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Woolwich 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

Published
1923
Pages
116
Tables
87

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  • Page 10
    TABLE NO. 1.
    Ward.AcreagePERSONS.MALES.FEMALES.Persons per acre.
    19111921Increase or decrease19111921Increase or decrease19111921Increase or Decrease
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    TABLE NO. 2.
    Age Groups. (Age last birthday).PERSONS.MALES.FEMALES.PERSONS.
    1911192119211921Increase or Decrease.Percentage Increase or Decrease.
  • Page 13
    The following table, No. 3, shows the relative number of people at different ages living in Woolwich compared with London:—
    Age last Birthday.MALES.FEMALES.
    London.Woolwich.Woolwich.London.
  • Page 14
    TABLE No. 4.
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    TABLE No. 5.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable Deaths.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Nett.Of Non-residents registered in the District.Of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Yr. of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
    1234567891011
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    TABLE No. 6.
    YearWoolwich.LondonEngland & WalesWoolwich.Percent age of births notified
    No. of birthsBirthrateBirth-rateNo. of live births notifiedNo. of Stillbirths
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Period.WoolwichWest PlumsteadEast PlumsteadElthamThe Borough
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    TABLE No. 8.
    Year.Number of Illegitimate birth rate
    Illegitimate births.per 1,000 births.
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    TABLE No. 9.
    Period.The BoroughWoolwich ParishWest PlumsteadEast PlumsteadEltham
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    TABLE No. 10.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1922.
    Birth rate per 1,000 total population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Bate per 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping-cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Years)Total Deaths under One Year.Deaths in Public InstitutionsCertified Causes of Death.Inquest Cases.Uncertified Causes of Death.
  • Page 20
    TABLE No. 11. Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1922, classified by age and cause.
    Causes op Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 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.65 and under 7575 and upwards.
    All causes160318451516684201409272285
  • Page 21
    TABLE N o . ll— continued.
    Causes oT Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 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.65 and under 75.75 and upwards.
  • Page 22
    TABLE No. 12. Shewing the nett deaths of Woolwich residents and all deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough, and deaths of Woolwich residents occurring in Institutions outside the Borough, during the year 1922.
    Causes op Death.Male.Female.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    West.East.
    Residents.Non-Residents.
    All causes84076345148837329136371311
  • Page 23
    TABLE No. 12— continued.
    Causes OF DEATH.Male.Female.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    West.East.
    Residents.Non-Residents.
  • Page 24
    TABLE No. 13.
    Year.MalesFemales.Total.Rate.Percentage of total deaths
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    TABLE No. 14.
    Seat of Primary Disease.Males.FemalesTotal.Deaths in Hospital.
  • Page 26
    TABLE No. 15. Deaths from Respiratory Diseases.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory.Total.Death Rate.No. under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
  • Page 28
    TABLE No. 16.
    Year.The Borough.Woolwich Parish.West PlumsteadEast PlumsteadEltham.
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    TABLE No. 17.
    Year.No. of Births.Infantile Mortality Rate.Infant Deaths.Total Number Infant Deaths under 4 weeksTotal Number under 4 weeks per 1,000 births.
  • Page 30
    TABLE No. 18. INFANT MORTALITY, 1922.
    Cause of DeathUnder 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks1 month and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 31
    TABLE No. 19.
    Hospital or Institution.Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 20. INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    Diseases.Total cases notified.Cases admitted to Hospital.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 21. CASES OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED—1922.
    Diseases.Number of Cases Notified. Age Groups.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years.3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and over.
  • Page 35
    TABLE No. 22. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the Year 1922, showing the Case Rate per 1,000 Population.
    Diseases.Borough.Total Cases notified in each locality.Case Bates per 1,000 Population.
    Woolwich.PlumsteadEltham.Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    West.East.West.East.
  • Page 36
    TABLE 23. DEATHS OP NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1922.
    Diseases.Number of Deaths. Age groups.
    All ages.Under 11-2-3-4-5-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565-
  • Page 37
    TABLE No. 24. Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1922.
    Year.Small-pox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal FeverTuberculosis.*Continued Fever.Cerebro-Spinal Fever.Anterior PoliomyelitisOphthalmia NeonatorumZymotic Enteritis.§Post basic Meningitis.Anthrax.Encephalitis.Malaria.Dysentery.Pneumonia.†Measles.‡
  • Page 39
    TABLE No. 25.
    Period elapsing:Total.
    Under 1 month.1-2 months.2-3 months.Over 3 months.
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    TABLE No. 26.
    DockyardSt. Mary'sRiverSt. George'sBurrageHerbertGlyndonSt. Margaret'sCentralSt. NicholasElthamTotal housesTotal Cases
  • Page 41
    TABLE No. 27.
    Period elapsing:Total.
    Under 1 month.1-2 months.2-3 months.Over 3 months.
  • Page 41
    TABLE No. 28.
    DockyardSt. Mary'sRiverSt. George'sBurrageHerbertGlyndonSt. Margaret'sCentralSt. NicholasElthamTotal housesTotal Cases
  • Page 43
    TABLE No. 29.
    Month.Male.Female.Total.Lobar.TypeAcute Primary.No. of Deaths.
    Broncho.Influenzal
  • Page 44
    TABLE No. 30. NOTIFICATION OF PNEUMONIA.
    Ward.Lobar.Broncho.Influenzal.Acute Primary.Total.
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    TABLE No. 31. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    No. notified.Treated:Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total blindness.Deaths.
    At home.In hospital
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    TABLE No. 32. TUBERCULOSIS. Summary of Notifications received during year ended 31st December, 1922.
    Age-periods—Notifications 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 Form B.
    Poor Law Institutions.Sanatoria.
    Oto 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 & upwardsTotal Primary Notifications.Under 55 to 1010 to 15Total Primary Notifications.
  • Page 48
    TABLE No. 33.
    Year.Lungs.Meninges.Intestines and Peritoneum.Glands.Joints.Spine.Other Forms.All Causes.
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    TABLE No. 34.
    Year.Deaths.Death-rates.
    All Forms.Pulmonary.Non-PulmonaryAll Forms.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
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    TABLE No. 35.
    Pulmonary.Percentage.Non-Pulmonary.Percentage.
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    TABLE No. 36.
    Hospitals.Sanatoria.Infirmary. Training Colonies.
  • Page 53
    These admissions represent a total of 287 individual patients and the monthly admissions from January to December were as follows:—
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    TABLE No. 37. Return as to work carried out in connection with the Maxey Road Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1922. (Form " R " (revised)).
    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 55
    TABLE No. 37 (continued).
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    TABLE No. 38. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.Sessions weekly.
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    TABLE No. 38— continued.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.Sessions weekly.
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    TABLE No. 39.
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    TABLE No. 39— continued.
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    TABLE No. 40.
    Hospitals.Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 41.
    19211922
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    TABLE No. 42.
    No. on Roll of Centre.No. of Attendances at Centre.
    Mothers :Children.Mothers :Children.
    Expectant.Nursing.Expectant.Nursing.
  • Page 70
    TABLE No. 43.
    Year of Birth.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.N. Woolwich.New Eltham.Slade.Beresford Street (Voluntary).Total.
  • Page 71
    The economic circumstances scale under which milk was distributed at cost price was as follows
    Number in Family.Scale.
    s.d.
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    TABLE No. 44.
    Method of Feeding.Age in Months.Grand Total
    0-11-22-33-44-55-66-77-88-9Total 0-99-1010-1111-12
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    TABLE No. 45.
    Associated Disease.Positive Result.Negative Result.Total 1922.Total 1921.
  • Page 74
    The following is a list of By-laws and Regulations made under various Acts, with the date of adoption:—
    By-laws made under—Date of Adoption.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Regulations made under-
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    TABLE No. 46.
    Premises Inspected.Total.
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    TABLE No. 46— continued.
    Premises Inspected.Total.
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    TABLE No. 47.
    Nuisances, etc., Abated.Total.
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    TABLE No. 47— continued.
    Nuisances, etc., abated.Total.
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    TABLE No. 48.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    MORTUARIES. TABLE No. 49.
    Sun Street.Sun Street (Infectious).Eltham.All Mortuaries.
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    CEMETERIES. TABLE No. 50.
    Number of Interments.
    1920.1921.1922.
  • Page 83
    TABLE 51. Factories, Workshops, Laundries, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. 1 .—Inspection. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.
  • Page 83
    2.— Defects Found.
    Description.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.
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    TABLE 51— continued. 3.— Other Matters.
    Class.Number.
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    TABLE 51— continued. 4.— Home Work.
    Out Workers' Lists, Section 107.Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109,110.
    Nature of Work.Lists received from Employers.Number of Addresses of Outworkers received from Other Councils.Number of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to Other Councils.Prosecutions.
    Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (Sec. 109).Prosecutions (Secs. 109, 110).
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists.Failing to send lists.
    Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
    123456789101112131415
  • Page 91
    TABLE No. 52.
    On Register, Dec., 1922.Inspections.Notices.Proceedings.
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    TABLE No. 53. SLAUGHTERHOUSES.
    In 1914.In January, 1922.In December, 1922
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    TABLE No. 54.
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    TABLE No. 55.
    ChildrenAdults.Grand Total.
    Year.Boys.Girls.Total.Males.FemalesTotal.
  • Page 95
    TABLE No. 56.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated
  • Page 96
    TABLE No. 57.
    1920.1921.1922.
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    TABLE No. 58. Prosecutions under the Sale of Food & Drugs Acts during 1922.
    No.Article.Nature of Offence.Name and Address of Vendor.Result of Proceedings.
  • Page 98
    TABLE No. 58— continued.
    No.Article.Nature of Offence.Name and Address of Vendor.Result of Proceedings.
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    Report for the year ended 31st December, 1922. 1. —Milk and Cream not sold as " Preserved Cream."
    Number of samples examined for presence of a preservative.Number in which preservative was reported to be present.Percentage and Nature of preservative found in each sample.Action taken.
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    The nursing and domestic staff of the Home for Ailing Babies is not included.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    In accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, the following tabular statement is shown:— TABLE No. 60.
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    3.-Action under statutory powers.
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    TABLE No. 61.
    Ward.Private Families.Population in Private Families.Structurally separate dwellings occupied.Rooms occupied.Rooms per Person.Persons per House.
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    TABLE No. 62. Number or Private Families Occupying the Following Number of Rooms:
    123456-78-910 and overTotal.
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    TABLE No. 63.
    Year.Houses or Tenements.No. of persons in excess of two persons per roomHouses originally built for one family now occupied by more than one family.Persons per House.Rooms per person.
    With less than two persons per room.With two persons per room.With more than two persons per room.
  • Page 112
    TABLE No. 64.
    Date of representation.Premises.Date of Closing Order.Remarks.
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    1. Occupations of Woolwich Inhabitants (over 12 years).
    MalesFemales
  • Page 115
    2. Birth-places of the Population.—Woolwich, 1921.
    Country of Birth.Males.Females.Persons.
  • Page 115
    3. Marital State in Age Groups.—Woolwich. 1921.
    Age.Sex.Single.Married.Widowed.Divorced.
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    4. Orphanhood of Children under 15.—Woolwich, 1921.
    Males.Females.Totals.