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Lewisham 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]

Published
1904
Pages
144
Tables
64

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  • Page 14
    Table 1. Population of the Borough in Wards Obtained at the Census, April, 1901. Also the population estimated at the middle of the years 1901, 1902 and 1903.
    Ward.Population at Census, April, 1901Population estimated to the middle of
    1901.1902.1903.
  • Page 15
    Table 2. Population of the Borough in Divisions, obtained at the Census April, 1901, also population estimated at the middle of the years 1901, 1902 and, 1903.
    Divisions.Population at Census, April, 1901.Population estimated to the middle of
    1901.1902.1903.
  • Page 16
    Table 3. Births and Birth Rates for each Division of the Borough for the years 1901, 1902 and 1903.
    Division.Total Number of Births. 1901.Birth Rate per 1000 persons. 1901.Total Number of Births. 1902.Birth Rate per 1000 persons. 1902.Total Number of Births 1903.Birth Rate per 1000 persons 1903.
  • Page 18
    ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Table 4. Number of Deaths at Various Age Periods and their Percentage to Corrected Total Deaths during the years 1902 and 1903.
    Age Periods.1902.1903
    Number of Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of DeathsPercentage to total Deaths.
  • Page 19
    Table 5. Percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions.
    District.1902.1903.
  • Page 21
    Table 6. Analysis of Deaths under one year of age, during the years 1902-3.
    Disease.1902.1903.
    Number of Deaths.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.Number of Deaths.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year
  • Page 24
    The total deaths from the diseases mentioned were:—
    Lewisham.County of London
  • Page 26
    DEATHS OP RESIDENTS belonqinq to the Borough occurring in Public Institutions, &c., in districts outside during the year 1903.
    Number of DeathsNumber of Deaths
  • Page 27
    Table 7. Corrected Death Totals and Death Rates for the years 1901, 1902 and 1903.
    Locality.1901.1902.1903
    Total Number of Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 of the population.Total Number of Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 of the population.Total Number of Deaths.Death rate per 1,000 of the population.
  • Page 28
    Table 8. Corrected total Deaths from All Causes in Wards occurring during the four quarters of the year 1S03.
    Localities.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year.
    M.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.Total
  • Page 29
    Table 9. Corrected Death Bates from All Causes in Wards, Divisions, and the Whole Borough, for the four Quarters of the Year 1903.
    Localities.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Whole Year.
  • Page 30
    * Table 10. Deaths in Disease Groups in the Three Divisions and the whole Borough for the year 1903.
    Disease Classes.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham and Forest Hill DivisionWhole Borough
    1st Qr.2nd Qr.3rd Qr.4th Qr.Whole Year.1st Qr.2nd Qr.3rd Qr.4th Qr.Whole Year1st Qr.2nd Qr.3rd Qr.4th Qr.Whole Year1st Qr.2nd Qr.3rd Qr.4th Qr.Whole Year
  • Page 31
    Table 11. Death Rates per 1,000 of the population, in Disease Groups, in the sWards and Divisions of the Borough for the year 1903
    Disease ClassWards and Divisions.
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    ChurchManorSouthLeeBlackheathLewisham VillageLewisham ParkBrockleyCatfordLewishamForest HillSydenhamSydenham and Forest HiilWhole Borough
  • Page 32
    Table 12. Death Rates of London and Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1903, after distribution of deaths in Public Institutions.
    BoroughsPer 1000 Persons Living.Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered
    Deaths from
    All CausesPrincipal Epidemic DiseasesSmall.poxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping.coughTyphus FeveEnteric FeverPyrexia* (Origin uncertain)DiarrhoeaPhthisis
  • Page 33
    Table 13. Death rates in London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs from All Causes, and from Certain Diseases during the year 1903 before Distribution, and after Distribution of Deaths in Public ssInstitutions*
    Boroughs.Death.rates per 1000 Living.
    All Causes.ScarletFeverDiphtheriaPhthisis
    Before Distribution.After DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter DistributionBefore DistributionAfter Distribution
  • Page 34
    Table 14. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham for the syear 1903.
    Causes ok Death.Deaths Whole BoroughBorough DivisionsDeaths in Public Institutions in the Borough.Deaths of Residents outside the Borough.Deaths of Non-residents in the Borough
    Under 1 year1 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 65 years65 years and overTotal all AgesLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest Hill
    12345678910111213
  • Page 35
    Table 14 —continued.
    Causes of DeathDeaths Whole BoroughBorough DivisionsDeaths in Public Institutions in BoroughDeaths ot Residents outside BoroughDeaths of Non-residents in Borough
    Under 1 year1 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 25 years25 and under 65 years65 years and overTotal all AgesLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest Hill
    12345678910111213
  • Page 36
    Table 15. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.
    Institution.Deaths of Residents.Deaths of Non-Residents.Total.
  • Page 37
    Table 16. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1903.
    LocalitiesSmall PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughTyphus FeverEnteric FeverPyrexia *(origin uncertain)Epidemic Diarrhoea & Epidemic EnteritisTotalsDeath Kates from Principal Zymotic Diseases.
  • Page 38
    Table 17. Death Rates from principal Zymotic Diseases and Phthisis, and Infantile Mortality in the Borough and its Divisions, in the County of London, and in the 76 Great Towns, for the Year 1903.
    Disease.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham and Forest Hill Div.Whole BoroughCounty of London.76 Great Towns.
  • Page 39
    Table 18. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1903.
    Ages.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Epidemic Diarrhcea and Enteritis.Totals in Age Groups.
  • Page 40
    Table 19. Meteriological Table for London for the Year 1903. (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal.)
    1903.Barometer.AIR TEMPERATUREBright Sunshine.Rain and other forms ot Precipitation.
    Mean pressure at 32o F. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L.)Mean ofAbsolute Minimum & Maximum.Total possible.Total observedNumber of Days.Total Fall.Most in a day.
    Month.Minimum >Maximum COMinimum.Day of MonthMaximum.Day of Month.AmountDay of Month.
    Ins.ooooHoursHoursIns.Ins.
  • Page 43
    The following figures show the percentages to the total number of cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year at different age periods :—
    Percentage to total notification at all ages.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.
  • Page 44
    Table 20. Age Periods of Cases of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year, 1903.
    Age Periods.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.
    Males.Females.Total.Percentage to Total Cases.MalesFemales.Total.Percentage to Total Cases.
  • Page 45
    Table 21. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough for the year 1902.
    Disease.WARDS.Whole Borough
    ChurchManorSouthBlackheathLewisham VillageLewisham ParkBrockleyCatfordForest HillSydenham
  • Page 46
    Table 22. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1000 of the population for the ten Wards and the whole Borough for the year 1903.
    Disease.WARDS.Whole Borough
    ChurchManorSouthBlackheathLewiaham VillageLewisham ParkBrockleyCatfordForest HillSydenham
  • Page 47
    Table 23. Particulars of Return Cases, 1903. Diphtheria.
    Ist Case.Discharged from Hospital.Address.New Case.Removed to Hospital.Onset of Illness.
  • Page 48
    Scarlet Fever.
    Ist CaseDischarged from Hospital.Address.Return Case.Removed to Hospital.Onset of Illness.
  • Page 49
    Table 24. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small Pox, Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the years 1902 and 1903.
    Borough.Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.*All Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
    1902.1903.1902.1903.1902.1903.1902.1903.
  • Page 62
    Street List Streets in which Cases of Infectious Disease occurred.
    LEE DIVISION.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 63
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of Cases .Houses affected 'No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. ol CasesHouses affected.
  • Page 64
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 65
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric Fever.ErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 66
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 67
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 68
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 69
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric Fever.ErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of Cases.Houses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected[6]
  • Page 70
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 71
    Continued from previous page...
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasPhthisis
    No. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affectedNo. of CasesHouses affected
  • Page 81
    Table 25. Estimated number of Dwellings in the Borough and its Divisions let at weekly rentals of sums varying from 4s. to 13s.
    Rental per week ofLee.Lewisbam.Sydenham and Forest HillTotal.
  • Page 93
    Table 27. Register of Sanitary Work for the year ended 31st December, 1903.
    LeeLewishamSydenham and Forest HillWork shopsHouse to House
    Description of WorkMr. R. WhiteMr. J. F. CharlesworthMr. J. A. K. CooperMr. R. J. DavisTotalMr. E. T. PidwellMr. B. A. Knappett ,TotalMr. J. DaltryMr. A. H. GrayTotal for Whole Boro.
  • Page 95
    Table 28. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland Revenue Act during 1903.
    Name of Street,Number of Houses.Number of Dwellings.Number of Certificates Granted.Date of Inspection.
  • Page 96
    Table 29. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance with Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the year 1903.
    Ward.Number of Water Certificates Granted.
  • Page 97
    Table 30. Workshops, 1903.
    Class of Work.No.Number of Rooms.Number of Workers Allowed.Number of Workers Found.Part Time and Domestic.
    Day.Artificial LightOvertime.Men.Women.Young PersonsNumber.No. of Rooms.
  • Page 98
    Table 31. Details of Premises Subject to Registration by the Local Authority or the London County Council.
    Premises.Number of Places.No. of Inspections 1903.No. of Notices 1903.No. of Prosecutions 1903
    On Register at end of 1902.Added in 1903.Removed in 1903.On Register at end of 1903.
  • Page 99
    Table 32. Details relating to the Inspection of Workshops and Workplaces within the Borough.
    Class of Work.Number of PlacesNumber of Inspections 1903.Number of Notices 1903.Number of Prosecutions 1903.
    On Register at end of 1902.Added in 1903.Removed in 1903.On Register at end of 1903.
    Premises.Rooms.
  • Page 100
    Table 33. Defects reported by Workshops Inspector.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Notices Issued.Prosecutions
    Found.Notified by Home Office.Remedied.Notified to Home Office.
  • Page 101
    Table 34. List of Outworkers.
    Class of Homework.1903 Number of Lists received.1903. Number of Addresses of Outworkers.
    U 0 to Feb. 1st.Up to Aug. 1st.Forwarded to other Authorities.Received from other Authorities.
    No. of Lists.No. of out workersNo. of Lists.No. of out workers
  • Page 103
    Results of Analyses of Samples of Water, etc.
    Constituents.Sample No.
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  • Page 120
    I have extracted a few examples from reported cases adjudicated upon in various parts of England during the year 1903s
    Articles of Food.Sophistication.
  • Page 124
    Table A. Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results for the year ended December 31st, 1903.
    Article.No. of Samples.Genuine.Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
  • Page 126
    Table C. Showing results of Total Samples submitted during the years 1902-8.
    Quarter.No. of Samples.Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    190219031902190319021903
  • Page 126
    Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the years 1902-3.
    Quarter.No. of Samples.Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    190219031902190319021903
  • Page 127
    Table E. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk for the year ended December 31st, 1903.
    No.Adulteration.Remarks.
  • Page 128
    Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1903.
    Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.Average Composition of genuine samples.Board of Agriculture Standard.
    Percentage of Milk fat.Percentage of Solids not fat.Percentage of Milk fat.Percentage of Solids not fat.Percentage of Milk fat.Percentage of Solids not iat.
  • Page 129
    TABLE G. Showing the number of samples of Milk taken per 1,000 of population, and the percentage of samples adulterated in the Metropolitan Boroughs, during the Year 1902.
    District.No. of Samples per 1,000 of the population.Percentage of the Samples AdulteratedDistrict.No. of Samples per 1,000 ol the population.Percentage of the Samples Adulterated
  • Page 129
    Table H. Shotting number oj samples of Butter submitted in the Four-Quarters of the years 1902-3.
    Quarter.No. of Samples.Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    190219031902190319021903
  • Page 130
    Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31s, 1903.
    No.Adulteration.Remarks.
  • Page 130
    Details of Adulterated Samples of Spirits, Lime Water, &c. sfor the year ended December 31st, 1903.
    No.Article.Adulteration.Remarks.
  • Page 131
    Table I— continued. Other Prosecutions taken tinder The Sale of Food & Drugs' Acts
    No.Article.Offence.Result.
  • Page 135
    Table A. Vital Statistics of Whole District during the Years 1901, 1902 and 1903.
    YearPopulation estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Register]) in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non-residents 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 i Year of AgeAt all Ages.
    Number.Rate.*
    Number.Rate per iooo Births registered.Number.Rate.*
  • Page 136
    Table B. Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in the Years 1901, 1902 sand 1903
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under i 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 i YearPopulation estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under i year.
  • Page 137
    Table C. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1903.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole district.Total Cases Notifikd in each Locality at all Ages.No. of Casks Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all AgesUnder 1At Ages—Years.65 and upwardsLee.Lewisham.Sydenham and Forest Hill.Lee.Lewisham.Sydenham andForest Hill.
    1 to 5.5 to 1515 to 2525 to 65
  • Page 138
    Table D. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1903.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages).Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham & Forest Hill Division.
    123456789101112