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Battersea 1902

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1902

Published
1903
Author
McCleary, G. F.
Pages
143
Tables
74

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74 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    Births.
    Males.Females,Total.
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    TABLE I. Birth-rate per 1,000 Population.
    YearThe Borough.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West BatterseaLondon.
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    TABLE 11.
    Year.Battersea.London.
    No. of Illegitimate Births.Illegitimate Births to 1,000 Births.Illegitimate Births to 1,000 Births.
  • Page 11
    TABLE 111.
    Year.Battersea.London.
    No. of Marriages.Marriage-rate.Marriage-rate.
  • Page 12
    The number of deaths registered of males and females in each quarter of the year is set out as follows :—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 12
    TABLE IV. Death Rate per 1,000 Population.
    Year.The Borough.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
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    TABLE V.
    Year.Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.Proportion per cent, of Deaths in Public Institutions to Total Deaths.
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    TABLE VI. Deaths of Battersea Residents in Public Institutions.
    Institution.Total.Group Totals
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    TABLE VII. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of health.) Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1902 and Previous Years.
    Year 1Population estimated to middle of each Year. 2Births.TOTAL DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE DISTRICTTotal Deaths in public Institutions in the District. 9Deaths of Non- Residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. 11Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District.
    UNDER I YEAR OF AGE.AT ALL AGES.
  • Page 16
    TABLE VIII. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Vital Statistics of Separate Localities in 1902 and Previous Years.
    Names of Localities.1. Borough of Battersea.2. East Battersea.3. North-West Battersea.4. South-West Battersea.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages,Deaths under 1 year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births registered.Deaths at all ages.Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE IX. Comparative Statistics of Births, Mortality, &c.
    Year.Mean Population for Year.Births.Birth Rate.DeathsDeath Rate.Zymotic Deaths.Natural Increase.
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    TABLE X.
    Year.The Borough.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battkrspa.
    Deaths under 1 year.Deaths per 1,000 Births.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths per 1,000 Births.Deaths under 1 year.1 Deaths per 1,000 Births.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths per 1,000 Births.
  • Page 19
    The following table gives the age distribution of infants' deaths in 1902. The mortality was high in the first week, and 338 deaths, or more than one-half the total occurred in the first three months.
    DISTRICT.Age in Months.
    Under 1 Month.Total Under 1 Month.12-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-Total Under 1 Year.
    Under i week.1 and under 2 weeks.2 and under 3 weeks3 and under 4 weeks.
  • Page 19
    The chief causes of infant deaths are set out as follows :—
    Cause of Death.No. of Deaths.Rate per 1,000 Births.
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    Four hundred and forty-five deaths of Battersea residents occurred at ages of sixty-five and upwards. The age distribution of these deaths in the sub-districts is given below :—
    District.65 and under 75.75 and under 85.85 and upwards.Total over 65.
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    TABLE XI. Comparative Table of Zymotic Mortality during the past ten years.
    18921893894118951896190218971898189919001901Decen-nial average.
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    TABLE XII. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1902.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths in or belonging to Whole District at Subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities at all Ages.Total Deaths In Public Institutions in the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 65 years.65 years and upwards.East Battersea.North-West Battersea.South-West Battersea.
  • Page 24
    TABLE XIV.
    Diseases.Mean Deathrate per 1000 1892-1901.Death-rate per 1000 1902.Gain in 1902.Loss in 1902.
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    TABLE XIII. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1902. (Exclusive of the deaths of Non-Residents in Public Institutions within the Borough, but inclusive of the deaths of Residents in Public Institutions without the Borough.
    Causes of Death.AGES.All Ages.Sub-Districts.
    Under 1.1 and under 5.5 and under 10.10 and under 15.15 and under 20.20 and under 25.25 and under 35.35 and under 45.45 and under 55.55 and under 65.65 and under 75.75 and under 85.85 and upwards.Males.Females.Total.East Battersea.Nth.- West Battersea.Sth-West Battersea.
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    TABLE XV. Comparison of Prevalence of Sickness and Death from Infectious Diseases (Rates calculated PER 1,000 PERSONS ON THE POPULATION ESTIMATED TO THE MIDDLE OF EACH YEAR).
    Years.Small-pox.Erysipelas.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric and Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 26
    The number of cases notified and the proportion per 1,000 population are set out as follows :—
    Total number of cases notified.No. of cases notified, excluding Chicken-pox.Notifications per 1,000 of the population, excluding Chicken-pox.
  • Page 27
    TABLE XVI.
    Year.No. of Notifications received.Notifications per 1000 of the population.Percentage of cases removed to hospital.
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    The cost of the notification of infectious disease in Battersea in each year since 1891 is given below :—
    YEAR.Amount paid to Medical Practitioners.Cost per 1,000 Population.
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    TABLE XVII. Weekly Summaries of Notifications Received During the Year 1902. (excluding duplicates).
    MonthWeek of Year.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Totals.
    Small-Pox.Chicken-Pox.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued and Relapsing FeverPuerperal Fever.Cholera.Including ChickenPox.Excluding ChickenPox.Corresponding week in the years:—
  • Page 30
    TABLE XVll.—continued.
    Month.Week of Year.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Totals.
    Small-Pox.Chicken-Pox.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued and Relapsing FeverPuerperal Fever.Cholera.Including ChickenPox.Excluding ChickenPox.Corresponding week in the year.
  • Page 31
    TABLE XVIII. Notifications of Infectious Disease received during the Year 1902 arranged in Wards.
    WardSmall-pox.Chickenpox.Diphtheria & Membranous Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Typhoid or Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Totals.
  • Page 32
    TABLE XIX. (Required by the Local Government Board to be used in the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health.) Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1902.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notipied in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all AgesAt Ages—Years.East Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West BatterseaEast Battersea.N.-West Battersea.S.-West Battersea.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards.
  • Page 33
    The following table gives the age distribution of the cases notified, and of the fatal cases :—
    Age Periods—Years.Total.
    Under 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1315-2535-65I
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    The case-rate, death-rate and case-mortality from Diphtheria and Membranous Croup since 1891 are set out below:—
    YearCase-rate per 1,000 population.Death-rate per 1,000 population.Case-mortality per cent.
  • Page 35
    The following- table gives the age distribution of the cases notified, and of the fatal cases :—
    Age Periods—Years.
    Under 11.22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2525-65At all ages.
  • Page 36
    The case-rate, death-rate and case-mortality from Enteric Fever since 1891 are set out below :—
    Year.Case-rate per 1,000 population.Death-rate per 1,000 population.Case-mortality per cent.
  • Page 36
    The death-rate and case-rate in the sub-districts are set out below :—
    Case-rate per 1,000 population.Death-rate per 1,000 population.
  • Page 38
    The deaths in each of the four quarters of the year were as follows :—
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    Thirty deaths were of infants under one year, and 28 of children from one to five. The deaths in each quarter of the year were as follows :—
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    The number of deaths and the death-rate in the sub-districts are set out below :—
    No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000
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    TABLE XX.
    Year.Deaths from Phthisis per 100,000 persons.Deaths from other Tubercular Diseases per 100,000 persons.
  • Page 42
    The total number of deaths from Tuberculosis in 1902 was 299, as compared with 351 in 1901. The deaths from the various forms of the disease were as follows :—
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    The number of deaths from Phthisis and other Tubercular diseases, and the death-rate per 1,000 in each of the subdistricts is set out in the following table:—
    TABLE XXI.
    District.Phthisis.Other Tubercular Diseases.Total.
    No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of Deaths.Rate.No. of Deaths.Rate
  • Page 44
    Inquests. Inquests were held in 224 cases, and verdicts were returned as follows :—
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    TABLE XXII.
    1896.1897.1898.1899.1900.1901.1902.Total
  • Page 46
    TABLE XXIII.
    Number of bodies received in the Mortuary.Number of bodies upon which postmortem examinations were held.Number of bodies upon which Coroner's inquests were held.
  • Page 50
    TABLE XXIV.
    Small-poxScarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Phthisis.Other Diseases.Total.
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    TABLE XXV.
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    There are 74 dwellings of this description in Battersea, situated as follows:—
    Situation of Vans.No. of Vans.No. of Occupants.
    MalesF'males
  • Page 59
    The following is a list of certificates for exemption from inhabited house duty granted by the Medical Officer of Health in each year since 1890:—
    Year.No. of Certificates Granted.Year.No. of Certificates Granted.
  • Page 61
    TABLE XXVI.
    Description of Article.Total No. of Samples Taken.Genuine.Adulterated.Inferior.
  • Page 62
    Legal Proceedings under Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and Margarine Act.
    No. OF SamDate of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Description OF Article.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    No. of Sample.Date of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Description of Article.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    No. of Sample.Date of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Description of Article.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    No. of Sample.Date of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Description OF Article.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    No. of Sample.Date of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Description of Article.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Metropolis Management Act, 1855, and Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845.
    Date of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    Date op HearingName of Magistrate.Name and Address of Defendant.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    Date of Hearing.Name of Magistrate.Name and Address Defendant.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
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    Date of HearingName of MagistrateName and Address Defendant.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
  • Page 73
    The following table gives the number of Small-pox cases and deaths in Battersea and in the County of London since 1891 :—
    Year.Battersea.London.
    Cases.Deaths.Cases.Deaths.
  • Page 74
    The following table gives the number of cases notified in each of the Metropolitan Boroughs during the outbreak, and the rate per 100,000 population. In order to compare the different districts, it has been necessary to compare the number of cases notified, not the number actually occurring, which would be in every case a lower figure. The Boroughs are given in the order of the case-rates :—
    District.No. of Notifications.Case-rate per 100,000.
  • Page 75
    The following table gives the number of cases and the case-rate in each of the sub-districts and wards in the Borough :—
    –No. of Cases.Case-rate per 100,000.
  • Page 76
    East Battersea.
    No. of Cases.Street.
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    North-West Battersea.
    Street.No. of Cases.
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    South-West Battersea.
    Street.No. of Cases.
  • Page 77
    The age-distribution of the cases is given below :-
    Age Periods—Years.
    Under 11-55-1010-1515-2525-3535-4545-5555-6565-75
  • Page 82
    The following table gives the cases and deaths amongst the vaccinated and unvaccinated respectively. Dr. Ricketts, the Medical Superintendent of the Small-pox Hospital Ships, has kindly given me particulars as to the vaccination of all the cases removed to hospital:—
    Age-PeriodVaccinated.Un vaccinated.
    Cases.Deaths.CasesDeaths.
  • Page 83
    Information as to the number of scars of primary vaccination was obtained in 157 cases. The following table shows that the greatest mortality occurred amongst the patients having only one scar :—
    No. of Scars.No. of Cases.No. of Deaths.
  • Page 84
    The influence of vaccination in mitigating the severity of the disease is shown by the following table, which gives the average number of days the patients remained in hospital in the vaccinated and unvaccinated classes respectively. Fatal cases have been excluded from this table:—
    Age Period.Vaccinated.Un vaccinated.
    No. of Cases.Average Number of Days in Hospital.No. of CasesAverage Number of Days in Hospital.
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    WORKSHOPS.
    TRADE.No. of Workshops registered.Persons employed.
    MalesFemales
  • Page 98
    Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector in pursuance of Section 133 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
    TRADE.Number of Workshops.Protected Persons employed.
    WomenYoung PersonsChildren. |Total.
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    Above Ground.
    Address.Address.
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    Underground.
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    Premises.Premises.
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    Trades.Number of Factories.Persons Employed.
    Males.Females.
  • Page 113
    The premises occupied by the out-workers are registered and regularly inspected. The appended table shows the number of such places which have been registered together with the trades and the numbers of persons employed :—
    Trade.Number.Persons Employed
    Males.Females.
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    In the following table no account is taken of the children from South-West Battersea :—
    No. of Infants attending the Depôt from East and North-West Battersea, July-December, 1902.Deaths.Deathrate per 1,000.Number of Deaths under one year in East and North-West Battersea, July-December, 1902.Mortality per 1,000 births.