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City of London 1894

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1894

Published
1895
Author
Saunders, W. Sedgwick.
Pages
164
Tables
15

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15 tables in this report

  • Page 13
    (A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1894, in the City of London, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities. (A) [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Board.]
    Names ofLocalities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes at subjoinedAges.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 1515 and under 2525 and under 6060 and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Totals
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.910.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.
  • Page 15
    TABLE of POPULATION BIRTHS AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS,coming to the knowledge of the Medical (b) Officer of Health, during the year1894, in the CITY OF LONDON, classified according toDiseases, Ages, and Localities. (b) [Prepared in accordance with the Instructions of the Local Government Board.]
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered 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 Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1894.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croupfevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
  • Page 18
    This compares very favourably with other Dwellings of the same class as shewn by table below:-
    1894.Death Rate.Zymotic Death Rate.Birth Rate.
  • Page 23
    THE FOLLOWING TABLE:- 1894.
    Notified.No. of Persons arriving in the City of London from Foreign Ports infected with Cholera.
  • Page 44
    WEST DISTRICT. (D) House to House Inspection.
    NAME OF STREET.No. of Houses.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains.Closed.Skips provided.Flushing Cisterns fixed.
  • Page 45
    MIDDLE DISTRICT. (E) House to House Inspection.
    NAME TO STREET.No. of Houses.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains laid.Closed.Skips provided.Flushing Cisterns fixed.
  • Page 46
    EAST DISTRICT. (F) House to House Inspection.
    name of street.No. of Houses.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains constructed.Premises closed.Skips provided.Water disconnected and Flushing Cisterns fixed.
  • Page 47
    28 Houses have been condemned as permanently unwholesome and unfit for human habitation, as per table below.
    Where situate.Number of House.
  • Page 103
    The following figures demonstrate the rapid growth in the imported dead meat trade during the past decade.
    Year.American Killed.Australian and New Zealand.
  • Page 107
    Return of Fish Condemned at or near Bishopsgate Market, for the Year, 1894:—
    1894.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 110
    Return of Meat condemned during 1894:-
    1894.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 117
    DISEASED MEAT PEOSECUTIONS-1894.
    Date.Where HeardBefore WhomOccupation of Persons Summoned.LocalityResult
  • Page 153
    Tabulated Statement I.
    Articles Analyzed in 1894.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total.
  • Page 154
    Tabulated Statement—II.
    Year.Total No. of Samples Examined in England and Wales.Number Examined in the City of London.Percentage of total No. Examined in City of London.No. of Persons to each Sample Examined.
    England and Wales.City of London.
  • Page -
    The figures in Italics relate to the CITY, and are calculated from observations made at the Guildhall, City, under the Direction of the Engineer.
    Winter Jan., Feb., March.Spring April, May, June.Summer July. Aug., Sept.Autumn Oct., Nov., Dec,Temperature ofElastic Force of Vapour.Weight of Vapour in a Cubic Foot of Air.Degree of Humidity.Reading of Barometer.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 123 Years.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean (Satn.=100).Diff from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Mean.Diff. from Average of 53 years.Amount.Diff. from Average of 79 years.At or below 30°.Between 30° and 40°.Above 40°.
    Sums.Sums.