Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Under 16. | 16-69. | 70 and over. | Total. |
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BIRTHS. | MALES. | FEMALES. | TOTALS. | ||||||
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Legitimate. | Illegiti-mate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. | Total. |
No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central) | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 : (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | The Borough. |
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Notified within 36 hours. | Notified after 36 hours. | Total Notified. | ||||
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Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. | Live Births. | Still Births. |
No. 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Ade-laide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn) | No. 7 (Priory). | The Borough. |
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causes of death. | Net deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the Borough. | ||||||||||
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Sex. | All ages. | Under 1 year. | 1 and under 2 years. | 2 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 under 75 1 years. | 75 years and upwards. |
Year. | Legitimate Infants. | Death rate per 1000 legitimate births. | Illegitimate Infants. | Death-rate per 1000 illegitimate births. | ||
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Births. | Deaths. | Births. | Deaths. |
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 and under 6 Months. | 6 and under 9 Months. | 9 and under 12 Months. | Total Deaths under 1 Year. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | No, 1 (Town). | No. 2 (Belsize). | No. 3 (Adelaide). | No. 4 (Central). | No. 5 (West End). | No. 6 (Kilburn). | No. 7 (Priory). | Total. |
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CAUSES OF DEATH. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. |
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Year. | Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age. | Deaths of Children under 5 years of age. | ||
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No. | Rate per 1000 births. | No. | Rate per 1000 children born in the year and in preceding four years. |
Year. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Whooping Cough. |
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Number of Deaths from Cancer. | Number of Deaths from Cancer. | ||||||
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Year. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Year. | Males. | Females. | Total. |
Situation. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. |
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Situation. | 1920. | 1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. |
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Year. | Total. | Under 25 | 25 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. |
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Inspections. | He-inspections. | Complaints investigated. | Plans deposited. | Intimation Notices. | Statutory Notices. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prose-cations were instituted. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
The following is a list of the different classes of Factories in Hampstead:— |
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Workshops on the Register (s. 181) at the end of the year. | Number. |
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(1) | (2) |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
Workshops on the Eegister (s. 181) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) |
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Year. | Particulars. | First Survey, | Second Survey, | Third Survey. | Total. | |
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Insanitary Property, or " Big List." | Unhealthy Areas, or " Small List," |
Inspection. |
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Purpose of Licence. | Number of Licence granted. |
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In 1920. | In January, 1925. | In December, 19.25. |
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No. of Promises on Register. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Notices. | No. of Prosecutions. |
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Article. | Number taken. | Adulterated, etc. |
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Article. | Number taken. | Adulterated etc. |
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No. of Sample. | Article. | How adulterated, &c. | Result of proceedings. |
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No. of Sample. | Article. | How adulterated, &c. | Result of proceedings. |
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(a)—Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative. | (b)—Number in which preservative was reported to be present, and percentage of preservative found in each sample. |
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1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921 | |||
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Positive. | Negative. | Total. |
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | Total cases notified in age-periods. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total deaths in age-periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No. 6 (Kilburn). | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | At all A ges. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. | Under 1. | 1 and under 2. | 2 and under 3. | 3 and under 4. | 4 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 65. | 65 and over. |
1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. |
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1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 |
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
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Males. | Females. | Males. | Females. |
CLASSIFICATION. | Cases cancelled. | Total. | |||||
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A1 Early case, 1 lobe affected. Negative sputum. | A2 Early case, 2 lobes affected. Negative sputum. | B1 Moderately advanced case, 1 lobe affected. Positive sputum. | B2 Moderately advanced case, 2 lobes affected. Positive sputum. | B3 Advanced case. |
CLASSIFICATION. | Total. | |||||
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A1 Early case, 1 lobe affected. Negative sputum. | A2 Early case, 2 lobes affected. Negative sputum. | B1 Moderately advanced case, 1 lobe affected. Positive sputum. | B2 Moderately advanced case, 2 lobes affected. Positive sputum. | B3 Advanced case. |
Total New Cases in age-periods notified for the first time in 1925. | Total New Cases Notified in each Ward. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths in age-periods of Old and New Cases. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Ward No. 1 (Town). | Ward No. 2 (Belsize). | Ward No 3 (Adelaide). | Ward No. 4 (Central). | Ward No. 5 (West End). | Ward No 6 (Kilburn) | Ward No. 7 (Priory). | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 4ft and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | Under 1. | 1 and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 20. | 20 and under 25. | 25 and under 35. | 35 and under 45. | 45 and under 55. | 55 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. |
Year. | Persons newly notified. | Total. | |||
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Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Voluntarily notifiable 1902; Compulsorily notifiable 1912). | Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Compulsorily notifiable from 1st February, 1913). |
Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. | Occupation. | Pulmonary Cases. | Non-Pulmonary Cases. |
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||
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Insured. | Non-Insured, | Insured. | Non-Insured. |
Ward. | Area (Acres). | Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Deaths from other Forms of Tuberculosis. | Total deaths from All Forms of Tuberculosis. |
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Year. | Age Period. | All Ages. | ||||
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0—5 | 5—15 | 15—25 | 25—65 | 65— |
Number of | Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis. | Examined for the first time during the year. | Total. | Suffering from Tuberculosis. | Not suffering from Tuberculosis. | Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st pending diagnosis. | Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis. | ||||||
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Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. |
1922. | 1923. | 1924. | 1925. |
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Potential Contacts. | Examined. | Percentage Examined. |
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Pulmonary. | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 |
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Year. | No. of New Applicants. | No. of New Applicants treated. | No. of Contacts examined. | Total Attendances of all kinds. |
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No. of persons in family. | No. of families occupying the following number of rooms. | ||||||
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1 room. | 2 rooms. | 3 rooms. | 4 rooms. | 5 rooms. | 6 rooms. | 7 rooms. |
Amount of NET income of husband and wite (arrived at after deducting rent, insurances and 10/6 for each child under 14 years of age). | Charge per week to the patients. |
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1924. | 1925. |
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Cause of Death. | No. of Deaths. |
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Amount of net income of husband and wife, which is arrived at after deducting rent, insurance and 10/6 for each child. | Charge to Applicant in respect of services of Consulting Obstetricians, |
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1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921. |
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1925. | 1924. | 1923. | 1922. | 1921. |
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No, of families helped at any one time varying | ||||
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Food. | Milk. | from | to | |
£ | £ |
Number of persons in family. | FREE MILK. | ASSISTED (half-price) MILK. | ||||||||
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Scale per head. | Scale per family. | Scale per head. | Scale per family. |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum. |
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1921. | 1922. | 1923. | 1924. |
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Age. | Sex | Date of becoming known to Medical Officer of Health. | Source of information. | Action taken. | Date of death. |
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1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 |
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Western Clinic. | Eastern Clinic. |
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Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |
Year. | Number of Births. | Number of Deaths. | Infantile Deaths. | Number of Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | |
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Number. | Rate per 1000 Births. |