Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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Year. | Density. | General Death Rate (per 1,000 living). | Infantile Mortality Rate (per 1,000 births). |
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Boroughs | Death-rate from all causes per 1,000 living (corrected). | Deaths under 1 year to 1,000 births. |
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Years. | No. of Factories. | No. of Workshops. | No. of Outworkers. |
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North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. | Total for Hackney | Total for London. |
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Year. | Borough of Hackney. | London. | |
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Marriages. | Marriage Kate. | Marriage Rate. |
Year 1914. | Medical Practitioners. | Midwives. | Parents and Others. | Total. | ||||||||||||
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Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live. | Still. | Live | Still. | |||||||||
INI. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Registration District of Hackney. | Registration Sub-District. | All London. | ||||
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North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
Year. | Borough Hackney. | North Sub-District. | Central Sub-District. | South-West Sub-District. | South-East Sub-District. | London. |
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Sub-District. | Population. | No. of Births. | Birthrate. | Total Deaths. | Death-rate. (Crude.) | Deaths under 1 year. | Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births. |
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Year. | Hackney. | London. | Year. | Hackney. | London. |
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Babies Visited. | Feeding. | Separate Cot Provided for Baby. | Use of Comforter. | Home Conditions of Family. | Employment of Father. | Secondary Visits. | ||||||||||||
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Poor. | Fair. | Comfortable. | ||||||||||||||||
Boys. | Girls. | Breast. | Artificial. | Mixed. | No. | Yes. | No. | Yes. | Clean. | Dirty. | Clean. | Dirty. | Clean. | Dirty. | In Work. | Out of Work. | Out. | Removed |
CAUSE OF DEATH. | Under 1 week. | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | months and under 0 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births. | Total Deaths Registered in the District. | Transferable Deaths | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | |||||||
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Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | of residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | |||||||
Number. | Rate. | |||||||||||
Number. | Rate. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | |||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in whole Districts. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Total cases removed to Hospital, | ||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | Central | South-East | South-West. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | Go and upwards. |
CAUSES OF DEATH. | Deaths in whole Districts at Subjoined Ages. | Deaths in Public Institutions. | ||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 5. | 5 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. |
AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | G5 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. . | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | Ail Ages, |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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AGES | Under 1 year. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 55. | 55 to 65. | 65 to 75. | 75 to 85. | 85 and upwards. | All Ages. |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Sub-Districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Three Year Periods. | Annual average number of deaths from Tuberculous Disease. | Percentage decrease on the period 1898-1900. |
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Per cent. |
Sub-districts. | North | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Sub-districts. | North. | Central. | South-West. | South-East. |
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Years. | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
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Year. | No. of Certificates of Births Received. | No. of Certificates of Vaccination Received. | Percentage of Infants Escaping Vaccination. | No. of Certificates and Declarations of Conscientious Objection Received. |
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Registration Sub-District. | No. of Cases in Birth Lists received during Year. | No. of Certificates of Vaccination received. | No of Certificates of Postponement owing to | No. of Certificates under Section 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898, and No. of Statutory Declarations under Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907. | No. of Certificates of Insusceptibility or of having had Smallpox. | No. of Cases | No. of Entries in Lists sent to Public Vaccinator. | |||
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Health of Child. | Condition of House. | Prevalence of Infectious Disease. | Parents Removed out of District. | Otherwise not found. |
Premises. | Number of Places. | Number of Inspections, 1914. | Number of Notices, 1914. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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On Register at end of 1913. | Added in 1914. | ' Removed in 1914. | On Register at end of 1914. |
Under 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 and upwards. | Duplicates. | Total. | |||||||||
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M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F- | M. | F. | M. | F. | M | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Under 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 and upwards. | Duplicates. | Total. | |||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
Sex. | Insured Cases. | Non-Insured Cases. | Percentage Insured. | |||
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Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | • Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any, is made for the use of Beds? | Do the Sanitary Authority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium. If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium ? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents? |
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Classes for which accommodation is provided. | By whom provided. | Where situated. | Total number of Beds. | How are patients selected ? | Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ? | What charge, if any, is made for the use of Beds? | Do the Sanitary Authority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Small-pox Hospital, for case of Phthisis? | Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium? | Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents? |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions |
Particulars. | Number of Defects | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108. | Outwork in Infected Premises Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices Served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders Made (Section 110). | Prosecutions(Sections 109, 110). | |||||||
Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | ||||||||||||||
Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists. | Failing to send Lists. | ||||||||||||||
Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors | Workmen. |
Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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Class. | Number. |
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Nuisance. | Found. | Abated by Workshop Inspector. | Abated by District Inspector. | Outstanding. | Total. |
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Occupations. | No. of Workshops. | Occupations. | No. of Workshops. |
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Outstanding at end of 1913. | Found in 1914. | Outstanding at end of 1914. | Abated in 1914. | |||
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By Inspector of Workshops. | By District Inspector. | Total. |
Trade. | No. of Outworkers. | Trade. | No. of Outworkers |
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Outstanding at end of 1913. | Found in 1914. | Outstanding at end of 1914. | Abated in 1914 :— | |||
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By Inspector of Outworkers. | By District Inspector. | Total. |
Date of Reference. | Situation of Premises. |
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Date of Reference. | Situation of Premises. |
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Month. | Rooms Fumigated. | Rooms Cleansed. | Remarks. |
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Description of Articles. | January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Total |
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Month. | Number of Books Disinfected. | ||
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From Hackney Public Library. | From other Libraries. | Totals. |
Month. | No. of Persons Admitted. | Cost of Maintenance. | Average period of Stay. | Diseases. | |||||
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Men. | Women. | Children. | Total. | £ | s. | d. |
Year. | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1900 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
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Schools. | Number Cleansed. | |
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Hot Baths. | Sulphur Baths. |
January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. |
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Shelters. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
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Cleansing of Verminous Children. | £ | s. | d. |
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No. cf Homes Inspected. | No. of Homes where Rooms alone were found Verminous. | No. of Homes where Bedding or Clothes and Rooms were found Verminous. | No of Homes not Verminous. |
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Month. | Northern Division. | Southern Division. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||||||
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Weight. | Cost. | Weight. | Cost. | Weight. | Cost. | ||||||||||||||||
tons | cts. | qrs. | lbs. | £ | s. | d. | tons | cts. | qrs | lbs. | £ | s. | d. | tons | cts. | qrs. | lbs. | £ | s. | d. |
Verdicts. | Sex | |
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Male. | Female. |
Suicides. | Accidental Deaths. | ||
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Nature of Suicide. | No. | Nature of Accidental Death. | No. |
SAMPLES. | Percentage of Samples found | |||||
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No. examined. | No. found genuine. | No. adulterated in which no action was taken. | No. adulterated in which action was taken. | Adulterated. | Genuine. | |
No proceedings. | Proceedings taken. |
Articles Purchased. | Number Purchased. | Number Adulterated. | Number where proceedings taken. | Number of Samples Adulterated with percentage of Adulteration. |
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Address. | Complaint. | Magistrate's Decision. | Penalty. | Costs. | ||||
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£ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
No. of Sample. | Article. | Adulteration or Offence. | Result of Legal Proceedings. | Fine. | Costs. | ||||
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6F | Milk | 5.%76 added water | - | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
Mr. Ellis. Stamford Hill | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legs, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body. Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Hackney | Mr. Haben. Homerton, F. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton. S. | Mr. White. Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Mr. Goldsworthy Special. | Totals. | |||
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Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Punter. | |||||||||||||||||
No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No 4 | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | 1 No. 9. | No. 9. | No 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. |
Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Haeknev | Mr. Hahen. Homerton, F. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton. S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Port lock, Special. | Mr. Goldsworthy Special. | Totals. | |||
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Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Puntpr. | |||||||||||||||||
No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. |
Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body. Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Hackney | Mr. Haben. Homerton. K. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton. S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Mr. Goldsworthy Special. | Totals. | |||
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Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Punter. | |||||||||||||||||
No.1. | No.2. | No.3. | No.4. | No.5. | No.6. | No.7. | No.8. | No.9. | No.10. | No.11. | No.12. |
Mr. Ellis, Stamford Hill. | Mr. Harvey, West Hackney. | Mr. Legg, Hackney. | Mr. Bew, Clapton. | Mr. Body, Kingsland. | Mare Street and South Hackney | Mr. Haben, Homerton, F. | Mr. Peverett, Homerton, N. | Mr. Kemp, Homerton, S. | Mr. White, Clapton, N.E. | Mr. Hall, Special. | Mr. Vobe, Special. | Mr. Bobbitt, Special. | Miss Teebay, Special. | Miss Portlock, Special. | Mr. Goldsworthy Special. | Totals. | |||
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Mr. High. | Mr. Sheppard. | Mr. Punter. | |||||||||||||||||
No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | No. 9. | No. 10. | No. 11. | No. 12. |
Areas. | Population. |
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Areas. | Population. |
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Estimated Cases of Tuberculosis. | Number of Cases. | Number of visits per case per Annum. | Total Number of Visits for the Year. | Rate per Visit to Dispensary. | Total Cost. | Remarks. |
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Number of Families of Verminous Children. | Number of Families of Non-Verminous Children amongst whom Cases occurred of— | Remarks. | |||
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Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Total. |
Number of Homes receiving One Visit from the Inspector. | Number of Homes receiving Two Visits from the Inspector. | Number of Houses receiving Three Visits from the Inspector. | Number of Homes receiving Four Visits fro m the Inspector. | Percentage of Re-infections. |
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Period during which enquiries were made. | No. of Families whom enquiries were made. | No. of Families the Nutrition of whose Children is suffering from the Wai. | No. of Children under school age so suffering. |
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Clothing Trades. | No. of Employers of Home-workers visited. | No. of Employers who have reduced Home-workers since Midsummer. | No.ot Home-workers how employed. | No. of Home-workers employed at end of 1st Quarter of 1914. |
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Clothing Trades. | No. of Home-workers visited. | No. of Home-workers out of work chiefly owing to the War. | No. of Home-workers whose Work or Income has been reduced chiefly owing to the War. | Remarks. |
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