Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Total | M. | F. | |||
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| Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. |
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| Causes of Death. | Sex. | All Ages | 0— | 1 — | 2— | 5— | 15— | 25- | 35- | 45— | 55- | 65— | 75— |
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| Causes of Death. (Manual of the International List of Causes of Death, 1931.) | Total Deaths. | Sex. | Ages at Death—Years. | Number of Deaths of Residents of Wards. | Nett Deaths in Public Institutions (at all ages) | Nett Total Deaths in Public Institutions, etc. | Causes of Death | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Poplar Institution. | St. Andrew's Hospital. | St. Clement's Hospital. | Bromley House Institution. | Poplar Hospital. | See Footnotes. | Outlying Institutions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total All Ages | Under 5 years. | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75 and over | Bow. | BRomley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 2- | Total under 5years | North. | West. | Central. | South. | Northwest. | North-East. | South- West. | South-East. | Central. | Northwest. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rate per 1,000 Population | Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population. | Rate per 1,000 Live Births. | Percentage of Total Deaths. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Stillbirths- | All Causes. | Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers. | Small-pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Whooping Cough. | Diphtheria. | Influenza. | Violence. | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years). | Total Deaths under One Year. | Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. | Inquest Cases. | Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest; | Uncertified Causes of Death. | ||
| Cities and Boroughs. | Estimated Resident population (Mid-1938) | Live Births, Annual rate per 1,000 population. | Death-rate per 1,000 population. | Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | 1937. | 1938. |
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| Residents | Non-Residents* | Totals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Males | Females | ||
| Number of persons in receipt of domiciliary relief (excluding medical relief only). | Cost. | No. of persons in receipt of medical relief only. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRICT. | Totals. (District Inspectors.) | HousingInspectors.* | Totals. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. | No. 6. | No. 7. | No. 8. | Mr. G. L. Belshaw. | Mr. E. A. May. | Mr. T.C.B. Rose. | ||||||
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to D.S.I. | Referred to H.M. Insp. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address. | Proprietors. | Business. |
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| No. of Premises. | No. of Baits. | No. of dead Rats. | No. of Rats caught in Traps. | Total No. of Rats. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laid. | Taken. | Dead. | Alive. | ||||
| Premises. | On Register during year. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Intimations. | Number of Notices. | Number of Final Notices. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male. | Female. | Total. | ||||||
| Premises. | Number of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Proseou tions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
| Nature of Work, | Outworkers' List (Section 107) | Outwork in un-— wholesome premises, j (Section 108). | Outwork in infected premises, (Sections 109, 110). | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Empioyers. | Notice served on Occupation as to keeping or or sending lists. | Prosecutions. | |||||||||||||
| Instances. | Notices served | Prosecutions | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110}. | Prosecutions 'Sections 109, no,. | ||||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Failing to keep or per mit inspec. tion of list | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Total Lists. | Outworkers. | 'Total Lists. | Outworkers | ||||||||||||
| Contractors. | Workmen . | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Class of Homework. | Number of Lists received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due Feb. 1st. j Due Aug. 1st. | Forwarded to other Authorities. | Received from other Authorities. | ||||||
| No. of Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | No. of Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Address. | Nature of Complaint. | Result. | Inspector. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Address. | Nature of Complaint. | Result. | Inspector. |
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| Address. | Nature of Complaint. | Result. | Inspector. |
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| Address. | Nature of Complaint. | Result. | Inspector. |
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| Defendant. | Offence. | Result. | Inspector. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reginald Bach, 92-94, Chrisp Street | Sold condensed milk not labelled as prescribed | £2 penalty; £2 2s. costs | Pearce, H. A. |
| George Knight, 35, Upper North Street | Sold condensed milk not labelled as prescribed | Summons dismissed under Probation of Offenders Act | do. |
| Merchandise Marks Act and Orders. | |||
| Defendant. | Offence. | Result. | Inspector. |
| Penalties. | Costs. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | 8. | d. | £ | 8. | d. | |
| Premises. | No. in Borough on 31st December, 1938. | No. of Inspections. | No. of Prosecutions. |
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| Disease. | Cases notified. | Period. |
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| No. | Area. | Approx. area, including added lands, (acres). | Number of | Date of Council's resolution declaring Area. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title. | Houses in area. | Families. | Persons | |||||
| In area. | Added lands. | |||||||
| No. | Area. | Approx. area, including added lands, (acres). | Number of | Date of Council's resolution declaring Area. | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title. | Houses in area. | Families. | Persons | |||||
| In area. | Added lands. | |||||||
| Council Properties. | Private Properties. | Premises Inspected. |
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| Verminous Articles Destroyed. | Council Properties. | Private Properties. |
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| Designation. | Bottlers. | Pasteurisers. | Dealers in Sealed Bottles only. | Supplementary Licences. |
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| Designated Milk. | Where taken: | Number satisfactory. | Number unsatisfactory. | Action taken. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On delivery at— | From Dealers— | ||||||
| Railway Stations. | L.C.C. Hospitals and Schools | Before bottling. | After bottling. | ||||
| Number reported: | Remarks. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tubercle bacilli absent. | Tubercle bacilli present. | Examination incomplete. | ||
| Premises. | Grade. | No. of samples taken | No. Tuberculous. |
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| Premises. | Date Inspected. | No. of Cows. | Cows suffering with Mastitis. |
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| Cattle excluding Cows. | Cows. | Calves. | Sheep and Lambs | Pigs. |
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| Class of Animal. | All Diseases Except Tuberculosis. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organs, etc. | |||||||||||||
| Lungs. | Livers | Mesenteries. | Omenta. | Pancreas | Spleens. | Tripes. | Hearts. | Kidneys. | Intestines. | Udders. | Heads. | Tongues. | |
| Class of Animal. | Tuberculosis Only. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organs, etc. | |||||||||||||
| Lungs. | Livers. | Mesenteries. | Omenta. | Pancreas. | Spleens. | Tripes. | Hearts. | Kidneys. | Intestines. | Udders. | Heads. | Tongues. | |
| Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations. | Reminders. | Notices served. | ||
| Stat. | Final. | ||||
| Totals. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Intimations. | Reminders. | Notices served | ||
| Stat. | Final | ||||
| Sample. | Number examined. | Number Adulterated. | Action taken. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Proceedings. (See page 42 ) | Letters of caution sent. | |||
| Sample. | Number examined. | Number Adulterated. | Action taken. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legal Proceedings. (See page 42.) | Letters of caution sent. | |||
| (1) Number of Samples examined for the presence of preservative. | (B) Number in which preservative was reported to be present, and percentage of preservative found in each case. |
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| Year. | No. of Samples examined. | Percentage of adulteration. |
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| Year. | No. of Milks examined. | Percentage of adulteration. |
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| Margarine. | Butter. |
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| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole Borough. | Bow. | Bromley. | Poplar. | Whole. Borough. | Bow. | Bromley. | Poplar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| North. | West. | Cent. | South. | North-West. | North-East. | South-West. | South -East. | Cent. | North-West. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | North. | West. | Cent. | South. | North-West. | North-East. | South-West. | South-East. | Cent. | North-West. | West. | East. | Mill-wall. | Cubitt Town. | |||
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole Borouqh. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths in Age-Periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 6. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||
| Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever | Enteric and Paratyphoid Fevers. |
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| Registration Sub-Districts. | Number of Births registered 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1937. | Number of Births entered by 31st January, 1939, in "Vaccination Register." | Number of Births which on 31st January, 1939, remained unentered in "Vaccination Register." | Number of Births neither entered in the "Vaccination Register" nor accounted for in Columns 8, 9 and 10. | Total number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the calendar year 1938. | Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received during the calendar year 1938. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col. 1 Successfully vaccinated . | Col. II | Col. IV Number in respect of whom Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection have been received. | Col. V Died unvac-cinated. | |||||||||
| Postponement by Medical Certificate. | Removals to Districts the Vaccination Officers of which have been duly apprised. | Removals to places unknown, cases not found, etc. | ||||||||||
| Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Had Smallpox. | |||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) |
| Name of the Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Numbers of Successful Primary Vaccinations of persons:— | Number of Successful Re - vaccinations— i.e.. Successful Vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time. | Observations. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year of age. | One year and upwards. | Total. | ||||
| Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. |
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| Year. | Males. | Females. | Total |
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| Accommodation. | Day and time of session. | Type of session. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Adults. | Children. | Grand Total | ||||||||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F | M. | F. | |||||||
| Condition at the time of the last record made during the year 1938. | Previous to 1928. | 1928. | 1929. | 1930. | 1931. | 1932. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class T.B.—. | Class T.B.+ . | Class T.B.—. | Class T.B.+. | Class T.B.—. | Class T.B.+. | Class T.B.—. | Class T.B.+ . | Class T.B.—. | Class T.B.+ . | Class T.B.—. | Class T. B. +. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Group I. | Group II. | Group III. | Total (T.B. + ). | Group I. | Group II. | Group III. | Total (T.B. + ). | Group I. | Group II. | Group III | Total (T.B.+ ). | Group I. | Group II. | Group III. | Total (T.B. + ). | Group I. | Group II. | Group III. | Total (T.B.+). | Group I. | Group II. | Group III. | Total (T.B.+). | ||||||||||
| Age Periods | Formal Notifications. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases of Tuberculosis. | Total Notifications. | ||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total (all ages). | ||
| Age Periods. | 0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | Total. |
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| Source of Information. | Number of Cases. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | ||
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Total Cases. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | Total. | Males. | Females | Total. | ||
| Quarter ended | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March. | June. | September. | December. | ||
| Age Periods. | New Cases. | Deaths. (Reg. General's figures). | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-Pulmonary. | |||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
| Articles Disinfected. | Smallpox. | Other Infectious Diseases. | Tuberculosis. | Scabies and Verminous. | Miscellaneous. | Totals |
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| M. | F. | Totals. |
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| Vehicle. | Speedometer register (miles). | Petrol consumption (gallons). | Average m.p.g. |
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| Quantity Produced. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| As Manufactured. Gallons. | As Issued. (v.e., Weaker Solution.) Gallons. | Electricity Consumed. Units. | |
| Quarter. | Number of Children Cleansed. | Total number of Cleansings. | Amount payable by L.C.C. to the Borough Council. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lodging House, etc. | Male. | Female. | Total. |
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| Situation. | Nature of Accommodation. | Clinics. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Council. | Royal College. |
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| Public Health Department. | The Royal College of St. Katharine. | Total 1938. | Total 1937. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | Cases. | Visits. | |
| Old Ford. | West Ferry Road. | Manchester Road. | Simpsons Road. | Wei-lington Road. | P.H. Dept. Total. | Royal College of St. Katharine Total. |
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| £ | s. | d. |
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| Year. | Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision impaired. | Total Blind-ness. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | ||||||
| At home. | In hoapital. | ||||||
| E.L.N.S. | St. John Divine. | St. John's Isle of Dogs. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases. | Visits. | |||||
| Year of Birth. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933. | 1934. | 1935. | 1936. | |
| Cause of Death. | Attended at Institution. | Attended at home by | Treated in Institution subsequently. | No. of prev ious pregnancies. | Received Ante-natal care or Treatment at | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.C.W. Clinic. | Elsewhere. | |||||
| Bow. | Poplar. | Totals. |
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| Number of Visits. | 1937. | 1938. |
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| Post-Nata Clinics. | 1937. | 1938. |
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| Sewing Class | 1937. | 1938. |
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| C.L.O. | Iron Solution. (40Z. bottles.) |
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| Year. | Applications. | Applications granted. | Cost (approx:) £ | Orders issued. | Cases investigated by I. O. | Unsatisfactory cases. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fresh. (Pints) | Dried. (lbs.) | ||||||