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Lewisham 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]

Published
1912
Pages
98
Tables
46

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  • Page 16
    Table 2 ANALYSIS OF DEATHS. Number of Deaths at Various Age Periods and their Percentage to Corrected Total Deaths during the years 1904 -1911.
    AGE PERIOD.19041905190619071908190919101911
    Number of Deaths.Percentage to 1 Total Deaths.Number oi Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.Number of 1 Deaths.Percentage to Total Deaths.
  • Page 19
    Table 4. Deaths and Death Rates from Principal Zymotic Diseases in Wards, during the year 1911.
    LocalitiesSmall-PoxMeaslesScarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughEnteric FeverEpidemic Diarrhoea & Epidemic EnteritisTotalsDeath Kates from Principal Zymotic Diseases.
  • Page 21
    Table 6. Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases arranged in Age Groups, for the year 1911.
    Ages.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Epidemic Diarrhoea and Enteritis.Totals in Age Groups.
  • Page 24
    Table 7. Deaths and Death Rates in Disease Groups in each Division of the Borough for the year 1911.
    Disease Groups.Lee Division.Lewisham Division.Sydenham and Forest Hill Division.Whole Borough.
    Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.
    per 1000.per 1000.per 1000.per 1000.
  • Page 25
    Causes of Death. —The following list shows the principal causes of the deaths of infants under one year of age during 1911 :—
  • Page 26
    Percentage of Deaths under one year of age to Total Deaths in Wards and Divisions for the years 1904 -1911.
    District.1904.1905.1906.1907.1908.1909.19101911.
    per cent.per cent.per cent,per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.
  • Page 27
    Table 9. Analysis of Deaths Under one year of age, during the years 1905-1911.
    Disease.1905.1906.1907.I908.19091910.1911.
    Number of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.Number of Deaths under 1 yearPercentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.Number of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage Deaths to total deaths under 1 year.Number of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage Deaths to total _ Deaths under 1 year.Number of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year._Number of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.Number of Deaths under 1 year.Percentage Deaths to total Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 28
    Table 10. Causes of, and Ages at, Death in the Borough of Lewisham during the year ended December 30th. 1911.
    Causes of DeathDeaths Whole BoroughTotal all AgesBorough DivisionsDeaths of Residents in Public Institutions in the BoroughDeaths of Residents outside the BoroughDeaths of Non-residents in the Borough.
    Under 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 5 years5 and under 15 years15 and under 23 years25 and under 43 years45 and under 63 years65 years and upwardsLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest Hill
    In Public InstitutionsIn other places.
    12345678910111213141516
  • Page 29
    Table 10 — continued.
    Causes or DeathDeaths Whole BoroughTotal all AgesBorough DivisionsDeaths of Residents in Public Institutions in BoroughDeaths of Residents outside the BoroughDeaths of Non-residents in the Borough
    Under 1 year1 and under 2 years2 and under 9 years5 and under 19 years15 and under 29 years25 and under 4B years45 and under 69 years65 years and upwardsLeeLewishamSydenham and Forest Hill
    In Public InstitutionsIn other places
    12345678910111313141516
  • Page 30
    Table 11. Metropolitan Boroughs.— Population, Birth and Death Rates and Infantile Mortality.
    Boroughs.Population estimated to the middle of 1911.Births.Deaths.Birth Rate.Death Rate.Deaths of Infants under I year of age.
    Number.Rate per 1000 Births.
  • Page 31
    Table 12. Metropolitan Boroughs.— Principal Infectious Diseases, Number of Deaths, and Rates per 1,000 of the Population.
    Boroughs.Enteric Fever.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.DiphtheriaDiarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2)Phthisis.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.
  • Page 32
    Table 13. Residents and Non-Residents dying in Public Institutions situated in the Borough.
    InstitutionDeaths of Residents.Deaths of Non-Residents.Total.
  • Page 34
    Table 14. Meteriological Table for 1911. (Records taken at Greenwich).
    1911.Month.Barometer.AIR TEMPERATURERainfall.Bright Sunshine.
    Mean pressure at 32° F. at Station Level (Bar. 159 ft. above M.S.L )Mean ofTotal observedPer cent. of possible.
    MaximumMinimum
    ins°°Ins.Hours%
  • Page 38
    The following figures show the percentage of cases occurring among children of the age of six years and under to the total notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria:—
    Age.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.
    1909.1910.1911.1909.1910.1911
  • Page 38
    Table 15. Age Periods of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, notified during the year 1911.
    Age Periods.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria
    Number. of Cases.Percentage to Total CasesNumber of Cases.Percentage to Total Cases.
  • Page 39
    Table 16. Number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified in the Ten Wards and the Whole Borough during the Year 1911.
    Wards.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria.Knteric FeverErysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Fever.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Polio-Myelitis or Polio-EncephalitisTotal.
  • Page 40
    Table 17. Attack rates from the Principal Infectious Diseases per 1,000 of the population for the ten Wards, arid the whole Borough in the years 1908-1911.
    Wards.Diseases
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric FeverErysipelasTotal All Diseases.
    19081909191019111908190919101911190819091910191119081909191019111908190919101911
  • Page 43
    Table 18. Attack Rates per 1,000 persons living at all ages from Small-Pox' Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria in the Metropolitan Boroughs and the County of London for the Years 1908-1911.
    Borough.Small-Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.All Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
    190819091910.19111908.1909.1910.19111908.1909191019111908.19091910.1911.
  • Page 44
    The following is a summary of the cases notified from Schools:—
    Number of children suffering.Children excluded on account of infection in their homes.
  • Page 51
    Table 19. Water Certificates Granted after inspection in accordance with Section 48 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during the years 1905-1911.
    Ward.Number of Water Certificates Granted.
    1905190019071908190919101911
  • Page 52
    Table 20. Houses Examined and Certified under the Customs and Inland Revenue Acts during 1911.
    Applications Received.Certificates Granted.Certificates Refused.
    Name of Street or Road.Number of Houses.Number of TenementsNumber of Houses.Number of TenementsNumber of Houses.Number of Tenements
  • Page 56
    HOUSE TO HOUSE INSPECTION The following is a list of the roads in which a systematic inspection was carried out during the year 1911, by the house-to-house Inspector:—
    No. of houses in street.
  • Page 57
    which it was necessary to serve notices upon the respective owners :—
  • Page 61
    Table 21. Inspection of Factories, Workshops & Workplaces. (Home Office Table, No. 1).
    Premises,InspectionsWritten Notices.Prosecutions
  • Page 64
    Table 23. Workshops (sec. 131) and Workplaces and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1911 (Home Office Table, No. 4).
    Class of Work.No.Number of Rooms.Number of Workers Found.Part Time and Domestic. Workplaces.
    Men.Women.Young PersonsNumber.No of Rooms.
  • Page 62
    Table No. 22. HOME WORK. (Home Office Table, No. 3).
    NATURE OF WORK.* 1OUTWORKERS' 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.Prosecutions.InstancesNotices served.Prosecutions.InstancesOrders made, Sec. 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.†Outworkers.†Lists.Outworkers.
    Contractors.Workmen.Contractors.Workmen.
    2245678910111213141516
  • Page 65
    Other Matters ( Home Office Table, No. 5).
  • Page 65
    Workshops and Workplaces on the Register at the end of 1910 :—
  • Page 66
    WORK OF WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS. The following is a summary of work carried out by your Women Sanitary Inspectors:—
    Miss JonesMiss Stevens.Total
  • Page 67
    Table 24. ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.
    Premises.Number of PlacesNo. of Inspections 1911No. of Notices 1911.No. of Prosecutions 1911.
    On Register at end of 1910.Added in 1911.Removed in 1911.On Register at end of 1911
  • Page 68
    Prosecutions under By-laws under the Public Health (London) Act:—
  • Page 69
    Table 25. REGISTER OF SANITARY WORK. (Male Inspectors.) For the year ended 3 1st December, 1911.
    LewishamSydenham and Forest Hill Division.Lee DivisionWork-shopsHouse to House
    Description or WorkMr. J. A. K.CooperMr. H. KingMr. J. CrowtherMr. E. T. PidwellMr. B. A KnappettMr. R. WhiteMr. J. DaltryMr. A. H. GrayTotal for Whole Boro.
  • Page 77
    Table A. Showing number of Samples submitted for Analysis, with Results , for the year ended December 1911 .
    Article.Total.Genuine.Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
  • Page 79
    Table C. Showing Total Samples submitted with results during the years 1907 - 1911. ( Test samples not included ) .
    Quarter.No. of Samples.No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    190719081909191019111907190819091910191119071908190919101911
  • Page 79
    Table D. Showing results of Total Samples of Milk submitted during the Years 1907- 1911.
    Quarter.No. of Samples.*No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    190719081909191019111907190819091910191119071908190919101911
  • Page 80
    Table E. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted in 1911.
    Period.Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.Average Composition of genuine samples.Board of Agriculture Standard.
    Percentage of Milk fat.Percentage of Solids not fat.Percentage of Milk fat.Percentage of Solids not fat.Percentage of Milk fat.Percentage of Solids not fat.
  • Page 81
    Table F. Average Composition of Milk Samples submitted during the Years 1902-1911.
    Period.Average Composition of all samples submitted genuine and adulterated.Average Composition of genuine samples.Board of Agriculture standard.
    Percentage of Milk Fat.Percentage of Solids not Fat.Percentage of Milk Fat.Percentage of Solids not Fat.Percentage of Milk Fat.Percentage of Solids not Fat
  • Page 82
    Table G. Details of Adulterated Samples of Milk during the Year ended December 31s t , 1911.
    No.Adulteration.Remarks.
  • Page 82
    Table H Showing the number of samples of Butter submitted in the Four Quarters of the years 1907 -1911.
    Quarter.No. of Samples.*No. Adulterated.Percentage Adulterated.
    19071908190919101911190719081909| 1910191119071908190919101911
  • Page 83
    Table I. Details of Adulterated Samples of Butter for the Year ended December 31st, 1911 .
    No.Adulteration.Remarks.
  • Page 83
    Table J . Details of Other Samples Adulterated during the year ended December 31st, 1911.
    NoArticle.Adulteration.Remarks.
  • Page 87
    Table I . Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1911 and previous Years.
    YearPopulation estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transfer'le. Deaths.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Nett.
    of Non residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the DistrictUnder i Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Uncorrected Number.Number.Rate.Number.Rate.
    Number.Rate per 1000 Net Births.Number.Rate.
    12345678910111213
  • Page 88
    Table II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1911.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in Each Ward (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the District.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.12345678910
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.Church.Manor.South.Blackheath.Lewisham Village.Lewisham Park.Brockley.Cat ford.Forest Hill.Sydenham.
  • Page 89
    Table III. Causes of, and Ages at, Death duving Yeav 1911 .
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of Residents whether occurring with in or without the DistrictTotal Deaths whrther of residents or Non-Residents in Institutions in the District.
    All AgesUnder 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.
    1234567891011
  • Page 90
    Table IV. INFANT MORTALITY. 1911.—Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various ages under One Year of Age .
    Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year
  • Page 91
    Table V . Metropolitan Borough of Lewisham . Phthisis: Sanatorium and Hospital Accommodation.
    Classes for which accommodation is provided.By whom provided.Where situated.Total number of Beds.How are patients selected ?Are patients under the care of a resident Medical Officer ?What charge, if any. is made for the use of Beds?Do the Sanitary Authority use— (1) their Isolation Hospital, or (2) their Smallpox Hospital, for cases of Phthisis?Do the Sanitary Authority reserve Beds in any Phthisis Sanatorium: If so, how many, and in what Sanatorium?Do the Sanitary Authority provide portable open-air Shelters or Tents ?