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Edmonton 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]

Published
1909
Pages
97
Tables
43

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43 tables in this report

  • Page 14
    The population of the three Wards, estimated in the same way:—
    Was in 1907.Is in 1908.
  • Page 15
    The births were distributed in the Wards as follows :—
    Ward.Births.Birth Rate per 1,000 living in the Ward.
  • Page 17
    Twelve Institution deaths amongst residents, that could not be allocated, are entered in Column 15 on Table IVa.
    Ward.Deaths.Death Rate per 1,000 living in the Ward.
  • Page 18
    The figures for the Wards are as follows:—
    Ward.Deaths under one year.Infantile Mortality Rate.
  • Page 19
    The following Table shows the deaths from these diseases distributed amongst the three Wards:—
    DISEASE.Whole District.Bury Street.Church Street.Fore Street.
  • Page 19
    The average Zymotic Death-Rate for the previous ten years was 3.64. In the following table is set out the Death - rate, Infantile Mortality and Zymotic Death-rate for 1908 and past ten years:—
    Nett Death-rate.Infantile Mortality.Zymotic Death-rate.
  • Page 20
    The Table of Vital Statistics for 1908, showing the various rates for the whole country, and for several of the Urban Districts of Middlesex, is given for the purpose of comparison.
    Estimated Population, 1908.Annual Rates per 1,000 of the population.Infantile Mortality per 1,000 births registered.
    Nett Births.Nett Deaths, (corrected)Zymotic Deaths.
  • Page 21
    INFANTILE MORTALITY .
    Month.After Births.Re-visits.Neglected Infants.After Deaths.Diarrhœal Diseases.
  • Page 21
    INSPECTIONS UNDER FACTORY AND WORKSHOPS ACTS.
    Factories.Workshops.Laundries.Outworkers.
  • Page 23
    The following Table shows the numbsr of cases notified and the number isolated, the percentage of these to the cases notified, and the fatality, i.e., the percentage of cases dying to those notified:—
    Disease.Cases Notified.No. isolated in Hospital.Isolations per cent.Total Deaths.Fatality per cent.
  • Page 24
    VACCINATION RETURN FOR 1907.
    Births.Successful Vaccinations.Conscientious CertificatesDeaths under one year un vaccinated.Still un vaccina ted but address known.Postponed owing to Illness.Certified unsusceptible.Removed and Uutraced.
  • Page 29
    The following table gives the percentage of hospital isolation to cases notified, for the past five years.
    1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.
  • Page 29
    Memoranda.
    No. of Cases.Notified by a Practitioner asCertified to have died in Hospital of
  • Page 30
    RETURN CASES OF SCARLET FEVER FOR THE YEAR 1908.
    Return Cask.Prkvious Cask.Interval between discharge of previous case and onset of next one.Condition of previous case after return from Hospital.
    No. in Register. (190s).Onset.No. in Register. (1907).Date of Discharge.No of (lavs in Hospital.
  • Page 31
    DIPHTHERIA OCCURRING IN HOUSE AFTER SCARLET FEVER. FOR THE YEAR 1908.
    Return Cask.Pkkvious Cask.Interval between discharge of previous case and onset of next one.Condition of previous case after return from Hospital.
    No. in Register.Onset.No. in Register.Date of Discharge.No. of days in Hospital.
  • Page 34
    BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY. During the year the following specimens were examined and reported upon :—
    Disease.Result Positive.Result Negative.Total.
  • Page 38
    The deaths during 1907-6-5 were 47,37 and 31; during 1902 non-residents were included. In the table below, the deaths from Cancel amongst residents only have been included, and the 35 deaths thus collected have been analysed according to the nature and position of the disease :—
    Seat of Disease.Carcinoma.Sarcoma.Cancer or Malignant.Total.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 39
    THE SCHOOLS OF EDMONTON (17 in Number).
  • Page 40
    II.— Provided. Seven schools : twenty-six departments.
    Name.Built.Departments.Last Enlarged.
  • Page 42
    Attendance. The Secretary of the Education Committee kindly furnished me with the following figures for this and the next table:—
    End of June, 1907.End of J line, 1!K)8.
    Number on Hooks.Average Attendance.Number on Books.Average Attendance.
  • Page 42
    There were 13,924 children on the books at the middle of the year; so that there is in Edmonton one child in the public elementary schools for every 3.13 of the inhabitants.
    Civil Year 1908.
    No. of Admissions.No. of WithdrawalsNo. of Admissions to the Lowest Class of Infants.No. left on account of Age Limit.
  • Page 47
    SUNDAY SCHOOLS' REPORT. CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 1908.
    Boys'.Girls'.Infants'.Total.
  • Page 48
    NON-CONFORMIST, 1907.
    Infant Classes.Intermediate Classes.Senior Classes.Totals.Average Attendances.
    Morning.Afternoon.
  • Page 54
    The following tables give an account of the work I have done in seeing the Bye-Lax carried out:-
    1908.1907
  • Page 62
    FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES and HOMEWORK. I. INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors (Male and Female).
    Premises.Number of Inspections.Number of Written Notices. *
  • Page 62
    II. DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.
  • Page 63
    III.— HOME WORK.
    NATURE OF WORK.OUTWORKERS' LISTS.Inspections of Outworkers' Premises.
    Lists received from Employers. Twice in the Year.Addresses of Outworkers.
    Lists.Outworkers.Received from other Councils.Forwarded to other Councils.
    Contractors.Workmen.
  • Page 64
    IV.- REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register at the end of the year.Number.
  • Page 64
    V.— OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
  • Page 65
    TABLE I.— Vital Statistics of Whole District during' 1908 and previous Years.
    YearNett Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Total Births Registered in the DistrictTotal Deaths Registered in the DistrictTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non-residents registered in the District.Deaths of Residents beyond the District.Nett Deaths at all ages Belonging to the District
    Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate. *Number.hate.*Number.Rate.†
    Number.Rate per 1000 Births registered in the District.
    12345678910ii1213
  • Page 65
    The nett births of children from Edmonton mothers inside and outside the district numbered 1931. This figure produces a birth-rate per 1,(100 of the nett population of 32.09.
  • Page 66
    TABLE II.—Vital Statistics of separate Localities and of the Edmonton and Strand Union Workhouses and Strand Schools in 1908 and previous years.
    Names of Localities.1234567
    Whole District.Bury Street.Church Street.Fore Street.Undistributed.Edmonton Union-Strand Union and School.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each j ear.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
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  • Page 67
    TABLE III.—Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during- the Year 1908.
    Notifiable Diseases.Cases Notified in whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital fkom each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages Years.12341234
    U nder 11 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 2525 to 6565 and upwds.Bury Street Ward.Church Street Ward.Fore Street Ward. 2 w.Edmonton Union.Bury Street WardChurch Street Ward.Fore Street Ward. 2 w.Total cases removed to Hsptl.
  • Page 68 69
    TABLE IVa.—Causes of, and Ages at Death, during- yean 1908.
    No.Diseases.Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the District.Deaths of "Residents" in or beyond the District according to the Locality.Residents beyond the district.Edmonton Union Residents.Institution Deaths— Non-residents.Non-residents outside Institutions.Inquests in district on Residents.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.J Bury Street.Church Street.Fore Street.Undistributed.Edmonton Union.Strand Union and School.Other Institutions.Totals.
    M.F.T.
  • Page 70 71
    TABLE IVa.—Causes of, and Ages at Death, during year 1908.
    No.Diseases.Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District.Deaths of "Residents" in or beyond the District according to the Locality.Residents beyond the district.Edmonton Union Residents.Institution Deaths— Non-residents.Non-residents outside Institutions.Inquests in district on Residents.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Bury Street.Church Street.Fore Street.Undistributed.Edmonton Union.Strand Union and School.Other Institutions.Totals.
    M.F.T.
  • Page 72 73
    TABLE IVa.— Causes of, and Ages at Death, during- year 1908.
    No.Diseases.Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District.Deaths of "Residents" in or beyond the District according to the Locality.Residents beyond the district.Edmonton Union Residents.Institution Deaths— Non-residents.Non-residents outside Institutions.Inquests in district on Residents,
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Bury Street.Church Street.Fore Street.Undistributed.Edmonton Union.Strand Union and School.Other Institutions.Totals.
    M.F.T.
  • Page 74
    TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during- the Year 1908. 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 76
    TABLE VI. Table showing the Number of Cases Notified and the Deaths from the principal Zymotic Diseases for the year 1908, and ten preceding years.
    Disease.1908.1907.1906.1905.1904.1903.1902.1901.1900.1899.1898.
    Pop. 60,182Pop. 59,434Pop. 56,818Pop. 54,606Pop. 53,358Pop. 52,139Pop. 50,388Pop. 44,911Pop. 47,166Pop. 39,523Pop. 35,836
    CasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeathsCasesDeaths
  • Page 77
    District of Edmonton—County of Middlesex Sanitary Work, 1908.
    Name of Sanitary District.Inspections.NoticesDwelling Houses.Houses let in Lodgings. (Tenement Houses.)Common Lodging Houses.Canal Boats used as Dwellings.Moveable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.
    Number of Premises Inspected on Complaint.Number of Premises Inspected in connection with Infectious Diseases.Number of Premises under Periodical Inspection.Houses Inspected from House-to-house.Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections made.Cautionary or Intimation Notices Given.Statutory Orders Issued.Summonses Served.Convictions Obtained.Houses, Premises, &c,, Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Unit for Habitation.(a) As result of action under H. W.C. Acts.(b) Otherwise.Re-opened after Repairs, Alterations, &c.Demolished.Illegal Underground Dwellings Vacated.Number Registered under Bye-Laws.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under Bye-Laws.Number of Inspections made.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under the Acts.Number of Contraventions of Regulations.Number Observed during the Year.Number of Nuisances therefrom Abated.Number Removed from District.
  • Page 78
    District of Edmonton County of Middlesex-Sanitary Work, 1908.
    Name of Sanitary District.Bakehouses.Slaughterhouses.Cow-sheds.Dairies and Milk shops.Unsound Food.Adulterated Food.Offensive Trades.
    Number in District.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number on Register.Number of Inspections made.Contraventions of Bye-Laws.Number on Register.Number of Inspections made.Contraventions of Regulations.Number of Milch Cows ill District.Number on Register.Number of Inspections made and frequency of inspection.Contraventions of Regulations.Condemned by Magistrate.Articles or Parcels surrendered.Samples taken (if any) by the District Local Authority.Found Adulterated.Number of Premises in District.Number of Inspections made.Contraventions of Bye-Laws.
  • Page 79
    District of Edmonton County of Middlesex Sanitary Work, 1908.
    Name of Sanitary District.Water Supply and Water Sen ice.Drainage and Sewerage of existing Buildings.
    Wells.Percentage of Houses supplied from Public Water Service.Cisterns.Draw-Taps placed on Mains.Percentage of Houses supplied on Constant System.Number of Samples obtained for analysis, (n) from Local Wells (b) from Public Supply.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.
    New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Polluted.New Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles.Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved.Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste I'ipes, Rain Water I'ipes Disconnected, Repaired, &c.New Soil I'ipes or Ventilating Shafts fixed.Existing Soil Pipes or Ventilating Shafts repaired.Disconnecting Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c.Abolished, and Drain connected to Sewer.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.
  • Page 80
    District of Edmonton—County of Middlesex—Sanitary Work, 1908.
    Name of Sanitary District.Disinfection.Dust.Sundry Nuisances Abated.
    Rooms Disinfected (a) Ordinary Infectious Diseases, (6) Phthisis.Rooms Stripped and Cleansed.Articles Disinfected or Destroyed, (a) Ordinary Infectious Disease. (b) Phthisis.| New Bins provided.| How frequently is dust removed from each house ?| Number of Complaints of Non-Removal received.Method of Disposal (a) Destructor, (b) by Tipping (c) Other, state method.Overcrowding.Smoke.Accumulation of Refuse.Foul Ditches, Ponds, &c., and Stagnant Water.Foul Pigs and other Animals.Dampness.Yards Re-paved or Repaired.Other Nuisances.
  • Page 89
    Quarter ended 31st December, 1908 :—
    Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Informal Samples.
    Taken.Adult'd.Taken.Adult'd.