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

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General Statistics, 1943.

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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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Statistics.—The following table gives the statistics of the Borough during 1943 and previous years:— Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1943 and Previous Years.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births.			Total Deaths ltegistered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to tlie 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 Birth-.	Number.	Rate

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Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1943.

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

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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, 1943. Infantile Mortality during the year 1943. 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:—

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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.
		Ante-natal.	Post-natal.	Under 1 yr.	Over 1 y r.	Ante-natal.	Post-natal.	Under 1 yr.	Over 1 yr.

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MATERNAL DEATHS.

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

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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 nine against three in the previous vear. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—

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

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The following particulars show the average daily attendances each month for each of the six nurseries now in operation:—

1943.	Latimer Rd. Accoradn. 36.		Brook Green. Accomdn. 83.		West way. Accomdn. 50.		Uxbridge Rd. Accomdn. 65.		Balling Hd. Accomdn. 70.		Australia Rd. Accomdn. 70.
	Mon.to Fri.	%Sat.	Mon. to Fri.	Sat.	Mon. to Fri.	Sat.	Mon. to Fri.	Sat.	Mon. to Fri.	Sat.	Mon. to Fri.	Sat.

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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 1943.

Cause of Inspection	Inspectors
	W. A. Collins	P. T. Bayes	1 E. J. Nether	F. Q. Barry	J. R. Bailey	J. E. Broadhead	J. C. Hopkins	G. W Herrick	W. Eigby	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 1943.

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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 ofProse-cutions
		Found	Re-medied	Referred to H.M. Inspector

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3.—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FACTORIES.

Class.		Number.

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The following is a brief summary of the work carried out during the year in connection with rat and mice destruction :—

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

Hammersmith Public Mortuary :—

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

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1943.

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

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The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1934 to 1943 :—

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

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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1943.

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

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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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VACCINATION RETURNS.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officers' District	ft umber of Births returned in the " BirthList Sheets " as registered from 1st January to 31st Dec., 1942	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1944, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz. :					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1944, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by Report Book) of			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1944, neither duly enteredin the "VaccinationRegister" (columns 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted forin the "Re port Book" (columns 8, 9 and 10 of this Return	Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during the calendar year 1943	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 1943
		Col. 1Successfully Vaccinated	Col. II		Col IV.Number in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received	Col. VDead, Un vaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal toDistricts,the Vaccination Officer of which has beenduly apprised	Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found
		Col. 1Successfully Vaccinated	Insusceptible of Vaccination	Had Small-Pox		Col. VDead, Un vaccinated	Postponement by Medical Certificate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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Table showing Work of Vaccination Officer from 1st January to 31st December, 1943.

	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 " " Notices Served.	No. of Children Died Unvaccinated.	No. of Cases Removed and not Traced.	Nos. entered on "U" 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 " " 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, 1943, to the 31st December, 1943.

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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The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1943 :—

Age Periods	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory
	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.	Non-Pulmonary.	Total.

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Figures for the years 1927-43, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons are as under:—

		1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931	1932.	1933	1934	1935.	1936.	1937.	1938	1939.	1940.	1941.	1942.	1943_

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The following particulars give the results of the examinations :—

Total examined.	Referred for large films.	Did not attend.	No abnormality.	Calcd. and other lesions N.F.A.	Referred to General Practitioners.
Total examined.	Referred for large films.	Did not attend.	No abnormality.	Calcd. and other lesions N.F.A.	Probably T.B.	Probably Non-T.B.	Cardio. Vase.

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General Statistics, 1943.

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:—

Statistics.—The following table gives the statistics of the Borough during 1943 and previous years:— Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1943 and Previous Years.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1943.

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, 1943. Infantile Mortality during the year 1943. 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.

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

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was nine against three in the previous vear. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—

The following particulars show the average daily attendances each month for each of the six nurseries now in operation:—

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

NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1943.

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

SUMMONSES—YEAR 1943.

1 .—inspection of factories.

2.—defects found in factories, eTC.

3.—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FACTORIES.

The following is a brief summary of the work carried out during the year in connection with rat and mice destruction :—

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

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

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1943.

The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1934 to 1943 :—

Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1943.

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.

VACCINATION RETURNS.

Table showing Work of Vaccination Officer from 1st January to 31st December, 1943.

PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1943, to the 31st December, 1943.

The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1943 :—

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

Figures for the years 1927-43, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons are as under:—

The following particulars give the results of the examinations :—

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.