Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894
This page requires JavaScript
Names ofLocalities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoinedAges. | Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At all Ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 15 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 60 | 60 and upwards. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhœa and Dysentery. | Rheumatic Fever. | Ague. | Phthisis. | Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy. | Heart Disease. | Injuries. | All other Diseases. | Totals | ||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9 | 10. | 11. | 12. | 13. | 14. | 15. | 16. | 17. | 18. | 19. | 20. | 21. | 22. |
Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. | Population at all Ages. | Registered Births. | Aged under 5 or over 5. | New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health. | Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Census 1891. | Estimated to middle of 1894. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | |||
Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Small-pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup | fevers. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | |||||||||||||||||
Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. | Typhus. | Enteric or Typhoid. | Continued. | Relapsing. | Puerperal. |
1894. | Death Rate. | Zymotic Death Rate. | Birth Rate. |
---|
Notified. | No. of Persons arriving in the City of London from Foreign Ports infected with Cholera. |
---|
NAME OF STREET. | No. of Houses. | Defects found. | Defects remedied. | New Drains. | Closed. | Skips provided. | Flushing Cisterns fixed. |
---|
NAME TO STREET. | No. of Houses. | Defects found. | Defects remedied. | New Drains laid. | Closed. | Skips provided. | Flushing Cisterns fixed. |
---|
name of street. | No. of Houses. | Defects found. | Defects remedied. | New Drains constructed. | Premises closed. | Skips provided. | Water disconnected and Flushing Cisterns fixed. |
---|
Where situate. | Number of House. |
---|
Year. | American Killed. | Australian and New Zealand. |
---|
1894. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. |
---|
1894. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. |
---|
Date. | Where Heard | Before Whom | Occupation of Persons Summoned. | Locality | Result |
---|
Articles Analyzed in 1894. | First Quarter. | Second Quarter. | Third Quarter. | Fourth Quarter. | Total. |
---|
Year. | Total No. of Samples Examined in England and Wales. | Number Examined in the City of London. | Percentage of total No. Examined in City of London. | No. of Persons to each Sample Examined. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
England and Wales. | City of London. |
Winter Jan., Feb., March. | Spring April, May, June. | Summer July. Aug., Sept. | Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec, | Temperature of | Elastic Force of Vapour. | Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air. | Degree of Humidity. | Reading of Barometer. | Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air. | *Rain. | †Reading of Thermometer on Grass. | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air. | Evaporation. | Dew Point. | Air— Daily Range. | Number of Nights it was | Lowest Reading at Night. | Highest Reading at Night. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mean. | Diff. from Average of 123 Years. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean (Satn.=100). | Diff from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Mean. | Diff. from Average of 53 years. | Amount. | Diff. from Average of 79 years. | At or below 30°. | Between 30° and 40°. | Above 40°. | ||||||
Sums. | Sums. |