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Holborn 1900

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn, Metropolitan Borough]

Published
1901
Pages
28
Tables
34

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    AREA, POPULATION AND HOUSES. Holborn District Board of Works.
    Parish.Population.Area in Acres.Inhabited Houses.
    1881.1891.1896.1881.1891.
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    BIRTHS AND BIRTH-RATES.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The number of deaths of children under one year of age, and the number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1,000 registered births, were the following for:-
    Deaths under 1 year.Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 registered births.
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    ZYMOTIC DISEASES. During the year the number of deaths from the seven principal Zymotic diseases (" Typhus," Enteric " or " Typhoid " and " Simple continued fever " being classed by the Registrar-General under the heading of " Fever "), and the death-rate per 1,000 from these diseases were:-
    Number.Zymotic death-rate.
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    The following are the numbers of deaths from the separate diseases :—
    Holborn District.Holborn Sub-District.St. Sepulchre.Glasshouse Yard.
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    In the Holborn District the number of deaths during the past five years was:—
    1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
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    In London the deaths from these diseases have been for the past five years:—
    Year1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
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    NOTIFICATIONS. During the year there were notified in the different Districts the following numbers of Infectious Diseases:—
    Holborn District.Holborn Sub-District.St. Sepulchre.Glasshouse Yard.
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    In the Holborn District the numbers for the past five years have been:-
    1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
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    And in London the notifications have been:—
    1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.
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    DISINFECTION. During the year ending December, 1900, 278 rooms were fumigated and cleansed. The rooms were also stripped and limewhited where necessary. 1,928 articles were disinfected by steam, viz.:—
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    The population as enumerated by the London County Council in June, 1899, viz., 817, may, I think, be fairly taken as the average of the population during the four years 1896-1899 inclusive, for although the population was greater in the beginning of 1896, the greater part of that year and in 1897 it was less on account of the closing and demolition of parts of the Area.
    General. Death-rate.Phthisis. Death-rate.Zymotic. Death-rate.
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    Saint Sepulchre.
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    The following have been transferred from the Clerkenwell Yestry to the Holborn Borough:—
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    COMMON LODGING-HOUSES.
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    BAKEHOUSES.
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    Summary of Sanitary work done during 1900 under the Factory and Workshops Acts, 1878-1895, and under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
    Inspector Bennett.Inspector McQuinn.Inspector Freeman.Total.
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    SANITARY WORK. The following is an abstract of Nuisances abated and Sanitary Work accomplished during the year ending December 31st, 1900.
    Inspector Bennett.Inspector McQuinn.Inspector Freeman.Total
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    THE MEAT MARKET. The Meat Market is in the Parish of St. Sepulchre, now in the Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. During the past five years the amount of meat seized, offal excluded, was:—
    YEAR.Diseased.Decomposed.Total.
    Stones.Lbs.Stones.Lbs.Stones.Lbs.
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    Diseased Meat and Offal Seized during 1900.
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    Decomposed Meat and Offal Seized during 1900.
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    SMOKE INSPECTION. There are 56 furnaces and boilers on the register, and periodical inspection is made of them to see that they are in proper working order, and consume their own smoke. There are nine kinds of smoke consumers in the District which are as follows:—
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    THE MORTUARY. There were 129 bodies brought into the Mortuary from 1st January to December 31st, 1900; in 1899 the number was 158. Coroner's inquests were held on 57 of these. The verdicts were:—
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    TABLE I. Name of District—Holborn (Board of Works). For whole District.
    YearPopulation estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of age. Nett.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deathsin Public Institutions.Deaths of Non-residents registered in District.DeathsofResidents registered beyond District.Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
    Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registeredNumber.Rate.*Number.Rate.*
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    TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1900.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Holborn Sub-division.St. SepulchreGlasshouse Yard.Holborn Sub-division.St. SepulchreGlasshouse Yard.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and up-wards.
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    TABLE IV. Holborn District. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1900.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities (at all Ages).Deathsin Public Institutions.
    All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 andupwards.Holborn.St. Sepulchre.Glasshouse Yard.
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    TABLE IVa. Metropolitan Borough, of1 Finsbury—St. Sepulchre and Glasshouse Yard District. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1900.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in whole Districts at subjoined Ages.Deaths in Localities at all Ages.Deathsin Public Institutions.
    All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 andupwards.St. Sepulchre.Glasshouse Yard.
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    TABLE V. Deaths of Persons belonging to the District in Outlying Institutions, &c., 1900.
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    TABLE VI. Infectious Diseases Return for 52 weeks ending December, 1900.
    date.2 weeks ending6 Jan.20 Jan.3 Feb.17 Feb.3 March.17 March.31 March.14 April.28 April.12 May.26 May.9 June.23 June.7 July.21 July.4 August.18 August.1 Sept.15 Sept.29 Sept.13 October.27 October.10 Nov.24 Nov.8 Dec.22 Dec.29 Dec.
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    TABLE VII. Gases of Sickness under the care of the District Medical Officers during the 52 weeks ending 29th December, 1900.
    Names of the Medical Officers.Small Pox.Chicken Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Cholera.Continued Fever (Typhus & Typhoid). |Erysipelas.Influenza.Puerperal FeverCarbuncle.Acute Pulmonary Inflammation.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Delirium Tremens.Insanity.Syphilis.Congenital SyphilisLead Poison.Other DiseasesTotal.
    Bronchitis and Catarrh.Pleurisy.Pneumonia.
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    TABLE VIII.
    1900. MONTHS.Mean Reading of the Barometer.Tempebattjee of the Air.Rain.
    Highest byDay.Lowestby Night.Rangein Month.Mean of allHighest.Mean ofall Lowest.Mean Daily Range.Mean forthe Month.Departure from Average of 129 Years, 1771—1899Number of Days it Fell.AmountCol. lected.
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    TABLE IX. Proceedings under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section47.Diseased and Unsound Food.
    Date.Name.Address.Offence Charged.Result.Inspector.
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    TABLE X. Legal Proceedings under Public Health (London) Act, 1891. Nuisance Cases.
    Date.Name.Address.Offence.Result.Inspector.
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    TABLE XI. Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act.
    Date.Name.Address.Offence Charged.Remarks.Inspector.