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2481a075-f4bd-4d78-983c-ecd765f36d2d | Of the 21 infecting cases, 5 had some form of rhinitis on or after their return. 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 arriving home, or within a few days. Illustrative cases of this were given in the 1908 Report. The p... |
f66edb0b-01c1-4bd9-a498-128ea21b406c | 12 certificates of efficient home isolation were given to enable men to continue their employment in the Arsenal, and so obviate unnecessary removal to hospital, oompared with 13, 18, and 25, in the three preceding years. In the Annual Report for 1911 a comparison was made between home and hospital isolation, showing t... |
65bc29a7-b8d8-44f9-a759-065bec9b13fd | In 17 cases infection was attributed to friends and neighbours, in 45 cases to school attendance, in 6 to the Fever Hospital, and in 3 to other hospitals. 43 44. The Annual Report for 1905 contained a special report on a statistical investigation into school incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria during the ten year... |
387f4c01-37fa-4de9-8cf4-b2f56f4a1021 | 244 cases of diphtheria were notified (excluding 77 cases of mistaken diagnosis), compared with 147, 204, and 381, in the three preceding years. The case-rate (number of cases per 1,000 population), corrected for cases of mistaken diagnosis was 1.91, compared with 1.15, 1.68, and 3.09, in the three preceding years, and... |
bf7eeedd-35a6-4c9b-91c0-ff18f2c73fed | The London deathrate was 0.09, compared with 0.10 in 1912, 0.14 in 1911, and 0.14 in the five preceding years. 44 48. 171 of the total cases notified were in Woolwich parish, 98 in West Plumstead, 33 in East Plumstead, and 19 in Eltham. The following table shows the case-rate, in each registration district (not correct... |
61e5a16f-8215-4850-a73c-7efeb9212155 | 1.19 3.79 2.32 E. 2.33 2.81 1.02 Eltham Parish 1.62 2.22 2.30 1.71 1.29 London 1.90 1.63 1.64 1.57 1.70 The table shows that since 1910, diphtheria has prevailed more in Woolwich parish than in the rest of the Borough, and this was particularly so last year. Wood Street school, the largest school in this parish, was ag... |
0c4390f8-3fe6-471d-90fb-901728fb46a3 | Diphtheria (like scarlet fever) is well known to haunt a particular locality persistently for several years. As shown in toy Annual Report for 1905, page 34, during the years 1901-5 Wood Street school had the lowest incidence of scarlet fever, and 'the lowest incidence but one of diphtheria among the provided schools i... |
cd013398-b69b-46ca-9b2f-afd82d95a4bb | The case mortality was 7.0 per cent., compared with 5 5, 10.4, 3.4, 5.4, and 5.2, in the five preceding years. Many of the cases were very mild, and in several cases there were no throat symptoms, but discharge or soreness of the nose. Such cases rarely have medical attendance, and would escape detection if other cases... |
4799fe8f-9797-4e20-bd8a-b3ac68693a42 | The usual steps were takenβschool absentees were visited and medical attention obtained; children in affected classes were medically and bacteriologically examined, as were also a large number of contacts and suspected cases, and all cases found to be infectious strictly isolated. 50. A table giving details as to cases... |
7be31543-eddd-4dad-94f7-62af28f67795 | In 79 cases a probable source of infection was noted, viz.: In 31, other inmates of the house were known or suspected to be the source; in 22, schools; 14, neighbours and friends; 4, return cases; 1, general hospital; and in 6 the infection was due to the Fever Hospital. In two of the returned cases there were so to na... |
0d9ace0c-13cb-4780-bed3-be370d88208e | The Seamen's Hospital is fully equipped for this work, and the new arrangement has worked satisfactorily. 921 (1,231 in 1912) swabs were sent to the Seamen's Hospital and Lister Institutes to be examined in the presence of diphtheria bacilli. In 85 (320 in 1912) the true Klebs Loffler bacillus was found; in 67 (128 in ... |
93261c57-aba0-41d8-aa3f-34c6bd4df971 | Others were examined with the object of finding possible sources of infection, e.g., where the first case notified in a house was a child not attending school; others again were children suspected to have diphtheria by the School Teacher, the Attendance Officer, or Sanitary Inspector. In 6 cases without symptoms the ba... |
05dd8f04-5828-4fb7-975f-604f9971898e | The case-rate in London was 0.17. Out of a total of 14 cases notified, 10 went to hospital. The case-rate is the lowest recorded in the Borough. 55. There was 1 death from this disease, giving a deathrate of 0 01. The death-rate in London was 0.02. In the preceding five years the death-rate in Woolwich was 0.02, and in... |
9f3ed3ab-374a-4e3f-a2d5-2847519b7266 | In my last Annual Report it was stated:β"6 cases occurred in one family. The first was the mother, who was treated in a general hospital for pneumonia. On her return home her four children sickened one after another with enteric. The mother was consequently examined bacteriologically, and the typhoid bacilli found. She... |
6085366b-e2c0-4605-9d1e-9ad49491cb72 | Another was infected on board the S.S. "Balaclava" from South America. In not one case was the infection attributed to shell fish. 58. Bacteriological Diagnosis. 16 samples of blood were sent to the Lister Institute and Seamen's Hospital to be examined for Widal's reaction. A positive result was obtained in 1. 49 DIARR... |
cc394f21-e19f-4443-916b-5b3c9e26b93e | Owing to the change in nomenclature, the diarrhoea death-rate cannot be strictly compared with that of years previous to 1912, but the rate was probably below the average of previous years. Notification. Voluntary notification of zymotic enteritis during July, August, and September, commenced in Woolwich in 1905. The r... |
9822af98-e5e5-4bb3-ba69-03fdf12ba3f0 | 338 cases were notified in the past year, compared with 866 and 129 in the two preceding years. 10 cases were notified in June, 13 in July, 110 in August, 163 in September, 38 in October, 4 in November, and none in December. The fatality (deaths under two years per 100 notified cases under two) was 23.1. 60. The follow... |
5be59606-a18a-4d3e-91e7-d1246f494dd5 | 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 1913 338 181 157 16 30 ... |
88319d16-490f-4eda-bc96-c2653c5d6949 | 54 85 Total 1905-13 2428 1252 1176 131 260 293 284 968 649 361 450 51 TABLE B. CLEANLINESS OF HOUSES. Year. Total Houses of which information was obtained. Clean. Dirty. Indifferent. 1905 205 366 39 - 1906 360 289 71 β 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... |
7053a013-8ad5-4234-8538-52d9a892177a | 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 Ttls. 19051910 1911 1912 1913 Breast only 15 12 4 9 4 5 49 24 3 9 Breast and other foods 10 28 9 10 15 6 78 43 7 15 Hand-fed only 92 150 37 59 42 28 408 179 17 80 No information 5 4 1 13 2 1 26 16 3 11 122 194 51 91 63 40 561 262 30 115 N.B.β Of 35 children under 1 year having fresh cow's ... |
8464ad78-a538-424f-bdfe-86e3f15f37f7 | d 2 52 TABLE D. NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED EACH WEEK, with MEAN TEMPERATURE of 3 Feet Ground Thermometer during Week, September Quarter. Year Cases. 1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week 4th Week 5th Week 6th Week 7th Week 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 ... |
045a7d0c-4006-450d-82b9-744b1d62a628 | β 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 β β 7 18 57 82 189 207 156 48 57 17 10 1912 4 10 48 19 4 11 3 6 5 2 2 1 1913 2 1 2 7 16 15 32 43 48 52 25 40 Total 20 31 74 67 126 225 350 407 332 212 211 114 117 Temperature. 1905 60.68 62.17 63.59 64.21 64.19 63.04 62.62 62.37 61.33 60.97 59. |
33c58372-95ab-4d0f-bea5-9041e1be5b8e | 96 58.47 57.43 1906 59.16 60.68 61.29 62.26 63.25 64.00 68.80 62.80 6308 63.83 62.89 60.80 59.24 1907 56.71 57.00 58.53 59.67 60.10 60.34 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 6.2.79 61. |
a0e3ffb5-8e6e-401f-b7eb-377e99eec381 | 48 60.19 58.70 57.87 57.60 57.11 1910 58.21 57.99 58.82 59.06 60.12 60.48 61.13 61.26 60.59 59.68 58.71 58.01 57.35 1911 59.80 62.16 63.31 65.17 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 1913 59.82 59.40 59.61 59.45 59. |
df348097-0e67-4f82-b0a7-e1c0b9ea7f09 | 73 60.24 60.10 60.58 60.62 60.63 59.96 59.03 58.46 Average 59.18 59.66 60.96 60.52 62.11 62.17 62.23 61.60 61.12 60.55 59.71 59.96 58.01 53 TABLE E. DEATHS FROM DIARRHOEA AND ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS classified by Ages during the five months ending 31st October, 1905-12. Year. Under 1 Year. Over 1 Year. 1-3 Months. 3-6 Months... |
51095f64-a0b7-463e-9368-3a3655949e11 | 1905 9 16 15 11 6 2 2 61 1906 9 17 25 14 9 1 6 81 1907 1 9 6 2 4 β β 22 1908 6 9 9 7 6 β 1 38 1909 4 2 2 1 1 β β 10 1910 2 3 1 1 1 1 β 9 1911 19 27 21 15 18 5 11 116 1912 β 2 1 β β β β 3 Total for 1905-12 50 85 80 51 45 9 20 340 Note.βIn the above figures, "Enteritis" and "Gastro-Enteritis" are excluded up to and inclu... |
7190db8b-fbdb-44a6-82c2-f09619199abc | DEATHS FROM DIARRHG3A AND ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS under two years of age, for three months, July, August and September. Year. 1-3 Months. 3-6 Months. 6-9 Months. 9-12 Months. 1-2 Years. Total. 1913. 9 8 8 3 7 35 54 TABLE F. DIARRHOEA, INFANTILE MORTALITY, AND TEMPERATURE OF SUMMER QUARTER IN LONDON AND WOOLWICH. Average 1901... |
e12bea67-247a-48b3-8501-eba181a7bbd4 | * London 2.27 1.40 3.82 Annual Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years) per 1,000 births for whole year London 12.42 27.5 Woolwich 2.30 0.97 2.87β J Woolwich 3.65 17.44 Max. weekly average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in 13 weeks of summer quarter 62.72 62.61 67.06 Max. weekly average Tempera... |
1ea0d478-89e1-404f-a5dd-2cbf12e08eee | β If deaths over two years were included, this figure would be 3 64, and the figure for London would also be increased. 55 TABLE G. ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS AND METEOROLOGY. Summer Quarter. 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Number of cases notified β β β 212 366 93 173 123 72 848 115 286 Number of De... |
3638a805-7a18-4919-b9dd-916bfbb0f876 | below ground 59.68 60.18 61.45 61.62 62.08 59.15 60.35 59.25 59.34 64.01 60.24 59.82 Mean Humidity 75 77 72 75 70 74.6 77 80 80 65 76 79 Number of days on which rain fell β 46 34 33 26 32 38 46 37 22 39 36 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 5.43 Number of hours bright sunshine 48... |
b46d94de-3d5b-4849-a708-c8821fc62d25 | 61. There were 70 cases of erysipelas notified, compared with 89, 82, and 87, in the three preceding- years. There were no deaths. The case-rate was 0.55, and the death-rate nil, compared with 0.02, 0.07, and 0.02 in the three preoeding years. The London case-rate was 0.92. EPIDEMIC CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS. 62. In co... |
7c582bcd-f8b2-49cf-9d3a-9f065fabd364 | 1 case was notified in 1910, 1 in 1911, and 1 in 1912. No case was notified last year. ANTERIOR POLIO-MYELITIS. 63. This disease, commonly known as infantile paralysis, was made oompulsorily notifiable in 1911, by an Order of the London County Council under Section 55, Public Health (London) Act. One ease was notified ... |
5d520554-feb1-409d-bef2-2d5a83c4fca1 | There were 8 cases of puerperal fever notified, compared with 6, 9, 7, 16, and 2, in the five peceding years. There were 3 deaths. The case-rate per 1,000 births was 2.78, and the death-rate 1.05, compared with 0 73 and 0 36 in 1912. The London case-rate and death-rate per 1,000 births were 3 16 and 124 respectively. I... |
beecd6e1-b9c8-4b80-955c-a2d5b7846c2a | There has been a decided fall in the death-rate from this disease. Although the apparent fall in the case-rate appears to be but slight, it is probably just as great as that of the deathrate. Many cases are now notified which in former years would have been passed over. INFLUENZA, BRONCHITIS, PNEUMONIA. 65. Influenza c... |
19ee5434-f8f3-4a45-8766-18bb047195a9 | TUBERCULOSIS. 66. Deaths. There were 216 deaths from tuberculous 58 disease, giving a death-rate of 1.69, compared with 1.80, 1.68, 1.46, 1.65, and 1.34, 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 dea... |
75a8594c-52e3-4504-b44b-b559c92880b8 | Tuberculous Meningitis 20.0 22.8 20 23 14 Simple Meningitis 22.0 15.0 16 13 10 Tuberculosis of Intestines and Peritoneum 130 10.8 5 5 10 Tuberculosis (other forms) 20.8 22.2 29 16 10 Phthisis 1920 151.4 146 124 182 68. The deaths from phthisis were 182, giving a death. rate of 1.42, compared with l.27, 1.22, 1 08, 1.20... |
961d2829-6246-4900-86f0-33803935ec3f | The table shows that the increased rate of last year was chiefly in West Plumstead and Eltham, and most of the deaths occurred in the fourth quarter of the year. 59 ] 1891-5. 1896-1900. 1901-5. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. 1913. No. Rate. Aver. No. per year. Rate. Aver. No. per year. Rate. Aver. No: per year. Rate. No. Rate. N... |
600b871a-82cb-44ec-ba2a-d985847a5b1f | 34 87 1.20.J W41 1.02 31 0.76 66 1.56 East E33 1.07 37 1.18 40 1.23 Eltham Parish β .- 9 1.28 6 0.63 8 0.64 6 0.45 8 0.57 15 1.02 The Borough β β 193 1.74 192 1.56 151 1.22 146 1.20 124 1.01 182 1.42 London β 1.88 β 1.80 β 1.57 β 1.33 β 1.32 β 1.34 β 1.30 60 69 While there was an increase last year of deaths from phthi... |
665c0932-5620-4a9b-8e1c-d9dff841e81e | The number of cases of both tuberculous and simple meningitis considerably diminished. There was a slight increase of abdominal tuberculosis, but the decrease of deaths from meningitis is very marked. The death-rate from tuberculous diseases in the past two years was less than in any two preceding consecutive years. 70... |
4c3a5ce7-f180-4bd9-9f42-ff0151e920b4 | This Section authorises the Local Government Board to make such regulations as they may see fit with the view of the treatment of persons affected with cholera or any other epidemic, endemic, or infectious disease, and preventing the spread of such diseases. The penalty for neglecting or refusing to obey any regulation... |
9dd34bf9-caac-4f13-8135-076c8bc31bb7 | Under a further order all forms of tuberculosis were made notifiable in January, 1913. Notification Statistics. 675 cases were notified, viz.:β Tubercle of Lung, 532; tuberculosis meningitis, 3; tuberculosis of the intestines and peritoneum, 8; other forms, 132. It is seen that the deaths from tuberculosis of the menin... |
9d7858ce-ea5d-4042-a912-469754f33880 | 17 of these were in the Woolwich and Eltham Poor Law Infirmaries; 9 others were notified by the District Medical Officers of the Poor Law Union, 21 by the Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal, Army, &c., 396 from hospitals and dispensaries, including 313 from the Woolwich Tuberculosis Dispensary, 33 by school doctors,... |
d6e653b3-dc3c-4daa-b98b-3927802472d6 | The source of infection of the notified cases was probably as follows:β Family or PersonalβFather, 49; mother, 61; brother, 39; sister, 27; husband, 14; wife, 3; other members of family, 23; friends, lodgers, etc., 4 220 Workshop and Office 22 Public House 11 Navy and Army 2 Milk 4 School 2 Undetermined 414 74. Age and... |
596f8d46-eaf3-4c81-a4b4-a4d44392086a | Number of Notifications Form 0. Primary Notifications. Total Notifications, i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors. Primary Notifications. Total Notifications, i.e., including cases previously notified by other doctors. Poor Law Institutions. Sanatoria. 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to ... |
d71edfcf-8e4b-4846-ab0f-a188ee7f0acd | Pulmonary Males - 6 27 29 25 31 58 48 31 7 2 264 264 β 3 6 9 9 22 60 ,, Females β 10 40 25 28 35 46 40 19 5 1 249 249 4 6 10 10 10 44 Non-Pulmonary Males 4 11 27 15 6 β 4 4 1 β β 72 72 β 4 4 8 8 β 14 ,, Females β 5 17 16 9 4 1 2 3 β β 57 57 β 4 2 6 6 1 4 Total 4 32 111 85 68 70 109 94 54 12 3 642 642 β 15 18 33 33 33 1... |
a3639cf7-9c2d-46ba-9679-f2654b2afff1 | Occupation. Of the 602 cases from which information was obtained, the occupations were as follows:β Outdoorβ Official, Soldiers, etc. 20 Mechanical 7 Carmen and Costers 8 Labourers, PortersβDock and all others 28 63 Indoorβ Clerks 24 Mechanical 52 Printers 2 Bakehouses 2 Laundry 4 DomesticβPrivate 30 Public House 7 37 ... |
82cd0773-663f-4cef-8206-deb25d8d6b19 | Printed instructions are sent to every 65 notified case. Advice and assistance is (given as to sanatorium treatment. Revisits of such cases as most need it are made by the Health Visitor. The Health Visitor also visits, as far as time allows, cases returning from Sanatoriums, in order to see that the lessons learnt at ... |
cd481d65-9792-44b3-bb5d-7c307fb9bcd7 | Sputum from 231 cases of suspected phthisis was examined at the Seamen's Hospital and Lister Institute, and tubercle bacilli were found in 57 cases. The number of examinations for the five preceding years was 175, 179, 210, 191, and 151, respectively. In addition the Medical Officers examined 439 specimens pf sputum at... |
94a91c9d-bd3b-4c2b-a088-0643c456bd1f | Disinfection was performed after the death of the patient, and also after removal to hospital, sanatorium, or other occasion of the house or bedroom being vacated. 79. Sanatorium Treatment. Altogether 144 notified persons were admitted to some sanatorium or hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis, most of them being... |
e55f5648-bf2e-4004-ae59-05fcfabacf72 | Downs Sanatorium 24 β 24 Northern Hospital 5 13 18 Peppard Sanatorium 7 21 28 Ipswich Sanatorium 3 β 3 Treloar's Home, Alton 4 4 8 Mount Vernon Hospital 5 1 6 Alexandra Hospital 3 β 3 Brompton Hospital 4 β 4 Carshalton Children's Hospital .. 2 1 3 Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate.. 2 1 3 All others ... ... .. 24 20 44 Tot... |
71d45fd7-5920-4147-869b-c6a97bedfff1 | for children, and 20s. a week when unoccupied. For further particulars as to the constitution and regulations see page 842 of the Council's Minutes, 1909. 80. Numbers Treated. The Council now maintains 7 beds. At present 5 are occupied by women, 1 by a man, and 1 by a child. Since the provision of sanatorium treatment ... |
065a73c1-a882-429d-980f-9efab78e501b | 6 stayed for one month, 7 for two months, 17 for three, and 3 for four or five months; 1 died and 1 discharged herself. 31 returned home in improved general health and with a decided increase in weight, and 29 showed very great improvement and were able to resume their ordinary duties. 81. The following table, recommen... |
c1f89fc4-7b5b-4c04-bd38-70030189089e | Number of patients discharged in each year who were (a) alive but not well enough to work; (b) at work, seeking work, or performing their ordinary duties, in January of each of the undermentioned years:β e 2 Number of patients discharged in each year who were (a) alive but not well enough to work; (b) at work, seeking ... |
ab7a3b40-acc4-4016-96db-314169722404 | 11 10 β β 2 6 1 5 1 5 1 5 2 4 1 4 2 2 2 β 1 β 1 β 1905 17 12 β β β β 1 13 2 9 2 5 β 4 β 4 β 3 - 3 β 2 β 2 1906 29 14 - - - - - - 5 24 2 20 5 15 1 14 β 14 1 12 β 9 β 8 1907 38 20 - - - - - - - - 9 24 2 22 7 15 2 13 1 13 2 9 2 10 1908 31 16 - - - - - - - - - - 6 21 6 17 4 12 2 10 1 10 1 7 |
829627c7-2c3a-4e78-b636-32dd27c771a9 | 1909 39 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 25 2 25 6 18 3 15 1 13 1910 32 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 25 7 18 4 16 3 9 1911 39 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 17 4 14 4 12 1912 46 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 33 6 26 283 130 1 β 3 6 2 18 8 38 14 54 15 66 18 79 14 94 33 91 19 108 18 87 68 69 The above t... |
637a9cca-9104-47c5-8363-2ab9c4bfae36 | December 31st, 1912. Out of the 283 who have left over one year, 87 are now well and at work, 18 are unwell, 130 have died, and 48 have been lost sight of. 82. Four of those recorded as at work are employed at the Sanatorium in various capacities, receiving board and a small wage. Of the 48 patients not accounted for, ... |
8b6389bd-6211-4bee-aa86-9cae69ea454b | Suitable work, a guaranteed income, and the provision of a garden shelter, would probably improve the sanatorium results 50 per cent. 83. 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 be... |
f6c550ff-42f2-4f1c-bb4d-86b26261ba9d | After inspecting shelters used by Dr. Lyster, of Great Baddow, a simple construction was devised by the Chief. Sanitary Inspector which is easily transportable, will exclude wind and rain, is durable, and at the same time enables the patient to be always virtually in the open air. These shelters can be closed by canvas... |
9419db0a-36d0-4c18-b370-b3992554dad6 | These shelters are lent at a small rent varying from 1s. 6d. to 3d. per 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 lent to 22 persons last year, 17 men, 4 women, and 1 boy. 4 o... |
51e0354a-0dd5-47f2-a215-249d2755b8fb | In many cases 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 being lent to ne... |
24ebbdc6-4484-4f38-bfbf-b288b10ed9fd | Nurses 5,414 Sputum examinations in Laboratory 542 SOURCES FROM WHICH DRAWN, AND NUMBERS ACCEPTED FOR TREATMENT. Source. Total, Tuberculous. Private Doctors 182 161 Public Health Department 62 28 Hospital or Societies 57 40 School 89 56 Previous Patients 418 202 Contacts 666 243 Unrecommended 414 199 Insurance Committe... |
393779df-0669-4ba6-8d8c-69388e099166 | The following table gives the dates of the chief steps taken by the Public Health Department in combating Tuberculosis:β 1894. Disinfectants supplied gratis by Plumstead Vestry for use in Consumption. 1896. Leaflet of Precautions printed by Plumstead Vestry and circulated through medical men, nurses, clergy, and distri... |
8adf6d42-b405-4ea5-a51f-6a60fb8d4339 | 73 1906. Guardians commenced Open-air Treatment of Phthisis at Woolwich Infirmary. 1910. Open-air Shelters for night use of Consumptives in their own gardens, furnished on loan by the Borough Council. 1911. Woolwich Tuberculosis Dispensary started. 1912. Notification of Pulmonary Tuberculosis made pulsory. 1913. Notifi... |
65637ef4-bf7e-4912-828a-956660c48d59 | The London death-rate was I'll in 1912. One-third of the deaths occurred in public institutions. 87. The following table shows the sex and region affected in all cases of malignant disease:β Carcinoma. Seat of Primary Disease: Male. Female. Head and face 1 1 Mouth, jaw, and tongue 7 β Pharynx, oesophagus, larynx, and n... |
30aacfc6-bd58-427c-bed5-ebbaa8de03c8 | Peritoneum and omentum β β Rectum and anus 7 5 Liver 6 12 Kidney and bladder 2 2 Genital organs β 16 Breasts β 11 Prostate and external urinary organs 3 β Pancreas 1 β All other 2 3 50 68 87a. The deaths from carcinoma have been classified under the organs affected, since 1903, and the following table shows the result ... |
a79db750-5a68-4200-a694-828ce4b6a29d | 7 1.2 3 1 1 Mouth, jaw, and tongue 4.0 4.8 5 6 7 Pharynx, oesophagus, larynx, and neck 5.0 8.6 11 13 11 Pleura, lung, mediastinum 0.3 0.4 1 β Stomach and pylorus 5.3 10.4 8 10 6 Intestines excluding rectum 2.7 3.2 5 2 4 Rectum and anus 4.0 4.8 5 10 7 Peritoneum and omentum 0.7 - β - β Liver 8.0 6-4 8 7 6 Kidney and bla... |
580e1dee-7b22-49dc-a442-ae24f83835cf | 7 0-8 2 1 3 Pancreas 0.3 1-4 4 2 1 Pelvis and groin 0.3 β β β β Undefined 0.3 2-2 6 3 2 35.3 45-8 59 58 50 Females. Seat of Primary Disease. Aver. 1903-5 Aver. |
0fb0a89d-e4c9-45cb-bd3c-cd88c38d5789 | 1906-10 1911 1912 1913 Head and face 0.7 14 1 1 1 Mouth and tongue 1.7 06 β 1 -- Pharynx, oesophagus, larynx, and neck 1.7 1.4 2 1 5 Pleura, lung, mediastinum 0.7 0.6 1 1 β Stomach and pylorus 5.7 7.6 7 5 9 Intestines (excluding rectum) 0.7 4.2 6 5 4 Rectum and anus. |
45fa0500-2e2e-4b52-81fc-9b72b59e4147 | 3.0 6.8 5 6 5 Liver 7.3 8.6 6 8 12 Peritoneum and omentum 0.3 0.4 1 1 β Kidney and bladder β 1.2 2 1 2 Genital organs 16.0 13.6 15 11 16 Breasts 9.7 8.6 9 11 11 Limbs β 0.4 β - - Pancreas β 0.2 1 1 - Pelvis and groin 0.7 β β. β β Undefined 0.7 1.6 1 3 3 48.9 57.2 57 56 68 76 Last year had, with the exception of 1911, t... |
90674e32-5aca-49cc-b3b8-30950957fd5a | There was an increase under carcinoma of the throat, stomach, liver, genital organs, in women, and of the mouth in men. On the whole since 1903, the most notable increase has been in canoer of the mouth and throat in men, and of the digestive organs in women. The latter increase may be due to improved diagnosis. The gr... |
78615386-8fd3-4ec2-9146-76ad29d0dcfa | It has been long known that the disease is frequently a result of local irritation, as in the case of irritated sores producing cancer of the skin, chimney sweeps' cancer, and smokers' canoer of the lip and tongue. Apart from the irritation of a pipe, smoking has been alleged to be the cause of cancer, as also alcoholi... |
a9bcd1b0-1f16-4498-a059-8b02d1de6681 | 60-70. Over 70. Total. Males 12 22 22 15 71 Females 5 19 12 13 49 120 The following gives the parts affected for males and females:β Carcinoma. Cases specially investigated and parts affected. Seat of Primary Disease. Male. Female. Total. |
ba5303a0-fa53-4545-9be5-11fd637e7779 | Face, Mouth, Jaw and Tongue 14 5 19 Pharynx, (Esophagus, Larynx and Neck 17 3 20 Stomach and Pylorus 12 11 28 Intestines (excluding Rectum) 4 6 10 Rectum and Anus 12 9 21 Peritoneum and Omentum β 1 1 Liver 7 3 10 Breasts β 6 6 Uterus β 4 4 Limbs 2 β 2 Kidney and Bladder β 1 1 Prostate and External Urinary Organs 1 β 1 ... |
c43f56ad-25ef-4e37-a41b-b26ee29f0a4b | : the daily 78 consumption of 1Β½ pints of beer or its equivalent, an ounce of spirits being considered equivalent to Β½ pint of beer; wine was never but an occasional luxury. The standard for smoke was taken as 2 ozs. of tobacco per week. Persons consuming: more than these quantities have been classed as excessive drink... |
18a070b5-badf-48f4-a509-fd8ab5af63a8 | In 1901 the weekly consumption was 17 ozs., so that in ten years the amount of tobacco used by each smoker has increased more than 25 per cent., and cancer of the mouth has increased by at least as much. With regard to tea, food and meat, it was only possible to accept the opinion of the person giving the information a... |
622c1cca-3079-4b50-baa6-92d1e1f974a7 | 34 were excessive tea drinkers, 48 moderate, and 21 small tea drinkers, giving 32 per cent. of excessive tea drinkers. 51 were large eaters, 43 moderate, and 20 small eaters, giving 45 per cent. large eaters. 33 were large meat eaters, 50 moderate, and 27 small meat eaters, giving 30 per cent. of large meat eaters. 68 ... |
09b1c3be-1291-45bd-b78d-b830ecd6d6ff | 19 smoked excessively, 7 in moderation, and 83 were nonsmokers or smoked very little, giving 17 per cent. of excessive smokers. The following table gives their age and sex distribution:β Under 60. 60-70. Over 70. Total. Males 5 26 45 76 Females β 4 28 32 108 80 34 took tea excessively, 49 were moderate tea drinkers, an... |
7620100b-2c69-4b45-affa-6854f4af0942 | 83 had a regular daily action of the bowels, 4 were doubtful, and 14 suffered from constipation, giving 82 per oent. persons with a regular action. It will be seen that comparing persons who suffer from cancer with those living at advanced ages or who died at equally advanced ages from other causes, the great differenc... |
d401b394-247a-4a1c-ad9a-3af55b0c5288 | These differences are still more marked with respect to alcohol and smoking if only those who died from cancer of! the mouth and throat are considered. Of 33 persons dying from cancer of the lips, tongue, jaws, fauces, larynx, oesophagus, and cervical glands, 14 or 45 per cent. took alcohol excessively, while 25 or 76 ... |
119f48d2-7ce2-47f2-aabf-14c2e31eef1d | Of cases with cancer of other parts than the mouth and throat, 20 per cent. took alcohol excessively, and 23 per cent. smoked excessively. It would appear then that both alcohol and smoking have some little general effect in promoting canoer, but chiefly exert their injurious influence locally. 20 cases had cancer of t... |
fa099df0-22bb-447a-8b92-3aa729332ec3 | As regards cancer of the bowels, out of 25 persons dyingfrom cancer of the intestines (viz., colon, 6; rectum, 17; and undefined, 2), 14 had a regular daily action, 10 had constipation, and 1 was not quite regular. Thus constipation seems to predispose to canoer of the bowels. ALCOHOLISM. 88. There were 4 deaths from a... |
038fd3ae-683a-4eef-8999-f7015d8eaf5e | The deaths from these causes in the five preceding years were 346, 335, 343, 377, and 395, respectively. The increase last year was chiefly in deaths from cerebral haemorrhage. It is Satisfactory to find that the deaths due to alcoholism have shown a steady diminution in England and Wales from 113 per million in 1900 t... |
5f347edc-6af4-4753-83a0-05c04d0dd994 | There were, in addition, 29 deaths from general paralysis, tabes dorsalis (locomotor-ataxy), and aneurism, diseases which are considered to be usually due to syphilis, compared with 25 and 30 in the two preceding years. These figures are far from representing the total mortality caused by venereal disease. Many of the ... |
1b93b26a-749a-4051-bfef-752050ccff83 | OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM (Inflammation of the Eyes of the New-Bom). 91. This disease was made compulsorily notifiable (by an Order of the London County Council, dated March, 1911. 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 p... |
1005ed7e-6e41-44c5-8a94-18d00ec8522e | 14 cases were notified, of which 2 were removed with the mother to the Infirmary, and 3 were treated as hospital out-patients. The others were all reported to be receiving effectual treatment at home. The district nurses visited 1. METEOROLOGY (See Table 8). 92. The average temperature in the winter quarter of f 2 84 t... |
690528b3-6dcb-428f-ac91-ac88fbf73aa6 | The lowest temperature, 26.2Β° F., occurred in the week ending January 18th, and the highest 80Β° F., occurred in the week ending 23rd August. The rainfall was 22.37 inches, which is nearly 3 inches below the average; most rain, 6.89 inches, fell in the autumn quarter. The summer quarter had 5 43 inches of rain, most of ... |
55a304bb-e818-4bc5-8170-ddc4d85226f2 | From the Annual Report of the Water Examiner on the Metropolitan Water Supply for the year ending March 31st, 1913, it appears that 88 samples were taken of the Plumstead Well in the year for chemical analysis. The ammoniacal nitrogen averaged .0000, the albumenoid nitrogen .0014, the chlorine 5.62, the total hardness ... |
5a19af0b-15b1-4e90-9db7-1f60b5167159 | 86 For bacteriological examination 127 samples were taken, and an average of 8.8 microbes per cub. centim. were found present. This was slightly below the average for the whole of the Kent wells, and compares favourably with the number of microbes present in 1907, viz., 14.3. Houses with Water Supply outside the House.... |
e08b6883-eb6b-446e-9c04-2498dcb622c9 | Under this Act an additional supply was required and provided at 25 houses in 1908, 30 houses in 1909, 3 in 1910, 2 in 1911, 6 in 1912, and 4 in 1913. 29 of these houses were in the Dockyard and St. Mary's Wards, 13 in River Ward, 26 in St. George's Ward, and 2 in Eltham. There were three prosecutions in 1909, which we... |
e775100a-4d77-49b4-ac8a-8ba5b88b0b8c | 513 (samples were submitted to the Public Analyst, and 29, or 5 6 per cent., were found to be adulterated, 87 compared with 2.5, 3.4, 3.3, 4.6, and 2.7, in the five preceding years, and 8.4 in the Metropolis in 1912. The percentage of adulteration in the past five years averages 3 9. The average of the five previous ye... |
075a404f-ecb5-4c5b-9e41-963d4d531645 | 303 of the samples were fresh milk. 24 of these, or 7.9 per cent. were adulterated, compared with 1.7, 3.7, 4.8, 7 2, and 3.5, in the five preceding years. 73 samples were bought as butter, and two were found to be adulterated. 14 samples of cream were taken and two were found not to be labelled in accordance with the ... |
54a1bb64-852e-4e59-871e-7c3b5538392b | But no adulteration was discovered in 30 samples of vinegar, 33 of flour, 13 of sugar and sweets, 70 tea, 49 mustard, 46 jams, 17 condensed milk, and 117 drugs, nor in any one of the smaller number of several other articles, other 88 than milk or butter, taken for analysis. From the Local Government Board Annual Report... |
76ab767e-e73b-44f1-ab0e-9ad0a3047e84 | 7a. The following tabular statement shows the work done under these regulations which forbid the adding of preservatives to milk and require the amount in cream to be declared on a label. 1. Milk; and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream:β (a) (b) Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. Number in wh... |
f3593465-8f25-41b0-ba9f-2fe4e6c29f80 | Statements incorrect 1 9 89 (b) Determinations made of milk fat in cream sold as preserved cream:β (i.) Above 35 per cent. 9 (ii.) Below 35 per cent. 0 9 (c) Instances where (apart from analysis) the requirements as to labelling or declaration of preserved cream in Article V. (1) and the proviso in Article V. (2) of th... |
87c7d6a3-31ca-4c41-bb2c-17f8b87fedcf | Of the 13 adulterated milk samples for which proceedings were taken the adulteration varied from 2.7 to 12.9 per cent. of added water, and from 8.3 to 64.0 per cent. deficiency in fat. The fines varied from 2s. to Β£5. 9. Sampling. Of the 303 milk samples, 81 were taken on Sundays or Bank Holidays; 2 of these were found... |
240be57d-3251-4488-b0ff-55cce29bee40 | 84 such samples were taken in 1913, and 3 were found adulterated; one of these was butter which proved to be three-fourths margarine, and the other two were cream containing preservatives not declared on the label. Two formal samples of cream taken subsequently from the same vendors were found to contain no preservativ... |
570a7242-c0c6-4af5-add0-92d786c79e40 | It is desirable in the interests of health that a sufficient amount of pure food should be consumed and it is also specially important that those with limited incomes should know what articles of food are most nutritious in proportion to their cost. Efforts have been made in recent years to give instruction in this mat... |
d73840cf-1bda-4aed-b5ec-069fdb510cc5 | Produced March, 1904 White and Brown 44,180 (No separate record of white and brown kept) Produoed July, 1906 White 38,862 Brown 1,167 Produced March, 1914 White 74,814 Brown 2,300 Dr. Allinson's 1,570 Hovis 354 Standard 798 The baking of Standard Bread was commenced in February, 1911, when to meet the demand 1,696 quar... |
bf182e0c-91a3-400c-87da-7b0163b4e426 | Lentils 140 bags 200 bags Beans 275 bags 500 bags There were also large quantities of oatmeals, peas, etc., sold in packet form during 1913 of which we have no complete reoord. Meat sold. 1906βMembership, 25,800; Butchery Trade, Β£54,010. 1913βMembership, 34,300; Butchery Trade, Β£80,627." 92 It appears from the above st... |
3a078a72-9cb0-43d2-8a14-24ee36a94d46 | The inspection of meat and other food received the usual attention. Inspector Tedhaim made special inspections of the slaughter-houses. There was one seizure and 87 surrenders. The seizure was of unsound plums, the details being as follows: β On Saturday, the 30th August, Chief Sanitary Inspector Duck seized 52 crates ... |
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