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 Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1921
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Year. | Whole Borough. | London. | ||
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No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. | No. of Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 Births. |
Sub. District. | Bermondsey. | Rotherhithe. | St. Olave. | Whole Borough. | London. | |||||
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Year. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. | No. | Rate. |
Nature of Specimen. | Total Examinations. | Results of Examination. | ||||
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Positive. | Negative. | |||||
1920 | 1921 | 1920 | 1921 | 1920 | 1921 |
Visits. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | |||
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Food Factories. | Bakehouses. | Butchers. | Fishmongers, Friers and Curers. | Food Stores. | Food Wharves and Depots. | Fruiterers and Greengrocers. | Ice Cream. | Markets. | Milk Sellers. | Restaurants and Eating Houses. | Slaughterhouses. | Destruction of Food. | Nuisances Reported. | Various. | Number of Samples taken. | ||||
Jam. | Butter and Margarine. | Other. |
tons. | cwts. | qrs. | lbs. |
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Loads. | Tons. | Cwts. | Qrs. |
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PREMISES | NUMBER OF PLACES. | Number of Inspections, 1921. | Number of Notices, 1921. | Number of Prosecutions, 1921. | |||
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On Register at end of 1920. | Added in 1921. | Removed in 1921. | On Register at end of 1921. |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||||||||
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House to House. | Special Inspections. | Complaints. | Infectious Diseases. | Factories and Workshops specially Inspected. | Offensive Trades. | Outworkers' Bi-Annual Inspection. | Underground Conveniences. | Drains Tested. | Re-inspections. | Other Calls and Visits. | Chimneys Watched. | Totals. | ||||||||||
No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | Ints. | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. | Ints. | Visits | Ints. |
SUMMARY. HEALTH VISITORS. | Births Notified. | First Visits. | Subsequent Visits. | Ante-Natal. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Various Calls and Visits. | Reports to M.O.H. | |
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Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. |
SUMMARY. NAME OF CENTRE. | Class for Mothers. | Sewing Class. | Ante-Natal Clinic. | Dental Clinic. | ||||||
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No. of Sessions. | No. attending Children. | No. of Sessions. | No. attending. | No. of Sessions. | No. attending. | New Cases. | Revisits. | Gas Patients. | ||
Under 1 year. | 1 to 5 years. |
1 Month. | 6 Months. | 12 Months. |
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1 Month. | 6 Months. | 12 Months. |
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1 Month. | 6 Months. | 12 Months. |
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1 Month. | 6 Months. | 12 Months. |
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Age. | Number Inspected. | Number of Children with Diseased Teeth. | Average Number of Carious Teeth per Child of those Diseased. |
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Age. | Number referred for Treatment. | Number Treated. | Number of Extractions. | Number of Administrations of Anæsthetics. | Number of Fillings. | Number of Children treated by Appliances for Irregularities. | |
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5 and under | 90 | 82 | General. | Local. | |||
over 5 | 37 | 35 |
Number of Patients examined | Number of Patients Treated | Number of Extractions | Number of Administrations of Anæsthetics | Number of Fillings | Number of Root Treatments | Number of Scalings | Number of Dentures Fitted | Number of Repairs to Dentures | Number of Crowns | Number of Visits for Treatment | ||
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General | Local | |||||||||||
Maternity Cases | 234 | 204 | 1047 | 120 | 151 | 91 | 35 | 29 | 108 | 17 | ||
Tuberculosis Cases | 24 | 24 | 155 | 8 | 37 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |||
Other Cases* | 249 | 234 | 1111 | 107 | 147 | 80 | 52 | 24 | 84 | 13 | 2 |
Year. 1 | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the District. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. 9 | Deaths of Non-Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10 | Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11 | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. | |||||
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No. 3 | Rate.* 4 | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
No. 5 | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. 6 | No. 7 | Rate.* 8 | No. 12 | Rate.* 13 |
No. of Deaths |
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No. of Deaths |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 1 mth. | 1-3 months. | 3-6 months. | 6-9 months. | 9-12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. 1921. | Total Deaths under 1 year. 1920. |
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Causes of Death. | Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District. | |||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 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. |
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | BERMONDSEY. | RITHERHITHE. | ST. OLAVE. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||
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At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | St. John. | St. Olave. | St. Thomas. | Total. | ||||||||
Under 1 | 1 and under 5 years. | 5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. |
Nature of Work. (1) | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupier as to keeping or sending lists. (8) | Prosecutions. | Instances. (11) | Notices served. (12) | Prosecutions. (13) | Instances. (14) | Order made (S. 110) (15) | Prosecutions (Sections 109,110). (16) | |||||||
Sending twice in the year | Sending once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. (9) | Failing to send lists. (10) | ||||||||||||
Lists. (2) | Outworkers. | Lists. (5) | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
Contractors. (3) | Workmen. (4) | Contractors. (6) | Workmen. (7) |
Year. | All Causes. | Principal Zymotic Diseases. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Pyrexia (origin uncertain). | Diarrhœa. | |||||||||||
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No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | NO. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
No. | Sample. | Adulteration or Infringement. | Remarks. |
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Articles submitted for Analysis. | Total Samples Taken. | Number Genuine | Number Adulterated. | Percentage of Articles Adulterated. |
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Articles submitted for Analysis. | Total Samples Taken. | Number Genuine | Number Adulterated. | Percentage of Articles Adulterated. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
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Found. | Remedied | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Inspector. | In Use. | Not in Use. | ||
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Underground. | Above Ground. | Underground. | Above Ground |
Class. | Number. |
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Articles. | Quantity Unsound. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Disposed of for other purposes than Human Food. | Destroyed. | Removed for sorting under S.A. | Exported. | |||||||||||||||||
Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weight. | Quantity. | Weigh | Quantity. | Weight. | |||||||||||||
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