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Walthamstow 1903

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

Published
1904
Pages
82
Tables
37

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37 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    TABLE I.
    Wards.Houses.Population.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.BuildingMale.Female.Total.
    In occupation.Not in occupation.
  • Page 6
    TABLE II.
    Ward.No. of Plans Passed 1903.Houses fit for Occupation.Uninhabited (Census 1901).Occupied Mid-Year.Average Number per house in 1901.Population.
  • Page 8
    TABLE III.
    All Ages.Under 5 years.Over 5 and under 10.Over 10 and under 15.Over 15 and under 20.Over 20 and under 25.Over 25 and under 35.Over 35 and under 45.Over 45 and under 55.Over 55 and under 65.Over 65 and under 75.75 years and upwards.
  • Page 10
    TABLE IV.
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.Workhouse.Totals.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 12
    TABLE V.
    Ages.Mean Annual U.R. for England and Wales 1896-1900Population of Walthamstow, 1901.Calculated Number of Deaths. (Theoretical.)
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Persons.
  • Page 13
    The deaths registered during the year and the death-rates for the Wards were as follows :—
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.Total.
  • Page 15
    TABLE VI.
    Year.Births.Deaths.B. Rate.D. Rate.Zymotic D. R.Infantile Mortality Rate.Natural Increase of Population.
  • Page 16
    TABLE VII.
    Whole Area.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern Ward.
  • Page -
    Schedule 33. Table of Deaths daring the year 1903, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.
    No.Causes of DeathsAll AgesUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwardsSt. James StreetHigh StreetHoe StreetWood StreetNorthernTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
  • Page 19
    TABLE VIII.
    Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Croup.Typhoid.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.Zymotic Enteritis.Total.
  • Page 19
    TABLE IX.
    Small-Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Croup.Measles.Whooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diarrhoea and Zymotic Enteritis.Enteritis.Totals.Totals for 1900.Totals for 1901.Totals for 1902.
  • Page 21
    TABLE XI.
    Whole District.Wards, 1903.
    Names of Diseases.Deaths, 1902.Deaths, 1903.Increase + Decrease -St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern
  • Page 23
    The following table shows the distribution of infectious cases according to wards, and the increase or decrease as compared with 1902 :— TABLE XII.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1903.
    1903. Notifications.Jan.Feb.Mar,Apl.MayJuneJulyAug.SeptOct.Nov.Dec.Total.Deaths.
  • Page 24
    TABLE XIII.— Distribution of Infectious Diseases according to Wards.
    WARDS.Estimated Population.Small Pox. 1902-3Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Croup.Erysipelas.Typhoid.Puerperal.Chicken Pox.Totals.Increase + or Decrease - on last year.Increase + or Decrease — excluding Chicken Pox.
  • Page 25
    TABLE XIV.— Estimated Population, Number of Infectious Diseases notified, with "Infectious Sickness Rate, and the Mean for the Years under consideration.
    Years.Population.Scarlet Fever.Small Pox.Diphtheria.Croup.Typhus Fever.Typhoid Fever.Continued Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal FeverTotals.Infectious Sickness Rate.
  • Page 26
    TABLE XV. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1903.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.
    Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards
  • Page 31
    TABLE XVI.
    Years.Population.Number of Diphtheria cases.Rate per 1,000.Membranous Croup cases.Death-rate per 1,000 population.
  • Page 32
    TABLE XVII. Diphtheria prevalence in Wards for the Years 1898 to 1908.
    Year.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.
    Population.No. of Cases.Rate per 1,000.Population.No. of Cases.Rate per 1,000.Population.No. of Cases.Rate per 1,000.Population.No. of Cases.Rate per 1,000.Population.No. of Cases.Rate per 1,000.
  • Page 35
    The following table gives the number each month:-
    Month.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Total.
  • Page 38
    According to the number in each house:—
  • Page 41
    TABLE XVIII.
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern Ward.
  • Page 43
    The deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough since 1889 were as follows:—
    18891890189118921893189418951896
  • Page 44
    TABLE XIX. F or the Y ear E nding D ecember , 1903.
    Months.Measles.Whooping Cough.Weeks.
  • Page 54
    TABLE I. —For Whole District.
    Year.Population estimated to Middle of each Year.Births.Deaths under One Year of Age.Deaths at all Ages. Total.Deaths in Public Institutions W'stow General HospitaDeaths of Non. Residents registered in District.Deaths of Residents registered beyond District.Deaths at all Ages. Nett.
    Number.Rate *Number.Rate per 1,000 Births registered.Number.Rate.*Mumber.Rate.*
    12345678910111213
  • Page 56
    TABLE II.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
  • Page 57
    TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified, during the Year 1908.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in Each Locality.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.
    Under 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwards
  • Page 58
    TABLE VII. Birthplaces of Males and Females enumerated in the Urban District of Walthamstow in 1901.
    Place of Birth.Males.Females.
  • Page 59
    S chedule 33. Table of D eaths during the year 1903, in the Urban Sanitary District of Walthamstow, classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Wards.
    No.Causes of DeathsAll AgesUnder 11 to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 6565 and upwardsSt. James StreetHigh StreetHoe StreetWood StreetNorthernTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
  • Page 63
    Census 1901.—Ages of Persons, Males and Females, in the Urban District of Walthamstow and its Several Wards.
    All Ages.Under 1 Year.1—2—3.4.Under 5 Years5 —10 —1314—15—16—1718—19—20—21 —25 —30—35—40 —45 —50—5560—65—70-75—80—85 -90—95-100 Upwards.
  • Page 65
    TABLE V.— Grouped Occupations of Males aged 10 years and upwards in the Urban District of IValthamstow ; also Propoi.tion of Children of 10 and under 14 years of age engaged in Occupations , 1901.
    Males aged 10 and under 14 years.NAME OF DISTRICT.MALES AGED 10 YEARS AND UPWARDS.
    Engaged in Occupations.Proportion per cent. Engaged in Occupations to Total.Total Occupied and Unoccupied.Retired or Unoccupied.Engaged in Occupations.Commercial or Business Clerks.Conveyance of Men, Goods and Messages.Agriculture—on Farms, Woods and Gardens.Engineering and Machine Making.Building and Works of Construction.Wood, Furniture, Fittings and Decorations.Brick, Cement, Pottery and Glass.Chemicals, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc.Skins. Leather, Hair, Feathers.Paper, Prints, Books and Stationery.Dress.Food, Tobacco, Drink and Lodging.All other Occupations.
  • Page 65
    TABLE VI.— Grouped Occupations of Females aged 10 years and upwards in the Urban District of Walthamstow ; also Proportions of Children of 10 and under 14 years of age and of Married or Widowed Women engaged in Occupations, and Proportion of Female Domestic Servants to separate Occupiers or Families , 1901.
    Females aged 10 and under 14 years.NAME OF DISTRICT.FEMALES AGED 10 YEARS AND UPWARDS.
    Engaged in Occupations.Proportion per cent. Engaged in Occupations to Total.Total Occupied and Unoccupied.Retired or Unoccupied.Engaged in Occupations.Teaching.Domestic Indoor Servants (not in Hotels, etc.)Charwomen.Laundry and Washing Service.Commercial or Business Clerks.Chemical, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc.Paper, Prints, Books, Stationery.Textile Manufactures.Tailoresses.Milliners, Dressmakers, Shirtmakers, Seamstresses.Food, Tobacco, Drink. Lodging.All other Occupations.Proportion per cent, of Married or Widowed engaged in Occupations.Proportion per cent. of Domestic Servants to total number of separate Occupiers or Families.
    Unmarried.Married or Widowed.
  • Page 59
    TABLE VIII. Country of Birth of Foreigners enumerated in the Urban District of Walthamstow in 1901.
    Country of Birth.Males.Females.
  • Page 60
    TABLE IX. Shewing Total Tenements of less than Five Rooms, distinguishing those occupied by various numbers of persons in the Urban District of Walthamstow, igoi.
    DISTRICT.Number of Rooms in Tenement.Number of Tenements of less than five rooms.NUMBER OF PERSONS PER TENEMENT.
    123456789101112
  • Page 67
    The following table gives the results :—
  • Page 67
    Persons suffering from infectious disease have been removed to Hospital as follows:—
    In Council's Ambulance.By other Means.Total.
  • Page 69
    I he number of samples submitted to the County Analyst during tr year was 116, being as follows: —
    Description.No. of samples.No. of samples sold contrary to Acts.
  • Page 70
    Particulars as to proceedings, &c., will be found in the following table:—
    No.Description.If summoned.Offence charged.Result.