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Hampstead 1893

Report on the sanitary condition of the Parish of St. John, Hampstead for the year 1893

Published
1894
Author
Gwynn, Edmund.
Pages
26
Tables
8

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8 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    Deaths in Public Institutions.
  • Page 5
    The following table will show at a glance the diminution or excess of deaths in 1893 from the seven principal zymotic diseases:—
    Causes of death.1893.1892.Diminution in 1893.Excess in 1893.
  • Page 8
    Complaints of sewer emanations, largely due to the want of flushing water in the closets, and to the prolonged drought, were carefully gone into by your officers at the time.
    Date.List of Fatal Cases of Diphtheria.
  • Page 9
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 19
    Table No. I. Table of POPULATION, BIRTHS, and of NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year .1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hampstead ; 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 all AgesRegistered Births.Aged under 5or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Localitycoming to the knowledge of theMedical Officer of HealthNumber of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the Several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census, 1891.Estimated to middle of 1893.12345678910111234567891011
    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.Rlapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(bto(d)(e)
  • Page 20
    Tabi.e No. II. Table of DEATHS during the year 1893, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Hampstead, 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
    12345678910111213141516171819202122
    At all ages.Under 1year.1and under 5.5and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSmallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.1 Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping CoughDiarrhoea & Dysentery.Rheumatic 1 Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pnuemonia, & Pleursy.Heart Disease. |Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Entericor TyphoidContinued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
  • Page 21
    Table No. III. PARISH OF ST. JOHN, HAMPSTEAD. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work, dc., completed in the year ending 25th March, 1894.
  • Page 22
    Table No. III. (continued). Articles Disinfected in Apparatus.