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Annual Report on the Sanitary Condition of
the Urban District of Hampton Wick for
the year 1897.
THE URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF HAMPTON WICK.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my Annual Report on the Mortality,
Health, and Sanitary Condition of your District for the year 1897.
The total number of deaths which occurred and were registered was 33,
and included—
3 from diphtheria,
2 from measles,
2 from phthisis,
2 from bronchitis and pneumonia,
5 from diseases of the heart,
3 from cancer,
3 from accidents,
2 from premature birth and debility from birth,
2 from old age, and
9 from various causes.
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Eleven were males and 22 females. Two were under 1 year of age, and
14 above 65.
Two persons were found drowned in the river, and they had no connection
with the district; this reduces the number of deaths to 31.
The population of Hampton Wick was, according to the census of 1891,.
2,378, and it was in 1897 probably approximately the same. Taking this
figure as correct, the mortality from all causes is at the average annual rate of
13*03 for every 1,000 persons living. This death-rate is somewhat higher than
the average of the previous 10 years (11 *7), and this is owing to the great
mortality of old people, nearly 50 per cent, being persons over 65 years of age.
The number of births was 44. Twenty-eight were males and 16 females.
The birth-rate was IS'45, and the infant mortality 45 per 1,000 births.
Infectious Diseases.
I.— Not notifiable.
Influenza. — Several cases of epidemic influenza occurred in the middle of
December, and the disease became very prevalent in the beginning of 1898.
The cases, with few exceptions, were not of a very severe type, and no fatal
case was reported in 1897.
Measles.—Towards the end of February several cases of measles came
under notice, and the number increased steadily in the beginning of March.
Strict orders were given to masters and mistresses of the schools not to admit
any child from houses where a member of the family was attacked. In spite of
those measures the epidemic spread rapidly, and in order to check it, I served
notices (15th March) on the Managers of the Public Elementary Schorrs to
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