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Bethnal Green 1888

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green]

Published
1889
Pages
128
Tables
67

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    GENERAL RATE.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.
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    SEWERS RATE.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.
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    METROPOLITAN CONSOLIDATED RATE.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.
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    SUMMARY.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SPECIAL CARRIAGEWAY PAVING FUND.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    NEW STREETS ACCOUNT.
    £s.d..£s.d.
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    MONEYS DUE TO, AND DEBTS OWING BY, THE VESTRY ON THE 25th MARCH, 1889.
    MONEYS DUE TO.£s.d.MONEYS OWING BY.£s.d.
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    LIABILITIES.
    £
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    RATES MADE BY THE VESTRY.
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    CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO BY THE VESTRY During the Year ending 25 th March, 1889.
    date.with.FOR.
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    REDEMPTION OF MORTGAGES GRANTED BY THE LATE PAVING COMMISSIONERS.
    £s.d.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, in th$ County of Middlesex, upon the Articles Analysed by him under the above Act during the Quarter ending the 24 th day of June , 1888.
    Article.Submitted by.Result of the Analysis.OBSERVATIONS.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUG ACT, ???
    Article.Submitted by.Result of the Analysis.OBSERVATIONS.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act during the Quarter ending the 29 th day of September, 1888.
    Article Analyzed.Submitted by.Result of Analysis.Observations.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.—Report of Public Analyst, continued.
    Article Analyzed.Submitted by.Result of Analysis.Observations.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act during the Quarter ending the 2 5 th day of December, 1888.
    Article Analysed.Submitted by.Result of Analysis.Observations.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Act during the Quarter ending the 25 th day of March , 1889.
    Article Analysed.Submitted byResult of Analysis.Observations.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1875.—R eport of Public Analyst, continued, For the Quarter ending 25th day of March, 1889.
    Article Analysed.Submitted byResult of Analysis.Observations.
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    COMPOSITION RATE.— Mr. Churchwarden Richardson's Accounts, 1887-8.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.EXPENDITURE.£s.d.
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    ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH.
    expenditure.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ST. JOHN'S CHURCH.
    expenditure.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Additional Lamps have been erected in the following streets:—
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    The following lamps are maintained at the expense of the Great Eastern Railway Company, viz.:—
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    The labour account shows a slight increase as compared with last year. The payments made were as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    APPLICATIONS FOR PROJECTIONS, &c. The following applications wore made to the Metropolitan Board of Works, and remitted to this Vestry for their opinion.
    Name of Street.Subject of Application.Recommendation of Vestry.Decision of Metropolitan Board of Works.
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    Plans, Estimates, and Apportionments have been prepared for paving the following new streets:—
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    The following is a list of houses which I have reported on, with the results of such reports:—
    Premises.Recommendation of Surveyor.Result.
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    Premises.Recommendation of Surveyor.Result.
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    RETURN AS TO PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS ACTS, 1868-1882.
    YEAR.Number of Dwelling-houses reported in each year by the Medical Officer of Health as dangerous to health, so as to be unfit for human habitation, in accordance with the provisions of the Artizans' Dwellings Acts, 1868-1882.Number of Dwelling-houses so reported, for which orders for repair or demolition were made by the Local Authority.Number of such Dwelling - houses for which the orders of the Local Authority for repair or demolition were carried out.Number of Dwelling-houses concerning which a Memorial has been addressed to the Secretary of State or Local Government Board, in accordance with the Provisions of the Artizans and Labourers' Dwellings Act of 1868, to the effect that the Local Authority has declined or neglected to put the Act in force.
    DEALT WITH THUS :
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    SUMMARY.
    1887.1888.
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    TABLE A. No. of Houses, Workshops, &c., in the Parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal Green.
    Divisions.Collectors.Inhabited Houses.Workshops separate from HousesSaw Mills and Timber Yards.Schools.
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    TABLE B.
    1888.1887.
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    TABLE C.
    London.Bethnal Green.
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    Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of the Sanitary Districts of the Metropolis, after complete distribution of Deaths occurring in Public Institutions, during the year 1888.
    Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population middle of 1888.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1000 living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping - Cough.Typhus.Enteric Fever.Simple and Undefined Fever.Diarrhoea.Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1000 Births.
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
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    Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics (continued).
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    SPECIAL CAUSES OF DEATH. SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
    No. of Deaths.Per centage on Total Deaths.Mortality Rate on Population.
    Order.Classes
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    TABLE D.
    1888.1887
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    TABLE F.
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    Cases of Infectious Disease, 1888, A.D.
    CASES REPORTED.ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.
    SMALL POX.FEVERS.
    Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Simple Fever.Admitted.Discharged.Died.Remaining.Admitted.Discharged.Died.Remaining.
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    The following is a list (most of them were returned by the Coroner):—
    Cause of Death.Sex.Age.
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    TABLE H.
    Quarter ending.Children under 5 years.Persons from 5 to 55.Persons above 55.Total.Mean Temperature Fahrenheit.Rainfall in inches.
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    BETHNAL GREEN INFIRMARY,
    Quarter ending.Admissions.Discharges.Deaths.Births.
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    BETHNALL HOUSE LUNATIC ASYLUM. Return for 1888.
    MALE.FEMALE.
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    MILDMAY MISSION HOSPITAL. Cases treated from January 1st to December 31st, 1888.
    Cured.Relieved.Unrelieved.Dead.Under Treatment.Total.
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    Summary of Medical Officer's Cases (No. 2 Medical District) attended during the Year ending December 31st, 1888. DISPENSARY, GUARDIANS' OFFICES, BISHOP’S ROAD, VICTORIA PARK.
    Year 1888.Cases.Men.Women.Children.Total.Attendance.Prescriptions.Result.
    At Dispensary.At Paupers' Homes.Total.Cured.Relieved.Died.Discharged.Total.
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    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. (NUISANCES REMOVAL ACTS).
    Number of Summonses issued.Summonses withdrawn upon completion of work.Summonses heard and orders made.
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    TABLE I. Shelving the Population, Inhabited Houses, Births, Deaths, and Marriages, f«r the year 1888, and ten years preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The Year.Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Number of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Total all AgesUnder One Year.Under Five Years.
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    TABLE II. Shewing the Annual Birth Rate, Rate of Mortality, Death Rate among Children, and Deaths in Public Institutions for the year 1888, and ten years preceding.
    YEAR.Birth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1000 living.Deaths of Children under 1 year: per centage of Total Deaths.Per centage of Deaths of Children under 1 year to Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 5 years: per centage of Total Deaths.Total Number of Deaths in Public Institutions.
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    TABLE III. SHEWING THE DEATHS REGISTERED FROM ALL CAUSES DURING THE YEAR 1888.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.Total.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.
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    Table III. (Continued)
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.Total.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued).
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    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.Total.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.
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    TABLE III. (Continued).
    CAUSE OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.Total.
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    Cause of DeathAgesTotal under 5 yeads.Total.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwds.
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    TABLE IY. Shewing the Mortality from certain classes of Diseases and proportions to Population, and to 1000 deaths, 1888.
    DIVISION I. (All ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population (all ages).Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths (all ages).
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    TABLE Y. Shewing the Number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, inclusive of Hospital Deaths, in the ten years, 1878 to 1887, and in the year 1888, and the proportion of deaths to one thousand from all causes.
    DISEASE.1878187918801881188218831884188518861887Annual Average of 10 years, 1878,1887.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 yrs. 1878, 1887.1888Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1888.
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    Districts.Total.
    12
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    CHURCH DISTRICT.
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular and other Diseases of a low type.General Diseases.Total.Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular and other Diseases of a low type.General Diseases.Total.
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    TOWN DISTRICT.
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular and other Diseases of a low type.General Diseases.Total.Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular and other Diseases of a low type.General Diseases.Total.
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    GREEN DISTRICT.
    Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular and other Diseases of a low type.General Diseases.Total.Name of Street.Zymotic Diseases.Tubercular and other Diseases of a low type.General Diseases.Total.