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199b6d3e-0ccd-40ef-8648-4fa499c429f9 | 3 ,, Unsound Ox Tongue 1 8 ,, Antinomycosis Mutton 99 lbs. Nov. 24 ,, Unsound Mutton 18 lbs. Dec.* 13 ,, Do. Mutton 138 lbs. 15 ,, Do. Beef .. 29 lbs. „ 16 ,, Do. Ox Livers 2 .. 17 ,, Flukey Pork 80 lbs. 21 ,, Badly bled and discoloured Apples 4 boxes „ 22 ,, Unsound Beef 132 lbs. ,, 23 ,, Unsound 186 TABLE XIX.—contin... |
cc5fbbaf-ee81-4c2a-9132-1ea468214ade | Unsound Sheep's Pluck Sheep's Liver 3 Strongyli 1 Cavernous angioma Ox Tongues 3 Antinomycosis Ox Livers 31 Abscesses, Plukey, Tuberculous, and Echinococcus Ox Lungs 5 Tuberoulous and Echinococcus Beef 11 lots Unsound and Tuberculous Kidneys 206 Unsound Condensed Milk 384 tins Unsound Pish 34 boxes Unsound Apples 6 box... |
1bc52190-80b7-426d-aee4-13bd0e791dfc | A, E. Paine 14 Gunning Street. do. A. Jewiss 68 Glyndon Road, do. C. Letchford 109 Plumstead Road, do J. Clark 152 do. do. P. H. Mack 111 High Street, Woolwich A. Bradshaw 3 Green's End, do. E. Erdman 184 Elizabeth Street, North Woolwich C. Haas 122 Albert Road, do. H. Meyer 33 Samuel Street, Woolwich Mrs Dennis 90 Bro... |
99a9c8a5-90d6-45cb-9c00-46a891975ef9 | do, W. Millar 6 Well Hall Parade, Eltham R. Moakes 53 Cordite Street, Plumstead C. Tucker 53 Lakedale Road, do. E. Dalton and F. Mendham 4 Plumstead Road R. Tsinn 100 High Street, Woolwich 188 TABLE XXA. List of Certified Underground Bakehouses. Name. Address. -(unoccupied) 33, Eglinton Road, Plumstead Alderton, Ltd. 5... |
e840bdbe-92a7-4035-8b26-641f79f8984b | G. Scott 16, Armstrong Place, do. Virgoe & Sons 13, Eton Road, do. J. Colver 57, Plumstead Road, do. R. C. Davis 2, Crescent Road, do. A. E. Sims 24, St. James's Place, do. -(unoccupied) 165, Sandy Hill Road, do. -(unoccupied) 57 Burrage Road, do. -(unoccupied) 16, Woolwich Common, Woolwich H. Adams 31, Beresford Stree... |
e5a9bf81-c1bd-4317-941f-ee7b2697c351 | Attenborough .. 60, Sand Street, do. -(unoccupied) 81 & 82, Brookhill Road, do. -(unoccupied) 8, Hill Street, do. J. Fletcher 15, New Road do. 189 TABLE XXB. List of Factory Bakehouses. Name. Address. J. Fletcher 57, Burrage Road, Plumstead T. Newman 94, Wellington Street, Woolwioh Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society 12... |
bcd32d0e-28c8-492f-831f-7330a2e5ff35 | Name of Owner. Situation 1 Frederick Hedges 168. High Street, Eltham 2 William Francis Bartlett 78, Frederick Place, Plumstead 3 H. Reed & Co., Ltd. 25, Parry Place, Plumstead 4 Do. 6, High Street, Plumstead 5 Hedley Vicars 41, Church Street, Woolwich 6 William Francis Bartlett 14, Church Street, Woolwich 7 H. Reed & C... |
25d81bb0-15ee-401d-b86c-49f1bda0a69e | No. Name of Owner. Situation. l John B. Stocker Cold Harbour Farm, Chislehurst 2 Alfred Low Park Farm, Eltham 3 W. P. Corp Lyme Farm, Eltham 4 Charles Umfreville Fisher and William F. Fisher, Crescent Farm, Sidcup Belmont Park Farm, Eltham 5 John Grace Pippinhall Farm, Eltham 6 William Ridewood Chapel Farm, Eltham 7 Ge... |
2921b7f2-754a-4386-9312-ccdd901e9288 | James' Place, Plumstead 11 Charles William Killick 13, Princes Road, Plumstead 12 Henry Woolsey 50, Francis Street, Plumstead 13 William Ridewood 3, Ripon Road, Plumstead 14 F. G. Cock 13, Raglan Road, Plumstead 15 Jas. Buckingham Rear of 14, 15 & 16, Pellipar Road, Woolwich 16 Albert George Look Keightley House, South... |
b079e6ff-47cf-4b05-8635-0f4fe11da92b | G. .. 13 Raglan Road 8 Royal Arsenal Co-op. Society. Lakedale Road 9 Do. 15 Brewery Road 10 Do. 143 Powis Street 11 Do. Herbert Road 12 Do. 147 & 151 Powis Street 13 Woolsey, H. 50 Francis Street 14 Howe, J. R. 82 High Street, Eltham 15 Hawkins. Ellen M. 2 St. Nicholas Road 16 Furber, Harry Southend Farm, Eltham 17 Lar... |
87995806-edce-4ca1-972e-4931192fbc6d | 10 Beresford Square 24 Dennis, Ellen 90 Brookhill Road 25 Bayley, M. Middle Park Farm Eltham 26 Godden, A. A. 229. High Street, Plumstead 27 Corp, W. F. Lyme Farm, Eltham 28 Pearce, R A. 175 Plumstead Common Road 29 Christmas, Hannah 18 Well Hall Parade, Eltham 30 Dodson, W 138 Plumstead Common Road 31 Dolphin, T. G. 8... |
df62652e-cc4c-4c01-88af-e7a7fc1acb03 | 27 Church Street 40 Needham, Elizabeth 94 High Street, Woolwich 41 Webb, F W. & Co. 16 Lakedale Road 42 Finch, G. A. 13 The Parade, New Eltham 43 Davis, D. H. 170 Albert Road 44 Smith, Elizabeth 12 The Broadway, Eltham 45 Bennett, Rose 22 Glyndon Road 193 TABLE XXIII.—continued. No. Name. Address. 46 Williams, Ellen 12... |
27d8f5f6-f648-4807-85bb-26c5d395c6cf | 6 Samuel Street 54 Harrington, J. 26 Prospect Row 55 Cole, E.J. 18 Camrose Street 56 Pinnimore, W. J. 21 Walpole Place 57 Lyons, J. & Co., Ltd. 99 Powis Street 58 McGee, Jane 42 Mulgrave Place 59 Attenborough, Caroline 18 Prospect Place 60 Marsh, C. Ashurst, Shrewsbury Lane 61 Mumford, Kate F. 22 Cross Street 62 Holmes... |
42d80692-0771-4352-b8d7-454f263bcde1 | 39 Beresford Street 69 Holdway, Georgina H. 45 Bostall Hill 70 Buck, E. V. 52 Raglan Road 71 Challis, P. W. 4 High Street, Woolwich 72 Gee, A.J. 147 Plumstead Road 73 Joy, W. G. 36 Thomas Street 74 Crayfourd, J. E. 40 Orchard Road 75 Leaver, E. A. 25 Garland Street 76 Buckingham, J. 16 Pellipar Road 77 Corp, W. P. 3 We... |
0b54a9c7-8c5a-4500-bf6d-ec0a060971ca | 31 Beresford Street 85 Muir, W. C. 28 Conway Road 86 Handsley, Ltd. 68½ Bloomfield Road 87 88 Townsend, Rose E. 104 Brookhill Road Voice, C. 102 Ann Street, Plumstead 89 Trodd, W. J. 19 Green's End, Woolwich 194 TABLE XXm.—continued. No. Name. Address. 90 Bunn, W. C. 13 Hinstook Road, Plumstead 91 Collins, G. 2B New Ro... |
15ef5285-bc77-403e-b196-bb3f38a73d25 | 46 Church Street, Woolwich 98 Phillips, Sophia 141 Albert Road, North Woolwich 99 Warhaft, Violet 107 Pattison Road, Plumstead 100 Virgoe & Sons 13 Eton Road, Plumstead 101 Adams, E. J. 1 Shooters Hill Gardens. Eltham 102 Adams, H. 56 Artillery Place, Woolwich 103 Charles, Herbert 35 Sand Street, Woolwich 104 Look, Alb... |
c653d1bb-8f1e-419c-90f2-0f12cc393049 | 1 The Broadway, Abbey Wood 110 Wilkening, A. E. G. .. 63 Grffin Road 111 Hearn, J. W. 61 Bannockburn Road 112 Naylor, L. 82 Plumstead Road 113 Grayson, J. 41 Hylton Street 114 Balster, W. H. 147 Burrage Road 115 Cheesman, C. 126 High Street, Plumstead 116 Campbell, W. W. 22 George Street |
013ea69b-3abd-4975-a90d-052dcd3e8878 | W0018 AC4372 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR WOOLWICH. 191 4. Woolwich: Pryoe & Son, Ltd., Printers (T.U. Federation), 31, 33 & 35, Powis Street. Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR WOOLWICH. 1914. Woolwich: Prycb & So... |
68c220f7-aefe-4a74-8c7e-a68144a47e08 | Aldermen:— Joseph Pe.mberton Jackson, 2a, Wellington Street, Woolwich. Alfred John Walklin, 17, Beechhill Road, Eltham. Councillors:— Leon Charles Chastbauneuf, 224, Burrage Road, Plumstead. Walter John Enoch Clarke, 33, Westmount Road, Eltham. Thomas Davis, 2, Greening Street, Abbey Wood, Kent. William Haywood Dawson,... |
d670e158-6f15-4faf-89eb-b460673ce6ec | Gertrude Elizabeth Walters (Miss), 73, Federation Road, Abbey Wood. Chief Sanitary Inspector: Albert G. Duck, F.S.I.A. (Cert. San. Inst.). District Sanitary Inspectors: John W. Rance (Cert. Sant. Inst.) William Little (Cert. San. Inst.) William Wood (Cert. San. Inst.) 3 Alfred G. Potter (Cert. San. Inst.) William Tedha... |
19a3e3ff-111f-477c-b16e-400bdf85e092 | Hygiene, Univ. Coll.) Chief Clerk: Amyas Britter (Cert. R. San. Inst.) Assistant Clerks: Harry S. Smith. H. M. Collyer. Boy Clerk: H. T. Prescott. Mortuary Keeper: Prank Lkason. Medical Officer of Health: Sidney Da vies, M.A., M.D., Oxon.; D.P.H. Camb. Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health, a... |
902d346d-2478-4f8d-a9d5-5e011d922f0b | 21,463 Persons to an acre 14.7 Persons to a House—Census, 1911 5.65 Marriages 1,145 Births 2,824 Birth Rate 22 0 Deaths 1,690 Death Rate 13.2 Infantile Mortality 84 per 1,000 births 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS. page Names of Members of Public Health Committee 2 Names of Members of Sanitary Staff 3 Summary of Statistics 4 Prefa... |
af886a06-6408-4465-93a2-4f3096b0e8be | 44 Scarlet Fever—Deaths—Hospital Isolation—Return Cases— Isolation at Home—Sources of Infection—Schools Incidence 45 Diphtheria—School Outbreaks and Precautions taken 48 Mistaken Diagnosis 50 Source of Infection 50 Bacteriological Examination 50 Enteric Fever—Source of Infection 51 Bacteriological Diagnosis 56 Diarrhoe... |
f6038ba7-5e03-4c56-be6a-e001ff2d0d67 | Condition after discharge 75 Nature of Cases 77 Shelters for Consumptives 77 Tuberculosis Dispensary 78 Scheme for Treatment of Tuberculosis 79 History of Woolwich Tuberculosis Administration 84 Cancer—Classification 85 Causes of 87 Alcoholism 93 Syphilis 94 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 95 Meteorology 95 Part II.—Administrati... |
f5a868bc-5e37-4ee7-85d0-d501def0f840 | Supervision of Drainage 105 Public-house Urinals 106 House Inspection 106 7 pagE Nuisances—Medical Officer's Inspections 107 Overcrowding 107 Smoke Nuisance 107 Defective Light 108 Verminous Rooms 108 Dust Removal—Collection, Cost of 108 Trade Refuse—Offensive and Inoffensive 110 Housing of the Working Classes— Houses ... |
8c58ecd7-b852-4799-94fd-8b10a1186edf | 118 Inspections made 119 Inhabited House Duty 120 Common Lodging-houses 120 Underground Rooms 120 Factories and Workshops—Inspections—Outworkers 121 Bakehouses 121 Ice-cream Shops 121 By-laws—Fried Fish Vendors and Fish Curers 122 Disinfection, Disinfectants 125 Health Shelter 126 Mortuaries 126 Cemeteries 126 Cleansin... |
a4e3d367-751c-447f-8109-d12763c2f66b | Births and Deaths for the whole Borough, from 1902 to 1914, including deaths of non-residents in the district, also deaths in Public Institutions in the district, and deaths of residents registered beyond the district 143 No. of Inhabited Houses, the average number per house, and the acreage 144 „ Ia. Institutions insi... |
5a2283cb-9d91-4409-8929-037e172e623e | Infantile mortality during the year 1914 151 „ "V. Case and Death Rate for various diseases per 1,000 population estimated to the middle of the year for the years 1891 to 1914 153 „ VI. Vital Statistics for the various London Boroughs for 1914 155 „ VII. Birth and Death Rates do. do. 157 „ VIII. Meteorology and Registe... |
d625f193-9ce2-4ae7-b199-ebbdbb3c0d85 | Summary of Statistics for the fourth Quarter of 1914, corrected for Public Institutions 166 „ XIV. Deaths from various causes for the whole Borough in each week, corrected for Public Institutions 169 „ XVa. Summary of the General Work of the Public Health Department for 1914, the number of Nuisances abated, and Notices... |
e6afbe40-8566-420d-866c-edc17de1ff09 | Summary of Articles Analysed under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 184 „ XVIIIA. Proceedings in 1914 under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act 185 „ XIX. Food seized or surrendered by owners as unfit for consumption 187 „ XX. List of Level Bakehouses in the Borough, 1914 190 „ XXa. List of Certified Underground Bakehouses in... |
c0afe372-6eb7-47d3-a053-34b692eec7b7 | Phthisis—Death Rate and Temperature,1891-1914—England, London, Woolwich, Greenwich, and Lewisham, facing Page 68. 10 PREFACE. To the Mayor, Aldermen, and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, In presenting my Fourteenth Annual Report (which includes the 23rd Annual Report... |
70521ddb-9ae1-4912-aa31-5e352b028a4a | Owing to fewer children born the rate of increase of the population has been steadily diminishing in reoent years and hence the death rate cannot oontinue to fall as it has done. Of course Woolwich, although it has made vast progress in sanitation 6inoe 1850 (see Introduction) has by no means reached a condition of san... |
632dd28f-bf91-430e-a23c-58a18106409d | I have again to thank you for the careful attention you have given to my reoommendations, and also to the personal sympathy extended to me on the occasion of my anxious experiences as a Prisoner of War in Germany and my safe return from that unhappy country. I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant,... |
96cd000c-0407-491c-9a2b-17d3c2460e2b | The General Board of Health was appointed under the Public Health Act of 1848, which gave power to establish local boards of health. In consequence of a petition signed by 441 inhabitants rated to the relief of the poor headed by William Greenlaw, Rector, Mr. Rawlinson was appointed to hold a Preliminary Enquiry. The f... |
aedbe469-dcd7-4fb9-a2a5-cf44131a792e | 13 The Report describes the early history of Woolwich, the existing state of the town, the geology, meteorology, population, mortality, abstract of evidence taken at the Enquiry, Acts of Parliament in force, and the existing boundaries, the boundaries recommended for the purpose of the Act, the suggested drainage, wate... |
cd64878b-1596-4ddd-8675-bde02ba01d60 | The newer streets in the higher portions of the town have been set out on a more liberal scale, but for want of some general and comprehensive plan they are neither so regular nor direct in their lines of communication as they might have been made, and for want of a proper system of drainage and sewerage throughout the... |
dbfcc11d-7791-4630-aa81-6b3bc5e29d8e | The population is stated as follows:— Year. Population. Remarks. 1801 9.826 Exclusive of Military 1821 17,008 1831 17,661 1841 25,785 1851 26,500 Dr. Bossey contributed a full report on the mortality of the district, from which the following are extracts: — "Bate of Mortality, I From irregular fluctuations in the popul... |
37ebc839-a5fc-4042-bcf7-6249544c28e0 | From this malaria the ague, so extensively prevalent in Woolwich and its vicinity, has its origin, and many cases of fever, jaundice, enlargement of the liver and spleen, dropsy, neuralgia, and rheumatism are produced by the same cause." "The next circumstance to which I would direct attention as influencing the health... |
d778d37c-8e3c-4b76-b6e8-6918973efc53 | "Another evil in Woolwich is the insufficient manner in which the town is supplied with water. From this circumstanoe results a want of cleanliness in the persons, in 'the clothing, and in the dwellings of the poor." "Apother circumstance prejudicial to the health of Woolwich is the overcrowded state of the dwellings o... |
d9ec8bad-9eb7-4020-8f49-9629aabf003f | About 4,000 persons were laid up at that 16 time, and including relapses there could not be less than 8,000 cases. Dysentery also was very common, and often fatal." Mr. Peter Bossey also gave evidence in which he referred as follows to overcrowding: — "The enlargement of the public establishments, and the addition to t... |
9095e31b-2707-400a-ac00-205ef0987b09 | In about two months a child in another room was similarly affected. On enquiry into the cause, I found no less than 26 persons living in that small house." "A child was brought to my surgery a few months since afflicted with gangrene of the mouth. Knowing that this was produced by bad air or by bad living, I inquired i... |
22a95bc9-50ac-4dc8-ab57-22e7cb8fd651 | "The water in itself was good; it contained a small quantity of carbonate and phosphaite of lime. It wat; rather as to the quantity than the quality of the water that he complained." Mr. Ruegg spoke of the water supply as follows:— "The water supply was very defective; and was turned on at irregular periods; i'n some p... |
4273825e-c162-45c4-bf6f-5f80babc9617 | Very few of the houses in the town take the Company's water. Mr. Rawlinson severely condemned the Kent water as being one degree in excess of most, and two degrees harder than some, of the hard Metropolitan waters, and devotes several pages of the report to discussing the drawbacks of such hard water, and means of reme... |
9f6356b3-53a2-44ea-8405-cfb6529bbad5 | The construction of improved sewerage and drainage systems occupies a large part of the report, and the necessity of joint action by the civil and military authorities, and of an extension of the main drainage of London for the sake of Woolwich is pointed out:— " But however this may be settled, one thing is clearly re... |
0e5c8f92-d3b0-416e-a55e-5f260c6e0bea | No scheme short of this ought to be satisfactory to the Government, as having so large an interest in Woolwich, or to the inhabitants of that town, as it is the only practical remedy to free them from a nuisance, which (if established) would place them in a more unhealthy condition than they are at present." As is now ... |
d7af8187-3428-4c74-89f9-0d3a5560e2fd | "The following statement as to the condition of Woolwich Marshes, and the evil effects to health arising from their undrained condition, was laid before the General Board of Health in October, 1848. The subject is one deserving of serious consideration and' offers a powerful reason in favour of an extension of the Metr... |
71bb679f-e7ba-472c-b0fa-2b1d3b401978 | "Thousands of children are born in such places, and from their childhood to old age their only knowledge is of sensuality, vice, and crime." "Common lodging-houses are kept by a class of persons who pander to the vices of human nature for purposes of pecuniary gain. They charge from 1d. to 3d. per might for each adult ... |
91eb0676-e3ec-4ad8-933e-baf4d46341be | The professor is he who can put on more shams than Mathews ever dreamt of; he will represent the country clergyman, the well-to-do [farmer, the day labourer out of work, the ruined artizan with a delicate wife and small family,' the shipwrecked sailor, or any of the thousand and one personal fictions daily receiving pa... |
8eb59729-d13c-4148-8775-7a2d042acb00 | In this guild of iniquity there is a sort of blackguards' literature, and the initiated understand each other by slang terms, by pantomimic signs, and by hieroglyphics. The vagrant's mark may be seen in Woolwich on corners of streets, on door posts, and on house steps. Simple as these chalk lines appear, they inform th... |
f625f0f9-8a9a-41af-87d7-78fccf245968 | That there are few sewers or drains, and that such as exist are either imperfect in their construction or inefficient in use. That there are many cesspools which have been most expensive in formation, and are most dangerous and even costly in use. That main streets are formed with defective material and are imperfectly... |
535427a8-6080-4524-bd91-2cf25900c6ab | The recommendation is:— That the Public Health Act, 1848, should be applied to the Parish of Woolwich, and that a Local Board of Health should he established consisting of 21 persons, 15 to be elected by the Parish, and 6 by the Government Authorities. There is still much room for improvement in the sanitary condition ... |
05641951-0370-430f-ac9a-912936cd06ed | The population of the four registration districts at the last three Censuses was as follows:— Census, Census, Census, 1891. 1901. 1911. Woolwich Parish 40,848 41,625 36,710 Plumstead Parish (West) 52436 38,569 40,328 Do. (East) ) 29.758 30,888 Eltham Parish 5,710 7,226 13,450 98,994 117,178 121,376 The estimated popula... |
ef6aa9cf-1a4a-4aa6-839d-814a7a52cf64 | increase in population from Census, 1911, to June, 1914. Estimated population to middle of 1914. Parish of Woolwich 36,710 432 131 26 236 6.38 1506 38,216 Subtract 91 houses demolished since Census, 1911 West Plumstead 40,328 362 80 40 322 5.19 1671 41,999 East Plumstead 30,888 235 32 193 396 5.4 2138 33,026 Eltham 13,... |
464fa972-83bb-426b-bf2f-eb2384a09869 | In the case of Woolwich Parish, the number of persons to a house as given at the Census is greatly increased by the inclusion of such buildings as "Barracks, Academy, etc. I have consequently only taken 6.38 as the number of persons to a house for the additional houses occupied since the Census; this is the number to a... |
634a426d-43e8-4134-a8f4-d8916429ec23 | The population at the end of the year was certainly much in excess of this— probably not far short of 140,000—but a large number consisted of a floating population of soldiers, whose presence would not greatly affect the death rates. The following figures show how the number of persons to a house in Plumstead has varie... |
a1d770c5-5c5a-4e15-8408-1456f99a0420 | Persons to a House. Dockyard 8712 1325 6-57 7199 1211 5-94 St. Mary's 7833 1126 6-93 6666 1003 6-64 River—North .. 2991 441 6-78 4409 585 7-54 Do. South... 11405 1671 6-83 9:!53 1656 5*65 St. George's ... 10684 878 12-13 9083 860 10-56 Barrage 9837 1735 5-67 8887 1688 5-26 Glyndon 9810 1697 5-78 9-")01 1769 5-37 Herber... |
15bf0daa-848d-4972-b461-1027f26f8ffb | Margaret's 9842 1638 6-00 13160 2578 5-10 Central 10118 1805 5-61 9083 1831 4-96 St. Nicholas ... 19640 2805 7-00 21805 3729 5-84 Eltham 7226 1353 5-34 13450 2814 4-77 The Borough .. 117178 18086 6-47 121376 21463 5-65 In the Annual Report for 1913, on pages 15 to 19, tables were given showing the age distribution and ... |
d0613215-56b6-431d-94ae-61278fa54e38 | The following table shows the number of new houses certified for water each'year since the Census of 1911: — New houses, April 1st to June 30th, 1911 ... 34 do. July 1st, 1911, to June 30th, 1912 93 do. July 1st, 1912, to June 30th, 1913 141 do. July 1st, 1913, to June 30th, 1914 254 27 New houses, 1913.14:— Woolwich 1... |
0ae020dc-ade2-4469-a2b4-738d61df52b7 | At the 1911 Census there were 1,296, viz., 450 in Woolwich, 387 in West Plumstead, 250 in, East Plumstead, and 209 in Eltham. In April, 1914, the Rate Collectors found 305 houses unoccupied, viz., 131 in Woolwich, 80 in West Plumstead, 32 in. East Plumstead, and 62 in Eltham. The empty houses have still further filled ... |
b3381420-c29e-4671-82b3-52d0dbfb0d8c | The number of births was 2,824, viz., 956 in Woolwich parish, 879 in West Plumstead, 739 in East Plumstead, and 250 in Eltham (corrected for children born in the Infirmary, the Female Hospital, and the Wood Street Home for Mothers and Babies, whose parents reside outside the Borough, and births in outlying institutions... |
9a708fe4-e83e-4eca-9522-07a430272640 | This is at the rate of 89 per cent. of the registered births, compared with 88, 93, 91, 94, and 92 per cent. in the five preceding years. 1,460 births were notified by midwives, 274 by the Home for Mothers and Babies and Military Families Hospital, 394 by medical practitioners, and 378 by other persons. 59 stillbirths ... |
ed5df9b6-9543-408b-984d-649eb70f2f8a | A card of instructions is sent to the mother of every child at once on notification, and the Lady Health Visitor visits in the course of the next two weeks those mothers who are considered to most need instruction. With very few exceptions the advice is welcomed. All mothers are invited to bring their infants for weigh... |
0d060cbf-796c-45d7-8fc2-05d464ba34ff | Greenwich Borough 27.6 26.5 24.9 25.0 26.1 25.1 Lewisham 25.7 23.3 21.2 20.4 20.5 19.8 West Ham 33.1 31.4 29.9 29.6 31.0 29.8 East Ham 33.8 25.8 25.8 24.9 23.5 Erith 34.1 25.7 23.6 26.4 27.3 London 28.2 26.51 25.5 24.7 24.5 24.3 England and Wales 28.2 26.0 24.4 23.8 23.9 23.6 Woolwich Borough 29.2 25.3 23.2 22.3 22.5 2... |
9d1849ec-2aa7-44d6-a408-0a59da289ef1 | The following table gives the birth.rale for the Borough and each reg.istration distriot for the four past Quinquennia,, and last three years. Correction has been, made for births in the Infirmary, Female Hospital, the Wood Street Home for Mothers and Babies, and outlying institutions, and the births distributed to the... |
fd7c1641-b4a2-485b-afcf-5ce40c107618 | Woolwich Borough 32.5 30.2 29.2 25.3 23.2 22.3 2.2.5 22.0 Woolwich Parish 31.1 301 29.0 27.9 271 24.8 26.6 25 2 Plumstead— West 33.3 31 0 30.1 24.7 ( 20 6 21.9 19.7 21.0 East 23.4 21.3 23.7 22.4 Eltham Parish 22.8 20.6 24.0 21.6 18.5 19.0 16.5 16 3 8. Illegitimate Births. |
c17c1b44-4bad-4194-8c16-ea0fdcb186bc | 59 of the births registered were illegitimate, giving a rate of 21 per 1,000 births, compared with 24, 19, 13, 17, and 23, in the five p.reoeding years. The illegitimate birth.rate in England and Wales was 43 in 1913. MARRIAGES. 9. There were 1,145 marriages. The marriage.rate was 17*7, compared with 16'4, 16'0, and 16... |
2d75d0da-c7d1-4919-af9b-612d60d8fa93 | The net death.rates (which are the only ones referred to unless otherwise specified) are obtained by distribution of deaths in public institutions, deaths upon which inquests were held, and certain other deaths, to their proper locality, according as they occur outside or inside the Borough. But 31 in order to institut... |
6d7dc21b-78ef-4aa1-a3aa-7533b8d8e230 | The factor for the correction of the Woolwich death.rate is 1.0219. 11. The net deaths were 1,690, and the net death.rate 13.2, compared with 11.5 and 12.3 in the two preceding years, and 12.6, the average of the ten preceding years. 12. By multiplying by 1.0249, the factor for age distribution, we get the standard dea... |
78ff0a1b-3969-4fa8-b114-ca634e0afeff | England and Wale6 13.9 13.6 97 Great Towns 14.6 14.9 London 14.4 14.4 Greenwich 14.7 14 5 Lewisham 10.9 10.7 West Ham 15.1 — East Ham 10.4 — Erith 9.8 — Woolwich 13.2 13.5 32 Thirteen Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower death.nate than Woolwich. 13. The following table gives the average death.rate in each registration di... |
bcdd58e8-5fa5-4749-af7b-b32e394d0e97 | 1896.1900. 1901.1905. 1906.1910. 1911. 1912 1913 1914 Woolwich Borough — 17.2 16.9 13.9 12.5 12.8 11.5 12.3 13.2 Woolwich Parish* 20.4 19.3 20.1 16.5 14.8 15.6 13.2 14.0 16.0 Plumstead— West 16.4 16.0 15.1 12.9 120 13.4 11.5 12.6 14.3 East ll.4 11.0 11.5 11.6 Eltham Parish — 13.0 14.6 10.2 10.1 8.3 8.4 8.8 8.8 London 2... |
9bbc3364-b4b1-45f4-8d62-9755bc813783 | 5 16.1 14.9 15.0 13.6 14.2 14.4 * Three years—1888, 1889 and 1890. 14. The following table gives the numbers dying at various ages in the past twelve years from all causes, and the deaths at all ages from certain diseases not hereafter referred to: — 33 DEATHS—1903 to 1914. Year. Age Period. Under 1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-2... |
7f4221b0-2efc-4ebb-b3bb-57920a29bc5d | 38 40 121 140 156 154 206 166 1906 396 139 50 25 31 38 110 139 174 191 205 168 1907 372 207 37 28 43 52 75 129 148 160 202 162 1908 298 134 51 21 36 33 96 123 134 166 212 212 1909 240 163 55 20 40 37 93 130 165 183 244 167 1910 240 105 35 25 26 34 81 127 131 202 201 203 1911 273 136 37 27 24 36 85 132 168 211 214 218 1... |
4b173a04-aab0-4696-a010-eef270459b69 | 34 25 44 48 109 134 177 208 240 239 1914 239 141 52 33 47 35 97 147 184 225 246 244 Deaths from 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 Apoplexy and all other diseases of the heart and blood vessels 212 215 227 216 217 243 268 248 265 270 312 332 Nephritis and Bright's disease 38 35 46 52 49 42 50 4... |
57699de9-87c6-4278-8c50-24905ff3cff4 | there was last year an increase of deaths at nearly all age periods, but specially between 1 and 10 and over 65. Over 65 the number of deaths was the highest recorded. The number of deaths also from apoplexy and diseases of the heart and blood vessels and those from respiratory diseases (bronchitis and pneumonia) reach... |
f5efe814-1f10-479f-af1d-2246c2aff7b1 | Appendicitis caused 5 deaths in 1914, compared with 8, 18, and 9, in the three preceding years. Of the 5 deaths 2 were males and 3 females; all were between 20 and 55 years of age. It is a mistake to think that more persons die of appendicitis than formerly. Illnesses formerly called peritonitis, enteritis, etc., are n... |
a8fa49a4-fd34-433c-8830-840933148205 | The infantile death-rate has been reduced even more, viz., to 59 per cent. of what it was in 1891. INFANT MORTALITY. 17. The deaths under one year were 239, compared with 229 in 1913. The infant mortality (deaths under one year per 1,000 births) was 84, compared with 73 in 1912., with 80 in 1913, and 97, the average of... |
b816ecba-999b-45fa-842d-6d9c691bd53f | Lewisham 112 92 104 70 78 74 Greenwich 107 112 129 84 103 98 West Ham 158 126 141 102 107 108 East Ham 131 106 119 71 64 — Erith 112 80 70 69 81 91 London 138 114 128 90 105 104 97 Great Towns — 127 140 101 116 113 England & Wales 135 115 130 93 109 105 Woolwich Borough 119 97 98 73 80 84 Five Metropolitan Boroughs onl... |
6034aa56-5b7d-45e1-955a-aeebd6be65c3 | The following table gives the infantile mortality 36 during 1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914, and the five preceding quinquennia in the Borough and each registration district: — 1886-1890. 1891-1895. 1896-1900. 1901-1905. 1906-1910. 1911 1912 1913 1914 Woolwich Parish *151 157 170 134 109 110 94 85 94 Plumstead — West 121 12... |
b41d1697-ee0a-4c1b-b6c9-6d42907a43a2 | The rate was lower in East Plumstead, but higher in the other three divisions of the Borough than for the last two yiears. 19. Table IVa. gives full details as to the ages at death and causes of death of the 239 infants dying in 1914 under one year. It shows that 41 per cent. of those who died under one year were under... |
4038673a-e638-4b1c-9ae4-16ddcbd719ba | In the previous four years the deaths from suffocation in bed averaged 4 a year, and 37 in the four years 1904-7 they averaged 7. This speedy diminution has no doubt been aided by the Children's Act of 1908. The death-rate per 1,000 births from premature birth in Woolwich Borough was 20.5, compared with 14.0, 17 9, 18.... |
5cd0ea36-d2fc-400d-892d-f3959a76905e | Compared with 1913, the past year had among infants more deaths from measles, whooping-cough, premature birth, meningitis (tuberculous and non-tuberculous), and pneumonia; and fewer from convulsions and enteritis. 21. 59 still-births were notified, compared with 54, 68, €4, and 79, in the four previous years. The still... |
b907bb85-4bd8-4006-8a40-f16359c44fd0 | 67 deaths (55 in 1913), occurred between one and two years, and 74 (38 in 1913), between two and five. The corresponding figures in 1912 were 68 and 51 respectively. The death-rate 38 between one and five was 13.6 per 1,000 children of that age found at the Census, compared with 9.0 in 1913. 23. Zymotic Death-Hate. The... |
b1a7a14e-2831-4ab4-b9ec-1ec5c73d9c99 | The zymotic death-rate has fallen greatly einoe 1901, when it was 1.51. 24. Inquests. There were 146 inquests, compared with 121, 128, 115, 105, 107, 123, 105, and 123, in the eight preceding years. The following table gives particulars as to the cause of death:— 1. Natural causes 90 2. Alcoholism 4 3. Accidental cause... |
e0ad8038-23fc-4d64-88ea-abf770addc69 | The "Homicidal Causes" were 14 6, 11, 11, and 21, in the same years. 25. Deaths in Public Institutions. Table I. shows the actual number of. deaths occurring in, public institutions in the Borough, viz., 367, compared with 276, 272, 326, 292, and 298, in the five preceding years. These deaths nearly all occurred in the... |
cba9949d-8086-42d1-94cb-37cf09defb82 | Notification and Admission to Hospital of Infectious Diseases. Information as to the occurrence of disease is obtained partly by death returns and partly by notifications of illness. The former are received from the Registrars of Births and Deaths; the latter are made principally by medical practitioners, but also by s... |
7c3b0284-fab0-4a38-a36d-c1e56569d732 | By order of the London County Council, approved by the Local Government Board, made under Section 56 of Public 40 Health (London) Act, the following diseases have since been added to the list:—Polio-myelitis, cerebro-spinal fever, ophthalmia neonatorum, glanders, anthrax, and hydrophobia. In 1911 the Local Government B... |
5fd39d1b-9faf-4019-b19b-4f035d2a26eb | By order of the Borough Council approved by the Local Government Board, zymotic enteritis was made compulsorily notifiable in 1913. This disease is only notifiable in Greenwich and Woolwich. The following notifiable diseases are admitted to the Asylums Board Hospitals:—Small-pox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, enteric feve... |
3d1c65e7-8e19-40e4-b7ce-6e8e71c389d4 | Not a single case of small-pox was notified. 28. The number of cases of small-pox notified in London was 3, but these were all found to be cases of mistaken diagnosis. MEASLES. 29. There were 25 deaths from measles, giving a rate of 0 19, compared with 0.23, 0.24, and 0.07, in the three preceding years. The rate in Lon... |
ad93dd19-ac70-4604-ad5e-4141283f82cb | of notifications was 2 6, compared with 7.2, 5.3, 3.5, 3.9, and 2.3, in the five preceding years. 3 cases were removed to the Fever Hospital on the certificate of the Medical Officer of Health that hospital isolation was necessary. 32. The following table gives the number of deaths and death-rates from measles for the ... |
6cf07e74-0d12-4373-af21-256bd038e7b6 | 1900 34 0.81 36 0.57 Not re corded 70 0.67 0.57 1901.5 9 0.22 15 0.22 1 0'13 26 0.21 0.44 1906.10 17 0.43 18 0.23 3 0.20 37 0.30 0.40 1911 7 0.19 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 1913 3 0.08 3 0.04 3 0.21 9 0.07 0.34 1914 14 0.37 11 0.15 — — 25 0.19 0. |
0971a74d-0958-40f7-b867-f1e84ddd1b22 | 31 The actual reduction in measles mortality is not quite so large as appears from the above table, owing to the fact that the falling birth.rate has caused a diminution in the number of children living under five years. The following table giving the deaths and death.rate per 1,000 births shows the reduction more accu... |
061e630b-6f8e-4cff-b7e9-86335d4cd548 | Rate 1891.95 (average) 49 14.7 1896.1900 „ 70 20.9 1901.05 „ 26 7.2 1906.10 37 11.8 1911 28 10.0 1912 30 10.9 1913 9 3.1 1914 25 8.8 It appears from these tables that whereas from 1891.1900 Woolwich had a somewhat higher measles mortality than 43 London, since that date the measles death-rate in Woolwich has greatly di... |
60752482-b79f-4ed6-ab64-6b5838f1d408 | The period of exclusion or closure was usually for a few days only, in some cases for two weeks. Measles is usually a disease which runs its course in less than two weeks, and, in children over five, occasions most often only a moderate amount of discomfort; but it often leaves behind it tuberculosis, inflammation of t... |
98d4e3c8-cf92-42df-a182-55294371ec21 | In order to postpone the infection, every effort is made to prevent children under five from attending school when measles is prevalent, and, to secure the latter object, instructions as to sanitary measures for dealing with measles are left at the home of all notified cases, and, where possible, the Woman Inspector pa... |
e1965b61-1fc1-426c-8961-3fece2c0fb49 | The following table gives the deaths and death.rates per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, compared with London:— Woolwich. London No. Rate. Rate. 1901.05 (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 1913 10 0.08 0.17 1914 25 0.19 0.20 Owing to the fact that whooping.coug... |
4236a34c-7f45-4e6d-8c38-d28ca3e6a7a9 | between the Census of 1901 and that of 1911, the population under five has only diminished 7 per cent. The rate should be given per 1,000 population under five. The population under five at the 1901 Census was 13,823 and at the 1911 Census, 12,861. Estimated on these populations the death.rate in 1901.5 was 2.4 and in ... |
8893ecbf-3a2a-4686-946e-b79c23658189 | Four cases were admitted during the year. Instructions printed on cards are left at houses where cases are notified by school teachers. The instrutions were printed in the Annual Report for 1910. It is satisfactory to note a further great reduction in the mortality of this disease in the five years during which this pr... |
51af143b-6d66-4c2b-b61c-c45e427c3eaf | Borough 3.15 5.90 4.09 3.80 4.80 5.46 Woolwich Parish 2.99 5.66 2.89 2.41 5.44 6.11 Plumstead, West. 3.24 6.33 3.77 4.96 4.68 5.45 „ East 7.51 4.88 5.11 4.18 Eltham Parish 3.21 4.94 2.09 2.64 4.36 7.45 London County 3.57 4.22 2.32 1.76 3.89 5.53 46 37. Table 3 gives the age distribution, the number in each parish, and ... |
3e02a721-9433-4f62-9b5c-d181c9fe62ce | There were 9 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0.07 per 1,000 population, compared with 0.06 in 1913, 0.08 in the five years 1908-12, and 0.19 in the ten years 18911900. The death-rate in London was 0.07, Compared with 0.07 in 1908-12. The case mortality (or deaths per cent. of notifications) was 1.3, compared with 0 6, 0... |
b5981eed-09ea-417e-a4a4-a6c9286b8baf | The accommodation at the Asylums Board's Hospitals was severely taxed in the latter part of the year, and many cases had to wait several days before they were removed. The Cases from the most crowded houses however were removed first and I saw no evidence that delay in removal led to the spread of infection. 40 Return ... |
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