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Walthamstow 1904

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

Published
1905
Pages
96
Tables
53

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    The Registrar-General has compiled the following table, and I have added the figures for Walthamstow, that you may see at a glance our position.
    District.Annual rate per looo living.Infant Mortality rate. Annual death rate of Infants under one year per 1000 births.
    Births.Deaths from all diseases.Deaths from the seven Chief Epidemic diseases.
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    TABLE I. Number of Houses in the Parish of Walthamstow arranged iti Wards, as given to Education Committee.
    St.James Streetward.High Street Ward.Hoe Street Ward.Wood Street Ward.Northern Ward.
    No. of Occupied Houses.No. Empty.No. in Construction.No. of Oceupied Houses.No. Empty.No. in Construction.No. of Occupied Houses.Number Empty.No. of Construction.No. of Occupied Houses.No. Empty.No. in Construction.No. of Occupied Houses.No. Empty.No. in Construction.
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    TABLE II.
    Wards.Houses.Population.
    Inhabited.Uninhabited.BuildingMale,Female.Total.
    In occupation.Not in occupation.
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    TABLE III.
    Wards.Houses fit for Occupation, 1903.Plans passed, 1904.Plans passed in first Quarter.Possibly fit for Occupation, 1904.Empty.Occupied Midyear.Proportion empty in 1904.Proportion empty at Census.Average number per House.Population.
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    TABLE IV.
    Wards." Number of occupied Houses."Number of empty Houses.Persons per House.Population.
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    TABLE V.
    All Ages.Under 5 years.Over 5 and under 10.Over 10 and under 15.Over 15 and under 0Over 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.
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    WHOLE DISTRICT.
    Population.Rateable Value. £General District Rate per £.Poor Rate.School Board Rate.
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    Average for previous 10 years.
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    EDUCATION COMMITTEE'S RETURNS FOR DEC., 1904.
    Schools.Capacity.On Books.Present.Average.Percentage.Refused Admission.
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    TABLE VI. WARDS.— Acreage, Population, Density, Birth and. Death Rates, etc.
    Wards.Acreage.Acreage excluding Farm Reservoirs.Number of Houses, 1901.Estimated number oi Houses. Mid-year 1904.Estimated Population, 1904.Density.Birth Rate, 1904.Death Rate. 1904.Height above Sea Level.
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    TABLE VII.
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.Workhouse.Totals.
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    Excluding those births registered at the Workhouse, the birth-rate for the various wards was for the year, and for the previous years, as follows:—
    St. James St.High St.Hoe St.Wood St.Northern.
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    The deaths registered during the year in the wards and their death-rates were as follows. The population assumed is 108,000 :—
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.Total.
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    TABLE VIII.
    Year.Births.Deaths.B. Rate.D. Rate.Zymotic D. R.Infantile Mortality Rate.Natural Increase of Population.
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    TABLE IX.
    Whole District.St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern Ward.
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    The following shows in tabular form the numbers and causes of death in children under five years in 1904 and 1903 :—
    Disease.1904.1903. Disease.1904.1903.
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    S chedule B. Table of D eaths during the year 1904, 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 & upwardsSt. James St.High StreetHoe StreetWood StreetNorthernTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
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    The following tabular statement shows the mortality from Zymotic diseases since 1898:- TABLE X.
    Small-Pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Croup.Typhoid.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhœa.Zymotic Enteritis.Total.
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    TABLE XII.
    Names of Diseases.Whole District.Wards, 1904.
    Deaths, 1904.Deaths, 1903.Increase +Decrease -St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern
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    TABLE XIII.— Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.
    1904. Notificatons.Jan.Feb.Mar,Apl.MayJuneJulyAug.SeptOct.Nov.Dec.Total.Deaths.
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    TABLE XIV.— Distribution of Infectious Diseases according to Wards.
    WARDS.Estimated Population.Small-PoxScarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Croup.Erysipelas.Typhoid.Puerperal.Chicken Pox.Totals.Increase + or Decrease -on last year.Increase + or Decrease -excluding Chicken Pox
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    TABLE XV.— 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.
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    TABLE XVI.
    Years.Population.Number of Diphtheria cases.Rate per 1,000.Membranous Croup cases.Diphtheria and Croup Death-rate per 1,000 population,
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    TABLE XVII. Diphtheria prevalence in Wards for the Years 1898 to 1901.
    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.
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    TABLE XVIII. ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, DEATHS.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Total.
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    TABLE XIX. AGES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED.
    Scarlet Fever Cases.
    Under 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 15 years.15 years and upwards.Total.
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    TABLE XX. AGES OF PATIENTS ADMITTED.—DIPHTHERIA.
    Under 5 years.From 5 to 10 years.From 10 to 15 years.15 years and upwards.
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    The number of cases according to Wards was:—
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern.
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    The distribution was as follows:—
    Houses.Half-houses.Flats.Dirty rooms.
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    In no case was the father out of work, and the mothers were engaged in other than domestic duties as follows :—
    St. James's Street.High Street.Hoe Street.
    At Home.Away.At Home.Away.At Home.Away.
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    Deaths of Children and How Fed.
    Breast.Partial Breast.Cows' Milk.Condsd. Milk.
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    TABLE XXI.
    St. James Street.High Street.Hoe Street.Wood Street.Northern Ward.
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    The deaths from Measles and Whooping Cough since 1889 were as follows:—
    18891890189118921893189418951896
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    For the Year ending December, 1904.
    Month.Measles.Whooping Cough.Weeks.
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    The ages at which deaths from Consumption took place were as follows:
    1-5 years.5-1515-2525-6565 and upwards.
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    Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
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    III.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
    Mattersnotified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:—
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    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 HospitalDeaths 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. *Number.Rate. *
    12345678910111213
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    TABLE II.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births registered.Deaths at all Ages.Deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1904.
    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
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    TABLE IV. Schedule B. Table of Deaths during the year 1904, 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 & upwardsSt. James St.High StreetHoe StreetWood StreetNorthernTotal Deaths in Public Institutions in the District
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    As the result of visits to Workshops and Outworkers, the following works have been carried out:—
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    Laundries .—There are 49 laundries registered under the Acts, and during the year sanitary improvements have been made as follows:—
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    There are 51 retail bakehouses in the district, of which 6 are underground, and during the year the following repairs have been effected, in addition to the periodical cleansing:—
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    The results are summed up as follows:—
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    Articles disinfected at Council's apparatus:—
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    Patients have been removed to hospital as follows:—
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    The following table will show the conditions existing:—
    Cubic Capacity in feet of Rooms.Per Child.Area of floor in feet.No. of Children present.Floor space required by Education department for same number of Children.
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    Cowkeepers and Milksellers .— There are within the district 15 registered cowkeepers and 102 milksellers. All these have been regularly visited and the bye-laws enforced, and the following works carried out:—
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    Fishmongers .—Special visits are constantly paid to the premises of the 62 fishmongers in the parish, and the following works have been carried out at our suggestion:—
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    Articles to the number of 235 have been submitted to the County Analyst during the year. The following list shows the description of articles purchased and the number of each:—
    Description.No. of samples purchased.No. of samples adulterated.
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    The particulars of proceedings are given below:—
    No. of SampleDescription.Offence charged.Result.