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St Giles (Camden) 1894

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

Published
1895
Pages
140
Tables
83

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    PARISH OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office inp
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    PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Names.Addresses.Go out of Office in
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    This Report embraces the period from the 26th day of March, 1894, to the 25th day of March, 1895. During this period, 92 Meetings of the Board and Committees have been held, of which the following are the particulars:—
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    COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of INCOME and EXPENDITURE For the years ending 25 th March, 1894, and 25 th March , 1895.
    INCOME.Year ending 25th March, 1894.Year ending 25th March, 1895.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Comparative Statement op Income and Expenditure— Continued.
    EXPENDITURE.Year ending 25th March, 1894.Year ending 25th March, 1895.
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    Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890, eleven representations were made by the Medical Officer of Health, and the necessary steps taken with a view to closing the premises. The following are the particulars:—
    Locality.Present Condition of Premises.
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    THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of the BOARD for
    RECEIPTSLedger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    THE SAINT GILES DISTRICT. GENERAL PURPOSES, from March 25, 1894, to March 25,1895.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    for GENERAL PURPOSES—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS
    £s.d.
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    for GENERAL PURPOSES—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ABSTRACT of RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS
    £s.d.
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    for GENERAL PURPOSES—continued.
    folio.£s.d£s.d.
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    Foundling Estate
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.
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    Brunswick Square Garden
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.
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    Rate Account.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Rate Account.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.
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    Sewers
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d£s.d.
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    Rate Account.
    PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SUMMARY showing the TOTAL RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS
    RECEIP IS.£s.d.£s.d
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    of the BOARD for the year ending March 25, 1895.
    PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SUMMARY showing the TOTAL RECEIPTS and PAYMENTS of
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    the BOARD for the year ending March 25, 1895—continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Statement of the Assets and Moneys owing to the Board and Dr. DEBTS AND LIABILITIES OF THE BOARD.
    Ledger Folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO THE BOABD. Cr.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
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    Pavings. Carriage-ways.
    Situation,Description op Paving.Net Cost.
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    Footways.
    Situation.Description of Paving.Net Cost.
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    The following Sewer Works were performed during the year:—
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    The total cost of street cleansing for the year 1894-95 was as follows:—
    £s.d.
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    During the summer months a small quantity of permanganate of potash was added to the contents of the watering-carts.
    £s.d.
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    Certain of the sewers in the District which have dead ends, or in which the flow of sewage is not sufficient for self-cleansing, are filled with flushing tanks. They are as follows:—
    Capacity of Tank.How fitted.
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    The following Contracts for materials and works have been entered into by the Board, and are now in force:—
    Name and Address of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Name and Addresa of the Contractor.Nature of Contract.Term of Contract.
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    during each quarter of the year:—
    ARTICLE.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quar'er.4th Quarter.Total.Grand Total.
    Gen.Adult.GenAdu't.Ger.Adult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.
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    The nature and amount of the adulteration was as follows:—
    No. of Sample.Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
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    Continued from previous page...
    No. of Sample.Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
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    COFFEE. Eight of the 19 samples of coffee were adulterated with chicory. The amount of chicory was as follows:—
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    The number of Houses :—
    1881.1891.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.Building.InhabiteUninhabited.Building.
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    Marriages and Marriage.rate,
    1894.Population (Census 1891).Number of Marriages.Marriage. rate per 1,000.Average Marriage. rate per 1,000 for ten years, 1884.93.
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    The 369 marriages were celebrated at the several churches, chapels, and other licensed buildings, as follows:—
    Name of Building.Denomination.Number of Marriages.
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    Births and Birth.rate.
    Registration Sub.DistrictPopulation (Census 1891).Number of Births.Ratio of Births to Population.Birth rate per 1.000.Average Birth.rate per 1,000 for 10 years 1884—93.
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    Deaths and Death.rate.
    Registration Sub.Districts.Population (Census 1891).Registered Deaths (corrected).Ratio of Deaths to Population.Death. rate per 1,000Average Death.rate per l,000 for 10 years 1884—93.
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    (Outside the District.)
    Name of Institution.Number of Deaths.Name of Institution.Number of Deaths.
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    The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death.rates for 1894, the 10 previous years, and the decennial average for 1884.93, are shown in the following table:—
    Great Wild Street Block.1884.1885.1886.1887. 1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.Average for 10 yrs. 1884.93.1894.
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    Table showing the Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death. rates for 1894, the 9 preceding years, and the average for 5 years, 1889.92.
    Little Coram Street Block.1885.1886.18871888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.Average for 5 years 1889.93.1894.
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    Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death.rates for 1894, the eight preceding years, and the average for five years, 1889.92.
    Streatham Street Block.1886.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893Average for five years 1889.93.1894.
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    As this death.rate is a very high one, and to show that the deaths (with the exception of one) were not of a preventable character, I have tabulated the diseases:—
    Age.Disease.
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    The Birth, Death, and Zymotic Death.rates for 1893, the 7 previous years, and the average for 5 years, 1889.1893:—
    Thurstan and Holland Buildings.1887.1888.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.Average for 5 years 1889.93.1894.
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    In St. Giles District, the following table shows the number of cases, and deaths for the past ten years, and the number in 1894:—
    Year.Cases.Deaths.
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    In 1894, not a single case was notified from any of them, as the following particulars will show:—
    No. of CaseDate.Age.Occupation.Residence.Vaccinated or not.Where Treated.Result.Remarks.
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    1 verdict was returned, "homicide, murder."
    Causes of Death.Registration Sub-Districts
    St. George, BloomsburySt. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.Total.
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    In 1894, the following 9 houses and premises were certified to be unfit for human habitation, under the provisions of the Act.
    Locality.Present Condition of Premises.
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    The prices of the beds range from 4d. to 1s. per night.
    Locality.Registered No. of Lodgers.Owner.Locality.Registered No. of Lodgers.Owner.
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    Meteorology of London, 1894. Based on observations at Greenwich under the superintendence of the Astronomer Royal, and compiled from the Quai'terly Tables furnished to the Registrar-General by James Glaisher, Esq., F.R.S.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.
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    4. The dung to be removed daily.
    Locality of Cow-shed.Dimensions of Shed.No. of Cows allowed.No. of Cows in Shed at date of Licence.Licensee.
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    Sect. 20.—Slaughter-houses. At the annual licensing meeting of the Public Health and Housing Committee of the London County Council, held at Spring Gardens, on the 29th October last, licences were renewed to the two following slaughter-houses :—
    Locality.Licensee.
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    ST. G1LES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Premises.Owner.
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    ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Premises.Owner.
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    Sect. 57.—Disinfection of Infected Premises. 149 rooms were disinfected by the Board's servants free of charge, after the following infectious diseases:—
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    The following articles of clothing, bedding, &c., were brought to the Stone Yard, and disinfected in the Washington Lyon's Steam apparatus:—
    Articles.NumberArticles.NumberArticles.Number.
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    This section does not apply to Common Lodging-houses within the Common Lodging-houses Act, 1851, or any Act amending the same.
    Locality.No. of Houses.Locality.No. of Houses.
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    GROSS NUMBERS.
    The Year.Estimated population.Number of Inhabited Houses.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Deaths.
    Total all ages.Under one year.Total under live years.In public Institutions outside the District.In public Institutions inside the District.
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    TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth-bate, Death-rate, Death-rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1894, and Ten Years Preceding.
    In Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions innide the District per 1,000 of total Deaths.
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    TABLE III —Deaths Registered from all Causes in the Year 1894 (inclusive of the Deaths of Parishioners at Hospitals and Public Institutions outside the .district).
    causes of death.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.St. George, Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE III .— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB.DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.St. George, Blooms. bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
    Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE IV. Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1894 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population,and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all ages.
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    TABLE V. Showing the Number of Deaths in this Ten Years, 1882 to 1893, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1894, etc.
    Disease.188418851886188718881889189018911S921893Annual average of 10 years, 1884 to 1893.Proportion of deathsto 1,000 deaths in 10 years, 1884 to 1803.1894Proportion ofdeaths to 1000 drathsin 1894.
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    TABLE VI. Report of Sanitary Works, &o., in 1894, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
    Nature ok Works.Sub.Districts.Total.
    St. George, Blooinsbury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    TABLE VII. (A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all causes, at subjoined Ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    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.Aged under 5 or over 5.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Ague.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.Total.
    Tyhrs.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
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    TABLE VIII. (B.)—Table op Population, Births, and of new Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health, during the Year 1894, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being show n as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sicknhss in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from thbir Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Census, 1891.Estimated to middle of 1894.12345617891011121312345678910111213
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous croup.FeverCholera.Erysipelas.*Diarrhœa..Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)
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    TABLE IX. The Marriage.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District From 1877 to 1894.
    Sub.Districts.187718781879188018811882188318841885188618871888188918901891189218931894
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    The Birth-rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub.Districts from 1873 to 1894.
    Sub-Districts.1878187418751876187718781879188018811882188318841885188618871888188918901891189218931894
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    The Death.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District and Sub-Districts from 1873 to 1894.
    Sub-Districts.1873187418751876187718781879188018811882188318841885188618871888188918901891189218931894
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    TABLE X. Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1894. Sub.Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 werks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1894. 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.Total Children.
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    Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1894. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub.Districts.First Quarter. 13 weeks.Second Quarter. 13 weeks.Third Quarter. 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter. 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1894. 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes
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    TABLE XI. Showing the Localities in which fatal cases of the Principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1894.
    Locality.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping. cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhoea.Total.
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    TABLE XI.— Continued.
    Locality.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diar-rhcea.Total.
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    TABLE XII. Comparative; Analysis op the Vital Statistics in Registration London, and in St. Giles District for 1894.
    Population 1891.Births.Deaths from all Causes.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Annual rate per 1,000 living.Deaths.Death of Children Under 1 year of age to 1,000 Births.
    Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Fever.Diarrhoea.
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.
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    TABLE XIII. Return Respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were Registered in 1893.
    Date.Registration Sub-Districts, comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 10,11. and 13 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:—Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register on account (as shown by Report Book) of—
    Column 10. Successfully Vaccinated.Column 11.Column 13. Dead Unvaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to District the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been foundCases still under proceedings, by summons and otherwise.
    Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Smallpox.