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Carshalton 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

Published
1898
Pages
12
Tables
10

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10 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    6. Of Enteric (otherwise called Typhoid) Fever there were four cases, the chief features of which are shown in the following Table:
    Situation of Premises.Persons attacked.Dates of attacks.Remarks.
  • Page 5
    3. As to the Bye-Laws relating to new streets and buildings : The Surveyor has been good enough to inform me that—
    In 1884In 1885In 1886In 1887In 1888In 1889In 1890In 1891In 1892In 1893In 1894In 1895In 1896In 1897
  • Page 7
    8. As to Water Supply. Samples of water, which were sent me from wells and pumps at the undermentioned places, were examined, with the results shown in the following table:
    When the Samples were taken.Source of SupplySituation of Premises.The Water was found to beAction taken by Owners or Occupiers.
  • Page 8
    TABLE I. TABLE OF DEATHS in the District during the year 1897, classified according to Diseases and Ages; and shewing also the Population of the District and the Births therein during the year.
    Population at all ages.Mortality from all causes at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Persons under 5 years of age.
    At Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1897.Reoistebed Births.All ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.Age.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Whooping Cough.Contiud. Fever.Diarrhoea.Rheumatic Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Injuries.All other Diseases.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhd.Other or doubtful.
  • Page 8
    The subjoined numbers have to be added to the above, in judging of the mortality in this District.
  • Page 8
    TABLE II. Shewing the estimated population, the Annual Birth-rate, and certain Death-rates, for each of the twenty-four years, 1874.97.
    Years.POPULATION Estimated to middle of each year.Registered Births.Deaths from all Causes.Deaths of Infants under 1 year.Deaths from Pulmonary Consumption.Deaths from other Lung Diseases.
    Number.Rate per 1000 of the population.Number.Rate per 1000 of the population.Number.Per cent. to Regd. Births.Number.Rate per 1000 of the population.NumberRate per 1000 of the population.
  • Page 9
    TABLE III. Shewing the Sickness and Mortality recorded in the District from the under.mentioned Zymotic Diseases in each month of the year 1897, and in the seven preceding years.
    1897.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric (or Typhoid) Fever.
    CasesHousesRem'd to Hospl.CasesHousesRem'd to Hospl.CasesHousesRem'd to Hospl.
  • Page 9
    TABLE IV. Shewing the number of Deaths in the District from each of the seven principal Zymotic Diseases during the twenty.four years, 1874—1897, and the Zymotic Death.rate for each of those years.
    Year.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Whooping Cough.Continued Fever.Diarrhœa.TOTAL.
    Typlius.Enteric or TyphoidOther kinds.Number.Rate per 1000 of the population.
  • Page 10
    TABLE V. Shewing certain DEATH RATES, and the BIRTH RATES, for the Year, 1897, in each Rural and Urban District of the Surrey Combined Sanitary District.
    SANITARY DISTRICTS.Estimated Population at middle of 1897.Births. Rate per 1,000 of the Population.Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000 of the Population, fromPer centage of Deaths under One Year to Registered Births.Number of Deaths from
    Small Pox.Measles.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Whooping Cough.Fevers.Diarrhœa.
    All Causes.The 7 principal Zymotic Diseases.Pulmonary Consumption.Other Lung Diseases.
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    TABLE VI. Shewing the NEW CASES OF INFECTIOUS SICKNESS coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1897 in the undermentioned Sanitary Districts.
    Sanitary Districts.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each District, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Districts for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Smallpox.ScarlatinaDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.