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Southgate 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

Published
1914
Pages
46
Tables
27

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27 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    Inquests held during the Year 1913 on deaths occurring in the District.
    No.Month.Sex.Age.Condition of Life.Cause of Death.
  • Page 11
    TABLE I V ital S tatistics of W hole D istrict during 1913 and P revious Y ears
    YearPopulation estimated to Middle of each YearBirthsTotal Deaths Registered in the DistrictTransferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the District
    Uncorrected NumberNettof Nonresidents registered in the Districtof Residents not registered in the DistrictUnder 1 Year of AgeAt all Ages
    NumberRate*NumberRate*NumberRate per 1,000 Nett BirthsNumberRate*
    12345678910111213
  • Page 11
    The figures for column 4, the nett number of births belonging to the Districts, was not available before 1911 * Rates in Columns 5, 7, and 13, calculated per 1,000 of the estimated population
  • Page 12
    * This large increase in the number of deaths of non-residents registered in the District is due to the fact that some wards at the Metropolitan Asylum's Board Hospital at Winchmore Hill are now used as a Sanatorium for advanced cases of Phthisis
    I. Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.III. Other Institutions, the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
  • Page 13
    Table II. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1913.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 05.65 and upwards.North Southgate.South Southgate.
  • Page 14
    Table 11a. Casics of Infectious Disease Notified each Month of the Yeak 1913.
    Notifiable Diseases.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Acute Poliomyelitis-. 1Measles.Totals.
  • Page 15
    Table III. C auses op and A ges at D eath during the Y ear 1913,
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at subjoined ages of '' Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.Total deaths whether of " Residents" or " Non-Residents" in Public Institutions in the District.
    All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 16
    Table IV. Infant Mortality. 1913. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—3 Months.8—6 Months.6—9 Months.9—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
  • Page 17
    Table V. Comparison of the Rates of the Southgate District with those of England and Wales, the 96 Great Towns, and England and Wales less the 241 Largest Towns. Rates per 1,000 of the Population.
    Birth.rate.Death.rate (corrected).Deaths under 1 year per 1 ,000 Births.Enteric Fever.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.Whooping Cough.
  • Page 19
    During the year, 199 specimens were sent and reports received as follows:—
    Diseases Suspected.Report.Total.
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 23
    The following amounts have been variously sanctioned by the Local Government Board to be borrowed for the purposes of the Hospital:—
  • Page 27
    Number of Patients in Isolation Hospital during each Month, 1913.
    Greatest number.Lowest number.Average number.
  • Page 30
    Roads.—In the District there are now upwards of 48 miles of roads, made up as follows :—
    Miles.Yards.
  • Page 31
    The following Private Streets were Made-up in accordance with the 150th Sec. Public Health Act, 1875, during the year, and will be taken over by the Council.
  • Page 31
    The following new streets have been laid out and sewered during the year :—
  • Page 34
    Arrangements for these visits are made beforehand, and the parents are summoned to them.
    Total number of Children inspected:—Boys.Girls.
  • Page 37
    The following table shows the number of pigs slaughtered and examined, with carcases found to be affected with tuberculosis. :—
    No. of pigs examined.No. found tuberculous.Percentage,
  • Page 37
    The following are particulars of samples taken in the District during the last year :—
    Samples Taken.Found Adulterated.
  • Page 38
    Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces and Homework. 1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 38
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred toH.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 39
    . 3.—HOME WORK.
    Nature of Work.Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.Notices served on Occup'rs as to keeping or sending ListsProsecutions.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Sec. 108.Outwork in Infected Premises, Secs. 109 & 110.
    Lists received from Employers.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    In- st'nc'sN'tc's Serv'dProse-cuti'nsIn- st'nc'sOrders Made (S.110)Prose-c'tions (S. 109 110).
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.
    Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
    Contractors.Workmen.Contractors.Workmen.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
  • Page 39
    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 39
    4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of year.Number.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 40
    COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX—SANITARY WORK, 1913. DISTRICT OF SOUTHGATE. 40
    District.(1) Adoptive Acts, (2) Bye-laws. in force in District.Particulars as to Start" employed in Sanitary Department.* Inspections.Action taken. (Other than under 11. and T.P. Act )Dwelling Houses and Action under H and T.P. Act, 1909.Houses Let in Lodgings (Tenement Houses).Common Lodging Houses.
  • Page 41
    C ounty of M iddlesex.—Sanitary Work , 1913. D istrict of Southgate. 41
    District.Canal Boats used as Dwellings.Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.Bakehouses.Slaughterhouses.Cow-sheds.Dairies and Milk-shops.Unsound Food.Offensive Trades.
  • Page 42
    County of Middlesex.—Sanitary Work, 1913. District of Southgate. 4
    District.Water Supply and Water Service.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.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.
    New Slink.Cleansed, Repaired, &e.Closed as Polluted.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &e.Number of Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles.Repaired, Supplied with Water, or otherwise Improved.Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes Disconnected, Repaired, <fcc.New Soil Pipes 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.
    From Local Wells.From Public Supply.
  • Page 43
    County of Middlesex — Sanitary Work, 1913, District of Southgatk. 43
    District.Disinfection.Dust.Sundry Nuisances Abated.Remarks as to any other matters or in explanation of previous columuu.