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St Luke 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Luke, Middlesex]

Published
1898
Pages
58
Tables
25

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25 tables in this report

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    The statistics of Marriages, Births and Deaths contained in this Report relate to the fifty-two weeks ending January 1st, 1898, and are calculated upon a population estimate'! to the middle of the year of 41,272, being a decrease upon the ascertained population at 1896 of 255 persons, and divided between the three Sub-Registration Districts as follows:—
    Estimated population at Midsummer, 1897.Population at Census, 1896
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    The following table shows the number of Births belonging to the Parish for the past six years and rate per 1,000 of the population:—
    Births.Rate per 1000.
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    upon our last year's Death.rate, as shown by the following figures:—
    Deaths.Rate per 1000.
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    TABLE B.
    1887.District.Births.Deaths.
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    Continued from previous page...
    1888.District.Births.Deaths.
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    Continued from previous page...
    1889.District.Births.Deaths.
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    TABLE C. SUMMARY of Population, Births and Deaths, with Rates per 1,000 of the Population for Ten years.
    Population.BirthsRate per 1000.Deaths.Rate per 1,000.No. of Deathd under 5 years.Deaths in outlying Institutions.
  • Page 20
    Fever Hospital of persons suffering from Smallpox, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria and Enteric Fever, 1888-1897:—
    Years.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtfieria.Enteric Fever.
    Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.Admissions.Deaths.
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    Table of Population, Births, and of new cases of Infectious Sickness , coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the year 1897, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District ; classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names oh Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics ; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in knowledge of theeach Locality coming to the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1897.i234567891011121312345678910111213
    Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevkrs.Fevers.Erysipelas.Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    O)(b)(O(d)(e)
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    No.2. Table of Deaths, during the YeUr 1897, in the St. Luke, Middlesex, Sanitary District; Classified according to Diseases , Ages and Localities.
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    TABLE III. Deaths registered from all causes, inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the District, but exclusive of the Deaths of Non-Parishioners at Public Institutions within the Parish.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    0 to11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.ages.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    o to x.1 to 55 to 1515 to 25. 25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 6565 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE III.—continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.ages.Total under 5 years of age.Grand Total all Ages.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards
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    TABLE IV. Return respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered between July 1st, 1896, and June 30th, 1897, in the Parish of St. Luke, Middlesex.
    REGISTRATION SUB-DISTRICTS.Registered.Vaccinated.Certified as Insusceptible.Had Small-Pox.Died un-Vaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts; the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprized.Removal to Places Unknown and Cases not yet Found.Outstanding Cases.
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    The following table shows the acreage, number of inhabited houses, and population of each sub-district, and of the whole parish at the date of each census since 1871—
    Acres.Inhabited Houses.Population.
    1871.1881.1891.1871.1881.1891.1896.
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    The age constitution of the population at the date of the 1891 census was as follows:—
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    In the following table the rates of births and deaths per 1,000 persons in St. Luke are given for recent years. For the purpose of comparison the corresponding rates in the adjoining districts of Clerkenwell and Holborn, as well as in London generally, are also given:—
    Birth-Rate.Death-Rate.
    London.St. Luke.Holborn.Clerkenwell.London.St. Luke.Holborn.Clerkenwell.
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    The deaths from the principal zymotic diseases, and of children under one year of age, give the following rates
    * Zymotic Death-Rate per 1,000 Living.Deaths under One Year Old per 1,000 Births.
    London.St. Luke.Holborn.Clerken-well.London.St. Luke.Holborn.Clerken-well.
  • Page 49
    The following Table gives the number and nature of the cases notified under Sections 55 and 56 of the Public Health Act during the 52 weeks ended January 1st, 1898, and indicates also where the same received treatment:
    Total Number of Certificates from each cause.Treated at the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital.Treated at General Hospitals and Infirmaries.Treated at the London Fever Hospital.Treated at their own Homes.Duplicate Certificates.Erroneously Diagnosed.
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    Food and Drugs and Margarine Acts.
    Article.Extent of Adulteration.Fines.Costs.
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    Sale of Food and Drugs Act. This year 193 samples of Food and Drugs have been taken for analysis. The following table shows the number of samples, with fines and costs :—
    Articles submitted to Public Analyst.Number of Samples.Number Adulterated.Number of Proceedings.Number in which Proceedings were not taken.Number Certified as of Poor Quality.Fines.Costs.
    £s.d.£s.d.