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Lewisham 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham

Published
1898
Author
Jolly, S. Blake.
Pages
36
Tables
22

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22 tables in this report

  • Page 9
    TABLE I.— Shewing the Population, Inhabited Houses, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, for the Year 1897 and 10 years preceding. (gross numbers).
    The Year.*Estimated Population.No. of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected No. of Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    Total All Ages.Under One Year.Under Five Years
  • Page 10
    TABLE 11— Showing the Annual Birth and Death Rates, Death Rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1897 and 10 years preceding.
    In the YearBirth Rate per 1000 of the Population.Corrected Death Rate per 1000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year; per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years: per 1000 of Total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions; per 1000 of Total Deaths.
  • Page 11
    TABLE III. Deaths registered from all causes during the year 1897. N ote.—The Deaths of Non-residents occurring in Public Institutions situated in the District are excluded, and the Deaths of Residents occurring in Public Institutions situated beyond the limits ot the District, are included.
    AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.Totals.55 to 60*
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    TABLE III. ( Continued.) Deaths registered from all causes during the year 1897.
    AGES.Total.55 to 60*
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.
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    TABLE III. (Continued.) Deaths registered from all causes during the year 1897.
    AGES.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7576 to 8585 & upwards.Total.65 to 60*
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    TABLE III. (Continued.) Deaths registered from all causes during the year 1897.
    0 to 1l to 55 to 15ages.Total.65 to 60*
    15 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.
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    TABLE III. (Continued.) Deaths registered from all causes durinq the year 1897.
    AGES.Total55 to 601
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 to 7575 to 8585 & upwards.
  • Page 21
    TABLE IV. Showing the Number of Deaths at all ages in 1897, from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 of Population, and to 1000 Deaths from all causes; also the Number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1000 Births and to 1000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I. (All ages).Total Deaths.Deaths per 1000 of Population, at all ages.Deaths per 1000 of Total Deaths, at all ages.
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    (A) Table of DEATHS during the year 1897, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names ,of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678.910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus -Enteric or I TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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    (B) Table of POPULATION, and of NEW CASES of INFECTIOUS SICKNESS, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1897, in the Sanitary District of Lewisham, classified according to Diseases and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Oases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge op the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the seteral Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    12345678910111234567891011
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    TyphusEnteric or TyphoidContinuedRelapsingPuerperalTyphus.Enteric or Typhoid.ContinuedRelapsingPuerperal
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    TABLE VI. Inspector's Report of the Sanitary Work completed in the Year 1897.
    Sanitary Districts.Number of Complaints received during the year.Number of Houses, Premises, &e., inspected.No. of Re-inspections of Houses, Premises, &c.Written Intimations served.Orders issued for Sanitary Amendments of Houses, li and Premises.Statutory Notices served.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, White washed, &c.Roofs, Gutters, Rain Water Pipes, &c., repaired.Houses Disinfected after illness of an Infectious character.Quantities of Bedding disinfected in apparatus.Articles of Bedding, Clothing, &c., destroyed.House Drains.Privies & Waterclosets.Dust Bins.Water Supply.Miscellaneous.Legal proceedings : i.e., Summonses.Houses inspected under house to house inspection during the year.
    Repaired, Cleansed.R.W. Pipes Disconnected from Drains.Waste Pipes Disconnected from Drains.Traps provided.Ventilated.Houses provided with New Drains.Repaired, &c.Additional Water Closets provided.Supplied with Water.Water Closets reconstructed.Soil Pipes reconstructed.Ditto, repaired and ventilated.New provided.Repaired, Covered, &c.Cisterns (new) erected.Water Supply to houses reinstated.Cisterns Cleansed, Repaired, or Covered.Waste Pipes connected with Drains, &c., abolished.Water Certificates granted.No. of Lodging Houses registered under 35th sec. of the "Sanitary Act, 1866," or 94th sect., "Public Health (Lond.) Act, 1891. ,Overcrowding in houses, or rooms, abated.Dust Removal—No. of Complaints received and attended to.Yards to houses paved, or paving amended.Removal of accumulations of Dung, Stagnant Water, Animal and other Refuse.Receptacles for Dung erected or improved.Animals Removed, being improperly kept.Regularly Inspected.
    Bakehouses.Milkshops.Licensed Cowsheds.Workshops.Licensed Slaughter-houses.
  • Page 22
    TABLE V. Showing the number of Deaths from the seven principal Zymotic Diseases, in the 10 years, 1887 to 1896, and in the Year 1897.
    Disease.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.Annual Average of 10 years, 1887-1896.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 10 years, 1887-1896.Total Deaths in 1897.Proportion of Deaths to 1000 Deaths in 1897.
  • Page 23
    TABLE VII. The number of Inhabited Houses, the Estimated Population, 1897, uith the Birth and Death Rate in the different Registrars' Sub-districts in Lewisham Parish and the Hamlet oj Penge, together comprising "The Lewisham District."
    Registrars' Sub-districts.Number of Inhabited Houses, Midsummer, 1897.Estimated Population, 1897.Number of Births, 1897.Birth Rate per 1000. 1897.Number of Deaths 1897.Death Rate per 1000. 1897.
  • Page 24
    TABLE VIII. Register of Licensed Cow-houses.
    LEWISHAM.
    Name.Address.
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    TABLE VIII.— Continued. List of Milksellers who have no Cowhouse Licenses, and of the Dairies, Milkstores, and Milkshops in the Lettish am District.
    LEWISHAM.
    Name.Address.
  • Page 26
    TABLE VIII.— Continued. Milk sellers and Milkstores—Continued.
    LEWI SHAM.—Continued.
    Name.Address.
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    TABLE VIII.— Continued. Milksellers and Milkstores—Continued
    SYDENHAM AND FOREST HILL.-Continued.
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    TABLE IX. Register of Licensed Slaughter-houses.
    LEWISHAM.
    Name.Address.