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Hammersmith 1898

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1898

Published
1899
Author
Collier, N.C.
Pages
28
Tables
13

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13 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    TABLE I. The following table shows the mean temperature, the estimated population, the number of persons to each acre, the number of births, the proportion of births to each 1,000 persons living, the deaths (uncorrected) as registered in the Parish, the proportion of uncorrected deaths to each 1,000 persons living in the Parish in the years 1889-1898, also the number of corrected deaths to each 1,000 persons living in the Parish in the years 1892-98.
    YearMean Temperature Fahrenheit.Population estimated up to 3rd of July.Number of persons to each Acre.Number of Births.Proportion of Births to each 1000 Persons living.(The Uncorrected) Deaths as Registered in the Parish.The Proportion of (Uncorrected) Deaths to each 1000 Persons living.The Corrected Deaths (See Table A).The Proportion of Corrected Deaths to each 1000 Persons living.
  • Page 6
    K 3 TABLE OF DEATHS during the year 1898, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hammersmith, (A) classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities. (See note 4 on back of sheet.) (Columns for Population and Births are in Table ft.)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 55 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141515171819202122
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea & Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
    (a)(a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
  • Page 8
    TABLE III. The following table shows the deaths of parishioners registered from the 9 principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1889 to 1898.
    yeak.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membraneous Croup.Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Diarrhœa and Cholera.Total.
  • Page 13
    TABLE IV. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 13 zymotic diseases during the years 1889to 1898.
    Year.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.English Cholera.Erysipelas.Chicken-pox.Measles.Whooping Cough.Total.
  • Page 14
    I append a table giving statistics of cases of Infectious Diseases notified in certain Western Districts of London during the Year 1897-98.
    London.Kensington.Paddington.Fulham.Hammersmith.Chelsea
  • Page 16
    K211 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 Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hammersmith; classified (b) according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities. (See Note 2 on back of sheet.)population at all agesRegistered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Oases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1896.Estimated tomiddle of 1898.12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-poxScarlatina.Diphtheria,Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(a)(c)(d)(e)
  • Page 18
    The following is a list of the licensed slaughter houses in the parish:— NORTH DISTRICT. Wards Nos. 4, 5 and 6.
    address.name of licensee.
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    CENTRE DISTRICT. Ward* 3 and 3.
    address.name of licensee.
  • Page 19
    The following is the only licensed cow-house in this Parish:— CENTRE DISTRICT.
    addressname of licensee
  • Page 20
    The following is a list of the bakehouses in the Parish:— NORTH DISTRICT. Wards No8. &, 5 and 6.
    address.name.
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    CENTRE DISTRICT. Wards Nos. 2 and 3.
    address.name.
  • Page 22
    Continued from previous page...
    ADDRESS.NAME.
  • Page 25
    TABLE VI.
    Situation of Premises.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.