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City of London 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

Published
1906
Pages
173
Tables
91

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91 tables in this report

  • Page 11
    TABLE A.
    Area. Statute Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.
    1891.1901.1891.1901.
  • Page 11
    TABLE B. CENSUS RETURNS.
    Year.Imperial Census. Night Population.City Census. Day Population.
  • Page 13
    Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
    Year.Number of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Had Small-pox.Died before Vaccination.Vaccination Postponed.Cases pending or removed at the end of the year.Conscientious Objections.
    per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.
  • Page 13
    Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.
    Year.City of London.Great Towns of England and Wales.Metropolis.
  • Page 14
    Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1905, compared with the previous five years:—
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
    Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 15
    City of London. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1905. Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week,1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
  • Page 17
    Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1905 and Previous Years. Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.
  • Page 18
    Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.
    Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages').Total deaths in public institutions in the district
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwardsSt. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.*
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.
  • Page 19
    In the following Tables will be found particulars of the cases of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, during 1905, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, &c.:—
    NATURE OF DISEASE.Number of Certificates received.Treated at Home.Removed to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals.Removed to the London Fever Hospital.Treated at other Hospitals and Infirmaries.Duplicate Certificates received.Diagnosis incorrect.
  • Page 19
    The percentage of cases removed to hospital and treated at home during the year was as under:—
    Removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.
    Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 20
    TABLE C. Return of infectious disease, exclusive of Chicken-pox and Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentage of such cases removed to hospital or treated at home during 1905, compared with the previous five years:—
    Year.Number of cases reported.Per cent. of cases reported.
    Removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.
  • Page 20
    The case mortality of those attacked with notifiable disease was:—
    Recovered.Died.Total.Case mortality per cent.
  • Page 20
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1905.
    Disease.Cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.St. Botolph.St. Sepulchre.
    Under 1.1 to 6.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 31
    These samples yielded the following results:—
    Character of Milk.Number of Samples.Percentage.
  • Page 33
    The following is a summary of the results obtained:—
    Character of Milk.Number of Samples.Percentage.
  • Page 33
    The percentage composition of the two series referred to above may be classified as under:—
    1904.1905.
  • Page 54
    CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 21 Years—1885.1905.
  • Page 56
    Table of Births and Deaths occurring at tiie Artizans' Dwellings, Stoney Lane, Houndsditch, during the year 1905.
    Name of Block.Births.Mortality from all Causes at subjoined Ages.
    Male.Female.At all ages.Under 1 year.l and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6060 and upwards.
  • Page 57
    An increase in the use of the baths is shown by the following figures for the corresponding months of 1905:—
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 57
    The attendances during the whole year 1905 were as under Record of Attendances at the Baths, Artizans' Dwellings, 1905.
    Month.Sex.Total.
    Males.Females.
    Children.Adults.Children.Adults.
  • Page 59
    Number of Articles disinfected, Bodies received at the Mortuary, and Inquests held at the Coroner's Court in the City during 1905, compared with the previous five years.
    Year.Articles of Bedding, &c., disinfected.Bodies received at the Mortuary.Inquests held on bodies.Inquests held on Fires.
  • Page 60
    The amounts spent during the past twelve months under these several headings were:—
    £S.d.
  • Page 60
    SANITARY INSPECTIONS. The following is a Statement of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors in their several Districts during each month of the year :— WEST DISTRICT. (Inspector F. J. Robbins.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
  • Page 61
    MIDDLE DISTRICT. (Inspector E. J. Simmons.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
  • Page 61
    EAST DISTRICT. (Inspector W. H. Ralph.)
    Date of Report.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
  • Page 62
    The foregoing are summarised as under :—
    District.Number of inspections made.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 62
    Sanitary Inspections During 1905, compared with previous five years.
    Year.Inspections made.Sanitary Improvements effected.Notices served.
  • Page 65
    Refuse Dealt with during 1905 and previous Five Years.
    Year.Street Sweepings and Slop.House and Trade Refuse.Total.No. of Loads Cremated in Destructor.Per Cent. Cremated.
  • Page 66
    TENEMENT HOUSES.
    District.No. of Houses on Register.No of Lodgers.No. of Tenements.Average No. of Persons per Tenement.Sanitary Notices Served.
  • Page 66
    west district.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
    One Room.Two Booms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
  • Page 67
    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
  • Page 67
    EAST DISTRICT.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
  • Page 70
    The following is a summary of inspections made annually since the passing of the Act:— Factories.
  • Page 77
    A comparison of the number of such notifications received in past years with the year under review shows as follows:—
    Year.No. of Complaints received.
  • Page 86
    1.—INSPECTION. Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 86
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 87
    3.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
  • Page 89
    EAST DISTRICT.
  • Page 90
    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
  • Page 91
    EAST DISTRICT.
  • Page 104
    IMPORTED FROM HOLLAND. (From figures supplied by the Consul-General for the Netherlands.) Statement of the number of Carcasses Inspected for Export to London, and to which the Government Label was attached, during the Year 1905.
    Cattle.Calves.Pigs.Sheep.TOTALS.;
    Inspected and labelled.Seized as diseased; or unfit for food.Inspected and labelled.Seized as diseased; or unfit for food.Inspected and labelled.Seized as diseased; or unfit for food.Inspected and labelled.Seized as diseased; or unfit for food.Inspected and labelled.Seized as diseased; or unfit for food.
  • Page 105
    IMPORTED FROM DENMARK. (From figures supplied by the Commissioner for the Danish Government.) From Esbjerg to Parkeston, 1905.
    meat.pork.
    Of Cattle.Carcasses seized as diseased, or unfit for food.Of Sheep.Carcasses seized as diseased, or unfit for food.Fresh.Carcasses seized as diseased, or unfit for food.
  • Page 115
    The following is a statement of the quantity of Bacon imported from Denmark during the seven years 1899-1905, and has considerable interest as bearing on the subject:—
    Year.Value.To United Kingdom.To London.
    £Tons.Tom.
  • Page 116
    Table showing the annual deliveries and other details during the past 32 years:— MEAT SUPPLIES, 1874 TO 1905.
    Year.General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors.% of Bad Meat.
  • Page 117
    Monthly Deliveries at the Corporation Markets, Smithfield.
    month.1903.1904.1905.
    Tonscwtsqrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 117
    The sources of origin during the past ten years are here expressed in terms per cent. of total annual deliveries.
    Country Killed.Town Killed.*Foreign Killed.American.Australian and New Zealand.
    Home Killed.American Killed.
    Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 118
    Some idea of the magnitude of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—
    1903.1904.1905.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.
  • Page 118
    MEAT INSPECTION. The seizures of diseased and unsound meat amounted to 2,128 tons 9 cwts. 2 qrs., including 371 tons 17 cwts. 1 qr. 23 lbs. of imported frozen and chilled meat.
    Month.1903.1904.1905.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwtsqrs.
  • Page 119
    UNSOUND MEAT, 1905. The meat seized by your Inspectors as unfit for the food of man is classified as under:—
    1905.Diseased.Putrid.Unwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
    tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwtsqrs.lbs.tons.cwta.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrslbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lts.
  • Page 119
    The percentages of Meat seized under a summary of the various headings of the above Table and for the preceding five years, were as follows:—
    Year.Diseased.Putrid.*Unwholesome.
    Per Cent.Per Cent.Per Cent.
  • Page 120
    CENTRAL MARKETS, SMITHFIELD. Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, seized as unsound, and proportion condemned to that delivered during each Month of the Year 1905.
    Month.Meat delivered at the Market.Meat' seized the the Inspectors.Ratio of Meat condemned to that delivered,
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 121
    DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1905.
    Date of Hearing.Where Heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Defendant's Place of Business.Result.
  • Page 122
    Of the above, 157,335 tons were consigned to Billingsgate Market, the remainder, viz., 54,307, being delivered at the salesmen's shops in the neighbourhood of the Market.
    Year.Fish Delivered at Billingsgate Market.Fish Delivered in the neighbourhood of Billingsgate Market.Total Deliveries.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.
  • Page 122
    Table showing Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered,at or near Billingsgate Market, and on board boats lying off that place, during each month of the year 1905.
    Month.Weight of Fish Delivered.*Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
  • Page 123
    Monthly Deliveries of Fish at London Central Markets, Smithfield, 1905.
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 123
    Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1905 and the five years 1900-1904.
    Year.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
  • Page 124
    The material so disposed of comprised:—
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 125
    The figures for 1905 and the three preceding years were as follows:—
    Year1902.1903.1904.1905.
  • Page 125
    For the purpose of comparison the following Table is given showing the percentage of adulteration in England and Wales since 1877:—
    Per cent.
  • Page 126
    The accompanying Table has been partly compiled from the Annual Reports of the Local Government Board, to which are added some figures for the City of London, and London as a whole:—
    Year.Total Number of Samples Examined in England and Wales.Number Examined in the City of London.Percentage of Total Number Examined in City of London.Number of Persons to each Sample examined.
    England and Wales.*City of London.London.
  • Page 126
    MILK. It is satisfactory to note that the decrease in the number of cases of milk adulteration is maintained, as shown by the following figures:—
    Year1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
  • Page 127
    Percentage of samples of Milk adulterated. in the City of London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs during 1904, arranged in "order of merit." Whole Metropolis 12.5 per cent.
    No. of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.No. of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.
  • Page 128
    The accompanying figures are those for 1905 and the four preceding years:—
    Years1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
  • Page 129
    Percentage of samples of Butter adulterated in the City of London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1904, arranged "in order of merit." Whole Metropolis, 8.3 per cent.
    No. of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.No of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.
  • Page 133
    Percentage of samples of Coffee adulterated in the City of London and the several Metropolitan Boroughs during the year 1904, arranged "in order of merit." Whole Metropolis, 8.3 per cent.
    No. of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.No. of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.
  • Page 134
    Whole Metropolis, 9.1 per cent.
    No of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.No. of samples examined.Per cent. of samples adulterated.
  • Page 138 139
    SALE 0F F00D AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875-1899. Articles examined during each Quarter of the year 1905.
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Quarter ending 31st March.Quarter ending 30th June.Quarter ending 30th September.Quarter ending 31st December.Total for 1905.
    No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.
  • Page 140
    RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS. First Quarter.
    Sample.Nature and Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 141
    Third Quarter.
    Sample.Nature and Extent of Adulteration.Result.
  • Page 141
    SUMMARY.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 145
    STREET LISTS, Compiled from Weekly Returns of Registrars of Sub-Districts.
    STREET OR PLAOE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 146
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 147
    CITY OF LONDON MORTALITY— continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 148
    STREET LISTS. Compiled from Notifications received.
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
  • Page 149
    Continued from previous page...
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.
  • Page 151
    WEST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 152
    WEST DI STRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 153
    WEST DISTRICT— continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 154
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 155
    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 156
    EAST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 157
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 158
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 159
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers
  • Page 160
    List of Persons registered under the Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order. 1st January, 1906.
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
  • Page 161
    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.