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City of London 1911

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

Published
1912
Pages
148
Tables
78

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  • Page 14
    population. The undermentioned figures are abstracted from the Preliminary report of the Registrar.General, dated 10th June, 1911, on the Census of England and Wales, 1911 (County of London).
    Area. Statute Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.
    1901.1911.1901.1911.
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    CENSUS RETURNS.
    YearImperial Census. N igh t Population.City Census.* Day Population.
  • Page 16
    Vaccination Statistics in the City of London.
    Year.Number of Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Had Small.poxDied before Vaccination.Vaccination Postponed.Cases pending or removed at the end of the year.Conscientious Objections.
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    Death Rates, per 1,000 per Annum.
    Year.City of London.77 Great Towns of England and Wales.Metropolis.
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    Percentage of Deaths occurring in Workhouses, Workhouse Infirmaries and Lunatic Asylums to total Deaths in the City of London and the Metropolis respectively, for 1911, compared with the previous five years:—
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
  • Page 19
    City of London Infantile Mortality during the Year 1911. 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 Month?.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.
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    PERCENTAGE OF REGISTERED DEATHS FROM VIOLENCE.
    Year.City of London.Metropolis.
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    VITAL STATISTICS, 1911. City of London compared with, the Metropolis, previous five years.
    City of London.Birth Rate.Death Kate.Deaths of Children under 1 year to 1,000 Births.Violent Deaths, per cent, of Deaths Registered.Deathsfroraprinoipal Zymotic Disease per 1,000 of the Population.
    Estimated Night Population (Imperial Census).Estimated Day Population (Corporation CensuB).City.Metropolis.City.Metropolis.CityMetropolis.City.Metropolis.City.Metropolis.
  • Page 21
    Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1911 and Previous Years. Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.
    Year.Births,TotalDeaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in. Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Nonresidents registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents registered in Public Institutions beyond the District.Sett De ath at all Ages belonging to the District.
    Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Age3.
    Number.Rate.*Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*Number.Rate.
    12346678910111213
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    Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1911.
    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 6.5 and under 16.16 and under 25.25 and under 66.66 and wards.St. BotolphSt. Sepulchr*
  • Page 23
    In the following Tables will be found particulars of infectious disease notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, and information as to the removal of patients to hospitals, infirmaries, &c. :—
    NATURE OP 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 23
    The following is a Return of infectious disease notified, exclusive of Chicken.pox and Phthisis, occurring in the City of London, with the percentages of such cases removed for treatment to hospitals or nursed at home during 1911, compared with the figures for the previous five years :—
    Year.Number of cases reported.Per cent, of cases reported.
    Removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.
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    CITY OF LONDON.
    Disease.Cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases notified in each Locality.No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality.Total Cases removed to Hospital.
    At Agea—Tears.St. Botolph.St .Sepulchre.St. Botolph.St .Sepulchre.
    At all Ages.Under1 to 5.6 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    1871-1880.1881-1890.1891-1900.1901-1910.
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    CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 27 Years—1885-1911.
    YEAR.Woking*Manchester.Glasgow.Liverpool.Hall.Darlington.Leicester.Golder's Green.Birmingham.Leeds.Ilford.Sheffield.Bradford.No. of Cremations each year.
  • Page 51
    Record of Attendances at the Baths, Artizans' Dwellings. (The corresponding figures for 1910 are in italics.)
    Month.Sex.Total.
    Males.Females.
    Children.Adults.Children.Adults.
  • Page 52
    Number of Articles disinfected, Bodies received at the Mortuary, and Inquests held at the Coroner's Court in the City during 1911, 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 53
    WEST DISTRICT. (Inspector F. J. Robbins.)
    Month.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
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    MIDDLE DISTRICT. (Inspector E. J. Simmons.)
    Month.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
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    EAST DISTRICT. (Inspector W. H. Ralph.)
    Month.Premises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Works completed.
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    The foregoing are summarised as under:—
    District.Number of inspections made.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
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    Registered Lodging-houses.
    District.No. of Houses on Register.No. of Lodgers.No. of Tenements.Average No. of Persons per Tenement.Cleansing Notices Served.
    1911.1900.1911.1900.1911.1900.1911.1900.1911.1900.
  • Page 56
    WEST DISTRICT.
    Name and situation of Artizana' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five Rooms or more.
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    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Fire, or more Rooms.
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    EAST DISTRICT.
    Name and situation of Artizans' Block Dwellings.No. of Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.
    One Room.Two Rooms.Three Rooms.Four Rooms.Five, or more Rooms.
  • Page 71
    The number of Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces at present registered is as follows:—
    Premises.Workrooms, &c.
  • Page 78
    1—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
  • Page 78
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES
    Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions. (5)
    Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector. W
  • Page 79
    3.—HOME WORK.
    NATURE OF WORK. 1OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108.OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, 8ECTIONS 109,110.
    Lists received from Employers.Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists.Prosecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (S.110).Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110)
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Lists. †Outworkers. †Lists.Outworkers.
    Contractors.Workmen.Contractors.Workmen.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9)(10)(11)(12)(18)(14)(15)(16)
  • Page 79
    4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
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    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
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    Inspections and Re-inspections.—Visits.
    Year.Factories.Workshops, including Domestic Workshops.Work-places. Kitchens.Offices.Infants.Total.
  • Page 97
    A further investigation has been completed, and the following is Dr. Klein's report upon the twelve samples submitted to him:—
    Date.Sample No.Result.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Date.Sample No.Result.
  • Page 102
    Certificates granted by the Veterinary Inspector.
    Destination.Forequarters of Beef.Hind-quarters of Beef.Flanks of Beef.Briskets of Beef.Silversides of Beef.Buttocks of Beef.Rumps & Loins of Beef.Carcases of Lamb.Carcases of Sheep.Ox Tongues.Baskets of Suet.
  • Page 103
    Tuberculous Meat and Offal.
    Nos.lbs.
  • Page 105
    The following table shows the number of quarters of beef dealt with, and the results:—
  • Page 106
    Unsound Food ex Cold Stores.
    Article.Quantity.How packed.Origin.Cause for destruction.Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 107
    Article.Quantity.How packed.Origin.Cause for Destruction.Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 108
    Number of Animals Killed at Aldgate.
    1911.1910.
  • Page 109
    Carcases and Portions Seized and Destroyed.
    Reason for Destruction.Beef.Mutton.Veal.
    Carcases.Quarters.Pieces.Carcases.Quarters.Pieces.Carcases.Quarters.Pieces.
  • Page 110
    Record of Organs Seized at Aldgate.
    Reason for Destruction.Ex Oxen.Ex Sheep.Ex Calves.
    Heads.Tongues.Lungs.Hearts.Livers.Stomachs.Mesenteries and Intestines.Kidneys.Spleens.Heads.Tongues.Lungs.Hearts.Livers.Stomachs.Mesenteries and Intestines.Kidneys.Spleens.Heads.Tongues.Lungs.Hearts.Livers.Stomachs.Mesenteries and Intestines.Kidneys.Spleenmms.
  • Page 110
    Summary of Unsound Food Destroyed.
    Tons.cwt.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 112
    *Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details for successive quinquennial periods during the past 35 years:—
    Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures, by Inspectors.% of Bad Meat.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 113
    The sources of origin of the Central Market Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent, of total annual deliveries.
    British.Foreign Killed.American.Australian and New Zealand.
    Country Killed.Town Killed.Home Killed.American Killed.†
    Percent.Percent.Percent.Percent.Percent.Percent.
  • Page 113
    Some idea of the amount of the work of your Inspectors of Slaughterhouses and Meat may be obtained from the following figures supplied by the Superintendent of the Market:—
    1907.1908.1909.1910.1911.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.
  • Page 113
    UNSOUND MEAT, 1911. The meat, &c., seized by your Inspectors as unfit for food is classified as under:—
    1911.Diseased.Unsound.Dnwholesome.Poultry.Offal.Fish.Total.
    tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwtsqrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 114
    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.Unsound.*Unwholesome.
    Per Cent.Per Cent.Per Cent.
  • Page 114
    Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat seized as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1910 and 1911.
    Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1910.Meat seized by the Inspectors, 1910.Meat delivered at the Market, 1911.Meat seized by the Inspectors, 1911.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.lbs.
  • Page 115
    DISEASED MEAT PROSECUTIONS, 1911.
    Date of Hearing.Where Heard.Before whom.Occupation of Person Summoned.Defendant's Place of Business.Result.
  • Page 115
    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 191 l.
    Month.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.cwt.qrs.per cent.
  • Page 116
    Monthly Deliveries oe Fish at London Central Markets, Smithfield, 1911.
    TonsCwts.Qrs.
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    Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1911 and the five tears 1906-1910.
    Year.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 117
    The material so disposed of comprised:—
    Tons.Cwts.Qrs.
  • Page 119
    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 119
    MILK. A decrease in milk adulteration during 1911 is shown by the following Table:—
    Year.No. of Samples Examined.Found Genuine.Found Adulterated.Percentage of Adulterated Samples.
  • Page 120
    The following Table shows the relation between place of purchase and adulteration:—
    Where Purchased.No. of Samples taken.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Samples Adulterated.
    1910.1911.1910.1911.1910.1911.
  • Page 121
    The figures for 1911 and ten previous years are given hereunder:—
    Year.No. of samples taken.No. of samples found Genuine.No. of Samples found Adulterated.Percentage of Adulterated Samples.
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    The following Table includes particulars of drug adulteration in the City during the past ten years:—
    Samples taken.Found genuine.Found adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.
  • Page 125
    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875-1907. Articles examined during each Quarter of the year 1911.
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Quarter ending 31st March.Quarter ending 30th June.Quarter ending 30th September.Quarter ending 31st December.Total for 1911.
    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 adulterationNo. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adulterated.Percentage of adulteration.
  • Page 126
    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, 1875-1907. 1911. RESULTS OF PROSECUTIONS.
    Sample.First Quarter. Nature and Extent of Adulteration.Result.
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    SUMMARY.
    £s.d.£i.d.
  • Page 131
    STREET LISTS. Compiled from Weekly Returns of Registrars of Sub-Districts.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 132
    CITY OF LONDON MORTA.LITY—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of House.Sex.Age.Date of Death.Certified Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 133
    STREET LISTS. Compiled from, Notifications received.
    Street of Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.Date of Notification.
    1911.
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    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.Date of Notification.
    1911.
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    WEST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers
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    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
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    EAST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.TenementsLodgers.
  • Page 139
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Owner.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 140
    1st January, 1912.
    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.
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    Premises.Person Registered.Premises.Person Registered.