Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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Annual Rate per 1,000 Living. | Deaths under one year to 1,000 Births. | |||||||||||
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Births | Death.rate. | Principal Epidemic Diseases Cols. 4.10. | Small.Pox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Whooping Cough. | Fever. | Diarrhoea. | |||
Crude. | Corrected. | |||||||||||
Cols. | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. | 6. | 7. | 8. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12. |
St. James Street Ward. | High Street Ward. | Hoe Street Ward. | Wood Street Ward. | Northern Ward. | |||||||||||
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No. of Occupied Houses. | No. Empty. | No. in Construction. | No. of Occupied Houses. | No. Empty. | No. in Construction. | No. of Occupied Houses. | Number Empty. | No. in Construction. | No. of Occupied Houses. | No. Empty. | No. in Construction. | No. ot Occupied Houses. | No. Empty. | No. in Construction. |
Wards. | Houses. | Population. | |||||
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Inhabited. | Uninhabited. | Building | Male. | Female. | Total. | ||
In occupation. | Not in occupation. |
Shops. | Houses. | Tenements. | Total. |
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Wards. | Possible No. of Houses fit for Occupation, 1907. | Plans passed, in 1908. | Greatest possible number Existing. | Empty, June, 1908 (Overseers' Lists). | Possible Occupied Midyear, 1908. | Occupied Education Returns. | Numbers probably occupied M.O.H.'s Estimate. | Proportion empty in 1908. | Proportion empty at Census, 1901. | Average number per House Census. | Popula-tion, 1908. |
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Houses fir for Occupation. | Houses Empty. | Houses Occupied. | Houses in Course of Construction. | Population (at 5.9 per house) |
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Enumerated. | Estimated by M.O.H. | Difference. |
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St. James St. | High St. | Hoe St. | Wood St. | Northern. | Total. |
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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. |
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Population. | Rateable Value. £ | General District Rate, per £. | Poor Rate, per £. | Education Rate, per £ |
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Average for previous 10 years. |
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Summary. | Capacity. | On Books. | Present. | Average. | Percentage. | Refused Admission. | |
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Schools. | Original. | Present. |
wards. | Acreage. | Acreage excluding Farm & Reservoirs. | Number of Houses, 1901. | Estimated number of Houses occupied. Mid-year 1908. | Estimated Population, 1908. | Density (Excluding Sewage Farm & Reservoirs.) | Birth Rate, 1908. | Death Rate, 1908. | Height in feet above Sea Level. |
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St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | Workhouse and others. | Totals. | ||||||||
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M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. |
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St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. |
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Population. | Birth-Rate. | Death-rate. | Infantile Mortality rate or Proportion of Deaths of Children under one year to 1,000 Births |
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St. James St. | High St. | Hoe St. | Wood St. | Northern. |
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St. James St. | High St. | Hoe St. | Wood St. | Northern. |
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Year. | Births. | Deaths. | B. Rate. | D. Rate. | Zymotic D. R. | Infantile Mortality Rate. | Natural Increase of Population |
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Whole District. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern Ward. |
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Causes of Deaths. | Under 1 Week | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Totalunder 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Diseases | 1908 | 1907 | 1906 | 1905 | 1904 |
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No. | CAUSE OF DEATH. | AT ALL AGES. | UNDER 1 YEAR. | 1 TO 5 YEARS. | 5 TO 15 YEARS. | 15 TO 25 YEARS. | 25 TO 65 YEARS. | 65 AND UFWARDS. | In Public Institutions in the District | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. | 1st Qr. | 2nd Qr. | 3rd Qr. | 4th Qr. | Total. |
No. | Causes of Deaths. | All Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 & upwards | St. James St. | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Northern | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District |
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Small-Pox. | Scarlatina. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhoid. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Diarrhoea. | Zymotic Enteritis. | Total. |
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Names of Diseases. | Whole District. | Wards, 1908. | ||||||
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Deaths, 1908. | Deaths, 1907. | Increase + Decrease - | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. |
1908. Notifications. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apl. | May | June | July | Aug. | Sept | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Total. | Deaths. |
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WARDS. | Estimated Population. | Small-Pox | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Erysipelas. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal. | Chicken Pox. | Totals. | Increase+for Decrease -on last year. |
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Years. | Population. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Diphtheria. | Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Continued Fever. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever, | Totals. | Infectious Sickness Rate. |
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
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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 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards |
St. James St. | High St. | Hoe St. | Wood St. | Northern. |
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St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. |
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Population. | No. Notified. | Deaths. | |||
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S.F. | Diph. | S.F. | Diph. |
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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Year. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | ||||||||||
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Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per 1,000. | Population. | No. of Cases. | Rate per l,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. |
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Mixed Infections. | Total. |
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Scarlet Fever. | |||||||||||
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Under 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 15 years. | 15 years and upwards. | Total of | Total. |
Under 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 15 years. | 15 years and upwards. | Total of | Total. | ||||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Under 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 15 years. | Total. | ||||
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M | F | M | F | M | F |
Disease. | Under 5 years. | From 5 to 10 years. | From 10 to 15 years. | 15 years and upwards. | Total of | Total. |
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No. of Cases. |
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No. of Cases. |
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Wards:— | St. James St. | High St. | Hoe St. | Wood St. | Northern. |
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1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
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Month Ending | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Total. |
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Premises. | Number of | ||
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Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. |
Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
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Found. | Remedied. | : Referred to H.M. Inspector. |
NATURE OF WORK1 | outworkers' lists, section 107. | Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | outwork in unwholesome premises section 10°. | outwork in infected premises, sections 109, 110. | |||||||||||
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Lists received from Employers. | Numbers of Addresses ofOutworkers received from other Councils. | Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (s. 110). | Prosecutions (ss. 108, 110. | ||||||
Twice in the Year. | Once in the Year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
Lists. † | Outworkers.† | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of 1908. | Number. |
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Class. | Number. |
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SCHOOL. | DEPARTMENT. | AN. | FEB. | MAR. | APRIL. | MAY. | UNE. | ULY. | AUG. | SEPT | OCT. | NOV. | DEC. | TOTALS. | |||||||||||||
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S F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S. F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. | S.F. | D. |
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Deaths under One Year of Age. | Deaths at all Ages. Total. | Deaths in Pubi.ic Institutions W'stow General Hospital | Deaths of Non. Residents registered in District. | Deaths of Residents registered beyond District. | Deaths at all Ages. Nett. | ||||
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Number. | Rate * | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | |||||
1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
I | II | III |
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Year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. | Population estimated to middle of each year by Registrar General. | Births registered. | Deaths at all Ages. | Deaths under 1 year. |
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Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from Each Locality. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||
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At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | St. James Street. | High Street. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | St. James Street. | High St reet. | Hoe Street. | Wood Street. | Northern. | ||||||
Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards |
No. | Causes of Deaths. | All Ages | Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 & upwards | St. James St. | High Street | Hoe Street | Wood Street | Northern | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District |
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causes of deaths. | Under 1 Week | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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Causes of Deaths. | Under 1 Week | 1-2 Weeks. | 2-3 Weeks. | 3-4 Weeks. | Total under 1 Month. | 1-2 Months. | 2-3 Months. | 3-4 Months. | 4-5 Months. | 5-6 Months. | 6-7 Months. | 7-8 Months. | 8-9 Months. | 9-10 Months. | 10-11 Months | 11-12 Months | Total Deaths under One Year. |
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