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

Holborn 1956

Published: 1957
Pages: 55
Tables: 54

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Typical Sections are:—
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TABLE No.1 Marriages The following table shows the number of marriages which have taken place in the Borough during the last 10 years, and the marriage rates for those years:—

Year C. of E. R.C., Chapels and Supt. Registrar's Office Total Marriages Estimated Population Marriage Rate per 1,000 Population
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Summary of Vital Statistics
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Hospitals in the Borough

Name and Address of Hospital Telephone No. Type of Hospital Number of Beds
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Registered Live Births

M. F. Total Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population Proportion per 1,000 Registered Live Births
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Comparable figures for preceding 30 years are set out on page 14. The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Holborn during 1956.

Age Groups 0-1 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75- TOTALS

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TABLE No. 2 Vital Statistics for the last 30 years

Year	Estimated Mid-Year Population	Net Registered Live Births		Net Deaths
		Net Registered Live Births		All Ages		Under 1 Year of Age
		Number	Rate per 1,000 Est'd. Population	Number	Rate per 1,000 Est'd. Population	Number	Rate per 1,000 net Live Births

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TABLE No. 3 Causes of, and Ages at, Death Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D.25.

Causes of Death	Net Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District
Causes of Death	Under 1 year		1 and under 5 years		5 and under 15 years		15 and under 25 years		25 and under 45 years		45 and under 65 years		65 and under 75 years		75 and over		Totals		All ages
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	All ages

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Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age

No. Holborn London England and Wales
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Rates for preceding 10 years:—

Year All infants per 1,000 live births Legitimate per 1,000 legitimate live births Illegitimate per 1,000 illegitimate live births
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Deaths from Puerperal Causes (i.e.,deaths classed by the Registrar-General to pregnency or childbirths.)

Deaths Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births
Sepsis Other Causes Total

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TABLE No. 4 Deaths of Infants under one year of age Causes of, and ages at, death Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D.25

Cause of Death	AGE
Cause of Death	Under 1 Day.	1 Day to 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total Under 4 Weeks	4 Weeks to 3 Months.	3-6 Months.	6-9 Months.	9-12 Months.	Total Under 1 Year

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TABLE No. 5 Deaths of Infants under one year of age for preceding 10 years Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D.25

Cause of Death 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
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Deaths from Tuberculosis—All Ages

No. of Deaths Death Rate per 1,000 estimated population

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A Table for the years 1947-1956 giving numbers of Holborn residents in whose cases the underlying cause of death was certified as pulmonary tuberculosis or malignant neoplasm of the lung or bronchus.

	Pulmonary Tuberculosis		Malignant Neoplasms of Lung or Bronchus		Totals
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Pulmonary Tuberculosis	Malignant Neoplasms of Lung or Bronchus

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SECTION 3. Infectious Diseases. The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Holborn:-

Diseases Authority for Notification
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Diseases Authority for Notification
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Other Diseases coming to the notice of the Department

Disease No. of Cases No. removed to Hospital
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TABLE No. 6 Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1956. (Corrected) Age Groups

Disease Under 1 1—2 2—3 3—4 4—5 5—10 10—15 15—25 25—45 45—65 65& over Totals Total
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
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TABLE No. 7 Comparative Figures of Infectious Disease for the last 30 years

Disease 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
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SECTION 4. Sanitary Circumstances. Visits made by the Public Health Inspectors during 1956.

Public Health (London) Act, 1936 Number of Inspections
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Summary of work carried out in respect of nuisances found to exist in dwelling houses, houses let in lodgings, shops, factories, food premises, and on bombed sites:

Water Supply
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Complaints During the year 712 complaints were received in respect of the following nuisances:-

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The recordings obtained during 1956 were as follows:—

Month	Rainfall		Monthly deposit—Tons per sq. mile			Mg. of S03/day collected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch A Pb02
Month	inches	pH value	Insoluble matter	Soluble matter	Total solids	Mg. of S03/day collected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch A Pb02

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The solid matter expressed in tons falling over the area of Holborn month by month was as follows:—

Month insoluble matter Soluble matter Total solids

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Concentration of smoke—milligrammes per cubic metre.

Month	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine			Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene
	Average Value	Highest Value	Lowest Value	Average Value	Highest Value	Lowest Value

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Housing Acts, 1936-1954 The following is a summary of action under the above Acts during the year 1956.

Slum Clearance
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Houses Let in Lodgings
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The following particulars were supplied to the Minister of Agriculture, fisheries and Food in accordance with Article 1 (c) of the Conditions of Exchequer Grants to Local Authorities dated 28th July, 1950:—

Type of Property
Local Authority Dwelling Houses Agricultural All other (including Business and Industrial) Total
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The following table shows the work carried out during the year arising from the complaints received, and in connection with 17 blocks which were surveyed.

Complaint Block Survey Total
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Disinfection
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Disinfestation
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This Act provides that sanitary inspectors should henceforth be designated public health inspectors.

Nature of Offence Legal Proceedings Action Taken Under Result
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Particulars of inspections and other work carried out during 1956 are as follows:—
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Part I of the Act 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

Premises No. on Register Number of
Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted

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2. Cases in which defects were found.

PARTICULARS	Number of Cases in which Defects were				Number of Cases in which Prosecutions were Instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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The following table gives tde number and type of such premises in tde borough, and tde nature of tde work carried out:—

Type of Specified Work	Section 110			Section 111
Type of Specified Work	No. of Out-workers in August List required by Sect. 110 (1) (c)	No. of Cases of Default in Sending Lists to tde Council	No. of Prosecutions for Failure to Supply Lists	No. of Instances of Work in Unwhole-some Premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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Type of Specified Work	Section 110			Section, 111
	No. of Out-workers in August List required by Sect. 110(1)(c)	No. of Cases of Default in Sending Lists to the Council	No of Prosecutions for Failure to Supply Lists	No. of Instances of work in Unwhole-some Premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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General All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption are inspected, and the following is a record of the inspections made during 1956:—
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The following table shows the monthly variation of the chemical composition of the 195 samples.

Month Number of Samples examined Fat Per cent. average Solids Non-fat Per cent. average Total Solids Per cent. average
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Channel Island and South Devon Milk

Month Number of Samples examined Fat Per cent. average Solids Non-fat Per cent. average Total Solids Per cent. average
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These figures approximate closely to those of the previous ten years, averages of which are tabulated below:—

Year No. of Samples examined Total Solids (average) Non-fatty Solids (average) Fat (average)
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Food Sampling A total of 492 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 339 were formal samples and 153 were informal.

Article Number of Samples purchased
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Article Number of Samples purchased
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Unsound Food During the year 1956, the undermentioned unsound food was surrendered and destroyed or disposed of otherwise:—

Commodity Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs.
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Unsound Food—continued

Commodity Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs.
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Unsound Food—continued

Commodity Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs.
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The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis notified, and deaths during 1956 of persons notified as suffering from the disease:—

Age Periods New Cases Deaths
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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Summary of Changes in Tuberculosis Register During 1956

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total
M. F. M. F.
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Tuberculosis Notifications and Deaths for the last 50 years

Notifications Rate per 1,000 Population Deaths Rate per 1,000 Population
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Age Groups

14-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 plus Total
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Age Groups

14-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 plus Total
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Age Groups

14-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 plus Total

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Holborn 1956

54 tables in this report

Typical Sections are:—

TABLE No.1 Marriages The following table shows the number of marriages which have taken place in the Borough during the last 10 years, and the marriage rates for those years:—

Summary of Vital Statistics

Hospitals in the Borough

Registered Live Births

Comparable figures for preceding 30 years are set out on page 14. The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Holborn during 1956.

TABLE No. 2 Vital Statistics for the last 30 years

TABLE No. 3 Causes of, and Ages at, Death Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D.25.

Death Rate of Infants under One Year of Age

Rates for preceding 10 years:—

Deaths from Puerperal Causes (i.e.,deaths classed by the Registrar-General to pregnency or childbirths.)

TABLE No. 4 Deaths of Infants under one year of age Causes of, and ages at, death Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D.25

TABLE No. 5 Deaths of Infants under one year of age for preceding 10 years Classification according to the short list of causes of death adopted by the Registrar General in Form S.D.25

Deaths from Tuberculosis—All Ages

A Table for the years 1947-1956 giving numbers of Holborn residents in whose cases the underlying cause of death was certified as pulmonary tuberculosis or malignant neoplasm of the lung or bronchus.

SECTION 3. Infectious Diseases. The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Holborn:-

Continued from previous page...

Other Diseases coming to the notice of the Department

TABLE No. 6 Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1956. (Corrected) Age Groups

TABLE No. 7 Comparative Figures of Infectious Disease for the last 30 years

SECTION 4. Sanitary Circumstances. Visits made by the Public Health Inspectors during 1956.

Continued from previous page...

Summary of work carried out in respect of nuisances found to exist in dwelling houses, houses let in lodgings, shops, factories, food premises, and on bombed sites:

Complaints During the year 712 complaints were received in respect of the following nuisances:-

The recordings obtained during 1956 were as follows:—

The solid matter expressed in tons falling over the area of Holborn month by month was as follows:—

Concentration of smoke—milligrammes per cubic metre.

Housing Acts, 1936-1954 The following is a summary of action under the above Acts during the year 1956.

Houses Let in Lodgings

The following particulars were supplied to the Minister of Agriculture, fisheries and Food in accordance with Article 1 (c) of the Conditions of Exchequer Grants to Local Authorities dated 28th July, 1950:—

The following table shows the work carried out during the year arising from the complaints received, and in connection with 17 blocks which were surveyed.

Disinfection

Disinfestation

This Act provides that sanitary inspectors should henceforth be designated public health inspectors.

Particulars of inspections and other work carried out during 1956 are as follows:—

Part I of the Act 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2. Cases in which defects were found.

The following table gives tde number and type of such premises in tde borough, and tde nature of tde work carried out:—

Continued from previous page...

General All premises where food is prepared, stored or exposed for sale for human consumption are inspected, and the following is a record of the inspections made during 1956:—

The following table shows the monthly variation of the chemical composition of the 195 samples.

Channel Island and South Devon Milk

These figures approximate closely to those of the previous ten years, averages of which are tabulated below:—

Food Sampling A total of 492 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 339 were formal samples and 153 were informal.

Continued from previous page...

Unsound Food During the year 1956, the undermentioned unsound food was surrendered and destroyed or disposed of otherwise:—

Unsound Food—continued

Unsound Food—continued

The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis notified, and deaths during 1956 of persons notified as suffering from the disease:—

Summary of Changes in Tuberculosis Register During 1956

Tuberculosis Notifications and Deaths for the last 50 years

Age Groups

Age Groups

Age Groups