Report on the public health of Finsbury 1905 including annual report on factories and workshops

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The number of the population,of each sex and at various ages (at the Census, 1901), were as follows:-

	Totals at all ages.	Under 5.	5-14.	15-19.	20-54.	55-75.	Above 75.

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Births.— The total number of births registered in the district during 1905 was 3,398, as follows:—

Sub-registration District.		Total Births.	Rate per 1,000 of the Population in 1905.

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The birth rates of Finsbury (in sub.registration districts) since the Borough was formed have been as follows:—

	The Borough.	North Clerkenvell.	South Clerkenwell.	Finsbury.	St.Sepulchre.

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Some of the principal facts concerning these visits may be tabulated as follows:—

Feeding.						Condition of Child.			Mother's Work during Pregnancy.				Condition of Home.

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The crude death rates in the Borough since its formation may be stated as follows:-

	The Borough.	North Clerkenwell.	South Clerkenwell.	Finsbury.	St. Sepulchre.

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The following Table shows the figures relating to deaths in outside institutions, &c., for the last five years:—

		Total Deaths.	Deaths in Public Institutions, &c. outside District belonging to Finsbury.	Percentage.

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As regards their distribution, therefore, all the deaths belonging to Finsbury may be summarized briefly as follows:—

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The following table records the deaths from all causes at sub-joined ages, with the census population at each age period:-

Deaths from All Causes at Subjoined Ages, 1901-1905.
	At all Ages.	Under 1 Year.	1 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25.	25 and under 65.	65 and upwards.	Total Death Rate.

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The distribution in the Borough of the deaths of infants may be set out as follows:—

Districts.	Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age.	Infant mortality rates per 1,000 births.

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Tlie infant mortality rates for eacli division of the Borough and also for the Borough itself, since its formation, may, therefore, be set forth as follows:—

	The Borough.		North Clerkenwell.		South Clerkenwell.		Pinsbury (St Luke).		St. Sepulchre.
	No. of Infant Deaths	Infant Mortality	No of Infant Deaths	Infant Mortality	Mo. of Infant heaths	Infant Mortality	No of Infant Deaths	Infant Mortality	No. of InfantDeaths	Infant Mortality

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As regards age distribution of infants' deaths, as a general rule it may be said that they diminish from the first month onwards to the twelfth. The following table gives the age incidence for 1905

Months.	0—	1—	2—	3—	4—	5—	6—	7—	8—	9—	10-	11—	Totals

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Turning now to the causes of death in these infants, we find the record is as follows:—

Causes of Death.	Diarrhoea.	Prematurity.	Marasmus.	Bronchitis.	Pneumonia.	Convulsions.	Suffocated in Bed.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Developmental Diseases.	Tuberculosis Disease*.	Diphtheria, Son riot, Fever.	Miscellaneous.	Totals.

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Infant Deaths in Finsbury. 1905. a table ok the results ok enquiry into 374 infant deaths.

No. of Deaths.	CAUSE OF DEATH.	Method of Feeding.					Mothers' work.				Condition of Tenement.			No. of Rooms in Tenement.				Age in Months.
No. of Deaths.	CAUSE OF DEATH.	Breast only.	Breast, etc.	Cows* Milk.	Condensed.	Not Fed.	No occupation.	Away from home.	Do. Intermittently.	Some Home Work.	Clean.	Fair.	Dirty.	One.	Two.	Three.	Four or more.	0	1	2	3	1	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

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The following table from the Registrar-General gives the comparative figures of infant mortality at each quarter since the Borough was formed (calculated on total births):—

Year.	Period of year.	No. of Births.	No. of infant Deaths from all causes.	Deaths under1 year to 1,000 Births registered.

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SENILE MORTALITY. The deaths of persons aged 65 years and over were as follows:—

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The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and the effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intra-parochial and extra-parochial:—

	Jan-March	April-June	July-Sept	Oct-Dec	Total

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The deaths from Zymotic Disease occurring in the Borough(intra-parochial and extra-parochil) during the year numbered 220 and were caused as follows:-

	Small-pox	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria and Membranous Croup	Enteric Fever	Puerperal Fever	Erysipelas	Measles	Whooping Cough	Diarrhœa	Total

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Finsbury, 1903, 1904 and 1905. Death Rates from All and Certain Causes in Houses or Tenements of several sizes.

All Causes			Zymotics						Respiratory Disease (excluding Phthisis).
All Causes			Zymotics						Respiratory Disease (excluding Phthisis).
Death per 1000. 1903.	Death per 1000 1904.	Death per 1000. 1905.	Death per 1000 1903.	Death per 1000 1904.	Death per 1000 1905.	Death per 1000 1903.	Death per 1000. 1904.	Death per 1000. 1905.	Death per 1000 1903.	Death per 1000 1904.	Death per 1000. 1905.

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During 1905 there were 745 notifications, as compared with 806 in 1904, and 586 in 1903. The returns as forwarded to the Metropolitan Asylums Board are as follows:-

	First Qtr.	Second Qtr.	Third Qtr.	Fourth Qtr.	Total for 1905
	First Qtr.	Second Qtr.	Third Qtr.	Fourth Qtr.	Total for 1905

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The following Table compares the notifications of notifiable diseases and removals to hospital since the Borough was formed:-

Year	Number of Notifications Received.	Notifications per 1,000 of the Population.	Percentage of Cases Removed to Hospital.

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The amounts paid in fees under the Public Health (London) Act to medical practitioners notifying since 1901 has been as follows:—

Year.		Amounts paid to Medical Practitioners.			Cost per 1,000 of Population.

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small-pox. There were no cases of Small-pox in Finsbury in 1905. The cases of Small-pox in Finsbury during the last decade have been as follows:-

Years.		No. of Cases.	No. of Deaths.

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The incidence of Small-pox, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—

		No. of Casesper 10,000 of population.	No. of Deathsper 10,000 of population.	Case Mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 cases notified.

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The following table shows the seasonal occurrence:—

Months	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	April.	May.	June	July.	Aug.	Sept	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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The incidence of Diphtheria, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—

		No. of Cases per 10,000 of Population.	No. of Deaths per 10,000 of Population.	Case Mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 Cases notified.

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Twenty-one deaths yield a Scarlet Fever death rate of 0.21 per 1,000. The comparative figures for the last eight years are as follows:—

Years		Number of Cases notified	Number of Deaths	Death Rate per 1.000

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The incidence of Scarlet Fever, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—

		No. of Cases per 10,000 of population.	No. of Deathsper 10,000 of populat on.	Case-mortality. No. of Deaths per 100 eases notified.

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and its seasonal incidence is shown as follows:—

Months	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov.	Dec.

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The age distribution was as follows:—

Ages	Under 5	5-15	15-30	Above 30	Totals

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Information of 561 cases has been received from the following sources:—

Schools in Borough—
	1905.	1904.	1903.

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Age Incidence of Intimated Cases of Measles, 1903-5.

Year.	Under one Year of Age.				l-	2-	3-	4-	5-10	10-15	Totals.
Year.	0-3	3-6	6-9	9-12	l-	2-	3-	4-	5-10	10-15	Totals.

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The deaths occur mostly in the second year of life, as shown in the following Table:—

Year.	Under one Year of Age.				1-	2-	3-	4-	5-10	10-16	Totals.
Year.	0-3	3-6	6-9	912	1-	2-	3-	4-	5-10	10-16	Totals.

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These facts may be presented in tabular form as follows:-

Third Quarter Year.	No. of Infant Deaths from Epidemic Diarrhœa.	Mean Temp.4-ft. earth thermometer.	Rainfall.

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The facts concerning the relationship between seasonal conditions and diarrhœal deaths in the summer quarter of the present year (1905) may be tabulated as follows :—

Summer Quarter, 1905.	July.				August.					September.

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The following table sets out the number of phthisis deaths in institutions as follows:—

		Total Number ofPhthisis Deaths.	Phthisis Deaths in HolbornUnion Infirmary.	Inother Institutions.	Total inInstitutions.	Percentage of Deaths inInstitutions.

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To measure the age incidence accurately it is necessary to state the deaths per 10,000 of the population at each age period as follows:—

SEX.	No. of Deaths per 10,000 of the Population at certain age periods.
SEX.	0.10.	10.20.	20.30.	30.40.	40.50.	50.60	60 and upwards.	Totals.

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The incidence of Phthisis since the Borough's formation, therefore, may be shown as follows:—

	Number of Cases notified per 10,000 of Population. (Voluntary notification).	Number of Deaths per 10,000 of Population.

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The number of cases of phthisis occurring in houses where other persons had been notified as suffering from, or had died from the disease, was as follows:—

	Number of previous cases of Phthisis notified in former years, or having died in same house.					Totals.
	One.	Two.	Three.	Four.	Five.	Totals.

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An investigation has been made into the infant deaths due to this disease, and in 13 cases some particulars have been obtained, of which the following are the chief:—

Sex and Age.	Address and No. of Rooms in Brackets.	Certified cause of Death.	Phthisis now in Family, or History of such.	Milk.	Condition of Homes and General Remarks.

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Sex and Age.	Address and No. of Rooms in Brackets.	Certified cause of Death.	Phthisis now in Family, or History of such.	Milk.	Condition of Homes and General Remarks.

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CANCER AND MALIGNANT DISEASE There were 65 deaths certified during 1905 as due to cancerous or malignant disease, which gives a special death rate of 0.66 per 1,000. The age and sex incidence of these deaths was as follows:—

Ages	Under 10 years	10 and under 20	20 and under 30	30 and under 40	40 and under 50	50 and under 60	60 and under 70	70and upwards	Total

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The parts of the body mainly affected with Cancerous Disease were as follows:—

Cancer and Malignant Disease of various parts of the body.	1901	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.	Totals.

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During the year under review we have only had 9 prosecutions; in each case a conviction has been obtained. The table of prosecutions 1901-1905 is as follows:—

Years.	No. of cases of Meat Prosecution.	No. of Convictions.	Cases Dismissed.	Weight of Meat, &c. confiscated (in tons)

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TABLE OF MEAT, &c., PROSECUTIONS, 1905.

Date of Trial.	Defendants' Name and Address.	Article	Where seized and Name of Inspector.	Penalty and Costs Inflicted.

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Date of Trial.	Defendants' Name and Address	Article	Where seized and Name of Inspector	Penality and Costs Inflicted.

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Date of Trial.	Defendants' Name and Address	Article	Where seized and Name of Inspector	Penality and Costs In flicted.

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Summary of Diseased and Unsound Meat, Offal, &c., confiscated during the year ending December 31st, 1905.

Diseased.

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Inspection of Cowsheds.—I have this year paid further attention to the cowsheds still existing in the Borough. They are as follows:—

No.	Name of Occupier.	Situation of Premises.	Actual No. of Cows.	Licensed No. of Cows.

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MILK.

Year.	No. of Convictions.	Fines amounting to.			Costs amounting to.

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The Annual Report of the Local Government Board for 1904— 1905 gives the returns for London as follows:—

Metropolitan Borough.	No. of milks examined.	No. foundto be adulterated.	Percentage ofadulterations.

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The comparative figures for 1904 (the most recent obtainable) work out as follows:—

1904.	Percentage of Milk Adulteration.

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The percentages of adulteration for every five years since 1877 for England and Wales may also be added for comparative purposes.

	No. of Samples in 1904.		Percentage of Adulteration in
	Examined	Found Adulterated	1904.	1903.	1902.	Quinquennium.
	Examined	Found Adulterated	1904.	1903.	1902.	1897-01.	1892-96.	1887-91.	1882-86	1877-81.

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The samples collected were as follows:—

	Samples taken.	Adulterated.		Samples taken.	Adulterated.

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The results of our inspection since 1902 are as follows:—

Year.	No. of Restaurants.	No. of Notices Served.	Percentage of Premises having Defects.

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Various degrees of modification were made with the average milk supplied by Mr. Carson's herd, and the above were found on analysis to yield desirable milks, and approximately comparable to human milk: —

	Human Milk.	Modification A.	Modification B.	ModificationC.

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These three modifications are used as follows:—

Standard ofModification.	Age of Infant	No. of Bottles. per day	Amount perbottle in ounces.	Amount perday in ounces.

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The age and sex of the children admitted were as follows :—

Infants.	Months.												Totals.
	Under 1 month.	1-2	2-3	3-4	4-5	5-6	6-7	7-8	8-9	910	10-11	11-12

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The state of affairs existent at the time of condemnation may be set forth as follows:—

Five Years, 1895—1899.	Houses.	Population.	Death Kate per 1,000.	Deaths of Children under 5 years. Percentage on Total Deaths.

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The Insanitary Areas in Finsbury under the London County Council. (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Part I.)

Area.	Date of Represen-tation.	Date of Inquiry.	No. of Houses at time of Scheme.	No. of Population at time of Scheme.	No. of Dwelling Houses Closed in each year.							Present position.
					1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.	Total No. Closed.	No. of Houses still Standing.	No. of Dwelling houses Closed orEmpty, but not demolished.	No. of Houses Demolished.	Approximate population now resident.	Approximate population displaced from beginning of Scheme to the present time.
					1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.	Total No. Closed.	No. of Houses still Standing.	No. of Dwelling houses Closed orEmpty, but not demolished.	No. of Houses Demolished.	Approximate population now resident.

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The decline in houses step by step is seen in the following table:—

Dwelling-Houses Occupied at emd of each Year.
	1899.	1900.	1901.	1902.	1903.	1904.	1905.

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It appears that during 1905, 267 persons have left these areas for one cause or another:—

	Aylesbury Place Area.	Garden Row Area.	Roby Street Area	Baltic Street Area.	Honduras Street Area.	Total.

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The annual rentals of these 204 vacant houses were as follows:—

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In addition to the 204 vacant houses we counted 530 vacant tenements, containing 980 rooms, distributed as follows:—

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The rental of these 530 vacant tenements were as follows:—

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During 1905 dwelling-houses have been closed in the following streets:—

Streets.	No. of Houses Closed.	No. of Persons Displaced.
		Adults.	Children.	Totals.

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The total record for 1905 is as follows:—

	Houses closed in 1905.	Persons Dishoused in 1905 (Approximate Number.)

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The following Table shows the closure of houses and the number of persons displaced since 1902:—

Year.		No. of Houses closed.	No. of Persons Displaced.

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"Table showing the number of persons turned away from common lodging houses on the night of 17th February, 1905:—

Reason why turned away.	Men.	Women.	Married Couples.	Total.

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4. Common Lodging = Houses—The following six Common Lodging-houses are situated in the Borough:-

Address.	Registered Owner.	Registered Number of Occupants.	Average Attendance.

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It may be convenient to summarize the various premises in tin Borough where work is done which are now registered in the Public Health Department:—

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Workshops and Workplaces in Finsbury on Register.

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Factories on Register.

Page 162

Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1905.

	Workshops.	Factories.	Workplaces.	Total.

Page 164

The various occupations of the home-workers were as follows:—

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OUT-WORKERS.

Page 172

The following Table is a record of the communications between this Department and the Home Office under the Factory and Work shop Act, 1901, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1891:—

Page 179

The following table gives a comparison of the past 7 years as regards the women and children employed on the Canal Boats visiting this district:—

Year.	Boats Inspected.	Persons found on Boats.			Totals.	Registered for.
Year.	Boats Inspected.	Men.	Women.	Children.*	Totals.	Registered for.

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There are in Finsbury 22 Public Elementary (County Council) Schools, containing a roll of 18,203 children, as follows:—

Schools.	No.	No. ofBoys.	No. of Girls.	No. of Infants.	Totals.

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School Accommodation in 1905.

PROVIDED.	Boys on Roll.	Girls on Roll.	Infants on Roll.	Total on Roll.

Page 190

Infectious Disease in Schools.—During 1905 there occurred 354 cases of notifiable infectious disease in School children and 916 cases of non-notifiable disease, as follows:—

SCHOOLS.	NOTIFIABLE.			NON-NOTIFIABLE.				Total.
SCHOOLS.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Measles.	Whooping Cough.	Chicken Pox.	Allother.	Total.

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The following is the record of work done during 1905:—

	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.
	1st Quarter.	2nd Quarter.	3rd Quarter.	4th Quarter.	Total.

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The actual number of occupancies disinfected during 1905, was as follows:-

	Varicella	Small-pox	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Enteric Fever	Puerperal Fever	Measles.	Phthisis	For Vermin, etc.	Totals

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Work of Sanitary Inspectors.

	Inspector Ensor.	Inspector Davis.	Inspector Longden.	Inspector Norman.	Inspectors Hindbaugh & Matson.	Inspectors Hall & Draper.	Total.

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Factories and Workshops.—The work in connection with the inspection of workshops and factories is summarised in the following table. Some of the items tabulated are incorporated in the tables appearing on pp. 162, 171, 172, but the returns below concern only the work of the Lady Inspectors :—

FACTORIES.

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Summary ok Work Done during the Year.

	Mrs. Greenwood.	Miss* Jones.

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Legal Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and the Metropolis Local Management Act.*

Date.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.	Fesult.

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Date.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.	Result

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Date.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.	Result.

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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS.

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Date.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.	Result.

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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS) ACT, 1902.

Date.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.	Result.

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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT. 1901.

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Date.	Name and Address of Defendant.	Offence.		Result.

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Proceedings during 1905.

Premises.	Number of Places—				Numberof in-spections, 1905.	Numberof notices, 1905.	Number of pro-seciuions1905.
Premises.	On register at end of 1904.	Added in 1905.	Removed in 1905.	On register at end of 1905.	Numberof in-spections, 1905.	Numberof notices, 1905.	Number of pro-seciuions1905.

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Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Class of Works.		Number of Places.‡					Number of. Inspections, 1905.	Number of		Number of —Prosecutions, 1905.
		On Register at end of 1904.	Added in 1905.	Removed in 1905.	On Register at end of 1905.			Written Intimations, 1905.	Notices, 1905.	Under Factory Act.	Under Public Health Act.
		On Register at end of 1904.	Added in 1905.	Removed in 1905.	Premises.	Rooms.		Written Intimations, 1905.	Notices, 1905.	Under Factory Act.	Under Public Health Act.

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Matters dealt with in connection with Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars.		Number op Defects.				Notices Issued	Prosecutions
Particulars.		Found	Notified by Home Office	Remedied	Notified to Home Office	Notices Issued	Prosecutions

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Lists of Outworkers (s. 107).

Class of Homework	Number of Lists Received, 1905.				Number of Addresses of Out-workers
Class of Homework	Due Feb. 1st		Due Aug. 1st		Forwardedto other Authorities		Received from other Authorities
	No. of Lists	No. of Outworkers	No. of Lists	No. of Outworkers	Due Feb. 1st.	Due Aug. 1st.	Due Feb. 1st.	Due Aug. 1st.

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Lists of Outworkers (s. 107)

	Factories.	Workshops.	Workplaces.	Total.

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TABLE I. Name of District—Metropolitan Borough of Finsbury. For Whole District.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Births.		Deaths under one year of age.		Deaths at all Ages Total.		Deaths inpublicInstitutions.	Deaths ofnonresidents registeredinDistrict.	Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.	Deaths at all Ages Nett.
Year.	Population estimated to middle of each Year.	Number. †	Rate.*	Number,	Rate per 1.000 Births registered.	Number.	Rate1	Deaths inpublicInstitutions.	Deaths ofnonresidents registeredinDistrict.	Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.	Number.	Rate.*
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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TABLE II. Borough of Finsbury.

Year	Population estimated to middle of each Year	Births registered	Deaths at all Age*	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 y«*nr	Population estimated to middle of each Year	Births registered	Deaths at all Age*	Deaths under 1 year	Population estimated to middle of each Year	Birt hs registered	Deaths at all Ages	Deaths under 1 year
	a	b	C	d	a	b	C	d	a	b	C	d	a	b	c	d	a	b	c	d

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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1905. Borough of Finshury.

Notifiable Disease	Cases Notified in Whole Distict									Total Cases Notified in each Locality				No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality
	At All Ages	At Ages—Year								1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
	At All Ages	Under 1	1 to 5	5 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 65		65 and upwards		North Clerkenwell	South Clerkenwell	Finshury (St Luke)	St. Sepulchre.	North Clerkenwell	Sourth Clerkenwell	Finshury (St Luke)	St.Sepulchre

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TABLE IV. Borough of Finsbury. CAUSES AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR, 1905.

Causes of Death.		Deaths in District at subjoined Ages							Deaths in Localities (at all ages )				Deaths in Public Institutions in the District, whether Residents or Non-Residents.
		Allages	U nder 1	1 and under5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 andunder65	35 andupwards	North Clerkenwell	South Clerkenwell	Finsbury (St Luke)	St. Sepulchre

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TABLE V. Borough of Finsbury. Infantile Mortality during the Year, 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.

cause of death.	Under 1Week	1-2 Weeks	9-TWeeks	3-4 Weeks	Total under 1Month	1-2 Months	2-3 Months	3-4 Months	4-5 Months	4-6 Months	6-7 Months	7-8 Months	8-9 Months	9-10 Months	10-11 Months	11-12 Months	Total Deaths under 1 Year

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CAUSE OF DEATH.	Under 1Week	1-2 Weeks	2-3 Weeks	3-4 Weeks	Total under 1Month	1-2 Months	2-3 Months	3-4 Months	4-5 Months	4-6 Months	6-7 Months	7-8 Months	8-9 Months	9-10 Months	10-11 Months	11-12 Months	Total Deaths under 1 Year

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(Return made to the Board of Guardians.)

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District	Number ofBirths returned in the "Birth List Sheets" us registeredfrom 1st January to 31st Dec., 1903	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1905, in Columns I. II, IV and v of the "Vaccinution Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1905. remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register'' on account (as shown by Report Hook) of:—			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1965, neither duly entered in the" Vaccination Register" (columns 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9, and 10 of this Return)	Total Number ofCertificates of Successful Primary Vaccination at ALL Ages received during each of the calendar years 1903 and 1904
		Col ISuccess-fully Vac-cinated	Col II		ColIVNumber in respect of whom Certifi-cates of Con-scientious Ob-jection have been received	Col vDead, Un vac-cinated	Postpone-ment hv Medical Certificate	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been dulyapprise.	Removal to 1'laces un-known, or which cannotbe reached: and Cases not having been found
		Col ISuccess-fully Vac-cinated	Insus-ceptible of Vaccina-tion	Had Small Pox		Col vDead, Un vac-cinated	Postpone-ment hv Medical Certificate				1903	1904
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1 1	12	13

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(Return made to the Board of Guurdians.)

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District	Number ofBirths returned in the "Birth List Sheets" ns registeredfrom 1st January to 30th June, 1904	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1905, in Columns 1, II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1905, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by Report Book) of:-			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1906, neither duly entered in the "Vaccination Register'' (columns 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Return) nor ternporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9, and 10 of this Return)	Number of Certificates of Conscientious Objection actuallyreceived by the Vaccination Officer, irrespective of the dates of birth of the Children to which they relate, during the year 1904.
		Col ISuccessfully Vaccinated	Col II		Col IVNumber in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received	Col VDead, Unvaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been dulv apprised	Removal to Places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found
		Col ISuccessfully Vaccinated	Insusceptible of Vaccination	Had Small Pox		Col VDead, Unvaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	1 1	1 2

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Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District	Number ofBirths returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registeredfrom 1st January to 31st Dec., 1904	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1906, in Columns I. II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz:					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1906. remained unentered in the "Vaccination Hegister" on account (as shown by Report Book) of:—			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1906, neither duiy enteredin the "Vaccination Register" (columns 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9, and 10 of this Return)	Total Number ofCertificates of Successful Primary Vaccination at ALL AGES received during the calendar year 1905
		Col 1Success-fully Vaccinated	Col II		Col IVNumber in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received	Col VDead. Unvaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised	Removal to Places unknown, or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found
		Col 1Success-fully Vaccinated	Insusceptible of Vaccination	Had Small Pox		Col VDead. Unvaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	0	1 0	1 1	12

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Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer's District	Number ofBirths returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registeredfrom 1st January to 30th June, 1905	Number of these Births duly entered Insist January, 1906. in Columns I, 11, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz:					Number of these Births which on 31st January. 1906. remained unentered in the •• Vaccination Hegister" on account (as shown by Report Book; of			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1906, neither duly enu red in the "Vaccination Register" (columns 3, 4, it. 6, and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9, and 10 of this Return)	Number of Certificates of Conscientious Objection actuallyreceived by the Vaccination Officer, irrespective of the dates of birth of the Children to wh ch they relate, during the year 1905.
		Col 1Successfully Vaccinated	Col II		Col IVNumber in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received	Col VDead Un vaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal to Districts, the Vaccination Officer of which lias been duly apprised	Removal to Places unknown. or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found
		Col 1Successfully Vaccinated	Insusceptible of Vaccination	Had Small Pox		Col VDead Un vaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12

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Finsbury 1905

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The number of the population,of each sex and at various ages (at the Census, 1901), were as follows:-

Births.— The total number of births registered in the district during 1905 was 3,398, as follows:—

The birth rates of Finsbury (in sub.registration districts) since the Borough was formed have been as follows:—

Some of the principal facts concerning these visits may be tabulated as follows:—

The crude death rates in the Borough since its formation may be stated as follows:-

The following Table shows the figures relating to deaths in outside institutions, &amp;c., for the last five years:—

As regards their distribution, therefore, all the deaths belonging to Finsbury may be summarized briefly as follows:—

The following table records the deaths from all causes at sub-joined ages, with the census population at each age period:-

The distribution in the Borough of the deaths of infants may be set out as follows:—

Tlie infant mortality rates for eacli division of the Borough and also for the Borough itself, since its formation, may, therefore, be set forth as follows:—

As regards age distribution of infants' deaths, as a general rule it may be said that they diminish from the first month onwards to the twelfth. The following table gives the age incidence for 1905

Turning now to the causes of death in these infants, we find the record is as follows:—

Infant Deaths in Finsbury. 1905. a table ok the results ok enquiry into 374 infant deaths.

The following table from the Registrar-General gives the comparative figures of infant mortality at each quarter since the Borough was formed (calculated on total births):—

SENILE MORTALITY. The deaths of persons aged 65 years and over were as follows:—

The claims of death at the two extremes of life, and the effect of season, are shown in the following table of total deaths, intra-parochial and extra-parochial:—

The deaths from Zymotic Disease occurring in the Borough(intra-parochial and extra-parochil) during the year numbered 220 and were caused as follows:-

Finsbury, 1903, 1904 and 1905. Death Rates from All and Certain Causes in Houses or Tenements of several sizes.

During 1905 there were 745 notifications, as compared with 806 in 1904, and 586 in 1903. The returns as forwarded to the Metropolitan Asylums Board are as follows:-

The following Table compares the notifications of notifiable diseases and removals to hospital since the Borough was formed:-

The amounts paid in fees under the Public Health (London) Act to medical practitioners notifying since 1901 has been as follows:—

small-pox. There were no cases of Small-pox in Finsbury in 1905. The cases of Small-pox in Finsbury during the last decade have been as follows:-

The incidence of Small-pox, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—

The following table shows the seasonal occurrence:—

The incidence of Diphtheria, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—

Twenty-one deaths yield a Scarlet Fever death rate of 0.21 per 1,000. The comparative figures for the last eight years are as follows:—

The incidence of Scarlet Fever, since the Borough's formation, is shown in the following table:—

and its seasonal incidence is shown as follows:—

The age distribution was as follows:—

Information of 561 cases has been received from the following sources:—

Age Incidence of Intimated Cases of Measles, 1903-5.

The deaths occur mostly in the second year of life, as shown in the following Table:—

These facts may be presented in tabular form as follows:-

The facts concerning the relationship between seasonal conditions and diarrhœal deaths in the summer quarter of the present year (1905) may be tabulated as follows :—

The following table sets out the number of phthisis deaths in institutions as follows:—

To measure the age incidence accurately it is necessary to state the deaths per 10,000 of the population at each age period as follows:—

The incidence of Phthisis since the Borough's formation, therefore, may be shown as follows:—

The number of cases of phthisis occurring in houses where other persons had been notified as suffering from, or had died from the disease, was as follows:—

An investigation has been made into the infant deaths due to this disease, and in 13 cases some particulars have been obtained, of which the following are the chief:—

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CANCER AND MALIGNANT DISEASE There were 65 deaths certified during 1905 as due to cancerous or malignant disease, which gives a special death rate of 0.66 per 1,000. The age and sex incidence of these deaths was as follows:—

The parts of the body mainly affected with Cancerous Disease were as follows:—

During the year under review we have only had 9 prosecutions; in each case a conviction has been obtained. The table of prosecutions 1901-1905 is as follows:—

TABLE OF MEAT, &amp;c., PROSECUTIONS, 1905.

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Summary of Diseased and Unsound Meat, Offal, &amp;c., confiscated during the year ending December 31st, 1905.

Inspection of Cowsheds.—I have this year paid further attention to the cowsheds still existing in the Borough. They are as follows:—

MILK.

The Annual Report of the Local Government Board for 1904— 1905 gives the returns for London as follows:—

The comparative figures for 1904 (the most recent obtainable) work out as follows:—

The percentages of adulteration for every five years since 1877 for England and Wales may also be added for comparative purposes.

The samples collected were as follows:—

The results of our inspection since 1902 are as follows:—

Various degrees of modification were made with the average milk supplied by Mr. Carson's herd, and the above were found on analysis to yield desirable milks, and approximately comparable to human milk: —

These three modifications are used as follows:—

The age and sex of the children admitted were as follows :—

The state of affairs existent at the time of condemnation may be set forth as follows:—

The Insanitary Areas in Finsbury under the London County Council. (Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890. Part I.)

The decline in houses step by step is seen in the following table:—

It appears that during 1905, 267 persons have left these areas for one cause or another:—

The annual rentals of these 204 vacant houses were as follows:—

In addition to the 204 vacant houses we counted 530 vacant tenements, containing 980 rooms, distributed as follows:—

The rental of these 530 vacant tenements were as follows:—

During 1905 dwelling-houses have been closed in the following streets:—

The total record for 1905 is as follows:—

The following Table shows the closure of houses and the number of persons displaced since 1902:—

"Table showing the number of persons turned away from common lodging houses on the night of 17th February, 1905:—

4. Common Lodging = Houses—The following six Common Lodging-houses are situated in the Borough:-

It may be convenient to summarize the various premises in tin Borough where work is done which are now registered in the Public Health Department:—

Workshops and Workplaces in Finsbury on Register.

Factories on Register.

Summary of Defaults and Defects in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces for which Notices were served during 1905.

The following Table shows the figures relating to deaths in outside institutions, &c., for the last five years:—

TABLE OF MEAT, &c., PROSECUTIONS, 1905.

Summary of Diseased and Unsound Meat, Offal, &c., confiscated during the year ending December 31st, 1905.