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b1d4b8d0-637a-451b-8525-274af443bb1e | The following notifiable diseases are admitted to the Asylums Board Hospitals:—Small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric fever, continued, typhus, and relapsing fevers, puerperal fever (under special conditions). The following non-notifiable diseases are also admissible under special conditions:—Measles and whoopin... |
a1214478-89ae-45fe-bc23-7f1312f2cd7d | The first case was a sailor who was shipwrecked and landed on the coast of North Africa near Tangier, where he spent one or two days. It was probably there where he contracted the disease. He sickened immediately on his return, and had a severe confluent attack, which, owing to its severity, was not diagnosed by the do... |
01c255cd-1f94-444e-9eec-68ec71aa96fc | CHICKEN-POX. 28. 385 cases of varicella were notified by school teachers, compared with 243, 327, and 232, in the three preceding years. 83 were under five years, 283 between five and ten, and 19 over ten years. 30 MEASLES. 29. There were 30 deaths from measles, giving a rate of 0.24, compared with 0.43, 0.16, and 0.23... |
9d723f6d-fb76-4625-b2fc-3b05622a366a | The mortality per cent. of notifications was 3.9, compared with 4.8,1.9, 7.2, 5.3, and 3.5, in the five preceding years. 22 cases were removed to the Fever Hospital on the certificate of the Medical Officer of Health that hospital isolation was necessarv. 32. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rat... |
3e962ca9-9859-4227-b129-5efceefd165e | 57 Not recorded 70 0.67 0.57 1901-5 45 0.22 15 0.22 1 0.13 26 0.21 0.44 1906-10 83 0.43 88 0.23 13 0.20 184 0.30 0.40 1911 7 019 17 0.24 4 0.30 28 0.23 0.57 1912 12 0.32 17 0.24 1 0.07 30 0.24 0.40 31 It appears from this table that whereas from 1891-1900 Woolwich had a somewhat higher measles mortality than London, si... |
45b7a414-4846-400b-9d97-5dcc3debf1b3 | Owing to the prevalence of measles, all unprotected children below the age of five were excluded from 22 London County Council schools in the Borough at various dates, and for periods differing from two to eight weeks (usually four weeks). The Medical Officer of the L.C.C. closed, or excluded unprotected children from,... |
84ff4f47-85b1-4811-8754-7f3a33f6928e | It follows, then, that public health administration must aim at postponing the infection till after the age of five and at securing, as far as possible, the hygienic treatment of those who are attacked. In order to postpone the infection, every effort is made to prevent children under five from attending school when me... |
0309e952-0e2a-4bcc-9742-2d02e7147e4d | The death-rate was 0.23, compared with 0.20 and 0.05 in the two preceding years, and 0.22 in the County of London. The following table gives the deaths and death-rates per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, compared with London. 439 cases were notified by school teachers, compared with 361,377, and 41, in t... |
6f9c00fe-4a3a-44e9-a55c-09ea72ac1c51 | There as been a marked reduction in deathrate in recent years: Woolwich. London. No. Rate. Rate. 1901-5 (averages) 34 0.28 0.35 1906-10 26 0.21 0.29 1911 6 0.05 0.23 1912 28 0.23 0.22 33 It is satisfactory to notice a further great reduction in the mortality of this disease in the three years during which this practice... |
a0082d6a-0e56-4c18-b81f-d1d1ab11010b | The following table shows the case-rates of scarlet fever in the Borough and each registration district during the past twelve years, compared with London:— Average. 1901-5. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. Borough 315 5.90 4.09 3.80 Woolwich Parish 2.99 5.66 2.89 2.41 Plumstead West 3.24 6.33 3.77 4.96 „ East 7.51 4.88 Eltham Par... |
73b658e6-4c2e-494e-9d9a-385bfed4af0c | There were 4 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.03 per 1,000 population, compared with 0.02 in 1911, 0.09 in the five years 1906-10, and 019 in the ten years 1891— 1900. The death-rate in London was 0.04, compared with 0.04 in 1911 and 0.10 in 1906-10. It appears, then, that although proportionately more cases are notifi... |
2dc79fc2-0cde-4d1d-a2eb-378646b8c33a | 39. Hospital Isolation. Of the 474 cases, 420 (or 88 per cent.) were removed to one of the Fever Hospitals, compared with 85,86, 94,90, and 80, per cent. in the five preceding years. 7 cases were reported, after observation at hospital, not to be scarlet fever. The percentage of cases removed to hospital was again very... |
86d23504-b85d-4bd1-ba24-d8757f7c069d | The interval between the return of the infecting case and commencement of illness varied from three to 27 days. Of the infecting cases, 10 had some form of rhinitis on or after their return, 2 otorrhœa, 1 sore throat, and 1 measles. As a rule, the children returning from hospital are quite well at the moment of leaving... |
61984c2a-9398-4ec6-bdf7-2569e9207e1d | 25 certificates of efficient home isolation were given to enable men to continue their employment in the Arsenal, and so obviate unnecessary removal to hospital, compared with 11, 13, and 18, in the three preceding years. In the Annual Report for 1911 a comparison was made between home and hospital isolation, showing t... |
7e2f21c0-33df-4873-98b0-e96f280f8952 | In 7 cases infection was attributed to friends and neighbours, in 32 cases to school attendance, in 5 to the Fever Hospital, and in 6 to other hospitals. In some of the latter cases the illness followed operations for adenoids. Schools. No schools were specially affected. 36 44. The Annual Report for 1905 contained a s... |
fb62bdd3-dba3-4c33-8630-e8505d8f6096 | The result was to show (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 incubation is under seven days ; (3) That in a considerable proportion of cases it is over four weeks ; and (4) That the days from the second to the fifth after expo... |
20511637-6c44-43df-a95f-af2c63709989 | had no symptoms. 47. There were 20 deaths, compared with 25, 5, and 11, in the three preceding years. The death-rate was 0.16, 37 compared with 0 09 in 1911 and with 0.14, the average of the five preceding years. The London death-rate was 010, compared with 0.14 in 1911, and 0.14 in the five preceding years. If the dip... |
803cdc02-bddc-4fd1-9836-a7f2c699b40f | 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. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. Borough 1.71 2.20 1.68 3.09 Woolwich Parish 1.63 2.34 2.40 4.38 Plumstead Parish 1.87 2.40 W. 1.19 E. 2.33 3.79 2.81 E... |
907d3066-b0dc-439c-823e-2a76d9ee630c | A certificate of efficient home isolation was given in 12 cases (30 in 1907, 7 in 1908, 1 in 1909, 1 in 1910, and 3 in 1911). The case mortality was 5.2 per cent., compared with 6.3, 5.5, 10.4, 3.4, and 5.4, in the five preceding years. In several cases there were no throat symptoms, but discharge or soreness of the no... |
e3347017-9b29-4318-b7ac-1cd2728698b4 | Mary's Schools, as in 1911, but later on the disease prevailed in all parts of Woolwich and Plumstead, and several cases occurred at Goldie Leigh. In addition to the notified cases (many of which never complained of illness), 66 cases (of which 37 . occurred from August to December) were found to be carriers of the inf... |
f0f5542e-7d0f-433a-b161-6b89c97ffda5 | The very mildness of the affection made it increasingly difficult to detect the cases, and so remove the sources of infection. 50. The following table gives details as to cases notified, cases bacteriologically examined, and deaths in each of the five later months of the year. The large number of cases with Klebs Loffl... |
62042bf4-8fb7-42dc-8d06-b6554f6c6d94 | August 2 6 2 15 1 2 28 16 2 September 1 3 5 12 3 5 29 43 3 October 1 1 10 38 — — 50 40 2 November 2 13 3 22 3 7 50 55 4 December 6 24 4 15 — — 49 89 1 12 47 24 102 7 14 206 243 12 51. Mistaken Diagnosis. 48 cases, or 11 per cent. o£ notifications, were, after removal to hospital, stated to be not diphtheria. The percen... |
e00e8794-d17b-4895-a8b9-f7da6bec4919 | :—In 71, other inmates of the house were known or suspected to be the source; in 47, schools; 13, neighbours and friends; 9, return cases; 3, general hospitals; and in 9 the infection was due to the Fever Hospital. 5 of the return cases were due to one returned case: this was a boy who had sore nares-rhinorrhœa on disc... |
8dbe6d39-7a60-4ab4-a9cc-837c8bdfbf2d | In 320 (92 in 1911) the true Klebs Loffler bacillus was found (in 1 of these Hoffman's bacillus co-existed with the Klebs Loffler bacillus); in 128 (101 in 1911) Hoffman's bacillus was found, and 783 were found free from either the Klebs Loffler bacillus or Hoffman's. Of the 1,231 swabs examined, 406 were taken from sc... |
05a1568d-344f-4fb7-b4f6-a086c9f2ccd6 | In most cases the bacillus had disappeared within two or three weeks, but in 4 children they were found for over a month, and in 1 case Klebs Loffler bacillus persisted for four months, when the child's tonsils were removed and the bacilli disappeared. The child's education was seriously interfered with. So far, no sat... |
d56ead18-667a-461f-9ab5-c7ba3429cb8e | For the ten years 1892-1901, the rate never fell below 0.41. The case-rate in London was 0.16. Out of 20 cases notified, 13 went to hospital. 55. There were 2 deaths from this disease, giving a death rate of 0.02. The death-rate in London was 0 03. In the preceding five years the death-rate in Woolwich was 0.02, and in... |
e1a47085-4d02-4e22-b6dc-b5b90b9c0792 | A week later the husband began with enteric. This woman was therefore responsible for infecting 56. The following are the cases notified in each parish during the past twelve years:— 1901-5. Average. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. Woolwich 12.6 7.6 10 10 Plumstead 21.2 11.4 W. 3 4 E 2 2 Eltham 8.6 2.8 1 4 42 the whole family. Sh... |
17fd2663-c0d0-4881-b5c9-ce475d7615e3 | She was acting as child's nurse in Eltham, and the baby, age 10 months, sickened with enteric. No other source being discovered, the nurse's blood was examined, and was found to give a Widal reaction—proof that she had had enteric at some time. Her excretions were then examined, and typhoid bacilli found, showing that ... |
4fe82d30-4da6-44b1-ae3f-9e80673453db | Of the remaining cases, 1, a sailor on a ship from Buenos Ayres, was presumably infected by foul water taken on in the River Plate. I was probably infected by oysters, 2 by periwinkles, and 1 possibly by fried fish. 58. Bacteriological Diagnosis. 11 samples of blood were sent to the Lister Institute to be examined for ... |
7afce537-7f18-4562-b461-a657dd8d0980 | Owing to change in nomenclature, the diarrhoea death-rate cannot be strictly compared with that of previous years, but the rate has probably never been so low before as it was last year. Notification. Voluntary notification of zymotic enteritis commenced in Woolwich in 1905. The Council ordered its trial for one year, ... |
82c5d7e3-fa2f-40e8-ab0e-0620e5a9a2ea | 9 cases were notified in June, 81 in July, 28 in August, 6 in September, and 5 in October. The fatality (deaths under two years, from June to October, per 100 notified cases under two) was 3.6, compared with 6.7, 8.8, 14.6, and 13.8, in the four preceding years. As pointed out in previous Reports, the fatality has been... |
796f84d6-d83b-4f8e-9b33-feb0a8895d7c | 2 to 5 years. Over 5 years. |
14ce0d65-50f9-4b74-9c8b-08c393995b34 | 1905 212 112 100 18 39 34 29 120 56 25 11 1906 366 187 179 31 52 52 59 194 99 39 34 1907 93 48 45 6 18 14 11 49 23 3 18 1908 173 96 77 11 28 25 27 91 55 12 15 1909 149 79 70 12 10 20 22 64 35 18 32 1910 102 54 48 5 10 12 13 40 31 17 14 1911 866 434 432 28 69 79 89 265 240 171 190 1912 129 61 68 4 4 16 6 30 26 22 51 Tot... |
39eeb54b-f794-43a9-ab95-fcbac2302a4b | 1905- 2090 1071 1019 115 230 252 256 853 565 307 365 1912 45 TABLE B. CLEANLINESS OF HOUSES. Year. Total houses of which information was obtained. Clean. Dirty. Indifferent. 1905 205 166 39 - 1906 360 289 71 - 1907 93 53 13 27 1908 156 51 22 83 1909 145 89 11 45 1910 100 57 6 37 1911 697 520 24 153 1912 104 83 2 19 Tot... |
a8f8ac2d-f661-4a81-b158-198ffb3342ee | 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 T't'ls 19051910 1911 1912 Breast only 15 12 4 9 4 5 49 24 3 Breast and other foods 10 28 9 10 15 6 78 43 7 Hand-fed only 92 150 37 59 42 28 408 179 17 No information 5 4 1 13 2 1 26 16 3 122 194 51 91 63 40 561 262 .30 46 TABLE D. NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED EACH WEEK, with MEAN TEMPERATURE o... |
adcebca5-be2e-42a4-a2c8-ee0a4c1950f6 | 8th Week. 9th Week. 10 th Week. 11th Week. 12 th Week. 13th Week. 1905 3 3 10 8 24 34 27 36 30 12 11 9 4 1906 1 3 5 5 13 38 65 56 27 52 58 28 15 1907 2 1 0 5 2 7 5 7 17 10 8 12 17 1908 5 4 2 6 11 27 24 30 20 13 7 10 13 1909 - 4 1 2 4 7 14 24 23 18 11 7 8 1910 3 3 0 2 4 3 8 9 11 9 5 6 9 1911 - - 7 18 |
1e1c5f6f-8410-46d1-92ef-547ed3dd4c40 | 57 82 189 207 156 48 57 17 10 1912 4 10 48 19 4 11 3 6 5 2 2 - 1 Total 18 28 73 65 119 209 335 375 289 164 159 89 77 Temperature. 1905 60.68 62.17 63.59 64.21 64.19 63.04 62.62 62.37 61.33 60.97 59.96 58.47 57.43 1906 59.16 60.68 61.29 62.26 63.25 64.00 63.80 62.80 63.08 63.83 62.89 60.80 59.24 1907 56.71 57.00 58.53 5... |
72b800e6-8624-468e-8b1d-887ad752f149 | 34 60.84 60.26 59.67 59.45 59.43 58.77 58.18 1908 61.34 60.97 60.47 62.15 62.65 62.18 61.26 60.88 59.51 58.02 57.11 57.86 58.21 1909 57.21 57.59 59.39 59.49 59.68 61.25 62.79 61.48 60.19 58.70 57.87 57.60 57.11 1910 58.21 57.99 58.82 59.06 60.12 60.48 6113 61.26 60.59 59.68 58.71 58.01 57.35 1911 59.80 62.16 63.31 65. |
d9d67df9-7b1b-4f72-8b9d-86cc15799543 | 17 66.11 66.43 67.06 66.39 65.36 64.63 64.19 61.74 59.94 1912 59.73 60.75 63.65 62.22 63.09 61.57 60.48 60.22 59.74 59.08 58.01 57.38 56.20 Average 59.10 59.91 61.13 61.78 62.40 62.41 62.50 61.96 61.18 60.54 59.77 58.95 57.96 47 TABLE E. DEATHS FROM DIARRHOEA AND ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS classified by Ages during the five mon... |
1068c69f-23d0-41f7-a142-9b41a343cddc | 3-6 Months 6-9 Months. 9-12 Months. 1-5 Years. 5-60 Y ears. Over 60 Years. Total for each Year. |
09559cee-de5c-41c2-964d-e052a10402f1 | 1905 9 16 15 11 6 2 2 61 1906 9 17 25 14 9 1 6 81 1907 1 9 6 2 4 - - 22 1908 6 9 9 7 6 - 1 38 1909 4 2 2 1 1 - - 10 1910 2 3 1 1 1 1 - 9 1911 19 27 21 15 18 5 11 116 1912 - 2 1 - - - - 3 Total 1905-12 340 Note.—In the above figures, "Enteritis" and "Gastro-Enteritis" are excluded up to and including 1910; after 1910 th... |
34ebb685-f64c-4d7b-bdee-423bf81a4361 | 48 TABLE F. DIARRHŒEA, INFANTILE MORTALITY, AND TEMPERATURE OF SUMMER QUARTER IN LONDON AND WOOLWICH. Average 1901-4 Average 1915-10 1911 1912 Annual Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis in summer quarter per 1,000 living.* London 2.27 1.40 3.82 Annual Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) per 1,... |
24a50ed3-d34c-47bf-9769-100d33a6bd52 | ground thermometer in summer quarter - 60.84 60.30 64.01 Average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in summer quarter - 60.24 *In and after 1911 deaths under two years only are included. †If deaths over two years were included, this figure would bo 3.64, and the figure for London would also be increased. 49 TABLE G... |
50755a68-5b5e-497d-9bde-e42ca39cf856 | 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 Number of cases notified - - - 212 366 93 173 120 72 848 115 Number of Deaths (Diarrhœa)* 27 29 136 56 81 11 28 8 4 109 2 Mean Temperature of air 59.1 590 60.08 60.6 62.4 58.87 59.3 58.7 57.2 65.1 58.0 Mean Temperature 3ft. |
8757129e-ace6-49e2-a57b-9aa492eecfb3 | below ground 59.68 60.18 61.45 61.62 62.08 59.15 60.35 59.25 59.34 64.01 60.24 Mean Humidity 75 77 72 75 70 74.6 77 80 80 65 76 Number of days on which rain fell - 46 34 33 26 32 38 46 37 22 39 Rainfall in inches 5.91 12.32 4.88 5.65 3.78 3.77 8.15 7.43 6.08 2.94 5.64 Number of hours bright sunshine 485 541 671 529 697... |
886f147f-3a99-4195-be35-1b213d491927 | Table F shows the death-rate from diarrhoea in London and Woolwich in the summer quarter of the years 1901-12. Notification (adopted in Woolwich in 1905) has not been similarly carried out in any other London borough. Last year it was made compulsorily notifiable in Greenwich. The table indicates that whereas, before n... |
df480b68-9915-4e2c-b55a-a781a1d5c6f2 | The case-rate was 0.71, and the death-rate 0.02, compared with 0.01, 0.02, and 0.07, in the three preceding years. The London case-rate was 0.91. The London death-rate in 1911 was 0.04. EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS. 62. In consequence of the serious epidemic of this disease in certain towns of Ireland and Scotland... |
d9b7a299-5cdf-4af1-88e8-f3b98a38d982 | 63. This disease, commonly known as infantile paralysis, was made compulsorily notifiable by an Order of the London County Council under S. 55, Public Health (London) Act. The Order came into force in September, 1911. 3 cases were notified in 1911, and 3 in 1912. There were no deaths. The disease is believed to be due ... |
7e944e1f-70c5-42a8-aca4-2dc8fc4a188f | The case-rate per 1,000 births was 0.73, and the death-rate 0.36 per 1,000 population, and these rates were 0.02 and 0.01 respectively. The London case-rate and death-rate per 1,000 births in 1911 were 2.70 and 1.27 respectively. No lower rates have been recorded in Woolwich, but in 1903 the rates were the same. In the... |
e567b0c2-4e5d-4704-bd25-ca49df77f948 | Thus in the past five years the death-rate has fallen to nearly one-half what it was in the previous quinquennium, and the case-rate has been reduced. The Midwives Act was passed in 1902, and the Home for Mothers and Babies was established in Woolwich in 1905. 52 INFLUENZA, BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA. 65. Influenza caused 2... |
58187283-ef4c-4ac7-88ea-3d53bacb9807 | There were 165 deaths from tuberculous disease, giving a death-rate of 1.34, compared with 1.65, 1.80, 1.68, 1.46, and 1.65, in the five preceding years. 67. The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past ten years, and also the deaths from simple meningitis:— ... |
f0acfc09-66e6-4c48-9b6e-75de661ae08d | The deaths from phthisis were 124, giving a deathrate of 1.01, compared with 1.25, 1.27, 1.22, 1.08, and 1.20, in the five preceding years. This rate is the lowest recorded. The reduction in the death-rate since 1901-5 represents a saving of 68 lives last year from consumption. The following table gives the death-rate ... |
feab8b5f-4432-4740-81d9-937f89130e1b | Aver. No. per year. Rate. Aver. No. per year. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. |
16f7a7b0-443a-4236-a87a-3863748c21b1 | Woolwich Parish - 2.80 92 2.23 89 2.15 56 1.46 66 1.80 48 1.30 Humstead West - 1.78 92 1.42 97 1.34 87 1.201 w 41 102 31 0.76 East e 33 107 37 1.18 Eltham Parish - - 9 1.28 6 0.63 8 0.64 6 0.45 8 0.57 ?he Borough - - 193 1.74 192 1.56 151 1.22 146 1.20 124 1.01 LONDON - 1.88 - 1.80 - 1.57 - 1.33 - 1.32 - 1.34 69. |
87014e18-2d02-45b5-8aa1-9c71fb34e092 | To judge of the decrease of tuberculosis, it is necessary to consider carefully the figures given above for the various forms of disease. It is seen that the number of cases of simple meningitis has considerably diminished, while that of tuberculous meningitis has increased. The number of the two together has diminishe... |
8d46808c-54bb-498e-8e26-90332263d69c | Woolwich, which started the highest in 1891, has now a lower death-rate than Greenwich and London. 71. 88 of those who died from phthisis were males, and 36 females. The diminution of deaths has been greater among females than among males. 72. Notifications. Voluntary notification of phthisis has now been in force in t... |
0983010b-9717-4202-9657-d9414b9e1dde | Under the same Section, the Board, in the spring of the year, made it compulsory on the Medical Officers of all Public Hospitals and Public Dispensaries to notify cases of pulmonary tuberculosis attending such institutions, and in November, by further regulations, made the notification of this disease compulsory on all... |
58e6bb71-fbd2-4a94-8c45-33678f62e087 | 30 of these were in the Woolwich and Eltham Poor Law Infirmaries; 20 others were notified by the District Medical Officers of the Poor Law Union, 14 by the Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal, 457 from hospitals and dispensaries, including 427 from the Woolwich Tuberculosis Dispensary, 10 by school doctors, and the r... |
7e1ea22b-f8c1-45b5-95e8-a42017e15659 | The source of infection of the notified cases was probably as follows:— Family or Personal—Father, 65; mother, 64 ; brother, 49; sister, 33; husband, 14; wife, 8; other members of family, 29; friends, lodgers, etc., 11 273 Workshop and Office 22 Public House 23 Navy and Army 2 Milk 4 Club 1 School 4 Undetermined 360 56... |
f8bc99a0-4a19-473d-ad6e-82e983dc6e04 | 3-4. 4-5. 5 & over. 280 73 57 37 34 116 75. Occupation. Of the 598 cases from which information was obtained, the occupations were as follows :— Outdoor— Official, Soldiers, etc. 16 Mechanical 8 Carmen and Costers 11 Labourers, Porters—Dock and all others 42 - 77 Indoor— Clerks 19 Mechanical 45 Printers 3 Bakehouses 1 ... |
5396e066-aede-4514-8b6b-cab4b132b762 | The number of examinations for the five preceding years was 171, 175, 179, 210, and 191, respectively. In addition, the Medical Officer examined 628 specimens of sputum at the Tuberculosis Dispensary, which saved a considerable expense to the Borough Council. 77. In my Annual Report for 1904 some figures were given as ... |
0a8e68d8-57a2-417f-a306-25c718d14fb6 | Carling, the Superintendent and late proprietor of the Maitland Cottage Sanatorium, Peppard, by which the Council maintains beds at the Sanatorium, paying a fixed inclusive charge of 30s. a week for each bed when occupied by an adult, 25s. for children, and 20s. a week when unoccupied. Dr. Carling, during the year 1909... |
9e7ef648-e124-49c0-b126-f43793f788a6 | Previously the majority of the beds were allotted to men, but since the establishment of the Tuberculosis Dispensary there has been a much greater demand for female beds, and since the provision of sanatorium treatment by the London Insurance Committee there has been less need to provide for insured men, who are now ge... |
c266d253-fdce-4472-8c02-6a4a59d99973 | With few exceptions, these returned home in improved general health and with a decided increase in weight. Most showed very great improvement and were able to resume their ordinary duties. 80a. Nature of Cases. It would be a mistake to suppose that the majority of the cases sent were very early ones ; the contrary is n... |
da9fd1fe-c6b6-45c1-9b39-2e0e608f2fa0 | As patients are only received for one month in the first instance there is advantage in sending somewhat advanced or chronic cases, who, though their lives may not be prolonged very much, will learn the open-air treatment, and thus lessen the danger of infecting others on return. 81. The following table, recommended by... |
3f4e3679-ba31-40c2-887c-d018f9992bff | 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. a b a 6 a b a b a b a b a b a b a b a b 1903 1 1 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1904 11 8 - - 2 6 1 5 1 5 1 5 2 4 1 4 2 2 2 - 1 - 1905 17 12 - - - - 1 13 2 9 2 5 - 4 - 4 - 3 - 3 - 2 1906 29 14 - - - - - - 5 24 2 20 5 15 1 14 - 14 1 12 - 9 1907 38 20 - - - - - - - - 9 24 2 22 |
457db2fd-85c1-4119-8310-462afd3762ba | 7 15 2 13 1 13 2 9 1908 31 15 - - - - - - - - - - 6 21 6 17 4 12 2 10 1 10 1909 39 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 25 2 25 6 18 3 15 1910 32 9 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 25 7 18 4 16 1911 39 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 17 4 14 237 107 1 - 3 6 2 18 8 38 14 54 15 66 18 79 14 94 33 91 15 75 61 The above table ac... |
5c13764a-fc84-43c7-8000-c81f4a7c3103 | 31st, 1911. Out of the 237 who have left over one year, 75 are now well and at work, 15 are unwell, 107 have died, and 40 have been lost sight of. Some half-dozen of those recorded as at work are employed at the Sanatorium in various capacities, receiving board and a small wage. Of the 40 patients not accounted for, a ... |
0b7e3468-f393-47a5-a801-898ee34199b9 | No doubt if they could have remained at hospital tor one or two years, instead of two or three months, they would have done better; but my experience does not lead me to think that a stay of four or five months has very great advantage over one of two or three, which is quite long enough for educational treatment. Sati... |
bf45ab2f-0f7a-454c-87bd-c5f65815b002 | The Economy of Sanatorium Treatment. This subject was fully dealt with in my Annual Report for 1909. 84. Shelters for Consumptives. Although open-air treatment for consumption can best be carried out in the first instance at a Sanatorium, there are many cases for which it is desirable such treatment should be tried who... |
18e1637c-b751-4ded-abbc-83e154579c21 | In July, 1910, the Public Health Committee decided to obtain two shelters, to be lent to needy consumptives for use in their garden or back yard. After inspecting shelters used by Dr. Lyster, of Great Baddow, at that village with great success, a simple construction was devised by the Chief Sanitary Inspector which is ... |
2808fa76-80a2-431a-8de3-9c587f341606 | These shelters were at first lent free, but it has been found more satisfactory to charge a small rent, varying from 1s. 6d. to 3d. a week, according to means. Only those who have no source of income are now exempted from payment. The weekly call to collect the rent insures that the shelter is being used. Shelters were... |
26bbb5b1-50be-4e3c-91cd-398d691784d5 | In many cases, too, the shelters have been of the greatest value in enabling an advanced and infectious case to be isolated from other members of the family; without the shelter the patient would have had to occupy the same bedroom, if not the same bed, as other persons. Three bedsteads with bedding are also lent to ne... |
8720a095-db3f-45f8-9c36-652992de7d37 | (b) It shall employ a specially trained nurse, who shall care for the patients at the Dispensary and at their homes. (c) It shall only treat cases of Tuberculosis. {d) There shall be no letters of recommendation, and all treatment shall be free. Persons found able to pay for treatment shall be referred to private pract... |
ac6588d2-d60a-4ee8-b531-faf4a0be58dd | This Committee consisted of the Mayor (Alderman S. H. Cuff), the Chairman of the Guardians (Alderman Syer), Councillor W. H. Dawson, the Rev. A. M. Pickering, Dr. Sidney Davies (Medical Officer of Health), Dr. J. S. Williamson, Miss H. E. Grinling, Messrs. G. Bishop, J.P., J. Houlihan, C. E. S. Phillips, E. Radford, R.... |
1fa3e44f-8ab2-4fa7-b6bb-61ad1add115c | It was decided to accept the offer of the Borough Council to let the old Milk Depot in Maxey Road, Plumstead, at a nominal rent, and to convert it, according to plans made by Mr. J. Rush Dixon (Borough Engineer), into premises suitable for a dispensary. In June, Dr. Latimer J. Short was appointed Medical Officer of the... |
a6e4e1cb-59a0-4768-b253-deb0d1e75270 | The work grew at a rate very much greater than had been anticipated, and, in fact, before the Dispensary had been open one year no less than 2,000 persons were examined by the Doctor, nearly one-half of whom proved either tuberculous or 'suspect.' E 66 So overwhelming did the work become that in June—only eight months ... |
22d25f02-c163-4015-9f14-40d8361f9782 | Dr. A. J. Williamson took his place temporarily; recently this appointment has been made permanent. It is important to point out that the function of the Dispensary as a preventive agent is not the least part of its utility. The examination of 'home contacts'—i.e. people living in the same house with definitely tubercu... |
59a7464f-0255-4783-af18-678546f3548b | 67 Dr. Short, the Medical Officer, reported as follows: "In the twelve months, 2,074 new patients were examined, their subsequent attendances being 4,591, making a total of 6,665 consultations by the Medical Officers for the year. Of the 2,074, 1013 were accepted for watching and further examination, and of these 884 w... |
a3001642-326f-4f48-a094-f5215cb8fc82 | The importance of this branch of the work may be imagined from the fact that it involved the minute examination of 842 patients in the year, and that 291 of them were found to be either definitely or probably tuberculous. This systematic examination of all contacts of a known case is responsible for saving numbers of v... |
18c89302-839b-404c-a272-eade9309baef | Sir R. W. Philip's method was followed, and no harm was observed from the cases being ambulant and mostly in regular work. By the help of St. Mary's Hospital a mixed vaccine was used with amazing results for an advanced and dangerous case, who has now been able to resume full work." 85. 21 Spitting-flasks were supplied... |
125cd52f-51ec-4430-8b7e-886ac62c315a | 1898. The Medical Officer of Health, Plumstead, recommended Notification of Consumption. 1900. Notices printed and distributed at public-houses, workshops, etc., warning persons against spitting. 1901. Voluntary Notification of Consumption and Disinfection of infected rooms begun. 1902. Pocket spittoons supplied cost p... |
153fca15-d0ff-4727-b046-6b21f44306a7 | There were 119 deaths from cancer (malignant tumour), giving a death-rate of 0.97, compared with 0.83, 0.75, 0.93, 0.88, and 1.02, in the five preceding years. 63 of the deaths were in males, and 56 in females. 11 only of the deaths were in persons under 45. The highest mortality was in Woolwich Parish. The London deat... |
1f6494e6-7e3d-445d-81a1-d2ee088c0921 | Head and face 1 1 Mouth, jaw, and tongue 6 1 Pharynx, œsophagus, larynx, and neck 13 1 Pleura, lung, mediastinum 1 1 Stomach and pylorus 10 5 Intestines (excluding rectum) 2 5 Peritoneum and omentum — 1 Rectum and anus 10 6 Liver 7 8 Kidney and bladder 1 1 Genital organs 1 11 Breasts — 11 Prostate and external urinary ... |
f77176b8-f34f-468c-9866-7db62f04337d | The deaths from carcinoma have been classified under the organs affected since 1903, and the following table shows the result for males and females separately:— 71 Carcinoma. Males. Seat of Primary Disease. Aver. 1903-5. Aver. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. Head and face 1.7 1.2 3 1 Mouth, jaw, and tongue 4.0 4.8 5 6 Pharynx, oe... |
f189ef0c-1abb-4c9b-a91b-0bf8483b5425 | 8 5 10 Peritoneum and omentum 0.7 — — — Liver 8.0 6.4 8 7 Kidney and bladder - 1.0 2 1 Genital organs — — — 1 Prostate & external urinary 2.7 0.8 2 1 Pancreas 0.3 1.4 4 2 Pelvis and groin 0.3 — — — Undefined 0.3 2.2 6 3 35.3 45.8 59 58 Females. Seat of Primary Disease. Aver. 1903-5. Aver. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. Head and ... |
93194114-b9d4-4074-9a5b-bf3c39510cc8 | 4 2 1 Pleura, lung, mediastinum 0.7 0.6 1 1 Stomach and pylorus 5.7 7.6 7 5 Intestines (excluding rectum) 0.7 4.2 6 5 Rectum and anus 3.0 6.8 5 6 Liver 7.3 8.6 6 8 Peritoneum and omentum 0.3 0.4 1 1 Kidney and bladder - 1.2 2 1 Genital organs 16.0 13.6 15 11 Breasts 9.7 8.6 9 11 Limbs — 0.4 — — Pancreas — 0.2 1 1 Pelvi... |
44a40162-dde9-4ac4-b57b-553d4d7ebb00 | 2 57 56 72 Last year had, with the exception of 1911, the highest recorded cancer death-rate, the increase being much greater in males than in females. There was some slight increase under most of the organs tabulated, but chiefly from carcinoma of the mouth, throat, and digestive organs. On the whole, since 1903, the ... |
bf2f9d38-eab4-4697-b204-bb7473d291b1 | It is seen from these two tables that cancer affects the mouth, tongue, pharynx, oesophagus and larynx of men, much more than similar organs of females, and to a small extent men have more cancer of the stomach than women. Causes of Cancer. Owing to the apparent increase of this painful disease, much interest has been ... |
034e2383-a827-48a8-8251-5e927ffe8295 | I have personally investigated the habits of persons suffering and dying from cancer during the past twelve months, with a view to seeing what amount of truth is contained in these allegations. The inquiries sought to elicit habits of five to ten years' duration before death, so as to ensure that they had not been caus... |
de6bea5d-b8ad-4c31-a305-a2527428be29 | : the daily consumption of 1½ pints of beer or its equivalent, an ounce of spirits being considered equivalent to ½ pint of beer. The standard for smoke was taken as 2oz. of tobacco per week. Persons consuming more than these quantities have been classed as excessive drinkers or smokers. With regard to tea, food and me... |
1b916fb8-7fbc-46b8-85cc-2deb9a48ea25 | of excessive smokers. 20 were excessive tea drinkers, 32 moderate, and 13 small tea drinkers, giving 31 per cent. of excessive tea drinkers. 29 were large eaters, 31 moderate, and 12 small eaters, giving 40 per cent. large eaters. 25 were large meat eaters, 25 moderate, and 18 small meat eaters, giving 37 per cent. of ... |
700f3d0a-e808-4de1-9729-bf0ba88bb5aa | So far it has been found difficult to obtain particulars of a sufficient number of persons to make a satisfactory comparison, but inquiries were made as to 31 persons dying from other causes than cancer at ages over 50, or still alive at advanced ages. 21 of these were men and 10 women. Only 1 was under 60, and 19 were... |
38e9202a-b040-4bf4-8719-be6fa4c5f226 | 9 were large meat eaters, 13 moderate, and 7 small meat eaters, giving 31 per cent. large meat eaters. 24 had a regular daily action of the bowels, 2 were doubtful, and 1 suffered from constipation, giving 89 per cent. persons with a regular action. It will be seen that comparing persons who suffer from cancer with tho... |
9f822230-aa26-4365-933e-a29d46428b58 | Of 10 persons dying from cancer of the lips, tonsils, fauces and larynx, jaws and cervical glands, 5 took alcohol excessively, 1 an average quantity, and 4 less than the average, while 9 smoked excessively and 1 moderately. As regards cancer of the bowels, out of 19 persons dying from cancer of the intestines, caecum a... |
0db29322-2dd6-463e-9d67-31afcda7ae50 | There were 5 deaths from alcoholism, and 14 from cirrhosis of the liver, making a total of 19 deaths probably due to alcohol, compared with 18, 21, 20, 23, and 20, in the five preceding years. In addition to these, there were 395 deaths from diseases of the brain and nervous system (excluding meningitis) heart, blood v... |
ceb9c4a4-8b29-4df2-b541-fea2535c8c79 | The death-rate from alcoholism and cirrhosis of the liver was 0.15 in the Borough, and in 1910,0.13 in England and Wales. 77 SYPHILIS. 90. There were 3 deaths from syphilis, compared with 9, 7, 10, 7, and 6, in the five preceding years. All of these occurred in public institutions. All were males. One was an infant und... |
54c9429c-0d89-4d48-810e-6805d48a7700 | This disease was made compulsorily notifiable by an Order of the London County Council, dated March, 1911, which came into force on March 13th. The Order is under Section 55, Public Health (London) Act. No other Section of the Act is applied, so there is no requirement to disinfect or penalty for exposure, the main obj... |
4c813aaa-d8d6-486d-84de-7afbd0fd25af | The district nurses visited 2. In 4 cases the ophthalmia was clearly due to venereal disease in the parents. 78 METEOROLOGY. (See Table 8.) 92. The temperature in the Winter quarter of the year was high; 11 weeks had an average temperature above the normal, and 2 below. The Spring quarter had a temperature somewhat abo... |
fbf75ed9-53e3-46da-9104-45fdc212b517 | The rainfall was 24.98in., about the average; most rain, 8.32in., fell in the Autumn quarter. The Summer quarter had 5.64in. of rain, most of which fell in August. The largest number of deaths in one week (43) took place in the same week as the lowest temperature occurred, viz., the first week of February. The smallest... |
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