Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923

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Notification of Births Act, 1907.

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Notification Received from

Midwives.	Doctors.	Lying-in Hospitals.	Poor Law Institutions.	Parents.	M.O.H.'s.

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TABLE III. Infantile Mortality during the year 1923. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year of age.

CAUSE OF DEATH		Under lWeek	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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table I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1923 and Previous Years.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.				Transferable Deaths
							of Non-residents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District.
					Number	Rate.			Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.
			Number.	Rate.					Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.
			Number.	Rate.					Number-	Rate per 1.000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Area of District in acres Hand and inland water) 2282.5 At Census of 1921 (of. Census Vol. 5).

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Deaths of Residents.—Belonging to the Borough, occurring in public institutions, &c., in districts outside, during the year 1923:—

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GENERAL HOSPITALS—continued.

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TOTALS.

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TABLE II. Causes of, and ages at, Death during the Year 1923. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.

Causes of Death.		Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.									Total Deaths whether of 'Residents' or 'Non-residents in Institutions in the District
Causes of Death.		All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2.	2 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 45.	45 and under 65.	65 and upwards
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

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LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

Cities and Boroughs.	Estimated population to the middle of 1923.	Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.	Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.	Death-rate per 1,000 living.	Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births.

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Notices.—The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Inspectors and the Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:—

	Number of Inspections.	Number of Notices Served.	Number of Notices complied with.

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SUMMONSES. YEAR 1923.

Situation of Premises	Nature of Offence	No. of Sum-monses	Result of Proceedings

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Summonses—continued.

Situation of Premises.	Nature of Offence.	No. of Sum-monses	Result of Proceedings.

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Summonses—continued.

Situation of Premises.	Nature of Offence.	No. of Summonses	Result of Proceedings.

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The following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:-

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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Prosecutions.

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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars		Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
Particulars		Found.	Re-medied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions.

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3.—HOME WORK.

Nature of Work.	Outworkers' List, Section 107.									Outwork in Unwholesome premises, Sec. 108.			Outwork in In ected Premises Secs. 109. 110.
	Lists received from Employers.						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.	Prosecutions.		Outwork in Unwholesome premises, Sec. 108.			Outwork in In ected Premises Secs. 109. 110.
	Twice in the year			Once in the year				Failing to keep or permit in-pection of Lists.	Failing to send Lists.	Instances.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.	Instances.	Orders made (Sec. 110).	Prosecutions (Sec. 109, 110)
	Lists.	Outworkers.		Lists	Outworkers
	Lists.	Contractors.	Work men.	Lists	Contractors.	Work men.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

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4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year	Number.

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5.—OTHER MATTERS.

Class.		Number.

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Description of Condensed Milk.	Percentage of milk fat.	Percentage of all milk solids, including fat.

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The following statement shows the action taken under the Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations 1912 and 1917:— 1. Milk and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream.

a.	b.

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TABLE I.

Samples received.	Genuine.	Inferior	Adulterated.	Total.

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TABLE II.

Article.	No. of samples exam'd.	Result of Examination.			Summonses issued.	Penalties imposed.
Article.	No. of samples exam'd.	Genuine.	Inferior.	Adulterated.	Summonses issued.	Penalties imposed.
						£	s.	d

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TABLE III.

No.	Adulteration Certified.	Penalties Imposed.

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TABLE IV.

Samples received.	Fat.	Non-fatty Solids.	Water.

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TABLE V.

No.	Infringement or Adulteration.	Action Taken.

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The following is a list of the licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough:—

Premises.	Name of Licensee.

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The following table gives a summary of the work relating to milk premises, slaughterhouses and ice cream premises:—

PREMISES.	NUMBER OF PREMISES.				Number of inspections. 1923.	Number of notices 1923.	Number of prosecutions, 1923.
PREMISES.	On register at end of 1922	Added in 1923.	Removed in 1923.	On register at end of 1923.	Number of inspections. 1923.	Number of notices 1923.	Number of prosecutions, 1923.

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The following is a list of bakehouses in the Borough:— No. 1 DISTRICT.

Address.	Name.

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No. 4 DISTRICT.

Address.		Name.

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The following is a list of unsound food condemned during the year:—

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TABLE IV. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1923.

Notifiable Disease.	Number of Cases Notified.								Total cases notifiedin each locality (e.g. Parish or ward) of the District			Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages	At Ages.—Years.
	At all Ages	Under 1	1 & under 5 Years.	5 & under 15 Years	15 & under 25 Years.	25 & under 45 Years.	45 & under 65 Years.	65 and Upwards	North.	Centre.	South.

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The following table shews the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1914 to 1923.

Year.	Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria and i Membranous Croup.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.	Diarrhœa and Cholera.	Total.

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TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1914 to 1923.

Year.	Smallpox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria or Diphtheretic Croup.	Typhus Fever.	Enteric Fever.	Simple Continued Fever.	Relapsing Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	English Cholera.	Erysipelas,	Plague.	Chickenpox. *	Measles. ‡ *	Whooping Cough. *	Cerebro Spinal Fever.	Anthrax.	Glanders.	Hydrophobia.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Acute Polio-Myelitis.	Encephalitis Lethargica.	Pneumonia.‡	Malaria. ‡	Dysentery. ‡	Trench Fever. ‡	Total.

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Children attending the L.C.C. Schools and requiring cleansing are dealt with at the Cleansing Stations at Sedlescombe Road, Fulham, and Blechynden Mews, Kensington.

Age Periods.	Number of Notifications on Form "A"															Notifications on Form "B"							Number of Notifications on Form "C"
	Primary Notifications.													Total Notifications on Form "A"		Primary Notifications.					Total Notifications on Form "B"		Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.
	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 and upwards	Total Pri. Not.		Total Notifications on Form "A"		Under 5.	5 to 10	10 to 15	Total Pri. Not.		Total Notifications on Form "B"		Poor Law Institutions.	Sanatoria.

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I append figures for the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 shewing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons.

		1920.	1921.	1922.	1923.

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The deaths numbered 145, which is just below the average for the three previous years. The decline during the past eight years is shewn in the following figures :—

Year.	Deaths.	Notifications.

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The visits paid are enumerated in detail below :—

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Year.	Births.	Deaths of Infants.	Deaths of infants per 1000 births.

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INFANTILE MORTALITY—HEALTH VISITORS.

Boroughs.	Number of Births, 1923.	Infant Death Rate.		Health Visitors.
Boroughs.	Number of Births, 1923.	1905.	1923.	Municipal.	Voluntary.	Total.

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Statistics showing the incidence of all infectious diseases during the year are included in the general report, but in so far as they relate particularly to diseases of parturient women and children under five years of age, are tabulated below :—

Disease.	No. of Cases Notified.	Previous Year.	No. of Cases Visited.	No. of Cases Nursed.	No. of Cases Removed Hospital.

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Disinfection.—The following table shews the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &e., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station, for the purpose of disinfection.

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Notification of Births Act, 1907.

Notification Received from

TABLE III. Infantile Mortality during the year 1923. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year of age.

table I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1923 and Previous Years.

Area of District in acres Hand and inland water) 2282.5 At Census of 1921 (of. Census Vol. 5).

Deaths of Residents.—Belonging to the Borough, occurring in public institutions, &amp;c., in districts outside, during the year 1923:—

GENERAL HOSPITALS—continued.

TOTALS.

TABLE II. Causes of, and ages at, Death during the Year 1923. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH.

LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

Notices.—The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Inspectors and the Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:—

SUMMONSES. YEAR 1923.

Summonses—continued.

Summonses—continued.

The following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:-

1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

3.—HOME WORK.

4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.

5.—OTHER MATTERS.

The following statement shows the action taken under the Public Health (Milk and Cream) Regulations 1912 and 1917:— 1. Milk and Cream not sold as Preserved Cream.

TABLE I.

TABLE II.

TABLE III.

TABLE IV.

TABLE V.

The following is a list of the licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough:—

The following table gives a summary of the work relating to milk premises, slaughterhouses and ice cream premises:—

The following is a list of bakehouses in the Borough:— No. 1 DISTRICT.

No. 4 DISTRICT.

The following is a list of unsound food condemned during the year:—

TABLE IV. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1923.

The following table shews the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1914 to 1923.

TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1914 to 1923.

Children attending the L.C.C. Schools and requiring cleansing are dealt with at the Cleansing Stations at Sedlescombe Road, Fulham, and Blechynden Mews, Kensington.

I append figures for the years 1920, 1921, 1922 and 1923 shewing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons.

The deaths numbered 145, which is just below the average for the three previous years. The decline during the past eight years is shewn in the following figures :—

The visits paid are enumerated in detail below :—

INFANTILE MORTALITY—HEALTH VISITORS.

Statistics showing the incidence of all infectious diseases during the year are included in the general report, but in so far as they relate particularly to diseases of parturient women and children under five years of age, are tabulated below :—

Disinfection.—The following table shews the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &amp;e., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station, for the purpose of disinfection.

Deaths of Residents.—Belonging to the Borough, occurring in public institutions, &c., in districts outside, during the year 1923:—

Disinfection.—The following table shews the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &e., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station, for the purpose of disinfection.