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Bromley 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, AND
HOMEWORK.

Table 3.—Causes of, and Ages at, Death during 1911.

Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" in Institutions in the District.
All ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65,65 and upwards.
All Causes
Certified24755109512283890133
Uncertified1..............1..
Enteric Fever1..................
Smallpox....................
Measles31..11..........
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping-cough6411............
Diphtheria & Croup....................
Influenza1..........1......
Erysipelas1..............12
Cerebro-Spinal Fever....................
Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis)241....14151212
Tuberculous Meningitis2..11..........1
Other Tuberculous Diseases4..2..2........1
Rheumatic Fever..................1
Cancer, malignant disease20..........261215
Bronchitis185..........499
Broncho- Pneumonia7312........1..
Pneumonia (all other forms)91..1....2325
Other diseases of Respiratory Organs2............11..
Diarrhœa and Enteritis25232............1
Appendicitis and Typhlitis2........2......1
Other septic diseases....................
Alcoholism1..........1......
Cirrhosis of Liver....................
Nephritis and Bright's Disease4............22..
Puerperal Fever..................1
Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy & Parturition....................
Congenital Debility and Malformation, including Premature Birth1010..............8
Heart Diseases32........22101814
Brain Diseases182........15108
Violent Deaths, excluding Suicide71..2..211..3
Suicides1..............12
Other Defined Diseases49421..2353249
Diseases ill-defined or unknown1..1..............
All causes24855109512283891133

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND
WORKPLACES.
Particulars.
No.
Found.
No.
Remedied.
Referred
to H.M
Inspector.
No of
Prosecutions.
Nuisances under the Public Health
Acts:—*
Want of cleanliness
20
20
0
0
Want of ventilation
0
0
0
0
Overcrowding
0
0
0
0
Want of drainage of floors
0
0
0
0
Other nuisances
0
0
0
0
Sanitary accommodation insufficient
2
2
0
0
Total
22
22
0
0
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8 of the Factory
and Workshop Act as remediable tinder the Public Health Acts.
3.—HOMEWORK.
Wearing apparel—making, etc. 2
4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.
Workshop Bakehouses
27
Other trades connected with foods or drinks
0
Laundries
18
Other trades connected with clothing
14
Various
77
Total number of workshops on Register
136