Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of Medical Officer of Health for 1909
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Area. Statute Acres. | Inhabited Houses. | Population. | |||
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1891. | 1901. | 1891. | 1901. |
Year. | Imperial Census. Night Population. | City Census. Day Population. |
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Year. | Number of Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible. | Had Small-pox. | Died before Vaccination. | Vaccination Postponed. | Cases pending or removed at the end of the year. | Conscientious Objections. |
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Year. | City of London. | 76 Great Towns of England and Wales. | Metropolis. |
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Year. | City of London. | Metropolis. |
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Per cent. | Per cent. |
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 Week. | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months. | 11-12 Months. | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Year. | City of London. | Metropolis. |
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Per cent. | Per cent. |
City of London. | Birth Bate. | Death Bate. | Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births. | Violent Deaths, per cent, of Deaths Registered. | Deathsfromprincipal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population. | |||||||
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Estimated Night Population (Imperial Census). | Estimated Day Population (Corporation Census). | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. | City. | Metropolis. |
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 Nonresidents 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. | |||||
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Number | Rate. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||||
Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages. | Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all a.ges). | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in tub district. | |||||||||
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At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 6. | 5 and under 16. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and wards. | St. Botolph. | St. Sepulchre. | * |
NATURE OF DISEASE. | Number of Certificates received. | Treated at Home. | Removed to tbe Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals. | Removed to the London Fever Hospital. | Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries. | Duplicate Certificates received. | Diagnosis incorrect. |
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Year. | Number of cases reported. | Per cent. of cases reported. | |
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Removed to Hospital. | Treated at Home. |
Specimen. | • Disease suspected. | Result— | |
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Positive. | Negative. |
Disease. | Casks notified in Whole District. | Total Casks notified in each Locality. | No. ok Cases removed to Hospital from each localitt. | Total Cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Tears. | St. Botolph. | St.Sepulchre. | St. Botolph. | St .Sepulchre. | |||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 6 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 26 to 65. | 65 and upwards. |
Name of Railway Company. | Date when the bye-law was approved by the Board of Trade. |
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Character of Milk. | No. of Samples. | Percentage. |
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Character of Milk. | 1904. per cent. | 1905. per cent. | 1906. per cent. | 1907-8. per cent. | 1909. per cent. |
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YEAR. | Woking. | Manchester. | Glasgow. | Liverpool. | Hull. | Darlington. | Leicester. | Golder's Green. | Birmingham. | Leeds. | Ilford. | Sheffield. | Bradford. | No. of Cremations each year. |
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Name of Block. | Births. | Mortality from all Causes at subjoined ages. | |||||||
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Male. | Female. | At all ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 5 | 5 and under 16 | 15 and under 25 | 25 and under 60 | 60 and upwards. |
Month. | Sbx. | Total. | ||||||||
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Males. | Females. | |||||||||
Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. |
Year. | Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected. | Bodies received at the Mortuary. | Inquests held on bodies. | Inquests held on Fires. |
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1909. Inquest held on | Name of Premises. | Date of Fire. |
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£ | s. | d. |
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Month. | Premises inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Works completed. |
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Month. | Premises inspected. | Orders issued. | Notices served. | Works completed. |
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District. | No. of Houses on Register. | No. of Lodgers. | No. of Tenements. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement. | Cleansing Notices Served. |
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District. | No of Houses on Register. | No of Lodgers. | No of Tenements. | Average No. of Persons per Tenement. | Cleaning Notices Served. |
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Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | ||||
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One Room. | Two Rooms. | Three Rooms. | Four Rooms. | Five Rooms or more |
Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | ||||
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One Boom. | Two Booms. | Three Booms. | Four Booms. | Five, or more Booms. |
Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings. | No. of Tenements. | No. of Inhabitants. | ||||
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One Boom. | Two Booms. | Three Booms. | Four Rooms. | Five, or more Rooms. |
Premises. |
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Premises. | Workrooms, &c. |
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Men. | Women. |
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Factories. |
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Year. | Number of Lists received. | Outworkers Employed in City. | Outworkers Employed outside City. | Total number of Outworkers. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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(1) | Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
NATURE OF WORK. * | OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107. | Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108. | OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109,110. | |||||||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Addresses of Outworkers.§ | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110) | ||||||||||||
Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Received from other Councils. | Forwarded to other Councils. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||||||
Lists, f | Outworkers, † | Lists. | Outworkers.+ | ||||||||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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Class | Number. | |
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(1) | (2) |
Factories. | Workshops. | Domestic Workshops. | Occasional. | Total. | Number of Workers. | |||
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Men. | Women. | Total. | ||||||
WEARING APPAREL. | ||||||||
(1) Making. | ||||||||
Tailors | — | 91 | 20 | 5 | 115 | 420 | 347 | 767 |
Furriers | — | 23 | 2 | — | 25 | 119 | 294 | 413 |
Costumes, &c. | 1 | 22 | 2 | — | 25 | 53 | 289 | 342 |
Mantles | — | 16 | 1 | — | 17 | 23 | 135 | 158 |
Ties | — | 11 | 3 | — | 14 | 9 | 104 | 113 |
Embroidery | — | 10 | — | — | 10 | 26 | 74 | 100 |
Caps | 1 | 5 | — | — | 6 | 34 | 111 | 145 |
Shirts and Collars | — | 4 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 39 | 40 |
Blouses | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 107 | 107 |
Boots and Shoes | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Children's Clothing | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 10 | 10 |
Millinery | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 124 | 124 |
Belts | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
Feather dressing | — | 2 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 38 |
Gloves | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | 31 | 31 |
Dressmakers' Sundries | — | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 |
Frilling | 1 | 1 | - | — | 2 | — | 27 | 27 |
FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY | 1 | 1 | _ | — | 2 | — | 37 | 37 |
UMBRELLAS, &c. | 1 | 21 | 1 | - | 23 | 43 | 177 | 220 |
PAPER BAGS AND BOXES | — | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 3 |
DOLL DRESSING | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
LEATHER WORK | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 73 | 74 |
FRAMES | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
ENGRAVING | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
ELECTRO-PLATING | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
7 | 225 | 33 | 13 | 277 | 749 | 2,037 | 2,786 |
Premises. | Trade. | Number of Workers. | Remarks. | ||
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M. | K. | Total. |
Number. | In the City. In other districts. |
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Quinquennium. | Annual Average General Supply. | Seizures by Inspectors. | % of Bad Meat. |
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British. | †Foreign Killed. | Amebican. | Australian and New Zealand. | |||
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Country Killed. | Town Killed. | Home Killed. | American Killed. |
1906. | 1907. | 1908. | 1909. | |
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Average daily delivery into the Markets | Tons. 1,375 | Tons. 1,358 | Tons. 1,335 | Tons. 1,368 |
Minimum delivery on any one day | 186 | 204 | 192 | 229 |
Maximum delivery on any one day | 2,607 | 2,594 | 3,235 | 3,918 |
The heaviest weight previously recorded on any one day (21st December, 1896) was | 4,159 tons. |
1908. | Diseased. | Unsound. | Unwholesome. | Poultry. | Offal. | Fish. | Total. |
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Tear. | Diseased. | Unsound.* | Unwholesome. |
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1,182 pigs | weighing | lbs. 117,795 |
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Month . | Meat delivered at the Market, 1908. | Meat seized by the Inspectors, 1908. | Meat delivered at the Market, 1909. | Meat seized by the Inspectors, 1909. |
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Date of Hearing. | Where Heard. | Before whom. | Occupation of Person Summoned. | Defendant's Place of Business. | Result. |
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Tear. | Fish Delivered at Billingsgate Market. | Fish Delivered in the neighbourhood of Billingsgate Market. | Total Deliveries. |
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month. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
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By Land. | By Water. |
Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. |
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Year. | Weight of Fish Delivered. | Total. | Weight of Fish Condemned. | Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered. | |||
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By Land. | By Water. |
• Tons | Cwts. | Qrs. |
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Year. | No. of Samples taken. | Found Genuine. | Found Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Year. | Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales. | Number Examined in the City of London. | Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London. | Number of Persons to each Sample examined. | ||
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England and Wales. | •City of London. | London. |
Year. | No. of Samples Examined. | Found Genuine. | Found Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Where Purchased. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of Samples Adulterated. |
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No. of Sample. | Date of Purchase. | By whom the Cream was prepared. | Copy of Labels on Sample. | Fat Content. | Nature and Amount of Preservative, if any. |
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No. of Sample. | Date of Purchase. | By whom the Cream was prepared. | Copy of Labels on Sample. | Fat Content. | Nature and Amount of Preservative, if any |
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Year. | No. of samples taken. | No. of samples found Genuine. | No. of Samples found Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Date. | Samples taken. | Cases of Substitution. | Percentage Substituted Samples. |
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Year. | Samples taken. | Found genuine. | Found adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Year. | Samples taken. | Found genuine. | Found adulterated. | Percentage of Adulteration. |
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Samples taken. | Found genuine. | Found adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. |
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Articles submitted for Analysis. | Quarter ending 31st March. | Quarter ending 30th June. | Quarter ending 30th September. | Quarter ending 31st December. | Total lor 1909. | |||||||||||||||
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No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. | No. of Samples taken. | No. Genuine. | No. Adulterated. | Percentage of adulteration. |
Sample. | Nature and Extent of Adulteration. | Result. |
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Denth. | Certified Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Certified Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Certified Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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STREET OR PLACE. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Date of Death. | Certified Cause of Death. | Remarks. |
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Street or Place. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Disease. | Date of Notification. |
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Street or Place. | No. of House. | Sex. | Age. | Disease. | Date of Notification. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Situation of Premises. | Name and Address of Owner. | Tenements. | Lodgers. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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Premises. | Person Registered. | Premises. | Person Registered. |
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