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

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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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Registered Still Births

	M.	F.	Total	Rate per 1,000 Live and Still Births

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Notification of Births The following figures for Holborn for 1961 have been supplied by the Divisional Medical Officer of the London County Council:—

	M.	F.	Total

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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 1961.

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
	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

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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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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	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961

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Deaths from Tuberculosis—All Ages

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

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Comparable figures for preceding 10 years:—

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A Table for the years 1946-1961 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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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 1960. (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
Disease	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	Total

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

Disease	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	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961

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Visits made by the Public Health Inspectors during 1961.

Public Health (London) Act, 1936	Number of Inspections

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Clean Air Act, 1956	Number of Inspections
Clean Air Act, 1956	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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During the year 611 complaints were received in respect of the following nuisances:—

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The recordings obtained during 1961 were as follows:—

Month	Rainfall		Monthly deposit—Tons per sq. mile			Mg. of S03/daycollected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch A Pb 02
Month	inches	pH value	Insoluble matter	Soluble matter	Total solids	Mg. of S03/daycollected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch A Pb 02

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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—microgrammes per cubic metre.

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Housing Acts 1957—1961 The following is a summary of action under the above Acts during the year 1961.

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Rent Act, 1957 The following particulars were supplied to the Minister of Housing and Local Government in accordance with Circular No. 32/57 dated 6th June, 1957:—

Applications for Certificates of Disrepair

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Report for 12 months ended 31st December, 1961 The following particulars were supplied to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries:—

		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.

	Total

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Disinfection

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Disinfestation

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Summary of 6,202 articles of bedding and clothing dealt with during the year:—

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Particulars of inspections and other work carried out during 1961 are as follows:— Number of visits to:—

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

Premises	No. on Register	Number of
Premises	No. on Register	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 the number and type of such premises in the Borough, and the nature of the work carried out:—

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 tothe Council	No. of Prosecutions for Failure to Supply Lists	No. of Instances of Work in Unwholesome Premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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The following tables show the monthly variation of the chemical composition of the 158 samples. Designated Milk

Month	Number ofSamples examined	FatPer cent. average	Solids Non-fat Per cent. average	Total Solids Per cent.. average

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Channel Island and South Devon Milk

Month	Numberof Samples examined	FatPer 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:— Designated Milk

Year	No. of Samples examined	Total Solids (average)	Non-fattySolids (average)	Fat (average)

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During the year 51 dealers licences were issued, details of which are as follows:—

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During the year, 75 samples of ice cream were submitted for examination by the Methylene Blue Test. The results in the grading suggested by the Ministry of Health were as follows:—

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Food Sampling A total of 482 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 229 were formal samples and 253 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 1961, the undermentioned unsound food was surrendered and destroyed or disposed of otherwise:—

Commodity	Tons	Cwts.	Qtrs.	Lbs.

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The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis notified, and deaths during 1961 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 1961

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	Total

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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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The following table gives the numbers and results of examinations conducted during 1961.

No. of Examinations		Results

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50 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

Registered Still Births

Notification of Births The following figures for Holborn for 1961 have been supplied by the Divisional Medical Officer of the London County Council:—

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 1961.

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:—

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

Comparable figures for preceding 10 years:—

A Table for the years 1946-1961 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.

Other Diseases coming to the notice of the Department

TABLE No. 6 Summary of Infectious Disease Notifications 1960. (Corrected) Age Groups

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

Visits made by the Public Health Inspectors during 1961.

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:

During the year 611 complaints were received in respect of the following nuisances:—

The recordings obtained during 1961 were as follows:—

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

Concentration of smoke—microgrammes per cubic metre.

Housing Acts 1957—1961 The following is a summary of action under the above Acts during the year 1961.

Rent Act, 1957 The following particulars were supplied to the Minister of Housing and Local Government in accordance with Circular No. 32/57 dated 6th June, 1957:—

Report for 12 months ended 31st December, 1961 The following particulars were supplied to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries:—

The following table shows the work carried out during the year arising from the complaints received.

Disinfection

Continued from previous page...

Summary of 6,202 articles of bedding and clothing dealt with during the year:—

Particulars of inspections and other work carried out during 1961 are as follows:— Number of visits to:—

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 the number and type of such premises in the Borough, and the nature of the work carried out:—

The following tables show the monthly variation of the chemical composition of the 158 samples. Designated Milk

Channel Island and South Devon Milk

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

During the year 51 dealers licences were issued, details of which are as follows:—

During the year, 75 samples of ice cream were submitted for examination by the Methylene Blue Test. The results in the grading suggested by the Ministry of Health were as follows:—

Food Sampling A total of 482 samples of food and drugs were purchased and submitted to the Borough Analyst for chemical analysis during the year. 229 were formal samples and 253 were informal.

Continued from previous page...

Unsound Food During the year 1961, the undermentioned unsound food was surrendered and destroyed or disposed of otherwise:—

The following table gives the number of new cases of tuberculosis notified, and deaths during 1961 of persons notified as suffering from the disease:—

Summary of Changes in Tuberculosis Register During 1961

Tuberculosis Notifications and Deaths for the last 50 years

The following table gives the numbers and results of examinations conducted during 1961.