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 and vital statistics during the year 1914 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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oroughs. | Population estimated to the middle of 1914. | Births. | Deaths from | Deaths under 1 year of Age. | ||||||||
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All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. |
Boroughs. | Per 1000 Persons Living. | Rate per 1000 Births. | ||||||||||
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Births. | Deaths from | |||||||||||
All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping cough. | Diphtheria. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Diarrhoea and En- teritis (under 2 years). | Total deaths under 1 year. | |||
Crude. | Standardized. |
1913. | 1914. |
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1913. | 1914. |
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Institution. | Beds Available. | In-patients Treated. | Out-patients Treated. | Deaths— Bethnal Green Residents. | Deaths— Bethnal Green Non-Residents. |
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District. | Deaths. | Population. |
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Month. | London Death Rate. | Bethnal Green Death Rate | Mean Temperature Degrees.) | Rainfall. Inches). |
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Quarter Ending. | London. | Bethnal Green. |
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Special causes of infantile Deaths. | Totals. | Rate per thousand births. | ||
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1914 | 1913 | 1914 | 1913 |
Year. | Bethnal Green. | London. |
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1914. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1914. | Births. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years;. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis under 2 years) to 1000 Births registered | Total deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered. |
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1914. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1914. | Births. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | All Causes. | Enteric Fever. | Small Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years) per 1000 Births registered | Deaths under 1 year to 1000 Births registered. |
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Disease. | Deaths at Home. | Deaths in Hospitals. | Total. |
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Disease. | 1913. | 1914. |
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Nature of Disease | No. of Certificates Received | Duplicate Certificates Received | Actual Number of Cases Reported | Treated at Home | Removed to M.A.B. Hospitals | Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmary | Diagnosis Incorrect |
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Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. |
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Occupation. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Occupation. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
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Notifications were sent in by— |
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Births. | Ophthal-mia Neonator-um: | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Diarrhœa. | School Com-plaints. | Cases reported to Inspec-tors. | Visits of Special Charac-ter. | Futile Visits, | Total Visits for Year. | Name. | |||||||
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Notified | Visits | Revisits. | Cases. | Visits and Revisits. | New cases. | Visits. | Reported. | Visits. | Reported. | Visits. | Reported. | Visits. |
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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Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||||||
Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | Number. | Rate. | of Nonresidents registered in the District. | Of Residents not registered in the District. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate. | ||||
Number. | Rate. | ||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. (e.g., Parish orWard) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
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At all Ages. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5 years. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||
5 and under 15 years. | 15 and under 25 years. | 25 and under 45 years. | 45 and under 65 years. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||
1 Northeast. | 2 Southwest. | Northeast. | Southwest. |
Age Periods. | Number of Notifications on Form A. | Number of Notifications on Form B. | Number of Notications on Form C | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications [i.e.including cases previously notified by other doctors). | Primary Notifications. | Total Notifications (i.e. including notifications by other doctors). | Poor Law Institutions. | Sanatoria. | |||||||||||||||
0 to 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | 15 to 20 | 20 to 25 | 25 to 35 | 35 to 45 | 45 to 55 | 55 to 65 | 65 and upwards | Total | Under 5 | 5 to 10 | 10 to 15 | Total |
Causes of Death. | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district. | Total Deaths whether of Residents or Non residents in Institutions in the District | |||||||||
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All Ages. | Under 1 year. | 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. | |||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
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. |
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Causes of Death. | Under 1 week | 1-2 weeks. | 2-3 weeks. | 3-4 weeks. | Total under 4 weeks. | 4 weeks and under 3 months. | 3 months and under 6 months. | 6 months and under 9 months. | 9 months and under 12 months. | Total Deaths under 1 year. |
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Causes 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. |
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Disease. | 1904. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907 | 1908. | 1909. | 1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913. | Annual Average of lOyrs. 1904 -1913. | 1914 |
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Premises. | Inspections. | Number of Written Notices. | Prose-cutions. |
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Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
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Found. __ | Remedied. | Referred toH.M. Inspctor. |
NATURE OF WORK. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | Outwork in un-wholesome premises, section 108. | Outwork in infected premises, sections 109, 110. | |||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | 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. | Out-Work-ers. | Lists. | Out-Work-ers. |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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Class. | Number. |
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STREET LIST. | |||||||||||
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Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases | General Diseases | Total. | Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | -Total. |
Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases, | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Disea-es. | Total. | Name of Stret t. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | Genet al Diseases. | Total. |
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Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiatory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. | Name of Street, | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. |
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Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases, | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. | Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases | Total. |
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Name of Street. | -Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. | Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases- | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. |
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Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. | Name of Street- | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. |
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Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Reppiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. | Name of Street. | Zymotic Diseases. | Tubercular Diseases. | Respiratory Diseases. | General Diseases. | Total. |
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PopulationADiMINISTRATION, ESTABLISHMENT, &c. | Battersea. 167,338 | Bermondsey. 124,213 | Camberwell. 264,176 | Chelsea. 67,400 | Deptford. 109,182 | Finsbury. 84,000 | Fulham. 156,000 | Greenwich. 96,015 | Hackney. 223,716 | Hammersmith. 124,750 | Hampstead. 86,731 | Holborn. 49,357 | Islington. 324,764 | Kensington. 172,317 | Lambeth. 296,724 | Lewisham. 172,433 | London, City of. 17,129 | Paddington. 141,946. | Poplar. 160,222 | St. Marylebone. 118,211 | St. Pancras. 218,387 | Shoreditch 111,390 | Southwark. 186,941 | Stepney. 279,804 | Store Newington. 50,511 | Wandsworth 333,154 | Westminster. 152,346 | /Woolwich 128,556 |
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District. | Infectious Cases. | Complaints. | House to House Inspections. | Trade Inspections | Re-inspections. | Milkshop Inspections. | Factory and Workshop Inspections. | Outworkers' Homes Inspections. | Tenement House Inspections. | New Buildings Inspections. | Ice Cream Shop Inspections. |
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Smoke Nuisances— 1 | Other Inspections or work of Special Character. | Number of Calls. | Unsound Food Seizures. | Samples of Food and Drugs and Rag Flock taken, | Police Court Attendances. | Nuisances Abated. | Number of Cases in Hand- | Total Visits. | Inspector. |
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Month. | Dirty Premises. | Defective Drains. | Defective and Dirty W.C.'s. | Defective Water Supply. | Smoke Nuisances. | Other Matters. | Total. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offenc . | Inspecor. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of bearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result |
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Article | Total Number of Samples taken. | Genuine | Adulterated or deficient | Offences other than Adulter ation. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate* | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate | Result |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant. | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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Date of hearing. | Defendant, | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result. |
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. Date of hearing- | Defendant- | Offence. | Inspector. | Magistrate. | Result |
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No. of Adulterated Samples. | Other Offences. | No. of Summonses Issued and Cases Pending at 31st Dec., 1913. | No of Convictions or Costs Obtained. | No. of Cases Dismissed. | No. of Summonses Withdrawn. | No. of Cases Pending at 31st Dec., 1914. |
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Year. | No. of Samples taken. | No. of Samples Adulterated. | Percentage of Adulterated Samples. |
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Article. | No. of Samples Taken. | Genuine. | Adulterated. |
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Article. | No. of Samples. | Genuine. | Adulterated or deficient in vital constituent. | Other offences. |
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Article | No. of Samples | Genuine. | Adulterated or deficient in vital con stituent or preservatised. | Of low quality. |
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Name of School. | Result. |
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Article. | Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. | Number in which a preservative was reported to be present. |
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Cwts. | Qrs. | St. | Lb. |
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Cwts. | Qrs. | St. | Lb. |
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Cwts. | Qrs. | St. | Lb |
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Premises where Food is Prepared for Sale. |
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Particulars relating to Ice Cream Shops. |
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Particulars relating to Bakehouses. |
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Year. | No. of Lists received from Employers. | No. of Outworkers com-prised therein. | Reported from other Boroughs. | Reported to other Boroughs. |
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Outworkers List of Trades. |
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Houses Let in Lodgings. |
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House-to-House Inspections. |
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Verminous School Children. | |||||
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1910. | 1911. | 1912. | 1913 | 1914. |
Month. | Scarlet Fever. | D phtheria. | Enteric and Ty phoid. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Verminous, | Cancer. | Erysipelas. | Scabies. | Measles. | Chicken Pox. | Puerperal Fever. | By Request. | Schools. | Total. | No. of Articles Disinfected at Station. |
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Smoke Nuisance Observation. |
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Mortuary Returns, 1914. |
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PREMISES. | No. of Premises. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices. | No. of Prosecutions | |||
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On Register at end of 1913. | Added in 1914. | Removed in 1914. | On Register at end of 1914. |
Clerical Work. |
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