Mr. John Spear's report to the Local Government Board upon a re-inspection of the registration sub-district of Dartford, and upon the continued prevalence in the district of diphtheria / [John Spear].

  • Spear, John.
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[1884]
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Credit: Mr. John Spear's report to the Local Government Board upon a re-inspection of the registration sub-district of Dartford, and upon the continued prevalence in the district of diphtheria / [John Spear]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    abounding* in nuisances, there was only one Inspector of Nuisances appointed ; and this officer, being* also Collector of rates to the Guardians, was mainly engaged in other duties. There - has been no change in the organization of the sanitary depart¬ ment since that time. The Inspector, so far as I can find, discovers very few nuisances. Such as are reported by the Medical Officers of Health are visited by him, but even then useful action rarely follows. Nuisances so reported are often left untouched, or for their abatement the most temporary and inefficient means are tolerated. The re-organization of the sanitary department, the provision of sewers for the more populous places, and the possession of byelaws regulating building operations, &c., are the prime necessities of the Swanscombe and Farningham divisions of the rural district. John Spear. May 1884. APPENDIX. Vital Statistics. The deaths from all causes, and from the principal Zymotic diseases, in the Regis- tration Sub-district of Dartford. (A continuation of the Table that appeared in the Report of the previous Inspection.) [The public institutions in the district, comprising two lunatic asylums - and certain charities, supply in the aggregate an undue proportion of deaths. * In the subjoined table the deaths in such institutions are accordingly excluded, together with the number of their inhabitants from the estimates of population. The deaths in the workhouse are distributed, so far as information allows, according to the localities from which the deceased persons were removed.] Year. Births. Deaths at all ages. Deaths under 1 year. Rate per 1,000 from seven Zymotic Diseases. Deaths from Specified Causes. Number. Ratio per 1,000 of population. Number. Annual rate per 1,000 of population. Number. Rate per 1,000 Births registered. Small-pox. i- 1 2 CO 0) CO c3 <D Scarlatina. w 4 .5 o> A 5 5 • bo a . it 8 o 6 *4 > 0) pH 7 C5 8 A SH S-t c3 Q 1882 (Estimated popu¬ lation 20,700.) 768 37*1 334 16*2 80 104*2 2-2 2 11 3 7 5 9 8 1883 780 36*6 419 19*7 81 103*9 3-0 - 1 11* 28 10 2 11 1884 1st Quarter. 214 39*9 118 22*0 36 168-2 2-3 - - 4 2 2 2 2 Mean annual 4 rates of 12 > years 1872-83 J 36*7 18*0 118-0 2-8 * Two of these deaths were certified as from “ Acute Nephritis, Effusion.” They occurred on successive days amongst the children of a family, another member of which died from Scarlatina thirteen days before.