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 London County Council]
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Table I.
Death-rates per 1,000 males living at five age periods from certain causes in London (1903) and in licensed common lodging houses 1903 and 1904.
| Cause of Death. | Age 25 to 35. | Age 36 to 45. | Age 45 to 55. | Age 55 to 65. | Age 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London, 1903. | C.L.H 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | London, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | London, 1903. | C L H 1903. | C. L. H 1901. | London, 1SW3. | C.L H. 1903. | C.L.H 1904. | London, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | |
| Phthisis | 2.34 | 6.89 | 6.86 | 4.01 | 12.49 | 15.13 | 4.92 | 20.27 | 21.16 | 4.03 | 16.29 | 16.51 | 2.51 | 11.49 | 11.50 |
| Other tubercular diseases | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.18 | 018 | 018 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.67 | 0.21 | 0.76 | - | 0.15 | 1.23 | - |
| Alcoholism (includ. ing cirrhosis of the liver) | 0.16 | 1.04 | 0.62 | 0.62 | 1.27 | 1.98 | 1.09 | 1.78 | 1.80 | 1.28 | 3.79 | 3.07 | 1.15 | 5.11 | 5.75 |
| Urinary diseases | 0.19 | 1.26 | 0.83 | 0.55 | 1.09 | 1.62 | 1.31 | 3.57 | 112 | 3.09 | 4.17 | 3.46 | 7.17 | 14.05 | 13.79 |
| Violence | 0.61 | 0.63 | - | 0.89 | 0.72 | 1.26 | 1.34 | 1.78 | 0.67 | 1.67 | 1.89 | 0.77 | 2.57 | 5.11 | 1.15 |
| Cancer | 0.17 | 0.21 | - | 0.61 | 0.72 | 0.18 | 2.37 | 2.23 | 1.57 | 5.04 | 7.20 | 4.99 | 8.1.2 | 21.72 | 17.24 |
| Circulatory diseases | 0.51 | 1.46 | 1.87 | 1.47 | 2.35 | 3.96 | 3.34 | 4.16 | 5.62 | 8.26 | 7.58 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 24.27 | 36.78 |
| Nervous diseases | 0.21 | - | 0.42 | 0.50 | - | 1.08 | 0.88 | 1.78 | 1.1.2 | 1.42 | 2.27 | 3.46 | 3.76 | 5.11 | 8.05 |
| Bronchitis | 0.07 | 0.21 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 1.00 | 2.52 | 0.68 | 2.01 | 3.82 | 2.97 | 11.36 | 11.90 | 11.98 | 30.66 | 48.28 |
| Pneumonia | 0.49 | 1.26 | 1.04 | 0.92 | 1.81 | 2.34 | 1.60 | 2.01 | 4.27 | 2.70 | 6.44 | 6.14 | 4.85 | 12.77 | 13.79 |
| Other causes | 1.06 | 2.07 | 0.21 | 1.43 | 0.90 | 1.03 | 2.31 | 2.45 | 2.70 | 4.23 | 4 55 | 3.46 | 21.04 | 12.77 | 36.78 |
| Total (all causes) | 5.99 | 15.24 | 12.48 | 11.43 | 22.62 | 31.33 | 19.98 | 42.56 | 44.50 | 34.90 | 66.30 | 63.35 | 84.30 | 144.30 | 193.10 |
Table II.
Table showing the number of deaths of males at five age periods from certain causes per 1,000 deaths from all causes in London (1903) and licensed common lodging houses 1903 and 1904.
| Cases of death | Age 25 to 35 | Age 35 to 45 | Age 45 to 55 | Age 55 to 65 | Age 65 and upward | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | Loddon, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | London, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | London, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | London, 1903. | C.L.H. 1903. | C.L.H. 1904. | |
| Phthisis | 390 | 452 | 550 | 351 | 552 | 483 | 246 | 477 | 475 | 115 | 246 | 261 | 30 | 80 | 60 |
| Other tubercular diseases | 29 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 15 | 6 | 11 | - | 2 | 9 | - |
| Alcoholism (including cirrhosis of the liver) | 27 | 68 | 50 | 54 | 56 | 63 | 50 | 42 | 41 | 37 | 57 | 48 | 14 | 35 | 30 |
| Urinary di eases | 32 | 82 | 67 | 48 | 48 | 52 | 66 | 84 | 25 | 89 | 63 | 54 | 85 | 97 | 71 |
| Violence | 102 | 41 | - | 78 | 32 | 40 | 67 | 42 | 15 | 48 | 29 | 12 | 31 | 35 | 6 |
| Cancer | 28 | 14 | - | 53 | 32 | 6 | 119 | 52 | 35 | 144 | 109 | 79 | 96 | 150 | 89 |
| Circulatory and heart disease | 86 | 96 | 150 | 128 | 104 | 126 | 167 | 105 | 126 | 237 | 114 | 152 | 249 | 168 | 190 |
| Nervous diseases | 36 | - | 33 | 44 | - | 34 | 44 | 42 | 25 | 41 | 34 | 55 | 44 | 35 | 42 |
| Bronchitis | 12 | 14 | 33 | 22 | 48 | 81 | 34 | 47 | 86 | 85 | 171 | 188 | 142 | 213 | 250 |
| Pneumonia | 81 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 80 | 47 | 96 | 77 | 97 | 97 | 58 | 89 | 71 |
| All other causes | 177 | 137 | 17 | 125 | 40 | 34 | 116 | 57 | 61 | 121 | 69 | 64 | 249 | 89 | 191 |
| Total (all causes) | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Seamen's Lodging Houses.
Under the provisions of Section 214 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Council has made bylaws
for the regulation of houses accommodating seamen.
laws for the regulation of houses accommodating seamen. These by.laws came into force on the 1st October, 1901, At the end of 1903, there were 133 houses on the register ; in 1904 houses were added to and removed from the register, leaving 90, which were situated in the following metropolitan boroughs:—
| Metropolitan Borough. | Houses. | Lodgers. |
|---|---|---|
| Poplar | 30 | 434 |
| Stepney | 59 | 1,125 |
| Woolwich | 1 | 26 |
| Total | 90 | 1,585 |