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e7e8282c-854d-4fde-b2b0-56fe2762af1d | Amongst those brought to the Clinic were a number of cases of infantile paralysis, spastic paraplegia, etc., some of which had not been recognised. These children were referred to a specialist for opinion and appropriate treatment, whilst sunlight treatment was given, not as a specific, but in the hope of contributing ... |
c6595489-b8fc-4be1-b68c-d14139ea3e19 | An improvement in their general physical condition was noted in 13 instances; in 7 there was no change, and 5 others were receiving treatment at the end of the year. A curious feature of the statistics is the number in which treatment was abandoned. There are several explanations of this. At the beginning, sunlight tre... |
a9e1cd59-477f-4204-9d01-654b5d9281b5 | It must be pointed out, however, that this feature of backsliding is not infrequently seen in any form of treatment demanding a number of attendances over a long period and is not confined to Artificial Sunlight Clinics." (e) Treatment of Minor Ailments. Children requiring medical or surgical treatment for certain mino... |
df27b3f9-3578-484c-98a7-b5b1446b2c2a | 167 TABLE No. 78. No. Attendances. Expectant mothers 77 136 Nursing mothers 53 153 Children under 5 170 221 300 510 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... |
d8e0a329-d433-4469-b7a2-47c272e72b96 | per attendance for cases requiring massage or electrical treatment, and 1s. 6d. per attendance for any other form of treatment. The cost of these services for the year was £179 9s. Od. Only cases recommended by the Medical Officer of Health are included in this scheme, and payment is only made for the number of attenda... |
4d4c9372-d0f1-4166-b9f5-285e3a95d216 | Talipes (Club Foot) 3 5 8 6 „ (Flat Foot) — 7 7 4 Rickets— General 1 15 16 8 Genu Valgum (Knock Knee) 4 4 8 5 Genu Varum (Bow leg) 12 8 20 20 Paralysis, etc.— Infantile 3 1 4 3 Erb's 2 _ 2 _ Muscular Weakness 1 3 4 1 MiscellaneousInjuries - 2 2 2 Hernia - _ _ _ Constipation 1 2 3 3 Flat Chest 1 2 3 1 Rheumatism _ _ _ _... |
3cf6074a-95ee-44eb-b69a-dcb4197bd1f7 | The extent to which these services have been made use of in respect to specific diseases is dealt with under these diseases, q.v. (i) Hospital Beds for Children under Five Years of Age. In the children's ward of the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital, twelve beds have been reserved by the Council for the use of children un... |
79974cd5-af93-4c7e-bea8-ed3b771984bc | It is based on the number of " units " in a family, each adult counting as two units and each of the family counting as one unit. Certain deductions are made from the family gross income. These deductions include the charges which would go on whether the child is in hospital or not, for example, such items as rent, hea... |
40af146b-314c-42d9-a8b7-b61b596a4ad1 | (j) & (k) Institutional Midwifery. The Council has an arrangement with two voluntary hospitals in the Borough for the reservation of beds for institutional midwifery. (1) British Hospital for Mothers and Babies. This is a voluntary hospital with 42 beds. It has an intern and extern midwifery service, and is an instruct... |
441bb44a-fcef-40fe-9220-1596f0f0b424 | The minimum fee has been fixed at £3 for confinement in the case of multiparae, and £4 in the case of primiparae. In certain cases this fee is reduced by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. The charge is based on a normal residence of fourteen days, but an additional charge is made after this period of 3s. per d... |
06410a3e-11dd-4d17-ac38-20076260428c | Infant deaths 5 Extern cases 196 Ante-natal Clinic— Mothers attending 989 Total attendances 5,170 Post-natal Clinic- Mothers attending 29 Total attendances 57 Infant Clinic— Infants attending 476 Total attendances 1,983 171 (2) War Memorial Hospital. There is a small maternity section of seven beds at this hospital and... |
3f2080dc-62d0-44c8-adf0-ffa600ee9f28 | During the period the hospital was open two ante-natal cases and one emergency case were admitted. The fees payable per annum to the hospital for the reservation of these beds amount to £687 10s., and 9s. Od. per day is payable for each day of approved ante-natal treatment. The actual cost for the ten months was £578 2... |
76e3711f-a686-4fed-9f87-e5afae5ba472 | Mothers admitted (a) for confinement 91 (b) for ante-natal or emergency treatment 3 Children born 87 Maternal deaths 1 Infant deaths 5 172 Ante-natal Clinic Mothers attending 117 Total attendances 439 (l) Supply of Milk, etc., to Necessitous Mothers and Children. The cost of milk and dinners supplied to nursing and exp... |
fa8cf85f-3cb0-4cf0-b431-1210890ed817 | This service is administered strictly in accordance with the provisions of Circular 185, under which milk may be supplied at less than cost price, in necessitous cases only, to— (a) Nursing mothers ; (6) Expectant mothers in the last three months of pregnancy ; (c) Children up to three years of age ; and, exceptionally... |
55037309-7dfe-4690-a62c-5b1f9724553b | 1 13 0 1 15 0 2 10 6 2 12 6 3 8 6 3 10 0 4 7 6 4 8 6 5 7 0 5 8 0 6 or more 6 6 6 or more 7 6 Per head, after deduction of rent. 173 Circular letters issued by the Ministry of Health on the 30th March, 1928 and the 6th June, 1928, suggesting additional limiting conditions in regard to this service, were carefully consid... |
f769d3d2-c5d9-47b0-b518-fad8c9ef072d | The Council decided not to adopt the new conditions, which were as follows:— (1) Milk should be supplied by the Council at less than cost price solely on medical grounds, and should not be supplied to applicants who are already in receipt of Poor Law Relief. Applicants whose circumstances are such that they can only be... |
f41498e7-30ee-4cff-b4b2-2c2ffbe02eb0 | (3) The scale of income adopted by the Council for the supply of milk at less than cost price should be revised in order to bring it into accord with the fall in the index figure of the cost of living since the scale was framed. 174 (4) The Council should satisfy themselves that they are obtaining their supplies of mil... |
c9074886-7b3b-4c2e-8cb6-6b265622a8e1 | It is pleasing to record that, after the disappointments and trials of the previous three years, there has been a more gratifying response on the part of the mothers towards this work, so much so that at the end of the year the Council decided to open a similar centre early in the new year at the Old Town Hall Centre. ... |
21acf4c6-038a-492c-a781-bb9bf0f62ec3 | It is staffed by voluntary workers from St. Francis Mission, but the Council supply one health visitor every session and an assistant medical officer every alternate week. The number of children attending the centre during the year was 155, and the total number of attendances, including mothers, was 994. The Council do... |
fcf94949-d372-4bcb-8bda-8a7b2a630e2f | 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 ... |
004b3a3c-013c-4766-a96b-1fa1e9991466 | 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 illne... |
a4a375be-57bb-4e57-90d6-6f349623385b | H. G. Taylor, F.R.C.S., has been appointed as Consultant at a fee of £3 3s. Od. per consultation, with the addition of £1 Is. Od. for the time spent in travelling, and a further fee of £1 Is. Od. if treatment is carried out, with a minimum annual payment of 20 guineas; (б) Arrangements have been entered into with the S... |
c3ab03b5-05c5-4823-921f-e23a89043e05 | A fee of is. 3d. per visit is paid for each approved visit. Hospital provision for these cases is provided in the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. During the year, Mr. Taylor was asked to see two cases in consultation. One bacteriological examination was made. Nursing assistance was provided in two cases. T... |
48d37631-dcfa-4b90-a397-3e789e8acce2 | The reports on these cases have been sent to the Ministry and in due course will be published by him along with the results obtained in other areas where the work was also carried out. (q) Blind Persons Act, 1920. It is the duty of the London County Council to make arrangements to the satisfaction of the Ministry of He... |
43bfdc48-69b8-4582-acf6-5c1b7824faba | During the year three cases came to the knowledge of the department, all of whom were receiving suitable treatment in special London hospitals or homes. (r) Widows', Orphans' & Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925. In March, 1926, the Council resolved to inform the London County Council that it was prepared to under... |
3929bbd6-3a5c-4254-a16c-412eb826b6ba | The local authority for the County of London under the Act is the London County Council, but this body was of opinion that this work should be delegated to the metropolitan borough councils as the authorities dealing with maternity and child welfare. Any expense incurred is defrayed as expense under the maternity and c... |
e0399db0-0ae1-4943-915e-2525432ee673 | Payment is only made in respect of children sent to homes approved by the Medical Officer of Health, and parents' assessments are made in accordance with a scale which is used by all Invalid Children's Aid Associations in London. 179 METEOROLOGY. Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, du... |
0a39aba6-11ac-4d27-bf5c-667673a7cfc0 | 7 55.9 31.8 420 + 3.8 43.4 4 0.75 14 52.1 29.9 43.9 + 6.0 43.6 6 0.41 21 52.3 27.5 41.9 + 3.3 43.7 1 0.10 28 53.6 29.0 41.4 + 2.2 43.7 7 106 Feb. 4 50.2 31.0 41.0 + 1.4 43.5 6 0.62 1 1 51.7 34.3 44.1 + 4.9 43.2 4 0.32 18 55.9 36.1 46.3 + 7.0 43.7 6 0.39 25 56.5 28.2 41. |
bc3912ee-fc9b-4b23-9cc3-f7f3d18c4065 | 0 + 1.3 43.9 - - March 3 61.3 310 46.4 + 6.0 43.5 2 013 10 68.0 26.5 42.4 + 1.4 43.0 5 0.33 17 57.2 24.8 37.7 — 3.8 40.4 2 003 24 61.3 39.5 49.0 + 7.0 44.0 4 0.36 31 60.4 32.2 45.7 + 1.9 44.5 4 0.78 April 7 60.2 32.3 45.7 — 0.3 44.8 5 0.40 14 S7.9 40.1 511 + 51 47.2 4 0.39 21 51. |
22c2f756-19c1-44d0-8a51-4acae2435c7b | 8 28.3 39.9 — 8.0 44.5 4 0.61 28 73.3 34.0 530 + 4.3 45.7 — - May 5 72.9 45.6 55.3 + 5.7 47.1 3 0.38 12 70.2 34.9 57.0 — 1.5 48.3 — — 19 60.2 36.9 47.1 — 5.9 48.4 6 1.52 26 70.3 40.0 49.8 — 51 48.5 3 0.67 June 2 79.6 44.9 59.3 + 2.5 49.5 - - 9 76.3 40.0 57.4 — 0.8 50.6 4 0. |
fba39919-5dcc-462b-96dc-dba68f59adad | 68 16 77.6 41.2 55.5 — 3.0 51.6 4 1.30 23 74.1 37.0 57.4 — 2.5 52.1 3 012 30 76.8 48.2 59.8 — 1.7 52.9 3 019 180 METEOROLOGY—continued. Week ending. Tomperature 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 i... |
f8ee3adb-1c2a-4adf-b6a0-bb34b5ebfb91 | July 7 14 21 28 75.9 49.7 61.3 — 0.8 53.7 3 0.53 89.1 50.2 68.4 + 5.6 54.6 1 0.02 91.1 48.4 68.4 + 5.0 55.7 - - 92.0 51.0 68.5 + 5.8 56.5 2 0.69 Aug. |
54f7944e-a38f-4280-ae60-fed2e27ca8de | 4 11 18 25 73.6 48.6 59.3 — 2.9 56.9 6 2.27 83.7 45.9 63.8 + 1.5 57.0 2 0.14 75.6 47.4 60.9 — 1.4 57.1 3 0.15 77.2 45.0 62.2 + 1.0 57.2 3 0.35 Sept. |
daafd6d3-8303-44b5-a030-101923887539 | 1 8 15 22 29 74.5 46.2 60.1 — 0.1 57.3 3 0.73 83.0 44.0 62.7 + 3.4 57.1 - - 72.9 44.1 58.9 + 0.9 570 2 0.33 74.0 36.7 55.0 j.5 56.5 - - 65.1 34.0 51.5 — 3.6 55.5 4 0.35 Oct. |
f13dc72d-7332-400c-b5d4-fc534d5301a4 | 6 13 20 27 67.0 34.0 50.2 — 3.2 54.6 1 002 68.0 33.9 52.9 + 1.6 54.0 3 0.27 66.1 29.3 52.6 + 3.0 53.4 7 1.42 62.0 41.0 51.5 + 3.5 53.0 6 1.63 Nov. 3 10 17 24 60.0 39.7 48.3 + 1.2 52.3 4 0.11 57.0 27.5 42.8 — 2.5 51.4 2 0.09 60.1 41.7 52.2 + 8.9 50. |
8236a4ec-ea1f-4ef3-b0d2-7948503e624e | 7 7 0.79 58.2 41.4 50.9 + 8.8 50.5 4 0.53 Dec. 1 8 15 22 29 55.6 32.9 44.9 + 3.5 50.0 2 0.34 50.9 26.6 40.1 — 1.1 49.0 2 0.16 39.7 23.9 33.6 — 6.9 47.4 3 0.30 48.0 28.5 39.7 + 0.2 46.1 5 0.40 54.7 34.1 41.7 + 31 45.7 6 116 |
6c11c4f3-15c5-4f6c-aabd-75e1177b2e60 | AC 4372 WOO29 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for WOOLWICH 1929 by 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 Med... |
a1578d7a-26a3-48da-a13e-4d6ddaf3fafa | Councillor Mrs. L. E. Driver (Vice-Chairman). Alderman A. Gorman. Councillors— Miss M. Crout, J.P. H. N. Dickinson A. H. Gilder S. J. Huff E. T. Lamerton J. Lee T. G. E. Phillips Major G. H. Rayner Mrs. E. L. Reeves Miss S. Turnbull H. J. Turner H. Vaughan MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE. Comprising the Members o... |
481d30dc-1bf7-493b-8133-8c407c7ee5ea | Annual Statistics 17 Births 19 Marriages 21 Deaths 21 Maternal Mortality 31 Child Mortality 33 Infantile Mortality 34 III.—General Provision of Health Services. Hospitals 40 Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 42 Ambulance Facilities 42 Clinics and Treatment Centres 43 Staff 45 Professional Nursing in the Hom... |
46fd1dfc-0f3e-4ba1-a03f-44ce7f03c800 | Staff 59 Complaints 59 Closet Accommodation 59 Removal and Disposal of Refuse 59 Drainage 60 Sewer Emanations 61 Sanitary Inspection of Area 62 Rats 66 Mosquitoes 6? Rag Flock 67 Offensive Trades 68 Smoke Abatement 68 Factories and Workshops 68 Mortuaries 70 Cemeteries 71 Exhumations 72 Plumstead Churchyard 72 Removal ... |
0d4ac1de-56f5-40b0-94ff-e55e00e42023 | General Reference 81 Milk Supply 82 Registration 82 Cowkeepers 82 Milk Retailed in Bottles 82 Designated Milks 83 Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations 86 Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations 86 Artificial Cream Act, 1929 86 Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1928 87 Merchandise Marks Act 89 Sale of... |
677d8c77-cb70-4f5d-b65e-61df4b12b22f | Statistics 100 Inspection of Houses 102 Housing Act, 1925 102 Rent Restrictions Acts 104 Tents and Vans 104 Houses Let in Lodgings 104 New Houses—Water Certificates 105 Council's Housing Scheme 105 VIII.—Infectious Diseases. Notifications 107 Smallpox 114 Scarlet Fever 114 Diphtheria 117 Enteric Fever 119 Encephalitis ... |
405488c7-0fe3-4b8d-88c1-df6d2d7c9d6b | 1925 136 The Work of the Dispensary 136 Contacts 140 Co-operation with Hospitals 142 Co-operation Locally 142 Extra Nourishment 142 Dental Treatment 143 Shelters 143 Bacteriological Examinations 143 Institutional Treatment 143 Care Committee 144 7 IX.—Maternity and Child Welfare. page. |
760a9005-dd0e-4fff-9140-c11561807bbe | Notification of Births Acts 146 The Work of the Health Visitors 146 The Work of the Welfare Centres 147 Voluntary Centre 152 Artificial Sunlight Clinic 152 Collective Instruction of Expectant and Nursing Mothers 157 Assisted Milk Scheme 157 Feeding of Infants 157 Treatment of Minor Ailments 159 Dental Treatment 159 Ort... |
74017c8b-e303-43fd-871c-fe1f4e0c4236 | Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit the Twenty-ninth Annual Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. It is an ordinary report as the special five-yearly survey report is not due until next year. The outstanding feature of the year was the passing of the Local Government Act of ... |
bf0af789-29f1-48db-9934-b83d56dc9747 | In the early months of the year the weather was abnormally cold and raw, resulting in a large increase in the incidence of cardiac and respiratory diseases, and of Influenza, a set of circumstances which re-acted very unfavourably on the young and on the aged. In consequence the death rates were higher. The general dea... |
18f511fd-10bf-4b51-bbf2-ee525808a4c2 | A general reference to the health services will be found in Section III, where they are set out more or less in precis form, but in each case reference is given to the appropriate parts of the report, where the subject is dealt with in detail. Health Propaganda. Health propaganda is now a regular part of the work of th... |
bf20874e-ac73-46e8-9067-1c68fbd108d1 | There appears to be an increasing demand for health lectures at meetings of Guilds and other organizations of a like nature, particularly in outlying parts of the Borough—a demand which every endeavour should be made to meet as such meetings provide for a free and more personal discussion of health matters than is poss... |
b7df4497-0ec1-41ed-ba70-10fa678e6e09 | The number of notifications of puerperal fever and puerperal pyrexia rose from 48 to 53, and there were three deaths from puerperal fever, compared with eight in 1928. At the end of the year there were 932 cases of pulmonary and 278 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis, making a total of 1,210 cases known to be living i... |
7a7f7453-7e09-413e-b10f-5391557221bd | In all, three Inspectors are now concerned with the supervision of the food supplies and the premises where they are prepared, or stored or sold. Although there were only five cases of smallpox notified in the Borough, the occurrence of the disease in the Metropolis placed much additional work on the Inspectors in conn... |
1cf6bfeb-27f1-4764-af10-053d758bfbaf | E. G. Turner, who •entered the service of the Plumstead Vestry on the 7th October, 1886, retired on superannuation on the 1st August. Maternity and Child Welfare. During the year plans were prepared for the erection of a new Centre at Eltham to replace the existing hut at 179, Well Hall Road, which is obviously too sma... |
17504507-bec7-4796-939d-3189f1bbe5b4 | Plans have accordingly been prepared whereby there will be provided a large waiting hall, a set of maternity and child welfare rooms, dental rooms, and two further rooms for the treatment of school children. The plans have been approved by the Minister (1930). 12 This section of the work continues to increase, the atte... |
5c70e5bb-0243-4b75-9260-da0acf6a25e7 | 13 Twenty-ninth Annual Report on the HEALTH OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOOLWICH Year ending 31st December, 1929. SECTION I.—GENERAL STATISTICS. TABLE No. 1. Area (acres) 8,282 Population, 1929:— Total (including military) 146,800 Civilians 141,600 Population, Census 1921:— Total (including military) 140,389 Civilia... |
2a29b235-46a7-4550-b3d8-64183b10786b | The River Thames covers approximately 645 acres. The Borough is divided into the two Parliamentary Divisions of East Woolwich and West Woolwich, and is further subdivided into fourteen Wards. Much of the Borough is unbuilt on and the number of persons per acre varies from 11 in Eltham to 31 in Woolwich—the general aver... |
f725f01f-232f-4b7f-91d6-0840233dd4c9 | Margarets (6) Burrage Woolwich (Wards 6-11) West Woolwich (Wards 7-14) (7) Herbert Woolwich (Wards 8-11) (8) Dockyard Woolwich (Wards 8-11) (9) St. Marys (10) River (11) St. Georges Eltham (Wards 12-14) (12) Avery Hill Eltham (Wards 12-14) Eltham (Wards 12-14) (13) Sherard .(14) Well Hall 15 In comparing the statistics... |
d27f0dbf-6302-4b11-85db-af7b6956022b | The original St. Nicholas' Ward was for the same reason divided into two—now known as the Abbey Wood and St. Nicholas' Wards. During the year an enquiry was held by the London County Council into a proposal to unify the three civil parishes of Woolwich into one, to be known as the Parish of the Borough of Woolwich. No ... |
db3de5b5-60b6-4afd-9dda-883ba315a2d8 | The figures include the military, and in order to obtain the civilian population, it is necessary to make a reduction of 5,200, which is the estimated number of non-civilians. The civilian population, therefore, is estimated to be 141,600. For several years now I have been of opinion that the figure estimated by the Re... |
d13f966a-874f-4b70-98d7-018d245b8a3d | When these allowances have been made, the figures for the old registration districts are as follows:— These figures have been used throughout the report for calculating the rates in the Borough and the various registration districts. Sickness and Invalidity. The incidence of the infectious diseases is referred to in th... |
50cd130c-2528-431e-bc8f-044b31981fad | Woolwich 29,440 West Plumstead 38,112 East Plumstead 34,204 Eltham 39,844 141,600 17 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 shown below:— TABLE No. 3. |
b38922cd-fb80-43e5-8681-3b6974fd6865 | Births—Legitimate 2,241 ,, Illegitimate 71 • 2,312 Birth Rate 16.3 Deaths 1,780 Death Rate 12.6 Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of Child Birth:— (a) From Sepsis 3 (b) From other causes 11 Deaths of Infants under one year 144 (a) Legitimate 137 (b) Illegitimate 7 Infantile Mortality Rate 62 Deaths from Measl... |
bab8016c-7237-4778-9294-3fba99fe4594 | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. 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 1638 13.9 1904 118,456 3535 29.8 477 135 1763 14.9 1905 118,589 3546 29.9 362 102 1604 13.5 1906 119,143 3549 29.8 388 109 1668 14.0 1907 119,704 333... |
b581401c-d984-4f43-b21a-9b87dac71d2a | 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 122,431 2838 23.2 241 85 1706 13.9 1915 a 138,200 2839 21.9 268 94 1837 14.2 b 129,... |
da0b2328-d13b-488c-b771-2988cd5ca4c7 | 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 o 140,000 3658 26.9 224 61 1487 10.9 6 135,904 1921 a 141,700 3197 23.2 197 62 1594 11.6 b 137,604 1922 a 142,350 2941 21.3 184 6... |
6ba35e31-2b3b-40b2-b2a3-5819d9df6bde | 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 1491 10.6 b 140,770 1928 a 146,600 2269 16.1 114 50 1554 11.0 b 141,100 1929 a 146,800 2312 1... |
b8af18a6-3fbe-40d5-ad7c-992b7ab62a96 | b Civil population. 19 BIRTHS. During the year 2,392 births were registered in the Borough; 1,226 were males and 1,166 females. Corrected by outward and inward transfers, these numbers become 2,312, 1,170 and 1,142 respectively. The corrected figures for the registration districts are shown in the following Table No. 5... |
c567e6ea-a72d-4b01-b322-ea950c0a8911 | 6, shows the birth rates in each registration district, after correction for outward and inward transfers, for each year since 1925:— TABLE No. 6. Period. Woolwich. West Plumstead East Plumstead Eltham. The Borough. 1925 23.1 17.0 16.1 17.6 18.3 1926 21.9 16.1 16.4 15.8 17.4 1927 19.3 15.9 14.2 14.6 15.9 1928 20.6 14.7... |
d1b6ad6b-6275-4e04-a5d1-a965c1570c93 | There were 22 inward transfers and 4 outward transfers, making a net figure of 71, equivalent to 31 per 1,000 births. Natural Increase of Population. This term means the excess of births over deaths. In 1926 it was 1,013 ; in 1927, 751 ; in 1928, 715 ; and in 1929, 532. Notification of Births. During the year, 2,300 li... |
c95f0549-1a30-4c67-a251-a00a31d4c739 | Twenty-three births took place in midwives' homes. In addition to these, 64 notifications were received from the Medical Officer of Health of Greenwich, 52 from the Medical Officer of Health of Lewisham, and 31 from other Medical Officers of Health. 92 still births were notified. It is known that 918 Woolwich births to... |
a1f3e3aa-488a-4e5b-b945-d402851ae764 | 21 TABLE No. 7. Year. No. of births. No. of live births notified. No. of still births. Percentage of births notified. Birth Rate England and Wales. Woolwich. London. 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 1928 2269 2336 80 98 16.1 15.9 16.7 1929 2312... |
b986c144-8f3e-4362-8e60-d24b59cab396 | The marriage rate was 14.1, as compared with 15.06, 16 01, 13 9 and 17.7 in the four preceding years. DEATHS. The total deaths registered in the district were 1,610. This figure includes 194 non.residents who died in the district but does not include 364 residents who died outside the Borough. When allowance is made fo... |
4826a668-91f7-49f9-a9ad-7890b22745e3 | 8, shows the death rates in each registration district (after correction for outward and inward transfers) for each year since 1925:— TABLE No. 8. Period. Woolwich. West Plumstead East Plumstead Eltham. The Borough. 1925 13.6 11.6 9.7 8.2 10.8 1926 11.7 11.1 10.3 7.6 10.2 1927 1.30 11.4 9.9 8.3 10.6 1928 14.4 11.9 10.4... |
06331e51-fd02-4bcf-af58-293b9cab9fc0 | Hospitals or Institutions. Number of Deaths. Poor Law Institutions 562 London General Hospitals 157 Special Hospitals 34 Mental Hospitals 62 Fever Hospitals.. 41 Tuberculosis Institutions 22 Cottage and Country Hospitals and Nursing Homes 41 919 The following Tables are self.explanatory. 23 TABLE No. 10. Birth Rate, De... |
c565794c-26a2-45be-884d-0489b87abf68 | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. Uncertified Causes of Death. Live Births Still Births England and Wales 16.3 0.68 13.4 0.01 0.00 0.8 0.02 0.15 0.08 0.74 0.55 8.1 74 91.5 6.1 1.5 0.9 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. 16.6 0.69 13.7 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.02 0.19 0.09 0.76 0.50 10.9 79 91.8 5.8... |
6cad543a-78a1-466b-974e-9b77b9929a93 | 16.0 0.71 12.3 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.02 0.15 0.07 0.71 0.45 5.9 69 92.6 5.4 1.0 1.0 London 15.7 0.53 13.8 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.02 0.26 008 0.69 0.56 10.7 70 89.5 6.8 3.7 0.0 WOOLWICH 16.3 0.56 12.6 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.16 0.12 0.68 0.43 9.1 62 90.3 8.7 1.0 0.0 24 TABLE No. 11. |
f3e93907-e528-4917-b715-97868a8daa52 | Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1929, Classified by Age and Cause. 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 2... |
73d5ca6b-ba7c-4b1a-96c8-e69861a45f72 | All causes 1780 144 28 37 55 68 201 475 372 400 Enteric fever 1 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. Smallpox 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. Measles 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. Scarlet fever 3 1 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. Whooping cough 22 11 8 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. Diphtheria 17 .. 1 7 9 .. .. .. .. .. Influenza 96 5 3 5 3 4 11 28 21 16 E... |
90599c5f-bb6a-4d3a-ad4a-046c89d3f42b | .. .. .. Tuberculosis of respiratory system 143 .. .. .. 5 35 57 39 5 2 Other tuberculous diseases 16 2 1 3 4 2 1 2 1 .. Cancer, malignant disease 213 .. 1 .. .. 1 16 87 70 38 Rheumatic fever 5 .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 3 .. .. Diabetes 16 .. .. .. .. 1 l 3 6 5 Cerebral haemorrhage, &c. 76 .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 21 33 25 TABLE No.... |
af800463-ea99-4157-925f-dfd92666fb33 | 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years. 65 and under 75 years. 75 and upwards. Heart disease 353 .. .. .. 3 6 18 107 108 111 Arterio-sclerosis 38 .. .. .. .. .. 2 8 10 18 Bronchitis 121 12 1 .. 1 .. 1 16 34 56 Pneumonia (all forms) 119 26 5 7 6 4 12 35 11 13 Other respiratory diseases 15 1 .. 3 4 3 4 Ulcer of stom... |
4926891d-c87b-4261-ab28-1af8300394c1 | . . . . . 3 4 1 Acute and chronic nephritis 54 . . . 1 . 11 18 10 14 Puerperal sepsis 3 . . . . . 3 . . . Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition 11 . . . . . 11 . . . Congenital debility and malformation, premature birth 44 42 1 1 . . . . . . Suicide 18 . . . . 1 8 9 . . Other deaths from violence 61... |
1a429b51-bc10-4812-af72-81cf8522f793 | Shewing the Nett Deaths of Woolwich Residents, all Deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough and Deaths of Woolwich Residents occurring in Institutions outside the Borough, during the year 1929. Causes of Death. Males. Females. Plumstead. Deaths in Publio Institutions. Woolwich. West. East. Eltham. In Borough. Ou... |
a48eb1b7-68a1-4f51-9bf9-8b058e72377e | 11 Diphtheria 10 7 3 7 1 6 . . 16 Influenza 50 46 27 30 19 20 41 10 11 Encephalitis lethargica 2 . 1 1 1 . 1 Meningococcal meningitis . 1 . . . 1 . . 1 Tuberculosis of respiratory system 75 68 35 46 35 27 44 13 32 Other tuberculous diseases 4 12 5 2 7 2 8 6 5 Cancer, malignant disease 93 120 47 72 41 53 68 16 46 Rheuma... |
30afcb43-ba1e-4078-a00b-e103e805b98b | 27 49 25 28 16 7 30 7 5 27 TABLE No. 12.—continued. Causes or Death. Male. Female. Woolwich. Plumstead. j Eltham. Deaths in Public Institutions. In Borough. Outlying Institutions. West. East. Residents. NonResidents. Heart disease 168 185 82 105 1ll 55 137 18 28 Arteriosclerosis 20 18 10 10 8 10 1 ... 12 Bronchitis 53 ... |
de91c844-b7cc-4e4a-85df-1c0b27b6c1dd | 8 7 5 4 3 3 3 3 1 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 20 3 2 10 6 5 10 3 10 Diarrhoea, &c. 21 7 7 3 8 10 8 2 8 Appendicitis and typhlitis 6 6 1 6 4 1 10 4 1 Cirrhosis of liver 7 1 1 3 1 3 4 1 . Acute and chronic nephritis 29 25 12 17 17 8 9 7 13 Puerperal sepsis . 3 . . . 3 . . 3 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and ... |
8653d45e-1151-4f63-b23d-074a9b58e6b6 | 11 3 4 3 1 5 2 2 Congenital debility and malformation — premature birth 25 19 15 12 7 10 14 6 9 Suicide 15 3 6 4 5 3 2 . . Other deaths from violence 39 22 21 9 16 15 32 14 11 Other defined diseases 136 123 76 78 46 59 93 40 71 Causes ill-defined or unknown . . . . . . . . . 28 CAUSES OF DEATH. Table No. 11 shows that ... |
27f4dea9-e3bd-4e88-9f70-303a0fdd9597 | The other figures differ but slightly from those of that year. 70 per cent, of all deaths occurred in persons over 45 years of age. Heart Disease. The deaths from heart disease, which numbered 211 in 1927 and 255 in 1928, numbered 353 in 1929. The large increase in diseases of the heart is due particularly to the abnor... |
a5885862-bf3b-41d4-aeab-ce85aaf412db | 13, shows the number of deaths each year since 1925 from respiratory diseases ; the annual death rate ; the number of deaths under 5 years, and the percentage of deaths occurring in children under 5 years of age. The increase in the number of deaths this year was mainly due to the abnormally cold weather in February an... |
8ca23231-1407-431b-80a2-a922d58756be | Percentage under 5 years, 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 1928 113 71 18 202 1.4 32 15.8 1929 121 119 15 255 1.8 51 20.0 Violence and Suicide. 61 deaths (39 males and 22 females) occurred from violence, apart from suicide, a number somewhat in excess of previ... |
b7ff070f-43fb-4b67-a728-1e10220c96ca | 14. 30 TABLE No. 14. Deaths from Cancer and Malignant Disease. Year. Males. Females. Total. Rate. Percentage of Total Deaths. 1925 83 110 193 1.37 12.71 1926 93 104 197 1.39 13.59 1927 101 109 210 1.49 14.08 1928 100 109 209 1.48 13.45 1929 93 120 213 1.50 11.97 The following Table, No. 15, shows the seat of primary di... |
1ef2f0f0-28e2-49da-a9d6-3341bf17264a | — — (Esophagus 5 1 6 4 Stomach 18 20 38 19 Liver and Gall Bladder — 8 8 1 Intestines 17 11 28 12 Rectum 8 11 19 11 Uterus — 16 16 7 Ovary — 5 5 4 Breast — 27 27 12 Vagina and Vulva — 1 1 1 Skin 5 — 5 4 Kidney 2 1 3 I Larynx 3 3 6 5 Lung 8 1 9 6 Pancreas 3 5 8 5 Bladder 10 2 12 8 Other specified Organs 1 — 1 — Undefined... |
c5a5084d-2095-495e-8a43-67daf74b5dfc | There were 155- inquests held on Woolwich residents during the year, compared with 165 in 1928. Maternal Mortality. The number of deaths from puerperal sepsis was 3 ; from eclampsia, 3 ; and from abortion, 2. The incidence of sepsis shows an appreciable diminution, but that of eclampsia is disappointing, as in the majo... |
84f09184-5a79-43a4-969e-0e77f5d2df7e | Another important factor in preventive work is the co-operation of the midwives, by encouraging their patients to have regular medical attention; many abnormalities which may have reached severe degrees before serious signs of ill-health develop may be detected at an early stage by medical examination. The maternal dea... |
b2b23e47-ac3f-4bb6-b86b-47e61f474b56 | 1 1 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 - i 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 |
fb7cbf24-ae08-42ad-9ded-c73ac65ff794 | 1924 - - 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 1928 - 2 1 - 1 - 1 - 8 13 1929 2 2 - - 2 1 3 1 3 14 Totals 7 12 7 15 14 4 27 14 75 175 33 DEATHS OF CHILDREN 1-5 YEARS OF AGE. The number of deaths of children between 1 and 2 years of age was 28, and between 2 and 5, 3... |
c0eb40e6-8526-4078-a578-477b8cac01ca | 11. The following Tables show the variation in the rates of mortality in these age groups in five-yearly periods since 1911, and for the years 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929. TABLE No. 17. Child Mortality (1-2 years). Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods, etc... |
8b696089-e886-44d0-918c-3129bfd965a9 | 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 1928 2,129 4.70 .94 2.82 .94 1.88 11.27 1929 2,141 4.20 .47 2.80 1.40 4.20 13 07 34 TABLE No. 18. Child Mortality (2-5 years). Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquenn... |
fc88453b-7a5e-4ce9-9f02-1f6e2a3ec26c | 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 1.54 .02 2.52 7.87 1921.1925 8,266 1.79 .61 .77 .22 1.23 4.62 1926 7,794 1.29 .51 .89 — 1.41 4.10 1927 7,476 .94 .54 1.47 .13 .80 3.88 1928 7,121 1.83 .42 .42 .14 .98 3.79 1929 6,822 1.91 .44 1.02 .14 1 . 91 5.42 INFANTILE MORTALITY. |
52c2542a-2006-4852-ae83-a8d7842f9f8b | The number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 144—30 more than in 1928. The rate of infant mortality resulting from these deaths (deaths under one year per 1,000 births) was 62, compared with 50 in 1928. The lowest infantile mortality figure ever recorded in the annals of the Borough was 42, in 1927. The ra... |
541ed1c6-b873-4da1-b716-e203baa770b9 | TABLE No. 19. Deaths under Births. 1 year. Rate. First quarter 580 58 103 Second quarter 600 32 51 Third quarter 577 20 34 Fourth quarter 555 34 59 The following Table No. 20 shows the infantile mortality rate in the Borough and the registration districts for each year since 1925. TABLE No. 20. Period. Woolwich. West P... |
94a70794-07a2-47e5-aad1-838376a967ed | 22, 23 and 24, which show the incidence of mortality from each cause upon infants, distinguished by age, sex and parish. It will be noted from these Tables that the chief causes of death were prematurity and c 36 pneumonia, 26 deaths being ascribed to both of these conditions. Thirteen deaths were due to enteritis and ... |
ba02eb2d-7168-4cf0-b4ad-525b55e79809 | Three deaths were certified as due to want of attention at birth, 1 to prematurity, 1 to acute otitis media, 1 to suffocation by drowning and 1 to broncho pneumonia and gastro enteritis. Five of these deaths occurred in the first week of life and two at the age of 7 months. A comparison of the infantile mortality rates... |
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