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Greenwich 1896

Annual report for the year ending 25th March, 1897

Published
1897
Author
Hartt, Charles Henry., Roberts, Henry William.
Pages
77
Tables
32

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    Date of maximum and minimum supply.—The following table gives the date of the maximum and minimum supplies and the average daily quantities supplied:—
    Year 1895.Year 1896.
    Mouth.Quantity in gallons.Month.Quantity in gallons.
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    TABLE No. 1.
    1896.BIRTHS.DEATHS.AGES AT TIME OF DEATHS.CAUSES.
    M.F.Total.M.F.Total.0 to11to 55 to 1010to 3030 to 7070 and upwards.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas???Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Typhoid or Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.MeaslesWhooping Cough.Influenza.Diarrhoea & Dysentery.Phthisis.Diseases of the Respiratory Organs.Heart Disease.Brain Disease.Intestinal Affections.ConvulsionsParturition.Old Age.All other Diseases.Inquests.Total.
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    Table No. 2.
    1896.Births.Deaths in St. Paul.Total Deaths in S. E. Hospital.Deaths in Outlying Institu'nsGrand Total.Births.Deaths.Deaths in Outlying Institu'ns.Grand Total.
    M.F.TotalM.F.Total.M.F.TotalM.F.Total.M.F.TotalM.F.TotalM.F.Total.
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    Table No. 3. DEATH RATES, 1885—1896.
    188518861887188818891890189118921893*1894*1895*1896
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    Table No. 4.
    Saint Paul.Saint Nicholas.Totals.
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    Table No. 5. DEATHS PROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE TWO PARISHES, EXCLUDING DEATHS PROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD'S SOUTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL, DURING THE YEAR 1896.
    1896.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.Enteric FeverContinued Fever.Measles.Whooping Cough.Influenza.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Puerperal Fever.
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    Table No. 6. DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES IN THE METROPOLITAN ASYLUMS BOARD'S SOUTH-EASTERN HOSPITAL, DURING THE YEAR 1896.
    1896.Diphtheria.Scarlatina orScarlet FeverTyphoid orEnteric FeverMeasles.Diarrhoeaand Dysentery.Typhus Fever.
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    Table No. 7. SHEWING NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN DEPTFORD IN 1896.
    1896.Small Pox.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlatina orScarlet Fever.Typhoid orEnteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Continued Fever.Totals.
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    Table No. 8. ANALYSIS OF SICKNESS AND MORTALITY STATiSTICS IN LONDON FOR THE YEAR 1896. (Specially compiled for " The Lancet.")
    Sanitary Areas.Estimated Population in the middle of 1896.Notified Cases of Infectious Disease.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Deaths from all causes.Death-rate per 1000 living.Deaths of Infants under one year to 1000 Births.
    Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.*Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.Annual Rate per 1000 persons living.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria. †Whooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Diarrhoea.Total.Annual Rate per 1000 persons living.
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    Table No. 9.— Analysis of the Vital and Mortal Statistics of Thirty-three of the Largest English Towns dining the Year 1896.
    Towns.Estimated Population middle of '96.Births.Deaths.Annual Rate per 1,000 living.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhœa.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births.Rate per cent, of Uncertified Deaths.
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Disease.
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    Table No. 10. DISINFECTOR'S REPORT from January 1st, 1896, to January 2nd, 1897, both dates included.
    Date.Rooms disinfectedBeds disinfectedPillows' disinfectedBolsters disinfectedPalliasses disinfectedMattresses disinfectedSheets disinfectedBlankets disinfectedOdd Articles disinfectedRooms stripped.Articles destroyed
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    Table No. 11. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE FOR LONDON, 1896. (Deduced from Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer-Royal, and compiled from Quarterly Tables, furnished to the Registrar-General by James Glaisher, Esq., FR.S.)
    Winter Jan., Feb., March. Spring April, May, June. Summer July, Aug., Sept. Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec.Temperature ofElastic Force of Vapour.Weight of Vapourin a Cubic Foot of Air.Degree ofHumidity.Reading ofBarometer.Weight of a Cubic Foot of Air.Rain.Reading of Thermometer on Grass.
    Air.Evaporation.Dew Point.Air— Daily Range.Number of Nights it wasLowest Reading at Night.Highest Reading at Night.
    Mean.Diff. from Average of 125 Years.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average| of 55 Years.Mean (Satn. = 100).Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 55 Years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 81 Years.At or below 30°.Between 30° and 40°.Above 40°.
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    ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS. St. PAUL, DEPTFORD January 1st to December 31st, 1896.
    Table No. 1.Number of District.
    12345Totals.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Table No. 3.Number of District.
    12345Totals
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    Continued from previous page...
    TABLE No. 3—continued.Number of District.
    12345Totals.
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    DEATHS from DIPHTHERIA, per 1000 living, in each of the METROPOLITAN SANITARY AREAS during the Ten Years 1887-96, after distribution of Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Sanitary Areas.Year.
    1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.
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    The following table will show the number of notifications of Diphtheria that have been received by me since 1890, and also the number of deaths that have occurred from that disease during each year since:—
    Notified cases of Diphtheria.Deaths from Diphtheria.
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    TABLE No. 1.
    1896.BIRTHS.DEATHS.AGES AT TIME OF DEATH.CAUSES.
    M.F.Total.M.F.Total.0 to11to 55 to 1010 to 3030 to 8080 and upwards.Scarlet Fever.Measles.Whooping Cough.Small Pox.Diarrhoea & Dysentery.Fever.Phthisis.Heart and Chest Diseases, beside Phthisis.Intestinal Affections.Brain Disease.Convulsions.Childbirth andPuerperalFever.Old Age.Diphtheria.Influenza.All other Diseases.Inquests.Total.
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    Table No. 2.
    Districts.Population.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000 including Hospitals and Schools, and Greenwich Union and Infirmary.Death-rate per 1,000 excluding Hospitals and Schools, and Greenwich Union and Infirmary.Zymotic Death-rate.Infantile Mortality.Birth-rate.
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    Table No. 3. ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
    1896.Scarlet Fever.Measles.Whooping Cough.Small Pox.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Enteric Fever.Diphtheria.Puerperal Fever.Total.
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    Table No. 4.
    1896.Births.Deaths.
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    Table No. 5. Death Rate per 1,000, excluding Hospitals and Schools= 12.8
    1884188518861887188818891890189118921893189418951896
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    Table No. 6. ZYMOTIC DEATH RATE = 40.
    1884-51885-61886-71887-81888-91889-901890189118921893189418951896
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    Table No. 7.. LONDON. Population; and Births and Deaths in Registration Districts during the 53 Weeks of 1896.
    REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.Enumerated POPULATION, 1896.Total Births in 53 Weeks.Total Deaths in 53 Weeks.The Deaths registered in the 53 Weeks include
    Deaths ofDeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Infants under Year of Age.Persons aged 60 Years and upwards.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus FeverEnteric (or Typhoid) Fever.Simple continued Fever.Diarrhoea.Cholera.Violence.
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    Table No. 7.(continued.)REGISTRATION DISTRICTS.Enumerated POPULATION, 1896.Total Births in 53 Weeks.Total Deaths in 53 Weeks.The Deaths registered in the 53 Weeks include
    Deaths ofDeaths fromInquest Cases.Deaths in Public Institutions.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Infants under 1 Yenr of Age.Persons aged 60 Years and upwards.Small.pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Typhus FeverEnteric (or Typhoid) Fever.Simple continued Fever.Diarihœa.Cholera.Violence.
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    Table No. 8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED UNDER THE PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
    1896.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Small Pox.Puerperal Fever.Typhus Fever.Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Total.
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    TABLE No. 9. Cases of Infectious Disease notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health, under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, in the Fifty-three weeks ended Saturday, 2nd January, 1897.
    Local Authorities in whose Districts the cases were resident.Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Typhus Fever.Other Continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Croup.Cholera.Totals.Population 1896.
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    Table No. 10. SHEWING THE NUMBER OF ARTICLES AND ROOMS DISINFECTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERMENTIONED DISEASES, FROM MARCH 25th, 1896, TO MARCH 25th, 1897.
    Infectious Disease.Numberof Cases.Number ofBeds disinfectedPillows disinfectedBolsters disinfectedPalliasses disinfectedMattresses disinfectedOdd Articles disinfectedNo. of Rooms disinfectedTotal Premises.
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    Table No. 11. SHEWING THE NUMBER OF ARTICLES DESTROYED IN CONNECTION WITH THE UNDERMENTIONED DISEASES, FROM MARCH 25th, 1896, TO MARCH 25th, 1897.
    Infections Disease.Number of Cases.Beds destroyed.Palliasses destroyed.Pillows destroyed.Mattresses destroyed.Bolsters destroyed.Cushions destroyed.Blankets destroyed.Odd Articles destroyed.
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    Table No. 12. HOUSES INSPECTED AND INQUIRIES MADE IN CONNECTION WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES, FROM MARCH 25th, 1896, TO MARCH 25th, 1897.
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    Table No. 13. HOUSES INSPECTED FROM 25th MARCH, 1896, TO 25th MARCH, 1897.
    East District.West District.Total.
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    Table No. 14. IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. From 25th March, 1896, to 25th March, 1897.
    IMPROVEMENTS.East District.West District.Total.