ids stringlengths 36 36 | texts stringlengths 1 1.43k |
|---|---|
7ff9fe32-b378-4c5e-b244-9efe71228e3a | From, the Annual Report of the Water Examiner on the Metropolitan Water Supply for the year ending March 31st, 1912, it appears that 81 samples were taken of the Plumstead Well in the year for chemical analysis. The ammoniacal nitrogen averaged .0000, the albuminoid nitrogen .0017, the chlorine 5.66, the total hardness... |
452d6050-77a1-44f8-8dba-7c59279f0316 | centim. were found present. This was slightly above the average for the whole of the Kent Wells, but compares favourably with the number of microbes present in 1907, viz., 14.3. The excess of chlorine and of hardness are the worst features of the Plumstead water, and call for further investigation and explanation on th... |
75839a1e-8e77-4296-8461-6c6818726e3b | At a recent meeting of the Committee I was requested to report as to houses in the Borough, the water-supply of which is situated outside the house. I reported as follows and have also included houses without a separate water-supply. "Without a detailed examination of the whole of the houses in the Borough it is not po... |
23c4cf03-7385-4f93-b589-7cbf58c35a7b | In one caseβHarrington Buildingsβfive houses depend upon a water-supply situated in a wash-house at one end of the cottages. These cottages have been twice under the consideration of the Health Committee. Previously they were dependent on one tap in a yard at one end of the row. By the action of the Committee a good su... |
cae74d25-c28e-4c4e-ad80-e2a1f076f6be | It may be taken that all houses built since the passing of the Act are provided with a separate supply inside the house. With the exception of Harrington Buildings, most of the houses without a separate supply have a supply of water for every two houses, and the supply is usually situated in a yard just outside the hou... |
3e363fe8-9cb6-4077-a5fc-f9d533895c16 | The following is a list of the houses with no separate supply: 20, 21, 22, The Avenue, Sand}7 Hill Road; 1, 2, 3, Thomas's Cottages, Princes Road; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Thomas's Cottages, Princes Road; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Harrington-buildings, Chapel Street; 5, 6, 7, 8, Railway Cottages, Samuel Street; 4, 5, 6, 7, Limbrey's Buildi... |
64c5dc72-b757-40d8-bfda-6b056d9a7a2e | In the following the supply is outside the house and is situated in the open:β 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, Kates Place, N. Woolwich; 25, 26, 27, 28, The Slade; No. 1 Hut, Harrow Manorway; The Cot, Harrow Manorway; The Cottage, Harrow Manorway; No. 21 Hut, Harrow Manorway; No. 22 Hut, Harrow Manorway; 1, 3, 5, 7, Barnfield Roa... |
68a9548c-3a51-4bb0-9e72-88f55352eb96 | An additional tap and sink were supplied on at least one upper floor of 18 tenement-houses, under the Public Health (London) Act, Sec. 48, previously to the coming into force of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, by which a suitable water supply can be required on each separately occupied floor of a ... |
08f0c434-8305-4bf3-91ae-40342d7f2575 | Defective and foul storage cisterns were found and remedied at 55 houses, compared with 35, 51, and 34, in the three preceding years. At 29 houses the supply was found insufficient or temporarily cut off, and the necessary steps taken for obtaining a proper supply. FOOD AND DRUGS ACT. 4. 490 samples were submitted to t... |
359ebf85-19d5-470d-b7e3-219024dc59ed | Proceedings were taken in 8 cases, and convictions were obtained in all. 84 6. A total of Β£35 2s. 6d. was imposed in fines, and Β£6 8s. 6d. in costs. 7. 318 of the samples were fresh milk. 11 of these, or 3.5 per cent. were adulterated, compared with 4.8, 1.7, 3.7, 4.8, and 7.2 in the five preceding years. 40 samples we... |
bc3017eb-b755-46b2-940f-73b92ce1fc3e | Not one of these was found to be adulterated. During the past five years, 7 samples of coffee out of 69 taken have been found adulterated, and one of cocoa, out of 61. But no adulteration was discovered in 26 samples of vinegar, 25 of flour, 13 of sugar and sweets, 70 tea, 44 mustard, 36 jams, 17 condensed milk, and 96... |
4395400c-20c5-4931-8c0b-c04ea9e5fb96 | for drugs. As regards all the above articles except coffee, Woolwich shows less adulteration than the rest of London. 85 8. Of the 11 adulterated milk samples for which proceedings were. taken the adulteration varied from 10.3 to 17.0 per cent. of added water, and from 5.3 to 14.6 per cent. deficiency in fat. The fines... |
2996a25e-fe7f-40b8-937d-149d8c6d6448 | 31 samples were taken on arrival at railway stations, none of which were found adulterated. Informal Samples. By the request of the Public Health Committee, I reported as follows with respect to the practice of informal sampling:β "When a sample is bought with a view to proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act,... |
60ff439d-8dce-44fe-90e5-10d53ce5bd69 | Adulteration takes place most 86 with articles sold to the poor, and the poor, of necessity, buy their food in very small quantities; it follows that a tradesman will suspect a poor person who asks for a larger amount of an article than usual. In order, therefore, to discover in the first instance whether a suspected v... |
9d06dc62-9e84-41ee-a54d-f798517bab6a | The Local Government Board has repeatedly recommended that a larger number of samples should be taken informally. The following extracts are taken from the last Annual Report of the Board:β 'We have referred in recent Reports to the practice of taking samples without observing the various formalities required by the Ac... |
8d665ec4-6c37-489f-87a6-a741cded99d5 | 87 In many districts the larger proportion of samples are taken informally, and evidence is accumulating that this form of sampling, when judiciously carried out, is by far the best method for the detection of offenders. The analyst for the City of Rochester writes: ''The contrast between the quality of the [milk] samp... |
dcdea16a-7c8d-41a0-a7c7-444078f6c8eb | The agent may, as ordinary customers do, purchase goods by the half or quarter ounce, or in halfpenny-worths; but when the inspector proceeds to procure a formal sample he must ask for a much larger quantity, so that when, in compliance with the provisions of the Acts, he divides the sample into three parts, and one pa... |
09a1e70a-6be7-477c-9dc6-7d65c01b75fb | The inspection of meat and other food received the usual attention. Inspector Tedham made special inspections of the slaughter-houses. There was no seizure, but 59 surrenders. Of the surrenders, 8 were tuberculous meat, and 29 livers or other organs affected with parasitic disease. A full list is given in Table XIX. DA... |
f183c178-f43c-4ab8-91e9-f6b85d965fe0 | Owing to the steps taken by the Health Department requiring persons not to sell milk in unsuitable general shops, the number of milkshops was reduced from 196 to 117 in the eight years 1905-12. As it was found that several persons were selling milk without being registered, an advertisement was issued in the local news... |
53e989e2-b612-4f16-a9a6-8e5eb95f8d71 | The usual requirements of the Health Department for securing the purity of milk are roughly as follows:β The premises must be either:β (Π°) Used solely for the sale of milk and dairy produce. (b) Confectioners' shops or restaurants. (c) General shops which are of exceptional cleanliness, and in which the variety of arti... |
dc175d81-d477-4375-b400-a7b97d1c593e | There were 64 inspections, and 7 notices were served for dirty conditions, etc. The condition of the cowsheds in several cases leaves much to be desired, but as the case reported in my last Annual Report (p. 84) shows, it has not been found practical under the present state of the law to obtain more satisfactory attent... |
d1962f67-19a5-4792-88c1-545bd08c72ee | 4 of the dust complaints came from Wool wich Parish, 17 from Plumstead, and 8 from Eltham. The dust in Woolwich is collected by your Council's employees, but that in Plumstead and Eltham by two different contractors. 17. Drains and Water-closets. 16 defective combined drains were investigated and reported on by the Chi... |
13aca81e-eaa9-4b14-a9de-d8f7d16253ac | pans were cleansed by tenants, compared with 197, 312, and 279, in the three preceding years. 91 18 Supervision of Drainage. In the Annual Report for 1908, full particulars were given as to the respective responsibility for supervision of reconstructed drains of the Public Health and Works Departments. 19. Public-house... |
5368e96e-92b6-42c6-8e07-afa192225a80 | shows the streets inspected, and the number of houses found defective in each. At 2,206 houses, interiors were cleansed, or defective roofs repaired, compared with 1,957, 2,064, and 2,137, in the three preceding years. 571 houses with damp walls were remedied, compared with 450, 523, and 600, in the three preceding yea... |
bcf81004-a887-4541-bd9b-0b0fc77ce076 | 291 inspections were on account of tuberculosis, 24 diphtheria, 17 scarlet fever, and 24 smallpox. Many of these visits were made by request of the medical attendants for the purpose of diagnosing doubtful cases of infectious disease. Only three cases of small-pox occurred, but these necessitated 24 visits for diagnosi... |
17e327bd-29e3-4f80-8443-070b1e8d8722 | The other inmates who kept well eat no pie. 23. Overcrowding. 91 cases of overcrowding were found and remedied, compared with 97, 78, and 97, in the three preceding years, or 1.6 per cent. of house-to-house inspections. 24. Smoke Nuisance. 80 observations re smoke nuisance were made, and 14 nuisances of black smoke obs... |
1ebf0a2f-d24c-4407-827b-4b9c8c968059 | In 1901, eight firms were prosecuted for smoke nuisance, in 1902, five firms, and in 1903 and 1908, one firm each. There were convictions against all the firms but one, and fines varying from Β£1 to Β£10 were imposed. The proceedings were taken under Section 24 (a), "a furnace which does not, as far as practicable, consu... |
1152ea2d-cfcc-4cc2-a69e-55c4bb36446c | 214 verminous rooms were cleansed under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, or were dealt with as dirty rooms under the Nuisance Section of the Public Health (London) Act, compared with 183, 159, 143, and 248, in the four preceding years. DUST REMOVAL. 28. In Woolwich Parish 5,866 loads of house, and ... |
53194f6b-5f7e-4889-919a-3caf54828897 | in 1911. In Eltham, the sum of Β£891 14s. 3d., compared with Β£866 18s. 8d. in 1911, was paid to the contractor, Mr. Tucker, for removal of dust. As mentioned above the largest proportion of complaints as to non-removal of dust came from this parish. TRADE REFUSE. 29. During the past year there have been 6,337 (7,094 in ... |
c03a6d20-c3c8-480b-b388-e68baef9be4b | per bushel, and for offensive refuse at the rate of 3d. a receptacle, charged per quarter in advance on the amount collected in the previous quarter. HOUSING OF THE WORKING CLASSES ACT. 30. Considerable action has been taken under Section 17 of the Housing, Town Planning, etc., Act, and so far no difficulties have aris... |
4865c6be-04f3-4832-8027-b3c7a61c3ee3 | This section might be used to enforce the repair of a wash-house copper, or of a garden fence, the condition of which did not bring the premises under Section 2 of the Public Health (London) Act. |
302e878d-1b7d-4d15-8db5-6b692e590886 | The following table shows the action taken:β Number of houses inspected re Housing and Town Planning Act 48 Dwelling houses considered on inspection in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 9 Number of representations made to Borough Council with a view to the making of closing... |
c1e254a9-a9fd-4aec-bee4-14df18e09071 | 2, Fore House, were underground rooms, and were closed under Section 17 (7), Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, the rest being dealt with under Section 17 (2). Closing orders were also made on:β 1, New Street, 196, Kingsman Street. Of the other houses represented, No. 155, Herbert Road, was dealt with under the Public H... |
7f28d30b-5a62-4e42-9dbf-cedfca463ca0 | The following closing orders on premises were determined during the year 1912, the necessary work having been done:β Nos. 5 and 9, Godfrey Street, Nos. 10-16, Kates Place. NORTH WOOLWICHβVITAL STATISTICS. In the 1909 Report statistics were given as to the health of persons living in new and old houses in North Woolwich... |
645dffa3-0342-452f-96c6-34b64a2eb786 | I attributed these high death-rates largely to the fact of the high level of the ground water, the want of protection of many houses from ground exhalations, and the unsatisfactory state of the sewers and drains which formerly existed. During the last few years several of these conditions have greatly improved. A new L... |
e8421c20-5331-445a-9cfa-a36ceac5572e | In 1902-3 both these death-rates were considerably higher than that of the Borough. In 1910-11 it is seen that the general death-rate, the phthisis death-rate, and the tuberculosis death-rate are lower than in the Borough, and that all the death-rates, with the exception of the diarrhoea death-rates, are much lower tha... |
30f80711-6d47-4abb-b457-568fdd167b20 | 1910-11. Births notified (87 and 106) 193 β β Deaths 96 β β Do. under 1 year 23 β β Do. from Phthisis (6) and other Tuberculous Diseases (4) 10 - - Do. Diarrhoea and Enteritis 7 β β Phthisis Death Rate 0.7 1.15 1.2 Birth Rate 24.0 39.8 23.2 Death Rate 10.9 16.6 12.1 Tuberculosis Death Rate 1.1 β 1.5 Diarrhoea and Enter... |
6e4eb94b-7754-48d6-a881-0a2864ed4254 | Notice has been received from Sir John Bethell, M.P., of the intended demolition of houses in North Woolwich, the sites of which are required by the Port of London Authority for the extension of the South Albert Dock. It is proposed to demolish 55 houses. 12 of these are situated in Drew Road, 17 in Rhea Street, 15 in ... |
0d887257-6d3f-4636-b95f-131d678933c1 | Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1903, where, under powers given by any Local Act or Provisional Order, land is acquired, by any authority or persons, on 99 which are situated working-men's dwellings, such dwellings shall not be entered on until the Local Government Board have either approved of a housing ... |
6e989946-c535-4454-9abf-e724f87e2de9 | There is as a fact very great demand for houses in this district, and even empty houses in the other parts of the Borough are very quickly being filled up. A certain number of houses in the Biver Ward have been closed under the Housing, Town Planning, &c., Act, by the Borough Council. A number of houses have recently b... |
5197fc05-dafc-45ad-a4c9-c6d6f0112d04 | I believe it is the intention of the Port Authority to make temporary provision for the housing of these, but it is to be expected that such provision will not 100 meet the housing requirements of the whole of the persons who will be attracted to North Woolwich by the Dock construction. It appears to me, therefore, tha... |
d76cefc7-0844-4868-9663-6a6980adddf2 | Twice within recent years the Borough Council have consented not to press for re-housing of persons displaced under similar circumstances, and I have agreed that there was no necessity for such re-housing, as there were at that time, and in the near neighbourhood, a large number of unoccupied houses. The condition of t... |
6e1b9bc1-686a-4ce5-b955-b808c1581cb5 | 101 Of the Council's 9 houses in Gossage, Park, and Parkdale Roads, which are under the care of the Health Committee, 6 were occupied throughout the year; Nos. .5, 7, and 9, Gossage Road were empty for periods of 3, 2, and 2 weeks, respectively. On June 5th, 1911, Nos. 15, 17, and 19, Gossage Road, were taken over by t... |
d37ff532-ad12-4293-ae73-7bc84ee21567 | On the Woolwich Borough Council acute differences existed as to the form such by-laws should take, and the matter was under discussion for several years. Twice a draft code was submitted to the Local Government Board, but on each occasion the Board required certain alterations, and no final agreement between the Board ... |
6675b916-d28c-452d-9553-7cee0f236c67 | Owing, however, to the "landlord" being made responsible for structural and other matters not under the control of the tenant, and owing to a legal decision having established that "the 102 landlord" of the house, in which the rooms are sub-let by the tenant who took the house in the first place, is not the owner, but ... |
ef8b4b51-6b07-45ed-843a-8adfe9dc71e4 | At the commencement of the year 429 houses were on the register; 8 were newly registered, and 5 taken off the register, leaving 432 on the register at the close of the year, compared with 332, 359, 395, 409, and 432, in each of the five preceding years. These figures seem to indicate that the limit of houses considered... |
440e7134-160e-4886-818c-15d91061d33f | Margaret's 16 Central 3 Glyndon 18 St. Nicholas 66 The following are the particulars of the inspections made: Houses Let in Lodgings. Total number on Register 432 Number of Inspections 516 ,, Defaults found 360 β Found satisfactory 156 β Notices served 241 β Nuisances, defects and offences against the by-laws, dealt wi... |
aa78e81d-199b-44c2-b058-cec3ce744904 | No application was received for a certificate under the Inland Revenue Act. 104 COMMON LODGING-HOUSES. 35. There are 19 common lodging-houses in the Borough. 17 for men and 2 for women. Total accommodation for 585 persons is available. The following is the list:β Common Lodoing-House. Accommodation. Men. Women. Total. ... |
93935810-a7c8-4780-8ac7-3e8db6f50be9 | 23 β 23 9 do. 32 β 32 10 do. 51 β 51 10a & 11 do. 62 β 62 21 & 21a do. 42 β 42 4 Warren Lane 31 β 31 12 & 13 do. 50 β 50 Totals 541 44 585 UNDERGROUND ROOMS. 36. Seven underground rooms, separately occupied, were found not in accordance with the Public Health (London) Act. Four were in St. Mary's and Dockyard Wards, tw... |
a700b115-914d-464c-aecc-615eb4fe4072 | 67 inspections of factories were made regarding sanitary accommodation, and 20 notices served and complied with. 529 inspections of homeworkers' premises were made and 18 notices sent and attended to. Miss Middlebrooke devoted a large amount of her time to the inspection of workshops, factories, and houses where women ... |
aa15f68a-3548-4670-8071-07c398b2fcb6 | Eighty-nine ice-cream shops were on the register at the close of the year, compared with 98, 86, and 89, in the three previous years. 11 were added and 11 removed during the year. There were 142 inspections made, and 5 notices served. Regulations, embodying the provisions for icecream shops contained in the London Coun... |
b1377f86-ec57-44ce-b3f9-ec854a9cd91e | 358 books from the Free Libraries and Public Schools were disinfected. The sum of Β£6 7s. 1d. was received for disinfection of rooms in special cases, on request of the occupier. A large quantity of horsehair was disinfected for the Army Ordnance Store Department, for the sum of Β£15 8s. 6d. Disinfectants are supplied by... |
d12121d7-6ac0-4011-945d-bb3e8da481cb | The disinfectants used were Corrosive Sublimate; Sulphur and Formalin tablets (for fumigation); Formaldehyde (for spraying and disinfecting books, and for use in the Mortuary); Cyllin (for sputa in phthisis); Permanganate of Potash; Jeyes' Corporation Fluid (for dust-pails); and Chloride of Lime (for offal tins). 107 H... |
134c8cad-7089-4d19-a9cd-7757cf00f122 | The Sun Street Mortuary was used for 143 bodies, compared with 146, 136, and 189, in the three preceding years. 118 were deposited for inquest, and 25 for custody. 72 post-mortem examinations were made. 4 bodies were deposited in the infectious mortuary, compared with 1 in each of the three preceding years. The Eltham ... |
34164d9b-dc25-4b7f-8e4e-28c18c56c1f4 | 60 burials took place in Plumstead Churchyard, compared with 22, 59, 51, and 47, in the four preceding years. There has been an increase in burials in the Churchyard during the past four years. It is much to be desired in the interests of public health and social amenity that interments in this burial ground, which is ... |
4221ff2a-dfba-4069-a822-998ba593a849 | During 1912 it was used by 430 persons, compared with 257, 262, 408, 590, and 509, in the five previous years. The users were 92 adults (viz., 2 females and 90 males) and 338 children (viz., 178 females and 160 males). 3,376 articles were disinfected, and the disinfector was used 430 times. The adults came mainly from ... |
876a5c55-bf69-4780-b358-8379db66b0f8 | The Borough Council must properly cleanse the children and their clothes to the reasonable satisfaction of the London County Council, the children cleansed not to exceed 10 in one day or 20 in one week. The London County Council pays to the Borough Council 2s. for each child cleansed, such sum to include all attendance... |
6612c2dd-cf3f-4747-9e32-d2ddceb50264 | The names and addresses of bathers are entered in a book, and the Lady Inspector calls at the homes and arranges for necessary disinfection and cleansing of verminous bedding and rooms. 45a. Public. Baths, Lavatories, and Cleanliness. During the year ending March 31st, 1912, there were 100,005 private baths taken at th... |
6bdb293e-0dda-4c60-b58c-bbf07f39654f | Second-class private baths can be obtained for 2d. 110 This is not a high price, but, in view of the fact that it is to the interest of the public that every member of the community should be personally clean, it seems desirable that the prices should be still further reduced. Private spray baths could probably be supp... |
66ac6a57-fa4c-4381-9b13-19e6aa1de20f | The greatest cleanliness should be practised by all persons engaged in selling milk, meat, bread, fruit, &c. For this purpose public lavatories are important, but the charge made is prohibitive to the persons who it is of prime importance should make use of the lavatories. The public lavatories in the Borough were used... |
c8f5d94f-b0c1-4de6-a57f-470f64106052 | During the year, 34 tents, vans, and sheds, were inspected (35 in 1911), and three notices served. 111 NOTICES AND PROSECUTIONS. 47. 3,398 written intimation notices, and 592 statutory notices were served. 51 of the latter, not having been complied with in the time specified, were referred to the Town Clerk, who, befor... |
b714cf6c-49d3-411c-a453-3560bb510dcd | INFANT CONSULTATION. 49. Since the closure of the Milk Depot, a Consultation for mothers and infants has been held every Wednesday afternoon in a room at the Town Hall. Mothers bring their infants for advice and weighing between 2.30 and 4.0 p.m. Miss FitzGerald and the Medical Officer of Health are in attendance durin... |
c8f79926-aa01-4f55-90a7-88ba46f5aead | Miss Middlebrooke originally inspected houses registered under the by-laws, workshops where women are employed, 112 restaurants, and eating-houses, re kitchens, &c., public lavatories, houses where certain infectious diseases (e.g., measles) occurred, and houses reported as being verminous or in a dirty condition. Duri... |
b366fceb-abfd-436e-9bff-3cb8de35785c | I have shown above that the by-laws mainly deal with the habits of tenants, especially the housewife's habits, and can consequently be more effectively enforced by a woman who understands women's work and difficulties. Miss FitzGerald's duties comprise advising mothers as to the care of infants, and the prevention of i... |
32ae4457-82fe-4a67-bd6b-df7f890be6f8 | 113 The following is a summary of Miss Middlebrooke's work for the twelve months:β Women's Lavatories at Railway Stations, &c. Number of Inspections 56 β Found defective and dirty 7 Restaurants and Eating-Houses. Number of Inspections 92 ,, Defects and dirty conditions found and remedied 17 Factories and Workshops. Num... |
1e99f949-8e91-413e-8a60-42ff6faecdf1 | Total number of houses visited re Phthisis, Measles, Scabies, Whooping-cough, and Zymotic Enteritis 86 Visits paid for various causes, complaints, etc 410 β β Verminous and dirty houses and bedding 923 Re-visitsβestimated 1000 Cases where bedding was found to be in a dirty and verminous condition, and cleansed 320 Tota... |
bccf6778-642d-429d-9fad-37bc1eb7f6f4 | Miss Middlebrooke reports as follows:β The nature of the work for 1912 was similar to that of the previous year, except in the increased number of outworkers and verminous cases visited, and also the number of specially dirty cases which were complained of and dealt with. A great many of the latter were old men and wom... |
4a52075c-f297-4330-84ba-1e037dce23db | The fireplace smoked (because the chimney required sweeping) and made everything black in the room, walls and ceiling included. A cupboard was kept for the exclusive use of four cats, who were not allowed outside. No dishes were washed after meal times, but were deposited on the floor. The bed was never made, nor the w... |
467dbd43-e5b6-4d52-b6c3-759677b3246b | Windows tightly closed and all chinks stuffed with newspapers, blind always kept down, fireplace closed up, and room heated by oil stove. Mr. S. was so much afraid of the cold and damp that he never indulged in a wash, but rubbed himself with mustard oil, and kept his ears and nostrils packed with pieces of newspaper. ... |
0d35776a-be64-43c7-9b1b-03f623b7e06a | An order was obtained and patient removed to the Infirmary, the day after my visit. The bedding and room were afterwards thoroughly disinfected and cleansed. It will be noted that 923 visits were paid to homes reported to be verminous or dirty. Of these 37 were found to be overcrowded, 130 had dirty bedding, 91 had fil... |
1cb23bf0-a3e0-4ec5-8160-76d5dff85ab3 | per yard, the whole only costing 3s. 6d., it is generally easy to persuade the tenant to destroy the old beds and get new. Verminous feather beds, and the purchase of second-hand infested bedding are two great sources of trouble. Persuasion to substitute something else will seldom avail in the case of the cherished fea... |
949c93b9-0897-420c-a2d4-142fab8c7fd3 | Visits to houses after notifications of births 1475 Re-visits 303 Visits re infant death 38 Zymotic Enteritis cases investigated 120 Re-visits 27 Visits to cases of Phthisis 122 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 36 Ophthalmia (reported by Schools) 102 Special visits 120 Infants weighed at Consultation 863 Health Lectures given 3 V... |
6b690066-97b7-40ec-b517-d60c0cc490f7 | This is most satisfactory, for it proves that the women really value this institution, and are glad to come at regular intervals to have their babies weighed and be advised as to the best method of feeding and rearing them. The majority of the mothers attend very regularly. A promise is always extracted from them on th... |
99424daf-8ebd-4461-bf3a-a9ba504e04b9 | The summer of 1912 being very wet, there were very few cases of zymotic enteritis notified, and I was able, consequently, to devote more time to the routine visiting of new-born infants. All the same the number visited (1,475) is only three-fifths of the total number notified, and of the two-fifths which did not receiv... |
7fa46563-91b5-4ebe-9580-8b29a61b31c7 | The method adopted was to secure tickets for admission to the Medical Treatment Centre in Rectory Place. Fortunately these were forthcoming through the Care Committee Organiser for all those cases which needed them, and these were the majority, for the school in question is in a very poor district, and only very few of... |
1e4b2a43-3586-4c13-a569-44332ac4e8ba | ; not with any great success, however, in homes which could only boast of a single towel for common use, and where 3 and 4 children slept in bed. National Health Week was observed in the Borough from April 26th to May 4th. In my opinion this movement, which aims to concentrate public opinion upon matters relating to he... |
05050350-76ad-4cd2-83b4-7142f67f72cb | The Public Ambulance, for accidents and non-infectious illness, was used 127 times, compared with 122, 143, 123, and 147, in the four preceding years. The following were the journeys made:β To Guy's Hospital 23 Cottage Hospitals 33 Seamen's and Miller Hospitals 18 Ring's Hospital 5 London Hospital 5 Charing Cross Hospi... |
f5edb0f5-27fb-4c21-9687-38f877e273c2 | Two members of the staff are to be congratulated on distinctions conferred on them. Miss FitzGerald was elected a member of the Executive Committee of the National Association for the Prevention of Infant Mortality, and Mr. Shaw received the Diploma of the Sanitary Inspectors' Association Examining Board. I have gratef... |
f565ea8c-2093-4e6c-a574-38c5892ccecb | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. Number. Rate.* Under 1 Year of Age. At all Ages. Number. Rate per 1,000 Births Regist'd. Number. Rate.* Number. Rate.* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1902 122505 3730 29.9 466 124 1678 13.7 278 43 208 1843 14.7 1903 123172 3691 30.0 399 106 1511 12.3 272 41 175 1637 13.3... |
7da26252-1840-4263-921b-b1d85c28a78d | 2 366 103 1163 β 313 50 192 1605 12.7 1906 123644 3524 28.5 396 111 1530 β 293 48 183 1666 13.5 1907 123644 3295 26.5 372 111 1479 β 296 50 184 1613 13.0 1908 123644 3082 24.9 298 95 1374 β 333 60 170 1487 12.0 1909 123644 2937 23.8 240 82 1415 β 323 51 223 1585 12.8 1910 123644 2844 230 241 84 1296 β 314 42 156 1410 1... |
16a72f00-95b3-4bb9-8f95-959ded745595 | 2 273 98 1102 β 327 53 212 1561 12.8 Aver, for Years 1902.11 123695 3300 26.6 353 105 1478 β 301 48 187 1617 13.0 1912 123311 2747 22.3 201 73 1249 β 297 42 196 1420 11.5 * Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of Estimated Population. Note..βThe Deaths included in Column 7 of this Table are the whole of th... |
24b5db5e-7d5d-41ca-856f-59545472b521 | By the term "Non.Residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity and dying in Public Institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity and have died in Public Institutions elsewhere. The ... |
47d5d615-4f0f-400e-85d6-bdef4abd2ad2 | Woolwich Union Infirmary Lewisham Infirmary Royal Arsenal Hospital Herbert Hospital Auxiliary Hospital Blackheath Cottage Hospital Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital Seamen's Hospital Brook do. Eltham Cottage Hospital Park do. Home for Mothers and Babies Gore Farm do. Guy's do. King's College Hospital London do. S... |
445cdb8d-62b5-4d47-b90d-cb64c31ce6f7 | Tooting Bee do. Darenth do. Caterham do. Stone do. Banstead do. Horton do. Hostel of God do. 124 TABLE II. Vital Statistics of Separate Localitiesβ1910, 1911, 1912. Increase of Population since 1911 Census, estimated by Number of New Houses Occupied and Number of Persons to a House in each Parish. 1910. 1911. 1912. Pop... |
89ca06e0-5d6e-4381-83b8-757dee74763f | Woolwich 38991 979 494 87 36710 994 581 110 37030 914 487 86 West Plumstead 40907 881 486 70 40328 831 533 86 40943 890 459 47 East Plumstead 34500 711 320 64 30888 722 335 59 31288 665 344 54 Eltham 14050 273 111 19 13450 249 112 16 14050 267 113 14 TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified under S. 55, P.H.L.A... |
bed2c148-6dd0-402c-a2d9-c959e9d0a2e4 | Plumst'd Eltham. Under 1 1β5 5β15 15β25 25β65 65 and Upwards E. W. |
4c426d5d-3ef3-44df-945b-26fae445f21d | Small-pox 3 - - - - 3 - 3 - - - - 3 Scarlet Fever 474 4 96 315 38 21 - 89 147 201 37 7 420 Diphtheria 429 5 93 270 32 29 - 162 88 155 24 48 346 Membranous Croup β β β - - - - - - - - - - Typhoid or Enteric Fever 20 1 - 5 4 10 - 10 2 4 4 1 13 Erysipelas 87 1 7 9 8 57 5 26 21 31 9 β 1 Puerperal Fever 2 - - - - 2 - - - 2 ... |
d5a7e626-8168-4194-9803-e219f223abe3 | Polio-Myelitis 3 - 2 - - 1 - 1 1 1 - - - Ophthalmia Neonatorum 20 20 - - - - - 4 8 6 2 β β Total 1039 31 198 600 82 123 5 295 267 401 76 56 783 125 127β130 TABLE IV.βCauses of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1912. Disease. Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. Woolwich. Plumst'c Eltham. Reside... |
f6f4f740-9265-45bb-99b4-e0927d95f56d | 25 to 35. 35 to 45. 45 to 55. 55 to 65. 65 to 75. 75 to 85. Over 85. West. East. Small-pox 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - 1 - Measles 30 17 13 5 9 15 1 - - - - - - - - - - 12 7 10 1 2 -- Scarlet Fever 4 1 3 1 β 3 - - - - - - β β β - - - 1 3 - 4 - Epidemic Influenza 25 8 17 2 1 - 1 3 4 5 5 4 3 10 9 3 1 β Whoo... |
fc644cfb-5595-4d6f-bc02-6f4cb52db5b0 | - - - - - 5 11 12 β β β Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 20 9 11 1 3 8 5 - - - β 1 β β β β 8 8 3 1 17 β Enteric Fever 2 1 1 β β β β 1 - - - 1 β β β β β 2 β β β 1 1 Asiatic Cholera - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DiarrhΕa 6 5 1 4 β β β - - - - β β β 1 1 β 6 β β β β 3 Enteritis 9 6 3 6 β β β - - - - 2 β 1 β β ... |
7f4a2d18-4350-473b-af49-e60d535e2300 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cerebro-Spinal Fever 1 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 β Other Continued Fevers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Erysipelas 3 3 β β β β 1 - - - - β β 1 1 β β 2 1 β β β 2 Puerperal Fever 1 β 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 Other Septic Diseases 1 4 3 - - - - -... |
655a44c1-0cc3-42bc-9657-5d84abf0e2e5 | 1 Rheumatic Fever 4 1 3 β β β β - - - 1 2 β β 1 β β β 3 1 β β 1 Gout - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Tuberculosis of Meninges 23 15 8 5 5 4 5 2 2 - β β β β β β β 10 8 4 1 4 5 Tuberculosis of Lungs (Phthisis) 124 88 36 1... |
e7acd02a-1dda-4665-aa2d-58801f62d222 | 1 1 2 β β β β β 1 β β β β β 1 1 2 1 β 2 Other forms of Tuberculosis 16 10 6 β 3 β 1 3 4 1 4 - - - - - - 7 5 4 - 7 3 Alcoholism 5 2 3 β β - β - - β 1 2 - 1 1 - - 2 2 1 β β 3 Cancer 119 63 56 - - - - - - 1 4 6 23 41 20 18 β 32 38 32 17 25 31 Diabetes 7 2 5 β β β β 1 β β β 1 1 3 1 β β β 4 2 1 β Congenital Debility and Mal... |
659cbf59-8fdc-4d9e-a659-fd201edc2097 | - - - - - 28 20 21 12 1 14 Old Age 84 33 51 - - - - - - - - - - 1 18 44 21 29 32 15 8 8 36 Meningitis 13 5 8 5 2 1 3 1 1 - - - - - - - - 7 2 4 β 1 β Inflammation and Softening of Brain 9 6 3 β β β - β β β β β 1 3 3 2 β 3 - 4 β 3 2 Epilepsv 3 2 1 β β β - β β 1 β β β 1 β β 1 1 β 2 - 1 2 General Paralysis 16 11 5 - - - - ... |
f2a8e73c-233d-40a2-9e30-a0b9e062db3c | Dorsalis and Locomotor Ataxia 5 4 1 - - - - - - - - - 2 3 - - - 1 - 2 2 2 2 Peripheral Neuritis 4 - 4 - - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 - - 1 1 2 - - 3 Other Diseases of Brain and Nervous System 31 14 17 8 3 1 - - 1 - 1 4 4 4 2 2 1 13 8 7 3 5 8 Organic Diseases of the Heart 147 79 68 β β β 1 3 6 2 7 15 18 39 32 23 1 54 54 28 11 ... |
228b4a6a-2a38-4a84-8370-14d16df77f08 | 3 7 19 19 11 2 18 27 13 5 2 15 Apoplexy and Hemiplegia 14 9 5 - - - - - - - - 1 1 2 3 5 2 7 4 3 β 1 Aneurism 9 8 1 - - - - - - - - 3 3 2 - 1 - 3 2 3 1 2 - Other Diseases of Blood Vessels & Heart 37 21 16 β β β β 1 β β β 3 4 14 10 4 1 7 20 5 5 14 2 Bronchitis 112 54 58 21 5 2 β β β 1 β 1 4 17 20 32 9 40 38 25 9 3 21 Lob... |
db5bbe80-e49b-4f9f-b674-71e0942fa3e8 | 23 21 16 13 5 - - - - - 1 1 1 3 2 2 19 16 7 2 4 1 Pneumonia 52 40 12 4 3 1 4 β 1 β 5 3 7 15 6 2 1 19 15 14 4 4 11 Other Diseases of Respiratory System 8 4 4 β 1 1 β 1 β β β β 1 2 2 β - 1 3 3 1 2 1 Diseases of Stomach 11 4 7 β β β β β β β 3 4 1 2 β β 1 - 3 1 β 2 β Appendicitis and Typhlitis 18 11 - β β β 2 2 5 2 1 3 2 β... |
7b0b469c-c05c-490b-81ec-3a8db16be57f | 10 7 Obstruction of Intestines 12 4 8 - - - - - - - - 1 2 3 3 3 - 1 7 3 1 4 3 Cirrhosis of Liver 14 7 7 - - - - - - - 1 3 4 3 3 β - 4 4 5 1 1 6 Other Diseases of the Digestive System 10 5 5 β β 1 β β β β β 2 1 5 β 1 - 1 6 2 1 4 1 Nephritis and Bright's Disease 57 37 20 β β β β 1 1 1 3 7 10 11 18 3 2 14 25 12 6 9 12 Tum... |
945e0fa2-3bba-4660-bbeb-7e51fdb59668 | 1 - - - - - 1 2 - 1 1 Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy Parturition 3 - 3 - - - - - - - 1 2 - - - - - - 3 - - - 2 Violence 36 22 14 6 1 β 1 2 1 2 4 4 β 4 3 5 3 21 8 5 2 5 13 Suicide 10 8 2 β β β β β β β 3 4 β 2 1 β β 5 1 - 4 - 1 Ill-defined Diseases or Unknown 31 14 17 21 1 β 1 β β 1 β 2 1 β 2 1 1 13 8 7 3 4 1 Other ... |
8fde2eed-9ea7-4d11-9524-4cc7bb8dc91d | 1 - 11 13 15 1 11 10 Total 1420 787 633 201 68 51 30 24 40 26 82 123 135 234 187 167 52 488 471 343 118 214 292 TABLE IVa. Infant Mortality during the Year 1912. Net Deaths from staled Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age. Cause of Death. Under 1 Week. 1-2 Weeks. 2-3 Weeks. 3-4 Weeks. Total under 4 Weeks. 4 Weeks... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.