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fa73ac92-30e3-4cfe-b31a-0159319e6b3e | 40 Garibaldi Street, Plumstead 107 Burchell, H.J. 40 Saunders Road, Plumstead 108 Barley. A. R. 40 Saunders Road, Plumstead 109 Dinmore, H. E. 2b New Road, Woolwich |
960719ef-16d7-4a1b-8e9d-110bd871fc1c | AC 4312 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR WOOLWICH. 1915. Woolwich: Pioneer Press, Ltd. (T.U. Federatioc), 3, New Road. Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR WOOLWICH. 1915. Woolwich: Pioneer Press, Ltd. (T.U. Federation),... |
23433f51-53b0-47ef-bc93-08d4c809d80c | William Tedham (Cert. San. Inst.). Thomas Powell (Cert. San. Inst.). Harry Shaw (Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Bd.). Women Sanitary Inspectors: Alice M. Middlebrooke (Cert. San. Inst, and San. Insp. Exam. Bd.). Marion FitzGerald. (Cert. San. Insp. Exam. Bd. and Sch. Hygiene, Univ. Coll.). Chief Clerk: Amy as Britter (Cert. R.... |
76da59d0-d2c8-425e-8388-5d1ab21384ce | Fellow of the Incorporated Society of Medical Officers of Health, and Fellow of the Royal Sanitary Institute. 3 Summary of Statistics, 1915. Area of Borough 8,276.6 Acres Population—Census, 1911 121,376 Do. estimated to middle of 1915 134,828 Inhabited Houses—Census, 1911 21,463 Persons to an Acre 14.7 Persons to a Hou... |
5a1b0e6c-33c1-43ae-90a7-1db3ec58806a | Deaths—Woolwich Death Rate compared with other Boroughs 17 Effect of War Conditions on Death Rate 20 Infant Mortality—Preventive Measures 22 Mortality under five years 24 Zymotic Death Rate 24 Inquests and Uncertified Deaths 22 Notification of Diseases 25 Small-pox 25 Measles 25 Whooping-Cough 28 Scarlet Fever—Deaths—H... |
0b32cf82-e3c6-4ee0-a1e7-278cfdc319b5 | Erysipelas 42 Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 42 Anterior Polio-Myelitis 43 Puerperal Fever 43 Influenza, Bronchitis and Pneumonia 44 Tuberculosis—Deaths 44 Notification Statistics 47 Duration of Illness 47 Age and Sex Distribution—Table 47 Visiting 49 Bacteriological Diagnosis 49 Disinfection 50 Hospital and Sanatoxium Trea... |
feddb73d-05d6-42b6-84e0-adb1eeed036d | Water Supply—Plumstead Well—Houses with no Water Supply inside the House 62 Tenement Houses 62 Food and Drugs Act—Percentage Milk Adulteration 63 Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations, 1912 63 Informal Sampling 65 Food and Patriotism 65 Food Inspection 65 „ Poisoning—Outbreak 65 Dairies, Cowsheds and Milk Shops 66... |
89e4451e-019e-47f8-b2ae-e378625a51b9 | Nicholas Ward 73 Council's Houses 74 Houses Registered under the By-laws 74 Inspections made 75 Inhabited House Duty 76 Underground Rooms 76 Factories and Workshops—Inspections—Outworkers 76 Bakehouses 76 Ice-cream Shops 77 Fried Fish Shops 77 Disinfection, Disinfectants 77 Health Shelter 78 Mortuaries 78 Cemeteries 79... |
7e171892-d042-4e97-8fba-8eb3f832b200 | Table I. Population. Births and Deaths for the whole Borough, from 1902 to 1915, including deaths of non-residents in the district, also deaths in Public Institutions in the district, and deaths of residents registered beyond the district 91 No. of Inhabited Houses, the average number per house, and the acreage 91 ,, I... |
d9e8b875-9ca1-4d29-9c4b-7d3d540bf6dd | Birth and Death Rates for the various London Boroughs for 1915 103 ,, VII. Deaths from various causes for the whole Borough in each week, corrected for Public Institutions 105 ,, VIII. Summary of the General Work of the Public Health Department for 1915, the number of Nuisances abated, and Notices served in each Ward 1... |
834cd379-382f-4948-8c09-772fb313e0b8 | Proceedings in 1915 under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 117 „ XV. Summary of Food seized or surrendered by owners as unfit for consumption 120 „ XVIa. List of Persons Registered as Purveyors of Milk during 1915 120 „ XVI b. List of persons removed from Register during 1915 121 9 PREFACE. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Co... |
51565f5c-156b-48d7-9388-5fae9c0198b7 | This is as it should be, considering the great increase the population has received from young munition workers, who are housed in new buildings erected by the Government, and whose death-rate should be, and probably is, very low. War conditions have influenced the public health in different ways. Miss Middlebrooke, in... |
c5169e9b-a97f-468b-b548-d23c801b5b3a | This, no doubt, has been to a large extent counteracted by the wise regulations which have been adopted by the Government, but there is no doubt that it has unfavourably influenced the health of women and children. The effects of the Lighting Order, too, in addition to causing accidents, have been to interfere with ven... |
9eb87635-ca30-4849-bb79-e358ae840e0a | 11 Fifteenth Annual Report on the HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOOLWICH, Year ending 3 J st December, 1915. PART I. STATISTICS. Population. 1. The population of the Borough of Woolwich, as estimated at the Census of 1911, was 121,376. The estimated population to the middle of 1915 is 134,828. The population of... |
ce9d52eb-53a6-402a-b1c9-29eeb2b31b6e | Woolwich Parish 40,848 41,625 36,710 39,055 Plumstead Parish West 52,436 38,569 40,328 43,124 East 29,758 30,888 34,233 Eltham Parish 5,7101 7,226 13,450 18,416 98,994 117,178 121,376 134,828 This population is estimated on the number of houses occupied in each Registration District, and the estimate has been checked b... |
496479ef-e142-4924-a8ff-04ef181a9c80 | Additional Houses Occupied June, 1915. Persons to a House. Estimated Increase in Population, Census to June, 1915. Addition Estimated on National Register. Estimated Population to June, 1915. Woolwich 36,710 432 53 26 Subs tract 119 houses demolished since Census 1911. |
2dcf9da3-0db0-44cb-8384-54d0b3416774 | 286 6.38 1,825 520 39,055 Flumstoad West 40,328 362 6 69 425 5.19 2,206 590 43,124 East 30,888 235 7 315 543 5.4 2,678 455 34,233 Eltham 13,450 204 40 802 966 4.77 4,720 246 18,416 121,376 1,233 106 1,212 -119 2,220 - 11,429 | 1,811 134,828 12 In East Plumstead 106 new houses and huts are calculated at 5 0 persons to a... |
391a66e0-63fd-45d7-8b28-9e0bb367f3de | Note.—The number of persons to a house is that found at the Census, with the exception of Woolwich parish, for which the number in Dockyard and River Wards has been taken, omitting the Barracks. 13 The following figures show how the number of persons to a house in Woolwich and Plumstead has varied during the past four ... |
27093dc3-1b4b-4ca2-bdaf-e949f5363280 | The death returns include a considerable number of combatants, and the total population, including Army and Navy, has therefore been used as more satisfactory for comparing the health of the Borough in 1915 with previous years. For comparing Woolwich and other Boroughs the RegistrarGeneral's figures must be used. Thoug... |
6ae58f68-43fa-4b62-981e-6161337376f5 | 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 „ July 1st, 1911, to June 30th, 1912 93 ,, July 1st, 1912, to June 30th, 1913 141 ,, July 1st, 1913, to June 30th, 1914 254 ,, July 1st, 1914, to June 30th, 1915 170 Ne... |
e4eccc3c-f7ce-4d02-8214-d56588c95065 | : 46 in Woolwich, 86 in Plumstead, and 102 in Eltham. 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 May, 1915, the Rate Collectors found 106 houses unoccupied, viz.: 53 in Woolwich, 4 in West Plumstead, 9 in East Plumstead, and 40 in Elth... |
2333cee6-edba-4631-9fae-5fea28e8fc3c | : 874 in Woolwich parish, 866 in West Plumstead, 776 in East Plumstead, and 299 in Eltham (corrected for children born in the Infirmary, 15 the Female Hospital, and the Wood Street Home for Mothers and Babies, whose parents reside outside the Borough, and births in outlying institutions added on). The birth-rate 20.9 c... |
0e01a3d4-eabe-498c-ade8-4916fad67b29 | This is at the rate of 87 per cent, of the registered births, compared with 93, 91, 94, 92 and 89 per cent, in the five preceding years. 1,407 births were notified by midwives, 203 by the Home for Mothers and Babies and Military Families Hospital, 435 by medical practitioners, and 400 by other persons. 75 still-births ... |
3e98a50b-1ba4-4803-a77c-ce3f7d217c9f | 774 live births, or 89 per cent., were notified in Woolwich parish, 1,422, or 87 per cent., in Plumstead parish, and 249 or 84 per cent., in Eltham. The proportion of still-births to live births was highest amongst those attended by midwives (4 per cent.) and lowest among those born at institutions (2 per cent.). 6. Th... |
38e1cb49-0e42-47d9-bb36-ed416a9d6323 | Greenwich Borough 27.6 26.5 24.9 25.0 26.0 25.1 24.5 Lewisham 25.7 23.3 21.2 20.4 20.5 19.8 19.2 West Ham 33.1 341. |
95341414-ff03-425c-ba33-d3031629ed18 | 29.9 29.6 310 29.8 28.2 East Ham 33.8 25.8 25.8 24.9 23.5 21.8 Erith 34.1 25.7 23.6 26.4 27.3 20.9 London 28.2 26.5 25.5 24.7 24.5 24.3 22.6 England and Wales 28.2 26.0 24.4 23.8 23.9 23.6 21.8 Woolwich Borough 29.2 25.3 23.2 22.3 22.5 22.0 20.9 7. The following table gives the birth-rate for the Borough and each Regis... |
799359f6-3f39-4c48-9ec7-b9948a585aea | 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 parishes to which they properly belong. West Plumstead and Eltham had the lowest birth-rate of the four Registration Districts. Although the bir... |
4da17461-4f5e-4ccb-9cf9-32f37351f9fb | Woolwich Borough 32.5 30.2 29.2 25.3 23.2 22.3 22.5 22.0 20.9 Woolwich Parish 31.1 30.1 29.0 27.9 27.1 24.8 26.6 25.2 22.4 Plumstead— West 33.3 31.0 30.1 24.7 20.6 21.9 19.7 21.0 20.1 East 23.4 21.3 23.7 22.4 22.8 Eltham Parish 22.8 20.6 24.0 21.6 18.5 19.0 16.5 16.3 16.2 17 8. Illegitimate Births. |
681971e1-a02d-4e70-81c7-eadd7388ae04 | 81 of the births registered were illegitimate, giving a rate of 29 per 1,000 births, compared with 19, 13, 17, 23 and 21 in the five preceding years. Although this is a marked increase, it is less than many expected and smaller than the rate in London in peace time. 9. There were 1,829 marriages. The marriage-rate was ... |
3268f5fb-cb7f-41da-a77e-c9abe7a2c6e2 | The net deaths were 1,841, and the net death-rate 13.7, compared with 12.3 and 13.2 in the two preceding years and 12.5, the average of the ten preceding years ; 13.7 is the highest rate recorded since 1904. 12. By multiplying by 1.0249, the factor for age distribution, we get the standard death-rate, viz., 14.0, which... |
921eac9f-cfd1-4a92-aec8-af68da117c4f | Standard. West Ham 16.1 — East Ham 11.1 — Erith 10.5 — Woolwich 13.7 14.0 Three Metropolitan Boroughs had a lower death.rate than Woolwich, viz. : Hampstead, Lewisham and Wandsworth. 13. The following table gives the average death.rate in each Registration District of the Borough during the past six Quinquennial period... |
c245b6c3-824c-4a18-bb21-3c4c9640de27 | 4 19.3 20.1 16.5 14.8 15.6 13.2 14.0 16.0 15.5 Plumstead— West 16.4 16.0 15.1 12.9 12.0 13.4 11.5 12.6 14.3 14.4 East 11.4 11.0 11.5 11.6 13.6 Eltham Parish — 130 14.6 10.2 10.1 8.3 8.4 8.8 8.8 10.1 London 20.0 19.8 18.5 16.1 14.9 15.0 13.6 14.2 14.4 16.1 * Three Years—1888, 1889 and 1890. |
59fe52ad-760d-4777-b752-b99a4b51c754 | This table shows that the increased death.rate affected each part of the Borough, and that there was a still greater increase in London. In both Woolwich and London the death.rate has increased each year since 1912. 14. The following table gives the numbers dying at various ages in the past twelve years from all causes... |
ca76010c-8706-4ecb-a277-2226e9584a05 | 1903.7 (average) 402.4 102.8 43.4 27 31.4 44.8 104.2 138.4 155.6 174.8 201.4 171 1908.12 (average) 250.4 131 4 41.4 23.4 33.2 33.2 87.4 127 146.6 199.2 211.6 203.8 1913 229 93 34 25 44 48 109 134 177 208 240 239 1914 239 141 52 33 47 35 97 147 184 225 246 244 1915 268 136 62 28 47 41 93 170 210 246 269 263 Deaths From.... |
bc2b6f99-daea-4f60-9a83-8c4ea4143dc5 | 1914. 1915. Apoplexy and all other diseases of the heart and blood.vessels 217.4 258.8 312 332 351 Nephritis and Blight's disease 44 47 57 46 47 Respiratory diseases—all forms (except Phthisis ) 260.8 228.4 254 287 385 20 Compared with the last three years there was last year a marked increase of deaths under 1 and ove... |
f0a3f5eb-e147-4d6d-90c7-17dffa1063ef | : 104 males and 157 females. Of these, 36 represent an increase in measles, 19 tuberculosis of the lungs, 27 congenital debility and premature birth, 29 heart disease, 46 bronchitis, 55 broncho.pneumonia, 26 pneumonia, 22 cirrhosis of the liver, and 30 violence. The only disease showing a large diminution is diarrhoea ... |
3e0d0e70-71c7-497c-b393-1fe8b4e7925d | If we assume that the chief cause affecting the health of males has been the increase of overwork on munitions, and in females anxiety and excitement causing increased indulgence in drink, this might offer an explanation of the above figures 21 so far as they affect heart disease, cirrhosis of the liver and, to some ex... |
dd7e77a0-c0c0-471c-849a-8c84bd3cc5e3 | Though there can be no doubt that overwork is causing much injury to health in the delicate and older men, there is not sufficient ground for associating the major part of the increased death.rate with overwork on munitions. War conditions have injuriously affected women more than men. Cirrhosis of the liver can be def... |
ef2b90a0-6bd7-4381-8d3f-bd8cd5a1c35b | Owing to the steady fall of the birth.rate and the recent rise of the death.rate the natural increase of the population (i.e., the excess of births over deaths), 974, has reached the lowest point recorded since 1891. Though war conditions 22 must be held to a large extent responsible for this serious condition of thing... |
a3e0bfc1-dc67-4d5a-a222-07dd1c803f3b | Lewisham 112 92 104 70 78 74 80 Greenwich 107 112 129 84 103 98 101 West Ham 158 126 141 102 107 108 112 East Ham 131 106 119 71 64 63 82 Erith 112 80 70 69 81 91 73 London 138 114 128 90 105 104 112 97 Great Towns — 127 140 101 116 113 117 England & Wales 135 115 130 93 109 105 110 Woolwich Borough 119 97 98 73 80 84 ... |
229e7077-5fce-46c7-a7db-371a548d0e69 | The following table gives the infantile mortality during the past five years, and the five preceding Quinquennia in the Borough and each Registration District :— 23 1886.1890. 1891.1895. 1896.1900. 1901.1905. 1906.1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. Woolwich Parish *151 157 170 134 109 110 94 85 94 123 Plumstead— West ... |
cd1524dc-39e8-4607-900b-ef8f431f7f76 | There was a marked increase in Woolwich parish, East Plumstead and Eltham, but most in the former. 18. Table IV. gives full details as to the ages at death and causes of death of the 268 infants dying in 1915 under 1 year. It shows that 30 per cent. of those who died under 1 year were under one month old, compared with... |
ab4a2acc-7921-4f8f-8147-f777b27bddff | In the previous four years the deaths from suffocation in bed averaged 4 a year, and in the four years 1904.7 they averaged 7. This return to higher figures may be correlated with the increase of alcoholism among women. 24 The death.rate per 1,000 births from premature birth in Woolwich Borough was 19.5, compared with ... |
e3a5fecc-954b-4f3f-80d8-e81e45866858 | 20. Deaths Between 1 and 5 Years. 80 deaths (67 in 1914) occurred between 1 and 2 years, and 56 (74 in 1914) between 2 and 5. The corresponding figures in 1913 were 55 and 38 respectively. The death.rate between 1 and 5 was 13.1 per 1,000 children of that age found at the Census (viz., 10,357), compared with 9 0 and 13... |
10357f06-16a5-4680-be93-193eb70c9e0b | rate per 1,000 population 0.95, compared with 0.77, 0.74 and 0.98 in the three previous years. The zymotic death.rate has fallen greatly since 1901, when it was 1.51. 22. Inquests. There were 180 inquests, compared with 121, 128, 115, 105, 107, 123, 105, 123, and 146 in the nine preceding years. 25 The " Accidental Cau... |
63df2c13-7b7b-4083-ba37-99c02c498fca | There were 45 deaths from measles, giving a rate of 0.33, compared with 0.24, 0 07 and 0.19 in the three preceding years. The rate in London County was 0.50. 25. Of the 45 who died from measles, 40 were under five years of age ; 22 were males and 23 females. The following table gives particulars as to the cause of deat... |
8d1ece71-be73-4330-ab05-71f6dfae0689 | 1,179 notifications were received from school teachers, compared with 396, 801, 775, 387 and 967 in the five preceding years. The mortality per cent, of notifications was 3.8, compared with 5.3, 3.5, 3.9, 2.3 and 2.6 in the five preceding years. Five cases were removed to the fever hospital on the certificate of the Me... |
a2e4fe8a-81fe-4bba-9ba4-9d367159e633 | 1891.5 20 0.49 29 0.51 Not re corded 49 0.51 0.59 1896. |
599dca87-3681-4bcf-8001-53fc9cdfdcf6 | 1900 34 0.81 36 0.57 Not recorded 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 7 019 17 0.24 4 0.30 28 0.23 0.57 1912 12 0.32 17 0.24 1 0.07 30 0.24 0.40 1913 3 008 3 0.04 3 0.21 9 007 0.34 1914 14 0.37 11 015 — . |
dfb5aeef-bda3-4f3e-ae3a-fafc1e979b56 | 25 019 0.31 1915 22 0.56 22 0.28 1 0.06 45 0.33 0.50 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. 27 The following table giving the deaths and deat... |
737c57a2-3779-4a7b-ab0a-e9ee32c050ab | 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 1915 „ 45 16.0 It appears from these tables that whereas from 1891.1900 Woolwich had a somewhat higher measles mortality than London, since that date the measles death.rate has great... |
cee4ca21-b285-4513-9ecf-46ca33be3d70 | The period of exclusion or closure was usually for a few days only, in some cases for two weeks. Every effort was made to prevent children under five from attending school where measles was prevalent, and instructions as to sanitary measures for dealing with measles were left at the home of all notified cases and, wher... |
712aba0b-3ff0-4e32-a216-5f4edbdff695 | The death.rate was 0.13, compared with 0.25, 0 08 and 0.19 in the three preceding years, and 0.25 in the County of London. Twelve of the deaths were under two years of age. The following table gives the deaths and death.rates per 1,000 population since the Borough was formed, compared with London :— Woolwich. London. N... |
4350cd23-2705-40d3-800a-6261595d23e9 | 0.25 The death.rate per 1,000 births was 5.3. 346 cases were notified by school teachers, compared with 41, 439, 265 and 321, in the four previous years. 84 were under five years of age, 253 between five and ten, and 9 over ten. The fatality or deaths per 100 notifications was 4.9. 29 In 1913 an Order was issued by the... |
2d99d3e6-ddef-404d-8376-aeac5a214fe3 | 30. There were 581 cases of scarlet fever notified (deducting 20 cases of mistaken diagnosis), equivalent to a rate of 4.31 per 1,000 population, compared with 5.46 in 1914. 31. The following table shows the case.rates of scarlet fever in the Borough and each Registration District during the past fifteen years, compare... |
2003de62-0c15-4ed3-812b-69abf4b706c4 | Borough 3.15 5.90 409 3.80 4.80 5.46 4.31 Woolwich Parish 2.99 5.66 2.89 2.41 5.44 6.11 4.48 Plumstead— West 3.24 6.33 3.77 4.96 4.68 5.45 4.0 East ) 7.51 4.88 511 4.18 6.55 Eltham Parish 3.21 4.94 2.09 2.64 4.36 7.45 3.85 London Count 3.57 4.22 2.32 1.76 3.89 5.53 3.94 32. Table III. gives the age distribution, the nu... |
e6737e25-2461-4e9e-9d1c-e2cb3a33edc3 | 30 33. Deaths. There were 8 deaths, giving a death-rate of 0 06 per 1,000 population, compared with 0.07 in 1914, 0 06 in 1913, 0 08 in the five years 1908.12, and 019 in the ten years 1891.1900. The death.rate in London was 0 07 compared with 0.07 in 1909.13. The case mortality (or deaths per cent, of notifications) w... |
502ac618-2572-4912-8bc0-f50d32a6fc23 | were removed to one of the fever hospitals, compared with 90, 80, 88, 90 and 88 per cent. in the five preceding years. 20 cases were reported, after observation at hospital, not to be scarlet fever. 35. Return Cases. There were 40 cases (or 6.9 per cent. of notifications) in which infection was attributed to patients r... |
b2657bbc-c788-469e-ba04-b60d280c465a | The parents of all children with any discharge are recommended to obtain medical assistance, and the district nurse is often requested to visit and syringe the ear or nose. Parents are always advised as to treatment, and children suspected to be infectious are kept at home and from association with other children. 31 T... |
9bcaa1f1-6daf-4508-8b02-f93fbc742b67 | The Annual Report for 1905 contained a special report on a statistical investigation into school incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria during the ten years 1896-1905. DIPHTHERIA. 38. 240 cases of diphtheria were notified (excluding 46 cases of mistaken diagnosis). The case-rate (number of cases per 1,000 population... |
8f903ca3-1651-44ee-a649-25c4a42bb2f7 | The London death-rate was 0.15, compared with 0.12 in the five preceding years. 40. 87 of the total cases notified were in Woolwich parish, 85 in West Plumstead, 98 in East Plumstead, and 16 in Eltham. The following table shows the case-rate in each 32 registration district (not corrected for mistaken diagnosis) in the... |
7b7d1db5-f670-4d57-8aaa-89d975037385 | Borough 1.71 2.20 1.68 3.09 1.91 2.72 1.77 Woolwich Parish 1.63 2.34 2.40 4.38 4.43 4.92 2.23 Plumstead Parish 1.87 2.40 W.l.19 3.79 2.32 2.36 1.99 E. |
98608e80-6dfa-488f-9fc4-b76dca7487aa | 2.33 2.81 1.02 2.39 2.87 Eltham Parish 1.62 2.22 2.30 1.71 1.29 3.33 0.88 London 1.90 1.63 1.64 1.57 1.70 2.02 2.01 The table shows that the rate in East Plumstead was the highest for several years past, but the other parts of the Borough had a much lower rate than any year since 1911. 41. 264 cases, or 92 per cent. of... |
2b882b43-63bd-4fd6-a17a-c697bb0bf4c1 | The case.mortality was 8.3 per cent., compared with 3.4, 5.4, 5.2, 7 0 and 9.7 in the five preceding years. 12 carrier cases, with or without slight symptoms, were discovered by your Medical Officer of Health. The usual steps were taken. 42. Mistaken Diagnosis. 46 cases, or 15 per cent. of notifications, were, after re... |
5c6c233f-4a91-4661-a7ff-63b961337fa6 | 33 The return case well illustrates the difficulty in certain cases. A.D. returned from hospital after two months' isolation 24/12/14. Another case occurring at his home, he was swabbed and found negative. A third case occurring, he was again swabbed 1/3/15, and found positive. He had otorrhœa and rhinorrhœa, and was s... |
53d2a274-ed5d-4a72-b540-80eea3b237ce | In 84 (95 in 1914) the true Klebs Loffler bacillus was found, in 54 (47 in 1914) Hoffman's bacillus was found, and 638 were found free from either the Klebs Loffler bacillus or Hoffman's. Of the 776 swabs examined, 168 were taken from school children by the Medical Officer of Health. Of these, 12 contained the true Kle... |
7875c7c8-1e52-4ef3-b6f4-1f95f1ea70c5 | : running or sore nose, mild clinical diphtheria or follicular tonsilitis. These were notified and sent to Hospital or strictly isolated. Positive cases without any symptoms were excluded from C 34 school and from mixing with other children outside the house. Of the 168 cases, 47 had some symptoms. During 1915 it was f... |
36b29634-d137-44f7-ab6f-fc9543319db6 | In two cases last year this practice led to the discovery of carriers. One contact was brought to me with marked symptoms of clinical diphtheria, but the mother stated that she had made no complaint and she had observed nothing wrong with her. Diphtheria antitoxin is kept at the Town Hall and the Plumstead and Eltham F... |
8cc27419-3717-4fc2-b6bb-e9fa036d3ec1 | There were 5 deaths from this disease, giving a deathrate of 0.04. The death-rate in London was 0.03. 35 In the preceding five years the death-rate in Woolwich was 0 01 and in London 0.03. 47. The following are the cases notified in each parish during the past fifteen years :— Average. 1901-05. 1906-10 1911. 1912. 1913... |
e717ebf0-889b-4451-9960-ce503995eda4 | 2 2 2 4 5 Eltham 8.6 2.8 1 4 2 2 2 In my last Annual Report a full account was given of a mild outbreak of enteric occurring in December-January, 1914-15. 10 of the cases occurred before February 2nd. Of the 13 cases which have occurred since that date, 6 were soldiers, all of whom contracted the infection outside the ... |
ba8fd210-376b-4960-8800-1e1503905532 | A report was made on the prevention of fly-carried infection of enteric fever (see Zymotic Enteritis). 48. Bacteriological Diagnosis. 20 samples of blood were sent to the Seamen's Hospital to be examined for Widal's reaction. A positive result was obtained in 11. DIARRHOEA OR ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS. 49. The deaths from diar... |
587d8039-3c02-4466-a075-7255946ecc58 | 173 cases were notified in the past year, compared with 129, 338, and 199 in the three preceding years. 1 case was notified in January, 2 in March, 2 in April, 1 in May, 10 in June, 34 in July, 61 in August, 47 in September, 11 in October, and 4 in December. The fatality rate (deaths under two years per 100 notified ca... |
e35c8ecc-1777-4b91-a1e5-26597362b96d | Special efforts were made both by the Military Authorities and your own Public Health Department to obviate any such occurrence, and it is satisfactory to be able to report, whether owing to the success of these efforts, or to other factors that the amount of diarrhoea or zymotic enteritis during the summer has been le... |
6c2b22eb-5904-4f94-8925-702e40ca97aa | The chief groups occurred in the district between High Street, Plumstead, and Marmadon Road, and in Beresford Street, Ropeyard Rails and High Street, Woolwich. Smaller groups occurred in the neighbourhood of Princes Road, Ann Street, Joseph Street and Sand Street, and Elizabeth Street, North Woolwich. As compared with ... |
1b771d36-b8cd-44ac-92ef-8c471633644f | Most of the infants who died were found to be improperly fed. 50. The appended tables give particulars of the cases notified each year since notification commenced. The rainfall was much below and the average temperature of the summer quarter was above the average of the five preceding years. In spite of these unfavour... |
2df32861-2485-411b-94de-47fc1bc07190 | Breast only 49 24 3 9 4 9 Breast and other foods 78 43 7 15 21 8 Hand.fed only 408 179 17 80 63 67 No information 16 3 11 7 3 561 262 30 115 95 87 N.B.—Of 30 children under 1 year having fresh cows' milk, 28 had it boiled, or were said to do so. Of the 67 hand.fed children, 28 had Nestlé's milk. 39 TABLE B. NUMBER OP C... |
02d5b2a9-9cdc-49d0-ae10-4daf5e38a6c4 | 1st Week 2nd Week 3rd Week 4th Week 5th Week 6th Week 7th Week 8th Week 9th Week 10th Week 11th Week 12th Week 13th Week 1915 Average. 1905-14 9 9 9 5 5 8 21 22 7 10 9 17 12 2.7 3.6 8.0 7.6 13.0 23.2 35.8 42.6 35.1 24.3 25.7 12.7 12.6 Temperature. |
31105d35-d6e4-41e2-8518-762a55296cdd | 1915 Average for 10 Years 65.3 59.2 61.5 61.5 63.6 66.4 61.5 62.5 56.0 58.2 64.5 60.4 49.0 59.41 60.13 61.19 61.54 62.07 62.13 62.22 61.87 61.25 60.73 59.92 58.85 57.94 40 TABLE C. DIARRHŒA MORTALITY and TEMPERATURE of SUMMER QUARTER in LONDON and WOOLWICH. |
f825d860-873d-40ba-8875-7f380fd3e38a | Average 1901-4 Average 1905-10 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Annual Death Rate from Diarrhoea and Enteritis in Summer Quarter per 1,000 living* London 2.27 1.40 3.82 Annual Death Rate from Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years) per 1,000 births for whole year London 12.42 27.5 27.6 12.7 Woolwich 2.30 0.97 2.87† Woolwich 3.65... |
55935a00-dbd4-4170-aae2-a4c10c691de3 | ground thermometer in 13 weeks of Summer Quarter - 63.65 60.63 63.24 Air 66.4 Average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in Summer Quarter - 60.84 60.30 64.01 Average Temperature of 3ft. ground thermometer in Summer Quarter — 60.24 59.82 61.51 Air 60.7 * In and after 1911 Deaths under 2 Years only are included. † I... |
321c8714-bc0c-4a57-afaa-2f6a229e1c31 | Number of Cases Notified 269.6 115 286 183 142 Number of Deaths* 18.9 2 49 21 12 Mean Temperature of Air 60.0 58.0 59.1 60.7 60.7 Mean Temperature 3 feet below ground 60.71 60.24 59.82 61.51 60.6 Mean Humidity 74.5 76 79 73 80 Number of Days on which which Rain fell 35.0 42 36 34 35 Rainfall in Inches 6.09 5.64 5.43 3.... |
d73d916b-6389-414d-b9a8-9270c1ca5265 | Conveyance of the Infection of Enteric and Zymotic Enteritis by Flies. A special report was made on this subject and by your instructions pictorial posters and handbills were printed and distributed in June. These notices called attention to the danger of accumulation of refuse of all kinds and the importance of cleanl... |
bcfd94b2-8944-43a5-bdc5-914992f684d2 | The case-rate was l.02, and the death-rate 0.06, compared with 0.02, nil, and 0.05 in the three preceding years. The case-rate was the highest recorded, but the death-rate was higher in 1911. Three cases were removed to the Fever Hospital on the special recommendation of the Medical Officer of Health. The London case-r... |
41a8b7d1-0d8b-4419-b081-905e0987615c | There were 9 deaths, 2 of which were under two years of age. The case rate was 0.34 in Woolwich, compared with 0.06 in London. 31 cases occurred in Woolwich Parish and 9 in Eltham. 28 of the cases were soldiers in barracks and 12 were under 15 years of age. The large majority of the cases occurred in the first three mo... |
f8abb5f0-ee02-4f41-9e3c-8786af452edc | Notified cases (with one or two exceptions) were immediately removed to the fever hospital. Contacts were examined and those in close association were bacteriologically examined by a Medical Officer of the L.C.C. Several doubtful cases were seen by the Medical Officer of Health on request of the medical attendant and w... |
bc554b2b-da9c-45cc-a8c4-b71b1f36b4c0 | 3 cases were notified in 1911, 3 in 1912, nil in 1913, and nil in 1914. It is interesting to note that the Woolwich Invalid Children's Association dealt with 52 cases of infantile paralysis last year. Evidently all the cases that occur are not notified. PUERPERAL FEVER. 54. There were 6 cases of puerperal fever notifie... |
cabfc038-805e-4445-bc29-805611ab1164 | The London case.rate and death.rate per 1,000 births were 3.57 and 1.67 respectively. 44 In the ten years, 1891-1900, the case-rate per 1,000 population was 0.07, and the death-rate 0.03. In 1901-5 the caserate was 0.06, and the death-rate 0.03, and in 1906-10 the case-rate was 0.05, and the death-rate, 0 016. There ha... |
503abcaa-2959-4d7e-a8a3-77a783f0c209 | Influenza caused 33 deaths, compared with 39, 19, 25, 35, and 25 in the five preceding years. Bronchitis and pneumonia caused 380 deaths, compared with 232, 200, 208, 253, and 285 in the five preceding years. There has been a remarkable increase of deaths from bronchitis and pneumonia during the past two years which is... |
e45301e3-f12b-4e63-b7bc-ba71ee2466f8 | Pneumonia over 5 63 67 61 54 63 78 99 Bronchitis over 5 101 50 84 84 120 113 160 Bronchitis and pneumonia under 5 81 66 55 70 70 94 121 Bronchitis and pneumonia over 5 164 166 145 138 183 191 259 Bronchitis and pneumonia M. 144 149 196 „ „ F. 109 136 184 TUBERCULOSIS. 56. Deaths. There were 232 deaths from tuberculous ... |
4e9857b2-452e-46ab-a0fd-231be82f43be | The following table gives the number of deaths from each of the various forms of tuberculosis in the past 10 years, and also the deaths from simple meningitis:— Average. Tuberculous Meningitis 1901.5. 1906.10. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 20.0 22.8 20 23 14 29 18 Simple Meningitis 22.0 15.0 16 13 10 15 16 Tuberculosis... |
a707e207-656f-45a8-bf1e-678a57bd3dfe | The deaths from phthisis were 201, giving a death.rate of l.49, compared with 1.08, 1.20, 1.01, l.42, and 1.27 in the five preceding years. The rate of the last three years is higher than it has been since 1906, but is considerably below that of the quinquennia 1891.5, 1896.1900, and 1901.5, as is shown in the followin... |
49ba6a99-a7e5-4231-b44d-d66f7f99154e | The rise is not confined to Woolwich—London also had the highest death.rate since 1905. 46 PHTHISIS (Tuberculosis, Lungs). 1891-5. 1890-1900. 1901-5. 1906-10. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. No. Rate. Aver. No. per year. Rate. Aver. No. per year. Rate. Aver. No. per year. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No. Rate. No.... |
73177765-ce1d-43da-80bc-de1c987e5e70 | Woolwich Parish; — 2.80 92 2.23 89 2.15 56 1.46 66 1.80 48 1.30 61 1.58 76 1.99 72 1.84 Plumstead . West — 1.78 92 1.42 97 1.34 87 1.20 W 41 1.02 31 0.76 66 1.56 51 1.21 67 1.55 East E 33 1.07 37 1.18 40 1.23 32 1.00 52 1.52 Eltham Parish — — 9 1.28 6 0.63 8 0.64 6 0.45 8 0.57 15 1.02 4 0.28 10 0.60 The Borough — — 193... |
48c24e58-34fc-4d92-9002-86189d68ab10 | 74 192 1.56 151 1.22 146 1.20 124 1.01 182 1.42 163 1.27 201 1.49 London — 1.88 — 1.80 — 1.57 — 1.33 — 1.32 — 1.34 — 1.30 — 1.39 — 1.50 47 59. There was a marked decrease last year of deaths from tuberculosis other than pulmonary. 60. 125 of those who died from phthisis were males, and 76 females. The increase of death... |
eb76d596-df52-491f-98db-360b8b23c0fc | The 420 cases of phthisis compare with 375, 689, 532, and 400 in the four preceding years. 28 of these were in the Woolwich and Eltham Poor Law Infirmaries; 2 others were notified by the District Medical Officers of the Poor Law Union, 79 by the Medical Officers of the Royal Arsenal and Army, 169 from hospitals and dis... |
d732f1df-6780-4e72-bed4-7d71c71ce397 | The source of infection of the notified cases was probably as follows:— Family or Personal:—Father, 10 ; Mother, 12 ; brother, 7; sister, 9; husband, 5; members of family (not defined), 40 83 Workshop and Office 9 Navy and Army 67 Undetermined 330 62. Age and Sex Distribution. The following table, required by the Local... |
c08b5f7f-f648-4f9a-8ae4-ac785e0319b1 | 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 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 and upwards. Total. Under 5. 5 to 10 10 to 15 Total. |
16209cce-bcd5-47ea-b755-50a094aeea45 | Pulmonary Males 2 2 26 9 25 31 52 63 28 16 4 258 280 — 1 2 3 3 35 66 „ Females 2 5 17 20 13 14 27 30 18 9 — 155 168 1 — 3 4 5 18 51 Non-Pulmonary Males 4 8 11 6 2 3 1 1 — — — 36 38 1 1 2 4 6 3 6 „ Females — 7 10 4 2 1 2 1 — — — 27 27 — — 2 2 2 5 7 Total 8 22 64 39 42 49 82 95 46 25 4 476 513 2 2 9 13 16 61 130 49 63. |
ac618b9d-9cb6-4646-9a79-b33700b454fd | Visiting. Cases notified by the Tuberculosis Dispensary are visited by the Dispensary Medical Officers and Nurses, and full particulars provided to the Public Health Department, which follows up any sanitary defects reported. Other cases (except where the social conditions are exceptionally favourable) are visited by t... |
2acfdf4a-b1c5-43e2-bf2b-5cb436a2c696 | In this way it is attempted to secure that all cases shall have after.care, that the advantage of sanatorium treatment is not lost, that the lessons learnt at sanatoria are practised as much as possible at home, and that the patient is not discouraged by initial difficulties. 64. Bacteriological Diagnosis. Sputum from ... |
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