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City of London 1906

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

Published
1907
Pages
196
Tables
88

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88 tables in this report

  • Page 11
    TABLE A.
    Area. Statute Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.
    1891.1901.1891.1901.
  • Page 11
    TABLE B. CENSUS RETURNS.
    Year.Imperial Census. Night Population.City Census. Day Population.
  • Page 13
    Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
    Year.Number of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Had Small-pox.Died before Vaccination.Vaccination Postponed.Cases pending or removed at the end of the year.Conscientious Objections.
    per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.
  • Page 13
    Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.
    Year.City of London.Great Towns of England and Wales.Metropolis.
  • Page 14
    Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1906, compared with the previous five years:-
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
    Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 15
    Infantile Mortality during the Year 1906. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
  • Page 16
    PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
    Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 16
    City of London compared with the Metropolis, previous five 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.
    Estimated Night Population (Imperial Census).Estimated Day Popu-ation(Cor-poration Census).City.Metropolis.City.Metropolis.CityMetropolis.City.Metropolis.City.Metropolis.
  • Page 17
    Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1906 and. Previous Years. Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Tear.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*Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*
    12346678910111213
  • Page 18
    Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1906.
    Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Local- ities ()at all ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the district.
    At all ages.Under I year1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
  • Page 19
    In the following Tables will be found particulars of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1906, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, infirmaries, &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 incorrrect.
  • Page 20
    TABLE C. Return of infectious disease, exclusive of Chicken-pox and Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentage of such cases removed to hospital or treated at home during 1906, compared with the previous five years:—
    Year.Number of cases reported.Per cent, of cases reported.
    Removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.
  • Page 20
    The case mortality of those attacked with notifiable disease was:—
    Recovered.Died.Total.Case mortality per cent.
  • Page 20
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1906.
    Disease.cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Caeseremoved to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.St. Botolph.St.Sepulchre.St. Botolph.St .Sepulchre.
    Under 1.1 to 6.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 33
    In August last, it having become expedient that whitebait from the Thames estuary should be examined bacteriologically, samples were taken as under, and submitted to Dr. Klein for that purpose:—
    No.Date.Where obtained.Remarks.
  • Page 41
    CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 22 Years—1885-1906.
    YEAR.Woking.Manchester.Glasgow.Liverpool.Hull.Leicester.Golder's Green.Birmingham.Darlington.Leeds.Ilford.Sheffield.Bradford.No. of Cremations each year.
  • Page 42
    Table of Births and Deaths occurring at the Artizans' Dwellings Stoney Lane, Houndsditch, during the year 1906.
    Name of Block.Births.Mortality feom all Causes at subjoined ages.
    Male.Female.At all ages.Under 1 year.l and under 55 and under 1516 and under 2525 and under 6060 and upwards.
  • Page 43
    Birth Rate, Artizans' Dwellings.
  • Page 43
    Record of Attendances at the Baths, Artizans' Dwellings. (The corresponding figures for 1905 are in italics.)
    Month.Sex.Total.Mean Temperature.
    Males.Females.
    Children.Adults.Children.Adults.
    1905.1906.1905.1906.1905.1906.1905.1906.1905.1906.1905. Fahr.1906. Fahr.
  • Page 44
    Number of Articles disinfected, Bodies received at the Mortuary, and Inquests held at the Coroner's Court in the City during 1906, compared with the previous five years.
    Year.Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected.Bodies received at the Mortuary.Inquests held on bodies.Inquests held on Fires.
  • Page 46
    WEST DISTRICT. (Inspector F. J. Robbins.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
  • Page 46
    MIDDLE DISTRICT. (Inspector E. J. Simmons.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
  • Page 47
    EAST DISTRICT. (Inspector W. H. Ralph.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
  • Page 47
    The foregoing are summarised as under:—
    District.Number of inspections made.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 48
    Sanitary Inspections During 1906, compared with previous five years.
    Year.Inspections made.Sanitary Improvements effected.Notices served.
  • Page 57
    Refuse Dealt with during 1906 and previous Five Years.
    Year.Street Sweepings and Slop.House and Trade Refuse.Total.
    Loads.Loads.Loads.
  • Page 57
    TENEMENT HOUSES.
    District.No. of Houses on Register.No. of Lodgers.No of Tenements.Average No. of Persons per Tenement.Sanitary Notices Served.
  • Page 58
    west district.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
  • Page 58
    middle district.
  • Page 59
    EAST DISTRICT.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
  • Page 68
    The number of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces at present registered is as follows:—
    Premises.Workrooms, &c.
  • Page 87
    DOMESTIC WORKSHOPS. The following is a list of the Domestic Workshops now on the Register:—
    Premises.Trade.Workers.Remarks.
    M.F.Total.
  • Page 89
    The following Table shows the various trades included. It will be seen that only 27.9 per cent. of the total number of outworkers are homeworkers:—
    Wearing Apparel.Furniture.ElectroPlating.Umbrellas.MiscellaneousTotals.
    Tailors.Furriers.Ties.Mantles.Caps.Costumes.Collars and Shirts.Clothiers.Blouses.Embroidery.BootsBelts.Millinery.Children's Bonnets.Children's Clothes.Underskirtsand Dressing Gowns.Gloves.Muslin Caps.Gold Blocking. Finishing Ties.Chiffon Tucking. ;Frilling.Shoe Bows.Laundry.House Linen.Frames.Polishing.Engraving.Doll Dressing.
  • Page 96
    Below is appended a copy of the card on which the particulars are entered:— (Front of Card.)
    City of LondonWeek ending
    NameStatus
    Number Bedrooms occupied by familyNo. living rooms
    Mother employed•If occupy whole houseNo. in familyA.C.
  • Page 96
    FATAL CASE.
    AgeSex
  • Page 99
    The figures for the two years compare as follows:—
    Births.
  • Page 101
    1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors op Nuisances.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
  • Page 101
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 102 103
    3. HOME WORK.
    NATURE OF WORK. *OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises.OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMI8ES, SECTION 108.OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110.
    Lists received from Employers.Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other councils.Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils.Prosecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (S. 110).Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110).
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.Failing to keep or permitFailing to send
    (1)Lists. † (2)Outworkers. † (3)Lists. (4)Outworkers. (5)(6)(7)of lists. (8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
  • Page 102 103
    4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 102 103
    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    ClassNumber.
    (1)__(2)
  • Page 106
    The premises where ice creams are sold in the City may be classified as under, the corresponding figures for 1905 being given in italics—
    Number.Place of In the City.Manufacture. In other Districts.
  • Page 106
    Itinerant Ice Cream Vendor Prosecutions.
  • Page 124
    Table showing the annual deliveries and other details daring the past 33 years:. MEAT SUPPLIES, 1874 TO 1906.
    Year.General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of BadMeat.
    TonsCWtS.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 125
    Monthly Deliveries at the Corporation Markets, Smithfield.
    month.1904.1905.1906.
    Tons.cwts.qrs.TonsCwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 125
    The sources of origin during the past four years are here expressed in terms per cent, of total annual deliveries.
    British.*Foreign Killed.American.Australian and New Zealand.
    Country Killed.Town Killed.Home Killed.American Killed.
    Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 126
    Some idea of the magnitude of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:.
    1904.1905.1906.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.
  • Page 126
    The seizures of diseased and unsound meat amounted to 1,917 tons 16 cwts. 1 qr., including 608 tons 16 cwts. 2 qrs. 7 lbs. of imported frozen and chilled meat.
    Month.1904.1905.1906.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 127
    The meat seized by your Inspectors as unfit for the food of man is classified as under:.
    1906.Diseased.Putrid.Unwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
    tons.cwtsqrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs. lbs.tons.cwts.qrs1bs.tons.cwts.qrs.1bs.
  • Page 127
    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.*Unwholesome.
    Per Cent.Per Cent.Per Cent.
  • Page 128
    Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, seized as unsound, and proportion condemned to that delivered during each Month of the Year 1906.
    Month.Meat delivered at the Market.Meat seized by the Inspectors.Ratio of Meat condemned to that delivered.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.1 ton in 293 tons, or .340 %
    January38,5034013132
  • Page 129
    DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1906.
    Date of Hearing.Where Heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Defendant's Place of Business.Result.
  • Page 131
    Monthly Deliveries of Fish at London Central Markets, Smithfield, 1906.
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 131
    Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1906 and the five years 1901.1905.
    Year.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
    Tons.Tons.Tona.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 132
    The material so disposed of comprised:—
    Tinned fruit and vegetablesTons.Cwts.Qrs.
    3021
  • Page 132
    Weight.
    Year.No. of Loads.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 133
    The figures for the last six years are here given:-
    Year.No. of Samples taken.Found Genuine.Found Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
  • Page 133
    For the purpose of comparison the following Table is given showing the percentage of adulteration in England and Wales since 1877. These figures are abstracted from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board:—
    Per cent.
  • Page 134
    The accompanying Table has been partly compiled from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, to which are added some figures for the City of London, and London as a whole:-
    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.London.
  • Page 135
    the proportion of permanent adulteration at about 7.6 per cent. of the milk sold. This is indicated by the following figures:-
    Year.No. of Samples Examined.Found Genuine.Found Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
  • Page 135
    As to the relation between place of purchase and amount of milk adulteration the following figures are not without interest:-
    Where taken.No. of Samples taken.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
  • Page 140
    The figures for 1906 and five preceding years are given in the following table:—
    Year.No. of samples taken.No. of samples found Genuine.No. of samples found Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
  • Page 141
    The following summary shows the amount of this deception that was discovered in the four years 1903.6:—
    Date.Samples taken.Cases of substitution.Percentage of substitution.
  • Page 145
    The amount of coffee adulteration in the City for the past six years is here given :—
    Year.Samples taken.Found genuine.Found adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.
  • Page 146
    The accompanying Table shows the extent of drug adulteration in the City for the last six years:—
    Samples taken.Found genuine.Found adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.
  • Page 154 155
    Articles examined during each Quarter of the year 1906.
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Quarter ending 31st March.Quarter ending 30th June.Quarter ending 30th September.Quarter ending 31st December.Total for 1906.
    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.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.
  • Page 161
    STREET LISTS. Compiled from Weekly Returns of Registrars of Sub-Districts.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 162
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 163
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 163
    ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS—STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH.
    street or place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 164
    STREET LISTS. Compiled from Notifications received.
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
  • Page 165
    Continued from previous page...
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
  • Page 166
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
  • Page 167
    WEST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers. ___-
  • Page 168
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers
  • Page 169
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 170
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers
  • Page 171
    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 172
    EAST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 173
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and. Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 174
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 175
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers
  • Page 176
    1st January, 1907.
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
  • Page 177
    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.