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Hornsey 1898

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

Published
1899
Pages
30
Tables
17

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  • Page 1
    The increase in the Wards has been greatest in the Hornsey and least in the Crouch End Ward, but each Ward shows an increase as will be seen from the following table:—
    Ward.Population 1898.Population 1897.Increase 1898.
  • Page 2
    The total area of Hornsey is 2,809 acres, divided into eight Wards, and the following table gives the area of each Ward with the number of bouses in it, the population of each with the number of persons to an acre and also the acres to a person:—
    WARD.Acres.Persons to an Acre.Acres to a Person.Number of Houses.Population.
  • Page 4
    The following table gives the deaths which have been registered in each of the eight Wards of the District during the four quarters of the year:—
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total Deaths.Death rate.
  • Page 5
    The Ward death-rate for 1898 compared with that for 1897 anr 1896 is shown in the following table:—
    WARD.18981897.1896.
    Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.
  • Page 6
    The following table shows the Deaths in the District from the eight principal Zymotic diseases for the last seven years:—
    1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.
  • Page 8
    The deaths from diseases other than zymotic are as follows:—
    1892189318941895189618971898.
  • Page 11
    From this will be seen the general sanitary condition of these districts compared one with another. I also state the annual general death and zymotic death-rates of the 33 largest English towns.
    Sanitary Area.Estimated population in the middle of 1898.Notified cases of Infectious Disease.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Deaths from all causes.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under One Year to 1,000 Births.
    Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria. *Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria. †Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Diarrhoea.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.
  • Page 13
    The following table gives in detail the cases of Infectious Disease as notified for each quarter of the year, and a comparison with other years—
    Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Membranous Croup.
    1898'97'96'98'97'96'98'97'96'98'97'96'98'97'96'98'97'96'98'97'96'98'97'96
  • Page 14
    From the following table will be seen the various Wards in which the 350 cases notified occurred:—
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Membranous Croup.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Total.
  • Page 16
    The following table shows the number of cases admitted during each of the twelve months of the year, and the diseases for which they were admitted:—
    Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaTyphoid Fever.Total.
  • Page 21
    The quantity of refuse consumed during the last four years has been as under :—
    Year 1895.Year 1896.Year 1897.Year 1898.
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    (C I.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.— SANITARY WORK, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Inspections.Notices.Dwelling Houses.Houses in separate Dwellings or Lodgings.Common Lodging Houses:Canal Boats used as Dwellings.Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, Ac.
    Complaints Received.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Number of Premises Periodically Inspected.Houses Inspected from House-to-House.Total Number of Houses, Premises, Ac., Inspected.Total Number of Rc-inspections after Order or Notioe.Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections.Letters Written.Cautionery Notioes given.Statutory Orders Issued.Summonses Served.Convictions Obtained.Houses, Premises, Ac., Cleansed, Repaired, Ac.Closed as Unfit for Habitation.Re-opened after Repairs, Alterations, Ac.Demolished.Illegal Underground Dwellings Vaoated.Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical, Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical, Frequency, or 'umber 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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    (C II.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.— SANITARY WORK, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Schools.Workshops and Work-places.Laundries.Bakehouses.Slaughterhouses.Cow-sheds.Dairies and Milk-shops.Unsound Food.Adulterated ' Food.Offensive Trades.Mortuaries.
    Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspection.Number found defective.Number in district.-Periodical Frequev-cy or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Aots.Number in Distriot.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 Frequenoy 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 geiaed.Samples taken.Found Adulterated.Number of premises in Distriot.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Accommodation.Number of bodies received.
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    (C III.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.— SANITAEY WORK, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Water Supply and Water Service.Privy A Ash Pits, Ash & Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
    Wells.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses Supplied froin Mains.Cisterns.Flush Cisterns Provided to W.C.'s.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Sewers.
    New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, Ac.Closed as Polluted.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, Ac.Overflow Pipes Discon- nected from Drains.Above Ground Receptacles Substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles Substituted for fixed.Water Closets substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, Ac.Supplied with Water, or supply rendered efficient.Ventilated.Examined, Tested, Exposed* Ao.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, Ac.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, «o., Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Draias Ventilated.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, Ac.Abolished, and Drain Connected to Sewer.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
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    (C IV.) county of Middlesex.— Sanitary work, 1898.
    Sanitary Districts.Disinfection.Dust.Dampness.Sundry nuisances abated.Contagious Diseases of Animals.Infant Life Protection Act.
    Rooms fumigated.Rooms stripped and cleaned.Articles disinfected or destroyed.Dust-bins repaired.New bins provided.Movable receptacles substituted for fixed.Periodical freqnency of du?t removal.Number of complaints of non-removal received.Roofs repaired, &c.Guttering and rain-pipes repaired, &c.Gardens, Areas, Ac., 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, Ac., 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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    M 3 (A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year1898, in the Hornsey Urban District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions 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 and upwards.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and PleurisyHeart Disease.Malignant Disease.Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    M 11. (B) TABLE OF POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1898, in the HOBNSEY Urban District; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at allAges.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge or the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed fbom their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1898.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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