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e3371ecf-2881-444a-98f7-9103f2ee29d3 | 1887 28.7 147 1888 31.1 182 1889 34.1 175 1890 28.3 151 1891 30.8 146 1892 30.5 185 1893 31.9 192.5 1894 30.2 160.6 1895 31.6 168.1 1896 30.3 168.9 1897 30.7 198.3 1898 30.5 181.9 1899 31.7 187.2 1900 28.1 168.5 Diarrhaa.βThere were 48 deaths from Diarrhoea in children under 5 years, and 2 in persons over 5 years of ag... |
6129cfee-5eb1-449e-b768-f07e11a3104f | Acting on the instructions received from the Registrar General, under the heading of " Diarrhoea," I have included deaths certified as from Diarrhoea alone, or in combination with some other cause of ill defined nature; and also deaths certified as from Epidemic Enteritis, Zymotic Enteritis, Epidemic Diarrhoea, Summer ... |
9bd1a44c-f0d4-4c31-bf3c-10a334bb1c9e | 19 l8 - 9 - 2 Diarrhoea is one of the epidemic diseases that has shown no tendency to decrease with the advance of sanitation, and its prevention is a subject of anxious interest to those responsible for the health of a District. One of the primary causes in this district lies in the fact that the mothers wean their ch... |
f29784ab-7f8b-467e-b72a-6b879838621d | These bacteria are deposited in the streets in enormous numbers, and, when dry, are blown about in the form of dust, which finds its way into house larders, milk shops, and restaurants, and contaminates the food exposed therein. Milk is an excellent breeding ground for bacteria; and this fact may explain why town infan... |
d5bda4a9-53db-498f-b0c9-71dcffa59a12 | The PREVENTION of SUMMER & INFANTILE DIARRHΕA. Summer DiarrhΕa is a very fatal form of DiarrhΕa, due to germs, or microbes. Thousands of children die from it every year, yet the complaint may be avoided by the exercise of common care. The germs that cause the disease are found in dust of streets, dust-bins, and where t... |
8c1bc7f7-2410-482a-a174-f25a832a88db | Water closets and drains should be kept sweet and clean, any obstruction to the drainage should at once be reported to the Sanitary Inspector at the District Council Offices, High Street. See that your dust-bin is cleared at regular intervals. If there is any delay write to the Surveyor of the Council. 12 Keep your chi... |
babf21a5-2300-49b0-8453-0792ca4b1f79 | Send at once for a qualified medical man in every case of diarrhΕa. G. A. Garry Simpson, Medical Officer of Health. The dairies, cowsheds and milkshops are periodically visited, and I insist on the following very important precautions being taken, viz.: that the milk should be always kept covered over with a damp cloth... |
8768243a-6782-44d5-beb1-294e6a281ed2 | On two occasions I was fortunate in timing my visit for the milking hour, and I gave the men special instructions about washing their hands before milking; from personal inspection I am convinced that this precaution is not enforced as rigorously as it should be. 13 It is most important that scavenging should be carrie... |
6d772685-2f9c-4c20-bc3a-3a8cc8a1aa75 | 193 93 167 111 243 Diphtheria 14 8 27 41 22 32 23 89 35 49 28 Membranous Croup 4 β 13 1 β β β 4 β β 1 Typhoid Fever 13 13 15 19 15 28 14 10 9 46 29 Continued Fever β β β 1 β β β β β β 2 Puerperal Fever 1 β 1 2 1 3 3 β 1 β β Erysipelas 22 18 37 77 41 31 26 25 22 31 28 162 102 180 340 167 161 259 221 234 239 333 It will ... |
1800b431-e16a-4407-ae44-98ca664a1db7 | The usual method of dealing with infectious cases in this district is as follows: On receipt of a notification from the certifying Practitioner, notice is forwarded with as little delay as possible to the Sanitary Inspector, Nurse Dawkins, the Librarian, and the Master of the School where the child or any inmates of th... |
7f854b08-3aa1-4c80-b475-18b9c47d3ba1 | For more thoroughly disinfecting rooms a spray was purchased, the container of which is filled with a solution of Perchloride of Mercury (1 in 1000);and the walls and ceiling and all articles of furniture in the infected room are well sprayed with the solution before being sulphured. After disinfection a printed form i... |
e1642864-0471-4b72-a5dc-2818dcca2070 | Seventeen patients were removed to the Stanmore Convalescent Home for Scarlet Fever at Stanmore. 15 The sum of Β£65 8s. was allowed during the year, to deserving poor persons, who through no fault of their own, were debarred from following their employment owing to having Infectious Disease in their homes. Probably neve... |
81acf81e-76d3-4a08-9937-d20c886d354b | Nurse Dawkins has paid 3,090 visits; she has nursed 39 Scarlet Fever, one Diphtheria, and 19 Enteric Cases. She has given out 1,179 bottles of disinfectant, and taken 12 patients to Infectious Disease Hospitals. SCARLET FEVER. There were six deaths from Scarlet Fever, which, considering that 243 cases were notified dur... |
36f74173-ff8d-4ebc-b039-99624fa0542f | J. Simpson who has made investigations at the request of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, found that only in 2.7 per cent. was there any reason to suspect desquamation of the skin as the cause of secondary infection, whereas 80 per cent. of the primary infective cases were connected with discharges from the mucous membr... |
19c75777-3dc7-4305-8d47-2f38c682843a | The patients were removed within an hour or so of the notification of the disease, to the Small Pox Hospital, at Barnet. Both recovered. The premises underwent thorough disinfection. DIPHTHERIA. Twenty-eight cases were notified against forty-nine in 1899. There were four deaths, against seven in the preceding year. The... |
99ee0917-753d-4cf6-88f1-3e23bdea7f89 | In severe cases, and when the larynx is attacked, 4,000 to 10,000 units should be injected according to acuteness of constitutional symptoms. It is believed if any good is to be done by antitoxin in a bad case, it will be accomplished by 16,000 units given within 24 hours. TYPHOID FEVER. Twenty-nine cases were notified... |
8ba1ff6a-ae9c-476d-9841-535bc319adca | At my suggestion the contractors closed the huts, and submitted them and the soil area to a thorough process of disinfection under my supervision. As soon as a case of Enteric Fever is notified, Nurse Dawkins takes with her tabloids of Perchloride of Mercury. All the inmates in the house are told of the risks they run ... |
5522b099-281f-4955-a13d-2ac009e596ca | Any solid lumps in the discharges should be broken up and well mixed with the Disinfecting solution : for which purpose two pieces of stick may be used, and the pieces should be burnt immediately after being used. It is necessary to soak infected linen in the Solution for at least 4 hours, since the Solution does not p... |
7b8fe0f7-b0a2-4f50-abdc-5d0dfbdbd300 | In the early part of the year a smoke testing machine, stoppers, etc., and a hand cart were purchased. These are in constant use, and the department is now equipped for testing drains and sanitary appliances. DRAINAGE. Sewers laid by the Council. Uxbridge Road about 271 yards. Shakespeare Road β 57 β Ramsey Road β 174 ... |
b172fcbd-3024-480e-aaeb-607bc99647d8 | We get a very indifferent effluent, and we find the difficulties of disposing of the sludge increasing. With the view of testing the new bacterial treatment, an experimental filter was started in the early part of the year. It consists of an open septic Tank, into which the sewage is turned without any preliminary trea... |
ab5b7bc1-c56e-464c-82b7-5059829876b9 | 20 As complaints were received of noxious smells in the neighbourhood of the Sewage Works I made frequent visits, and found by experiments that the smell arose from the presence of sulphuretted hydrogen, and that this gas was liberated owing to the force with which the effluent from the septic tank was sprayed on to th... |
1417492d-428c-4388-8302-0d0365406161 | The superiority of the latter is obvious, and I have no hesitation in advising the Council to adopt the bacterial treatment in place of the precipitation method ; the saving to Acton will be considerable, and we shall have no sludge to deal with. Effluent from Precipitation Tank. Effluent from Bacterial Filter. Parts p... |
96eed671-3532-402e-9fd9-ae160c33e657 | The samples were collected in specially prepared Winchester quarts and Sterile tubes, and submitted to a thorough chemical and Bacteriological examination with satisfactory results. Many of the ratepayers display extraordinary indifference as to the importance of the periodical cleansing of their water cisterns. I have... |
50d82ac9-bb88-4d24-b102-c58bdde3d0a5 | DWELLINGS. The district still continues to be built upon very rapidly. A large estate in the North of the Parish has lately been developed. Several other estates have been opened up. These are :β Acton Wells Estate, near Willesden. SoUthfield Park Estate, off Southfield Road. And Carlton Road Estate. 22 The Housing of ... |
26403e32-0005-4796-8ed9-556f282044c2 | Our grand-children will look back with horror at the insanitary nineteenth century, in which, although lecturers were continually priding themselves on the advance in Sanitary Science, Local Authorities were not compelled to provide facilities for the furtherance of public health. THE MORTUARY. A new Mortuary has been ... |
306e726d-c6e6-481e-9f18-a69da10d4043 | The following Tabulated List gives particulars of Nuisances dealt with:β Nuisances reported 1.398 ,, abated 1,204 Letters written 582 ,, received 405 Notices from H.M. |
a27ee3c4-7ec5-4018-b588-0d6426799c6c | Factory Inspector 4 Library Books destroyed 9 Schools inspected 22 Van Dwellings inspected 13 Drains defective 53 β stopped 27 β want of ventilation to 24 Soil Pipes defective 7 β ,, want of ventilation to 7 β β ventilators defective 27 Water closets defective 93 β β want of ventilation to 2 ,, β foul 10 β β stopped 12... |
d8e05d51-1053-47f7-8012-9a055fd569b4 | 's connected directly to drain 255 β defective 19 β want of 5 Eaves Guttering defective 9 β β want of 16 Lavatory waste pipes defective 3 β β β connected directly to drain 2 Baths Waste Pipes defective 1 β β β connected directly to drain 2 Urinals defective 4 β β connected directly to drain 3 β β want of water supply t... |
562229e8-3160-495d-a80b-043ce77f8499 | accumulations of 8 Priory Pits defective 6 Cesspools requiring emptying 6 Water, leakage of 4 Poultry kept so as, etc. 9 Animals β β 7 Chimneys emitting black smoke 3 Workshops requiring limewashing 2 Bakehouses β β 1 Miscellaneous 13 Total 1,398 A great deal of work has been done in connection with the abatement of th... |
880ad52d-02ca-4255-8d5e-517e0a393880 | Systematic Inspection.βDuring the year there were 679 premises inspected, and 609 re-inspections of nuisances in course of abatement ; 298 visits were paid to infected houses, 178 rooms disinfected, also 17 closets where cases of Enteric Fever were notified, in addition to the ordinary inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies ... |
f685a85f-22ba-43e2-ba51-e4e621d12406 | Notices.βTwenty-three Statutory Notices have been served for the abatement of nuisances, and the necessary work demanded was carried out without having to take proceedings before the Magistrates. Cowsheds, Dairies and Milk Shops.βIn October Notice was given in the Local Paper requesting Cow-keepers, Dairymen, and Purve... |
8b667736-4e76-4bee-a272-41628250c082 | Bull & Sons William Gostilow William Collin William J. Portch William R. Morgan F. & W. Cook Geo. Brown. Ernest Seaton Richard Folding J. F. Ealand Lewis Smith John Morgan Messrs. J. Wollard & Sons Messrs. Kellett & Firth Messrs. Bull & Sons Wm. Collin Ed. C. Johnson Jane Franks Messrs. The Callow Park Dairy 8, Enfield... |
5b013bcb-923f-49e3-a2b3-19493bc99347 | 1, Stanley Road 19, Bollo Bridge Road 47, Kings wood Road 13, Acton Lane 606, Chiswick High Road 167, Acton Lane 8i, Willock Road 13, High Street 3, Uxbridge Terrace 15, Churchfield Road 71, Churchfield Road 1, Station Parade <5, Leamington Terrace 30, Church Road Cowkeeper. β β β β β Dairyman. β β β β β β β β β β β β ... |
19642905-37c2-4343-8529-2d1d9fdb5cf1 | Ferguson Emily Cook J. C. Wissemann Charles Smith James Wright Wm. Wharton John Knight Helen Aris Margaret Lodge Laura Seeley Isabella Travers Sarah Barnes Thomas A. Hunt Hy. Day James Jaggs John Bradley Sarah Heath Caroline Cole Geo. Hy. Wade Win. A. Harris Geo. Hy. Wade Edward Pullen Frederick Shelley Wm. Honeybun Wm... |
be6c5091-ea74-4a68-9110-51ab610b1382 | Bell Ada Pritchard Ann Bristow Charles R. Clarke 68, Church Road 44, Cunnington Street 38, Shakespeare Road 233, High Street 219, β 160β 163, β 33, Park Road E I, Holland Terrace 42, Osborne Road 34, Hanbury Road 213, Bollo Lane 92, Bollo Bridge Road 71 β I, Stanley Road 23, Bollo Bridge Road 13, Junction Road 105, Col... |
cf8d9fad-a1f9-4e62-8e9a-94209aae2d9b | High Street 17, High Street 4, Vale Terrace 1, Vale Terrace 32, Stanley Gardens 22, The Parade 2, Grafton Parade Dairyman. β β Purveyor of Milk. β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β These have been regularly inspected, 78 visits having been paid to the Cowsheds, and 236 to the Dairies... |
b1f5beb5-1eaa-4633-81c6-f77a103fb6ef | H. W. Neville William J. Bennett Messrs. Sampson & Co. William J. Bennett George Clogg Frederick Weitzell George Banham Elizabeth Eastham 233, High Street 191, β β l6o, β ,, 63, Church Road 3, Mill Hill Road 49, Park Road North 28, Park Road East 37, Osborne Road 64. β 92, Bollo Bridge Road 23, β β 17, β it 127, Acton ... |
9780a543-c1a2-4a5d-8881-eac863deea2e | Arthur Phillips Geo. Morris J. Wm. Laws Ed. Dalton Rear of 50, Hanbury Road. Rear of 8, Enfield Road. Rear of 112, Bollo Bridge Road. Rear of 7, Churchfield Road. Piggeries.βI beg to report that there are 10 piggeries in the district, as follows :β John Hotten. Ed. Frances James Pearce Thomas Bosher William Baggs James... |
3a6aca83-69b7-4cbb-a7ce-adc3039f6e0e | Offensive Trades.βAt Old Oak Lane, East Acton, the pig-keepers boil daily a considerable quantity of offal for the pigs. This at times is very offensive, but I do not think it can be classified as an offensive trade. Common Lodging House.βThe common lodging house kept by Alice Rosina Gee, 20, Shaftesbury Road, has been... |
8dc3739a-2dfc-424a-82d9-c101451537bc | During the year I seized :β 2 cases of oranges. 3 barrels of fish. 2 boxes of rabbits. which I took before a Justice and were duly condemned. MAURICE W. KINCH. |
a5c1907d-b858-4be5-8af1-3d8d81a47019 | THE Urban District council of Action. ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health FOR THE YEAR 1901. by G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, M.R.C.S., L.S.A, Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health, Medical Officer of Health, Acton, W. ACTON: Public Health Department, Gothic Villa, Mill Hill Grove. 1902. THE Urban District C... |
db91e669-d1cb-4aef-8e74-bc7c500cc0a2 | The Urban District Council of Action ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER for the year ending 31st december, 1901 To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council. Gentlemen, I BEG to submit to you my Annual Report on the Health and Sanitary Condition of Acton during 1901. The general Death Rate is again satis... |
1e7c8a5b-5e84-4c69-89c2-2704770d3915 | I beg to draw your attention to my remarks on Consumption, and trust you will see your way clear to follow the course I have suggested. The purchase of the Friars Estate for an Isolation Hospital is a matter for sincere congratulation, and in my opinion the site is a good one. I have repeatedly pointed out for some yea... |
7ea50b43-1b3b-4465-a4a9-f44de144cdfb | Another matter of great importance, and which I trust will immediately engage your attention, is the great need of sanitary conveniences in the centre of the town. The Sanitary Department is now on a sure footing. We have an excellent office and meet every morning at 9-30 to go through the work of the day, and although... |
36e24b36-c9c8-4af6-9323-53b5a7d0b91a | The district is conveniently divided into three Wards, and as the boundaries have not been previously described in these reports, I find it convenient to do do so on this occasion:β North Ward.βAll north of centre of High Street. West Ward.βSouth of centre of High Street, from Birch Grove to Railway Bridge, High Street... |
1ea10998-8e84-4e2d-8503-73256a5ed61d | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. Number. Rate.* Under 1 Year of Age. At all Ages. Number. Rate per ... |
5d02165c-4f76-4cf0-95d2-ee1eb96e00a5 | 26,000 831 31.9 l60 192 451 17.3 35 486 18.6 1894. 27,600 834 30.2 133 159 368 13.3 25 393 14.2 1895. 27,648 874 31.6 147 168.1 445 16.1 33 478 17.2 1896. 29,454 894 30.3 151 168.9 435 14.7 29 464 15.7 1897. 31.632 973 30.7 193 198.3 470 14.8 33 503 15.9 1898. 32.562 995 30.5 181 181.9 507 15.5 10 517 15.8 1899. |
e8d5352f-15da-449e-9686-ce5d8c571a64 | 33.684 1,068 31.7 200 187.2 β 509 15.1 1900. 38,406 1,080 28.1 182 168.5 513 13.3 15 528 13.7 Averages for years 1891-1900 29,619 908 30.7 160 175.4 442 15.3 23 471 16.0 1901. * 37.744 1,211 32.0 206 170.1 519 13.7 * Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. *Total population as per Ce... |
f53ea3df-8f8a-4110-8d06-d9341bd5012e | Area of District in Acres (exclusive of area covered by water) 2,304. 6 7 Population.βThe population according to the census of 1901 was 37,744. The following table shows the number of the population and the inhabited houses at the five preceding censuses:β Year. Inhabited Houses. Population. 1861 610 3,151 1871 1,568 ... |
5c1dcc06-6f40-4ffb-adca-d9af066ad665 | The following table shows the births since 1890:β Year. Number of Births, 1890 704 1891 772 1892 763 1893 831 1894 834 1895 874 1896 894 1897 973 1898 995 1899 1,068 1900 1,080 1901 1,211 DEATH RATE. General Mortality.βThere were 519 deaths registered. The recorded general death rate was 13 7 per 1,000 of the populatio... |
471edb15-dc12-405a-b631-ea1508ad8959 | The death rates for the preceding five years are as follows:β 1897 15.9 1898 15.8 1899 15.1 1900 13.7 1901 13.7 The following table gives the causes of, and ages at, death during the year 1901:β 8 CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH During Year 1901. Causes of Death. deaths in whole district at subjoined ages. deaths in loca... |
f407f97d-7c2f-40b9-a14c-27a17a377e84 | 7 1 3 - - Diptheria & membranous croup 6 4 2 - - - 1 3 1 - - 1 - Fever:β Enteric 1 - - - - - - - -- - - - - - Epidemic Influenza 8 2 - - 1 4 1 5 1 2 _ - - - Diarrhoea 69 62 4 β β β 3 21 26 17 I 1 3 β Enteritis 10 9 - 1 β β - 3 6 1 β β - β Erisipelas 3 1 β β β 1 1 1 β 1 β 1 β β Other septic diseases 2 1 - - 1 - - 1 - - ... |
9203ee6d-95e1-4a0d-8a5e-9d394373caa6 | diseases 9 5 3 1 β β β 3 3 3 β β β β Cancer, malignant 16 disease 29 β β 1 β 16 12 7 4 1 β β 1 Bronchitis 47 17 5 I β 12 12 9 18 12 2 3 3 β Pneumonia 36 9 12 3 β 9 3 18 13 4 β 1 - β Pleurisy Other 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 diseases of Respiratory organs 1 β β β β 1 β 1 - - - - - - Alcoholism β’ Cirrhosis of liver 5 - ... |
47032488-1398-4afb-8846-7c0d5037aba0 | β β 4 β 2 β 1 I β β β Heart diseases 40 3 β 1 β 27 9 12 13 9 2 2 β 2 Accidents 17 6 β 5 β 4 2 6 3 4 1 1 β 2 Suicides 1 β β - 1 - β 1 - - β β β - All other causes 150 51 7 4 1 19 68 75 22 36 5 9 3 β All causes 519 206 44 20 9 125 115 212 136 112 15 28 10 6 In the following table the death-rate and Zymotic death-rate are... |
c6943e84-1c54-4f73-8b9f-70cd83dd8131 | 1900 1901 Small Pox β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Measles 1 25 11 9 24 2 15 6 24 2 6 β 16 β Scarlet Fever 2 1 3 4 β 10 3 3 1 β 3 2 6 2 Diptheria 2 8 7 2 4 2 5 5 8 28 8 7 4 6 Whooping Cough 9 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 β 10 14 4 16 Typhoid Fever β 1 1 β 3 4 2 2 2 2 β 7 4 1 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 10 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 50... |
172537c0-8665-406d-896d-afd42a1a141f | β β β β 1 6 4 2 β β 1 0 1 β Total number of deaths from Zymotic Diseases 24 60 43 45 91 89 63 67 93 130 78 86 85 94 Deaths from other causes 282 377 298 368 334 396 330 411 371 373 439 423 443 425 Total deaths 306 437 341 413 425 486 393 478 464 503 517 509 528 519 Death-rate from 7 Zymotic Diseases per thousand 1.9 2.... |
db5fbdf4-e766-45bc-83a4-d177b6139f68 | 3 13.4 15.2 12 14.8 12.6 11.8 I3.5 12.6 11.5 11.3 General Death-rate per thousand 13.99 18.9 13.9 17.1 17 18.6 14.2 17.2 15.7 15.9 15.8 15.1 13.7 13.7 10 INFANTILE MORTALITY. There were 206 deaths registered of Infants under 1 year of age as against 1211 births; the proportion which the deaths under one year of age bea... |
a6147af3-b1c4-40d2-9ab5-af796e1108d2 | Birth-rate per Thousand. 1887 28.7 147 1888 31.1 182 1889 34.1 175 1890 28.3 151 1891 30.8 146 1892 30.5 185 1893 31.9 192.5 1894 30.2 160.6 189S 31.6 168.1 1896 30.3 168.9 1897 30.7 198.3 1898 30.5 181.9 1899 30.7 187.2 1900 28.1 168.5 1901 32.0 179.1 Districts with a large, poor population invariably have a high infa... |
fb1c4ad0-4660-4e42-8a31-04c2bd40c089 | If we deduct the deaths of children under one year of age, our death-rate for 1901 works out at only 8.3 per 1,006 of the population. (; The main causes of our infant mortality are:β 1. Epidemic Diarrhoea. 2. Premature Birth. 3. Overlying. 4. Improper Feeding. 11 (i) Epidemic Diarrhoea was most prevalent during the mon... |
9ef4362f-ff0c-4265-8fab-283c781b621a | Cullen wrote concerning the disease, "that it arises in summer and autumn after great heat has prevailed, and especially after very dry states of the weather," and he further says "that the effluvia from putrid animal substances readily affect the alimentary canal, and occasion upon some persons a diarrhcea." I think t... |
f62cbe2b-5b63-4b20-ac04-177a2d60278a | After being boiled, the milk should be kept in a closed vessel and in a cool place, for if it is kept uncovered the dust, which is loaded with putrefactive germs, will fall into it. Dirty feeding-bottles and teats are also undoubtedly often a cause of diarrhcea in infants that are bottle-fed. Water.βDrinking water may ... |
c83b5492-e471-4c80-9b9d-ee420156ca1e | This dust is composed of all manner of refuse in a state of active putrescence, one of the chief constituents being the pulverized droppings of horses and cattle. This dust is taken into the lungs of old and young, and settles on all exposed food. Insects.βDuring the summer months our living rooms are close and warm, a... |
a3e2092a-a78c-4a3a-abc1-a9b86b16c435 | A suitable cot can be made for a few pence out of an orange box, or similar receptacle. It is a significant fact that nearly all the deaths from overlying take place between Saturday and Sunday. This is accounted for by the fact that the wife has to do her weekly shopping on Saturday night, and goes to bed late and tir... |
b4d24989-e944-4627-ab8d-17ba8cb64f22 | A leaflet giving instructions as to the importance of boiling the milk, and the storage of food, is widely circulated during the summer months. In the houses of the poorer class the household food is put in a cupboard, or simply exposed in the dwelling, or it may be a sleeping room ; in such cases as these contaminatio... |
ba8d1543-9b08-4e3c-87f3-61d4fe82597c | Consumption is to a large extent a preventable disease, and might be almost or entirely exterminated if the nature, causes, and means of prevention were generally known, and if the measures required for this purpose were thoroughly and systematically carried out. 14 The disease is caused by germs or microbes called "tu... |
bc529c33-b7a5-4442-b84d-ae0f73aafe4a | Where this expectoration or spit lodges, it dries, and afterwards gets lifted up as dust into the air, the germ thereby reaches the lungs of others. For the above reason Consumptive patients should never expectorate on the floors of a house, public conveyance, or into a handkerchief, but either into pieces of rag or pa... |
2a96418d-3c9b-4b00-ae0e-8e46447e8b99 | All knives, forks, spoons, and cups used by Consumptive patients should be boiled for at least two minutes. 15 On a Consumptive person ceasing to occupy a room, this will be disinfected free of charge, if application is made to the Sanitary Inspector at his Office, Gothic Villa, Mill Hill Grove. In cleansing rooms used... |
8d335dbc-22bb-4a6a-8d7f-f36965437950 | Public Health Department, Gothic Villa, Mill Hill Grove, Acton, W. I think it imperative that every Sanitary Authority should take active steps with a view of diminishing the suffering and death from tuberculosis, and I beg to offer the following suggestions, which I trust will meet with your approval and consent:β 1. ... |
f8176cd9-11b1-4f6b-a174-7ea1df8b7c9a | An offer will be made, free of all charge, to perform any necessary disinfection of rooms, bedding, &c. 6. The house will be visited from time to time in order to see if the necessary precautions are being observed to prevent the spread of the disease. 7. Arrangements will be made by the Medical Officer to examine, wit... |
bd75b749-1dae-47a9-a845-556e0dc1b4f4 | There was one case of Small Pox notified during the year; a nursemaid who contracted the disease in Paddington. She was promptly removed to the South Mimms Hospital. The outbreak of Small Pox in London is disquieting, but if the public will avail themselves of the protecting power of re-vaccination they need have littl... |
672d34ce-a56d-4856-9978-3373b18f8a62 | Jenner tried to inoculate these same people with Small Pox, and he found they would not take Small Pox, so he found that Cow Pox was a preventative against Small Pox. Small Pox in its natural state is one of the most loathsome, disfiguring, and fatal diseases in the world. Not only so, but it is very infectious, and ma... |
16c870a3-dcf0-47ad-886f-6d9fd8bf98c3 | "Of 2,198 persons employed at the Small Pox Hospitals between 1884 and 1900 inclusive, only 17 persons contracted Small Pox, of whom 13 were not re-vaccinated until after they had joined the ship, and four were workmen who escaped medical observation." And again:β"Not one of the staff of the Hospital Ships has ever die... |
c914041b-e763-403f-a9bc-4fef17efc049 | It was feared that the return of so many soldiers from South Africa might be a means of importing the disease to England. The following points were discussed and arranged:β 1. The disease to be made notifiable under the Infectious Diseases Notification Act. This was done, and all Medical Practitioners notified to this ... |
3a87474e-4c6b-4127-bb06-ba8cf6c7c52f | 19 9. Destruction of Rats. Rats are very prone to plague. The first warning that plague is incident may be deaths amongst rats. Plague-infected rats leave their runs, they appear dazed, become seized with convulsions and speedily die. Whether the rat is seized with plague before man and thus infects him, or whether man... |
25445121-252e-4900-9317-2cae2a8c8baf | Parasites, such as fleas, bugs, and lice, acquire the bacillus from feeding on plague-sick persons, or they may gather it from clothing, bedding, &c., soiled by excretions. 10. Removal of Nuisances. 11. House to House Visitation. INFECTIOUS DISEASE. The following table gives the cases of Infectious Disease notified dur... |
00875156-b482-4434-b658-0e7d4d53641a | Diptheria 34 β 14 14 2 4 β 11 12 8 β 2 1 Membranous Croup I Erysipelas 26 I I β 4 15 5 7 II 4 1 I 2 Scarlet Fever 82 β 16 45 16 5 β 31 23 16 6 3 3 Enteric Fever 27 β β 8 8 11 β 6 14 5 1 1 β Puerperal Fever I β β β β 1 β β I β β β β Chicken Pox 25 5 12 8 β β β 6 4 10 3 2 β Totals 197 6 43 76 3Β° 37 5 61 66 44 11 9 6 21 T... |
89902702-9222-47aa-83c7-2d9b4c84fc6d | a number that contrasts very favourably with 333 cases notified in 1900. The following table gives the number reported each year since the Act came into force :β 1890 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 1900 '01 Small Pox β β 13 7 2 β β β β β 2 1 Scarlet Fever 108 63 74 192 86 67 193 93 167 111 243 82 Diphtheria 14 8 2... |
65e86f10-b304-4f26-8203-d7bdfc286f46 | 1 2 1 3 3 β 1 β β 1 Erysipelas 22 18 37 77 41 31 26 25 22 31 28 26 162 102 180 340 167 161 259 221 234 239 333 172 The above table does not include 25 cases of Chicken Pox, which on my recommendation you made a notifiable disease last October. Nearly all other districts have followed our example. Chicken Pox is a disea... |
f80a1ad7-162a-42b8-b831-dc0257f8d495 | In my Annual Report of 1899 I drew your attention to the value of Formic Aldehyde as a disinfectant; since then the results of its use have been so praised by Sanitary Authorities that I have finally substituted it for sulphurous gas in the disinfection of rooms, &c., and am very pleased with the change. A Lamp is used... |
fe3be1ab-c065-4ae7-97b5-23d7bbc045ad | It has every convenience, and patients can now be removed with the minimum amount of discomfort and danger. SICK NURSING. The Nurses in connection with the Cottage Hospital have had under treatment 337 patients, and paid 7,926 visits. An average of 23 to each patient. I can but speak in the highest praise of the excell... |
dac046d5-012c-44ce-a2b0-425480e1ca16 | The Bacterial treatment of a portion of the Sewage delivered to the Sewage Works by means of an open septic tank, followed by continuous filtration, having proved successful, the Council undertook to treat the whole of the Sewage in this manner, but instead of delivering the effluent from the septic tank to the filters... |
425b948a-911e-48a0-a82a-a5334b57b751 | Albert Villas Road, Surface Water Sewer 70 yds. Graham Road, Soil and S.W. Sewers 230 β St. Alban's Avenue, S.W. Sewer 157 Ramillies Road, Soil and S.W. Sewers 630 β Back Way, Mill Hill Grove, Soil Sewer 120 β Bedford Road, Soil and S.W. Sewers 110 β 24 Sewers laid by the Council. Length. Acton Green, 6" Soil Sewer 60 ... |
6ecbe01c-067e-4d9d-8313-7392ffb1f7a3 | Braemar Road, S.W. Sewer 20 yds. Rosemont Road, Soil Sewer 900 β Southfield Road, 6" S.W. Sewer 50 β Reconstruction of S.W. Sewer at Sewage Works 100 β DWELLINGS. Considerable amount of building is still going on, and during the year about 450 houses have been erected and inspected by the Building Inspector. Several ne... |
551e6751-0180-4653-ab4f-d8cf23a8ddf2 | About 10,500 tons of House Refuse have been removed during the year. 255 Complaints have been received during the year of non-removal of Dustbin Refuse, which received the immediate attention of the Surveyor. BAKEHOUSES. I have personally visited the bakehouses of the district. According to Section 101, Sub-section 2, ... |
7f016c65-27e8-47bb-af6c-f9d03eaa4518 | I intend, however, to utilize my power, and exact all I can as regards lighting, ventilation and cleanliness, and unless they comply with my instructions, I shall advise the Council not to grant the required certificates. The following is the Report I have received from Mr. Kinch, Sanitary Inspector. 26 ANNUAL REPORT O... |
6ce9bf15-abb6-4d3c-a8d6-7be9c7d928fe | For the greater part of the year this Department had no separate Office and we were working under many difficulties, but about the end of October we moved across to Gothic Villa, and I am now doing all I can to put the Department into that state of efficiency which is necessary for the effectual carrying out of our dut... |
4b68ffc9-dd0b-4c43-bc23-311d27bc8253 | 346 Rooms fumigated. 15 tons of bedding disinfected. 27 Closets disinfected where cases of Enteric Fever were notified, in addition to the ordinary inspections of Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops, Bakehouses, Slaughterhouses, Piggeries, and the Common Lodging House, &c. Drainage Examinations.βThe smoke test has been app... |
8b0f2b62-4f21-41a7-8eec-7cf3097e95cb | No Police Court proceedings in respect of Nuisances have been taken before the Magistrates. Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops.βThere are now 68 Dairies and Milkshops and 8 Cowkeepers on the Register. Regulations relating to these premises were printed last June, and a copy left with each dairyman and cowkeeper, and the p... |
1bc4f6f6-8e8e-4888-bcbc-008bce51d2e2 | 28 Bakehouses.βThe number of Bakehouses on the Register is 23, of which 14 are underground. Notice reminding the occupiers of the time to whitewash is also sent every six months. These have been regularly inspectedβ79 visits having been paid them. Slaughter Houses and Butchers' Shops.β32 visits of inspection were paid ... |
8a8a048a-ab6d-4a63-8a61-fa1df8ad93d1 | Early in October the Council summoned four pig-keepers of South Acton for contravening the bye-law by keeping their pigs within 200 feet of a dwelling-house. The Magistrate held that in these cases he considered the bye-law reasonable, and an order was made to comply with the same within three months, but as the requir... |
c33fc481-a874-4556-9b94-032d073a65b7 | No returns as to the number of samples taken and the result of the analysis is supplied to the Council, 29 During the year I seized and took before a Justice :β 3 rabbits. 1 box mackerel. 2 boxes kippers. 1 box bloaters. 6o boxes plums. 2 boxes whiting 1 box mixed fish. 1 box herrings. 18 rabbits. 2 barrels herrings. O... |
12ccbc11-dd37-4efb-bd89-10ca23ab059c | want of 14 β β defective 10 Soil Pipes defective 7 β want of ventilators to 4 β ventilators defective 48 Ventilating Shafts defective 20 30 Water Closets defective 45 β pans broken or defective 86 β pans, &c. foul 24 β Stopped 26 β want of water supply to 13 β flushed directly from drinking water cistern 24 β defective... |
6f57984a-52a8-4b37-aa19-31d7c7c3d07c | floors defective 56 Rain Water Pipes connected directly to drain 312 β defective 56 β β want of 16 Eaves Guttering defective 41 β β want of 10 Sinks defective 9 β waste pipes connected to drain 24 β want of wash pipes to 7 β defective waste pipes J9 31 Bath and Lavatory Waste Pipes connected directly to drain 10 Walls ... |
8c66d07a-246a-4e46-ba7a-6d0dcc11a565 | absence of 4 Cisterns defective 12 β covers required 18 foul 5 Roofs defective 31 Plastering defective 42 Water in Cellars 6 Cesspools defective 14 Urinals defective 3 β want of water sapply to 3 Overcrowding 4 Chimneys emitting black smoke 7 Miscellaneous 70 A great deal of work has been done in connection with the ab... |
e0dc2e76-3eea-4d20-88dd-8946a6a46a67 | ACT10 Acton Urban District Council ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the Year 1902 by G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, M.R.C.S., L.S.A. Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health ACTON Public Health Department, Gothic Villa, Mill Hill Grove 1903 ACT 10 Acton Urban District Council ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL ... |
b8b0bf9e-9ab6-47ce-b4df-5ca3987910ea | PAGE Medical Officer's General Remarks 3 Sanitary Staff 5 Office5 Ward Boundaries 5 Table showing Vital Statistics 6 Acreage of District 6 Population7 Birth Rate 7 Death Rate 7 Table giving Causes and Ages at Death 9 Comparative Table showing General and Zymotic Death Rates 10 Infantile Mortality 11 Establishment of Cr... |
c5b623e1-43b2-4b14-a530-d1ea7f5be6b0 | and Mortality 16 Small PoxβSteps taken to deal with the Outbreak 17 Small PoxβOther precautions taken 18 Small PoxβLessons to be learnt from the Epidemic 18 Scarlet Fever 20 Diphtheria 21 DiphtheriaβThe Prophylactic Use of Antitoxin 22 Factory and Workshop Act 23 Underground Bakehouses Recommendations 24 Factory and Wo... |
6290c01d-aa80-4dcb-8a7e-d54ea19961a7 | ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER For the Year ending 31st December 1902. To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council. Gentlemen, I have the honour of submitting to you my Annual Reportβthe ninth that I have presentedβconcerning the Vital Statistics and General Sanitary Condition of your Town. The Deat... |
f5ef3099-ac92-4856-b9c1-d3ec17f90839 | The arrangements that you have made with the Clare Hall Small Pox Hospital, South Mimms, to retain ten beds is a very wise and necessary precaution. The efforts we are now making to deal with Consumption will, I trust, help to relieve much suffering and prevent unnecessary infection. The arrangements for dealing with o... |
9aee9644-7bbf-4c2f-9657-e9f66bcb358a | You will notice in my Tables dealing with the Vital Statistics, the increase in the number of inhabited houses, and the rapid development of the district. I am pleased to state there has been a very great improvement in the Scavenging of the district, especially with regard to the main streets and thoroughfares. Very f... |
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