[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1941.

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Vital Statistics.

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Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000

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The following table shows the number of deaths from Cancer under the various age groups during the past 10 years :—

Year.	Total Deaths.	Sex.	AllAges.	1—	2—	5—	15—	25—	35—	45—	55—	65—	75-

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Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1941 and Previous Years.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett 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.
		Uncorrected Number.	Number.	Rate.	Number.	Rate.	of Non-residents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District	Number.	Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1941.

of Death.	Sex.	0—	1—	5 —	15—	45—	65—	Total allAges.

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Death rate calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.

Ward.	Estimated Population.	No. of Deaths.	Death Rate.

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

City and Boroughs.	Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population.	Death Rate per 1,000 Population.	Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births.

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births :—

Year.	Births.	Deaths of Infants.	Deaths of Infants per 1000 births.

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The following table shows the deaths of infants under one year of age and the cause:— INFANT MORTALITY, 1941. Infantile Mortality during the year 1941. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

CAUSES 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 1 year.	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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Visits paid by Health Visitors are enumerated in detail below:—

	District.
	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	Total

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Schedule of Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, and Ante-Natal Clinics.

Address of Clinic.	No. of Clinics	New Cases.				Total Attendances.
		Mothers.		Children.		Mothers.		Children.
		Antenatal.	Postnatal.	Under 1 yr.	Over 1 yr.	Antenatal.	Postnatal.	Under1 yr.	Over 1 yr.

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MATERNAL DEATHS. The number of Maternal Deaths during the past seventeen years is as follows :—

Year.	Number of Deaths.		Number of live Births.	Maternal Death Rate.
Year.	Puerperal Sepsis.	Other Accidents of Pregnancy.	Number of live Births.	Maternal Death Rate.

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Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Disease.	No. of Cases Notified.	Previous Year.	No. of Cases Visited.	No. of Cases Nursed.	No. of Cases Removed to Hospital.

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was eight against five in the previous year. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows :—

Cases.			Vision unimpaired.	VisionImpaired.	Total Blindness.	Removed from District.	Still under Treatment.	Deaths.
Notified.	Treated.
Notified.	At Home.	In Hospital.

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A summary of the work carried out during the year under review follows:—

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NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1941.

Cause of Inspection.	Inspectors.
Cause of Inspection.	W. A. Collins	P. T. Bayes	H. W. Potter	W. Rigby	J. R. Baily	J. C. Hopkins	A. Hayes	E. J. Nether	W. J. Godden	Miss E. M. Cross	Total

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Notices.—The following table shows the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:—

	Notices Served.	Notices complied with.

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SUMMONSES—YEAR 1941. The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:—

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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Occupiers Prosecuted.

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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, Etc.

Particulars		Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions
Particulars		Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions

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3.—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FACTORIES.

Class.		Number.

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I append a summary of the work carried out during the year

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Six hundred and nine bodies were admitted to the Public Mortuary and Civilian War Deaths Mortuary during the year:—

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BACTERIOLOGY. The following bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1941.

Notifiable Disease	Number of Cases Notified.													Wards.							Total Removed to Hospital.
	At all Ages.	Age Periods.												1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	At all Ages.	Under 1	1—	2—	3—	4—	5—	10—	15—	20—	35—	45—	65—	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

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The following table shows the deaths of residents regis-tered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1932 to 1941:—

Year.	Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.	Diarrhoea and Cholera.	Total.

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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1941.

DISEASE.	Total cases notified.	Cases admitted to Hospital.	Total deaths.

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The following are the particulars of the work carried out under the immunisation scheme during the year:—

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TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1932 to 1941.

Year.	Smallpox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.	Typhus Fever.	Enteric Fever.	Simple Continued Fever.	Relapsing Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Puerperal Pyrexia. d	Cholera.	Erysipelns.	Plague.	Chickenpox. a	Measles. b	Whooping Cough. b	Cerebro-Spinal Fever.	Anthrax.	Glanders.	Hydrophobia.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Acute Polio-Myelitis.	Encephalitis Lethargica.	Pneumonia. c	Malaria. c	Dysentery. c	Trench Fever. e	Food Poisoning. f	Total.

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The following figures show the number of Hammersmith cases dealt with at the Clinic since its inception.

	New patients.	Attendances.

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DISINFECTION. The following table shows the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station.

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I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during the year.

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VACCINATION RETURNS. RETURN FOR 1940.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officers' District		N umber of Births returned in the "BirthList Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st Dec., 1940	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1942, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1942, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by Report Book) of			Numbe of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1942, neither duly enteredin the "VaccinationRegister" (columus 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted forin the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9 and 10 of this Return	Number of Certifi-cates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during the calendar year 1941	Number of statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate during the calendar year 1941
			Col. 1	Col. II		Col. IV.	Col. V	Post-pone-ment by Medi-cal Certifi-cate	Removal toDistricts,the Vaccina-tion Officer of which has beenduly apprised	Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found
			Col. 1	Col. II		Number in respect of whom Certifi-cates of Con-scientious Objection have been	Col. V
			Success-fully Vac-cinated	Insus-ceptible of Vac-cination	Had Small-Pox		Dead, Unvac-cinated
			1		2		3							4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
1.	North Hammersmith	313	112	—	—	92	10	—	3	91	5	1,059	381
2.	Hammersmith Hospital	1,013	424	1	—	194	33	—	4	349	8
3.	South Hammersmith	218	91	—	—	44	8	—	—	73	2
4.	Queen Charlotte'sHospital	201	75	2	—	19	8	—	82	13	2
5.	Removed into Borough	195	99	—	—	12	—	—	—	79	5
		1,940	801	3	—	361	59	—	89	605	22	1,059	381

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Table showing Work of Vaccination Officer from 1st January to 31st December, 1941.

	No. of Vaccination Certificates received from—						No. of Insusceptibility Certificates.	Total No. of Certificates.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection.	No. of Postponement Certificates.	No. of Cases Removed Inwards.	No. of Cases Removed Outwards.	No. of "Q" Notices Sent.	No. of "K" Notices Served.	No. of Children Died Unvaccinated.	No. of Cases Removed and not Traced.	Nos. entered on "H" Lists to Public Vaccinators.
	District No. 1.	District No. 2.	District No. 3.	District No. 4.	District No. 5.	Other Doctors.	No. of Insusceptibility Certificates.	Total No. of Certificates.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection.	No. of Postponement Certificates.	No. of Cases Removed Inwards.	No. of Cases Removed Outwards.	No. of "Q" Notices Sent.	No. of "K" Notices Served.	No. of Children Died Unvaccinated.	No. of Cases Removed and not Traced.	District No. 1.	District No. 2	District No. 3.	District No. 4.	District No. 5.	Total

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PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1941, to the 31st December, 1941.

Age Periods	Formal Notifications
	Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis
	0-	1-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	Total (all ages

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PART II. Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Age Periods	0-	1-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	Total

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The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1941:—

Age Periods	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Respiratory		NonRespiratory		Respiratory			NonRespiratory
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.		F.	M.	F.

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The following table indicates the number of cases and deaths from Tuberculosis:—

Year.	No. of Cases notified.			No. of Deaths.	No. of Cases on Dispensary Register.	No. of Cases on Register of Notifications.
	Pulmonary.	NonPulmonary.	Total.

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I append figures for the years 1925-41, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons.

	1925.	1926.	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.	1932.	1933.	1934.	1935.	1936.	1937.	1938.	1939.	1940.	1941.

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1941.

Vital Statistics.

Deaths of infants under one year of age per 1,000

The following table shows the number of deaths from Cancer under the various age groups during the past 10 years :—

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1941 and Previous Years.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1941.

Death rate calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births :—

The following table shows the deaths of infants under one year of age and the cause:— INFANT MORTALITY, 1941. Infantile Mortality during the year 1941. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.

Visits paid by Health Visitors are enumerated in detail below:—

Schedule of Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, and Ante-Natal Clinics.

MATERNAL DEATHS. The number of Maternal Deaths during the past seventeen years is as follows :—

Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was eight against five in the previous year. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows :—

A summary of the work carried out during the year under review follows:—

NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1941.

Notices.—The following table shows the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:—

SUMMONSES—YEAR 1941. The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:—

1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, Etc.

3.—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FACTORIES.

I append a summary of the work carried out during the year

Six hundred and nine bodies were admitted to the Public Mortuary and Civilian War Deaths Mortuary during the year:—

BACTERIOLOGY. The following bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1941.

The following table shows the deaths of residents regis-tered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1932 to 1941:—

Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1941.

The following are the particulars of the work carried out under the immunisation scheme during the year:—

TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1932 to 1941.

The following figures show the number of Hammersmith cases dealt with at the Clinic since its inception.

DISINFECTION. The following table shows the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &amp;c., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station.

I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during the year.

VACCINATION RETURNS. RETURN FOR 1940.

Table showing Work of Vaccination Officer from 1st January to 31st December, 1941.

PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1941, to the 31st December, 1941.

PART II. Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1941:—

The following table indicates the number of cases and deaths from Tuberculosis:—

I append figures for the years 1925-41, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons.

DISINFECTION. The following table shows the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station.