London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Brentford 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford]

Published
1909
Pages
32
Tables
29

This page requires JavaScript

29 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Continued from previous page...
    18991900190119021903190419051906'19071908Average for 10 years
  • Page 5
    The following table gives the rate and average Infant Mortality for the last 10 years.
  • Page 6
    not be too particular in the food they give their infants. The milk should be boiled as soon as it arrives, the bottle cleansed directly after use and kept in cold water till it is required, and, above all, don't let babies sit at your table, which is so common a practice.
    1899190019011902190319041905190619071908Average for 10 years.
  • Page 8
    ISOLATION HOSPITAL. The following table shows the number of patients treated at the Brentford Isolation Hospital during the year 1908.
  • Page 9
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 9
    The following table shows the number of notifications received from Medical Practitioners during the various months of the year.
    Month.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria & Memb. Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Total.
  • Page 10
    The following table shows the School Incidence
  • Page 10
    The following shows the School Incidence:
  • Page 10
    The following table shows the number of cases of Enteric Fever notified during the past six years:—
    190319041905190619071908Total.Average for 6 years.
  • Page 12
    TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1908 and previous years.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Non-Residents Registered in Public Institutions in the District.Deaths of Residents Registered in Public Institutions beyond the districtNett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District.
    Under I Year of Age.At all Ages
    No.Rate1No.Rate per 1000 Births registeredNo.Rate *No.Rate *
  • Page 13
    TABLE 11. Vital Statistics of separate Localities in 1908 and previous years.
    Names of Localities.Whole District
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each yearBirths registeredDeaths at all AgesDeaths under 1 year
  • Page 14
    TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1908.
    Cases notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in Each LocalityNo. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality.
  • Page 15
    TABLE IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1908.
    Causes of death.Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the District.
    All AgesUnder 1 year.1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 6565 and upwards.
  • Page 16
    TABLE V. Infantile Mortality during the year 1908. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under one year of age.
    Cause of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4. Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-j Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Montns.5-6 Months.6-7 Months7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11 -12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
  • Page 17
    1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspector.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written NoticesProsecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 17
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions,
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspect'r
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 18
    3 —HOME WORK.
    Nature of Work.Lists received from Employers.Addresses of Outworkers received from other CouncilsInspections of Outworkers' Premises.
    Lists.Outworkers.
    Contractors.Workmen.
  • Page 18
    5.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the Year.Number.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 18
    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 19
    NOTICES SERVED. As a result of these inspections 225 intimation and 114 statutory notices were served, of which the following is a summary:
  • Page 20
    These do not include nuisances abated or prevented at the verbal request of your Inspector.
    Nature of Nuisance dealt with.Number.
  • Page 21
    Nuisances Dealt with— Continued,
    Nature of Nuisance dealt with.Number.
  • Page 22
    The following table shows the amount of food condemned during the year as being unfit for human food :
    Article.Quantity.
  • Page 25
    The following is a list of the premises the drains of which have been relaid under my supervision.
    Situation of Premises.Material used in construction, etc.Remarks
    No. of HousesDisconnecting and access chambers builtIntercepting trapsFresh air inlets fixedGullies fixedVentilation shafts fixedSoil pipes fixedPedestal w.c.'s fixedWater-closets demolishedNew Water-closets erected
  • Page 26
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND DISINFECTION. During the year 89 cases of infectious diseases have been investigated and reported upon to the Medical Officer of Health, being a decrease of 86 cases as compared with last year.
    Nature of Disease.Investigated.Removed to Hospital.
    1907190819071908
  • Page 28
    TABLE I A. PROSECUTIONS. The following particulars are extracted from the Register of Prosecutions.
    No.Nature of Offence.Fines.Costs.Total.Remarks.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 29
    TABLE 2 B. Table showing number of oases of Infectious Disease notified in various Streets in the URBAN DISTRICT OF BRENTFORD during the year 1908—alphabetically arranged.
    Street or Road.Scarlet Fever*DiphtheriaErysipelasEnteric FeverPuerperal Fever
  • Page 30
    TABLE 3 c. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN AGAINST INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
  • Page 30
    STEAM DISINFECTION. The following articles were removed from infected houses to the Isolation Hospital and subjected to steam disinfection :