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Woolwich 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

Published
1929
Pages
182
Tables
103

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103 tables in this report

  • Page 13
    TABLE No. 1.
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    TABLE No. 2.
    Estimated population.
  • Page 16
    TABLE No. 3.
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    TABLE No. 4.
    Year. 1Population estimated to middle of each Year. 2Births.Nett deaths belonging to the District.
    Nett.Under 1 year.At all Ages.
    Number 3Rate. 4Number. 5Rate per 6 1,000 Nett Births.Number. 7Rate. 8
  • Page 18
    TABLE No. 5.
    Registration Districts.Males.Females.Total Births.
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    TABLE No. 6.
    Period.Woolwich.West PlumsteadEast PlumsteadEltham.The Borough.
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Year.No. of births.No. of live births notified.No. of still births.Percentage of births notified.Birth Rate.
    Wool. wich.London.England and Wales.
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    TABLE No. 8.
    Period.Woolwich.West PlumsteadEast PlumsteadEltham.The Borough.
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    TABLE No. 9.
    Hospitals or Institutions.Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 10. Birth Rate, Death Rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1928.
    Rate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death.Rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    All CausesEnteric Fever.Small.Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoea' and Enteritis (under Two years).Total Deaths under 1 Year.Certified by Registered Medical PractitionersInquest Cases.Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Live BirthsStill Births
  • Page 23
    TABLE No. 11. Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1928, Classified by Age and Cause.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 6 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years45 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 vears.75 and upwards.
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    TABLE No. 11.— continued.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 6 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years45 and wilder 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.
  • Page 25
    TABLE No. 12. Shewing the Nett Deaths of Woolwich Residents, all Deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough and Deaths of Woolwich Residents occurring in Institutions outside the Borough, during the year 1928.
    Causes of Death.Males.Females.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    West.East.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    Residents.Non-Residents.
  • Page 26
    TABLE No. 12.— continued.
    Causes of Death.Male.Female.Woolwich.Pluinstead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    West.East.In Borough.
    Residents.Non-Residents.Outlying Institutions.
  • Page 28
    TABLE No. 13.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory.Total.Death Rate.No. under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
  • Page 28
    TABLE No. 14. Deaths from Cancer and Malignant Disease.
    Year.Males.Females.Total.Rate.Percentage of Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 15.
    Seat of Primary Disease.Males.Females.Total.Deaths in Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 16. Maternal Mortality, Woolwich, 1912-1928.
    Year.Abortion.Ectopic Gestation.Placenta Praevia.Other Puerperal Haemorrhage.Other Accidents of Child Birth.Child Birth with Secondary Causes.Puerperal Eclampsia.Puerperal Phlebitis and Embolism.Puerperal Fever.Totals.
  • Page 31
    TABLE No. 17. Child Mortality (1-2 years). Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods.
    Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.TuberculosisRespiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
  • Page 32
    TABLE No. 18. Child Mortality (2-5 years). Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases, in quinquennial periods.
    Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
  • Page 33
    TABLE No. 19.
    Period.Woolwich.West Plumstead.East Plumstead.Eltham.The Borough.
  • Page 34
    TABLE No. 20.
    Hospitals or Institutions.Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 21. INFANT MORTALITY, 1928. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One year of age.
    Causes of Deaths.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1 month and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 36
    TABLE No. 22. INFANT DEATHS, 1928.
    Causes of Death.The Borough.WoolwichWest Plumstead.East Plumstead.Eltham.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 37
    TABLE No. 23.—INFANT DEATHS, 1928.
    Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.West Plums tead.East Plumstead.Eltham.
    Under 4 weeks.4 weeks-1 year.Under 4 weeks.4 weeks-1 year.Under 4 weeks.4 weeks-1 year.Under 4 weeks.4 weeks— 1 year.Under 4 weeks.4 weeks-1 year.
  • Page 43
    TABLE No. 24. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
    SituationNature of Accommodation.By whom provided.Sessions weekly.
  • Page 44
    TABLE No. 24— continued.
    SituationNature of Accommodation.By whom provided.Sessions weekly.
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    TABLE No. 25.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
  • Page 46
    TABLE No. 25— continued.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 25— continued.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 26.
    Disease.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total, 1928.Total, 1927.
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    TABLE No. 27. Inspections.
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    TABLE No. 28. Nuisances Abated.
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    1.—Inspection. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.— Defects Found.
    Description.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspect'rNumber of Prosecutions.
  • Page 69
    3.— Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
    Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
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    TABLE No. 30.
    Sun StreetSun Street (Infectious)Eltham.All Mortuaries.
    19271928
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    TABLE No. 31.
    Number of Interments.
    1926.1927.1928.
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    TABLE No. 32. Prosecutions under Public Health and kindred Acts.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    TABLE No. 32— continued.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    TABLE No. 33.
    Premises.On Register 31st December.Number ofLegal Proceedings.
    Inspections.Notices.
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    TABLE No. 34.
    Name and Address of Applicant.Nature of Licence.Premises to Sell at or from.Designation.
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    TABLE No. 34— continued.
    Name and Address of Applicant.Nature of Licence.Premises to Sell at or from.Designation.
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    TABLE No. 35.
    Date.Designation.Bacteria per c.c.Coliform Bacilli.
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    TABLE No. 36.
    Situation of Slaughterhouse.Owner.
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    TABLE No. 37.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
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    TABLE No. 37— continued.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number AnalysedNumber Adulterated.
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    TABLE No. 38.
    1926.1927.1928.
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    TABLE No. 39.
    Sample No.Article.Formal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings or other action.
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    TABLE No. 39— continued.
    Sample No.Article.Formal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of Proceedings or other action.
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    TABLE No. 40.
    Date of Hearing.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE No. 41. Number of new houses erected during the year:—
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    TABLE No. 42. Action under the Housing Act, 1925.
    Date of Representation.Premises.Date of Closing Order.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 42— continued.
    Date of Representation.Premises.Date of Closing Order.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 43.
    Date of Meeting.Woolwich.PlumsteadElthamTotal
    ElthamHag. Estate.
    West.East.
  • Page 103
    It was originally intended that houses of the following sizes should be erected in the proportion set out hereunder :—
    Class.Percentage.
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    TABLE No. 44.
    Diseases.Total cases notified.Admissions to Hospital or Sanator ium.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 45. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1928.
    Diseases.Number of Cases Notified.
    Age Groups.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years.3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and over.
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    TABLE No. 46. DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (INCLUDING MEASLES), 1928.
    Diseases.Number of Deaths.
    All Ages.Age Groups.
    Under 11-2-3-4-5-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565-
  • Page 112
    TABLE No. 47. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the year 1928, shewing the Case Rate per 1,000 population.
    Diseases.Borough.Total Cases Notified in each locality.Case Kates per 1,000 Population.
    Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    West.East.West.East.
  • Page 113
    TABLE No. 48. Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1928.
    Year.Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. CroupErysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.Pneumonia Primary.Influenzal Pneumonia.Malaria.
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    TABLE No. 48.— continued. Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1928.
    Year.Dysentery.Anthrax.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Encephalitis Lethargica.Cerebrospinal Meningitis.Poliomyelitis.Zymotic Enteritis.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Tuberculosis Non-pulmonaryMeasles.
  • Page 116
    TABLE No. 49.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Sherard.Avery Hill.Total Houses.Total Cases.
  • Page 117
    TABLE No. 50.
    No. in register.Date admitted to hospital.Date discharged.Total days in hospital.Onset of secondary case.Remarks on primary case.
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    TABLE No. 51.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.HerbertGlyndon.St. Margaret'sCentral.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Sherard.Avery Hill.Total Houses.Total Cases.
  • Page 120
    TABLE No. 52.
    No.Date notified.Sex.Age.Diagnosis.Final Diagnosis.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 53.
    Date. Notified.Sex.Age.Ultimate Diagnosis.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 54.
    Date Notified.Sex.Age.Ultimate Diagnosis.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 55.
    Year.Notifications.Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 56. Notification of Pneumonia.
    Ward.Lobar.Broncho.Influenzal.Acute Primary.Total.
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    TABLE No. 57. Monthly Incidence of Pneumonia.
    Month.Male.Female.Total.Type.No. of Deaths
    Lobar.Broncho.Influenzal.Acute Primary (not specified).Acute Primary PneumoniaInfluenzal Pneumonia
  • Page 125
    In Table No. 58 below is shown, divided according to diagnosis, the place of confinement in each of these cases.
    Where Confined.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.
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    TABLE No. 59.
    Where Treated.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.
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    TABLE No. 60.
    Date Notified.Cases Treated.Vision Unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    The following Table shows the use made of this service during the year. TABLE No. 61.
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    The following Table shows the number of persons cleansed each year since 1924. TABLE No. 62.
    Children.Adults.Grand Total.
    Year.Boys.Girls.Total.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 63. Tuberculosis. —Summary of Notifications received during the year ended 31st December, 1928.
    Age periods—Notifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form B.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 & upwards.Total Primary Notifications.Under 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.Total Primary Notifications.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
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    In the following Table is shown the number of cases notified each year since 1924, classified by sites of lesions :— TABLE No. 64.
    Year.Lungs.Meninges.Intestines and Peritoneum.Glands.Joints.Spine.Other Forms.All Causes.
  • Page 133
    TABLE No. 65.
    Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.Totals.
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    TABLE No. 66.
    Year.Deaths.Death.rates.
    All Forms.Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.All Forms.Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary.
  • Page 135
    TABLE No. 67.
    Case No.Date notified as Tuberculosis.Cause of Death.
  • Page 135
    The period which elapsed between notification and death was as shown below :— TABLE No. 68.
    Pulmonary.Percentage.Non. Pulmonary.Percentage.
  • Page 136
    These are given in tabular form below. The Tuberculosis Officer, in addition to the clinics held at the Dispensary, is always willing and anxious to consult with practitioners at the homes of patients.
    Day.Horn's of Attendance.Children.
    Men.Women.
  • Page 140
    TABLE No. 69. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the year 1928.
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    Adults.Children.Adults. Children.Adults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 143
    In tabular form is show below the extent of co.operation with London hospitals for special purposes. TABLE No. 70.
    Service and Hospital.Number of Persons.Number of Treatments.
  • Page 146
    Institutional Treatment. The following Table, No. 71, shows the number of admissions to hospitals, sanatoria, Poor Law Institutions and training colonies. TABLE No. 71.
    Hospitals.Sanatoria.Poor Law Institns.Training Colonies.
  • Page 146
    These numbers refer to 371 patients and the monthly admissions from January to December were as follows :—
  • Page 147
    Woolwich Tuberculosis Care Committee. At the end of the year the Committee was constituted as follows :—
    Bodies.Representatives.
  • Page 154
    TABLE No. 72.
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    TABLE No. 73.
    Centre.No. on Roll of Centre.No. of Attendances.
    Mothers.Children.Mothers.Children.
    Expectant.Nursing.Expectant.Nursing.
  • Page 156
    TABLE No. 74. Children in Attendance at each Centre.
    Year of Birth.Town HallEltham.Plumstead.SladeNew Eltham.North Woolwich.Voluntary.Totals.
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    TABLE No. 74— continued. Attendances.
    Year of Birth.Town Hall.Eltham.Plumstead.Slade.New Eltham.North Woolwich.Voluntary.Totals.
  • Page 158
    TABLE No. 75. Feeding of Infants, 4th June to 14th July, 1928 (All Centres).
    Method of Feeding.Age in Months.
    0-1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.5-6.6-7.7-8.8-9.Total.9-10.10-11.11-12.Grand Total.
  • Page 160
    TABLE No. 76.
    Type of Case.Much Improved or Cured.Improved.I.S.Q.Ceased Treatment.Treatment not yet complete.Total.
  • Page 166
    TABLE No. 77.
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    TABLE No. 78.
    No.Attendances.
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    TABLE No. 79.
    Type of Case.Number remaining over from 1927.New Cases.Total Cases.No. who completed treatment by end of year.
  • Page 172
    A suitable scale of income must be adopted. The scale of income in force is as follows:—
    Free.Half Cost.
    No. in familyPer HeadNo. in familyPer Head
    8.d.s.d.
  • Page 179
    METEOROLOGY. Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1928.
    Week ending.Temperature of the Air.Departure from aver. 1 age mean air temperature for 65 years.Average Temperature 4 feet below ground.Number of days on which rain fell.Rainfall in inches.
    Highest during Week.Lowest during Week.Mean Temperature.
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    METEOROLOGY— continued.
    Week ending.Tomperature of the Air.Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years.Average Temperature 4 feet below ground.Number of days on which rain fell.Rainfall in inches.
    Highest during Week.Lowest during Week.Mean Temperature.