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3db2bc11-22d0-4940-aade-c3879d666e7d | In conclusion, I beg to thank the Chairman and Members of the Council for their kind help and co-operation. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, G. A. GARRY SIMPSON. 5 SANITARY STAFF. G. A. Garry Simpson, Medical Officer of Health M.R.C.S., F. R. I. P. H. Chief Sanitary Inspector M. W. Kinch, Cert. San. Inst. Assist... |
8e42d93a-fafd-44a6-b256-49524b7251bd | Should an urgent matter require immediate attention after office hours, or on Sundays, I can be interviewed at my private residence— Bardon House, East Acton. WARD BOUNDARIES. North Ward. —All north of centre of High Street. West Ward. —South of centre of High Street, from Birch Grove to Railway Bridge, High Street, an... |
b96764d8-de29-4015-907b-b9e90961d564 | | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Nonresidents 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. N umber. Rate pe... |
96197b4c-95e0-45d8-9e88-55abd5ab0f9b | 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 33,684 1,068 31.7 200 187.2 509 15.1 . . ? 509 15.1 1900 38,406 1,080 28.1 182 168.5 528 13.7 15 ... ? |
01e13793-5825-49a4-94aa-1d8cc7a454d0 | 528 13.7 1901 37,744 1,211 32.0 206 170.1 519 13.7 6 ... ? 519 13.7 Averages for years 1892-1901 30,973 952 30.7 169 177.9 463 15.0 ... ... 27 482 15.6 1902 44,565 1,242 27.8 186 149.8 593 13.3 12 ... 6 599 13.4 * Calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. Total population as per Census 1991—All ages, 37,744. Number... |
8c3420d1-212e-4f28-9ace-545199fcfa5c | The number of inhabited houses was 7,392, and uninhabited 213. The following table shows the number of the population and the inhabited houses at the five preceding censuses:— Year. Inhabited Houses. Population. 1861 610 3,151 1871 1,568 8,306 1881 2,844 17,110 1891 4,084 24,207 1901 6,114 37,744 The increase of popula... |
3794babd-1b54-4210-9a66-379a6d68cbfd | 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 1902 1,242 DEATH RATE. General Mortality. —There were 593 deaths registered. The recorded general death rate was 13.4 per 1,000 of the population. The London death rate was 17.2. 8 The death rates for the p... |
877363bf-2a14-479f-8655-f406dcfeff8a | The following table gives the causes of and ages at death during the year 1902:— 9 CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1902. Causes of Death. Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all Ages. Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. All Ages.... |
a5862e11-ac43-49bd-9596-e3f8ebcfcc17 | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 4 . 2 2 . . . 1 . 3 . Croup . . . . . . . . . . . Fever— Typhus . . . . . . . . . . . Enteric 4 . . . 1 3 . . 2 2 3 Other continued . . . . . . . . . . . Epidemic Influenza 15 2 . 1 1 7 4 5 8 2 1 Cholera . . . . . . . . . . . Plague . . . . . . . . . . . Diarrhœa 23 18 4 . . . . 3 11 9 .... |
ccb15562-7beb-4283-8206-fc426cfe5b14 | Other Septic Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . Phthisis 43 2 1 5 6 29 . 10 23 10 . Other Tubercular Diseases 15 2 5 2 3 2 1 3 6 6 1 Cancer, Malignant Disease 28 . . . . 22 6 11 7 10 . Bronchitis 63 22 9 . . 9 23 16 27 20 . Pneumonia 67 16 27 2 6 14 2 9 37 21 2 Pleurisy 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . Other Diseases of Respiratory O... |
2126591c-83cd-4df9-a30c-8ee8eff5f0d1 | Premature Birth 35 35 . . . . . 8 18 14 . Diseases and Accidents of Parturition 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . Heart Diseases 51 1 . 1 6 25 18 22 15 14 1 Accidents 15 8 . 1 . 4 2 5 4 6 2 Suicides 4 . . . 1 3 . 2 1 1 . |
55f194a3-ea57-40df-86c9-85bf338b0971 | All other causes 163 59 14 3 3 45 39 50 64 49 2 All causes 599 187 94 18 29 175 96 154 261 184 12 10 In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the last fourteen years:— 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 Small Pox . . ... |
b3ff0ead-4824-4677-9c4c-68755f37b7da | 3 2 6 2 1 Diphtheria 8 7 2 4 2 5 5 8 28 8 7 4 6 4 Whooping Cough 13 3 6 25 5 17 5 21 . 10 14 4 16 13 Typhoid Fever 1 1 . 3 4 2 2 2 2 . 7 4 1 4 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 12 18 24 34 60 17 44 37 80 50 56 50 69 23 Puerperal Fever . . . 1 6 4 2 . . 1 . 1 . . |
1082a03f-cd65-4ed1-a283-537bcf1ed1ba | Total number of Deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases 60 43 45 91 89 63 67 93 130 78 86 85 94 83 Deaths from other Causes 377 298 368 334 396 330 411 371 373 439 423 443 425 516 Total Deaths 437 341 413 425 486 393 478 464 503 517 509 528 519 599 Death Rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 2.8 1.9 1.8 3.6 3.4 2.2 2.4... |
0d008a49-8a72-4769-8f63-a3eb1c488bf0 | 5 12.6 11.5 11.3 11.6 General Death Rate per 1,000 18.9 13.9 17.1 17.0 18.6 14.2 17.2 15.7 15.9 15.8 15.1 13.7 13.7 13.4 The London Zymotic death rate for 1902 was 2.21. 11 INFANTILE MORTALITY. There were 187 deaths registered of Infants under one year of age as against 1,242 births; the proportion which the deaths und... |
61051b68-4a27-4fad-aa32-82ea57c05d76 | Deaths of Children under one year, per 1,000 Registered Births. 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 1901 32.0 170.1 1902 27.8 149.8 In my Annual... |
de40bc36-c5e8-42f3-8cee-6c324237acfe | The Sanitary Committee instructed me to draw up a report. This I did after making full inquiries. On writing to the Local Government Board on the subject we were informed that the Council could not support a creche out of the rates. Its establishment, therefore, would have to be entirely by voluntary contributions, and... |
5f5b85aa-9e0f-49e4-983e-ce9b6cf79924 | This is due to the diminished number of deaths from epidemic diarrhoea. Twenty-three deaths were registered, as against 69 in 1901, and 50 in 1900. Of the 23 deaths— 18 were children under 1 year of age. 4 were children between 1 and 5. 1 adult over 65 years. WHOOPING COUGH. There were 13 deaths from Whooping Cough. Th... |
fe71dd93-64e9-4c9e-848b-5baa40788e83 | A Child suffering frotn this Disease should be Isolated, and not brought in contact with any other children until the characteristic spasmodic cough or whoop has disappeared for at least a week. This may be six weeks or more from the commencement of the illness. The Disease is spread by the Breath and Sputa of the Pati... |
d6ed1393-d9f3-41d8-9e1e-24a0cbd698ce | If medical practitioners could be induced as a routine measure to obtain this examination in every suspicious case, much unsuspected infection would be stopped. As a means of preventing re-infection from spitting, the following card has been widely circulated and hung in Public-houses, Laundries, Workshops, and all Pub... |
092345ac-05e8-49d2-a200-69f026a6c26d | (b) After change of address. (c) After death. 5. Investigation of sources of infection (Office and Workshop —Home). 6. Removal of patient if possible for sanatorium treatment. 7. Removal of food infection. 14 CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1902. Notifiable Disease. Cases Notified in Whole District... |
6fca2597-f43b-4d27-a95c-d36e046a5d31 | . . . . . Diphtheria 33 . 9 13 5 6 . 9 8 16 1 1 1 Membranous Croup 3 . 3 . . . . 1 . 2 . . 1 Erysipelas 24 2 1 1 1 18 1 6 7 11 . . . Scarlet Fever 109 1 29 55 15 9 . 41 30 88 2 . 4 Typhus Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enteric Fever 14 . 1 2 2 9 . 5 5 4 . 4 3 Relapsing Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . Continued Fever .... |
5074ff5c-ff97-46f6-9f53-1c630ecb4803 | . . . Chicken Pox 183 18 78 84 2 1 . 48 78 57 . . . Totals 398 22 126 159 31 60 1 115 151 132 7 27 13 15 The number of cases notified during the year, excluding Chicken Pox, was 215, against 172 in the preceding year. One hundred and eighty-three cases of Chicken Pox were notified. The following table gives the number ... |
a3e5b7c5-0007-4edf-9229-52e50c5305aa | 2 1 31 Scarlet Fever 108 63 74 192 86 67 193 93 167 111 243 82 109 Diphtheria 14 8 27 41 22 32 23 89 35 49 28 34 83 Membranous Croup 4 . 13 1 . . . 4 . . 1 1 3 Typhoid Fever 13 13 15 19 15 28 14 10 9 46 29 27 14 Continued , . . . 1 . . . . . . 2 . . Puerperal , 1 . 1 2 1 3 3 . 1 . . |
34ea3746-2b3a-4403-85e3-15e78d50fecc | 1 1 Erysipelas 22 18 37 77 41 31 26 25 22 31 28 26 24 162 102 180 340 167 161 259 221 234 239 333 172 215 THE SMALL POX OUTBREAK. Origin and Cause of the Epidemic. The Epidemic started in London about July 1901, and made its appearance in Acton on 18th November 1901, when a case was notified from Meon Road, South Acton... |
09399be3-fd68-4c90-b4b2-07230d89a35c | February 5 „ March 5 „ April 3 „ May 3 „ June 1 ,, July 6 ,, August 4 „ 31 In the following table particulars will be found of the cases as regards age-distribution, vaccination, and mortality :— Ages. Vaccinated. Doubtful. Unvaccinated. Total Cases & Deaths. Cases. Deaths. Mortality per cent. Cases. Deaths. Mortality ... |
f2c122cc-44ef-4468-a23f-72135c2f1296 | Under 5 2 ... ... ... ... ... 3 1 ... 5 1 5 to 10 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 ... 10 „ 15 3 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3 ... 15 „ 25 7 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 1 25 „ 40 7 2 ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... 8 3 40 „ 60 6 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... 7 1 60 upwards ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... T... |
686fbb9b-8848-43ae-a09a-c331aff59004 | If the case turned out to be one of true Variola, I at once informed the Public Vaccinator and the whole of my Staff, who stood to their posts. Isolation.—Isolation was secured in every case, except one, by the removal of the patient to the Clare Hall Hospital, South Mimms. This removal was generally managed within two... |
7ce8bdda-c9af-4eb8-957c-a6b3ff8f9e72 | Contacts.—The names and addresses of all contacts were taken, together with premises they had recently visited and where they were working. Some of them it was thought advisable to quarantine, and to pay them each week in order to secure confinement to the house. Where it was possible to re-vaccinate certain contacts a... |
f798dd90-1353-4069-b0b1-6c8c4fafa1c5 | In case of a contact leaving my district, and his destination being known, I at once informed the Medical Officer of Health of that district. Procrastination would be fatal in Small Pox epidemics. The Medical Officer of Health and his Staff must be always alert and on duty, for by visiting cases at once the spread of t... |
d312d2b9-23a2-438f-a1db-82a1bf389bbd | In the Autumn of 1901, at my suggestion, you made Chicken Pox notifiable, and this measure has on more than one occasion been of the greatest value. Every case of Chicken Pox notified during the last eighteen months has been personally visited by myself. Early in the outbreak the whole of the members of the staff were ... |
46928beb-c4f7-4c08-b804-7dcf868d3835 | Cases to illustrate the above remarks.—One man had been ill for eight days when I saw him, and had not sought medical advice. He was well advanced in the vesicular stage. There were fifteen inmates 19 in the house. Re-vaccination was at once performed on thirteen and primary vaccination on two of the inmates. Seven of ... |
0e723881-d0d6-4e90-b457-4f73095cc993 | I at once went and looked up this individual, and ascertained that he had had an attack of lumbago and one or two spots on his forehead. One was so typical that I had no hesitation in my own mind that he had had the disease and given it to the young woman at Southall. I therefore had the man, his clothing and house at ... |
cd791ab0-298b-4dc3-a09b-434bae18a706 | Unvaccinated infants also invariably die, and suffer from the confluent form. This was the case of an infant three months old in Bedford Park. (4.) That a considerable amount of re-vaccination must have exercised some influence in checking the spread of infection, but it is evident that a very large proportion of the w... |
06717ffe-6cb5-46e6-ab63-f16cfff58a00 | They all cheerfully fell in with the work without a moment's delay on any day of the week, or at any time day or night. It was remarkable how much of the work in connection with the outbreak fell to our lot after ordinary office hours, and especially upon Sundays. Much of our success in dealing with the epidemic was al... |
388f86b3-6e48-4fb4-9fee-54e59d32e86c | of Cases. Age. No. of Cases. Under 1 year 1 12 years 3 1 „ 3 13 „ 3 2 ,, 6 14 „ 3 3 „ 10 15 „ 1 4 „ 10 16 „ 4 5 „ 8 18 „ 1 6 „ 8 19 „ 2 7 „ 13 20 „ 3 8 ,, 9 21 to 25 years 6 9 ,, 2 26 to 30 „ 5 10 „ 3 31 to 40 „ 3 11 ,, 2 Total 109 So far as these cases go they show that there is little liability to the illness under o... |
6a2a89af-4482-4c32-bbca-0fc0bb038f49 | 21 It was ascertained that the following schools had been attended by children previous to their developing Scarlet Fever :— School. No. of Cases. All Saints, South Acton 4 Osborne Road, South Acton 5 Priory School, Acton Lane 11 Beaumont Park, Acton Green 13 East Acton 5 Churchfield Hall 6 St Mary's, Oldham Terrace 7 ... |
f4819183-f2fe-421b-b4a9-8d6786f39359 | This course is followed by several other sanitary authorities, and the cost is very small. We have a striking example of the progress preventive medicine is making in the treatment of this disease. In Diphtheria Antitoxin we have a sure remedy if the treatment is applied before the poison has had time to do its work. T... |
1e6c1f05-8a96-4680-98bc-dd1c858a4c08 | First day of Disease 38 0.0 Second „ 170 4.1 Third ,, 192 11.9 Fourth „ 137 12.4 Fifth day and after 186 16.6 22 The importance of injecting the serum early is proved to the hilt in the above figures, and as no harm can accrue to the patients if ordinary antiseptic precautions are taken, a dose of the Antitoxin should ... |
d57a3f4e-8cd1-4d75-b182-dd611e963efa | Under such conditions, as soon as the primary case is recognised, all those who in any way may have come in contact with it, or better still, all the susceptible individuals in the institution, should without delay be injected with a dose of Diphtheria Antitoxin. Many records have now been published as to the efficacy ... |
0e5a89a6-df9b-40d1-a75d-8e13c03daa2c | In a Convalescent Home containing 38 children, three consecutive cases of Diphtheria occurred. The remaining 35 children were each injected with Diphtheria Antitoxin (334 units each), and no further case developed. With regard to the amount of Diphtheria Antitoxin required for prophylactic purposes, probably, as a mini... |
bbbfc274-3b9a-4e49-8094-74e3845b4f0b | When classified, there are 182 Laundries, 24 Retail Bakehouses, and 61 other Workshops. These include tenement and domestic Workshops but not Domestic Factories or Workplaces. Personally I have made 64 inspections, and the Sanitary Inspectors 239. It will be noticed that the Laundry industry comprises the chief busines... |
fca0cc85-a3d4-416e-bcb5-670084a2d4eb | It has not been necessary to serve Notices on the occupiers as to sanitary defects, and the premises have been regularly whitewashed twice yearly as prescribed by the Act, and visited 89 times by the Sanitary Inspectors. The following are the provisions of Section 101 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, which relate... |
b15bdb5b-f99d-4501-81bb-cfeeb2078719 | The expression ' baking room ' means any room used for baking or for any process incidental thereto. "4. An Underground Bakehouse shall not be certified as suitable unless the District Council is satisfied that it is suitable as regards construction, light, ventilation, and in all other respects. "6. If any place is us... |
b86db21c-0411-4d1c-9798-3548dfa91419 | —All ceilings, beams, and joists to be thoroughly scraped and cleansed, and to be match-boarded with tongued and grooved match-boarding, or lathed and rendered in Portland cement or similar damp-proof and impervious material, worked to an even and polished surface and limewashed. Walls.—All walls to be damp-proof, and ... |
fc5ae9b4-61e2-4112-a488-d00712cb6a96 | Floors.—The whole of the existing floors to be taken up and re-formed and re-laid, where necessary, 6 inches thick over the entire surface with Portland cement concrete, mixed in proportions one part Portland cement to five parts of broken stone or bricks and one part clean sharp sand. The surface to be finished with a... |
ab09e419-a0bc-49e3-b630-07e34e0ffd3d | Lighting.—All areas provided for the purpose of admitting light to be, if necessary, lined with white glazed tiles, bricks, or opalite, with splayed bottom for the purpose of cleansing, and fitted with pavement lights over the lighting area. To provide and fix hopper lights of an approved pattern above the pavement lig... |
01ce4b5f-0c02-445a-bff3-6a7c0ddcaadf | Ventilation.—Fresh air is to be provided by means of three air inlets on the "Tobin" tube system, each of a sectional area as will be sufficient, and which size will be decided on the cubic contents of the bakehouse, the number of hands 25 employed, and the velocity of the passage of the air. The intakes for the same a... |
847faf08-3e3f-42c7-81a1-6a98c3805882 | The foul air is to be drawn away by means of two extract ventilators at ceiling level, each of a total internal sectional area as is necessary, and calculated on the same basis as the inlets, and fitted with bell-mouth inlets 18 inches in diameter. The extract tubes to be carried over the oven and connected to an outsi... |
f93ab723-b8a4-4190-a7d5-88e9143903ef | Such store places must be as strictly and properly kept as a bakehouse. Fittings.—All dough troughs, tables, and bins are to be provided with strong swivel castors or wheels, and arranged so as to be easily moved and allow for proper cleansing and inspection. Woodwork usually painted to have three coats of good oil pai... |
9ad44b3e-c067-4f4a-84de-4daf1092bf04 | You have appointed a small Sub-Committee for the purpose of inspecting these premises, but it must be borne in mind that once these premises are passed they can be used for all time as Bakehouses, and that now is the golden opportunity for the Council to have them made healthy for the workers, and constructed so that t... |
f8e6b70b-1945-4c6d-9500-f312ca9def7c | accommodation in Factories and Workshops, eight closets for persons of either sex have been provided, and no prosecutions have been necessary to enforce the provisions of this section. As to the means of escape in case of Fire from premises coming under this Act I am not called upon to report. With reference to Section... |
2103ea7b-ea7b-4f90-b096-69f1e087b425 | I do not think these would have come in then had it not been for the Council's action in inserting the requirements of this section for two weeks in May in the local newspapers. The sending in of these lists only refers to persons giving out work connected with the following trades, viz.— The making, cleaning, washing,... |
933bda08-ce47-4934-941c-1345d40b73fb | These lists are of great assistance, and are always referred to upon the receipt of a notification of Infectious Disease. They also enable us to inspect 27 the out-workers' home and to see that the premises are wholesome and fit for the purpose used. I am pleased to say no Prohibition Order as to infected houses has be... |
afebe9c9-3780-4159-a9d5-9507ecafb101 | Under this section also one month is allowed to abate the nuisance, and if the Council do not take action to enforce abatement, the Home Office may take proceedings, and any expense incurred in so doing shall be charged to the Council. Twelve notices were sent to H.M. Factory Inspector re workshops not having the presc... |
cad07eaa-9546-445c-9c8d-89a466f048ff | She has also distributed various leaflets. MORTUARY. During the year 36 bodies were received into the Mortuary, viz., 21 Males and 15 Females. Post-Mortems were made in 30 cases. 28 Annual Report of tbe Sanitary Inspector for the Dear 1902. To Dr G. A. Garry Simpson, Medical Officer of Health. Sir,—I herewith present m... |
6c370ad1-368c-49f7-b2c2-5daf016a55de | It will be seen from the tables which I have compiled that a great deal of sanitary work has been done through the medium of this Department, although the Small Pox outbreak during the year interrupted our work to no small degree, as my own time and that of my Assistant was for many days taken up with removing Cases to... |
7da3b5c1-9d86-487b-b8c1-6b64910fa24d | Mr Fraser, my Assistant, has now been with me eighteen months, and I can only speak in the highest terms of his abilities, and the manner in which he has discharged his duties. I only hope that I shall be able to retain his services for some years. I am, Dear Sir, obediently yours, Maurice W. Kinch. Public Health Depar... |
083bbe95-948a-401e-b29b-14b393638dfc | 18 tons 12 cwt. Bedding disinfected. 25 Closets disinfected after Enteric Fever Cases. The following Tabulated List gives particulars of the sanitary improvements effected during the year :— House drains taken up and reconstructed 48 , repaired 15 „ unstopped and cleansed 102 „ provided with intercepting traps 95 „ man... |
666aab7c-e999-4efd-a7f2-a54314585a30 | Norman Shaw system abolished - 2 30 Ventilating shafts repaired 27 „ provided 6 Waste-pipes, sink waste-pipes disconnected from drain 39 „ bath and lavatory waste-pipes 5 „ bath and lavatory waste-pipes disconnected from soil-pipes - 4 „ repaired 33 „ trapped with lead traps 5 Rainwater-pipes disconnected from drain 22... |
1c4323cb-439c-4fc2-a596-ee9f07091d95 | paving repaired 116 „ paved and drained 58 „ cleansed 10 Dust-bins provided 215 Cisterns repaired and covered 24 „ cleansed 15 Houses cleansed and whitewashed 180 „ plastering of walls and ceilings repaired 52 Workshops cleansed and limewashed 26 Roofs of houses repaired 42 Floors of houses repaired or relaid 73 „ work... |
15561828-bbde-4711-9049-93baa29d6471 | —776 Preliminary Notices and 153 Statutory Notices have been served for the abatement of Nuisances, and the necessary 31 works asked for were carried out in nearly all cases. Police Court Proceedings were taken in two instances where owners had failed to comply with Notices served. One case was withdrawn on payment of ... |
fc5f86a6-b903-4a1b-a887-19478dbaa09e | The volatile or chemical test has also been applied to Drains in numerous instances. Inspection of Meat and other Foods- -The various Butchers' Shops, Greengrocers' Shops, and other places where food is sold were frequently inspected during the year, and on one occasion in July I found unwholesome meat exposed for sale... |
d5f3a61c-fcde-4937-8304-6e5c45a143d2 | It was removed from the premises and condemned by a Justice and destroyed. During the year the following were seized and taken before a Justice:— 1 box Skate. 1 box Plaice. 1 carcase of Beef. Quantity of pieces of Meat. 1 box Dabs. 32 Food and Drugs Acts.—Samples under these Acts are taken by Mr W. Tyler, the County Co... |
16b2f9cc-761e-4a70-8440-9f70d68f76b0 | In one case a Cowshed was found to be inefficiently ventilated, but this was rectified on a representation being made to the occupier. Bakehouses.—The number of Bakehouses on the Register is 24, of which 11 are underground. A circular letter is sent to the occupiers every six months reminding them of the time to limewa... |
03fc363b-5bce-4ce0-9533-5192362b5eda | Several complaints have been received with regard to the smell from the Piggeries in Old Oak Lane from persons frequenting this road, and it will be a good thing when this part of the Parish is developed for building purposes, so that we can deal with them under our Bye-Laws as we successfully did with the South Acton ... |
1ee89c10-4ec7-4d83-81d1-fda71852aa74 | Acton Urban District Council. ANNUAL REPORT on the SANITARY CONDITION, &c., of the URBAN DISTRICT OF ACTON, For the Year, 1903 by G. A. GARRY SIMPSON, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., Fellow of the Royal Institute of Public Health. MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. Printed by Order of the Sanitary Authority. Act 11 Acton Urban District Coun... |
9e03fe58-d4d1-4950-a311-46c78db50b14 | Pages Acreage of District 8, 9 Abstract in Workshops 28 Birth Rate 8, 10 Bakehouses 26, 28 Bakehouses (Underground) 26 Causes and Ages at Death (Table giving) 12 Consumption or Phthisis 18 Cock and Crown Yard 29 Death Rate. 8, 9, 11, 13 Death Rates (General and Zymotic, Comparative Table) 13 Diphtheria 15, 19 Disinfect... |
27881b18-454b-47cd-9012-db778f796d4f | 5 Golden Meadow Cottages 30 Homework 27 Housing of the Working Classes Acts 29, 30 Infantile Mortality 8, 9 Infectious Diseases Notified (Comparative Table) 15 Infectious Diseases Notified (Table Showing) 16 Laundries 26 Measles 12, 13, 18, 19 Mortuary 23 Narrow street 29 Office 7 Population 8, 9, 10 Phthisis or Consum... |
500426b7-0e06-4268-9112-421383b97750 | 16, 17 Sick Nursing 23 Schools 23, 24, 25 Sewage 25 Scavenging of Roads 25 Steyne Road 29 Steyne, Plan showing 31 Table shewing Birth Rate, Death Rate, & Zymotic Death Hate in 14 Towns 11 Vital Statistics (Summary) 8 Vital Statistics (Table showing) 9 Ward Boundaries 7 Whooping Cough 18 Workshops 26, 27 28 Workshops (C... |
442f8af0-83a1-4a88-8b7d-1f8ca2da224d | Pages Bakehouses 40 Common Lodging Houses 41 Cowsheds 40 Drainage Examinations 39 Dairies 40 Food and Drugs Acts 40 General Remarks 35, 36 Inspections, &c 37 Meat and other Foods (inspection of) 30, 40 Milkshops 40 Notices 39 Prosecutions 39 Piggeries 41 Sanitary Improvements (List of) 37, 38, 39 Slaughterhouses 40 Smo... |
c508ec2a-8374-4394-9b82-71d870e76b97 | It is unfortunate that a wet Summer—which to most people is a source of sorrow and regret—should to Medical Officers of Health, be the occasion for rejoicing, for with a cool Summer the Infantile mortality is lowered. In consequence I have to report a marked decrease in the General Death Rate, the Infantile Death Rate ... |
1fce2eee-95f3-4d74-a508-89c0becbd822 | The Board Schools are now under your supervision, and I have made some very important suggestions in the report which I trust will receive your earnest consideration. Certain changes in the Staff of my department have taken place. Mr. Fraser whose work was most satisfactory has been appointed Sanitary Inspector to the ... |
1dd9be7a-5af4-4ebb-a766-9f8b7f738d10 | I am Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, G. A. GARRY SIMPSON. 6 Public Health Committee. Mr. R. AINSLEY (Chairman) „ E. B. ATHAWES. „ F. A. BALDWIN. „ R. BARNES. „ J. W. BULLEN. „ J. DE LARA COHEN. „ D. P. CRONIN. „ S. GOODHALL. „ E. F. HUNT. „ J. W. JARRATT, J.P. „ A. W. W. KING, J.P. „ F. T. W. MILLER. „ T. H. MORRIS. ... |
cc4a075f-54aa-40f6-8588-1b1abadac250 | G. A. Garry Simpson, Medical Officer of Health M. R. C. S., F. R. I. P. H. M. W. Kinch, Cert. San. Inst. Chief Sanitary Inspector (London.) Assistant Sanitary Inspector Ernest J. Gough, Cert. San. Inst. Miss L. Bulkeley Williams. Lady Health Visitor Cert. San. Insp. (London) Clerk Lewis Bradford. Disinfector F. King. E... |
d6f9cc24-63d7-42c9-a59d-8299507eefb3 | Should an urgent matter require immediate attention after office hours, or on Sundays, I can be interviewed at my private residence— Bardon House, East Acton. WARD BOUNDARIES. North Ward.—All north of centre of High Street. West Ward.—South of centre of High Street from Birch Grove to Railway Bridge, High Street, and w... |
b18de71e-73b9-4d4b-abaa-6f48cceb3132 | Area of District 2,304 acres Rateable Value £277,153 Net Value of a Penny Rate £856.11s Population at middle of last year 49,680 Population in 1901 Census 37,744 Persons per acre in the District 21.5 Average number of persons per house 1901 census 6.. Death Rate 1903 8.6 Average Death Rate for previous ten years 14.7 Z... |
801203b5-2ccb-45af-9ded-1fe16b847610 | The Following Table gives the Vital Statistics of the whole District during 1903 and previous years:— 9 VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1903 AND PREVIOUS YEARS. Year Population estimated to Middle of each Year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in tub District. Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the Distric... |
465e5c94-07e2-4345-a56a-8a6fe31a07c1 | 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 33,684 1,068 31.7 200 187.2 509 15.1 . . . 509 15.1 1900 38,406 1,080 28.1 182 1... |
99d37129-4e57-4d6e-9482-76fd125edba5 | 7 1901 37,744 1,211 32.0 206 170.1 519 13.7 6 . . 519 13.7 1902 44,565 1,242 27.8 186 149.8 593 13.3 12 . 6 599 13.4 Averages for years 1893-1902 32,929 1,000 30.4 173 174.3 482 14.7 . . 17 499 15.3 1903 49,680 1,422 28.6 150 105.4 430 8.6 8 . . 430 8.6 *Calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. Total population as... |
5c9694ba-58f8-4c48-9284-fbac5199a375 | Area of District in acres (exclusive of area covered by water), 2,304. 10 Population.—The population calculated to the middle of 1903 was 49,680, an increase of 5,115 in twelve months. The number of inhabited houses was 8,240 and uninhabited 240 The following table shews the population and the number of the inhabited h... |
70e6234e-8a6e-4f66-b86f-8e5dccdd49de | Birth Rate.—During the year 1903 there were 1,422 births registered. The birth rate per 1,000 persons living was 28,6. The London birth rate was 28,5 The following table shews the births since 1893:— Year. Number of Births. 1893 831 1894 834 1895 874 1896 894 1897 973 1898 995 1899 1,068 1900 1,080 1901 1,211 1902 1,24... |
c1b35a29-df2c-43a6-945e-ab257df83279 | The London death rate was 15.2 The death rates since 1893 are as follows:— 1893 18.6 1894 14.2 1895 17.2 1896 15.7 1897 15.9 1898 15.8 1899 15.1 1900 13.7 1901 13.7 1902 13.4 1903 8.6 This is the lowest death rate on record and is highly satisfactory. It will be noticed that the recorded general death rate has been gra... |
ec57830a-cec4-449c-a2b0-56fac01bc0a2 | 45 1.4 Brentford 31.6 12.9 1.5 Willesden 32.0 12.1 1.97 Reading 27.0 12.7 0.94 Ipswich 28.3 15.2 1.41 Hornsey 20.3 7.9 0.68 Tottenham 32.3 13.0 1.90 West Ham 33.7 15.3 2.65 East Ham 34.5 11.0 1.62 Leyton 30.6 10.8 1.64 Walthamstow 33.2 11.2 1.91 Croydon 46.3 11.8 1.08 12 The following table gives the causes of and ages... |
235dfa52-c3fc-4c05-a423-ca42ebaa7312 | Causes or Death Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages. Deaths in or belonging to localities at all ages Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District All Ages Under 1 year. 1 and under 6 6 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 65 65 and upwards North Ward West Ward East Ward Small Pox . .... |
3ef6f2df-e023-4452-9a1e-1f26ef2fe4bc | 2 2 1 1 Other continued . . . . . . . . . . . Epidemic Influenza 5 . 1 1 . 2 1 1 4 . . Cholera . . . . . . . . . . . Plague . . . . . . . . . . . Diarrhoea 21 16 4 . . . 1 . 11 .10 . Enteritis 14 10 3 . . 1 . 2 4 8 . Puerperal Fever . . . . . . . . . . . Erysipelas 3 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 1 . Other Septic Diseases . . . . . ... |
f69db75a-a8b6-48cf-93ba-44df8db86d1b | Malignant Disease 18 1 . . . l6 I 8 2 8 . Bronchitis 35 10 5 . . 7 11 4 21 10 1 Pneumonia 30 13 8 3 . 5 1 5 16 9 2 Pleurisy 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 . . Other Diseases of Respiratory Organs 3 1 . . . 1 1 2 . 1 . Alcoholism — Cirrhosis of Liver 9 . . . . 9 . 1 4 2 . Venereal Diseases . . . . . . . . . . . Premature Birth 21 21... |
aa2c1d68-f9a9-4fa2-b608-c97fcc937735 | 29 21 21 13 21 4 Accidents 6 2 . . 1 3 . 2 . 4 . Suicides 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . All other causes 146 54 9 3 8 31 41 14 58 48 •• All causes 430 150 43 14 17 IS4 82 101 171 158 8 13 In the following table the death rate and Zymotic death rate are so arranged that comparison can be made for the preceding ten years:— 1893 ... |
6a97c405-746d-40d3-96a8-ab1af4e2aac7 | 3 2 6 2 1 2 Diphtheria 2 5 5 8 28 8 7 4 6 4 2 Whooping Cough 5 17 5 21 . 10 14 4 16 13 20 Typhoid Fever 4 2 2 2 2 . 7 4 1 4 5 Diarrhoea and Dysentery 60 17 44 37 80 50 56 50 69 23 21 Puerperal Fever 6 4 2 . . 1 . 1 . . . |
15efb4b8-44cb-4e10-87c4-d8d9e9a4a9de | Total Number of Deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases 89 63 67 93 130 78 86 85 94 83 50 Deaths from other Causes 396 330 411 371 373 439 423 443 425 516 380 Total Deaths 486 393 478 464 503 517 509 528 519 599 430 Death Rate from seven Zymotic Diseases per 1,000 3.4 2.2 2.4 3.1 4.1 2.3 2.5 2.2 2.4 1.8 1.0 Death Rate from ... |
92a529de-621a-45dd-9172-27a9af83099f | 7 15.9 15.8 15.1 13.7 13.7 13.4 8.6 The London Zymotic death rate for 1903 was 176 14 INFANTILE MORTALITY. There were 150 deaths registered of Infants under one year of age, as against 1,422 births ; the proportion which the deaths under one year of age bear to 1,000 births is therefore 105.4 as against 149.8 in the pr... |
b3cd8648-baad-4619-ae92-1c4391c4561f | Birth Rate per 1,000 Deaths of Children under one year per 1,000 Registered Births 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 1901 32.0 170.1 1902 27.8 149.8 1903 28.6 105.4 This low Infant Mortality is due to the diminished number of ... |
ae5ce778-69fc-47c3-a627-bce4f270cd52 | It shows how important it is to keep the roads well watered during hot and dry weather, and the food properly protected from dust and germs. In the bill which will be presently before Parliament, provision is made for the establishment of a Creche, such an institution will materially help to diminish the Infant Mortali... |
acc7314b-033d-4354-9644-7e17c8dcb733 | The number of cases notified during the year, excluding Chicken Pox, was 167 against 215 in the preceding year. Cne hundred and forty four cases of Chicken Pox were notified, against one hundred and eighty three in 1902. The following table gives the number reported during the preceding ten years:— 1893 1894 1895 1896 ... |
21c0a1fb-ecd8-437f-8602-17787cb78dde | 19 27 14 40 Continued „ 1 . . . . . . 2 . . . Puerperal , 2 1 3 3 . 1 . . 1 1 . Erysipelas 77 41 31 16 15 21 31 28 26 24 27 Totals 340 167 161 259 221 234 239 333 172 215 168 I personally visited all cases of Chicken Pox immediately on receipt of notifications. 16 CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 19... |
23a33b6d-1016-494e-a333-f14e6089af83 | Cholera . . . . . . . . . . Diphtheria 22 . 7 9 2 4 . 9 5 8 Membranous Croup 2 . 2 . . . . . 2 . Erysipelas 27 1 1 2 1 19 3 10 10 7 Scarlet Fever 76 1 21 41 8 5 . 16 26 34 Typhus Fever . . . . . . . . . . Enteric Fever 40 . 2 12 14 12 . 11 8 21 Relapsing Fever . . . . . . . . . . Continued Fever . . . . . . . . . . Pue... |
e6148388-4714-4502-8887-9247f4cd4b98 | 9 66 69 Totals 312 13 100 128 27 41 3 55 118 139 17 Small Post.—One case of Small Pox occurred in July, a young girl residing in Shaftesbury Road. She was removed to South Mimms Hospital, and all contacts vaccinated and kept under observation with satisfactory results, as the disease did not spread. The difficulty of d... |
28c4f1d3-fc93-4e91-aa82-0c89461d5548 | In one case a patient had taken two glasses from the suspected milk some fourteen days before being attacked, at home she and her relatives were supplied from another dairy. Although it was impossible to prove absolutely that the suspected dairy was at fault, yet the inference was very suspicous and I immediately stopp... |
523335a8-0b6e-4f74-9ebc-caefea66c373 | In sea coast towns they are probably the main source of Typhoid Fever, though this is not even yet generally acknowledged. Enteric Fever shows a slight tendency to increase all over the country, and this regardless of the fact that more care than ever is taken to guard our water and milk supplies. The reason in my opin... |
addbd7ae-f2da-429d-9866-edfb5014dae7 | If the disease is recognised in the early stages, which can be done by a bacteriological examination of the sputum," and the patient sent to undergo the open air treatment at a sanatorium, a cure is invariably brought about. WHOOPING COUGH. There were 20 deaths from this disease, mostly children under one year of age. ... |
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