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Deptford 1905
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
- Published
- 1906
- Author
- Roberts, Henry William.
- Pages
- 80
- Tables
- 58
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The subjoined table gives the number of births which occurred in each Ward, and the birth-rate in each Ward. (See also Tables 6, 7, 8 and 9):—
Ward. Births. Birth Rate per 1,000. Males. Females. Total. -
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The following table shows the birth-rate in Deptford, London and England and Wales since 1895:—
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The marriages for the past ten years were:—
1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 -
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The subjoined table gives the number of deaths which occurred in each Ward, and the death-rate in each Ward. (See also tables 6, 7, 8 and 9):—
Ward. Deaths. Death Rate per 1,000. Males. Females. Total. -
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The infantile mortality for the past seven years was:—
1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 -
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SHEWING THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1905.
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The death rates for the past five years are shown in the subjoined table:-
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Infectious Diseases. Total number of notifications received. Relating to active cases. Nett number of cases. Errors ofdiagnosis. -
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The amount paid to medical practitioners for notification certificates during the year amounted to £120 7s. 6d.
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The following table gives the result of the inquests held during the year:—
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Register of Bodies Received into the Mortuary. January 1st to December 31st, 1905.
Total. Males. Females. Sex Unknown. Post Mortems. Inquests. Under one year of age. -
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Bodies Belonging to
Borough ofDeptford Borough ofGreenwich. Borough ofLewisham. Borough ofStoke Newington. Borough ofBermonilsey Borough ofSouthwark. -
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SAMPLES TAKEN DURING THE YEAR 1905.
Article. Number Genuine. Number Adulterated. Total. -
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Particulars of Prosecutions under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts and the Margarine Act.
Sample. Fine. Costs of Summonses Totals. Remarks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. -
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COMMON LODGING HOUSES. The following is a list of the common lodging houses registered in the district, providing accommodation for 552 persons:—
Reg. No. Date when registered. Name and Residence of Keeper. Parish. No. of House Situation of the Common Lodging House. Authorized No. of Lodgers. Sex of lodgers. M - Men.W-Women.MC -Married Couples. Date of Approval of premises. Name. No. of House Street or Place. Street or Place. Sanitary District. -
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The subjoined table gives the result of such inspection. HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION DURING 1905.
Street. No of Houses Inspected. No of Defects Remedied. -
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COW SHEDS. The following are the Cow sheds in the borough, at present licensed by the London County Council:—
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Table No. 1. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1905 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
Year. Population estimated to Middle of each year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in the District. Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Non-residents registered in Public Institutions in the District. Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. Nett Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. Number. Rate.* Under 1 year of Age. At all Ages. Number. Rate per 1,000 Births registered Number. Rate.* Number. Rate.* -
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Table No. 2. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). VITAL STATISTICS OF SEPARATE LOCALITIES IN 1905 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
Whole Borough. Deptford, North. Deptford, South Deptford, Central. Year. Population estimated to middle of 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 No. 3. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 1905
Notifiable Disease Cases notified in whole district Total cases notified in each locality No.,of cases removed to hospital from each locality At allAges Under 1 1 to 5 At Ages—Years 25 to 65 65 and upwards North Deptford South Deptford Central Deptford North Deptford South Deptford Central Deptford 5 to 15 15 to 25 -
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Table No. 4. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. (This Table is prepared in accordance with the requisitions of the Local Government Board). CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30TH, 1905.
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 I nstitutions in the District (Metropolitan Asylum Board's South Eastern Hospital). Deaths of Residents Registered in Public Institutions beyond the District. All ages. Under I year. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 25. 25 and under 65. 65 and upwards. North District. South District. Central District. -
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—Whole Borough. Infantile Mortality During The Year 1905. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. Under 1 week. 1 to 2 weeks. 2 to 3 weeks. 3 to 4 weeks. Total under 1 month. 1 to 2 months 2 to 3 months. 3 to 4 months. 4 to 5 months. 5 to 6 months. 6 to 7 months. 7 to 8 months. 8 to 9 months. 9 to 10 months. 10 to 11 months. 11 to 12 months. Total Deaths under 1 year. -
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD —North Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1905. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
Cause of Death. Under 1 week. 1 to 2 weeks. 2 to 3 weeks. 3 to 4 weeks. Total under 1 month. 1 to 2 months. 2 to 3 months. 3 to 4 months. 4 to 5 months. 5 to 6 months. fi to 7 months. 7 to 8 months. 8 to 9 months. 9 to 10 months. 10 to 11 months. 11 to 12 months. Total Deaths under 1 year. -
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.—South Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1905. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. Under I week 1 to 2 weeks. 2 to 3 weeks. 3 to 4 weeks. Total under 1 month. 1 to 2 months. 2 to 3 months. 3 to 4 months. 4 to 5 months. 5 to6 months. 6 to 7 months. 7 to 8 months 8 to 9 months 9 to 10 months 10 to 11 months, 11 to 12months. Total Deaths under 1 year. -
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Table No. 5. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTF'ORD.—Central Registration District. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1905. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
CAUSE OF DEATH. Under 1 week. 1 to 2 weeks. 2 to 3 weeks. 3 to 4 weeks. Total under 1 month. 1 to 2 months. 2 to 3 months 3 to 4 months 4 to 5 months. 5 to 6 months. 6 to 7 months. 7 to 8 months. 8 to 9 months. 9 to 10 months. 10 to 11 months. 11 to 12 months. Total Deaths under 1 year. -
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Table No. 6. Shewing the number of Births and Deaths in the Wards during the 13 four-weekly periods ending December 30th, 1905.
WARDS. Jan. 28. Feb. 25. Mar. 25. Apr. 22. May 20. June 17. July 15. Aug. 10. Sept. 9 Oct. 7 Nov. 4. Dec. 2. Dec. 30. Totals. Annual Rates per 1,000. -
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Table No. 7. Deaths Registered in the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford during the Year ending 30th December, 1905.
Registration Districts. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. East Ward. North Ward. North-West Ward. South Ward. South-East Ward. South-West Ward. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Table No. 8. Deaths in Outlying Public Institutions during the Year ending 30th December, 1905.
Registration Districts. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total, East Ward, North Ward, North-West Ward, South Ward, South-East Ward, South-West Ward. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total, Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total, Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under I year. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Table No. 9. Total number of Deaths of Residents of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford for the year ending 31st December, 1905.
Registration Districts. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. East Ward. North Ward. North-West Ward. South Ward. South-East Ward. South-West Ward. Sex. Deaths under l year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 yea.-. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under l year. Total. Sex Deaths under 1 year. Total. Sex. Deaths under 1 year. Total. M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Table No. 10. Number of Births registered during the Year ending 30th December, 1905
Registration Districts. Sex. Illegitimate. Total. East Ward. North Ward. North-West Ward. South Ward. South-East ward South-west Ward. Sex. Illegitimate. Total. Sex. Illegitimate. Total. Illegitimate. Total. Illegitimate. Total. Illegitimate. Total. Sex. Illegitimate. Total. M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Table No. 11. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Deaths of Residents of Deptford occurring in Public Institutions outside the Borough during the year 1905.
Place of Death. North District. South District Central District. Sex. Total. Male. Female. -
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Table No. 11—continued. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Deaths of Residents of Deptford occurrisng in Public Institutions outside the Borough during the year 1905.
Place of Death. North District. South District. Central District. Sex. Total. Male. Female. -
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Table No. 1 2. Shewing the number of Premises, Rooms and Bedding disinfected during the Year ending December 31st, 1905.
1905 Premises. Rooms. Beds. Pillows. Bolsters. Mattresses. Sheets. Blankets. Odd Articles. Articles Destroyed. -
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Table No. 12—continued.
Date 1905 Small-pox. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Membranous Croup. Erysipelas. Measles. Enteric Fever. Puerperal Fever. Cancer. Consumption For Council. Total. -
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Table No. 12 -continued
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Table No. 13. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Annual Report of Medical Officer of Health. PROCEEDINGS DURING 1905.
PREMISES. NUMBER OF PLACES— Number of inspections, 1905. Number of notices, 1905. Number of prosecutions, 1905. On register at end of 1904. Added in 1905. Removed in 1905. On register at end of 1905. -
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Table No. 14. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. TABULATION OF REPORT AS REQUIRED BY S. 131 OF THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPLACES.
CLASS OF WORKS. Number of Places Number of Inspections. Number of Number of Prosecutions. On Register at end of 1904. Addedin 1905. Removed in1905. On Register at end of 1905. Written Intimations. Notices. Under Factory Act. Under Public Health Act. Premises. Rooms -
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I.— INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. Number of Inspections. Written Notices. Prosecutions. -
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Table No. 15—continued. 2 —DEFECTS FOUND.
PARTICULARS. Number of Defects. Number of Prosecutions. Found. * Remedied. Referred toH.M. Inspector. -
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3.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class. Number. -
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Table No. 15—continued.
Homework .— Number of Lists of Outworkers (s. 107):- Lists. Outworkers. -
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Table No. 16. LIST OF OUTWORKERS.
Class of Homework. 1905.Number of Lists Received. Number of Addresses of Outworkers. Due Feb. 1st. Due Aug. 1st. Forwarded to Other Authorities Received from Other Authorities. No. of Lists. No. of Outworkers. No. of Lists. No. of Outworkers. Due 1 Feb. Due 1 Aug. Due 1 Feb. Due 1 Aug. -
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Table No. 17. TABLE OF CLASSES OF WORKSHOPS ON REGISTER.
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30th, 1905.
Number of District. Table No. 18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Totals. -
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30th, 1905—continued.
Table No. 18 -continued. Number of District. Totals 1 2 3 4 5 6 -
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ANNUAL REPORT OF SANITARY INSPECTORS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 30th, 1905—continued.
Table No. 18—continued. Number of District. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Totals. -
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Table No. 19. METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD. Showing the Streets in which Infectious Disease has occurred during 1905.
STREET. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. nteric Fever. Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Small Pox. -
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Table No. 19-continued. Showing the Streets in which Infectious Disease has occurred during 1905.
STREET. Scarlet Fever Diphtheria. Enteric Fever. Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Small Pox. -
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Table No. 19.-continued. Showing the Streets in which Infectious Disease has occurred during 1905.
STREET. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Enteric Fever. Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Small Fox. -
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Table No. 19 -continued. Showing the Streets in which Infectious Disease has occurred during 1905.
STREET. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Enteric Fever. Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Small Pox. -
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Table No. 19—continued. Showing the Streets in which Infectious Disease has occurred during 1905.
STREET. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Enteric Fever. Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Small Pox. -
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Table No. 19—continued. Showing the Streets in which Infectious Disease has occurred during 1905.
STREET. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria Enteric Fever. Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Small Pox. -
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Table No. 20.
Boroughs. Estimated Population middle of 1905. Births. Deaths. Annual Rate per 1000 Living. Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. Small Pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Typhus. Enteric Fever. Simple and Ill-defined Fever. Diarrhoea. Phthisis. Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births. Births. Deaths. Principal Infectious Diseases. -
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Table No. 21.
Towns. Estimated Population middle of 1905. Births. Deaths. Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping-Cough. Fever. Diarrhœa. Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths. Births. Deaths. Principal Infectious Diseases. -
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Table No.21.
Towns Estimated Population middle of 1905. Births. Deaths. Annual Rate per 1,000 Living Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Whooping Cough. Fever. Diarrhœa. Deaths of Children under one year of age to 1,000 Births. Rate per cent. of Uncertified Deaths. Births. Deaths Principal Infectious Diseases -
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Meteorological Observations made at the royal Botanic Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, London.
Months, 1905 Means at 9 a.m. Extreme Temperatures. Rainfall. Sunshine (bright). Sunshine.Number of Days. Barometer reduced to Sea-level. Thermometer. Shade. Maximum, Sun. Minimum, Grass. Total Depth. Number of Days. Dry bulb. Wet bulb. Maximum. Minimum.