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St Giles (Camden) 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Giles District]

Published
1900
Pages
139
Tables
81

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  • Page 9
    During this period 99 Meetings of the Board and Committees have been held, of which the following are particulars:—
  • Page 10
    For the years ending 25th March, 1899, and 2oth March, 1900.
    INCOMEYear ending: 25th March, 1899.Year ending 25th March, 1900.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Comparative S tatement of I ncome and Expenditure— continued.
    EXPENDITURE.Year ending 25th March, 1899.Year endiug 25th March, 1900.
    Expenditure of this Board:£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 34 35
    Abstract of Receipts and Payments of the Board for General Purposes from 25th March, 1899, to 25th March, 1900.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 36 37
    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for General Purposes—continued.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.Ledger folio.r £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 38 39
    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for General Purposes—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 40 41
    Abstract of Receipts and Payments for General Purposes—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 42 43
    Foundling Estate Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 42 43
    Brunswick Square Garden Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger Folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger Folio.£s.. d.£s.d.
  • Page 44 45
    Sewer Rate Account.
    RECEIPTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 46 47
    Sewer Rate Account—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 48 49
    Sewer Rate Account—continued.
    Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 50 51
    Summary showing the Total Receipts and Payments of the Board for the year ending 25th March, 1900.
    RECEIPTS.£s.d.£s.d.PAYMENTS.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 52 53
    Summary showing the Total Receipts and Payments of the Board for the year ending 25th March, 1900—continued.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 54 55
    Statement of the Assets and Moneys owing to the Board and the Debts and Liabilities of the Board on the 25th March, 1900.
    DEBTS AND LIABILITIES.Ledger Folio.£s.d.£s.d.ASSETS AND MONEYS OWING TO THE BOARD.
    General Purposes Rate Account:Ledger folio.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 56
    Statement of Loans Outstanding.
    Purpose of Loan.Date of Original Borrowing.Period of Repayment.Original Amount Borrowed.Balance Outstanding.Mode of Repayment.
  • Page 58
    Carriage-ways.
    Situation.Description of New Paving.Net cost of Work.
  • Page 59
    Footways.
    Situation.Description of New Paving.Net cost of Work.
  • Page 60
    The following are the terms agreed to, compared with those under the old Contracts :—
    Name of Street.Present agreed price.Former price.
  • Page 61
    The following new Sewers and works in connection with •Sewers were constructed during the year :—
  • Page 62
    Certain of the sewers in the District which have dead ends, or in which the flow of sewage is not sufficient to enable the sewer to be self-cleansing 1 , are fitted with flushing tanks. They are as follows :—
    SituationCapacity of TankFlushing apparatus in use
  • Page 65
    The total cost of street cleansing for the year, including the Sunday work, was as follows :—
  • Page 66
    were added to the water in the vans, during the whole of the year. The cost of the work was as follows:—
  • Page 68
    The number of underground lavatories belonging to the Board remain as last year, three in number. They continue to be very largely used, and every day shows more and more the convenience afforded to the public by their provision. In July, 1898, your Engineer had a tally taken of the persons using them, and the figures were given in his Report of last year. They were as follows :—
    Men's Lavatories.Total number using convenience in one week.Number using water closets.Number using urinals.Average per day of total.
  • Page 69
    The following is a list of the public urinals belonging to and maintained by the Board above ground in the St. Giles District:—
    Number of Compartments.Number of Compartments.
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    The following is a list of those now existing in the District:—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    The following information with respect to the St, Giles District may be of interest:—
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    The following Contracts for materials and works have been entered into by the Board, and are now in force:—
    Name and address of the contractor.Nature of contract.Term of contract.
  • Page 77
    The totals for the previous seven years were as follows:—
  • Page 78
    articles analysed during each quarter of the year and their nature and quality.
    ARTICLE.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Grand Total.
    Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.Gen.Adult.
  • Page 78
    The percentage tor the seven preceding years is given below.
    Year.No. of Samples examined.No. Adulterated.Percentage of Adulterated Samples.
  • Page 79
    The nature and amount of the adulteration in each case were as follows :—
    No. of Sample.Nature and Amount of Adulteration.
  • Page 85
    Marriages and Marriage-rate.
    1899.Population (Census 1896).Number of Marriages.Marriage- rate per 1,000.
  • Page 86
    The marriages were celebrated in the undermentioned churches, chapels, &c., registered for the purpose.
    » Name of Building.Denomination.Number of Marriages.
  • Page 87
    Births and Birth-rates.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1896).Number of Births.Ratio of Births to PopulationBirth - rate per 1,000.
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    Deaths and Death-rates.
    Registration Sub-Districts.Population (Census 1896).Begistered Deaths.Deaths (corrected).Ratio of Deaths to PopulationDeath-rate per 1,000.
  • Page 92
    These deaths are included in Table III. Appendix, and are added to those registered in the district.
    Institution.N umber of Deaths.Institution.Number of Deaths.
  • Page 93
    The vital statistics of this block of buildings in 1899 are shown as follows:—
    Great Wild Street Block.1899.Decennial average 1889-98.Above Decennial Average.Below Decennial Average.
  • Page 94
    The vital statistics of this block are shown as under:—
    Herbrand Street Block.1899.Decennial Average 1889-98.Above Decennial Average.Below Decennial Average.
  • Page 95
    The birth, death, and zymotic death-rates for 1899, and the decennial average for 1889-98, are shown in the following table:—
    Model Buildings Streatham Street.1899.Average for 10 years, 1889-98.Above Decennial Average.Below Decennial Average.
  • Page 96
    The birth, death, and zymotic death-rates for 1899 and the decennial average for 1889-98 are shown in the following table:—
    Thurstan and Holland Buildings.1899Average for 10 years 1889-98.Above Decennial Average.Below Decennial Average.
  • Page 97
    The birth, death, and zymotic death-rates for the years 1897, 1898, 1899, and the average for the three years, are shown in the following table:—
    Shelton and Macklin Street Buildings.1897.1898.1899.Average for three years.
  • Page 98
    PEABODY BUILDINGS—GREAT WILD STREET.
    Year.Population.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Mortality. Rate per 1000 Births.Deaths.Death-rates.Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases.Total Zymotic Deaths.Zymotic Death-rate.Year.
    Under 5 yrs.Total.
    Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Per 1000 of Population.Per 1000 of Population under 5 yrs.Per 1000 of Population.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membran's Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea.
  • Page 98
    PEABODY BUILDINGS—LITTLE CORAM (NOW HERBRAND) STREET.
    Year.Population.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Mortality. Rate per 1000 Births.Deaths.Death-bates.Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases.Total Zymotic Deaths.Zymotic Death-rate.Year.
    Under 5 yrs.Total.
    Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Per 1000 of Population.Per 1000 of Population under 5.Per 1000 of Population.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membran's Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Measles.Whooping CoughDiarrhoea.
  • Page 99
    MODEL BUILDINGS—STREATHAM STREET.
    Year.Population.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Mortality. Rate per 1000 Births.Deaths.Death-bates.Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases.Total Zymotic Deaths.Zymotic Death-rate.Year.
    Under 5 yrs.Total.
    Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Per 1000 of Population.Per 1000 of Population under 5.Per 1000 of Population.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membran's Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Measles.Whooping CoughDiarrhoea.
  • Page 99
    HOLLAND and THURSTAN DWELLINGS—NEWTON STREET.
    Year.Population.Births.Birth-rate.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Mortality. Rate per 1000 Births.Deaths.Death-bates.Deaths from the Principal Zymotic Diseases.Total Zymotic Deaths.Zymotic Death-rate.Year.
    Under 5 yrs.Total.
    Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Under 5 years.5 years and over.Total.Per 1000 of Population.Per 1000 of Population under 5.Per 1000 of Population.Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membran's Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Measles.Whooping CoughDiarrhoea.
  • Page 101
    1.—Small-Pox (decennial average, 0.6).
    Year.No. of Notifications Received.Removals to Hospitals.No. of Deaths.
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    R eturn R especting the V accination of C hildren whose B irths were R egistered in 1898.
    Registration Sub-Districts, comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in Birth List Sheets, as registered from 1st January to 31st December 1898.Number of these Births duly entered in Columns 1, 2, 4, and 5 of the Vaccination Register (Birth List Sheets) viz.:—Number of these Births which are not entered in the Vaccination Register on account (as shown by Report Book) of—Number of these Births neither duly entered in the Vaccinat ion Register, nor temp'rarily accounted for in the Report Book.
    Column 1. Successfully Vaccinated.Column 2.Column 4. Number in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received.Column 5. Dead Unvaccinated.Postponement by Medical Certificate.Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officer of which has been duly apprised.Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached, and cases not having been found.
    Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Smallpox.
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    3.—Scarlet Fever (decennial average 5 - 0).
    Year.No. of Notifications received.Removals to Hospitals.No. of Deaths in Hospitals.No. of Deaths at Home.Total No. of Deaths.
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    6.—D iphtheria (decennial average 11 . 9).
    Year.No. of Notifications received.Removals to HospitalsNo. of Deaths in Hospitals.No. of Deaths at Home.Total No. of Deaths.
  • Page 106
    ten years 1890—1899.
    Year.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.
  • Page 107
    7.—C ontinued Fever (decennial average 7.2).
    Year.No. of Notifications received.Removals to Hospital.No. of Deaths in Hospital.No. of Deaths at Home.Total No. of Deaths.
  • Page 107
    Under the arrangements recorded in my last annual report bacteriological examinations have been made in 8 suspicious cases of diphtheria and enteric fever, the particulars of which are set out in the following table:—
    Date.Age and Sex.Residence.Suspected Disease.Result.
  • Page 108
    tificates, including 17 duplicates, were received from Medical Practitioners; the numbers are scheduled under the heading of their several diseases as follows.
    Small-pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.
  • Page 108
    The number of patients suffering from infectious diseases removed from the District to the Institutions of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, the various Public Hospitals, and Private Nursing Institutions is shown in the following table:—
    Diseases.Asylums Board.General Hospitals and nursing Institutions.Total.
  • Page 109
    Ambulance Service. For Infectious Cases Only.
  • Page 113
    IV.—Sudden and Violent Deaths. Inquests. Coroner: Dr. Gr. P. Danford Thomas. Office : 87, Euston Road, N.W. Inquiry Officer : Mr. John Bryant, 7, Cobden Buildings, King's Cross Road, N.W.
    Causes of Death.St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles-in-the-Fielde.Total.
  • Page 116
    This section does not apply to Common Lodging-Houses within the meaning of the Common Lodging Houses Act, 1851, or any Act amending the same.
    Locality.No. of Houses.Locality.No. of Houses.
  • Page 117
    The following is a list of the Common Lodging-Houses Registered in this District.
    Date of Registration.Situation of Common Lodging House.Name of Keeper.Residence of Keeper.Authorised No. of Lodgers.Sex of Lodgers.
  • Page 124
    Bakehouses— continued. PARISH OF ST. GILES-IN-THE-FIELDS.
    Premises.Owner.
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    PARISH OF ST. GEORGE, BLOOMSBURY.
    Premises.Owner.
  • Page 125
    The following articles were brought to the Stone Yard and disinfected in the "Washington Lyon's Steam apparatus :
    Articles.NumberArticles.NumberArticles.Number
  • Page 129
    TABLE I. Showing the Population, Number of Inhabited Houses, Marriages Births and Deaths for the Year 1899, and Ten Years Preceding. GROSS NUMBERS.
    The YearCensus 1896.Marriages.Registered Births.Corrected Deaths.
    Population.Number of Inhabited Houses.Total all ages.Under one year.Total under five years.In Public Institutions outside the District.In Public Institutions in side the District.
  • Page 130
    TABLE II. Showing the Annual Birth-rate, Death-rate, Death-rates of Children, and Proportion of Deaths in Public Institutions in a Thousand Deaths for the Year 1899 and Ten Years Preceding.
    In Year.Birth-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 of Registered Births.Deaths of Children under 1 year per 3,000 of total Deaths.Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 of total Deaths.Deaths in Public Institutions inside the District per 1,000 of total Deaths.
  • Page 131
    TABLE III.—D eaths R egistered from all C auses in the Y ear 1899 (inclusive of the D eaths of P arishioners at H ospitals and P ublic I nstitutions outside the D istrict).
    causes of death.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.sub-districts.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.St. George, Blooms-bury.St. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
  • Page 132
    TABLE III.— continued.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.AGES.Total under Five Years of Age.Grand Total all Ages.SUB-DISTRICTS.
    0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.St. George, BloomsburySt. Giles, South.St. Giles, North.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    SUMMARY OF TABLE III.
    I.—Specific Febrile or Zymotic Diseases—Number of Deaths.
  • Page 135
    TABLE IV. Showing the number of Deaths at all ages in 1899 from certain groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 of Population, and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes; also the number of Deaths of Infants under one year of age from other groups of Diseases, and proportions to 1,000 Births and to 1,000 Deaths from all causes under one year.
    Division I.Total Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 of Population at all Ages.Deaths per 1,000 of Total Deaths at all Ages.
  • Page 136
    TABLE V. Showing the Number of Deaths in the Ten Years , 1889 to 1898, from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases, and the Number in 1899, etc.
    Disease.1889189018911892189318941895189618971898Annual average of ten years 1889 to 1898.Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths 1889 to 1898.1899Proportion of deaths to 1,000 deaths in 1899.
  • Page 137
    TABLE VI. Report of Sanitary Works, &c., in 1899, carried out under the Superintendence of Sanitary Inspectors Bond and Robinson.
    Nature of Works.Sub-Districts.Total.
    St. George, Bloomsbury.St. Giles, SouthSt. Giles, North
  • Page 138
    TABLE VII. (A.)—Table of Deaths during the Year 1899, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, Classified according to Diseases, Ages, and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics public institutions being shown as separate localities.Mortality from all Causes, at subjoined ages.Mortality from subjoined causes, distinguishing Deaths of Children under Five Years of Age.
    At all ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 65.65 and upwards.12345678910111213141516171819202122
    Fevers.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.*Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
    Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)
  • Page 139
    TABLE VIII. (B.)—Table of Population, Births, and of new Cases of Infectious Sickness, coming to the Knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the Year 1899, in the Metropolitan Sanitary District of St. Giles, classified according to Diseases, Ages and Localities.
    Names of Localities adopted for the purpose of these Statistics; Public Institutions being shown as separate localities.Population at all Ages.Registered Births.Aged under 5 or over 5.New Cases of Sickness in each Locality, coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health.Number of such Cases Removed from their Homes in the several Localities for Treatment in Isolation Hospital.
    Last Census.Estimated to middle of 1899.1234567891011121312345678910111213
    Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous CroupFevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--Small-pox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.--
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a).(b)(c)(d)(e)
  • Page 140
    T able IX . The Marriage.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1889 to 1898, and the Average for the Ten Years 1889.1898.
    Sub.Districts.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Average rate per 1,000 for 10 years, 1889.1898.
  • Page 140
    The Death.rate per 1,000 in St. Giles District from 1889 to 1898, and the Average for the Ten Years 1889.1898.
    Sub.Districts.1889.1890.1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.1898.Average rate per 1,000 for 10 years, 1889.1898.
  • Page 141
    TABLE X. Registered Births in 52 Weeks of 1899. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter, 13 weeks.Second Quarter, 13 weeks.Third Quarter, 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter, 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1899, 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Total Children.
  • Page 141
    Registered Deaths in 52 Weeks of 1899. Sub-Districts of St. Giles.
    Sub-Districts.First Quarter, 13 weeks.Second Quarter, 13 weeks.Third Quarter, 13 weeks.Fourth Quarter, 13 weeks.Whole Year, 1899, 52 weeks.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Both Sexes.
  • Page 142
    TABLE XI. Showing the localities in which fatal cases of the principal Zymotic Diseases occurred in 1899:—
    Locality.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whoop ing Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Total.
  • Page 143
    TABLE XII. Comparative Analysis of the Vital Statistics in Registration London and in St. Giles District, for 1899.
    Population, 1899.Births.Deaths from all Causes.Deaths from Principal Zymotic Diseases.Annual rate per 1,000 living.Deaths.Deaths of Children under 1 year of age to 1000 Births.
    Births.Deaths.Principal Zymotic Diseases.Small-Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Fever.Diarrhoea.
  • Page 144
    TABLE XIII. Meteorology of the Year. Based on observations at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, and at various other stations, by Mr. James Glaisher, F.R.S., the Astronomer Royal.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.