Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1927

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	House-to-House	Special Inspections	Complaints	Infectious Diseases	Factories & Workshops Specially Inspected	Offensive Trades	Outworkers' Bi-Annual Inspection	Underground Conveniences	Drains Tested	Other Calls and Visits	Chimneys watched	Bakehouses	Butchers	Fishmongers, Friers and Curers	Food Stores	Fruiterers and Greengrocers	Ice Cream	Markets	Restaurants and Eating Houses	Destruction of Food	Various	TOTALS

Page 33

TABLE F.- WORK OF THE WHARF AND FOOD INSPECTORS, 1927.

	1			2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Visits	Food Factories			Fish Curers	Food Stores	Food Wharves and Depots	Milksellers	Restaurants	Destruction of Food	Nuisances Found	Intimations Served	Various	Number of Samples taken
Visits	Jam	Butter and Margarine	Other	Fish Curers	Food Stores	Food Wharves and Depots	Milksellers	Restaurants	Destruction of Food	Nuisances Found	Intimations Served	Various	Food and Drugs	Unsound Food Regulations

Page 34

UNSOUND FOOD. The following were brought to the notice of the Department, found to be unfit for human food, and destroyed:—

	Tons	CWts.	qrs.	lbs.

Page 34

MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923. During the year under report, the following Licenses were granted:—

Page 35

HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE. The following table shows the amount of house and trade refuse disposed of during the year ended December, 1927:—

	Loads	tons	cwts.	qrs.

Page 35

OFFENSIVE TRADES. The offensive trades on the Register are as follows:—

Page 35

DISINFECTION. The following table shows the number of articles passed through the steam disinfector during the year under report:—

Page 37

The total amount of refuse collected from the Street Markets during 1927 was:—

	Tons	cwts.

Page 43

The following is the staff concerned with the work of Tuberculosis in the Borough:-

Name	Qualifications and Degrees	Remuneration per Annum	Duties	Date of Appointment

Page 45

It is estimated that the expenditure for next year will be as follows:—

	£	s.	d.

Page 46

Continued from previous page...

Page 46

Dr. D. M. CONNAN'S REPORT:—

Page 50

RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE DISPENSARY DURING THE YEAR 1927.

Diagnosis	Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary		Total
	Adults		Children		Adults		Children		Adults		Children
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 51

PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927.

Age Periods	Notifications on Form A.													Notifications on Form B.					No. of Notifications on Form C.
	Number of Primary Notifications												Total Notifications on Form A	No. of Primary Notifications				Total Notifications on Form B	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 Primary Notifications	Total Notifications on Form A	Under 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	Total Primary Notifications	Total Notifications on Form B	Poor Law Institutions	Sanatoria

Page 51

New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.

Age Periods	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 Cases

Page 52

Returns rendered under the PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1924. 1st QUARTER, 1927.

	Respiratory System		Other Forms
	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 52

2nd QUARTER, 1927.

	Respiratory System		Other Forms
	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 52

3rd QUARTER, 1927.

	Respiratory System		Other Forms
	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 52

4th QUARTER, 1957.

	Respiratory System		Other Forms
	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 53

TUBERCULOSIS, 1927.

	NEW CASES				DEATHS
AGE—PERIODS	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
AGE—PERIODS	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Page 57

TABLE G.- HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by Health Visitors during the year 1927:—

Health Visitors	No. of District	Births Notified	First Visits	Subsequent Visits		Antenatal	Puerperal Fever	Ophthalmia neonatorum	Various Calls and Visits	Lost Visits	Attendances at Centres	Reports to M.O.H.
Health Visitors	No. of District	Births Notified	First Visits	Under 1 year	1 to 5 years	Antenatal	Puerperal Fever	Ophthalmia neonatorum	Various Calls and Visits	Lost Visits	Attendances at Centres	Reports to M.O.H.

Page 58

TABLE H. ATTENDANCES AT M. AND C. W. CENTRES FOR THE YEAR 1927.

Name of Centre	Class for Mothers			Sewing Class		Ante-Natal Clinic		Evening Clinic
	No. of Sessions	Nos. attending children		No. of Sessions	No. attending	No. of Sessions	No. attending	No. of Sessions	No. attending
	No. of Sessions	Under 1 year	1 to 5 years	No. of Sessions	No. attending	No. of Sessions	No. attending	No. of Sessions	No. attending

Page 62

TABLE I.-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN DURING 1927 AT 110 GRANGE ROAD, S.E.1.

Age Group	Number examined	Number Needing Treatment	Number Treated	Number of extractions	Anæsthetics		Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Children treated for Orthodontics	Number of visits
Age Group	Number examined	Number Needing Treatment	Number Treated	Number of extractions	Local	General	Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Children treated for Orthodontics	Number of visits

Page 63

TABLE II.—DENTAL TREATMENT CARRIED OUT DURING 1927 AT 110, GRANGE ROAD, S.E.1.

	Number of Patients examined	Number of Patients Treated	Number of Extractions	Anæsthetics		Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Dentures Fitted	Number of Repairs to Dentures	Number of Crowns Fitted	Number of visits
	Number of Patients examined	Number of Patients Treated	Number of Extractions	Local	General	Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Dentures Fitted	Number of Repairs to Dentures	Number of Crowns Fitted	Number of visits

Page 64

TABLE III—TREATMENT OF CHILDREN CARRIED OUT DURING 1927 AT 98, ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD, S.E.16.

Age Group.	Number examined	Number needing treatment	Number treated	Number of extractions	Anæsthetics		Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Children treated for Orthodontics	Number of Visits
Age Group.	Number examined	Number needing treatment	Number treated	Number of extractions	Local	General	Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Children treated for Orthodontics	Number of Visits

Page 65

TABLE IV. DENTAL TREATMENT CARRIED OUT DURING 1927 AT 98, ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD, S.E.16.

	Number of Patients Examined	Number of Patients Treated	Number of Extractions	Anæsthetics		Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Dentures Fitted	Number of Repairs to Dentures	Number of Crowns Fitted	Number of Visits
	Number of Patients Examined	Number of Patients Treated	Number of Extractions	Local	General	Number of Fillings	Number of Scalings	Number of Dentures Fitted	Number of Repairs to Dentures	Number of Crowns Fitted	Number of Visits

Page 66

TABLE I.—VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1927 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

Year 1	Population estimated to Middle of each Year 2	Births		Total Deaths registered in the District				Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District 9	Deaths of Nonresidentstered in Public Institutions, etc. in the District 10	Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District 11	Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District
		No. 3	Rate 4	Under 1 Year of Age		At all Ages					No. 12	Rate 13
		No. 3	Rate 4	No. 5	Hate per 1,000 Births registered 6	No. 7	Rate 8				No. 12	Rate 13

Page 67

I. Institutions, etc., within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.

	No. of Deaths

Page 67

II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.

	No. of Deaths

Page 67

III Other Institutions, etc., the Deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.

Page 68

Other Institutions, etc., the Deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.

Page 69

TABLE II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1927.

Causes of Death	Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District.
Causes of Death	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

Page 70

TABLE II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1927—continued.

Causes of Death	Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the district.
Causes of Death	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

Page 71

TABLE III.—DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1927.

Year	All Causes		Principal Zymotic Diseases		Smallpox		Measles		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Whooping Cough		Typhus Fever		Enteric Fever		Pyrexia (origin uncertain)		Diarrhœa

Page 72

TABLE IV.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASE	NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED								BERMONDSEY							RUTHERHITHE				ST. OLAVE				Total Cases removed to Hospital
	At all Ages	At Ages—Year							1	2		4	5	6	Total	1	2	3	Total	St. John	St .Olave	St. Thomas	Total
	Under 1 year	1 and under 5 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	2		4	5	6	Total	1	2	3	Total	St. John	St .Olave	St. Thomas	Total

Page 73

TABLE V. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES. WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. HOMEWORK.

Outworkers' Lists, Section 107									Outwork in Unwholesome Premises Section, 108			Outwork in Infected Premises (Sections 109, 110)
Lists received from Employers						Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists (8)	Prosecutions		Instances (11)	Notices served (12)	Prosecutions (13)	Instances (14)	Order made (S. 110) (15)	Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110)
Sending twice in the year			Sending once in the year				Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists (9)	Failing to send lists (10)
Lists (2)	Outworkers		Lists (5)	Outworkers
Lists (2)	Contractors (3)	Workmen (4)	Lists (5)	Contractors (6)	Workmen (7)

Page 74

TABLE VI.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions

Page 74

DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars	Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions

Page 75

OTHER MATTERS.

Class.		Number

Page 75

TABLE VII.—No. OF BAKEHOUSES IN THE BOROUGH.

In Use		Not in Use

Page 76

Births.

Registered		Total.	Males.	Females	Birth Rate 18.5
	Legitimate	2,205	1,149	1,056
	Illegitimate	28	16	12

Page 76

Deaths

Total.	Males.	Females.

Page 76

Infant Deaths. Number—

Page 76

Maternal Deaths. Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of Childbirth—

Page 76

Health Visitors. Visits paid by Health Visitors during the year:-

Page 76

Municipal Homes and Hospitals for Children under 5.

Page 76

Municipal Day Nurseries. Total number of attendances of Children under 5 during the year— (a) Whole:— (b) Half:—

Page 77

TABLE IX. FOOD AND DRUGS.

Articles submitted for Analysis	Total Samples Taken	Number Genuine	Number Adulterated	Percentages of Articles Adulterated

Page 78

TABLE IX.—FOOD AND DRUGS—continued.

Articles submitted for for Analysis	Total Samples Taken	Number Genuine	Number Adulterated	Percentages of Articles Adulterated

Page 79

TABLE IX.—FOOD AND DRUGS—continued.

Articles submitted for Analysis	Total Samples Taken	Number Genuine	Number Adulterated	Percentager of Articles Adulterated

Page 80

PROSECUTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SAMPLES TAKEN DURING 1927.

No.	Sample	Adulteration or Infringement	Remarks

Page 81

TABLE X— PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925.

Articles	Quantity Unsound
	Disposed of for Purposes other than Human Food		Destroyed		Removed for Sorting under B.A.		Exported
	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight

Page 82

TABLE X. PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925. -continued

Articles	Quantity Unsound
	Disposed of for Purposes other than Human Food		Destroyed		Removed for Sorting under S.A.		Exported
	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight

Page 83

TABLE X.—PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925-continued

Quantity Unsound
Disposed of for Purposes other than Human Food		Destroyed		Removed for Sorting under S.A.		Exported
Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight
	tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs

Page 84

TABLE X.—PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925—continued

Quantity Unsound
Disposed of for Purposes other than Human Food		Destroyed		Removed for Sorting under S.A.		Exported
Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight
	tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs

Page 85

TABLE X. PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925—continued

		Quantity Unsound
Disposed of for Purposes other than Human Food		Destroyed		Removed for Sorting under S.A.		Exported
Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight	Quantity	Weight
	tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs		tons cwt qr lbs

London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Bermondsey 1927

69 tables in this report

TABLE A.—INFANTILE MORTALITY.

TABLE B.—PHTHISIS.

TABLE C.

TABLE D.—PROCEEDINGS DURING 1927.

SMOKE NUISANCES—

HOUSING—

UNDERGROUND ROOMS—

OVERCROWDING—

CLEANSING—

WATER SUPPLY TO TENEMENT HOUSES-

SALE OF FOOD—

DISINFECTION SHELTER—

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM REGULATIONS—

TABLE E.—WORK OF DISTRICT INSPECTORS, 1927.

TABLE F.- WORK OF THE WHARF AND FOOD INSPECTORS, 1927.

UNSOUND FOOD. The following were brought to the notice of the Department, found to be unfit for human food, and destroyed:—

MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATIONS) ORDER, 1923. During the year under report, the following Licenses were granted:—

HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE. The following table shows the amount of house and trade refuse disposed of during the year ended December, 1927:—

OFFENSIVE TRADES. The offensive trades on the Register are as follows:—

DISINFECTION. The following table shows the number of articles passed through the steam disinfector during the year under report:—

The total amount of refuse collected from the Street Markets during 1927 was:—

The following is the staff concerned with the work of Tuberculosis in the Borough:-

It is estimated that the expenditure for next year will be as follows:—

Continued from previous page...

Dr. D. M. CONNAN'S REPORT:—

RETURN SHOWING THE WORK OF THE DISPENSARY DURING THE YEAR 1927.

PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to the 31st December, 1927.

New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 2nd January, 1927, to 31st December, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912.

Returns rendered under the PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1924. 1st QUARTER, 1927.

2nd QUARTER, 1927.

3rd QUARTER, 1927.

4th QUARTER, 1957.

TUBERCULOSIS, 1927.

TABLE G.- HEALTH VISITORS. The following table shows the work done by Health Visitors during the year 1927:—

TABLE H. ATTENDANCES AT M. AND C. W. CENTRES FOR THE YEAR 1927.

TABLE I.-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN DURING 1927 AT 110 GRANGE ROAD, S.E.1.

TABLE II.—DENTAL TREATMENT CARRIED OUT DURING 1927 AT 110, GRANGE ROAD, S.E.1.

TABLE III—TREATMENT OF CHILDREN CARRIED OUT DURING 1927 AT 98, ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD, S.E.16.

TABLE IV. DENTAL TREATMENT CARRIED OUT DURING 1927 AT 98, ROTHERHITHE NEW ROAD, S.E.16.

TABLE I.—VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1927 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.

I. Institutions, etc., within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.

II. Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.

III Other Institutions, etc., the Deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.

Other Institutions, etc., the Deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.

TABLE II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1927.

TABLE II.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1927—continued.

TABLE III.—DEATHS FROM ZYMOTIC DISEASES, 1927.

TABLE IV.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1927.

TABLE V. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES. WORKPLACES, AND HOMEWORK. HOMEWORK.

TABLE VI.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK. INSPECTION.

DEFECTS FOUND.

OTHER MATTERS.

TABLE VII.—No. OF BAKEHOUSES IN THE BOROUGH.

Births.

Deaths

Infant Deaths. Number—

Maternal Deaths. Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of Childbirth—

Health Visitors. Visits paid by Health Visitors during the year:-

Municipal Homes and Hospitals for Children under 5.

Municipal Day Nurseries. Total number of attendances of Children under 5 during the year— (a) Whole:— (b) Half:—

TABLE IX. FOOD AND DRUGS.

TABLE IX.—FOOD AND DRUGS—continued.

TABLE IX.—FOOD AND DRUGS—continued.

PROSECUTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH SAMPLES TAKEN DURING 1927.

TABLE X— PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925.

TABLE X. PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925. -continued

TABLE X.—PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925-continued

TABLE X.—PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925—continued

TABLE X. PUBLIC HEALTH (IMPORTED FOOD) REGULATIONS, 1925—continued