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City of London 1925

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

Published
1926
Pages
104
Tables
70

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  • Page 19
    CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1925.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district.Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents" * in Institutions in the District.
    All ages.Under 1 year1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.55 and upwards
    12.3.4.5.6.7.8.910.11.
  • Page 20
    VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1925 AND PREVIOUS YEARS. Name of District: CITY OF LONDON.
    YearPopulation estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected number.Nett.
    of Nonresidents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.Rate.
    Number.Rate per 1,000 nett Births.Number.Rate.
    12345678910111213
  • Page 20
    VACCINATION STATISTICS IN THE CITY OF LONDON.
    Year.Number of Births notified to Vaccination Officer.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible.Had Small-pox.Died before Vaccination.Vaccination postponed.Cases pending or removed at the end of the yearConscientious objec-tions
    per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.per cent.
  • Page 22
    STATISTICS OF NOTIFICATIONS AND REMOVALS TO HOSPITAL.
    NAME 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 subsequently found to be incorrect.Net number of Cases.
  • Page 22
    The following is a return of infectious diseases which have occurred in the City of London, exclusive of Tuberculosis, Measles, Rubella, Malaria, Pneumonia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum and Chicken-Pox, with the percentages of such cases removed to hospitals for treatment or nursed at home during 1925 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
  • Page 23
    CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1925
    NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED.
    DISEASES.At Ages—Years.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 year and under 2 years.2 years and under 3 years.3 years and under 4 years.4 years and under 5 years.5 years and under 10 years.10 years and under 15 years.15 years and under 20 years.20 years and under 35 years.35 years and under 45 years45 years and under 65 years.65 years and over.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital. †
  • Page 25
    A.—PATIENTS RESIDENT IN THE CITY.
    Number ofUnder observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st, pending diagnosis.Examined for the first time during the year.Total.Found to beUnder observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st, pending diagnosis.Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis.
    Suffering from Tuberculosis.Not suffering from Tuberculosis.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
  • Page 25
    B.—PATIENTS RESIDENT OUTSIDE THE CITY OF LONDON.
    Number ofUnder observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pending diagnosis.Examined for the first time during the year.Total.Found to be| Under observation at the Dispensary on Dec. 31st, pending diagnosis.Ceased attendance before completion of diagnosis.
    Suffering from Tuberculosis.Not suffering from Tuberculosis.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
  • Page 25
    Patients Referred to The Hospital.—The following is the summary of patients referred to the various departments of St. Bartholomew's Hospital for help in diagnosis or treatment
    Resident.Non-Resident.Total.
  • Page 27
    The following table sets out the number of cases both of Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis, which were brought to my notice during the year 1925, and also the total number of deaths from Tuberculosis among City residents during the same period:—
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 28
    PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1912. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January to the 31st December, 1925, in the City of London.
    AGE-PERIODSNotifications on Form A.Notifications on Form B†Number of Notifications on Form C-
    Number of Primary Notifications.*Total Notifications on Form A.Number of Primary Notifications.*Total Notifications on FormB.Poor Law InstitutionsSanatoria.
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Primary Notifications.Under 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary Notifications.
  • Page 32
    The following tabulation indicates the number of patients coming under treatment for the first time from the Counties stated and also the examinations which were made for the detection of Spirochetes, of Gonococci and for the Wassermann reaction in respect of these patients:—
    For Syphilis.No. of patients treated For Gonorrhoea.For Non-Venereal Conditions.For Spirochetes.Examinations.
    For Gonococci.For Wassermann Reactions.
  • Page 33
    RETURN RELATING TO ALL PERSONS WHO WERE TREATED AT THE TREATMENT CENTRE AT 20, GOLDEN LANE, E.C. 1, DURING THE YEAR ENDED THE 31st DECEMBER, 1925.
    Syphilis.Soft Chancre.Gonorrhœa.Conditions other than Venereal.Total.
    MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales
  • Page 34
    Statement showing the services rendered at the Treatment Centre during the year, classified according to the areas in which the patients resided.
    Name of County or County Borough (or Country in the case of persons residing elsewhere than in England and Wales) to be inserted in these headings.London.Essex.Herts.Surrey.Kent.Bucks.Leicester.Total.
  • Page 36
    SUMMARY OF MONTHLY OBSERVATIONS AND REPORTS DURING THE YEAR 1925.
    Month of the Year 1925.Place.3456789101112
    Rainfall in millimetres.Metric tons of deposit per square kilometre during month.
    Insoluble matterSoluble matter.Total solids.Included in soluble matter.
    Tar.Carbonaceous other than tar.Ash.Loss on ignition.Ash.Sulphate as (S03).Chlorine (Cl)Ammonia (NH3).
  • Page 37
    CREMATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 41 Years—1885-1925.
    YEAR.Woking.*Manchester.Glasgow.Liverpool.Hull.Darlington.LeicesterGolder's GreenBirmingham.Leeds.City of London.Sheffield.Bradford.W. Norwood.Hendon Park.Pontypridd.No of Cremations each year
  • Page 42
    ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION REGARDING SAMPLES
    Name of Article.Identification No. given to the sample in the Quarterly Report.Result of Analysis.If any legal proceedings were instituted under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately.If any legal proceedings were instituted under Acts other than the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts, state result, showing fines and costs separately.
  • Page 43
    NOT REPORTED TO BE GENUINE.
    If no legal proceedings were instituted, state briefly the course adopted in regard to each sample.Information, if any, as to previous convictions.Remarks on any point of special interest.
  • Page 44 45
    HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS. SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK) REGULATIONS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK) REGULATIONS Quarter of the Year 1925. Articles Examined during each
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Quarter ending 31st MarchQuarter ending 30th June.Quarter ending 30th September.Quarter ending 31st December.Total for 1925.
    No of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adul-terated.Percentage of Adulteration.No. of Samples taken.No. Genuine.No. Adul terated.* 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 46 47
    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK) REGULATIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK) REGULATIONS.—Continued.
  • Page 48 49
    SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS, THE PUBLIC HEALTH (MILK AND CREAM) REGULATIONS. THE PUBLIC HEALTH (CONDENSED MILK) REGULATIONS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH (DRIED MILK) REGULATIONS.—Continued.
    Articles submitted for Analysis.Quarter ending 31st March.Quarter ending 30th June.Quarter ending 30th September.Quarter ending 31st December.Total for 1925.
    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 52
    According to the Board of Trade Report the Imports of Fresh Meat and Bacon were as under:—
    Beef Cwts.Mutton Cwts.Pork Cwts.Veal Cwts.
  • Page 54
    AMOUNTS OF HOME-KILLED MEAT SEIZED AT SMITHFIELD ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE, AND THE NATURE OF THE DISEASE.
    CAUSE OF SEIZURE.Pieces of Meat.Carcases of Beef.Quarters of Beef.Carcases of Mutton.Quarters of Mutton.Carcases of Veal.Quarters of Veal.Carcases of Pork.Quarters of Pork.Heads.Tongues.Lungs.Hearts.Livers.Mesenteric^.Kidneys.Remarks.
  • Page 54
    DISEASED MEAT SEIZED.
    Quarters of Beef.Carcases of Mutton.Quarters of Mutton.
  • Page 57
    UNSOUND MEAT, Etc., REMOVED FROM COLD STORES.
    Article.No.How Packed.Origin.Cause for Destruction.TonsCwts.Qrs.lbs.
  • Page 58
    The Leadenhall Market and City Shops have been systematically inspected during the year, and the following table shows the amount and variety of unsound food dealt with:—
  • Page 59
    As in former years, tuberculosis was the disease most commonly found affecting bovines. The following figures show the percentage infection in the various classes:—
    Per cent. affected.Whole carcases and all organs.Affected parts and organs.Affected organs only.
  • Page 59
    TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF CARCASES AND QUARTERS SEIZED AND DESTROYED AT ALDGATE.
    Cause for Destruction.BEEF.MUTTON.VEAL.
    Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Quarters.Carcases.Quarters.
  • Page 59
    RECORD OF ORGANS SEIZED AT ALDGATE.
    Cause of Destruction.OXEN.CALVES.
    Heads.Tongues.Lungs.Hearts.Livers.Stomachs.Spleens.Mesenteries.Intestines.Kidneys.Heads.Tongues.Lungs.Hearts.Livers.Stomachs.Spleens.Mesenteries.Intestines.Kidneys.
  • Page 59
    AMOUNT OF TUBERCULOUS MEAT SEIZED AT THE CENTRAL MARKETS DURING 1925.
    Carcases.BEEF. Qrs.Pieces.Carcases.PORK. Qrs.Pieces.Carcases.VEAL. Qr*.Pieces.
  • Page 60
    OFFAL.
    Heads,Tongues.Lungs.Livers.Stomachs.Spleens.Mesenteries.Intestines.Kidneys
  • Page 60
    EXAMINATION OF ARGENTINE OX TONGUES IN THE CITY.
    Owners.No. of Tongues.Percentage Examined.No. of Tongues Seized.Percentage.
  • Page 60
    SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO OR SEIZED BY THE MEAT INSPECTORS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASED CONDITIONS AND THE COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN.
    Countries.Beef in lbs.Mutton in lbs.Pork in lbs.Veal in lbs.Offal in lbs.Total in lbs.
  • Page 61
    SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF VARIOUS FOOD PRODUCTS SURRENDERED TO OR SEIZED BY THE MEAT INSPECTORS IN THE CITY OF LONDON FOR UNSOUNDNESS.
    Countries.Beef in lbs.Mutton in lbs.Pork in lbs.Veal in lbs.Offal in lbs.Venison in lbs.Bacon in lbs.Cheese in lbs.Furred Game. No.Feathered Game. No.
  • Page 61
    SUMMARY OF UNSOUND FOOD DESTROYED.
    Tons.Cwts.Qts.lbs.
  • Page 67
    *Table showing the average deliveries at the Central Meat Market, and other details or successive quinquennial periods during the past 52 years:—
    Quinquennium.Annual Average General Supply.Seizures by Inspectors% of Unsound Meat.
    Tons.cwts.qrs.Tons.cwts.qrs.
  • Page 67
    *The sources of origin of the Central Markets Supplies during the past five years are here expressed in terms per cent. of the total annual deliveries.
    British.American.Australian and New Zealand. Per cent.
    Country Killed. Per cent.Town Killed. Per cent.†froreign Killed. Per cent.Home Killed. Per cent.American Killed.‡ Per cent.
  • Page 68
    Table showing Weight of Meat delivered, and Meat delivered to Contractors as unsound, during each Month of the Years 1924 and 1925.
    Month.Meat delivered at the Market, 1924.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1924.Meat delivered at the Market, 1925.Unsound Meat delivered to Contractors, 1925.
    Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.Tonscwts.qrs.
  • Page 68
    *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 1925.
    Month.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
    Tons.cwts.Tons.cwts.Tons.cwts.Tons.cwts.qrs.Per Cent.
  • Page 68
    Weight of Fish Delivered, Fish seized as Unsound, and percentage of Fish Condemned to that Delivered, at or near Billingsgate Market during 1925 and the five years 1920—1924.
    Year.Weight of Fish Delivered.Total.Weight of Fish Condemned.Ratio of Fish Condemned to that Delivered.
    By Land.By Water.
    Tons.Tons.Tons.Tons.cwts.qrs.
  • Page 71
    TABLE OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS OCCURRING AT THE ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS, STONEY LANE, HOUNDSDITCH, DURING THE YEAR 1925.
    Namb of Block.Births.Mortality from all Causes at subjoined ages.
    Male.Female.At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.
  • Page 71
    RECORD OF ATTENDANCES AT THE BATHS, ARTIZANS' DWELLINGS.
    Month.Sex.Total.
    Males.Females.
    Children.Adults.Children.Adults.
  • Page 72
    The following tabulation shows the work carried at the Mortuary and Coroner's Court during the past five years:—
    Year.Articles disinfected.Bodies received at the Mortuary.Inquests held on bodies.Inquests held on Fires.
  • Page 72
    The following table gives the details of the work of disinfection carried out at the Disinfection Station during the year in connection with the export trade:—
    Number of Certificates issued.Number of articles disinfected.Fees received by the Corporation.
  • Page 73
    WEST DISTRICT—Inspector F. J. Robbins.
    Month.Premises Inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 73
    MIDDLE DISTRICT—Inspector E. J. Simmons.
    Month.Premises Inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 73
    EAST DISTRICT—Inspector W. H. Ralph.
    MonthPremises inspected.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 73
    THE FOREGOING ARE SUMMARISED AS UNDER:-
    District.Number of inspections made.Orders issued.Notices served.Improvements effected.
  • Page 77
    The following is a Summary of Inspections of separate workrooms, &c., during the year
    Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
  • Page 77
    The following is a Summary of Inspections of separate workrooms since 1916:—
    FACTORIES.Workshop Inspectors.Woman Inspector.Totals.
  • Page 78
    The following figures show the number of Outworkers notified since 1902:—
    Year.Number of Lists received.Outworkers Employed in City.Outworkers Employed outside City.Total number of Outworkers.
  • Page 78
    summary of work done under the factory and workshop act, 1901, and the public health (london) act, 1891, &.C., for the year 1925.
    INSPECTIONS.Inspectors.
    Special. Inspector Gathercole.East District. Inspector Robinson.West District. Inspector McGrath.To tals.
  • Page 79
    DEFECTS REMEDIED. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, &c.—Special. Inspector Gathercole.Inspectors.West District. Inspector McGrath.Totals.
    East District. Inspector Robinson.
  • Page 80
    INSPECTION OF KITCHENS OF RESTAURANTS, AND OF LICENSED PREMISES, &c.Special. Inspector Gathercole.Totals.
  • Page 81
    Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers Prosecuted .(4)
  • Page 81
    2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted. (5)
    Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspectors. (4)
  • Page 82 83
    3.—Home Work.
    NATURE OF WORK.1(1)OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SECTION 108.OUTWORK IN INFECTED PREMISES, SECTIONS 109, 110.
    Lists received from Employers.Notices served on (8) occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists.Prosecutions.Instances. (11)Notices served. (12)Prosecutions. (13)Instances. (14)Orders made (S.110). (15)Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). (16)
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. (9)Failing to send lists. (10)
    Lists.† (2)Outworkers.†Lists. (5)Outworkers.
    Contractors. (3)Workmen. (4)Contractors. (6)Workmen. (7)
  • Page 82 83
    4.—Registered Workshops. 5.—Other Matters.
    Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. (1)Number. (2)Class. (1)Number. (2)
  • Page 86
    Months.No. of Buildings Inspected.Average No. of Firms in building.No. of premises Rat Infested.Total No. of Firms interested.Steps taken to destroy Rats.Rat Proofing done, Rat-holes stopped, &c.Drainage and Sewerage Work carried out during the year.Special Obesrvation.
    Rat-Catcher Employed.Poison Used.Wire Traps.Breakbacks.Varnish TrapsOther Traps.Cats or Dogs kept.By City Engineer's Department.By M.O.H. Department.Complaints or Applications for Advice.
  • Page 90
    APPENDIX A.—STREET LISTS OF MORTALITY.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of HouseSex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 91
    street lists of mortality—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of HouseSex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 92
    street lists of mortality—continued.
    STREET OR PLACENo. of HouseSex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 93
    street lists of mortality—continued.
    STREET OR PLACE.No. of HouseSex.Age.Date of Death.Cause of Death.Remarks.
  • Page 94
    street lists.—compiled from notifications received.
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.Date of Notification.
  • Page 95
    list of cases of infectious disease other than tuberculosis, 1925.—continued.
    Street or Place.No. of House.Sex.Age.Disease.Date of Notification.
  • Page 96
    WEST DISTRICT.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Landlord.Tenements.Lodgers.
  • Page 97
    WEST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Landlord.Tenements.Lodgers
  • Page 97
    MIDDLE DISTRICT.
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    EAST DISTRICT.
  • Page 98
    EAST DISTRICT—continued.
    Situation of Premises.Name and Address of Landlord.Tenements.Lodgers.