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75be7e37-c171-493f-8ec8-b35413b1ff0c | 142 High Street, Woolwich 54 Clements, E. J. 2 Cross Street 55 Bohmer, H, 307 High Street, Plumstead 56 Couzens, Jesse 10 Chapel Street 57 Oliver, Clara 101 Sand Street 58 Bollen, W. 1 Warwick Terrace 59 Stevens, F. 100 Roydene Road 60 Ridewood, W. 116 High Street, Eltham 61 Rose, J. 64 Hargor Road 62 Trodd, W. J. 113a... |
dd70a916-2110-4eed-a7a4-770a5c178fda | 2 Ritter Street 70 West, W.H.J. Rear of 49 Lakedale Road 71 Phipps, H. 15a Sand Street 72 Reynolds 24b & 26b Glyndon Road 73 Smith, Elizabeth 12 The Broadway, Eltham 74 Bennett, Rose 22 Glyndon Road 75 Williams, Ellen 12 Thomas Street, Woolwich 76 Bartrum, Abner 167 Kingsman Street 77 Jones, David 65 Maxey Road 78 Mack... |
988d85e4-770c-411c-99a7-f91baacbac8d | Annie 29 Admaston Road 86 Norton, Emma 28 Conway Road 87 Townsend, J. 21 Wilmount Street 88 Jones, E. C. 6 Samuel Street 89 Harrington, James 26 Prospect Row 90 Greatrex, F. Lydwin Cottage, Plumstead Common 179 TABLE XXIII.—continued. No. Name. Address. 91 Oakham, J. J. 3 Brentwood Cottages, Pope Street, New Eltham 92 ... |
a2bbbc74-4493-4085-b753-692b4dd56ffe | 108 Burrage Road 99 Marsh, C. Askhurst, Shrewsbury Lane 100 Palmer, Annie 127 Plumstead Road 101 Rich, E, C. 16 Helen Street 102 Mumford, Kate F. 22 Cross Street 103 Holmes, Blanche 43 Bostall Hill 104 Wainwright 36a Mulgrave Place 105 Gill, Emily A. 398 High Street, Plumstead 106 Morley, Ernest 31 Craigton Road 107 Br... |
98a56491-ebda-471f-9daf-39acf2a04109 | 25 Orchard Road 115 Jones, W. H. 39 Beresford Street 116 Holdway, Georgina H. 45 Brookhill Road 117 Buck, E. V. 52 Raglan Road 118 Challis, P. W. 4 High Street, Woolwich 119 Frost, W. D. 44 Powis Street 120 Gee, A. J. 147 Plumstead Road 121 Dick, J. 107 Pattison Road 122 Joy, W. G. 36 Thomas Street 123 Fuller, R. E. So... |
e95d6759-11bb-4de1-945b-949e3af58ab5 | Applicants Registered as Purveyors of Milk during 1909. Date. Applicant's Name. Premises. Remarks. Jan. 29 Elliott, Walter G. 289, High Street, Plumstead Mar. 12 Espline, G. 48, High Street, Woolwich Mar. 12 Crawford, Frederick 13, Hinstock Road April 2 Baasett, Thos 69. Bannockburu Road May 30 Royal Arsenal Cooperativ... |
526ac163-e40e-4062-b3ca-67e5924c1743 | 147, Plumstead Road Sep. 30 Dick, John 107, Pattison Road Oct. 21 Joy, William J. 90, High Street, Woolwich Nov. 11 Fuller, Robert E. Southwood Road Farm, Eltham Dec. 2 Jones, Elizabeth 35, High Street, Woolwich Dec. 2 Corp, William J. 98c, High Street, Eltham Dec. 2 Moore, James 12, Bostall Hill Dec. 30 Cray ford, J. ... |
041d31f2-2ff4-4302-8424-5fa4cd560260 | WOO 14 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR WOOLWICH. i 1910. Woolwich: H. Pryce. & Son, Printers (T.U. Federation), 31, 33 & 35 Powia Street. 2 Public Health and Housing Committee: His Worship the Mayor. James Oates Widger, B. A. (Chairman), 113, Chesnut Road, Plumstead.... |
90a4da8b-a35e-4164-99f8-153b9be566f9 | Lewis Jenkins Jones, " Broomhill," Shrewsbury Lane, Plumstead Lieut.-Col. Francis Seymour Leslie, 24, Wood Street, Woolwich. -Jeremiah James Mahony, 67, Beresford Street, Woolwich. James Newman, 92, Rochdale Road, Plumstead. Frederick George Penny, 8, Blendon Terrace, Plumstead. William Raven, 82, Little Heath, Charlto... |
3e171ea7-f35c-47b6-8a54-09a4385cce3e | Inst.), River Ward. 3 Alfred G. Potter (Cert. San. Inst.), Eltham Parish and St. George's Ward. William Tedham (Cert. San. Inst.), Central and St. Margaret's Wards. Thomas Powell (Cert. San. Inst.), Burrage and Herbert Wards. Harry Shaw (Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Bd.), Dockyard and St. Mary's Wards. Inspectors under Food ... |
1ac8146f-de58-41bc-82f5-bcb10fa19240 | Hygiene (Univ. Coll.). Chief Clerk: Amyas Britter (Cert. R. San. Inst.) Assistant Clerks; Harry S. Smith. H. M. Collyer. Mortuary Keeper: Frank Leason. Medical Officer of Health: Sidney Davies, M. A., M.D., Oxon.; D.P.H., Carnb.; Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health (Vice-President, Metropol... |
05ba2251-925f-48db-a545-7cf354e8ebda | Estimated to middle of 1910 128,448 Inhabited Houses—Census, 1901 18,086 Total Houses to middle of 1910 22,995 Persons to a House Census 6.47 Marriages 912 Births 2,844 Birth Rate 22.1 Deaths 1,410 Death Rate 11.0 Infantile Mortality 84 per 1,000 births 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page Names of Members of Public Health Commit... |
61a14d68-e3e5-4a62-89c5-fe56d63c201f | Chicken-pox 29 Measles 29 Whooping Cough 31 Scarlet Fever—Expense of unnecessary Hospital IsolationReturn Cases—Isolation at Home—Sources of Infection— Provision of Medical Attendance—Incubation period 33 Diphtheria—Sources of Infection 40 Mistaken Diagnosis 42 Bacteriological Examination 42 Anti-toxin—Free supply 44 E... |
75829a24-4779-4ebb-b06a-62f30ace59c1 | and Pneumonia 62 Tuberculosis—Voluntary Notification 62 Source of Infection—Occupation 65 Bacteriological Diagnosis 68 Sanatorium Treatment—Results of 68 Nature of Cases 69 Charge for Beds 73 Shelters for Consumptives 73 Cancer—Classification 76 Alcoholism—Public Houses Closed under Licensing Act 80 Syphilis 81 Ophthal... |
43abfb7b-e7e8-4b97-af4b-aa79b139c64b | Supervision of drainage 90 Public House Urinals 92 House Inspection 92 Medical Officer's Inspections 93 Over-crowding 93 Smoke Nuisance 93 7 Page Nuisances—Defective Light 94 Dark Rooms and failure of Building Act 94 Verminous Rooms 94 Dust Removal—Collection, Cost of 94 Trade Refuse—Offensive and Inoffensive 95 Housin... |
2c85b9fb-e982-46cc-9299-2a4733b1f547 | Vans and Sheds 107 Infants'Milk Depot—Statistics—Tables 107 Notices and Prosecutions under Public Health (London) Act 107 Bacteriological Examinations 107 Women Sanitary Inspectors' Work- Miss Middlebrooke's Report 112 Miss FitzGerald's Report 115 Public Ambulance 119 Conference of Metropolitan Borough Councils re Sana... |
ff2785de-087a-4aa8-b807-03310fa5f3e5 | Births and Deaths for the whole Borough from 1900 to 1910, including deaths of non-residents in the district, also deaths in Public Institutions in the district, and deaths of residents registered beyond the district 125 Number of Inhabited Houses, the average number per house, and the acreage125 „ Ia.— Institutions in... |
1d11e13f-ef52-4595-8132-8b9a7ff6f390 | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in district in 1910 135 „ IVa.— Infantile Mortality during the year 1910 137 „ V.— Case and Death Rate for various diseases per 1,000 population estimated to the middle of the year for the years 1891 to 1910 139 VI.— Vital Statistics of the various London Boroughs for 1910 141 „ VIA.... |
16a758e4-072c-4424-b878-319332ce05db | corrected for Public Institutions 152 „ XI.— Summary of Statistics for the second Quarter of 1910, corrected for Public Institutions 153 9 Page Table XII.— Summary of Statistics for the third Quarter of 1910, corrected for Public Institutions 155 „ XIII.— Summary of Statistics for the fourth Quarter of 1910, corrected ... |
fa2b7e6f-67a0-4601-b323-d688b2c17d0e | 167 „ XVI.— List of Streets Inspected—House to House—and number of houses where defects were found 168 „ XVII. Prosecutions in 1910 under the Public Health (London) Act and By-laws and Housing of the Working Classes Act 174 „ XVIII.— Summary of Articles Analysed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 175 ,XVIIIa.— Procee... |
7d6d314d-6feb-493e-b8a9-f69fa2afc57c | — List of Milk Sellers 183 „ XXIV.— List of Persons Registered as Purveyors of Milk during 1910 186 CHARTS:— Showing Death Rate, Birth Rate, and Infantile Death Rate, 1891-1910 Phthisis— Death Rate and Temperature, 1891-1910— England, London, Woolwich, Greenwich and Lewisham. 10 PREFACE. To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Cou... |
035431ee-dc48-4c55-9a05-aea7de24ba55 | This is noteworthy in view of the fact that in England and Wales, in London, and in the neighbouring Boroughs, the infantile death-rate was lower than ever recorded previously. From a historical point of view the year was chiefly characterised by your determination to close the Infants' Milk Depot, which was started in... |
2959bfe8-eb77-46c1-9fab-1811a6bcf019 | As yet, however, you have not determined to increase the number of these officials beyond the two who have been at work since 1906. The Public Health Committee took an important and most useful step in purchasing two Shelters for the use of consumptives in their own gardens. Particulars as to these will be found in the... |
5dc5c2e4-c4b9-43cb-a270-b3fc844dbe4f | The infantile deathrate is unaffected, being estimated on the known number of births. Other death-rate6 given in the report are very little affected. I have to thank you for the careful consideration you have given to many recommendations I have made on behalf of the public health, and congratulate you that on the whol... |
2c7b597c-add0-49cd-872f-4f67ad23979f | As estimated on the number of occupied houses, and presuming the same number to a house as at the Census, it is 141,110. The estimate, which has been made for the purpose of the following statistics, is as follows :— Woolwich Parish 38,991 Plumstead Parish (West) 40,907 do. (East) 34,500 Eltham Parish 14,050 Borough 12... |
49cc4442-edc9-4615-8a65-84a0fdb472e8 | The following table shows the number of houses at the Census, and the number certified for water each year since :—- Total houses in Borough at Census, 1901 18,496 New houses to June 30th, 1901 257 ditto 1902 1,292 ditto 1903 743 ditto 1904 582 ditto 1905 483 ditto 1906 390 ditto 1907 281 ditto 1908 191 ditto 1909 157 ... |
a64540a4-d460-453c-be72-736e75e088c5 | The following return of empty houses in the Borough in April, 1910, has been kindly supplied me by the Clerk to the Rating Committee :— Woolwich Parish— Dockyard Ward 98 St. Mary's Ward 65 River Ward 186 St. George's Ward 71 - 420 Plumstead Parish— Burrage Ward 62 Herbert Ward 80 Glyndon Ward 53 St. Margaret's Ward 162... |
78cb1a60-e410-4c0f-8f06-2cd3c223ecef | Dockyard St Mary's River St. George's Burrage Glyndon Herbert St. Margaret's Central St. Nicholas's Eltham North South Population 8,712 10,439 2,991 11,405 8,078 9,837 9,810 9,080 9,842 10,118 19,640 7,226 No. 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 6.5... |
18a1bebd-f029-40fb-8e82-79724730f79f | to June, 1902 - - 71 - — - 8 79 265 7 455 407 , 1902, to , 1903 12 - 33 — — — 9 40 153 7 239 250 , 1903, 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... |
8a3dd022-9806-498c-b9ad-5b5f8f00520d | to „ 1909 7 1 22 3 — — — 4 20 — 21 79 , 1909, to , 1910 1 1 19 1 — 3 2 2 — — 7 87 Total Houses 1,394* 1,208* 6S8 1,709* 879 1,749 1,731 1,888 2,467 1,855 4,260 2,781 Estimated Populations 7,800 9,788 3,396 10,188 7,314 9,184 9,106 9,444 13,173 9,500 25,000 14,050 *In Dockyard, St. Mary's and River (South) Wards the num... |
0dad2de2-86f3-4936-90f1-8024cea46c29 | The number of births was 2844, viz., 979 in Woolwich Parish, 881 in West Plumstead, 711 in East Plumstead, and 273 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, 22.1, compared... |
2a6986d3-d703-4576-a020-6079180cbb7f | 94 still-births were notified. The Notification of Births Act was adopted on March 1st, 1908. There has been decided improvement in the number notified by medical practitioners There were still about 190 births last year which were not notified. Midwives appear to notify all the births they attend, but doctors, to a la... |
c03750ab-b762-49ce-86ba-9aa0ae25837f | A card of instructions is sent to the mother of 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. All mothers are invited to bring their infants for weighing and advice at the Town Hall, where an Infan... |
b9d4377c-04aa-4ef6-90de-53e8cfb4de71 | 0 21.9 20.9 West Ham 331 30.5 28.6 29.4 28.0 26.4 East Ham 33.8 28.1 26.3 24.7 23.5 22:0 Erith 34.1 30.0 29.9 25.9 23.4 21 .8 London 28.2 26.6 25.8 25.2 24.3 236 England and Wales 28.2 27.0 26.3 26.5 25.6 24.8 Woolwich Borough 29.2 27.7 25.6 24.1 22.9 22.1 7. By a recent readjustment of the Registrars' districts, Plums... |
bafd0c47-eda6-4f71-a5cc-63219f45bc36 | East Plumstead consists of Central and St. Nicholas Wards, and West Plumstead of the Remainder of the parish. b 18 The following table gives the Birth-rate for the Borough, and each registration district, for the three past quinquennia, and last five years. Correction has been made for births in the Infirmary, Female H... |
b96304cf-8c60-46dd-aef8-9f918837bdd3 | Average of 1901-1006. 1906 1907 1908 1909 1010 Woolwich Borough 32.5 30.2 29.2 27.7 25 5 24.1 22.9 22.1 Woolwich Parish 31.1 30.1 29.0 29.2 29.1 26'4 26 0 25.1 Plumstead West 333 31'0 30.1 27.8 24.1 23.7 W 21.8 21.5 East E 22.1 20.6 Eltham Parish 22.8 20.6 24..0 22.0 22.4 200 19.6 19.4 8. Illegitimate Births. |
0f775738-e7a0-4af7-9ecb-22a3cb2f6280 | 53 of the births registered were illegitimate, giving a rate of 19 per 1,000 births, compared with 17, 22, 24, 20, and 24, in the five preceding years. The illegitimate birth-rate in England and Wales was 41.0 in 1909. Marriages. 9. There were 912 marriages. The marriage rate was 14.2, compared with 16.4, 14 6, 13.7, a... |
5f9f1c36-5f8c-410c-bd22-0e88f2508411 | The net 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 and inside the Borough. But, in order to institut... |
c42a0f82-d3ef-4e9c-a686-ce4d24a2218f | By multiplying by 1.0690, the factor for age distribution, we get the corrected death-rate, viz., 11.8, which rate should be used in comparing Woolwich with other places in which the death-rate is similarly corrected. The following table shows the net and corrected death-rates of Woolwich, compared with London and the ... |
6d160cbb-734e-471f-9641-72820b6fc3bb | The following table gives the average death-rate in each registration district of the Borough during the past four quinquennial periods, and during 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910. In 1910, Eltham had the lowest death-rate, and Woolwich Parish the highest of the four districts ; the greatest decrease in the past nine ... |
4080f3d3-2d14-4f72-b668-6a2069b9c96f | 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Woolwich Borough .. 17.2 18.9 13.9 13.1 12.5 • 11.6 12.4 11.0 Woolwich Parish 20 4 19.3 20.1 16.5 15.5 14.6 14.0 14.3 12.7 Plumstead W. 16.4 160 15.1 12.9 12.2 11.9 10.8 W.13.6 11.9 E. E. |
2c51f094-5de9-4a87-bb80-044710cb9e81 | 9.5 9.3 Eltham .. 13.0 14.6 10.2 10.2 10'0 9.7 10.5 7.9 London 20.0 19.8 18.5 161 15.1 14.6 13.8 14.0 12.7 •Three years—1888, 1889 and 1890. 14. The death-rate among males was 118, and among females was 12'3. The death-rate of males in the four preceding years was 14 7, 13 3, 13.6, and 13.4 respectively, and of females... |
45354afa-982a-4b4d-868c-9b2c8fb976c5 | 21 The following table gives the numbers dying at various ages in the past nine years from all causes, and .certain diseases not hereafter referred to:— Deaths—1901 to 1910. Year. Age Period. Under 1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55-65 65-75 Over 75 1901 465 126 60 94 644 325 1902 466 169 64 94 698 351 1... |
45fb3a31-9a60-4344-921f-4345d6f8488e | 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 33 96 123 134 166 212 212 1909 240 163 55 20 40 37 93 130 165 183 244 167 1910 240 105 35 25 26 34 81 127 131 202 201 203 Deaths from 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Apoplexy and all other diseases of the he... |
19bbbd07-3576-4013-9f2a-9b26b2eaf7ff | Phthisis) 308 269 285 264 277 209 234 250 236 22 Comparing the years 1903-4 with 1909-10, it is seen that in the latter period there were fewer deaths at each of the nine age periods under fifty-five, with two exceptions. At all the periods over fifty-five there were more deaths in 1909-10 than in 1903-4. As the popula... |
c3c6debf-d1fa-4e77-8381-602206b0970c | Table 4 shows that there was a decrease of deaths in 1910 compared with 1909, under most heads. Two diseases have been added to this Table, viz., Aneurism and Appendicitis. The former will be referred to under Syphilis (see paragraph 93). Appendicitis has come into prominence of late years and is probably increasing. I... |
a5b3854d-bad7-4018-b44a-af62376e4612 | 23 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 infantile mortality only means the survival of delicate children to fall an easy prey to the diseases of childhood an... |
81fcb4fb-e135-45ea-a410-f95b8477b716 | Tables 6 and 7, kindly supplied by the RegistrarGeneral, give a summary of the Vital Statistics of the County and Metropolitan Boroughs in the five years 19059, and in 1910. Only four Boroughs had a lower death-rate than Woolwich, viz., Hampstead, Lewisham, Fulham, and Wandsworth. (N.B.—Owing to the Registrar-General t... |
c4b094f3-41e1-47c0-9aa9-a7d3f5657275 | But this is not the whole of the benefit con- 24 ferred by a reduced death-rate, for each of the 568 lives saved means about ten others who have escaped a weakening illness, or who have weathered illness with less damaging effects, for a lower death-rate means improved health of the surviving population. Infant Mortali... |
e003a095-9602-4033-8303-65b1eff6c68e | The following table gives the infantile mortality in the Borough during the past seven years, compared with the neighbouring Boroughs, London, and Eng'land:— 1901-5. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910. |
fcbbe4e2-fa5d-4e11-9286-3ab07fa1631e | Lewisham 112 113 90 86 93 80 Greenwich 137 119 100 120 114 107 West Ham 158 149 131 128 123 101 East Ham 131 127 108 104 95 94 Erith 112 85 88 80 78 71 London 138 132 115 113 107 103 77 Great Towns 146 127 128 118 115 England and Wales 135 133 118 121 109 96 Woolwich Borough 119 111 113 95 82 84 25 It is seen that comp... |
c5c0117d-d0f2-4e7e-8736-3ae50bc11fd2 | The following table gives the infantile mortality during 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, and 1910, and the four preceding quinquennia in the Borough, and each registration district:— 18861890 18911895 18961900 19011905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Woolwich Parish *151 157 170 134 139 114 111 91 89 Plumstead 121 120 132 113 97 108 ... |
f8de79f5-42a2-4bd0-8dc4-493bb3aed9df | It shows that 43 per cent. (36 in 1909) of (those who died were under one month old, and 30 per cent. (23 in 1909) under one week old. 51 deaths were from premature birth, compared with 65, 75, 61, 72, and 41 in the five preceding years, and of the remainder, 27 (43 in 1909) were attributed to Atrophy, Debility, and Ma... |
06479068-45da-486e-9679-1b717589db54 | 26 There were 16 deaths of illegitimate infants. The deathrate of illegitimate infants under one year was 302 per 1,000 births, and that of legitimate children 81. 20. Compared with 1909, the past year had among infante more deaths from premature birth, congenital defects, whooping cough, diarrhoea, and overlying; and ... |
1b1f7787-ddb7-4fa2-915b-8e65a6eeeb20 | The total deaths under five years were 345, or 25.0 per thousand population under five at the Census. The rates in the five preceding years were 36.5, 38.3, 41.9, 31.3, and 28.3. The death-rate of children under five in 1910 was only 60 per cent. of the death-rate in 1905, which means that 305 children are living who w... |
e110ba18-3080-4496-be7d-45b382a294e5 | 1909. 1910. Woolwich 1.69 1.93 1.67 1.10 1.44 0.72 Plumstead 1.53 1.37 1.67 0.84 1.01 0.64 Eltham 0.88 0.83 1.02 0.77 0.29 0.43 The Borough 1.51 1.49 1.34 0.92 1.06 0.63 London — — — — 1.30 1.14 24. Inquests. There were 107 inquests, compared with 154, 160, 141, 121, 128, 115, and 105 in the seven preceding years. The ... |
fd15537a-e16b-4b43-9452-2291d1a97aea | Accidental Causes:— Burns and Scalds 7 Drowning 4 Falls 5 Fractures 6 Bun over 3 Suffocation, overlying 4 Poison 4 Other accidental causes 9 - 42 3. Homicidal causes:— Suicide 6 Murder and Manslaughter nil - 6 107 The "Accidental Causes" were 51, 43, 35, 49, and 23 in the five preceding years. The "Homicidal Causes" we... |
203067ba-890d-469e-80c5-357d8fc152cb | Table 1a shows the Institutions, inside and outside the Borough, receiving sick and infirm persons belonging to the Borough, and Table 4a shows the number of deaths from each disease occurring in Public Institutions. Nearly one-third of the total deaths occurred in the Infirmary or hospitals. small-pox and vaccination.... |
1b29d776-a5cc-43f1-ae63-6ce36d7854d3 | The following return, kindly furnished by the Vaccination Officers, Mr. Greenhill and Mr. Atkins, gives particulars of the vaccination of children born in Woolwich, Plumstead, and Eltham Parishes in 1909:— Births 3,409 Vaccinated 2,410 Insusceptible 8 29 Conscientious objections 598 Died unvaccinated 190 Medical postpo... |
7c6932fa-f203-484a-8fe0-45ba32a165eb | 327 cases of Varicella were notified by school teachers, compared with 362, 286, and 327, in the three preceding years. 78 were under five years, 237 between five and ten, and 12 over ten years. Measles. 30. There were 21 deaths from Measles, giving a rate of 0.16,, compared with 0.54, 0.08, and 0.43, in the three prec... |
a88ad4d4-3357-4c51-9125-160942cbbf65 | Of notifications was 30 5.3, compared with 2.8, 3.8, 4.8, 1.9, and 7.2, in the five preceding years. 205 of the 396 cases were found on visiting to be having medical attendance. 33. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from Measles for the past four years and three preceding quinquennia in eac... |
59924d87-b906-4f44-b245-5ceb1b5a257a | 22 15 0.22 1 0.13 26 0.21 0.44 (average) 1906 7 0.18 21 0.28 . . 28 0.24 0.40 1907 35 0.87 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 1910 11 0.28 7 0.09 3 0.22 21 0.16 0.41 It appears from this table that whereas from 1891-1900 Woolwich had a somewhat highe... |
efd9804c-04e6-44f5-ba60-9d6d9f043935 | and is now very much lower than in London. 34. Owing to the prevalence of Measles all unprotected children below the age of five were excluded from 12 London 31 County Council Schools in the Borough. Dr. Kerr closed, or excluded unprotected children from, 16 classes. In many cases this was done immediately on the occur... |
7128c85b-e48d-4348-a00b-97c15ac7d56f | The following table gives the deaths and death-rates per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, compared with London. There has been a marked reduction in deathrate since 1904:— Woolwich. London. Number. Bate. Bate. 1901-5, Averages 34 0.28 0.35 1906 21 0.17 0.26 1907 37 0.29 0.38 1908 32 0.25 0.20 1909 15 0.12... |
fce86008-04e6-4779-857b-c1507cc9f13e | 32 Owing to the prevalence of Whooping Cough a short series of precautions was drawn up by your instructions 'and printed on cards. These are left at houses where cases are notified by school teachers. The following are the precautions advised:— The Dangers of Whooping Cough. (1) Whooping Cough is a very dangerous infe... |
8dcbd3b2-c0db-401e-898c-e5bde60938f8 | (5) It is advisable to consult the doctor in all cases, but especially:—(1) when infants are attacked; (2) when the paroxysms of cough are very frequent; (3) when the breathing is short and the child goes off his food. When the cough is bad the child should be kept in bed with the window open, and a fire in cold weathe... |
d0495229-48a0-4eae-80ee-2d514cb4ac9b | No children should be allowed to visit a house where there is Whooping Cough. (8) Where there is Whooping Cough in a house, infants and older children who have not had the disease must be kept from school for two weeks; they must not go then if they have any cough or cold. The mortality of the disease in the past three... |
a26b7570-7e23-4a61-8b89-5a30c7d23285 | This rate is the lowest since 1905. 37. The following table Shows the case-rates of Scarlet Fever in the Borough and each registration district during 1901-5 and the past five years, compared with London.:— Average, 1901-5 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Borough 3.15 4.15 7.91 4.67 7.77 3.94 Woolwich Parish 2.99 3.83 6.10 3.8... |
4d0d474c-ed14-467d-9a8f-6322130017a2 | 6.47 5.94 Eltham Parish 3.21 4.71 9.65 3.94 4.04 1.64 London County 3.57 4.35 5.46 4.52 3.57 2.16 c 34 38. Table 3 gives the age distribution, the number in each parish, and the number removed to hospital. East Plumstead was most affected. 39. There were 13 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0 10 per 1,000 population, comp... |
6228d191-27c8-412c-9873-a030cd97f2f9 | Of the deaths, 2 were in Woolwich parish and 11 in Plumstead. It appears from the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health to the London County Council that, in the five years 1903-7, only six Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower death-rate from Scarlet Fever than Woolwich, but in 1909 the death-rate in Woolwich was... |
5e774539-2331-43bd-851a-7904f7e8d25d | The very high percentage of cases removed to hospital was slightly reduced last year, "but it is still a fact that a large proportion, say one-third of notified cases, are removed to hospital, not because they cannot be efficiently isolated at home, but because the parents cannot afford the cost of medical attendance a... |
cf864712-64c5-4b29-a8b3-016938ab29b4 | Most of the return cases appeared quite well on return, and no blame can be attached to the staff of the Fever Hospital in any case. As a rule, the children returning from hospital are quite well at the moment of leaving, but in many cases develop some nasal discharge on arrivng home, or within a few days. Illustrative... |
70f064b9-d08d-4be9-b249-b109b1554961 | None of these was followed by a secondary case which could be attributed to failure of isolation or persistence of infection. In 1907-8-9 home isolation was followed by three return cases and three secondary cases, making a total of six cases, c 2 36 due to failure of isolation. Taking the 128 hospital return cases in ... |
d6eff70e-7be6-4532-8aea-8e0475579fa1 | In 58 cases infection was attributed to other inmates of the house. Some of these were never notified, and had no distinct symptoms of Scarlet Fever, but a history of sore throats made it probable that they "had had a slight attack of this disease. 44. In 8 cases infection was attributed to friends and neighbours, in 1... |
20c0281a-05fc-4cde-836f-b01f7bfc78e0 | Statistics were given in the Annual Report for 1908 as to the date of calling in medical attendance in Scarlet Fever. Some remarks were made in the same report as to the high prevalence and comparatively low death-rates of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in Woolwich. Incubation Period. The incubation period of an infectio... |
9bd368d4-0676-43a3-bede-f09ba407fd79 | If one child began with Scarlet Fever, say on the first day of the month, was at once removed to hospital, and the secondary case commenced on the seventh of the same month, it would be justifiable to conclude that the incubation period was six days. As a rule, however, the patient remains at home for several days befo... |
5fe65621-50c1-40ef-9413-96509d2defba | Out of the 315 secondary cases the maximum period of incubation was from 1 to 7 days in 149 cases (or 48 per cent.); from 1 to 4 weeks in 99 (or 31 per cent.); from 5 to 12 38 weeks in 37 (or 11 per cent.); and over 3 months in 11 (or 3 per cent.). Of course it is impossible to say that the secondary cases were not exp... |
ae216202-1949-4725-9605-723a397772f9 | It must also be remembered that both the primary and secondary cases may have been due to a common source of infection, especially as regards the cases in which the interval was under one week; and as regards cases where the interval was longer, there may possibly have been an intermediate case, i.e., a child who, with... |
1e1fd357-7a4a-4ca9-a123-314d73405dbf | It would appear, therefore, from the figures given (1) that the period of incubation varies from one day to six months; (2) that it is barely the majority of the total cases in which the incubation is under seven days; (3) that in a considerable proportion of cases it is over four weeks; and 39 (4) that the days from t... |
91fda817-3525-4c09-bba6-f403dc43ed80 | of Cases 18 20 7 11 6 8 6 21 15 3 1 2 5 5 2 4 11 1 1 5 2 1 76 40 14 17 5 2 1 Total 155 Maximum Incubation, i.e., Interval between commencement of first case and commencement of second case. Days. Weeks. Weeks. Weeks. Months. Months. Months 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 6 No. |
80eae70b-da57-496c-9c62-597d22977a84 | of Cases 35 31 21 23 9 18 12 51 32 9 7 4 3 7 5 2 8 6 2 4 3 4 149 99 19 18 4 3 4 Total 296 40 diphtheria. 47. 147 cases of Diphtheria were notified (excluding 24 cases of mistaken diagnosis), compared with 275, 362, and 240, in the three preceding years. The case-rate (number of cases per 1,000 population) corrected for... |
8b58bb96-10ba-4789-a8b0-80294ea429b0 | There were only 5 deaths, compared with 23, 15, and 25, in the three preceding years. The death-rate was 0.04, compared with 0.120 in "1909, and with 018, the average of the ten preceding years. The Woolwich deathrate is the lowest ever recorded. The previous lowest was 0.08 in 1891. The London death-rate was 0.09. 49.... |
08a0ccb8-9e23-4d81-ba51-7e02753142ef | The following table shows the case-rate in each registration district (not corrected for mistaken diagnosis) in the past seven years, compared with London and the Borough:— 1901-5 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Borough 1.71 2.80 1.83 2.61 1.88 1.15 Woolwich Parish 1.63 3.43 1.85 3.18 1.97 1.06 Plumstead Parish 1.87 2.26 2.36... |
da333b2b-f1ad-4220-8f2d-b2309df80760 | of notifications, were removed to hospital, compared with 67, 83, 89 and 89 per cent. 41 in the four preceding years. A certificate of efficient home isolation was given in 1 case (8 in 1905, 21 in 1906, 30 in 1907, 7 in 1908, and 1 in 1909). The case mortality was 3.4 per cent., compared with 6.6, 5.7, 6.3, 5.5, and 1... |
84511dbc-41bb-4357-a9ac-60682a599f81 | It is mainly mild cases of nasal diphtheria or children with other nasal affections, acting as carriers, who prevent the abolition of this disease. Owing to the occurrence of several cases at Purrett Road School, a medical examination of the children in certain classes was made and one child detected with nasal diphthe... |
22aa5a46-eee4-48a1-9ebe-5654a74a930b | After a case has been notified in a house, no children 42 from that house are allowed to return to school until they have been certified free from infection after a bacteriological examination. 189 home contacts were examined by the Medical Officer of Health, and 26 carriers, or mild cases of Diphtheria, were found. Th... |
0d0828c2-9960-4236-be0a-45f583f1bc1e | In 39 cases, a probable source of infection was noted, viz., in 16, other inmates of the house were known or suspected to be the source; in 5, schoolmates; 5, neighbours and friends; 1, a return case; 2, general hospitals; and in 5 the infection was caught while in the Fever Hospital on account of Scarlet Fever. The on... |
465ca4ce-0eda-45cd-a163-89633b5885d9 | In 73 (90 in 1909) the true Klebs Loffler bacillus was found (in 7 of these Hoffman's bacillus co-existed with the Klebs Loffler bacillus); 43 in 78 (189 in 1909) Hoffman's bacillus was found, and 368 were found free from either the Klebs Loffler bacillus or Hoffman's. Of the 526 swabs examined, 157 were taken from sch... |
637b597b-8b6e-4da7-9291-e53c54f991d3 | Of the 157 contacts swabbed by the Medical Officer of Health, 19 had symptoms, viz., some form of rhinitis. Of these, 5 gave a positive result, 2 showed Hoffman's bacillus, and 12 were negative. The contacts found positive on the first examination who had no symptoms were re-examined at intervals of ten days; 3 were fo... |
b7293dbb-a347-4e28-82e9-5dbd69d64e31 | In one case Diphtheria bacilli persisted for three examinations, and was succeeded by Hoffman's, and a recurrence of positive, viz., + + + H (+ H) -H. 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 ... |
4f076955-9612-4d1d-b820-f46e1f077423 | The Local Government Board, by their Order dated 16th August, sanction the provision of a temporary supply of Diphtheria anti-toxin and of medical assistance in connection with it, subject to the condition that the arrangements with respect to keeping, distribution, and use of the anti-toxin, shall be made in accordanc... |
86e7574b-2cd6-4f80-894c-266c0ee2b434 | Anti-toxin is used both for the cure of persons who have already contracted Diphtheria, and is also administered to persons who have been exposed to the infection of Diphtheria to prevent their taking the disease. Most of the cases of Diphtheria notified in this Borough are sent to the Fever Hospital forthwith on being... |
658ad751-b0bd-4770-806e-90d4d8dd7b51 | Anti-toxin has heen kept in ithe Public Health Department of this Borough for many years for the use of medical practitioners, but hitherto has only been supplied on pre-payment. The consequence is that it has very seldom been used for the poorer classes, and its use has indeed been quite exceptional. If it could be ob... |
950f6904-5799-4dab-9b60-d1ea0585aced | There do not appear to be any powers for enforcing payment. The Local Government Board state that the arrangements which may be made for the supply of antitoxin should be brought to the knowledge of all medical practitioners in the district, and that in any circular letter which is sent to such practitioners emphasis s... |
0ca76a05-df67-4e68-a386-3c1139a12380 | The case-rate was 0.06, compared with 0.16, 0.10, and 0.08, in the three preceding years; this is for the third successive year the lowest rate recorded in the Borough. For the ten years 1892-1901, the rate never fell below 0.41. The 47 rate in London was 0.26. Out of 10 cases notified, 5 went to hospital. 56. There wa... |
68ad7ca4-b1ec-4cc8-8860-43b8a9a6ed8a | The following are the cases notified in each parish during the past six years:— Average, 1901-5 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Woolwich 12.6 16 6 4 9 3 Plumstead 21.2 21 16 12 W. 3 5 E. 0 0 Elthani 8.6 3 5 3 1 2 58. In three cases the disease was attributed to oysters, one was infected in a Yorkshire village, and one at Trou... |
d39b99c2-1a4a-4c5d-9b75-781aae07c6a3 | The Local Government Board are making an enquiry as to the duration of infectiousness of the urine and fæces of the Enteric patients discharged from the Fever Hospitals and by request of the Board, I am assisting in this enquiry. All the Enteric cases discharged from the fever hospital in 1910 have been visited, and sa... |
d14a4094-94e6-4a63-8071-a5bf79aed803 | The deaths from Diarrhœa, Dysentery, and Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis were 17, or 013 per 1,000 population, compared with 0.52, 0.81, 0.26, 0.36, and 0.15, in the five preceding' years. The rate for London was 0.28. There were in addition 13 deaths from Enteritis and Gastro-Enteritis, making a total of 30 deaths, or 1... |
e535dee3-bbcf-4279-8ec1-00276c5d3096 | Average, 1901-5 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Woolwich Parish 33 44 19 23 14 10 Plumstead Parish 27 31 16 16 6 W. 9 E. 15 Eltham Parish 19 19 11 12 26 4 The Borough (02-5) 28 34 18 18 11 11 Loudon County 35 48 21 31 22 — Notification. Voluntary notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced in Woolwich in 1905. The Council ord... |
07c24d54-7698-45c5-b59c-010fb4c77198 | 102 cases were notified in the past year. The subjoined tables give full particulars of these. The notifications were fewer than in any of the past six years excepting 1907. 2 cases were notified in June, 8 in July, 32 in August, 32 in September, and 28 in October. 4 deaths from Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis occurred... |
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