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Chelsea 1932

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1932

Published
1933
Author
McCarthy, W. H. Leslie.
Pages
98
Tables
63

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63 tables in this report

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    (a.) Medical.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    (b.) Other Staff.
    Year Appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Year Appointed.Name.Appointment.
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    GENERAL STATISTICS.
    TABLE No. 1.
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    POPULATION IN WARDS. (Census 1931.)
    MalesFemalesTotal
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    VITAL STATISTICS. In accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, the following extracts from the Vital Statistics of the year are shown below :— Table No. 2
    TotalM.F.
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    Continued from previous page...
    TotalM.F.
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    TABLE No. 3. Registered Births.
    Legjtimate.Illegitimate.Total
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    TABLE No. 4. Births, Birth-Rates, Births in Wards and Inward Transfer Births.
    year .Births.Birth-Rate Per 1,000 ofPopulation.Births in Wards.Inward Transfer Births.
    Leg.Illeg.Total.Hans Town.Royal Hospital.ChurchCheyne.Stanley.Hospitals.Nursing Homes.PrivateAddresses.Total.
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    TABLE NO. 5. Births in hospitals and nursing homes.
    Chelsea Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Within the Borough.Chelsea Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Outside the Borough.
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    The following table indicates the source of notification of the 1,074 births notified in the Borough :— TABLE NO.6
    Notification received fromChelsea Residents.Non-Residents.
    Live Births.Still Births.Total.Live Births.Still Births.Total
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Year.Number of illegitimate births.Percentage of total Births.
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    The following tables are self-explanatory :— TABLE No. 8. Registered Deaths.
    Total.
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    TABLE No. 9. Deaths, Death Rates, Deaths in Wards and Seasonal Mortality.
    Year.Deaths.Death-Kate per 1,000 of Population.Deaths in Wards.Seasonal Mortality Rate.
    Hans Town.Royal Hospital.Church.Cheyne.Stanley.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.
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    TABLE No. 10.
    Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Institutions within the Borough.Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Institutions Outside the Borough.
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    TABLE No. 11. Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1032. (Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the towns to civilians only.)
    -Rate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Deatii-rate per 1,000 Population.rate per1,000 Live Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    AllCauses.Fnteric Fever.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoeaand Fnteritis (under Two years).TotalDeaths under One yearCertified byRegistered Medical Practitioners.InquestCases.Certified by Coroner after P.M.No Inquest.Uncertified Causesof Death.Live Births.Stillbirths.
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    TABLE No. 12. Deaths of Chelsea Residents Registered during the Year 1932, Classified by Age and Cause. (In accordance with Registrar-General's Return.)
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths, whether occurring within or without the borough.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 years and | upwards.
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    TABLE No. 13.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory Diseases.Total.Deathrate.No. of deaths under 5 years.Percentageunder5 years.
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    TABLE No. 14. Child Mortality (1-5 Years).
    Period or Year.Infectious Fevers.Tuber-culosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
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    The causes of death in the various age groups are set out in Table No. 15 :—
    Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE No. 16.
    1931.1932.
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    TABLE No. 17. Infantile Mortality Rates per 1,000 Births in Wards.
    1931.1932.
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    TABLE No. 18.
    1931.1932.
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    TABLE No. 19.
    Year.Visits.Cases
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    TABLE No. 20. Nursed by District Nurses During 1932.
    Visits.Cases.
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    TABLE No. 21.
    Year.(1) No. of applications for services of(2)Total number provided with aAmount of Assessment on cases attended.Nett Cost Council
    Maternity Nurse.Midwife.Maternity Nurse.Midwife.Maternity Nurse.Midwife.Maternity Nurse.Midwife
    s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    TABLE No. 22.
    Year.No. of applications for services of Home Help, including extension over the usual period of 2 weeks.Total number of cases attended by the Home Helps.Amount of Assessment on cases attended.Nett Cost to Council.
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    TABLE No. 23.
    Name.Situation.Nature of Cases Treated.Avail-able Beds.If usedby persons resident outsidethe Borough.Management.
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    One case of Puerperal rever and ten cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were notified during the year. Details of these cases are set out in the following table :— TABLE NO.24
    Total number of cases notified.Treatment inHospital.District Nurses inattendanceCouncil's Obstetrician called in.Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 25.
    Death-rate per 1,000 Live Births.
    Year.Puerperal Fever.Other complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth.Total Death-rate.
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    TABLE No. 26. Summary of Reports of Health Visitors.
    1931.1932.
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    Summary of Reports of Health Visitors—continued.
    Infant Welfare Centres.1931.1932.
    Total number of attendances
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    TABLE No. 27.
    Year.Milk Orders issued and taken up.Approx. Cost.
    March quarter.June quarter.Sept. quarter.Dec. quarter.*Total.
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    The attendances at the Nursery during the past two years were as follows :— TABLE No. 28.
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    TABLE No. 29. Mothercraft Training Home. Analysis of Cases Admitted During the Year.
    Admissions.
    Babies.Mothers.Average stay.
    Malnutrition.For Breastfeeding.Artificially fed.Breast-fed.
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    Breast Feeding Analysis.
    Established.Re-established.Supply increased.Supply regulated.No change.
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    Attendances for Test-Feeds.
    Mothers attending 1 day.2days.3days.4days.5days.6days.14days.Total No. of Mothers.Total No. of test feeds.
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    TABLE No. 30.
    Year.No. of Applications.Nursing Mothers and Infants sent away under Council Scheme.Contributions by Mothers.Nett Cost to Borough.
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    Summary of Work carried out by Sanitary Inspectors during the Year.
    Inspections.
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    Premises:
    Walls and Ceilings cleansed:—
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    Drainage :
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    Water Closets.
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    Water supply.
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    Nuisances abated arising from:-
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    TABLE. No. 31. Magisterial Proceedings during the Year. Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
    Situation of premises.Nature of Nuisance or Complaint.Petty Sessions.Date of Hearing.Result.
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    TABLE No. 32.
    Number of Premises.Number of inspections during 1932.Number of notices served during 1932.Number of prosecutions during 1932.
    On register at end of 1931.Added in 1932.Removed in 1932.On register at end of 1932.
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    TABLE No. 33. Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. I.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
    Premises.(1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers prosecuted. (4)
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    2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.Number of offences respect towhich Prosecutionwere instituted.(5)
    Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector.(4)
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    3.—Home Work.
    Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.Outwork in UnwholesomePremises, Section 108.OutworksInfectedpremissesSecs. 109
    Lists received from Employers.Number of Addresses of outworkers received from other Councils.Number of Addresses of outworkersforwarded to other Councils.Prosecutions.No. of Inspections ofOutworkers Premises.
    Instances.Notices served.ProsecutionsInstances.Order made.(Sec. 109)Order made.(Sec. 109-110)
    Lists.ChelseaOutworkers.
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    TABLE No. 36 Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year.
    Cases notified in Chelsea.Removed to various Hospitals.
    At allAges.Under 1Year.Under1-5 Years.5-15Years.15-25 Years.25-45 Years.45-65 Years.65 and upwards
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    TABLE No. 37.
    YearCases Notified.Percentage of Removals.DeathsCase Mortality Rate-Percentage of casesof School age (3-13 years)Monthof greatest prevalence.Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute.
    No. of Specimens submittedPositive.Percentage Positive.Negative.Percentage Negative.
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    TABLE No. 38.
    Year.Cases Notified.Percentage ofRemovals.Deaths.Case Mortality Rate.Percentage of cases of School-age 3-13 years.Month of greatestprevalence.
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    TABLE No. 39. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    Cases.Vision Un-impaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    No. Notified.Tieated.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 40. Vaccinations. From 1st January to 31st December, 1931.
    NumberPercentage of births registered.
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    The following Table No. 41 shows the number of attendances in each quarter :— TABLE No. 41.
    Quarter.No. of clays on which the Station was opened.Attendances.
    Verminous.Impetigo.
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    TABLE No. 42. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during 1932.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Nonpulmonary.PulmonaryNonpulmonary.
    m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.
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    TABLE No. 43.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 44.
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.Grand Total
    Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE. No.45. PUL.MONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
    Condition at the time of the ast record made during the ear to which the return relates.Previous 1 to 1926.1926.1927.19281929193019311932.
    Class T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus-Class T.B. plus
    Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1Group 2Group 3Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus) .Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus)Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus)Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).
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    TABLE No. 45 (continued). Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates.Previous to 1926.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.
    Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.
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    TABLE No. 46. Work done at the Dispensary.
    Year.Number of Persons examined for the first time.Definite Tuberculosis.Total attendances at Dispensary.
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    TABLE I.
    Name of Sample.Genuine Composition or Not Adulterated.Adulterated.Inferior.Total.
    "For-mal.""In-formal.""For-mal.""In-formal.""For-mal.""In-formal."
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    TABLE I- continued.
    Name of Sample.Genuine Composition or Not Adulterated.Adulterated.Inferior.Total.
    "Formal.""In-formal.""For-mal.""In-formal.""Formal.""In-formal."