Rate 12.4 Infantile Mortality 82 per 1,000 births. 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS. page. Names of Members of Public Health Comm... |
9cceb816-6b72-4dbb-aff3-65ed95ea4f2a | Population—New Houses 12 Births 16 Marriages 18 Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 19 Lives and Illness saved 23 Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 23 Still-births 25 Mortality under five years 25 Zymotic Death Rate 26 Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 26 Deaths in Public Institutions 27 Small-Pox ... |
1e1ac404-b684-499f-b191-00dae12203da | Influenza, Bronchitis, and Pneumonia 55 Tuberculosis—Voluntary Notification 56 Source of Infection—Occupation 61 Bacteriological Diagnosis 61 Sanatorium Treatment—Results of- The economy of Sanatorium Treatment for five years 62 Cancer—Classification 68 Alcoholism—Public Houses Closed under Licensing Act 72 Syphilis 73... |
6923cd4a-1844-4a98-9a08-f5dbbd071744 | Water Supply—Plumstead Well—Additional supplies on upper floors 75 Pood and Drugs Act—Percentage Milk Adulteration 78 Food Inspection 80 Dairies, Cow-sheds, and Milk-Shops 80 Slaughter-houses 81 Nuisances—Complaints, Drains, Water-closets, Ventilation of New Outfall Sewers, Supervision of drainage 81 Public House Urina... |
568269a8-f962-47b7-be1e-cbdaff77f242 | Housing of the Working Classes (continued)— North Woolwich—Concreted Sites 90 Council's Houses 91 Houses Registered under the By-laws 91 Inhabited House Duty 92 Common Lodging-houses 92 Underground Rooms 93 Factories and Workshops—Inspections—Outworkers 93 Bakehouses 93 Ice-cream Shops 93 Disinfection, Disinfectants 94... |
254f7c36-0222-4d6f-bae4-c968c09e3c0a | Vans and Sheds 97 Infants' Milk Depot—Statistics—Tables 97 Public Ambulance 107 Notices and Prosecutions under Public Health(London) Act 107 Bacteriological Examinations 107 Women Sanitary Inspectors' Work— Miss Middlebrooke's Report 108 Miss FitzGerald's Report 112 Use of School Playgrounds 116 Report of the Royal Com... |
b202c4e7-4c74-4828-a562-2caca225cdcb | Deaths at all ages, and Deaths under One Year, for each Ward during 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907,1908, and 1909 123 „ III.—Cases of Infectious Disease notified at all ages, at various age groups, and distributed according to Wards during 1909 125 „ IV.—Deaths at all ages, at various age groups, from various... |
8bfb6687-dfe0-4d37-b41c-c74ef3032e8e | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in district in 1909 129 „ IVb.—Infantile Mortality during the year 1909 ... 131 „ V.—Case and Death Rate for various diseases per 1,000 population estimated to the middle of the year for the years 1891 to 1909 133 „ VI.—Vital Statistics of the various London Boroughs for 1909 135 „ V... |
36612a23-3b20-4c4b-8d55-c421d04b2bf7 | 137 „ VII.—Death Rates and Infant Mortality of the various London Boroughs, 1904-8 and 1909 139 „VIIa.—Death Rates, before and after distribution, of the various London Boroughs, 1909 141 „ VIII.—Meteorology and Registered Deaths from all causes and from certain prevalent diseases in each week of the year 1909 143 „ IX... |
ee45677a-d210-404b-8d09-3fda413f6f90 | Table XI.—Summary of Statistics for the second Quarter of 1909, corrected for Public Institutions 147 „ XII.—Summary of Statistics for the third Quarter of 1909, corrected for Public Institutions 149 „ XIII.—Summary of Statistics for the fourth Quarter of 1909, corrected for Public Institutions 150 „ XIV.—Deaths from v... |
477d6f4c-e9b6-4277-afa6-5ba3908820f3 | —Prosecutions in 1909 under the Public Health (London) Act and By-laws and Housing of the Working Classes Act 168 „ XVIII.—Summary of Articles Analysed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 169 „XVIIIA—Proceedings in 1909 under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 170 „ XIX.—Food seized, or surrendered by Owners, as unfit for... |
94a6288c-0c98-423e-8467-bb95f9a2c488 | —List of Persons Registered as Purveyors of Milk during 1909 180 10 PREFACE. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors, of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Me. Mayor and Gentlemen, I herewith present my Ninth Annual Report on the Health of the Borough, including the Eighteenth Annual Report on the Health of Plumstead... |
c15a5981-f8a8-4f9b-8796-0df176fe6f71 | The remarkable success attending the Milk Depot is shown by the fact that during the three years that the Milk Depot has been in existence the death rate of children fed at the Depot was only 81, which compares with a similarly calculated death rate for hand-fed children of 198 per 1000 births. References are made in t... |
99504c93-918d-47da-9224-d6e5556324f7 | The By-laws for houses let in lodgings are still unrevised. There are no By-laws for houses let in lodgings in Eltham. The Women Sanitary Inspectors are unable to cope with half the work which should properly be done by them. Other Boroughs have Health Societies and persons of leisure who act as voluntary health-visito... |
7407b7ad-071d-49d6-93da-1328046de037 | The population of the Borough of Woolwich, as estimated by the Registrar-General, to the middle of 1909, on the supposition of a continuous increase since the Census proportional to the increase between the two last Censuses, is 133,374. As estimated on the number of occupied houses, and presuming the same number to a ... |
18fd41ff-ef3b-494b-ab49-5b6fd8b4b18d | 127,993 is probably not far from the correct population, and has been rather under than over stated. The. rates calculated from it may be safely taken as approximately correct. An error of 5,000 in the population would make a difference of only 0.4 in the death-rate. Estimated increase in the year 345 Natural increase(... |
e27c1ff8-8b02-48f8-ac2f-efbb816c68c7 | 1909 157 22872 Viz.—Woolwich 33 West Plumstead 24 East Plumstead 21 Eltham 79 Half the new houses certified in 1909 were in Eltham Parish. 14 3. At the Census there were 234 unoccupied houses in the Borough, viz., 46 in Woolwich, 86 in Plumstead, and 102 in Eltham. The following return of empty houses in the Borough, o... |
772af2f5-3611-482d-95f0-0678ade0ce2d | Nicholas's Ward 249 649 Eltham Parish 160 Total 1276 Thus the number of empty houses has increased tenfold in Woolwich Parish, and seven times in Plumstead, but has changed little in Eltham. 4. The following table gives for each Ward the population and number of inhabited houses at the Census, the number of persons to ... |
7939055f-d865-48dd-8a7b-1c35a122a3f4 | of Inhabited Houses 1,325 1,126 441 1,671 878 1,735 1,697 1,612 1,638 1,805 2,805 1,353 Persons to a House 6.57 9.27 6.78 6.83 9.20 5.67 5.78 5.63 6.00 5.61 7.00 5.34 New Houses— April to June, 1901 — — 4 — — — 8 12 61 7 85 80 June, 1901, to June, 1902 — — 71 — — — 8 79 265 7 455 407 „ 1902, to „ 1903 12 — 33 — — — 9 4... |
ee8c7adc-409a-4b1f-96a2-54fa6af9193b | to „ 1904 4 — 89 14 — 8 - 30 94 7 185 151 , 1904, to , 1905 5 18 2 — — 2 33 102 12 170 139 „ 1905,to „ 1906 11 14 — 9 — — — 36 69 2 150 99 „ 1906, to „ 1907 21 5 5 6 — — — 27 36 7 91 83 „ 1907, to „ 1908 8 †43 12 5 1 1 7 13 29 1 52 53 „ 1908, to „ 1909 7 1 22 3 — — — 4 20 — 21 79 Total Houses 1,393* 1,207* 679 1,708* 8... |
3071b37d-1943-4bd6-b066-fe2614aeabe4 | 886 2467 1,855 4253 2694 Estimated Populations 7,800 9,788 3,396 10,188 7,314 9,184 9,106 9,444 13,173 9,500 25,000 13,595 *In Dockyard, St. Mary's and River(South) Wards the number of new houses is probably less than the number of old houses which have been demolished. †40 flats in Army Quarters, Artillery Place. 16 b... |
b53acada-2b4e-4e67-98ac-549a1d768377 | :—1,015 in Woolwich Parish, 893 in West Plumstead, 763 in East Plumstead, and 266 in Eltham(corrected for children born in the Infirmary, the Female Hospital, and the Wood Street "Home for Mothers and Babies," whose parents reside outside the Borough); and the birth-rate, 22.9, compared with 24.1 in the previous year, ... |
b43d77ba-c66c-43b0-b9ec-f4dcf54afa75 | The past year was the first complete year of working of the Notification of Births Act, this Act having been adopted on March 1st, 1908. Though there has been some improvement in notification, it is still unsatisfactory that there should be 12 per cent. of births unnotified. Midwives appear to notify all the births the... |
894ac41d-8151-4b52-a536-ef190aa6c072 | A card of instructions is sent to the mother of 17 every child at once on notification, and the Lady Health Visitor visits in the course of the next week or two those mothers who are considered to most need instruction. 6. The following table gives the average birth-rate of the Borough during the years 1901-5, 1906, 19... |
a568ce17-c573-437a-8aa4-08c7ce397045 | Average 1901-5 1906 1907 1908 1909 Greenwich Borough 27.6 25.4 24.2 23.5 22.5 Lewisham 25.7 23.3 23.8 23.0 21.9 West Ham 33.1 30.5 28.6 29.4 28.0 East Ham 33.8 28.1 26.3 24.7 23.5 Erith 34.1 30.0 29.9 25.9 23.4 London 28.2 26.6 25.8 25.2 24.3 England and Wales 28.2 27.0 26.3 26.5 25.6 Woolwich Borough 29.2 27.7 25.6 24... |
8935ac4a-ec87-469f-aba2-c12c9e8ec530 | By a recent readjustment of the Registrars' districts, Plumstead is now divided into two districts of nearly equal population, and it becomes possible to give birth and death rates for each of these. East Plumstead consists of Central and St. Nicholas's Wards, and West Plumstead of the remainder of the parish. The foll... |
b13f93ee-acca-4cce-93a4-9da743044b55 | In Eltham, after a decrease in the second quinquennium, there was a marked increase in the third, but the rate has now fallen below the level of 1896-1900. West Plumstead and Elthamhad the lowest birth-rate of the four registration districts. Average of 1891-1895. Average of 1896-1900. Average of 1901-1905. |
b7265bfb-a4df-4fc4-8a64-459f0d554055 | 1906 1907 1908 1909 Woolwich Borough 32.5 30.2 29.2 27.7 25.5 24.1 22.9 Woolwich Parish 31.1 30.1 29.0 29.2 29.1 26.4 26.0 Plumstead „ 33.3 31.0 30.1 27.8 24.1 23.7 W 21.8 E 22.1 Eltham „ 22.8 20.6 24.0 22.0 22.4 20.0 19.6 8. Illegitimate Births. 72 of the births registered were illegitimate, giving a rate of 24 per 1,... |
06e84e4b-6bb3-4008-b845-f6f331272e4e | The illegitimate birth-rate in England and Wales was 39.9 in 1908. marriages. 9. There were 847 marriages. The marriage rate was 13.2, compared with 16.4, 14.6, and 13.7 in the three preceding years. The great fall in the marriage rate, which was an indication of the prevalent local industrial depression, shows signs o... |
81e90332-e835-4be3-afe2-bebf80fbf5a8 | The nett death-rates(which are the only ones referred to, unless otherwise specified) are obtained by distribution of deaths in public institutions, deaths upon which inquests were held, and certain other deaths, to their proper locality, according as they occur outside or inside the Borough. But, in order to institute... |
4627be30-3a6c-491e-8df5-49cb3adcdd54 | By multiplying by 1.0690, the factor for age distribution, we get the corrected death-rate, viz., 13.3, which rate should be used in comparing Woolwich with other places. The following table shows the nett and corrected death-rates of Woolwich, compared with London and the adjoining Boroughs: — Nett. Corrected. England... |
9c18573c-61ff-4431-8b66-8892a997ad2e | The following table gives the average death-rate in each Parish of the Borough during the past four quinquennial periods and during 1906, 1907, 1908, and 1909. In 1909, East Plumstead had the lowest death-rate, and Woolwich Parish the highest of the four districts, but the greatest decrease in the past nine years has o... |
b962a9a4-c644-48ff-9e64-5265368db7a7 | 1906 1907 1908 1909 Woolwich Borough 17.2 16.9 13.9 13.1 12.5 11.6 12.4 Woolwich Parish *20.4 19.3 20.1 16.5 15.5 14.6 14.0 14.3 Plumstead 16.4 16.0 15.1 12.9 12.2 11.9 10.8 W. 13.6 E. 9.5 Eltham - 13.0 14.6 10.2 10.2 10.0 9.7 10.5 London 20.0 19.8 18.5 16.1 15.1 14.6 13.8 14.0 *Three years—1888, 1889 and 1890. 14. |
11925d42-9205-4d63-816c-ad0a24e81ec0 | The death-rate among males was 13.4, and among females was 13.6. The death-rate of males in the three preceding years was 14.7, 13.3, and 13.6, respectively, and of females 13.6, 14.3, and 12.8. These rates are estimated on the the numbers of the two sexes found at the Census of 1901, and, consequently, their relative ... |
f2b73a03-881b-4952-a3bc-bf41ba568f0f | 465 126 60 94 - 644 - 325 1902 466 169 64 94 698 351 1903 399 155 30 26 20 50 110 141 142 187 212 165 1904 479 174 53 24 25 44 105 143 158 182 182 194 1905 366 139 47 32 38 40 121 140 156 154 206 166 1906 396 139 50 25 31 38 110 139 174 191 205 168 1907 372 207 37 28 43 52 75 129 148 160 202 162 1908 298 134 51 21 36 3... |
db59257c-f0dd-4109-95f2-d7bce7a8d9c4 | 244 167 Deaths from 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 Apoplexy and all other diseases of the heart and blood vessels 221 212 215 227 216 217 243 268 Nephritis and Bright's disease 32 38 35 46 52 49 42 50 Respiratory diseases—all forms 308 269 285 264 277 209 234 250 22 Comparing the number of deaths in 1908-9 wit... |
f2769da7-bd6e-4ce7-8b19-c0951fc0cde1 | It appears then that more persons are surmounting the perils of childhood, and the diseases which affect early adult life(mainly tuberculous and respiratory) and are living to die of the wear and tear of life, which necessarily kill sooner or later, in old age. These facts disprove the assertion that a diminished infan... |
15098e48-fda7-4fe5-9760-3ebdba2cd9c8 | The death-rate, and infantile death-rate usually rise and fall together, but the birth-rate follows quite a different course, shewing that the fall in the infantile death-rate can only be but slightly, if at all, the result of the fall in the birth-rate. 15. Tables VI. and VII. kindly supplied by the Registrar General,... |
3d03a7bd-d0c5-432f-8ac3-b5e93d1e804a | In the last two years, I have estimated that 376 and 479 lives, respectively, were saved owing to the reduction of the death-rate. The average death-rate in the years 1896-1905 was 15.4. Such a rate in 1909 would have meant the death of 1968 persons instead of 1585 who actually died. There was thus a saving of 383 live... |
9f61f9dd-6788-4053-973f-efb651d6f5f9 | The infantile death rate was never below 100 till 1908. This great reduction in infant mortality has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. The figures are not liable to error from possible miscalculation of population, being computed on the known number of births. The following table gives the infantile mortality in... |
54b7d9fe-f663-4b96-9a59-f51146c91411 | Greenwich 137 119 100 120 114 West Ham 158 149 131 128 123 East Ham 131 127 108 104 95 Erith 112 85 88 80 78 London 138 132 115 113 107 Seventy-six Great Towns — 146 127 128 England and Wales 135 133 118 121 109 Woolwich Borough 119 111 113 95 82 18 The following table gives the infantile mortality during 1906-7-8-9, a... |
b79b6036-e207-4d58-aad4-e96699d55296 | 75 Eltham .. 163 160 97 94 140 75 68 Woolwich Borough .. 140 146 119 111 113 95 82 *1888, 1889, and 1890 All three Parishes had the lowest rate yet recorded, Eltham being the lowest of all 19 Table IVb gives full details as to the ages at death, and causes of death, of the 240 infants dying in 1909 under one year It sh... |
32da36ac-a70f-40a2-90de-fda6186bde44 | and other causes The number of deaths under one week in the past four years were 87, 83, 76, and 55 respectively The death-rate from premature birth in Woolwich Borough was 0.32, compared with 0 48, 0.71, and 0 57 in the three preceding years In England and Wales it was in 1908 18.3 per 1,000 births compared with 14.0 ... |
9ba40105-91f4-4b85-bc33-ad2eef016bf5 | and 5 in the three previous years There were 21 lives saved in the first week of life, and 31 lives saved in the remainder of the first year 21 Still-births 73 still-born children were buried in the Woolwich and Plumstead Cemeteries, compared with 74, 97, and 93 in the three preceding years Only 59 still-births were no... |
cc5d68c4-6453-40cb-9c00-483e1307c0c4 | in the death-rate under five 26 23 Zymotic death-rate The number of deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases was 136, giving a death-rate of 1.06, compared with 1.49, 1.34, and 0.92 in the three preceding years. |
69eb5ede-0e3c-4207-8baa-10a3202e97d3 | The following table gives the zymotic death-rate in each parish during the past nine years:— Average, 1901-5 1906 1907 1908 1909 Woolwich 1.69 1.93 1.67 1.10 1.44 Plumstead 1.53 1.37 1.67 0.84 1.01 Eltham 0.88 0.83 1.02 0.77 0.29 The Borough 1.51 1.49 1.34 0.92 1.06 London — — — — 1.30 24 Inquests There were 105 inques... |
ca5ec032-6ad7-40a7-9bab-347b5530326e | Accidental Causes Burns 5 Drowning 3 Falls 7 Fractures — Eun over 2 Suffocation, overlying 1 Other accidental causes 5 23 3. Homicidal Causes:— Suicide 14 Murder and Manslaughter nil 14 Total 105 The "Accidental Causes" were 41, 51, 43, 35, and 49, in the 27 five preceding years The deaths from suffocation or overlying... |
86f7722d-a350-4d8c-aa34-1f4ff16161a7 | 293, 296, and 289 in the five preceding years Table Ia shows the Institutions, inside and outside the Borough, receiving sick and infirm persons belonging to the Borough, and Table IVa shows the number of deaths from each disease occurring in Public Institutions Nearly one-third of the total deaths occurred in the Infi... |
e76e8b68-e730-49e8-b974-af34c1ac7293 | and Eltham Parishes in 1908:— Births 3137 Vaccinated 2164 Insusceptible 10 Conscientious objections 535 Died unvaccinated 205 28 Medical postponements 9 Removed 18 Not found and unaccounted for 191 29 The number excused on account of conscientious objections was 535, compared with 109, 170, and 257, in the three preced... |
3db840f8-8986-4056-9cd9-cb8db6e936a8 | There were 55 deaths from Measles, giving a rate of 0.43, compared with 0.24, 0.54, and 0.08, in the three preceding years The rate in London County was 0.48, compared with 0.31 in 1908 31. Of the 55 who died from Measles, 50 were under 5 years of age; 29 were males and 26 females 32. 768 notifications were received fr... |
293bb23c-190d-44b6-ba6a-b7682ed623f0 | The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from Me asles for the past three years, and three preceding quinquennia, in each parish, and the death-rate in London:— Year. Woolwich Plumstead Eltham The Borough London No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate Rate 1891-5 (average) 20 0.49 29 0.51 Not recorded... |
6c81f356-a0a7-40f0-8394-dee6405e1b39 | 87 28 0.37 7 0.55 70 0.54 0.38 1908 5 0.13 2 0.03 3 0.23 10 0.08 0.31 1909 25 0.64 30 0.40 — . 55 0.43 0.48 34 Owing to the great prevalence of measles in March, children below the age of five were excluded from all the London County Council schools in the Borough for five weeks, under Art 57 of the Code of Education D... |
e41641e8-a89f-430c-affc-c13b9de1b1ea | compared with 37 and 32 in the two preceding years No doubt some deaths of young children attributed to bronchitis and pneumonia were really due to this cause The death-rate was 0.12, compared with 0.26 in the County of London 30 The following table gives the deaths and death-rates per 1,000 population in each year sin... |
337f0852-038a-4a09-b057-e2163449f1df | Year Number Rate 1901 21 0.18 1902 52 0.43 1903 27 0.22 1904 54 0.43 1905 16 0.13 1906 21 0.17 1907 37 0.29 1908 32 0.25 1909 15 0.12 361 cases were notified by school-teachers, compared with 174 and 598 in the two previous years Of these 78 were under five years of age, 282 between five and ten, and one over ten This ... |
a78b27dd-3b3a-44b2-99c4-6a51220f330f | Kerr excluded children under five from all the L.C.C schools in Woolwich and Plumstead parishes, excepting Elizabeth Street School There can be little doubt that the mortality from this disease might be diminished by instructing parents, through leaflets and health-visitors, as to the hygienic treatment of the eases th... |
b092a0a4-56ea-4a42-bfd9-ec38f39fa4ce | of notified cases, more than double the mortality of Measles, and several times greater than that of Scarlet Fever Scarlet Fever 36 There were 996 cases of Scarlet Fever notified (deducting 31 31 cases of mistaken diagnosis), equivalent to a rate of 7.77 per thousand population, compared with 4.67 in 1908 Except for 19... |
379c9261-50b7-44ff-881f-65cc4f0c7480 | 38 E 6.47 Eltham Parish 3.21 4.71 9.65 3.94 4.04 London County 3.57 4.35 5.46 4.52 3.57 38 Table III gives the age distribution, the number in each Parish, and the number removed to hospital Woolwich Parish and West Plumstead were most affected The year 1907 had the highest prevalence of Scarlet Fever (measured by noti... |
d0772155-23ec-4503-b7f5-e3171a53f930 | 106 cases being notified from these No explanation can be given of the general prevalence beyond that which has been stated more than once, viz:—the existence of mild undetected cases going about unrestrained; the great 32 number of these cases is largely due to inability to pay for proper medical attendance Some parts... |
b9d9145f-2694-4ec5-8ebe-f386d1ead8c1 | 19 in the ten years 1891-1900 The death-rate in London was 008 The case mortality (proportion of deaths per cent of notifications) was 1.9, compared with 1.5 in 1908 Of the deaths, 5 were in Woolwich Parish, 12 in Plumstead, and 2 in Eltham It appears from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the Londo... |
268096c5-f863-418a-8d57-69699b791d5b | not to be Scarlet Fever The very high percentage of cases removed to hospital is no doubt a measure to some extent of the poverty existing in the town Parents cannot afford the cost of medical attendance There is no power to provide, at the public expense, medical attendance at home, and thus it may be said that the 33... |
05c38111-b625-45b1-9aec-45c235dae69e | of course, it by no means follows that, because a case of scarlet fever occurs shortly after contact with a return case of that disease, therefore the returned case was necessarily the source of infection It may only have been a coincidence Out of a large number of cases there are sure to be a certain number of such co... |
0210293b-7ebd-4d06-a73a-fb3e6a133dd6 | but it does not appear that much advantage has ensued The Hospital Superintendents forward the names of any children discharged while still suffering from rhinorrhoea It C 34 would be an advantage perhaps if they also forwarded the names of children who had suffered from a rhinorrhœa which appeared to have ceased It mu... |
0fa64d5b-1e57-4a9d-bab4-3b280d96497c | ' which began 10 days after the first case discontinued isolation In 1907 and 1908 home isolation was followed by two return cases and three second cases, due to failure of isolation Taking the hospital return cases on one side, and the failure of home isolation and home return cases on the other side, it may be said t... |
49bc1a34-25a8-454c-82ca-f66b4d500341 | 35 but a history of sore throats made it probable that they had had a slight attack of this disease 44 In 36 cases infection was attributed to friends and neighbours, in 15 cases to school attendance, in 3 to travelling, and in 8 to visiting hospitals The number of mild cases undetected or concealed, which go about and... |
f93a0569-fcef-4f0a-969e-d690b4bcbd91 | it is the main object of teachers to keep up the attendance This leads to children being encouraged to go to school at an age when they are unfit to leave home, and when they are more liable to succumb to infectious disease, It also, indirectly, leads to children attending school in an infectious state 47 Statistics we... |
8464050c-679f-45c1-9b4f-dfcd72dab978 | the average of the ten preceding years 4 of the cases were bacteriological, ie, had no symptoms 49 There were 25 deaths, compared with 18, 23, and 15 in the three preceding years The death-rate was 0 20, compared with 016 in 1908, and 0.19 the average of the ten preceding years The London death-rate was 0.12 50 74 case... |
9868bff6-1a06-4dc7-a367-5f13e314a3bd | 97 Plumstead Parish 1.87 2.26 2.36 2.88 w. 3.08 E. 1.71 Eltham Parish 1.62 6.70 1.57 1.69 0.68 London 1.90 1.70 1.85 1.64 1.38 51 238 cases, or 89 per cent. of notifications, were removed to hospital, compared with 67, 83, and 89 percent. in the three preceding years A certificate of efficient home isolation was given ... |
a84dccd9-38ac-4dc5-bd1c-025cc8c3a624 | 4 in London 37 On February 17th I reported, as follows:—"In several cases the disease has affected mainly the nose, the only obvious symptom being a muco-purulent running of the nostrils In other cases the air-passages have been affected and these have been more serious or fatal Two children died on the day the doctor ... |
a28bb741-de8e-4549-babe-30286db980ac | Bacteriology is now systematically used to prevent children attending London County Council schools in an infectious state After a case has been notified in a house, no children from that house are allowed to return to school until they have been certified free from infection after a bacteriological examination 244 hom... |
f2cacbd5-49dc-4077-bd6a-1e411d1588be | viz—in 31, other inmates of the house were suspected to be the source; in 4, schoolmates; 8, neighbours and friends; 3 return cases; 4 general hospitals The 3 return-cases followed 3 returned cases; 1 of the returned cases went away with scarlet fever, and 2 for diphtheria; the first had otorrhcea in which diphtheria b... |
e43c13c9-a0e5-499b-be45-5ae220aed050 | and the disease abated Elizabeth Street school was also affected 56 Bacteriological Diagnosis 768 swabs were sent to the Lister Institute to be examined for the presence of diphtheria bacillus In 90 the true Klebs Loftier bacillus was found (in 9 of these, Hoffman's bacillus co-existed with the Klebs Loffer bacillus) ;... |
ade690c8-dfb5-4680-9b34-4a10a735970d | eg where the first case notified in a house was a child not attending school Of the 244, 23 had symptoms, viz, 10 some form of pharyngitis, 12 some form of rhinorrhœa, or rhinitis, and one otorrhœa Of 12 cases with rhinitis or rhinorrhcea, 5 gave a positive result, 6 shewed Hoffman's bacillus, and 1 was negative The 20... |
fe132650-0811-48c1-a1dd-125829ab06fc | as after a positive result In one case diphtheria bacilli persisted for six examinations and was succeeded by Hoffman's, Positive cases with any symptoms were notified and sent to hospital, or strictly isolated; positive cases without any symptoms were excluded from school and from mixing with other children outside th... |
5c9104fa-fdd9-4d93-b1a4-dbb0d0fa9e1b | 40 Enteric fever 58 There were 11 cases of Enteric Fever, not including two cases of mistaken diagnosis notified as Enteric The caserate was 0.08, compared with 0.23, 0.16, and 0.10, in the three preceding years ; this is again the lowest rate recorded in the Borough For the ten years, 1892-1901, the rate never fell be... |
fd72a519-ed30-424d-8949-6f95328b4fe7 | There were three deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.02, which is the lowest death-rate recorded The death-rate in London was 003 At the present rate of diminution Enteric Fever will have disappeared in six years 60 The following are the cases notified in each parish during the past six years:— Average, 1901-5 1906 1907 1... |
709ce6c3-07ec-4b23-8843-aa1bf4354e38 | In two cases the disease was attributed to oysters; in two to mussels; and in one other to shell-fish Two were, no doubt, due to personal infection It has been found that some cases of Enteric continue to be infectious for many months after they are apparently well, and occasionally prove sources of infection to others... |
0649b0d0-9bad-424a-868c-69011432b5f8 | Bacteriological Diagnosis 15 samples of blood were sent to the Lister Institute to be examined for Widal's reaction A positive result was obtained in 4 Diarrhœa or Zymotic Enteritis 63 The deaths from Diarrhoea, Dysentery, and Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis were 19, or 0.15 per 1,000 population, compared with 119, 0.52,... |
10fbf5b5-fe5e-43e7-a24c-83be83b41113 | The following table shows the death-rate from the above-mentioned diarrhceal diseases per 1,000 births, in each parish during the past nine years:— Diarrhœal Diseases per 1,000 Births Average, 1901-5. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. |
b822bba8-68cd-4b1b-b37b-2158c0132da3 | Woolwich Parish 33 44 19 23 14 Plumstead Parish 27 31 16 16 6 Eltham Parish 19 19 11 12 26 The Borough (.02-5) 28 34 18 18 11 London County 35 48 21 31 — Notification Voluntary notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced in Woolwich in 1905 The Council ordered its trial first for one year, and then for three years The ... |
a926406e-084e-4847-84d1-d5cbac356b01 | 18 cases were notified in June, 8 in July, 63 in August, 49 in September, and 11 in October 10 deaths occurring in the same period were certified to be from diarrhoea or zymotic enteritis 4 of these were notified during life, and 6 were not notified The fatality (deaths per 100 cases) was 2.4, which is much lower than ... |
fc7f614c-dcab-4206-93a0-37f91871b282 | it seems probable that in the case of the practitioner mentioned there were a good many cases of mistaken diagnosis Local Distribution (See Table II) In proportion to population and births, the largest number of cases was in St Nicholas, Central, and North River Wards, and the smallest in Herbert, Burrage, and St Georg... |
e7b2339d-80b8-41c6-b744-b28919f71cd0 | the child died 13 days later The other Depot cases all recovered, and two were mild cases which soon passed off; one had been on the Depot five weeks, and the others over two months when the diarrhoea began Depot-fed children were only attacked by diarrhoea to onehalf the extent of the hand-fed children, proportionatel... |
bb54ef26-00be-477f-99a5-91e381df520c | in four cases the source was elder brothers and sisters, with intervals of one to ten days; and in three cases lodgers' children with two or three days' interval Five cases occurred 44 in one road of 48 houses; in two cases there was a month's interval, and in two cases a fortnight's interval, between supposed infectin... |
f9238502-e062-4e47-adab-412baa64e119 | giving a death-rate of 0.25, compared with 2.30, the average of the years 1901-4, and with 0.79 the London death-rate The death-rate in Woolwich was lower than it had been before, and in London lower than any year but 1907 The cool and rainy summer was favourable to a low diarrhoea death-rate, but the existence of noti... |
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