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6320f616-e2c5-47ca-af78-260a3acf5992 | Children requiring orthopaedic treatment are sent to the remedial clinic of the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association in accordance with a scheme entered into in 1925. The Council pay for children under 5 years of age, sent by the medical officers to the clinic, 2s. per attendance for cases requiring massage or e... |
5879cd96-c91c-40fb-a6b1-9485753a1963 | Talipes (Club foot) 2 23 25 17 ,, (Flat foot) 3 3 6 4 Rickets— General 4 23 27 22 Genu Valgum (Knockknee) 2 1 3 1 Genu Varus (Bow-leg) 2 11 13 12 Paralysis, etc.— Infant 4 2 6 4 Erbs 1 1 2 — Facial — 1 1 1 Muscular weakness 1 8 9 8 Miscellaneous— Injuries — 1 1 — Deformities 5 3 8 8 Hernia 1 — 1 1 Constipation — 4 4 4 ... |
e07639eb-c850-4db6-9133-e9088f301388 | With the exception of 135, all these attendances were paid for at the rate of 2s. per attendance. The average number of treatments given to each completed case was 14, and to each uncompleted one was 30. It is interesting to record that only 18 children under 5 years of age attended this clinic during 1921, compared wi... |
c35cae2d-0016-422f-b4c2-0064cf02a8ce | Attendances. Expectant mothers 35 64 Nursing mothers 60 162 Children under 5 139 204 234 430 Dentures are provided free, at part cost, or at cost price, according to ability to pay, and payment is spread over many weeks. In consequence, the income received during the year includes money received in respect of dentures ... |
1d81e801-be39-4727-b04d-8f4a11f12cc3 | Each patient admitted is required to pay fees according to the earnings of her husband, and a minimum fee has been fixed at £3 per confinement in the case of multiparae and £4 per confinement in the case of primiparae. The charge is based on a normal residence of fourteen days, but an additional fee of 3s. per day is c... |
148e7155-74ee-4893-812f-c706acb8503e | I am indebted to Miss Gregory, the Secretary of the Hospital, for the following information, which shows statistically the number of cases dealt with during the year:— Mothers admitted during the year 795* Number of children born 634 Maternal deaths 2 Infant deaths 4 Extern cases 190 Ante-natal Clinic— Mothers attendin... |
2fe72eb0-e355-4b7f-8207-a35c61c6be1d | 3 Mothers admitted during the year 13 Births 12 Deaths — Average duration of stay of each completed case 23.6 weeks Mothers who attended ante-natal clinics of the Borough Council 12 The function of the Home is to give illegitimate children a chance of survival, and the mothers are kept in the Home 121 doing the light w... |
d512a561-5c2f-418b-9a25-60145883dab4 | It was anticipated that the Hospital would be opened in September last, but unfortunately delays occurred, and for the rest of the year no accommodation was available for this type of case. The following Table shows certain statistical information for the period it was occupied in 1926. TABLE No. 71. |
ba3116ad-2999-47f8-88d3-ff01d19f3e2e | N umber of beds 21 (1) Number of cases in hospital on the 1st January, 1926 13 (2) Number of cases admitted during the period 28 (3) Average duration of stay 72.8 days (4) Reasons for admission— Malnutrition, Marasmus, Debility 16 Vomiting and Dyspepsia 9 Miscellaneous 3 (5) Number of cases discharged— (a) in good heal... |
e683a21f-961b-4bdf-9a55-25acfb05c94a | In 1926, these services were extended to include cases of zymotic enteritis, puerperal fever, acute poliomyelitis, and whooping cough, and in October, 1926, to puerperal pyrexia. Cases of these diseases which come to the notice of the Medical Officer of Health are visited by the health visitor, and the Medical Officer ... |
2fb1c05e-1044-4126-9281-ad85da06cfb4 | At the request of the Ministry of Health, arrangements were made to keep under observation, for a period of three years, a certain number of children between the ages of one and five years coming within the three following groups:— 1. Unselected children in attendance at an Infant Welfare Centre. 2. Catarrhal children ... |
18b49b80-8ae0-4753-8e15-4bc513548bd8 | Section 6 of this Act provides that in certain circumstances, e.g., desertion or abandonment of a child, the Ministry may direct that the 123 additional allowance payable in respect of a child may be paid to the local authority to be administered for the benefit of the child, and prescribes a similar procedure in respe... |
1381a236-e090-4aa1-9cb4-91bd03b420a9 | The approximate cost of this service during the year was as follows:— Dried milk, £1,293 15s. 9d. Fresh milk, 19s. 4d. Dinners, nil. A scale of income approved by the Ministry of Health is used as a test of necessity, and the details of this scale will be found in the annual report for 1925. In one instance an applican... |
c30b84fc-f581-4a4f-b714-cb7f95519ccb | These regulations came into force on the 1st October, 1926, and made notifiable, in addition to puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia, which is defined as follows:— " Any febrile condition (other than a condition which is required to be notified as puerperal fever under the Infectious Disease (Notification Acts) occurring... |
33ae3c5b-9c7b-492c-89d0-03b1fb965750 | It was recognised that the number of notifications would increase, and would include many cases relatively trivial in degree, but the great importance of securing adequate treatment in the early stages of puerperal infection was regarded as outweighing any objection to the notification of a certain amount of minor illn... |
0ba0af5b-c26c-4521-b28a-b1056024f3b3 | The statistics relating to the incidence of puerperal fever and of puerperal pyrexia are given in that part of the report dealing with the prevalence and control of infectious diseases. Feeding of Infants in Woolwich. The usual enquiry was carried out in the month of June, and the results are very similar to those obta... |
fd820df2-1535-47b2-a877-2d3060ed107c | Breast 47 81 57 51 44 46 28 19 17 390 6 2 1 399 Breast and Hand 3 13 10 8 9 10 9 10 12 84 14 17 12 127 Hand 6 9 25 26 34 31 41 32 46 250 30 38 68 386 Total 56 103 92 85 87 87 78 61 75 724 50 57 81 912 Percentages. Breast 83.9 78.7 61.9 60.0 50.6 52.9 35.9 31.1 22.7 53.9 12. |
27d74d23-a05f-442b-a18c-eb8cc7287a47 | 0 3.5 1.2 43.8 Breast and hand 5.4 12.6 10.9 9.4 10.3 11.5 11.5 16.4 160 11.6 28.0 29.8 14.8 13 9 Hand 10.7 8.7 27.2 30.6 39.1 35.6 52.6 52.5 61.3 34.5 60.0 66.7 84.0 42.3 126 METEOROLOGY. Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1926. Week ending Temperature of the Air. De... |
b74252d2-46ee-4ec1-bc8a-9049014909ff | Jan. 9 54.2 33.6 44.6 + 6.5 44.5 4 0.59 16 51.6 160 32.8 — 5.2 43.8 3 0.20 23 50.9 16.5 371 — 1.6 42.3 4 0.39 30 55.6 36.8 46.1 + 6.7 42.4 4 0.44 Feb. 6 56.6 37.3 46.9 + 7.3 43.4 7 1.14 13 520 29.6 39.4 + 0.4 44.0 3 0.52 20 56.0 260 460 + 6.5 43.7 5 0.94 27 55.3 39.3 500 + 10. |
1c00bae2-d0d3-4907-be16-e8cbc56d78b9 | 0 44.4 4 0.13 March 6 60.5 33.2 45.6 + 50 450 4 0.11 13 57.0 36.6 48.4 + 7.3 45.1 — — 20 53.3 341 42.2 + 0.4 45.2 — — 27 56.5 32.1 41.3 — 1.2 44.7 2 0.02 April 3 73.2 29.4 49.4 + 4.5 44.8 . — 10 70.7 38.2 52.3 + 61 46.1 4 1.00 17 67.8 34.7 47.6 + 10 47.0 3 0.87 24 60.9 361 45.5 — 3.0 47. |
56a55536-f0ce-407d-a92f-38f662a84aa8 | 1 5 0.97 May 1 64.9 39.3 50.1 + 1.2 47.2 6 108 8 59.0 36.0 46.9 — 3.4 48.0 2 0.27 15 62.0 32.8 48.5 — 3.5 48.3 5 0.86 22 70.5 36.6 49.9 — 3.7 48.6 4 0.37 29 78.2 42.4 59.8 + 4.1 49.9 3 006 June 5 67.4 450 54.7 — 3.0 51.5 4 1.21 12 74.7 46.4 57.3 — 0.9 52.4 5 0.80 19 76. |
1371ccc3-9fb9-49c4-b206-9bdcd2e62455 | 6 450 58.2 — 0.8 53.4 3 0.80 26 78.4 41.2 58.6 — 2.3 54.5 2 0.23 July 3 77.2 45.2 61.1 — 0.5 55.0 3 0.34 127 METEOROLOGY—continued. Week ending Temperature of the Air. Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. Average Temperature 4 feet below ground. Number of days on which rain fell. Rainfall in inches... |
92a1ce5e-47e1-409c-960b-ee4c2fc11f1e | July 10 77.5 50.1 60.5 — 1.9 55.7 4 0.25 17 86.7 49.5 67.9 + 4.7 56.7 — — 24 83.8 51.0 64.3 + 11 57.7 5 0.98 31 78.8 47.2 59.6 — 2.8 57.9 6 0.85 Aug. |
3da3845c-3b92-4186-8798-c91755b9f377 | 7 78.2 44.2 59.9 — 2.2 57.9 2 0.23 14 78.7 50.6 62.3 — 0.1 57.8 4 1.63 21 79.6 50.3 64.5 + 2.6 58.1 5 0.29 28 80.8 45.2 63.9 + 31 58.7 — — Sept. |
03ba0157-8a87-44a7-acb9-b89b081aac8c | 4 83.9 50.0 64.9 + 5.0 58.9 3 1.88 11 83.8 55.4 65.1 + 6.3 59.3 2 0.23 18 820 48.1 62.4 + 4.8 59.3 — — 25 88.2 391 58.7 + 2.9 590 2 0.09 Oct. |
ab0be98d-bdbc-4b20-9f9b-de3b57a5a0de | 2 66.9 380 51.4 — 31 57.6 1 0.18 9 73.0 44.1 57.3 + 4.8 56.6 2 0.09 16 64.9 38.5 51.3 + 0.9 55.9 6 1.42 23 54.0 24.2 40.3 — 8.5 54.5 3 0.18 30 53.9 27.1 41.7 — 5.9 52.4 5 0.96 Nov. 6 590 271 44.2 — 2.3 50.8 2 0.38 13 56.5 37.0 46.9 + 2.6 50.2 6 2.08 20 560 39.6 490 4. |
1122da2b-2510-49f0-a395-c263b65c4ba6 | 6.3 49.9 7 1.00 27 40.6 30.6 391 — 1.1 49.5 3 0.39 Dec. 4 45.8 27.8 400 — 1.1 48.2 2 0.90 11 48.4 290 40.7 — 0.3 47.0 3 0.20 18 47.9 29.4 40.4 — 01 46.4 3 0.11 25 45.8 32.1 37.6 — 1.0 45.7 2 0.04 1927. Jan. 1 49.9 27.0 40.8 + 2.0 44.8 2 0.03 |
0e7b75c8-472b-474e-bfd8-9ea154b2d61a | AC 4372 WOO 2 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT Medical Officer of Health 1927. J. MACMILLAN, D.S.O., M.C., M B. D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health. Woolwich The "Kentish Independent" Printing Works (T.U.) 16. Wellington Street. Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Heal... |
acbc7766-e77d-4349-ae2d-6fc250217443 | (Chairman). Alderman Mrs. E. Dormer. J.P. (Vice-Chairman). Alderman— A. Gorman. Councillors— R. M. W. Allen W. E. Hughes Narborough E. Brown T. H. Thompson P. Chinnery Miss S. Turnbull T. Davis H. J. Turner A. H. Gilder Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. W. G. McCartney R. A. M. Walters Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. Com... |
da6d7eb3-c0cf-4495-9a36-af764fc23554 | Annual Statistics 15 Births 17 Marriages 19 Deaths 19 Maternal Mortality 27 Child Mortality 30 Infantile Mortality 32 III.—General Provision of Health Services. Hospitals 38 Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 39 Ambulance Facilities 39 Clinics and Treatment Centres 40 Staff 42 Professional Nursing in the Hom... |
8157e2ae-fcd1-45f0-8b6b-914f33fc7397 | General Reference 66 Milk Supply:— Registration 67 Cowkeepers 67 Dairymen and Purveyors of Milk 68 Designated Milks 68 Meat Supply 71 Slaughterhouses 72 Other Food Premises:- Bakehouses 73 Fried Fish Shops 73 Ice Cream 73 Other Premises 73 Unsound Food 73 Food Poisoning 74 Sale of Food and Drugs Acts 74 Public Health (... |
ef399d91-4516-4aaa-811b-6a8db2731356 | page Notification 93 Smallpox 99 Scarlet Fever 99 Diphtheria 101 Enteric Fever 102 Encephalitis Lethargica 103 Cerebrospinal Meningitis 104 Pneumonia 104 Erysipelas 106 Malaria, Trench Fever and Dysentery 106 Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 106 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 107 Zymotic Enteritis 108 Whooping Cough 108 Me... |
c1645ad7-fe2e-4e2e-a08c-2f5c9aae25dc | 121 Co-operation with Local Practitioners 121 Co-operation with School Medical Service 122 Home Nursing 122 Provision of Extra Nourishment 123 Dental Treatment 123 Shelters 123 Bacteriological Examinations 123 Institutional Treatment 123 Woolwich Tuberculosis Care Committee 124 VIII.—Maternity and Child Welfare. |
20fd4ac4-d417-48a6-9804-885826ea0738 | Staff 127 Administrative Action 127 Welfare Centres 128 Work of the Centres 128 Artificial Sunlight Clinic 133 7 page Voluntary Centre 133 Collective Teaching 133 Treatment of Minor Ailments 135 Work of the Health Visitors 135 Orthopaedic Treatment for Children under Five Years of Age 130 Dental Treatment 138 Instituti... |
6854e0cc-d7c0-4899-9b5f-2ed961deb05f | Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit the Twenty-Seventh Annual Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. As in previous years the Report follows as to contents and arrangement the outline indicated by the Ministry of Health in Circular No. 834, in order to ensure uniformity in th... |
0f13c73c-f65c-427c-bbe6-c65dd9d4b540 | The birth rate, 15.9, is lower than in any previous year ; the marriage rate, 13'9, also shows a decrease compared with previous years ; the death rate, 10.6, although the lowest in London, was slightly higher than in the previous year ; the infantile mortality figure, 42, is the lowest yet recorded in the annals of th... |
59e253f5-52a4-4eba-8f56-c30c4e9b3fae | This rapid increase has had some effect on overcrowding in the Borough, but it has by no means provided a solution of this problem. Even if it had there still remains the problem of the huts at Eltham and Abbey Wood. These hutments were built during the war years as a temporary measure and, as the years go on, they req... |
bc22507f-3326-482e-9560-3753870b493f | Regulations, every carcase killed in the borough has to be inspected. The immense increase in this side of the work will be realised when it is pointed out that over 21,000 carcases were inspected last year mainly at the slaughterhouse in Abbey Wood, whereas two years ago the figure was 13,000. The incidence of infecti... |
d933c856-2251-477b-ac09-f522f871f871 | These tuberculosis figures show a considerable decrease compared with the previous year, but this is due mainly to the fact that the register was carefully revised during the year and all persons in whom the disease could properly be described as arrested or cured were struck off the register. So far as maternity and c... |
ee61fea0-891f-48d4-8dd6-ebfafcbf5512 | It is again a pleasure to be able to record my appreciation of the keen, conscientious, and able manner in which the staff of the Health Department have risen to the many and new demands placed on them during the year, and I also gratefully acknowledge the kindness and consideration which I have received from the membe... |
2aa6be09-1aa8-4220-a255-2e14a7dbfbf4 | Area (acres) 8,282 Population, 1927:— Total (including military) 144,770 Civilians 140,770 Number of Inhabited Houses, 1921 26,048 Number of Families or Separate Occupiers, 1921 33,647 Rateable Value (October, 1927) £1,063,953 Sum Represented by a Penny Rate (October, 1927) £4,433 Social Conditions. Woolwich may be des... |
957bd431-a3e8-4859-91eb-44a5d25548ed | Much of the Borough is unbuilt on and the number of persons per acre varies from 8 in Eltham to 32 in Woolwich, the general average of the Borough being 17. Population. The Registrar General estimates the population of the Borough to the 30th June, 1927, as : Civil, 140,770, and Total, 144,770. These figures have come ... |
52fc9d62-e080-43b7-8d05-afe137a1b8ad | In Woolwich, much building has been going on (it is interesting to note here that during the year ending June, 1927, 499 houses were erected in the Borough) ; there is definite evidence that the Londoner still shews a tendency to move from the centre boroughs to those on the circumference, and the figures of the 1921 c... |
a435eebf-48f5-4ab5-9378-bb1d09cc826f | Some further confirmation of this will be found in the fact that on the voters' roll in October. 1926, there were 74,124 persons, and in 1927, 74,543. My estimate of the population of the Borough to the middle of 1927 was 145,620, but, as the practice in recent years has been to accept the figures of the Registrar-Gene... |
b2169606-51bc-4355-a5b6-27797e9a508e | Here we can see movement not only to Eltham but also towards East Plumstead and away from Woolwich and West Plumstead, and in the population calculations this movement also has been taken into account. Due weight has also been given to the natural increase in each of the registration districts and to the location of ne... |
471c435b-427e-4d4a-9ed4-8a89b6c9b0a9 | Woolwich 31,104 West Plumstead 39,636 East Plumstead 35,254 Eltham 34,776 140,770 These figures have been used throughout the Report for calculating the rates in the Borough and the various registration districts. 14 The civilian populations of the various registration districts of the Borough at each Census since 1901... |
062fd0e5-2a2e-4960-a181-1615f8eec61b | *1901 35,998 38,569 29,758 7,226 111,551 *1911 31,204 40,328 30,888 13,450 115,870 *1921 32,097 40,955 34,947 28,308 136,307 1922 32,545 41,544 35,450 28,715 138,254 1923 32,620 41,249 35,552 30,579 140,000 1924 32,578 41,011 35,438 30,952 139,980 1925 32,494 40,830 35,589 31,827 140,740 1926 32,277 40,589 35,688 33,34... |
610afaca-cbc9-4d84-885d-6f0b76ceed9d | 15 SECTION II.—VITAL STATISTICS. In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, the following extracts from the Vital Statistics of the year are shewn below :— TABLE No. 4. Births—Legitimate 2,175 „ Illegitimate 67 2,242 Birth Rate 15.9 Deaths 1,491 Death Rate 10.6 Number of Women dying in, or in conseq... |
602f7d0d-5214-4e37-b33e-1cd29edfdaec | Population estimated to middle of each Year. Births. Nett deaths belonging to the District. Nett. Under 1 year. At all Ages. Number. Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. Number. Rate. Number Rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1901 117,652 3536 30.1 457 129 1709 14.6 1902 119,285 3734 31.3 467 125 1837 15.4 1903 117,842 3684 31.3 398 108 163... |
eb50ce65-df8b-4bd3-92fb-a7462f848599 | 143 3549 29.8 388 109 1668 1.40 1907 119,704 3330 27.8 373 112 1616 13.5 1908 122,258 3176 26.0 300 94 1516 12.4 1909 120,227 2947 24.5 242 82 1587 13.2 1910 121,197 2842 23.6 242 85 1418 11.7 1911 121,487 2810 23.1 272 97 1566 12.9 1912 121,932 2776 22.8 208 75 1456 11.9 1913 122,382 2833 23.1 228 80 1549 12.7 1914 12... |
74f82125-d56b-48f5-b056-423532edfb2c | 2 241 85 1706 13.9 1915 a 138,200 2839 21.9 268 94 1837 14.2 b 129,505 1916 a 141,783 3068 23.5 213 69 1704 13.1 b 130,313 1917 a 147,078 2718 20.6 216 79 1566 11.9 b 131,942 1918 a 150,650 2548 19.0 270 106 2100 15.6 b 134,453 1919 a 141,918 2737 20.1 235 86 1679 12.3 b 136,237 1920 a 140,000 3658 26.9 224 61 1487 10.... |
33ef41cb-7d26-43eb-8c10-232162cc9d03 | 2 197 62 1594 11.6 b 137,604 1922 a 142,350 2941 21.3 184 63 1603 11.6 b 138,254 1923 a 143,530 2867 20.5 123 43 1387 9.9 b 140,000 1924 a 144,400 2590 18.5 168 65 1543 11.0 b 139,980 1925 a 145,440 2582 18.3 141 55 1519 10.8 b 140,740 1926 a 146,200 2463 17.4 107 43 1450 10.2 b 141,900 1927 a 144,770 2242 15.9 95 42 1... |
891d1a03-827e-46ab-84bd-f6395f4318cc | 17 BIRTHS. During the year, 2,366 births were registered in Woolwich ; 1,220 were males and 1,146 females. Corrected by outward and inward transfers, these numbers become 2,242, 1,157 and 1,085, respectively. The corrected figures for the different registration districts are shewn in Table No. 6. which follows:— TABLE ... |
102d63d8-f5df-4dcb-acb7-8ded01384894 | 7, shews the birth rates in each registration district, after correction for outward and inward transfers, for each year since 1923. TABLE No. 7. Period. Woolwich. West Plumstead East Plumstead Eltham. The Borough. 1923 25.2 18.2 18.5 20.7 20.5 1924 23.6 16.8 15.9 18.4 18.5 1925 23.1 17.0 16.1 17.6 18.3 1926 21.9 16.1 ... |
fe9aaf8e-9890-436c-9606-7260476223f6 | There were 21 inward transfers and 22 outward transfers, making a net figure of 67, equivalent to 29 per 1,000 births. Natural Increase of Population. This term means the excess of births over deaths. In 1925 it was 1,063, in 1926. 1,013, and in 1927 it was 751. Notification of Births. During the year, 2,368 live birth... |
e948d657-7375-4c93-a76a-31452e6eb375 | Forty-three births took place in midwives' homes. In addition to these, 50 notifications were received from the Medical Officer of Health, Greenwich ; 45 from the Medical Officer of Health, Lewisham ; and 35 from other Medical Officers of Health. Sixtytwo still births were notified. It is known that 855 births took pla... |
fd75af29-87ce-4500-b956-ccc09075e8ea | 8, shews the number of corrected births each year since 1923, the number of live and still 19 births notified, the percentage of notified births, and the birth rates for the same period for Woolwich, London and England and Wales. TABLE No. 8. Year. No. of births. No. of live births notified. No. of still births. Percen... |
577abae0-08ba-4cb7-a962-f3ee866f127a | 1923 2867 2864 93 97 20.5 20.2 19.7 1924 2590 2588 84 97 18.5 18.7 18.8 1925 2582 2612 76 99 18.3 18.0 18.3 1926 2463 2442 68 95 17.4 17.1 17.8 1927 2242 2366 62 100 15.9 16.1 16.7 MARRIAGES. There were 977 marriages (1,136 in 1926). The marriage rate was 13.9, as compared with 16.9, 15.7, 15.06 and 16.01 in the four p... |
34c82195-d886-448e-a534-02e279d85ecc | This figure includes 82 non-residents who died in the district but does not include 359 residents who died outside the Borough. When allowance is made for inward and outward transfers, the nett figure of 1,491 is obtained. The death rate for the year was 10 6. In 1926 the corresponding rate was 102. Accordinging to the... |
f64308c5-3f71-4402-9346-aca6afc7ed8f | 9, shews the death rates in each registration district (after correction for outward and inward transfers) for each year since 1923:— TABLE No. 9. Period. Woolwich. West Plumstead East Plumstead Eltham. The Borough. |
3a1e0be1-3163-4b2f-9cb6-0c7a7b7cf139 | 1923 12.2 10.5 9.7 6.9 9.9 1924 13.9 11.5 10.1 8.5 11.0 1925 13.6 11.6 9.7 8.2 10.8 1926 11.7 11.1 10.3 7.6 10.2 1927 13.0 11.4 9.9 8.3 10.6 The seasonal mortality in the four quarters of the year was as follows : First quarter, 15.3; second quarter, 9.2; third quarter, 7.8; fourth quarter, 9.7. Deaths in Public Instit... |
c1a9762c-3aae-4929-b7c2-37b01a0c644a | Poor Law Institutions 492 London General Hospitals 82 Mental Hospitals 36 Special Hospitals 56 Infectious Diseases Hospitals 24 Tuberculosis Institutions 25 Cottage Hospitals and Nursing Homes 16 The following Tables are self-explanatory. 731 21 TABLE No. 11. Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the... |
b468e610-dde9-466d-b478-5c8b843ebb35 | tified Causes of Death. England and Wales 16.7 12.3 0.01 0.00 0.09 001 0.09 0.07 0.57 0.51 6.3 69 91.7 6.6 0.7 1.0 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. 17.1 12.2 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.01 0.10 0.08 0.49 0.46 8.3 71 91.9 6.6 0.9 0.6 155 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations, 20,000.50,000). |
ea4fa3d8-ed36-4d39-88d7-14340418e2b1 | 16.4 11.3 0.01 0.00 0.07 001 0.08 0.05 0.58 0.41 5.0 68 92.7 5.8 0.3 1.2 London 16.1 11.9 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.12 0.09 0.39 0.51 7.5 59 90.3 7.9 1.8 0.0 WOOLWICH 15.9 10.6 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.07 0.07 0.32 0.39 2.2 42 89.7 10.3 0.0 0.0 22 TABLE No. 12. |
bc3d0827-1c4b-4af8-97d1-008cc4a04410 | Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1927, Classified by Age and Cause. Causes of Death. Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. All Aces. Under 1 year. I and under 2 years. 2 and under 5 years. 5 and under 15 years. 15 and under 25 ... |
9f3278d9-db1c-4846-b1ca-02061032f765 | Diphtheria 10 . 1 3 5 . . 1 . . Influenza 45 2 1 . 3 2 6 10 11 10 Encephalilethargica 3 . . . . . 2 . 1 . Meningococcal meningitis . . . . . . . . . . Tuberculosis of respiratory system 148 . . 1 3 40 53 41 9 1 Other tuberculous diseases 30 1 4 3 8 5 7 1 1 . Cancer, malignant disease 210 . . . . 1 20 86 68 35 Rheumatic... |
d859215f-cd49-4bff-8819-3fe1a32d1c52 | 12.—continued. Causes of Death. Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District. All Ages. Under 1 year. 1 and under 2 years. 2 and under 5 years. 5 and under 15 years. 15 and under 25 years. 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years. 65 and under 75 years. d upwards. |
85683565-3553-4362-9c3b-2f736845e0cc | Heart disease 211 .. .. .. .. 3 15 76 65 52 Arterio-sclerosis 38 .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 10 14 Bronchitis 114 10 1 1 1 .. 4 18 29 50 Pneumonia (all forms) 94 8 7 10 2 5 14 20 17 11 Other respiratory diseases 10 .. .. .. .. .. 1 5 1 3 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 11 .. .. .. .. .. 4 4 1 2 Diarrhœa, &c. 6 5 . 1 . . . . . . ... |
2718a605-4455-4d85-bbae-eaf04484a1ce | 6 19 14 6 Puerperal sepsis 3 . . . . . 3 . . . Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition 3 . . . . . 3 . . . Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth 49 49 . . . . . . . . Suicide 17 . . . . . 2 9 5 1 Other deaths from violence 55 2 2 6 5 12 9 5 14 Other defined diseases 254 15 1 3 7 7 23 5... |
7e167614-619c-44bd-a521-a26f2cdc5568 | Woolwich.. Plumstead. Eltham. Deaths in Public Institutions. West. East. In Borough. Outlying Institutions. Residents. NonResidents. All causes 784 707 405 449 347 290 406 65 325 Enteric fever . . . . . . . . . Smallpox . . . . . . . . . Measles . 1 1 . . . . . . Scarlet fever . . . . . . . . . Whooping cough 3 7 5 3 .... |
2455f16f-67fd-4be1-8547-b99452e44ff8 | system 87 61 35 50 36 27 42 4 41 Other tuberculous diseases 16 14 7 10 3 10 8 . 11 Cancer, malignant disease . 101 109 58 65 53 34 48 11 57 Rheumatic fever 1 2 2 ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 Diabetes 5 7 3 5 3 1 7 ... 2 Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. 46 50 28 26 23 19 41 6 10 25 TABLE No. 13.—continued. Causes of Death. Male. Female. ... |
0837b709-d120-4f88-b9b8-403194456f6e | Heart disease 106 105 62 66 55 28 63 7 24 Arterio-sclerosis 20 18 10 7 10 11 4 ... 13 Bronchitis 56 58 35 34 29 16 11 3 11 Pneumonia (all forms) 56 38 32 27 21 14 32 5 12 Other respiratory diseases 5 5 1 5 2 2 3 ... ... Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 8 3 2 2 3 4 ... 1 5 Diarrhoea, &c. 3 3 3 . 2 1 2 . 2 Appendicitis and t... |
218e454c-d431-414b-950e-0fd1a29268d5 | Acute and chronic nephritis 15 31 9 15 12 10 8 l 10 Puerperal sepsis • •• 3 2 . . 1 . . 3 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition . 3 . 1 1 1 1 . 1 Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth 30 19 14 12 14 9 13 1 10 Suicide 11 6 3 8 4 2 5 . . Other deaths from violence 34 21 17 13 7 18 16 8... |
e4f8c67d-3f89-46cb-95c7-7587de70d2cb | 12 shews that there were 211 deaths from heart disease, 210 from cancer, 148 from pulmonary tuberculosis, 114 from bronchitis, 96 from cerebral haemorrhage, 94 from pneumonia, and 45 from influenza. 71 per cent. of all deaths occurred in persons over 45 years of age. Tuberculosis and Infectious Fevers. These are referr... |
45297119-b0e8-4216-9b53-10a847124af2 | 1923 93 65 10 168 1.2 22 13.1 1924 142 95 10 247 1.8 65 26.3 1925 110 97 16 223 1.6 47 21.1 1926 103 81 13 197 1.4 35 17.8 1927 114 94 10 218 1.5 37 17.0 Heart Disease. The deaths from heart disease, which numbered 191 in 1926, numbered 211 in 1927. In that year, all except 18 were in persons over 45 years of age. 27 D... |
dacee6d4-4e89-4351-9045-e0346f0e14a9 | In England and Wales the deaths of mothers from diseases primarily due to child bearing approximate to four maternal deaths to every 1,000 live births, and this figure has been more or less constant for over 20 years. In 1927, six deaths in the Borough were due to these groups of diseases, a figure below the average of... |
befd7c9f-aff8-4265-b4ec-736707ba490b | 4 1913 1 - - - 1 - 1 - 2 5 1914 1 - 1 2 - 1 1 1 4 11 1915 1 1 - - 1 - 2 - 3 8 1916 - 1 1 1 4 - 1 - 7 15 1917 - 1 - 2 - 1 2 1 7 14 1918 1 - - 2 1 - 1 1 9 15 1919 - 2 1 2 - - 2 1 5 13 1920 - 1 - - 1 - 1 3 5 11 1921 - - - - - - 3 2 5 10 1922 - - - 1 - - 2 - 3 6 1923 - - - - 1 - 1 - 3 5 1924 - |
e8f35737-2d22-4410-a459-c092c464a9dd | - 2 1 1 - 3 1 2 10 1925 - - 1 2 1 1 1 - 3 9 1926 - 1 - 2 - -- 1 2 6 1927 - 1 - - - - 1 1 3 6 Totals 5 8 6 15 11 3 23 13 64 148 29 Violence and Suicide. Fifty-five deaths (34 males and 21 females) occurred from violence, apart from suicide, a number somewhat in excess of previous years. Seventeen deaths were due to suic... |
3527e374-1d3f-49e5-aed6-585e4c63b9f3 | 16, and it will be noted that the death rate from this disease has never been so high. TABLE No. 16. Deaths from Cancer and Malignant Disease. Year. Males. Females. Total. Rate. Percentage of Total Deaths. 1923 91 84 175 1.25 12.62 1924 87 94 181 1.29 11.73 1925 83 110 193 1.37 12.71 1926 93 104 197 1.39 13.59 1927 101... |
bd1580c4-bcfc-4c6f-a543-bcc520fab319 | - Mouth and Jaw 5 1 6 4 Pharynx 3 - 3 2 (Esophagus 2 2 4 2 Stomach 26 24 50 26 Liver and Gall Bladder 7 12 10 2 Intestines 9 10 19 12 Rectum 7 5 12 6 Uterus - 14 14 10 Ovary - 4 4 3 Breast - 25 25 8 Vagina and Vulva - 2 2 2 Skin 7 - 7 3 Larynx 6 - 6 3 Lung 2 2 4 3 Pancreas 2 1 3 3 Neck 1 - 1 1 Bladder 10 3 13 8 Other s... |
d5c8d501-1e34-46d6-a841-c4111cd33b68 | Inquests. There were 154 inquests held on Woolwich residents during the year, compared with 147 in 1926 and 141 in 1925. DEATHS OF CHILDREN 1—5 YEARS OF AGE. The number of deaths of children between 1-2 years of age was 21, and between 2-5, 29. In 1926 these figures were 26 and 32, respectively. The causes of death are... |
855e1efa-d6e6-4c8a-8a47-202a4b41d827 | Tuberculosis Respiratory Diseases. Diarrhoeal Diseases. All other causes. Total Deaths. 1911.1915 2,581 7 .67 2.87 8.76 2.56 4.96 26.82 1916.1920 2,536 6.86 1.42 8.28 .63 4.42 21.61 1921.1925 2,876 3.69 1.46 4.52 .49 2.99 13.15 1926 2,438 3.69 .41 3.69 1.64 1.23 10.66 1927 2,348 2.13 1.70 3.41 . 1.70 8.94 TABLE No. 19.... |
611fa27b-d845-4b79-bad1-036094f08203 | Death Rates for 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods. Period. Estimated mean Population. Infectious Fevers. Tuberculosis. Respiratory Diseases. Diarrhoeal Diseases. All other causes. Total Deaths. 1911.1915 7,681 3.05 1.20 1.56 .26 1.30 7.37 1916.1920 7,547 2.70 1.09 1.... |
fe88ab96-2f49-4d74-912a-39f557307708 | The number of deaths under one year was 95, compared with 107 in 1926 and 141 in 1925. The infantile mortality rate (deaths under one year per 1,000 births) was 42, compared with 43 in 1926 and 55 in 1925. This is the second lowest rate in London—Holborn being first with 38—and is the lowest figure ever recorded in the... |
6a5e9bec-ca9a-4fa6-9a29-c7d2cd89ab1e | 20. Period. Woolwich. West Plumstead. East Plumstead. Eltham. The Borough. 1923 51 37 42 39 43 1924 79 42 68 70 65 1925 59 42 51 69 55 1926 51 37 41 44 43 1927 53 29 42 47 42 Causes of Death. The chief cause of death was premature birth, 36 deaths out of 95 being certified as due to this cause. Ten deaths were due to B... |
ead1d2d0-d760-46be-8732-340d2ba4587d | Of 51 neo-natal deaths, 33 were certified as due to premature birth. Deaths of Illegitimate Children. The number of deaths of illegitimate infants was 2. A comparison of the infantile mortality rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants shews that the rate for legitimate was 43, and for illegitimate 30. These figures... |
0f54d7f3-0b2d-4b47-8cc2-509af789e301 | Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One year of age. Causes of Deaths. Under 1 week. 1-2 weeks. 2-3 weeks. 3-4 weeks. Total under 4 weeks. 1 month and under 3 months. 3 months and under 6 months. 6 months and under 9 months. 9 months and under 12 months. Total deaths under 1 year. Smallpox . . . . . . ... |
23b4e474-467e-4379-a463-2272ce7dc567 | 1 1 Abdominal Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . Other Tuberculous Diseases . . . . . . . . . . Meningitis (not Tuberculous . . . . . . . 1 1 2 Convulsions . . . . . . 1 . 2 3 Laryngitis . . . . . . . . . . Bronchitis . . 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 10 Pneumonia (all forms) . . . . . . . 6 2 8 Diarrhoea . 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 Enteritis .... |
74f213b8-a7a0-406a-8da5-81e65db1d327 | Injury at Birth . . . . . . . . . . Atelectasis 5 . . . 5 . . . . 5 Congenital Malformation 4 . . . 4 . 2 . . 6 Premature Birth 27 3 3 . 33 2 1 . . 36 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus 2 1 . 1 4 3 . . . 7 Other Causes 1 1 . . 2 1 . 2 3 8 39 6 4 2 51 9 9 12 14 95 Nett Births registered during the calendar year Legitimate I... |
bc638957-790e-418e-9391-6e326b78df03 | East Plumstead. Eltham. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Smallpox . . . . . . • • . . . Chickenpox . 1 . . . . . 1 . . Measles . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet Fever . . . . . . . . . . Whooping Cough 2 1 . 1 . . . .1 . Diphtheria and Croup . . . . . . . . . . Erysipelas . . . . . . . . . . Tuberculous Meningitis . 1 . . . . .... |
be51a954-deb3-46c4-b22b-6b9c42d15882 | . 1 2 Laryngitis . . . . . . . . . . Bronchitis 7 3 2 3 4 . . . 1 . Pneumonia (all forms) 2 6 . 2 . 1 1 2 1 1 Diarrhoea . 1 . . . . . 1 . . Enteritis 2 2 1 1 . . . 1 l . Gastritis . . . . . . . . . . Syphilis . . . . . . . . . . Rickets . . . . . . . . . . Suffocation, Overlying . . . . . . . . . . Injury at birth . . ... |
60b527df-8447-43d4-9e95-e9ca0f087507 | 2 1 Premature birth 23 13 6 5 7 2 6 4 4 2 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus 2 5 1 2 1 . . 3 . . Other causes 4 4 2 2 . . . . 2 2 52 43 16 16 15 3 8 13 13 11 T 95 32 T 18 21 t 24 36 TABLE No. 23.-INFANT DEATHS, 1927. Causes of Death. The Borough. Woolwich. West Plumstead. East Plumstead. Eltham. Under 4 weeks. 4 weeks— 1 y... |
6ed24953-9dc0-4cd7-a950-25f7cea5f37c | Smallpox .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Chickenpox .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. Measles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Scarlet Fever .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Whooping Cough .. 3 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 1 Diphtheria and Croup .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Erysipelas .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Tuberculous Meningitis .. ... |
f561937e-bf0d-4f80-9f43-891122a370fc | .. .. .. .. .. .. Meningitis (not Tuberculous) .. 2 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 Convulsions .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 Laryngitis .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Bronchitis 2 8 1 4 1 3 .. .. .. .. Pneumonia (all forms) .. 8 .. 2 .. 1 .. 3 .. 2 Diarrhoea 1 .. .. .. .. . . 1 . . . Enteritis . 4 . 2 . . . 1 . 1 Gastritis . . . .... |
d6d95adf-c1c0-43cc-bed0-04ecff7c78c2 | 1 . 1 . Congenital Malformation 4 2 1 . . 1 1 . 2 1 Premature Birth 33 3 10 1 9 . 10 . 4 2 Atrophy, Debility & Marasmus 4 3 2 1 1 . 1 2 . Other causes 2 6 2 2 . . . . . 4 51 44 18 14 12 6 14 7 7 17 95 32 18 21 24 37 TABLE No. 24. INFANT MORTALITY, 1901.1927. Rates for stated groups of diseases and for stated age period... |
22d8008c-6261-414a-9789-627f41b9bab7 | Diseases of Nervous System. Diseases of Respiratory System. Diseases of Digestive System. Syphilis. Diseases of Development. All other Diseases. Congenital Defects. Prematurity. Debility. Under 4 weeks. Over 4 weeks 1901.1905 7.26 4.33 8.48 19.30 24.62 .94 44.14 10.76 119.83 - - - - - 1906-1910 6.75 3.41 6.81 17.50 14.... |
bfa5d96f-4ddc-427d-916d-6d30b8925521 | 99 10.64 86.34 3.12 18.30 10.57 32.27 54.07 1916-1920 4.08 1.09 3.53 16.30 7.74 1.29 33.67 10.92 78.62 3.19 19.96 10.52 35.44 43.18 1921-1925 3.81 1 .55 2.82 10.52 6.13 •70 23.07 8.75 57.35 4.30 12.84 5.93 25.47 31.88 1923 1.39 0.35 3.49 5.23 2.79 0.35 21.97 7.33 42.90 3.48 14.30 4.19 25.11 17. |
aac21835-6411-414a-846d-967692c0ff51 | 79 1926 1.62 1 .62 1.22 7.71 3.65 0.41 19.90 7.31 43.44 3.25 12.99 3.66 22.33 21.11 1927 1.79 0.45 2.23 8.03 2.23 - 21.85 5.80 42.38 2.67 16.06 3.12 22.75 19.63 The rates in each case are per 1,000 births. 38 SECTION III.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. It is laid down by the Ministry of Health that, ... |
46e52fd6-9c45-4895-ac31-34c6cb4e61ce | In the case of a metropolitan borough, such a statement must of necessity be incomplete because many of the inhabitants no doubt seek medical assistance from institutions outside the area, and many of the services which have their origin in the work of the Health Department pass from that to general county services. Mo... |
c5c01622-79f1-43cd-8379-5d1cc77bd762 | Detailed information regarding the use made of the Asylums Board's Hospitals by Woolwich residents is set out in Table No. 44. in the section dealing with the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases. A small number of infectious cases are admitted to the London Fever Hospital, an institution where fever patients ... |
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