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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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the birth. In London the medical officer of health is required to send weekly to the London County
Council a list of all notices of births received by him during the past week. The resolution of the
local authority adopting the Act does not take effect until the consent of the Local Government
Board has been obtained thereto. I recently addressed a circular letter to medical officers of health
in London, asking whether their authorities had adopted the Act, and what provision had been made
in their districts for utilizing the knowledge thus obtained. The following tabular statement is based
upon information supplied in reply to this inquiry.
| Sanitary area. | Whether Notification of Births Act, 1907, adopted. | Whether adoption confirmed by L.G.B. | Staff engaged in visiting homes where births have recently occurred. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female sanitary inspectors. | Health visitors. | Whether any voluntary health visitors. | |||
| Paddington | Yes ' | Yes | 2 | 2 Student Inspectors. | Yes |
| Kensington | Yes | Yes | — | 2 | Health Society |
| Hammersmith | No | — | — | 1 | — |
| Fulham | Yes | Yes | 1 | — | Yes |
| Chelsea | No | — | — | — | — |
| Westminster | Yes | No | — | — | 20 |
| Marylebone | Yes | Yes | 2 + 1 temp. | — | Health Society |
| Hampstead | Yes | Yes | 1 + 1 to be appointed | — | Health Society |
| Pancras | Yes | Yes | — | Yes | |
| Islington | Yes | Yes | — | — | — |
| Stoke Newington | Yes | Yes | — | — | 6 |
| Hackney | No | — | — | — | — |
| Holborn | Yes | Yes | 1 | — | |
| Finsbury | Yes | Yes | — | — | |
| London, City of | Yes | Yes | 1 | — | |
| Shoreditch | No | — | — | — | - |
| Bethnal Green | No | — | 1 | — | — |
| Stepney | No | — | — | — | — |
| Poplar | Yes | Yes | — | 1 | 60 |
| Southwark | Yes | Yes | 3 | — | Yes |
| Bermondsey | Yes | Yes | — | 1 to be apptd. | — |
| Lambeth | Yes | Yes | — | 1 | — |
| Battersea | Yes | Yes | 1 | — | Yes |
| Wandsworth | No | — | — | 1 | |
| Camberwell | No | — | — | — | — |
| Deptford | No | — | — | — | — |
| Greenwich | No | — | — | Yes | — |
| Lewisham | No | — | — | — | |
| Woolwich | Yes | Yes | 1 | — | — |
Principal Epidemic Diseases.
The number of deaths in the Administrative County of London from the principal epidemic
diseases, viz., smallpox, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria, whooping cough, typhus, enteric fever,
pyrexia1 and diarrhoea during 1907 (52 weeks) was 6,720, giving an annual death-rate of 1.42 per 1,000
persons living.
The death-rates in successive periods have been as follows:—
| Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. | Period. | Death-rate per 1,000 persons living. |
|---|---|---|---|
1 Origin uncertain. Originally described as simple continued fever.
2 See footnote (1), page 8.
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