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Hendon 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

Published
1899
Pages
40
Tables
15

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15 tables in this report

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    Table of Acreage, No. of Houses, and Population of Parish.
    Locality.Acreage.Number of Houses.Population.
    187918911897 (To Dec. 31st).1898 (To Dec. 31st).lucrease during year.1879.1891.1897 (To Dec. 31st).1898 (To Dec. 31st).Increase during year.
    (Formation of Board).
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    Table of Population, Births, and of New Cases of lnfeetious Sickness, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the Hendon Urban Sanitary District; classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institut i o n s being shown as separate localities.Population at all ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such esses removed from their Homes in the several Localities for treatments Isolation Hospital.
    Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1898.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Peurperal.Scarlatina.
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    Continued from previous page...
    District. 1No. of Houses.Population.Deathrate per 1,000Deathrate per 1,000
    1897.1898.
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    TABLE A.—Deaths during the Year 1898, in the Hendon Urban Sanitary District, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institu-tions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 aud upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Drowned.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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    Continued from previous page...
    1897.1898.
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    The following are the births in the different Wards:—
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    The following is a table giving the death and birth-rates for the whole parish since the year 1889:-
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    The following table gives the number of cases of Scarlet Fever admitted to the Hendon Isolation Hospital during the different months of the year from the different districts.
    Total Number NotifiedJan.FebMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total
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    I append a statement of expenses incurred during the year ending December 31st.
    Doctors Fees.Nurses Fees.Caretaker's Fees.Maintenance and Provisions, &cAssistant Nurse aud extra help.Disinfectants, Coals, &c.Hire of Horse for Ambulance.Total Cost.
    £sd.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    TABLE P.—Tabular Statement as to the number of Cowsheds, Dairies, Laundries, Bakehouses, Butchers' Shops, and Slaughter Houses, under the Act, visited by the Medical Officer.
    Wards.Cowsheds.Dairies and Milk Shops.Laundries.Bakehouses.Butchers' Shops.Slaughter Houses.
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    TABLE E—Giving the various statistics with regard to Vaccination for the years 1892 to 1898.
    Year.Total number of Births.Total number successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Dead and UnvaccinatedPostponed.Removed or gone away.Children unvaccinated in Union.No. of those who remain unvaccinated
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    BENDON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL-SANITARY WORK, 1808.
    Sanitary Districts.Water Supply and Water ServicePrivy and Ash Pits, Ash and Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
    Wells.Cisterns.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses Supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Civets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Sewers.
    Note.—Asterisks or other signs appearing opposite a District signify that those columns of the District are taken together.New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, Etc.Closed as Polluted.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses supplied from Mains.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaiied, Covered, Etc.Overflow Pipes Dieconnected from Drains.Flush Cisterns provided to W.C.'s.Above Ground Receptacles, Substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles Substituted for fixed.Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, Etc.Supplied with Water, or Supply Rendered Efficient.Ventilated.Examined, 'J ested, Exposed, Etc.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, EtcWaste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, Etc., Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Etc.Abolished, and Drain Connected to Sewer.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
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    HENDON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL-SANITARY WORK, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Inspections.Notices.Dwelling Houses.Houses let in separate Dwellings or Lodgings.Common Lodging Houses.Canal Boats used as Dwellings.Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, etc.
    Note—Asterisks or other signs appearing opposite a District signify that those columns of the District are taken together.Complaints Received.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Number of Premises Periodically Inspected.Houses Inspected from House-to-House.Total Number of Houses, Premises, etc., Inspected.Total Number of Re-inspections after Order of Notice.Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections.Letters Written.Cautionary Notices Given.Statutory Orders Issued.Summonses Served.Convictions Obtained.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Unfit for Habitation.Re-opened after Repairs, Alterations, &c.Demolished.Illegal Underground Dwellings Vacated. ,Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under the Acts.Periodical Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions of Regulations.Number Observed during the Year.Number of Nuisances therefrom Abated.Number Removed from District.
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    HENDON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL-SANITARY WORK, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Disinfection.Dust.Dampness.Sundry nuisances abated.Contagious Diseases of Animals.Infant Life Protection Act.
    Note.—Asterisks or other signs appearing opposite a District signify that those columns of the District are taken together.Rooms fumigated.Rooms stripped and cleansed.Articles disinfected or destroyed.Dust-bins repaired.New bins provided.{ Movable receptacles substituted for fixed.Periodical frequency of dust removal.Number of complaints of non-removal received.Roofs repaired, &c.|Guttering and rain-pipes repaired, &c.Gardens, Areas, &c., levelled and drained.. Yards paved and drained.Surface adjoining houses paved.. Dry areas provided.Ventilation below floor provided.Basements rendered impervious.Overcrowding.Smoke.. Accumulations of refuse.Foul ditches, ponds, &c., and stagnant water.| Foul pigs and other animals.Other nuisances.Outbreaks.Animals infected.Animals destroyed.Number of licensed premises.Number of children.Number of deaths.
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    HENDON URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL-SANITARY WORK, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Schools.Workshops and Work-places.Laundries.Bakehouses.Slaughter-houses.Cow-sheds.Dairies and Milk-shops.Unsound Food.Adulterated Food.Offensive trades.Mortuaries.
    Note.—Asterisks or other signs appearing opposite a District signify that those columns of the District are taken together.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Number found defective.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Animals seized.Articles or parcels seized.Samples taken.Found Adulterated.Number of Premises in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Accommodation.1 Number of bodies received.