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Acton 1919

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

Published
1920
Pages
65
Tables
24

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24 tables in this report

  • Page 12
    It is satisfactory to observe that although the disease still has its periods of maximum and minimum prevalence, the peaks are less exalted and the troughs more depressed, as the following figures show:—
    Period.Average Death-Rate per 1,000
  • Page 13
    The deaths were distributed as follows:-
  • Page 17
    The numbers were as follows:—
    NumberAttended.Breast Fed.Percentage
  • Page 19
    It may be of interest to note the amount of milk sold and distributed free at the Infant Centres from April to December' 1919-
    Month.Average weekly Amount.
    Sold.Free.Total.
  • Page 20
    The weekly amount of milk sold in the different premises varied from gallons to over 2,500 gallons, and the following is a summary of the average weekly quantities sold:—
    Quantity.Number of Retailers.
  • Page 24
    The summer prices of 1919 were reduced per gallon and were as follows:—
  • Page 24
    The retail prices were made up as follows:—
    Oct.Nov.Dec.Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr
  • Page 25
    The following table shows the manner in which the price of milk has been raised since 1917:—
    1920.1919.19181917.
  • Page 25
    The following table shows the average contract prices paid per gallon by the wholesale firms in London in the years 1913, 1914 and 1919:—
    Apr.MayJuneJulyAug.Sept.Oct.Nov. to Mar.
  • Page 33
    The following table shows the number of persons who receivec milk free and under cost price:— Fresh Milk.
    Month.No of WomenPints FreeNo of WomenPints at 1d.No. of WomenPints at 2d.
  • Page 34
    Dried Milk.
    1918No. of WomenNo. lbs.No. of Womenlbs. at 6d.No. of Womenlbs. at 1/-
  • Page 48
    The extent of the overcrowding in the different houses is shown in the following table:-
    Rooms in Houses.Persons per House.
  • Page 51
    TABLE 1 . BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1919. (Provisional Figures. Populations estimated to the middle of 1919 have been used for the purposes of this Table).
    Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Civilian Population.Rate per 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.*
    All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Violence.Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years.Total Deaths under 1 year.Deaths in Public Institutions.Certified Causes.Inquest Cases.Uncertified Causes of Death.
  • Page 52
    TABLE 2. VITAL STATISTICS FOR WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1919 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.Under 1 year of Age.At all Ages.
    NumberRateof Non-Residents Registered in the District.of Residents Registered outside District
    NumberRateNumberKate per 1,000 Births.NumberKate per 1,000 Inhabitant.
  • Page 52
    TABLE 3.
  • Page 53
    TABLE 4.
    REGISTERED BIRTHS.Male.Female.
  • Page 53
    TABLE 5. CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING YEAR. 1919.
    Causes of Death.Causes of and Ages at Death, 1919.Public Institutions in District, Resident and NonResident
    All AgesUnder 1 year1 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and 1 under 4545 and under 6565 and upwards
  • Page 54
    TABLE 6. TOTAL DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. 1919.
    Causes of Death.North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth WestTotal.
  • Page 55
    TABLE 7. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1919. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 mnthsTotal deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 56
    TABLE 8. INFANTILE MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1919.
    Causes of Death.North East.North West.South East.South West.Total.
  • Page 57
    TABLE 9. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1919.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years.Total cases notified in each ward.
    At all Ages.Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 6565 and upwards.North-East.North-WestSouth-East.South-West
  • Page 58
    TABLE 10. CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL DURING 1919.
  • Page 58
    TABLE 11. OUTSIDE DEATHS AND PLACES OF OCCURRENCE.
  • Page 62
    TABLE XV.