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City of London 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

Published
1902
Pages
153
Tables
65

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65 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    TABLE A.
    Area. Statute Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.
    1891.1901.1891.1901.
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    TABLE B. CENSUS RETURNS.
    Year.Imperial Census. Night Population.City Census. Day Population.
  • Page 12
    Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
    Year.Number of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Had Small-pox.Died before Vaccination.Vaccination Postponed.Removed or unaccounted for at the end of the year.Conscientious Objections.
  • Page 12
    Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.
    Year.City of London.33 Great Towns of England and Wales.Metropolis.
  • Page 13
    Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1901, compared with the average for the previous five years:-
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
  • Page 14
    PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
  • Page 14
    vital statistics, 1901. City of London compared with the Metropolis, previous 5 years.
    City of London.Birth Rate.Death Rate.Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births.Violent Deaths, per cent. of Deaths Registered.Deaths from principal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population.
  • Page 15
    Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1901 and Previous Years. Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.
    year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
    Number.Rate.1Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.*
    Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
    12346678910111213
  • Page 16
    Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1901.
    Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to localities at all ages.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
    All ages.Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.St. Botolph.Allhallows.St. Sepulchre.*
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
  • Page 17
    METEOROLOGY, 1901.
    Year18941895189618971898189919001901
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    Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000.
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    In the following Tables will be found particulars of the cases of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1901, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c. :—
    NATURE OF DISEASE.Number of Certificates received.Treated at Home.Removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals.Removed to the London Fever Hospital.Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries.Duplicate Certificates received.Diagnosis incorrect.
  • Page 18
    TABLE C. Return of infectious disease occurring in the City of London, with the percentage of such cases removed to hospital or treated at home during 1901, compared with the average for the previous five years:—
    Year.Number of cases reported.Per cent, of cases reported.
    Removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.
  • Page 19
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1901.
    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.St. Botolph.Allhallows.St. Sepulchre.St. Botolph.Allhallows.St. Sepulchre.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 38
    ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE. Vital Statistics 1901, compared with previous five years.
    YEAR.Death rate per 1,000.Deaths of children under 5 years of age.Deaths of children under 5 years of age per 1,000 births.Birth rate per 1,000.Number of illegitimate children born in the Buildings.Deaths from Infectious Diseases.
  • Page 39
    Table ofBIRTHS OCCURRING AT THE ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH, DURING THE YEAR 1901, to which are added theDEATHS registered during the same period classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Name of Block.Births.mortality from all causes at subjoined aces.Mortality from subjoined Causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.under 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6060 and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Group.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Violent Deaths. Injuries.All other Diseases.Totals.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    Male.Female.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.
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    Number of Articles disinfected, bodies received at the Mortuary, and Inquests held at the Coroner's Court in the City during 1901, compared with the average for the previous five years.
    Year.Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected.Bodies received at the Mortuary.Inquests held on bodies.Inquests held on Fires.
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    WEST DISTRICT.
    (Inspector - - F. J. Robbins.)
    Date of Report.Premises Inspected.Orders Issued.Notices served.Works completed.
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    EAST DISTRICT.
    (Inspector - - W. H. Ralph.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
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    The foregoing are summarised as under:—
    District.Number of Inspections made.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 43
    Sanitary Inspections During 1901, compared with previous five years.
    Year.Inspections made.Sanitary Improvements effected.Notices served.
  • Page 44
    Refuse Dealt with during 1901 and previous Five Years.
    Year.Street Sweepings and slop.House and Trade Refuse.Total.No. of Loads Cremated in Destructor.Per Cent. Cremated.
  • Page 44
    Those now on the Register are:—
    District.No. of Houses on Register.No. of Lodgers.No. of Tenements.Average No. of Persons per Tenement.Sanitary Notices Served.
  • Page 45
    In addition to the foregoing there are eleven Blocks of dwellings let out in tenements, but not placed on the Register for the reason that each holding is "self-contained," it having been decided in a Court of Law that under these circumstances they are not subject to the Bye-laws for houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family:—
    Situation.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
  • Page 54
    The following is a list of the Bakehouses in existence, in the City, during 1901:—
    Ref. No. in Diagram.Situation.No. of Bakehouses.
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    The following is a list of the Bakehouses in existence, in the City, during 1901 :—
    Ref. No. in Diagram.Situation.No. of Bakehouses.
  • Page -
    Table showing the annual deliveries and other details during the past 28 years :— MEAT SUPPLIES, 1874 TO 1901.
    Year.General Supply,Seizures by Inspectors.% of Bad Meat to Good.
  • Page 84
    The monthly deliveries during 1901 and the two preceding years are here given. Monthly Deliveries at the Corporation Markets, Smithfield.
    month.1899.1900.1901.
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    The sources of origin during the past six years are here expressed in terms per cent, of total annual deliveries.
    1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.
  • Page 86
    TOTAL IMPORTS OF FRESH MEAT.
    Year.Beef.Year.Mutton.Year.Pork.
  • Page 86
    TOTAL IMPORTS OF LIVE STOCK.
    Year.Cattle.Year.Sheep.
  • Page 87
    Some idea of the magnitude of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures copied from the Annual Report of the Market Superintendent :—
    1899.1900.1901.
    Loads.LoadsLoads.
  • Page 87
    MEAT INSPECTION. The seizures of diseased and unsound meat amounted to *1,271 tons1 cwt. 1 qr., against 961 tons 19 cwts. 1 qr. in 1900.
    Month.1899.1900.1901.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwtsqrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 88
    UNSOUND MEAT, 1901. The 1,271 tons 1 cwt. 1 qr. 0 lbs. seized by your Inspectors as unfit for the food of man, were classified as under:—
    1901.Diseased.Putrid.Animals killed by accident.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
  • Page 88
    The percentages of Meat seized under a summary of the various headings of the above table and for the preceding five years, were as follows :—
    Year.Diseased.Putrid.*Unsound from accident or other causes.
  • Page 89
    CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, seized as unsound, and proportion condemned to that delivered during each Month of the Year 1901.
    Month.Meat delivered at the Market.Meat seized by tbe Inspectors.Ratio of Meat condemned to that delivered.
    Tons.cwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 90
    DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1901.
    Date.Where heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Defendant's Place of Business.Result.
  • Page 94
    MONTHLY FISH RETURNS, 1901. Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market, during each month of the year 1901.
    Month.Weight of Fish Delivered.*Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
  • Page 94
    Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1901 and the five years 1896-7-8-9-1900.
    Year.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
  • Page 96
    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Half-year ending 30th June.Quarter ending 30th September.Quarter ending 31st December.Total for 1901.
    No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
  • Page 97
    Table II. RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS. First and Second Quarters.
    Sample.Nature and Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 98
    Fourth Quarter.
    Sample.Nature and Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 98
    SUMMARY.
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    The following Table has been partly compiled from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, to which is added, by way of comparison, the results of our experience in the City of London: —
    Year.Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales.Number Examined in the City of London.Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London.Number of Persons to each Sample examined.
    England- and Wales.City of London.
  • Page 112
    STREET LISTS, Compiled from Weekly Returns of District Registrars.
    STREET OR PLAOE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 113
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—continued.
    STREET OB PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 114
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—continued
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 115
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 116
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS-PETTICOAT SQUARE.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    STREET LISTS. Compiled from Notifications received.
    Street or Place.No. o£ House.Sex.Age.Disease.
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    Street oh Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
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    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
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    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
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    TENEMENT HOUSES. WEST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 122
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 123
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 124
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 125
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 126
    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    MIDDLE DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    EAST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 129
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.