Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
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AGE PERIOD. | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | ||||||||
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Number of Deaths. | Percentage to 1 Total Deaths. | Number oi Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. | Number of 1 Deaths. | Percentage to Total Deaths. |
Localities | Small-Pox | Measles | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Whooping Cough | Enteric Fever | Epidemic Diarrhoea & Epidemic Enteritis | Totals | Death Kates from Principal Zymotic Diseases. |
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Ages. | Small-Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Totals in Age Groups. |
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Disease Groups. | Lee Division. | Lewisham Division. | Sydenham and Forest Hill Division. | Whole Borough. | ||||
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Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | Deaths. | Death Rate. | |
per 1000. | per 1000. | per 1000. | per 1000. |
District. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | 1910 | 1911. |
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per cent. | per cent. | per cent, | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. | per cent. |
Disease. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. | I908. | 1909 | 1910. | 1911. | |||||||
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Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total _ Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year._ | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. | Number of Deaths under 1 year. | Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year. |
Causes of Death | Deaths Whole Borough | Total all Ages | Borough Divisions | Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions in the Borough | Deaths of Residents outside the Borough | Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough. | |||||||||||
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Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 5 years | 5 and under 15 years | 15 and under 23 years | 25 and under 43 years | 45 and under 63 years | 65 years and upwards | Lee | Lewisham | Sydenham and Forest Hill | |||||||
In Public Institutions | In other places. | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Causes or Death | Deaths Whole Borough | Total all Ages | Borough Divisions | Deaths of Residents in Public Institutions in Borough | Deaths of Residents outside the Borough | Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough | |||||||||||
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Under 1 year | 1 and under 2 years | 2 and under 9 years | 5 and under 19 years | 15 and under 29 years | 25 and under 4B years | 45 and under 69 years | 65 years and upwards | Lee | Lewisham | Sydenham and Forest Hill | |||||||
In Public Institutions | In other places | ||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Boroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1911. | Births. | Deaths. | Birth Rate. | Death Rate. | Deaths of Infants under I year of age. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Boroughs. | Enteric Fever. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2) | Phthisis. | ||||||||
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Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. |
Institution | Deaths of Residents. | Deaths of Non-Residents. | Total. |
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1911.Month. | Barometer. | AIR TEMPERATURE | Rainfall. | Bright Sunshine. | ||
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Mean pressure at 32° F. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L ) | Mean of | Total observed | Per cent. of possible. | |||
Maximum | Minimum | |||||
ins | ° | ° | Ins. | Hours | % |
Age. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | ||||
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1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911 |
Age Periods. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria | ||
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Number. of Cases. | Percentage to Total Cases | Number of Cases. | Percentage to Total Cases. |
Wards. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Knteric Fever | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Polio-Myelitis or Polio-Encephalitis | Total. |
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Wards. | Diseases | |||||||||||||||||||
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Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria | Enteric Fever | Erysipelas | Total All Diseases. | ||||||||||||||||
1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Borough. | Small-Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | All Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||||
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1908 | 1909 | 1910. | 1911 | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911 | 1908. | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1908. | 1909 | 1910. | 1911. |
Number of children suffering. | Children excluded on account of infection in their homes. |
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Ward. | Number of Water Certificates Granted. | ||||||
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1905 | 1900 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Applications Received. | Certificates Granted. | Certificates Refused. | ||||
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Name of Street or Road. | Number of Houses. | Number of Tenements | Number of Houses. | Number of Tenements | Number of Houses. | Number of Tenements |
No. of houses in street. |
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Premises, | Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions |
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Class of Work. | No. | Number of Rooms. | Number of Workers Found. | Part Time and Domestic. Workplaces. | |||
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Men. | Women. | Young Persons | Number. | No of Rooms. |
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 Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances | Orders made, Sec. 110. | Prosecutions. Sections 109, 110. | |||||||
Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
Lists.† | Outworkers.† | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
Miss Jones | Miss Stevens. | Total |
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Premises. | Number of Places | No. of Inspections 1911 | No. of Notices 1911. | No. of Prosecutions 1911. | |||
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On Register at end of 1910. | Added in 1911. | Removed in 1911. | On Register at end of 1911 |
Lewisham | Sydenham and Forest Hill Division. | Lee Division | Work-shops | House to House | |||||
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Description or Work | Mr. J. A. K.Cooper | Mr. H. King | Mr. J. Crowther | Mr. E. T. Pidwell | Mr. B. A Knappett | Mr. R. White | Mr. J. Daltry | Mr. A. H. Gray | Total for Whole Boro. |
Article. | Total. | Genuine. | Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. |
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Quarter. | No. of Samples. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
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1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Quarter. | No. of Samples.* | No. Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
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1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
Period. | Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated. | Average Composition of genuine samples. | Board of Agriculture Standard. | |||
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Percentage of Milk fat. | Percentage of Solids not fat. | Percentage of Milk fat. | Percentage of Solids not fat. | Percentage of Milk fat. | Percentage of Solids not fat. |
Period. | Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated. | Average Composition of genuine samples. | Board of Agriculture standard. | |||
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Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat. | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat. | Percentage of Milk Fat. | Percentage of Solids not Fat |
No. | Adulteration. | Remarks. |
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Quarter. | No. of Samples.* | No. Adulterated. | Percentage Adulterated. | ||||||||||||
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1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | | 1910 | 1911 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 |
No. | Adulteration. | Remarks. |
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No | Article. | Adulteration. | Remarks. |
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Year | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transfer'le. Deaths. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
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Nett. | ||||||||||||
of Non residents registered in the District. | of Residents not registered in the District | Under i Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
Uncorrected Number. | Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate. | ||||||||
Number. | Rate per 1000 Net Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in Each Ward (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Church. | Manor. | South. | Blackheath. | Lewisham Village. | Lewisham Park. | Brockley. | Cat ford. | Forest Hill. | Sydenham. |
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of Residents whether occurring with in or without the District | Total Deaths whrther of residents or Non-Residents in Institutions in the District. | |||||||||
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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 |
Cause of Death. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-3 Months. | 3-6 Months. | 6-9 Months. | 9-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year |
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Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any. is made for the use of Beds? | Do the Sanitary Authority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Smallpox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium: If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents ? |
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