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. . . . . . . . Continued Fever . . . . . . . . . . Puerperal Fever 4 . . . 1 3 . . 1 3 Plague . . . . . . . . . . Chicken-pox 262 22 113 116 8 3 . 74 74 114 Totals 461 27 151 219 28 34 2 133 152 176 SECTION IV. ISOLATION HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION. 41 SECTION IV. Isolation Hospital Accommodation. Ordinary Infectious Compl...
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The number of beds (not including cots) is as follows :β€” Scarlet Fever. Enteric. Diphtheria. Observation Cases. 14 14 2 2 The Administration Block was formerly an old mansion, and contains several very large rooms, which in case of emergency could be fitted up as Enteric wards. There is also a building containing the L...
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The rooms and articles of furniture are then thoroughly sprayed with Formalin, fumigated with Formalin, and sealed up for at least 6 hours. Articles of Clothing, &e. The articles of clothing, &c., are all removed from the infected room to the disinfector at the Hospital, and are steam disinfected in a Washington Lyons'...
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of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, has been adopted, but its provisions have never been put in force.. Personally, I do not think the Council could build houses to let at rents much less than is being charged by private owners, taking into consideration the present price of land, labour, and materials, an...
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The District is supplied with a constant supply of water from the Metropolitan Water Board, Acton being in the Grand Junction district. Sewers. In regard to the sewers in the district, a large number of sewers in the centre of the town convey soil drainage from the older houses, as well as surface water from the old an...
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The soil drainage of about 18,000 persons in the District of Acton is conveyed into the London system, and a payment is made to the London County Council in regard to such drainage. The soil sewage from the remainder of the District is conveyed by sewers to the sewage works belonging to the Council in Acton Vale. The l...
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In consequence of complaints being made in regard to sulphuretted hydrogen, which was given off during the process of filtration, the effluent from the septic tanks is treated with permanganate of potash, and a small quantity of permanganate is also added to the effluent from the filters. The Acton Council is at presen...
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South of the High Street. Total. New roads made up 12 16 28 Number of houses passed for occupation during the year 238 257 495 House Refuse. The collection of house refuse, scavenging and cleansing of the streets, and watering is carried out under the supervision of the Council's engineer, and the following particulars...
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Some months ago I received complaints with regard to the nuisance from flies in certain portions of the northern district, and I reported on the best means of disinfecting the dust shoot, as there is no doubt that this shoot is a favourable breeding ground for these pests. I reported that I was of opinion that the meth...
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The men work in gangs of two and four. During the year 16,810 cubic yards of road-dust and slop were removed from the roads and street gulleys. Street Watering. The watering of the streets is done by the Council's own vans and men. During the summer months 16 vans are employed on this work, and 24,300 loads of water ar...
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This source of pollution might be prevented in the following ways :β€”By a frequent washing of the corridors, and by insisting that every bather should remove his boots before entering the corridor. Slippers or sandals might be provided for use in the bath only. Some towns require in the second class bath, besides the ab...
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:β€” 23 Males and 12 Femalesβ€”total 36. Post-mortem Examinations were made in 22 cases. B 50 The following list gives the number received during each monthβ€” Males. Females. Post Mortems. January 4 1 5 February 2 - 1 March 3 2 3 April 3 1 4 May 1 1 - June 2 - 1 July 1 - - August 1 1 1 September 1 1 1 October 3 β€” 1 November...
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It was opened in March, 1895. Sick Nursing. The District Nurses in connection with our Cottage Hospital have had under treatment 220 Patients and paid 7,090 visits, an average of 32 to each patient. Excellent work is done by these ladies, whose skill and sympathy are greatly appreciated. 51 Factories, Workshops, Laundr...
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Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:β€”* Want of cleanliness 18 18 - - Want of ventilation 7 7 - - Overcrowding 4 4 β€” β€” Want of drainage of floors 31 31 β€” β€” Other nuisances 59 59 β€” β€” †Sanitary accommodation Insufficient β€” β€” β€” β€” unsuitable or defective 48 48 β€” β€” not separate for sexes 8 8 β€” β€” Offences under the Factory...
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109) β€” β€” β€” β€” Other offences β€” β€” β€” β€” Total 190 190 β€” β€” * Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7, and 8 of the Factory Act as remediable under the Public Health Acts. t Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the Council. Sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation f...
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Inspector 23 Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspectors 23 Other 9 Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):β€” In use during 1903 8 Certificates granted in 1903 18 in 1904 In use at the end of 1904 8 Homework:β€” Number of Lists of Outworkers* (s. 107):β€” Lists. Outworkers. Lists received 153 368 Addresses of outworkers for...
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131) at the end of 1904:β€” Laundries 256 Bakehouses 26 Dressmakers 25 Others 49 Total number of workshops on Register 356 Acton Improvement Act. The Acton Improvement Act, which came into force in June last, deals with many important matters relating to infectious disease prevention, tuberculosis, common lodging-houses,...
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Section 32 provides that any person who has become aware that any cow in his dairy from which milk 55 is used or sold for human consumption is suffering from tuberculosis of the udder and does not isolate such animal, shall be liable to a penalty of Β£5. This section is also new, and should prove very useful. Section 33...
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The same powers may be exercised outside the district, but a justice's order must first be obtained in the district where it is proposed to take the sample. Under this section there is no penalty imposed upon any person refusing to allow a sample to be taken, neither has the sample to be divided as is required by the F...
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β€” (a) If milk from a dairy situate within the district is being sold or suffered to be sold or used within the district, the Medical Officer or any person provided with (and, if required, exhibiting) the authority in writing of the Medical Officer may, if accompanied by a properly qualified veterinary surgeon, at all r...
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(b) If the Medical Officer is of opinion that tuberculosis is caused or is likely to be caused to persons residing in the district from consumption of the milk supplied from a dairy situate within the district or from any cow kept therein, he shall report thereon to the Council, and his report shall be accompanied by a...
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Penalty for refusing such assistance or obstruction, Β£5. (e) If in their opinion the dairyman fails to show cause why such an order should not be made as aforesaid, the Council may make the said order, and shall forthwith serve notice of the facts on the County Council of any administrative county in which the dairy is...
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(h) A dairyman shall not be liable to an action for breach of contract if the breach be due to an order under this section. This section is an extension of section 4 of the Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890, so as to include tuberculosis. Section 36 allows the dairyman to appeal against an order made under the ...
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Section 38 requires public notice to be given of this Part of this Act, and this has already been done according to the terms of the section. Section 39 provides for the recovery of penalties before a petty sessional court having jurisdiction in the place where the dairy is situated only. Section 40 provides for the te...
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Section 98 makes it compulsory on the proprietor of a common lodging-house to register the name of person in charge of the lodging-house when such proprietor is not residing on the premises, and such person must be approved by the Inspector of Nuisances, and must remain in the lodging-house at night between the hours o...
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Applications for renewal to be sent in on or previous to the 15th day of May in every year, and the Council may refuse to register or re-register any person if not satisfied as to his character and fitness for the position. 59 Leave to appeal is also given within 14 days, and a penalty of Β£5 against any person carrying...
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(b) Agree with the owner, lessee, and occupier of any slaughter-house for the abolition of slaughtering therein on such terms and conditions as may be arranged between the parties. (2) At any time after the expiration of three years from the passing of this Act and after the Council have provided adequate slaughter-hou...
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(3) The Council shall pay compensation to the owner, lessee, and occupier of every slaughter-house who may be injuriously affected by the exercise of the above powers, and the amount of such compensation shall, in case of difference, be settled as cases of disputed compensation are settled under the Lands Clauses Acts,...
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(5) Nothing in this section shall interfere with the operation or effect of the Diseases of Animals Act, 1894, or of any order or licence of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries made or granted thereunder. Section 118. It shall not be lawful to blow or inflate the carcase, or any part of the carcase, of any animal sl...
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As to the prevention of Infectious Disease provision is made with regard to infected books from Lending Libraries, infectious disease among dairymen and their servants, the inspection of school children, and the requiring of notification from the schools of children absent on account of infectious disease; also provisi...
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Slaughter-houses. Cowsheds, Dairies, and Milkshops. Offensive Trades. Unsound Food. These are fully dealt with in the Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector, which is appended herewith. SECTION VI. ADOPTIVE ACTS, BYELAWS, AND REGULATIONS IN FORCE IN THE DISTRICT. 65 SECTION VI. Adoptive Acts, Byelaws and Regulations in...
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Section. New Streets β€ž P. H. A., 1875 157 Do. β€ž P. H. A. A. A., 1890 23 Cemeteries β€ž Cemeteries Clauses Act, 1847 2 Cleansing of Footways β€ž P. H. A., 1875 44 Closing of Buildings β€ž P. H. A., 1875 157 Common Lodging-houses β€ž P. H. A., 1875 80 Drainage β€ž P. H. A., 1875 157 New Buildings β€ž P. H. A., 1875 157 Do. β€ž P. H. A...
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H.A., 1875 44 66 County Council Byelaws. The following are in force in the District:β€” As to Made by Tent Dwellers, &c. Middlesex County Council. Disturbance of Persons Assembled in Public Buildings Do. Indecent Bathing Do. Lights to Vehicles Do. Posting Bills without Permission Do. Street Music Do. Shooting Galleries, ...
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β€ž P. H. A., 1875 44 Waterclosets β€ž P. H. A. A. A 1890 23 Paving of Yards β€ž P. H. A. A. A., 1890 23 Removal of House Refuse β€ž P. H. A. A. A., 1890 23 Commons β€ž Metropolitan Commons Supplemental Act, 1882 Employment of Children β€ž Employment of Children Act, 1903 1, 2, 4. 9 Cleanliness and Position of Water Cisterns β€ž Act...
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Sir,β€”I herewith present my fifth annual statement, showing the particulars of the action taken in the suppression of nuisances, &c., and various improvements effected by this department during the year 1904. The amount of sanitary work which has been done through the medium of this department will be seen from the tabl...
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One thing I have particularly noticed since I have been in Acton, and that is the absence of bass brooms in the houses of the industrial classes. Without hesitation, I can say that in 90 percent, of the houses such an article would not be found, and, in calling attention to the dirty state of the yards, &c., their excu...
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Owners, I find, when served with a notice to abate a nuisance arising from damp walls, try to evade the remedy by covering up the dampness with matchboarding. This is a very old idea, and it is difficult to convince such persons that, although the matchboarding has been erected, the dampness still exists, and that the ...
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By means of air in a high state of vacuum suction all articles are instantly freed from dust by passing a flat-shaped nozzle over the carpets, furniture, &c. The dust is drawn down a tube into a receptacle provided for the purpose outside the building. In the London area alone, during the year, 7,000 houses were thus c...
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From the experiments I witnessed it was most efficient, and if adopted by all manufacturers there is no doubt we should not hear so much about the pollution of the air. It is only to be hoped that such an arrangement will be able to be adopted for use in household grates. In the course of visiting slaughter-houses and ...
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These glands show very clearly the presence of tubercle in the pig, and by their being extracted it is impossible to seize the heads of those affected, or the whole carcase, as recommended by the Royal Commission, who advise that the presence of tubercle (in any degree) in pigs should involve the seizure of the whole c...
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Doubtless, it would be better to destroy the whole carcase, but owing to the widespread prevalence of tubercle, the question of compensation is a serious one; but there can be no question of the wisdom of destroying any portion of a carcase which presents to the naked eye traces, no matter how slight, of tuberculosis. ...
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You informed him that further investigations would be made, but within six hours he called upon you and apologised for his action, and admitted that the cow had the day before been sold to Messrs. Harrison and Barber for cats and dogs meat. The Acton Improvement Act, which received the Royal Assent on 24th June, contai...
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Miss L. Bulkeley Williams (health visitor) has assisted me in many ways, and has brought to my notice things which I should not ordinarily have met with, and I beg to record my thanks to her. It was necessary during the year to make a change of typist, and in Miss Morton we have a most capable stenographer and typist. ...
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74 Number of Inspections, &c. Premises inspected 2,216 Re-inspections to premises where Nuisances were in course of abatement 3.981 Nuisances reported 3.7I5 β€ž abated 3.427 Letters written 638 β€ž received 1.525 Notices received from H. M. Factory Inspector 10 Library Books removed from Infected Houses and destroyed 9 Van...
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β€ž repaired 25 β€ž fresh-air inlets repaired 10 β€ž β€ž β€ž provided 180 Water-closets repaired 10 β€ž new provided 6 β€ž β€ž pans provided to 190 β€ž unstopped and cleansed 35 β€ž pan closets and containers replaced by efficient pans 3 , provided with new flushing cisterns 123 β€ž flushing cisterns repaired 64 β€ž flush, disconnected from d...
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provided 4 β€ž repaired 61 β€ž trapped with lead traps 28 Rainwater-pipes disconnected from drain 160 β€ž repaired 68 β€ž provided 17 Eaves guttering provided 25 β€ž repaired 64 Gully traps replaced with stoneware gullies 97 β€ž removed from improper situations 8 β€ž unstopped 9 β€ž provided 24 β€ž grids provided to 15 β€ž cement work aro...
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remedied 54 Cisterns repaired and covered 33 β€ž cleansed 21 β€ž removed from improper position 4 Houses cleansed and whitewashed 364 76 Houses plastering of walls and ceilings repaired 94 β€ž dealt with under Housing Acts 24 Workshops cleansed and limewashed 26 β€ž roof repaired 11 Roofs of houses repaired 68 Floors of houses...
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number of cases abated 10 Smoke nuisances, number of cases dealt with 1 Water supply provided to houses 4 Taps provided on main 6 Miscellaneous nuisances abated 53 Notices. One thousand one hundred and eighty-seven Preliminary Notices and 63 Statutory Notices have been served for the abatement of nuisances, and the nec...
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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, but I did not find any cause for complaint. During the year the following were seized and taken before a Justice:β€” 1 box of oranges. 1 barrel of dog fish. ...
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There are at present 68 dairies and milkshops and 3 cowkeepers on the Register. Every quarter I forward a Notice to the occupier of every dairy and cowshed 78 reminding him of his duty to have the premises limewashed, as required by the Regulations, 141 visits were paid to the dairies and milkshops, and 18 to the cowsh...
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All these premises have been visited, 89 inspections having been made. Slaughter-houses. There are four registered slaughter-houses in the district, 48 visits were paid to these premises, and upon each occasion the byelaws were found to be complied with. Piggeries. With reference to the piggeries I have to report that ...
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No proceedings have been taken against the owners for emitting black smoke so as to be a nuisance. I received complaints from the Coal Smoke Abatement Society during the year and immediately served Notices with reference to same. The observations kept by myself and assistant numbered 19. I have to record the valuable a...
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ACT 13 Urban District of Acton. Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1 9 0 5. Urban District of Acton. Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1 9 0 5. 2 Public Health and Isolation Hospital Committee. Mr. Councillor E. F. HUNT (Chairman). β€ž β€ž F. A. BALDWIN. β€ž β€ž W. EYDMANN, Jun. β€ž β€ž S. GOODHALL...
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To the Chairman and Members of the Acton District Council. Gentlemen, I have the honour to present the Council with a Report on the sanitary condition of the district, together with the vital and other statistics for the year 1905. The report has been so arranged as to comply, as far as possible, with the recommendatio...
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4 The report should deal with the extent, distribution and causes of disease within the district; and should give an account of any noteworthy outbreaks of epidemic diseases during the year under review, stating the results of his investigations into their origin and propagation, and the steps taken by him, or on his a...
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One Table is supplied by the Home Office for the guidance and convenience of Medical Officers of Health in preparing that part of their Annual Report which relates to Factories, Workshops, Workplaces and Homework. Section 132 of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, requires that the Medical Officer of Health of every D...
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5 For statistical purposes, the estimated population at the end of the second quarter in each year is taken, and various methods have been devised by which an estimate is arrived at, but it is obvious that the correct figures can only be ascertained for the end of the first quarter of the actual year in which the Censu...
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The method adopted by the Registrar General is based on the assumption that the population increases in geometrical progression, that the rate of increase which prevailed in the last completed intercensal period has since been maintained. Such an assumption is constantly being demonstrated to be unreliable by the resul...
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This figure represents the average number of persons occupying each house at the Census, but there is reason to believe 6 that now the average number is slightly higher, owing to the character of the buildings erected. A large number of the houses recently built are let in tenements, and this fact accounts for the incr...
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The number of tenements together with the number of rooms to each tenement is given in Table 15, and there were 8,326 separate tenements in the parish at the Census. The figure 6,086 represents the number of separate dwelling houses, and if a house is let in flats, the building is reckoned as a single house, and each t...
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As there is reason to assume that the average number is now slightly over 6.2, for the purposes of this report, the population has been estimated at 50,000 inhabitants. Unless great changes in the industrial and social conditions of a district have recently taken place, the birth rate serves as a means of checking the ...
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This number corresponds to a birth rate of 30.5 per 1,000 inhabitants, which is 16 per cent. higher than that of 1904, and slightly below the average rate for the ten years 1895-1904. The above figures have been obtained by estimating the number of births as the rate per 1,000 of the population living at all ages. The ...
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But if we calculate the ratio which the births registered bears to the women living between the ages of 15 and 45 years, the birth rate in this district is lower than it is throughout the kingdom. If we assume that the age and sex distribution has not altered since the Census, the births registered last year correspond...
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By the term "residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or infirmity and died in public institutions elsewhere. The "public institutions" to be taken into account for the purposes of the Local Government Board Tables are those into which persons are habitually received on...
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Hitherto, the deaths of "residents" registered in public institutions beyond the district have not been included, but last year the County Council made arrangements whereby a list of these deaths was obtained by the County Medical Officer of Health, who forwarded to the local Medical Officers of Health particulars of t...
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Thomas' Hospital 2 Mount Vernon Hospital 2 Guy's Hospital 1 University College Hospital 1 Brompton Hospital 1 Homaepathic Hospital 1 Cancer Hospital 1 Kensington Infirmary 1 Hackney Infirmary 1 Bethnal House Asylum 1 Colney Hatch Asylum 1 The total number of deaths belonging to the district is 628, which corresponds to...
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The age constitution of the population affects the death rate in a more marked manner. The tendency to death is much greater among persons living at the extremes of lifeβ€”among infants and old peopleβ€”and the liability to die reaches its minimum among persons living between the ages of ten and fifteen years. In order to ...
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The factor for correction for Acton is 1.04240, so that if the recorded death rate 12.5 be multiplied by this figure the corrected death rate is 13.1. In 1905, the death rate for the whole of England and Wales was 15.2 per 1,000; for the 76 large towns it was 15.7 per 1.000, and for the 141 smaller towns it was 14.4 pe...
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The previous address of persons who died in public institutions outside the district was not this year ascertained ; it is hoped that this defect will be remedied next year. Of the deaths registered within the district, 139 belonged to the North Ward, 184 to the East Ward, and 213 to the West Ward. Again, the populatio...
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The so-called Zymotic death rate includes deaths from seven Zymotic Diseases namely, Small Pox, Measles, Whooping Cough, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Fever and Diarrhoea. In some quarters it still retains its popularity as an index of the seven diseases. An epidemic of Measles or Whooping Cough may affect the magnitude o...
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On one occasion 5 children were found attending school in the peeling stage of the disease. In other instances, when the history of a case was being investigated, other children were found in the same house who had suffered from the disease, but in so mild a form that no doctor was called in attendance. DIPHTHERIA AND ...
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The same course of events was observed during the earlier part of 1905. Up to the end of July, 20 cases were notified, and of these 10 were from the West Ward and 8 from the East Ward. Between August 1st and December 31st, 29 cases were reported, and 26 of these were from the North Wardβ€”-19 living in the Willesden Junc...
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Between the ages of 1 and 5 years, the case fatality was 17 per cent., whilst between the ages of 5 and 15 years it only reached 4 per cent. The figures are too small upon which to base any general conclusions, except in so far as they coincide with those gleaned in other districts, and, to this extent, they serve to i...
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If there be anything in the theory that school attendance is one of the most potent factors in the spread of Diphtheria, this phenomenon forms a strong argument against the encouragement of attendance at school of children between the ages of 3 and 5 years. Hospital Isolationβ€” Thirty-nine cases were removed to the Isol...
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Two cases were notified in August, but neither was a pupil in the Willesden School. Between September 8th and September 20th, ten cases were notified from Railway Cottages, eight of whom attended the Willesden School. On September 11th the School was closed for 3 weeks No fresh cases occurred between September 20th & O...
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The cases occurred in 20 houses, three in one family, two each in two houses, and a single case in 17 houses. Eighteen cases were notified from Railway Cottages, four from Inverness Terrace, one from Victoria Road, and one from the Huts. 15 Five of the children were between the ages of 3 and 4 years, six between 4 and ...
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Sewer gas, for instance, may cause an ulceration of the throat and thus make the individual more susceptible to contract Diphtheria; but the exciting cause must always be contact, either direct or indirect with somebody who is harbouring the germs. A person may be a carrier of the germs in his throat or or nose without...
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In the circumstances, it was deemed wise as an additional precaution to close the school for 3 weeks. Similarly, when a notification was received in October, a child, in whose throat the Diphtheria baccili were found, was attending school. As previously stated, following this last case, freedom from the disease was exp...
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It is more than probable that the act of coughing or sneezing or even talking, is sufficient to distribute into the atmosphere in the immediate vicinity any germs lurking in the throat or nose. To the sucking of pencils and other pastimes in which children occasionally indulge infection has been traced. Any of these co...
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No instance of infection due to this cause was discovered in the Willesden district, but the following case illustrates the possibility of such a source. On February 25th, a child was removed from a house in Westminster to one of the Metropolitan Fever Hospitals, suffering from Scarlet Fever. She was transferred to a C...
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These instances are given to show the various paths along which the infection may be carried, and the fact that the outbreak was kept so well under control is due in a great measure to the cordial co-operation of the officials of the Education Committee. Special praise is due to Mr. Syers, the Head Master, and the othe...
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WHOOPING COUGH. Ten children succumbed to this disease. Most of the deaths occurred during the first quarter of the year. One hundred and twenty-six cases were reported to the Sanitary Authorityβ€”11 from the North Ward, 72 from the East Ward, and 43 from the West Ward. 18 The notifications do not give a correct index of...
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The average number of deaths from Diarrhcea alone, for the ten years 1895-1904, was over 51. This figure alone emphasises the drain of the diseases upon our resources, but it probably does not show to the full extent the amount of mischief wrought. In spite of the power of rapid recuperation which children possess, a l...
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It is rarely seen out of large towns, and most observers regard it as a contagious Zymotic disease, though the specific germ has not with certainty been discovered. As far back as 1887, Dr. Ballard included it among the principal Zymotic diseases, and, recently, some observers have claimed the Bacillus of Shiga as the ...
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Dust and various other things laden with germs are liable to be deposited in the milk. Although it may seem unnatural to rejoice in a moist summer, there can be no doubt as to the beneficial influence of an excessive rainfall. The total amount of yearly rainfall bears no direct relation to the mortality ; the prevalenc...
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The result has been unsatisfactory, and five notifications only were received during the year. Even partial information is of some value, and it is hoped that in time the public will appreciate the fact that it is a preventable disease, and that the medical practitioner will not be subjected to odium when he notifies. ...
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The method usually adopted, and followed here, is to calculate out the ratio of deaths of infants under one year to the actual number of births during the year under consideration. Under certain conditions, a more accurate plan would be to calculate the ratio of deaths in the current year to the number of births in the...
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In 1905, the infantile mortality in England and Wales was 128 per 1,000; in the 76 large towns it was 140 per 1,000, and in the 141 smaller towns it was 132 per 1,000. With the exception of 1903, the infantile mortality of 1905 is the lowest recorded in the district, and it is 30 per cent. below the average rate for th...
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There is no intention to minimise the important part which ignorance and carelessness in the feeding of infants play in producing a high death rate ; and it is a significant fact, that of the 30 deaths from DiarrhΕ“al diseases which were inquired into, not one of the children was entirely breast fed; but it is getting m...
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Thirty-three deaths were due to congenital causes; and until some means be devised whereby attention can be directed to the Hygiene of Pregnancy, this sacrifice of life will continue. Possibly, Acton is peculiarly situated in this respect. A large number of married females are employed in the local industries, and it i...
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No fewer than 8 persons committed suicide during the year, which is exactly double the number for 1904. Two deaths from overlaying occurred ; and, as usual with this kind of accident, one occurred on a Saturday night and the other on a Sunday night. ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The Isolation Hospital is situated in Wales Farm R...
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On the estate was a dwelling-house, and this building was transformed and utilised as an administrative block. The inquiry by the Local Government Board was held on May 20th, 1901, but for some unaccountable reason the sanction was not obtained until January 17th, 1902. The application for the money to erect the Hospit...
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was required for the Disinfecting Station, Mortuary, Electric Lighting, and the laying-out of the grounds, and sanction was obtained for this expenditure on November 23rd, 1904. During the year 1905, 142 patients were admitted. Eight deaths occurred, 124 were discharged, and 10 remained under treatment on January 1st, ...
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24 Table 1. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1905, AND PREVIOUS YEARS. Year. Population estimated to Middle of each Year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in the District. Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Non-residents Registered in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Re...
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2 151 170 435 14.2 29 464 15.1 1897 31,952 973 30.4 193 198 470 14.7 33 503 15.8 1898 33,404 995 29.8 181 182 507 15.2 10 517 15.5 1899 34,901 1,068 30.6 200 187 509 14,6 1900 36,508 1,080 29.5 182 168 528 14.4 15 1901 38,373 1,211 31.5 206 170 519 13.5 6 1902 41,000 1,242 30.3 186 150 593 14.4 12 1903 43,802 1,422 32....
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8 8 1904 46,780 1,450 30. 207 143 576 12.3 9 Average for yrs.1895-1904. 366,529 1,1209 30.6 1,803 161 5,012 13.7 1905 50,000 1,527 30.5 162 106 537 10.7 27 1 92 628 12.5 * Rates in Columns 4, 8, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. Total population as per Census, 1901.β€”All ages, 37,744. Number of inhabi...
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Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District. III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the3 District. Cottage Hospital Isleworth Infirmary Wandsworth Asylum Mount Vernon Hospital West London Hospital St. Gdeorge's Hospita...
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Population estimated to middle of year 15,000 Deaths at all ages 139 Deaths under 1 year 27 East Ward. Population estimated to middle of year 19,000 Deaths at all ages 184 Deaths under 1 year 60 West Ward. Population estimated to middle of year 16,000 Deaths at all ages 213 Deaths under 1 year 75 26 Table 3. CASES OF I...
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Diphtheria 49 16 26 1 6 29 10 10 24 6 7 Membranous Croup 2 2 2 2 Erysipelas 28 1 3 1 20 3 10 14 4 Scarlet Fever 137 2 37 81 11 6 32 50 55 25 42 41 Typhus Fever Enteric Fever 12 1 5 6 4 6 2 3 2 Relapsing Fever Continued Fever Puerperal Fever 3 3 3 Plague Chicken Pox 177 22 64 83 8 38 64 75 Phthisis 5 2 3 1 1 3 Totals 41...
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CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR 1905. Causes of Death. Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents," whether occurring in or beyond the District. Deaths at all Ages of "Residents " belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District. Total Deaths whether of Residents or Non '' Residents" in Pu...