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Hornsey 1897

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

Published
1898
Pages
36
Tables
20

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  • Page 3
    The Ward death-rate for 1897 compared with that for 1896 and 1895 is shown in the following table:—
    WARD.1897.1896.1895.
    Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.
  • Page 4
    The following table shows the deaths in the District from the eight principal Zymotic Diseases for the last seven years:—
    1891.1892.1893.1894.1895.1896.1897.
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    The deaths from diseases other than zymotic are as follows:—
    1891189218931894189518961897
  • Page 7
    Ages at which the Deaths Occurred.
    1896.1897.
  • Page 8
    I have also appended the death rates from 33 of the largest English Towns and also their annual death rate from zymotic diseases.
    Sanitary Area.Estimated population in the middle of 1897.Notified cases of Infectious Disease.Deaths from Principal Infectious Diseases.Deaths from all causes.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under One Year to 1,000 Births.
    Small Pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria. *Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Small Pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria, fWhooping Cough.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued Fevers.Diarrhoea.Total.Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.
  • Page 9
    The Compulsory Notification of Infectious Diseases has been in force in this District since the 1st of January, 1890, and under the Act the following cases have been reported during the year—
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    The follwoing table gives in deatil the cases of infectious Disease as notified for each quarter of the year, and a comparison with other years-
    Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fever.Diphtheria.Erysipelas.Small Pox.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.Membranous Croup.
    1897'96'95'97'96'95'97'96'95'97'96'95'97'96'95'97'96'95'97'96'95'97'96'95
  • Page 14
    The following table shows the number of cases admitted during each of the twelve months of the year, and the diseases for which they were admitted :—
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Total.
  • Page 20
    The whole of the twelve cells have been in operation, and the increased quantity of refuse which has had to be dealt with is shewn by the following figures:—
    Year, 1895.Year, 1896.Year, 1897.
  • Page 21
    Sewers. —More than 4¼ miles of new stoneware pipe Sewers have been laid during the year. The figures are as under:—
    Yards.
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    (C I.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1897.
    Sanitary Districts.Inspections.Notices.Dwelling Houses.Houses let in separate Dwellings or Lodgings.Common Lodging Houses.Canal Boats used as Dwellings.Movable Dwellings, Caravans, Tents, &c.
    Complaints Received.Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.Number of Premises Periodically Inspected.Houses Inspected from House-to-House.Total Number of Houses, Premises, &c., Inspected.Total Number of Re-inspections after Order or Notice.Total Number of Inspections and Re-inspections.Letters Written.Cautionery Notices given.Statutory Orders Issued.Summonses Served.Convictions Obtained.Houses, Premises, &c., Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Unfit for Habitation.Re-opened after Repairs, Alterations, &c.Demolished.Illegal Underground Dwellings Vacated.Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical, Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under Bye-laws.Periodical, Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions.Number Registered under the Acts.Periodical, Frequency, or Number of Inspections.Number of Contraventions of Regulations.Number Observed during the Year.Number of Nuisances therefrom Abated.Number Removed from District.
  • Page 24
    223 / 1895 (C II.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1897.
    Sanitary Districts.Schools.Workshops and Work-places.Laundries.Bakehouses.Slaughterhouses.Cow-sheds.Dairies and Milk-shops.Unsound Food.Adulterated Food.Offensive Trades.Mortuaries.
    Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspection.Number found defective.Number in district.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Factory Acts.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Number on Register.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Animals seized.Articles or parcels seized.Samples taken.Found Adulterated.Number of premises in District.Periodical Frequency or Number of Inspections.Contraventions of Bye-laws.Accommodation.Number of bodies received.
  • Page 25
    224 / 1895 (C III.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1897.
    Sanitary Districts.Water Supply and Water Service.Privy & Ash Pits, Ash & Earth Closets.Drainage and Sewerage.
    Wells.Houses, Water Laid on to.Percentage of Houses Supplied from Mains.Cisterns.Flush Cisterns Provided to W.C.'s.Draw-Taps Removed from Cisterns to Mains.Percentage of Houses supplied on Constant System.Water Closets.Percentage of Houses Provided with Water Closets.Drains.Cesspools.Percentage of Houses Draining into Sewers.Sewers.
    New Sunk.Cleansed, Repaired, &c.Closed as Polluted.New, Provided.Cleansed, Repaired, Covered, &c.Overflow Pipes Disconnected from Drains.Above Ground Receptacles Substituted for Pits.Movable Receptacles Substituted for fixed.Water Closets Substituted for Dry Receptacles.New Constructed.New Apparatus Provided.Repaired, Cleansed, &c.Supplied with Water, or supply rendered efficient.Ventilated.Examined, Tested, Exposed, &c.Unstopped, Repaired, Trapped, &c.Waste Pipes, Rain Water Pipes, &c., Disconnected.Soil Pipes and Drains Ventilated.Disconnecting-Traps or Chambers Inserted.Reconstructed.New Laid.Rendered Impervious, Emptied, Cleansed, &c.Abolished, and Drain Connected to Sewer.Yards of New Sewers Laid.Yards of Sewers Reconstructed.
  • Page 26
    225 / 1895 (C IV.) COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX.—SANITARY WORK, 1897.
    Sanitary Districts.Disinfection.Dust.Dampness.Sundry nuisances abated.Contagious Diseases of Animals.Infant Life Protection Act.
    Rooms fumigated.Rooms stripped and cleaned.Articles disinfected or destroyed.Dust-bins repaired.New bins provided.Movable receptacles substituted for fixed.Periodical frequency of dust removal.Number of complaints of non-removal received.Roofs repaired, &c.Guttering and rain-pipes repaired, &c.Gardens, Areas, &c., levelled and drained.Yards paved and drained.Surface adjoining houses paved.Dry areas provided.Ventilation below floor provided.Basements rendered impervious.Overcrowding.Smoke.Accumulations of refuse.Foul ditches, ponds, &c., and stagnant water.Foul pigs and other animals.Other nuisances.Outbreaks.Animals infected.Animals destroyed.Number of licensed premises.Number of children.Number of deaths.
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    (A) TABLE OF DEATHS during the Year 1897, in the Hornsey Urban District; 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.Smallpox.Scarlatina.Diphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Measles.Whooping Cough.Diarrhoea and Dysentery.Rheumatic Fever.Phthisis.Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Pleurisy.Heart Disease.Malignant Disease.Injuries.All Other Diseases.Total.
    Typhus.Enteric or Typhoid.Continued.Relapsing.Puerperal.
    (a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)(i)12345678910111213141516171819202122
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    (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 1897, in the HORNSEY Urban District; 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.
    Census 1891.Estimated to middle of 1897.Smallpox, jScarlatina. JDiphtheria.Membranous Croup.Fevers.Cholera.Erysipelas.Smallpox.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.)1234567891011121312345678910111213
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    The subjoined Table shows the mortality in each of the four quarters of the year, distinguishing males and females :—
    Males.Females.Total.Annual Rate per 1000.
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    Number.Date of Notification.Locality,Traceable or not to a previous case.Insanitary conditions observed.Result.
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    Number.Date of Notification.Locality.Traceable or not to a previous case.Insanitary conditions observed.Result.