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City of London 1897

Report on the sanitary condition of the City of London for the year 1897

Published
1898
Author
Saunders, W. Sedgwick.
Pages
163
Tables
53

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    VACCINATION RETURN FOR THE YEAR 1897.
    123456789
    Sub-District.Number of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Had Small Pox.Died before Vaccination.Postponed Medical Certificate.Removed into other Districts.Cases Pending.
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    The column "England and Wales" in the following table has been taken from the last Annual Report of the Medical Officer of the Local Government Board ( Sir Richard Thome Thome, K.C.B., M.D., &c.), it being interesting to compare the returns of the City with those of larger areas.
    City of London.England and Wales.
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    The following Table represents its general chemical condition: ANALYSIS OF STONEY LANE WELL WATER. (Expressed in Grains per Gallon. One Imperial Gallon contains 70,000 Grains).
    Grains Per Gallon.
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    The following Return shows approximately the expense of the Shelter, to which is added the. proportionate charges incident to the temporary offices of the Sanitary Inspectors (7) on ground floor, with lavatory convenience in basement.
    Items.Inspectors' Office.Shelter.Total
    £s.d.£s.d.£S.d.
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    WEST DISTRICT. House-to-House Inspections, 1897.
    Name of street.No. of Houses.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains constructed.New Water Closets constructed.Premises closed.Skips provided.Water disconnected from W.C. & Flushing Cisterns fixed.
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    EAST DISTRICT. H ouse-to -H ouse I nspections, 1897.
    NAME OF STREET.No. of Houses.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains constructedNew W.C.'s fixed.Premises Closed.Skips provided.Water disconnected from W.C. & Flushing Cisterns fixed.
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    MIDDLE DISTRICT. House-to-House Inspections, 1897.
    NAME OF STREET.No. of Houses.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains constructed.New W.C's. fixed.| Premises closed.Skips provided.Water disconnected from W.C. & Flush -ing Cisterns fixed.
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    SUMMARY OF HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS. 1897.
    Number of Houses Inspected.Defects found.Defects remedied.New Drains laid.New W.C.'s.Premises closed.Skips provided.New Flushing Cisterns fixed.
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    WEST DISTRICT. Tenement Houses Closed or Demolished in 1897.
    Total.
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    MIDDLE DISTRICT. Tenement Houses Closed or Demolished in 1897.
    Total
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    EAST DISTRICT. Tenement Houses Closed or Demolished in 1897.
    Total.
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    Summary of Tenement Houses Closed or Demolished during 1897.
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    SMOKE PROSECUTIONS.
    1897Nature of Business.Situation of Premises.Where TriedResult.
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    There are 614 establishments in which food is cooked for sale distributed over the City, and dividing these for convenience of reference over the three Sanitary Districts we find in the
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    MEAT SUPPLIES, 1870 to 1897.
    Year.General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Bad Meat to Good.
    Tons.cwt.qrs.Tons.cwt.qrs.
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    MONTHLY DELIVERIES, 1896-7.
    MONTH.1896.1897.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
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    The following table shews the sources that have contributed to the market supplies during 1896 and 1897, expressed in terms per cent.
    1896.1897.Difference per cent. ±
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    CENTRAL MEAT MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table shewing Weight of Meat delivered, Meat seized as unsound, and percentage of Meat condemned to that delivered, during each Month of the Year 1897.
    Month.Meat Delivered at the Market.Meat seized by Inspectors.Percentage of Meat condemned to that delivered.
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    DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS.
    Date.Where heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Locality.Result.
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    The following figures are interesting:
    Year.Tons.
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    Fish Condemned at ot near Billingsgate Market, for the Year, 1897 :—
    1897.Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
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    BILLINGSGATE FISH MARKET. Table shewing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, during each month of the year 1897.
    Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
  • Page 102
    Tabulated Statement I.
    Articles Analyzed in 1897.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.Total
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    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.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 and 1879. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the City of London, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Acts during the Quarter ending the 31st March, 1897.
    Article submitted for Analysis.State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Authority under Section 13 of Act, 1875, and if so, the name of such Authority.Result of Analysis: showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration.The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.OBSERVATIONS.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 and 1879. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the City of London, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Acts during the Quarter ending the 31st March, 1897.— (Continued.)
    Article submitted for Analysis.State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Authority under Section 13 of Act, 1875,a"d if so, the name of such Authority.Result of Analysis : showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration.The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.observations.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 AND 1879. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the City of London upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Acts during the Quarter ending the 30th June, 1897.
    Article submitted for Analysis.State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Authority under Section 13 of Act, 1875, and if so, the name of such Authority.Result of Analysis: showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration.The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.OBSERVATIONS.
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 and 1879. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the City ©f London, upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Acts during the Quarter ending the 30th September, 1897.
    Articlc submitted for Analysis.State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Auth rity. under Section 13 of Act, 1875, and if so the name of such Authority.Result of Analysis: showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and it Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration.The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.OBSERVATIONS
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    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875 and 1879. Report of the Public Analyst appointed for the City of London upon the Articles analysed by him under the above Acts during the Quarter ending the 31st December, 1897
    Article submitted for Analysis.State whether the sample was submitted to the Analyst by an Officer acting under direction of a Local Authority, under Section 13 of Act, 1875, and if so, the name of such Authorit\.Result of Analysis : showing whether the sample was Genuine or Adulterated, and, if Adulterated, what were the nature and extent of the Adulteration.The sum paid in respect of the Analysis.OBSERVATIONS.
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    APPENDIX. CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY. 1897. STREET LISTS, Compiled from Returns of District Registrars.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREBT OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date ot Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House,No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No of House.No. ot Snb DistrictSex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-Distr ct.Sax.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.ex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY—Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub. District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued,
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death..Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-istrict.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-Section.SexAge.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued. ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, PETTICOAT SQUARE.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. CITY POLICE HOSPITAL, BISHOPSCATE.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No.of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL. (CITIZENS ONLY).
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    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— Continued. THAYIES INN CASUAL WARD (ROSIN HOOD COURT INFIRMARY).
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.No. of Sub-District.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
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    ROYAL LONDON OPHTHALMIC HOSPITAL, MOORFIELDS.
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    " PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1891.
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    (A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, 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 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 childern under Five Years of Age.
    At all Ages.Under 1 year.2 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.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Violent Deaths, † injuries.All other Diseases.Totals.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.1718.19.20.21.22.
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    TABLE of POPULATION, BIRTHS, AND OF NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical (B) Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the CITY OF LONDON, classified according to D iseases, A ges, and L ocalities. (B) [P repared in accordance with the I nstructions of the L ocal G overnment B oard.]
    NamesofLocalitiesadopted forthepurposeoftheseStatistics ; Public Institutions beingshownasseparate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.NewCases ofSickness in eachLocality, coming to theKnowledge of the MedicalOfficer ofHealth.Number of suchCasesRemoved from theirHomes in the severalLocalities forTreatment inIsolationHospital.
    Census 1891.Estimated tomiddle of 1897.1234567891011totals.123 | 456789ioiiTOTALS.
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Under 5.5 upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croupfevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Under 5.5 upwards.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
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    Table of DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1897 IN THE ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH, (C) classified according to D iseases, Ages, and L ocalities.
    Name of Block.Births.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 1515 and under 2525 and under 6o6o and upwards.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Violent Deaths. Injuries.Allother Diseases.Totals.
    Male.Female.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    1.2.3.4.5.67.8.9.10.11.to13.14.1516.17.18.19.20.21.22.