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Hammersmith 1926

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926

Published
1927
Author
Howell, J. B.
Pages
116
Tables
61

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61 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Notification of Births Act, 1907. Births registered 2,001 Corrected number of births 2,188
  • Page 8
    TABLE III. Infantile Mortality during the year 1926. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total Deaths. under 1 Year
  • Page 9
    TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1926 and Previous Years.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the District.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.Number.Rate.of Non-residents registered in the District.of Residents not registered in the District.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
    12345678910111213
  • Page 12
    This rate is calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.
    Ward.Estimated Population.No. of Deaths.Death Rate.
  • Page 12
    LONDON AND THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.
    Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population to the middle of year.Births. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Zymotic Deaths. Annual rate per 1,000 persons living.Death-rate per 1,000 living.Deaths of Infants under one year to 1,000 births.
  • Page 14
    SCHEDULE OF ATTENDANCES AT THE INFANT WELFARE CENTRES.
    Address of Clinic.No. of Clinics held.New Cases.Attendances.
    Mothers.Children.Mothers.Children.
    Antenatal.Postnatal.Under 1 yr.1-5 yrs.Antenatal.Postnatal.Under 1 yr.1-5 yrs.
  • Page 16
    STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR 1926.
    Medical Officer of Health and Administrative Tuberculosis Officer.Year of Appointment
  • Page 17
    Continued from previous page...
    Tuberculosis Dispensary Staff.Year of Appointment
  • Page 19
    Notices.-The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Inspectors and the Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:—
    Number of Inspections.Number of Notices Served.Number of Notices complied with.
  • Page 20
    SUMMONSES—YEAR 1926.
    Situation of PremisesNature of OffenceNo. of SummonsesResult of Proceedings
  • Page 21
    Summonses—continued.
    Situation of PremisesNature of OffenceNo. of SummonsesResult of Proceedings
  • Page 22
    Summonses—continued.
    Situation of PremisesNature of OffenceNo. of Summons.Result of Proceedings
  • Page 23
    The following is a list of the Factories and Workshops upon the Register:—
  • Page 23
    1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
    PremisesNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesProsecutions
  • Page 24
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
    ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
    FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
  • Page 24
    3.—HOME WORK.
    Nature of WorkOutwork in Unwholesome premises, Sec. 108Outwork in Infected Premises Secs. 109, 110
    InstancesNotices servedProsecutionsInstancesOrders made (Sec. 110)Prosecutions (Sec. 109. 110)
  • Page 25
    4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the yearNumber
  • Page 25
    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    ClassNumber
  • Page 29
    Newly Erected Houses. Certificates granted with regard to water supply under Section 48 (Sub-sec. 2) of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
    Year.L.C.C. Estate.H.B.C. Estate.Private Houses.
  • Page 30
    Statistics.—Year ended 31st, December, 1926.
    1.—General.
  • Page 31
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 34
    Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923. The following is a list of the licences issued during the year under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923:—
    Description.Number.
  • Page 49
    (5) In Part I of the First Schedule for the items numbered 2, 6 and 7 there shall be substituted the following items,—
    Food.Preservative.Parts per Million.
  • Page 54
    Analyses.
    Article.Number examined.Number adulterated, &c.
    Formal.Informal.Private.Total.Formal.Informal.Private.Total.
  • Page 54
    Adultered Samples, &c.
    Serial Number.Article.Whether Formal, Informal or Private.Nature of adulteration or irregularity.Observations.
  • Page 56
    1. Milk and Cream not Sold as Preserved Cream.
    a. Number of samples examined for the presence of a preservative.b. Number in which a preservative was reported to be present.
  • Page 56
    2. Cream Sold as Preserved Cream. (a) Instances in which samples have been submitted for analysis to ascertain if the statements on the label as to preservatives were correct:—
  • Page 57
    Table I.
    Samples received.Genuine.Inferior.Adulterated.Total
  • Page 58
    Table II.
    Article.No. of Samples examined.Result of Examination.Summonses Issued.Penalties Imposed.
    Genuine.InferiorAdulterated.
  • Page 59
    Table III.
    No.Adulteration Certified.Penalties Imposed.
  • Page 59
    Table IV.
    Fat.Non-fatty Solids.Water.
    Per cent.Per cent.Per cent.
  • Page 60
    Farinaceous Foods, &c.—The following varied assortment of farinaceous and leguminous foodstuffs was submitted during the year for analysis, and in no case was adulteration or deficiency detected:—
  • Page 61
    The following samples were also analysed and were found to be genuine :—
  • Page 62
    The following table shows the action taken on adulterated samples (other than milk and cream), and other infringements of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts:— Table V.
    Sample No.Article.Result of Analysis.Date of Prosecution.Result.Remarks.
  • Page 63
    The following is a list of Unsound Food found During the Inspection of the Carcases of Animals Slaughtered in the Local Slaughterhouses.
    Description.Disease.Approx mate Weight.
  • Page 64
    The following is a list of the licensed slaughterhouses in the Borough :—
    Premises.Name of Licences.
  • Page 65
    The following table gives a summary of the work relating to milk premises, slaughterhouses and ice cream premises :—
    PREM1SES.NUMBER OF PREMISES.Number of inspec-ions 1924NT umber of uotices 192 dNumber of prosecutions 1926
    On register in 1920.On register at end of 1924Added in 1926Removed in 1926On register at end of 192t>
  • Page 66
    The following is a list of bakehouses in the Borough :— No. 1 DISTRICT.
    Address.Name.
  • Page 67
    Address.Name.
  • Page 68
    The following is a list of unsound food condemned during the year:—
    Commodity.Comdition.Result.
  • Page 69
    The following bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—
  • Page 70
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1926. Table IV.
    Notifiable diseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Bh-moved to Hospital
    At all Ages
    Under 11 & under 5 Years5 & under 15 Years15 & under 25 Years25 &Aiuuder 45 Years15 & uuder 65 Years65 and upwardsS'thCentreNorth
    Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
  • Page 70
    Tuberculosis
  • Page 71
    Year.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Whooping Cough.l'nteric Fever.Diarrhoea and Cholera.Total.
  • Page 71
    It will be seen from the preceding table that the total number of deaths from these zymotic diseases last year was 26 below the average number registered in the last ten years. Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the year 1926.
    DISEASE.Total cases notified.Cases admitted to Hospital.Total deaths.
  • Page 91
    TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1917 to 1926.
    Year.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Cholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chicken pox. aMeasles, b aWhooping Cough, aCerebro-Spinal Fever.Anthrax.Glanders.Hydrophobia.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Acute Polio-Myelitis.Encephalitis Lethargica.Pneumonia, cMalaria, cDysentery, cTrench Fever, cTotal.
  • Page 93
    The following table shows the number of notifications received during the year:—
    Age Periods.Notifications on Form "A"Notifications on Form 'B"Number of Notifications on Form "C"
    Number of Primary Notifications.Total Notifications on Form "A"No. of Primary NotificationsTotal Notifications on Form "B"Poor Law InstitutionsSanatoria
    0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 9030 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Prim. Not.Under 55 to 1010 to 15Total Prim. Not
  • Page 93
    The following table shows the number of new cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health or Chief (Administrative) Tuberculosis Officer during the period from the 3rd January, 1926, to the 1st January, 1927, otherwise than by notification on Form A or Form B under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912:—
    Age periods.0 to 11 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upwardsTotal Cases.
  • Page 94
    I append figures for the years 1920-1926. showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous Persons.
  • Page 94
    The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1926:—
    Ago Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    M.F.M,F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 100
    The parts of the body which were affected in each case are shown in the following table:— Deaths from Cancer, 1926.
    Males.Females.
  • Page 102
    The visits paid are enumerated in detail below:—
  • Page 102
    The feeding of the2,078 infants visited was found to be as follows:—
  • Page 103
    The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births during the past 20 years, the year of the appointment of the first Health Visitor:—
    Year.Births.Deaths of Infants.Deaths of Infants per 1000 births.
  • Page 105
    Figures for the Period from 1st January, 1928, to 30th September, 1926.
    Information Required.Particulars.
  • Page 106
    Continued from previous page...
    Information Required.Particulars.
  • Page 107
    Figures for the Period from 1st October to 31st December, 1926. Number of Beds.—14.
    Information required.Particulars.
  • Page 108
    Continued from previous page...
    Information Required.Particulars.
  • Page 109
    During the year the cases dealt with were as follows:—
  • Page 110
    far as they relate particularly to diseases of parturient women and children under five years of age, are tabulated below:—
    Disease.No. of Cases Notified.Previous Year.No. of Cases Visited.No. of Cases Nursed.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital.
  • Page 110
    The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—
    Cases.Vision unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated.
    At Home.In Hospital.