Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1915 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Year. | Rate. | Year. | Rate. |
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Ward. | Births. | Birth-rate per 1000 of the population. | ||
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Males. | Females. | Total. |
Year. | Number of illegitimate births. | Illegitimate birth rate per 1,000 births registered. |
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Ward. | Death-rate per 1,000 of the population. |
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District. | Death-rate from all causes. |
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Age Periods. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 1 5 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 4 5 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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Year. | Under 25. | 25 and upwards. | Totals. |
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Year. | No. of Deaths from Cancer | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. | Year. | No. of Deaths from Cancer. | Death-rate per 1000 of the population. |
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Situation. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Cause of Death or Verdict. | |
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Deaths from Natural Causes | 54 |
Accidental Deaths | 20 |
Suicide | 15 |
Misadventure | 8 |
Wilful Murder | 2 |
Open Verdict | 4 |
Total | 103 |
Articles. | No. taken. | Adulterated. | Low Quality. |
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No. of sample | Article. | How Adulterated. | Result of Proceedings. |
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(a)—Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. | (b)—Number in which a preservative was reported to be present. |
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Official No. | Sample. | Analyst's Report. | Percentage on Statutory label. |
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Premises. | Represented. | Closing Order. | Remarks. |
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NATURE OF WORK. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | ||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | |||||||
Sending Twice in the year. | Sending Once in the year. | ||||||||
Failing to keep or permit in* spection of lists | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||
Listst | Outworkers.† | Lists | Outworkers. | ||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Con-tractors. | Workmen. |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end. of year. | no. |
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Positive. | Negative. | Total. |
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disease. | months. | Totals. | |||||||||||
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January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
Month. | No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | Totals. |
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No. of Articles Disinfected. | No. of Articles Destroyed. |
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Year. | Total deaths from Tuberculosis. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths from Consumption. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Cases of Consumption notified. |
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Ward. | Area (Acres). | Estimated Population middle of 1915. | Consumption. | Tuberculosis (All Forms). | ||
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Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population |
Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
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0-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-65 | 65 |
Unsatisfactory Home Conditions. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. |
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Occupation. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Occupation. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
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Month. | Tuberculous. | Non-Tuberculous. | Totals. | ||||||
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Insured | Non. Insured | Total. | Insured | Non-Insured | Total. | Insured | Non-Insured | Total. |
Males. | Females. | Children under 14. | Total. |
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Health. Institute. | Emanuel Hall. | Lyndhurst Hall. | Total. |
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Year. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths of Children under 5 years of age. | ||
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No. | Rate per 1000 Births. | No. | Rate per 1000 Children born in the year and in preceding 4 years. |
Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Infantile death-rate per 1,000 births. | Illegitimate Infants. | Infantile death-rate per 1,000 births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the Borough. | Transferable deatht | Nett Deaths Belonging to the Borough. | |||||||
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Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | |||||||||||
Number. | Rate. | of Non-residents registered in the Borough. | of Residents not registered in the Borough. | Under 1 Year of age | At all ages. | |||||||
Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. |
Notifiable Disease. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No. 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | |||||||
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Under 1. | 1 & under 5. | 5 & under 15 | 15 & under 25 | 25 & under 45 | 45 & under 65 | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
Small Pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera, Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 130 | 3 | 34 | 58 | 21 | 11 | 3 | ... | 34 | 35 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 104 |
Erysipelas | 52 | 2 | 2 | ... | 4 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 5 | 16 |
Scarlet Fever | 179 | 1 | 40 | 96 | 26 | 16 | ... | ... | 36 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 42 | 16 | 147 |
Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric Fever | 11 | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 6 | 2 | 1 | ... | 8 |
Relapsing Fever (Continued Fever) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal Fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 3 |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 8 | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | 4 |
Polio-Myelitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 9 | ... | 1 |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (1) | 172 | ... | 2 | 25 | 30 | 80 | 33 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 50 | 17 | 63o |
Other forms of Tuberculosis (2) | 48 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | ... | 5 | 6 | 3 | ... | 7 | 21 | 6 | 21o |
Chicken Pox | 40 | 1 | 7 | 25 | 6 | 1 | ... | ... | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ... |
Totals | 661 | 25 | 96 | 222 | 106 | 140 | 63 | 9 | 122 | 105 | 58 | 47 | 103 | 163 | 63 | 367 |
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occuring within or without the Borough. | Total Deaths,whether of "Residents" or Non-residents" in Institutions in the Borough. | ||||||||||
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All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 4 5 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 years and upwards. |
Causes of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months | 3 months and under 6 months | 6 months and under 9 months | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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PREMISES. | Number on register at end of 1914. | Number added in 1915. | Number removed in 1915. | On regis-ter at end of 1915. | Number of inspections 1915. | Number of prosecu-tions, 1915, |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.) | Pulmon-ary Tuber-culosis. | ||||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases Notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occuring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.) | Pulmon-ary Tuber-culosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Podulation. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuber-culosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken.pox). | Attack rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. | Cases Notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occuring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis.) | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per l000 Births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year. | Population estimated to middle of year. | Births. | Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Notifiable Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |||||||
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Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Estimated rate per 1000 of the Population. | Number. | Rate per 1000 births. | Cases notified (excluding Chicken-pox). | Attack-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths occurring. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. | Deaths. | Death-rate per 1000 of the Population. |
Year. | Birth-rate per 1000. | General death-rate per 1000. | Natural increase Hampstead. | Notifiable Infectious disease rate per 1000. †Hamp-stead. | ||
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Hampstead. | England and Wales. | Hampstead. | England and Wales. |