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St Pancras 1916

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

Published
1917
Author
Higgins, T. Shadick.
Pages
72
Tables
62

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62 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    In the following table the total births notified and registered in the borough are classified according to the Registration Sub-Districts and Wards in which the births took place:—
    W.S.E.N.Whole Borough
    45783612
  • Page 11
    In the tables below the notified births are also classified (in Registration Sub-Districts and Wards) according to the person notifying the birth, aud according to the person in attendance upon the mother in her confinement.
    Births.W.S.E.N.Total
    45783612
  • Page 13
    1916. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks & under 3 months.3 months & under 6 months.6 months & under 9 months.9 months & under 12 months.Total Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 14
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. The number of cases of the compulsorily notifiable infectious diseases that have been notified during 1916 is shown in the table below, where they are also classified according to ages. The figures have not been corrected for subsequent revision of diagnosis.
    DISEASES.At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 1.I and under 5.5 and under 10.10 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 15
    The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases, are classified in the following table according to their Wards and Registration Sub-Districts
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES.Notifications.Deaths.
    West. WardSouth. WardEast. WardNorth. WardNo Address.Whole Borough.West, WardSouth. WardEast. WardNorth. WardNo Address.
    4578361245783612
  • Page 16
    Below is given the number of advices received from the London County Council Schools respecting the exclusion from school of children (patients, contacts, and suspects) on account of infectious conditions :—
    School Notification of Exclusion.Patients, contacts and suspects.Actual cases.
  • Page 18
    The work done by the departmental staff during the year in connection with maternity and infant welfare is indicated by the following figures: —
  • Page 19
    Work done br Voluntary Maternity and Infant Welfare Centres.
    Attendances.Visits by Trained Visitor.
    Expectant Mothers.Children.Expectant Mothers.Children
    New cases.Total attendances.New cases.Total attendances.
  • Page 20
    The number of names supplied was as follows:—
    Centres.Expectant Mothers.Births.
  • Page 20
    Government Grants were made in 1916 to the various maternity and child welfare centres as follows: —
    From the Local Government Board:—£s.d.
  • Page 21
    The cases are classified in the following table according as the mothers were attended in their confinement by doctors, midwives, or medical students (in their own homes), or were delivered in hospital.
    Attended at birth byCases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Total number of births notified.No. of cases per 1000 births notified.
  • Page 22
    In the following table the cases are classified according to the manner in which the patients were attended in their confinements: —
    Confinement attended byNo. of cases of Puerperal Fever.Total number of births notified.No. of cases per 1000 births.
  • Page 23
    The death rates for 1916 from tuberculosis based on the 1911 census population of the borough, and the rates based on the civil population, were therefore:—
    Of males per 1000 male population. (census).Of females per 1000 female population. (census).Total persons per 1000 population. (census).Total persons per 1000 civil population.
  • Page 24
    Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from lst January, 1916, to the 30 th December, 1916 (inclusive).
    Age Periods.Number of Notifications on Form A.Number of Notifications on Form B.Number of Notifications on Form C.Number of Notifications on Form D.
    Primary Notifications.Total Notifications (i.e.,including cases previously notified by other Doctors).Primary Notifications.Total Notifications (i.e,, including cases previously notified by other Doctors).Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
    0 to l1 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwards.Total.Under 55 to 1010 to 15Total.
  • Page 25
    The deaths from tuberculosis in 1916 are classified in the following table according to the part of the body affected and according to age and sex.
    0—11—55—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555—6565—7575—8585 up.Total Males.0—11—55—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555—6565—7575—8585 up.Total Females.Total Persons.
  • Page 26
    In the next table the new cases notified during 191 fi are classified according to the part of the body affected and according to age and sex.
    Location or Disease.Ages.Total.
    0-55-1515 and upwards.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.
  • Page 27
    The work done at the dispensaries during 1916 is shewn in the following table based on figures supplied from the dispensaries:—
    Tuberculosis Dispensary at University College Hospital.Tuberculosis Dispensary at St-Pancras Dispensary 39, Oakley SquareBranch Tuberculosis Dispeasary of St. Pancras Dispensary at 132, Maiden Road.
    Insured persons.Uninsured persons.Total.Insured persons.Uninsured persons.Total.Insured persons.Uninsured persons.Total.
  • Page 32
    The details of the cases are set out in the following table:—
    Date of Notification. 1910.Age and Sex.Date of Onset. 1916.District.WardRemoval to Hospital.Muscles affected.Result. May, 1917.Notified by.
  • Page 33
    The cases were notified or reported as follows:—
    Measles.German measles.
  • Page 35
    The following is a classification of the cases according to age and sex.
    0-11-22-33-44-55-66-77-88-1515 & up.Total.
  • Page 35
    The following is a division of the cases into primary cases ( i.e. first cases in houses), and secondary cases (i.e. subsequent cases in the same houses), classified into these age groups:—
    Under 5.5-1515 & up.Total.
  • Page 36
    In the following table the source is stated to have been traced only in those cases where it was practically certain:—
    Source.No. of Cases.
  • Page 40
    In the following table will be found the deaths and death-rate from whooping cough for the past ten years for the whole borougli and for the four registration sub-districts:—
    Year.Deaths.Rate per 1,000 population.
    West.South.East.North.No addressWhole BoroughWest.South.East.North.Whole Borough
  • Page 41
    In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths certified during 1916 as due to (a) declared syphilis, (b) locomotor ataxy and general paralysis of the insane, which are believed by most experts to be late manifestations of the disease, and (c) aortic aneurysm, which many authorities now consider to be at any rate frequently caused by it:—
    0-11-55—1515—2525—3535—4545—5555—6565—7575—8585 up.Total Males.0—11-55-1515—2525 -3535- 4545—5555—6565—7575—S585 up.Total Females.Total Persons.
  • Page 41
    The sex distribution of the deaths and death-rates is shown in the following table:—
    Sex.No. of Deaths.Death-rates per 1,000 males or females living (based on 1911 Census).
  • Page 44
    In accordance with the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910, the following table is submitted for the year 1916:—
    The number of dwelling-houses inspected under and for the purposes of Section 17—Totals.
  • Page 45
    1. —Inspections made by Male and Female Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
  • Page 45
    2.—Defects Found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspectors.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 47
    4.—Reoistbred Workshops.
    Workshops on the Register (See. 131) at the end of the year.Numbers.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 47
    5.—Other Matters.
    Class (1)Number (2)
  • Page 48
    The number of factories, workshops and workplaces added to and removed from the register during 1916 was as follows:—
    Added to register.Removed from register.
  • Page 48
    The number of inspections that were made during 1916 were as follows:—
    Factory and Workshop Inspector.Woman Sanitary Inspector.Total.
    Inspections.Re-inspections.Inspections.Re-inspections.Inspections.Re-inspections.
  • Page 49
    750 samples have been taken under those Acts, and 684 of these proved to be genuine and 66, or 8'8 per cent., adulterated. The details are given in the following table:—
    Articles of food of which samples have been taken.Total number samples.Genuine.Adulterated.
  • Page 50
    Summonses —Under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts.
    NO. of Sample.Article.Result of Analysis.Date of Hearing of Summons.Result of Proceedings.
    Penalty.Costs.
    1916.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 51
    One seizure of unsound food has been made during 1916, as follows:—
    Date.Division and Sab Division.Description of Article.Prosecution and Result,
  • Page 53
    The following prosecutions were undertaken in respect of general Sanitary work:—
    Situation of Property.Offence.Date of Hearing of Summons.Result of Proceedings.
  • Page 54
    During the year the following work has been done under this heading:—
    First inspections.Consequent rc-inspections.
  • Page 54
    The tests which have been applied to drains during 1916 are shown in the following table:—
    After Infectious Disease.Upon Complaint.Upon systematic InspectionOld Buildings.New Buildings at completion of work.Total.
    At commencement of work.At completion of work.
  • Page 54
    Drainage Register. —The following is an analysis of the Drainage Register during 1916:—
  • Page 55
    The following notices have been received from the Metropolitan Water Board as to houses from which water has been cut off:—
  • Page 55
    The work done during the year by the disinfecting staff is shown in the following table:—
    Disease.No. of Cases.No. of Houses.No of Rooms Contents Disinfected or Destroyed.No. of Kooms Sprayed and Fumigated.
  • Page 55
    Below is shown the number of articles destroyed or disinfected during the year on account of infectious disease and verminousn-ess:—
    Infectious Disease Destroyed. Disinfected.Verminousness. Destroyed. Disinfected.
  • Page 56
    The following table shows the number of persons cleansed and disinfected after having been in contact with infectious disease:—
    MALES.FEMALESChildren under 10.
  • Page 56
    At each attendance the person receives a bath, and his or her clothes are stoved.
    Men.Women.Children under 15.Total.
  • Page 57
    PUBLIC MORTUARIES AND CORONER'S COURT.
  • Page 57
    Inquests held during 1916—
  • Page 57
    The following work has been done by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, Chelsea Gardens, S.W at the expense of the borough in respect of St. Pancras persons: —
    Total.Positive.Negative.
  • Page 60
    Table No. 1. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT OF ST. PANCRAS DURING 1916 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.of Nonresidents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.A.t all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
  • Page 61
    Table No. 2. Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year 1916. Note .— The Deaths of Non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the Borough are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits of the Borough are included.
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 5Total under 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwards.Totals.
    1.-General DiseasesM.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Persons
  • Page 62
    Deaths R egistered from all C auses for the Year , 1916 — continued..
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 5Total under 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsTotals
    1. General Diseases-ConM.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.PERSONS
  • Page 63
    Deaths R egistered from All C auses for the Y ear, 1916— continued.
    Cause of Death,AGES.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 5Total under 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8583 and upwardsTotals.
    4. Diseases of the Respiratory System— con.M.F.M.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FM.FPERSONS
  • Page 64
    Deaths Registered from all Causes for the Year, 1916— continued.
    Cause of Death.AGES.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 5Total under 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsTotals.
    7. The Puerperal State.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.persons
  • Page 65
    Table No. 3. Summary of Ages.
    0 to 11 to 22 to 5Total under 5 yearn.5 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 and upwardsTotals.
  • Page 66
    Deduced from Observations at Camden Square, n.w., under the Superintendence of H. Robert Mill, d.sc., ll.d.
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
  • Page 67
    lnspeetiont and lie -inspections made by District Inspectors and factory and Workshop (MaIf) Inspector during the year 1916.
    DUTIES AND PREMISES.Inspections.Re-inspections alter intimations.
  • Page 68
    Inspections and Re-Inspections and other work of the Food Inspectors during 1916.
    DUTIES AND PREMISES.Visits and Inspections.Re-Inspections after Intimation Notices,
    Mr. Auger.Mr. Child,Totals.Mr. Auger.Mr. Child.Totals.
  • Page 69
    Visits, etc., made by Women Inspectors during 1916.
    DUTIES,First Visits.Re-Visits.
    Miss Bibby,Miss SmithMiss Giles.* Aliss Payne.Whole Borough.Miss Bibby.Miss Smith.Miss Giles.* Miss Payne.Whole Borough.
  • Page 70
    Table No. 8. Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections made by individual Inspectors during the year 1916.
    Inspector.Inspections.Re-in-spections.Total.
  • Page 71
    Intimations as to Nuisances and Breaches of statutes and By-laws served by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1916.
    Schedule of Nuisances.Whole Borough.
  • Page 71
    Table No. 10.
    Registered Tenement Houses—Breaches of By-Laws.Whole Borough.
  • Page 72
    Table No. 11.
    Factories, Workshops and Work Places—Breaches of Statutes.Whole Borough,
  • Page 72
    Table No. 12.
    Breaches of other Statutes and Statutory By-laws.Whole Borough.