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Lambeth 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
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- 1939
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The following tables indicate the extent of unemployment among Lambeth residents:— (1) Average Number of Residents Registered as Unemployed in 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1938.
Date Men Women Juveniles Total -
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(2) Number of Residents Registered as Unemployed at Monthly Dates in 1938.
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The standard of nutrition of Lambeth children on entering the County Council Schools is of interest when read in conjunction with the unemployment figures in the preceding tables:—
Children 1935—3,388 Children 1936—3,123 Children Good Average Below Normal Good Average Below Normal -
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Estimated Population, 1938 (Middle of the Year.) I. Wards.
Wards Males Females Total -
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TABLE A. Giving Number of Live Births in each Registration Sub-District of the Borough of Lambeth During the Year ended 31sr December, 1938 (arranged Quarterly).
Registration Sub-Districts No. of Births 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Lambeth, North* 442 423 468 433 Prince's† 277 313 256 259 Lambeth, Central ‡ 431 455 456 414 Lambeth, South§ 256 259 270 248 BOROUGH OF LAMBETH 1,406 1,450 1,450 1,354 -
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TABLE B. Showing Populations (Estimated), Uncorrected Registered Births, Corrected Deaths at all ages, under 1 year, under 5 years, and from the 7 chief Zymotic diseases, during 1938, the 4 previous years and the averages for the four decennia 1891-1900, 1901-1910, 1911-1920, and 1921-1930.
Year Estimated Population Number of Births Registered Corrected Numbers of Deaths -
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TABLE C. Showing the Birth Rate, the General and Zymotic Death Rates, the Infantile Mortality Rates for the Year 1938, and the figures for the Four Previous Years, together with the Averages for the Four Decennia 1891-1900, 1901-1910, 1911-1920, and 1921-1930.
Year Birth-Rate per 1,000 Population (uncorrected) Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected) Corrected Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 total Births Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) Zymotic Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected) -
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TABLE D. Vital Statistics of the Borough of Lambeth During 1938 and Previous Five Years (1933-1937)
Year 1 Population estimated to middle of each year 2 Births Total Deaths Registered in District Transferable Deaths Net Deaths Belonging to the District Uncorrected number 3 Net Number • 6 Rate 7 of non-residents registered in the district † 8 of residents not registered in the district t 9 Under 1 year of age At all ages Number * 10 Rate per 1,000 net births 11 Number * 12 Rate 13 Number 4 Kate 5 -
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TABLE E. Summary of Statistics Relating to the Metropolitan Boroughs for the Year, 1938.
Cities and Boroughs Estimated Population to Mid-year 1938 Births Annual rate per 1,000 persons living Death-rate per 1,000 living Crude Death-rate per 1,000 living Adjusted Deaths of infants under 1 year per 1,000 births -
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TABLE F. Birth-Rate, Death-Rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1938 (Provisional figures).
— Rate per 1,000 Total Population Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population Rate per 1,000 Births All Causes Enteric Fever Smallpox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years) Total Deaths under one year Live Births Stillbirths -
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The maternal Mortality rates are as follows:—
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TABLE F (i). Maternal Mortality.
Borough or City Rate per 1,000 live births Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) Puerperal sepsis Other causes Total Puerperal sepsis Other causes Total -
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The 3,259 corrected deaths during 1938 may be further analysed and tabulated as follows:—
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TABLE G. Showing the corrected number of Deaths, with corrected Death-rates (general, zymotic and diarrhœal), in each of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough during 1938.
Registration Sub-Districts. Total Deaths General Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. Total Deaths (corrected) from Total Zymotic Deaths. Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. Diarrhœal Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. Small Pox Measles Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Whooping Cough Typhoid or Enteric Diarrhoea and Dysentery -
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TABLE H. Causes of, and Ages at, Death (Corrected) During the Year, 1938.
Causes of Death Net Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District All Ages Under 1 year 1 and under 2 years 2 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 upwards -
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Deaths in Institutions in Lambeth
Lambethans Strangers Totals -
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In the Registration Sub-Districts, the corrected infantile mortality varies thus:—
Registration Sub-Districts Total No. of Births Total Deaths under 1 year Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births -
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TABLE I. Infantile Mortality, 1938. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
Under 1 week 1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks Total under 1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6-9 months 9-12 months Total Deaths under 1 year -
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The following particulars regarding stillbirths registered in Lambeth during 1938 have been received from the Registrar General:—
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Mortality (All ages). The mortality rates from different diseases and groups of diseases are given in terms of total deaths per 1,000 of the estimated population, with the exception of the infantile mortality rate which is expressed in terms of the corrected number of births.
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The total number of Births registered (uncorrected) is 5,660, of which details are set out in Table A. The corrected, number of births, however, is 3,846, showing a birth-rate of 14.09 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
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Of the total 5,886 notified births, 4,719 took place in Institutions, and of these, 1,853 belong to Lambeth, and 2,866 to outside districts, thus :—
Institutions. Lambeth Cases Strangers Totals -
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The figures giving the cost of the Lambeth Milk Assistance Scheme and the quantities distributed, both ordinary cow's milk as well as the various forms of dried milk since its inception on 8th February, 1918, are shown in the following table:—
Years (Financial) Cost of Milk distributed Total Cost Total amount of Milk distributed in gallons (approximately) Through Welfare Centres Through Milk Depot -
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The Scheme, made under section 101 (6) Local Government Act, 1929, which will be in operation for the four financial years, 1st April, 1937, to 31st March, 1942, provides that the Council shall pay by way of annual contribution to each of the Voluntary Associations named in column 1 of the following table in respect of the service mentioned in column 2 thereof the sum specified in column 3:—
(1) Voluntary Associations (Infant Welfare Centres, etc.) (2) Service in respect of which Contribution is payable (3) Amount of Annual Contribution Third fixed period (1937-42) -
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Applications dealt with during 1938.
Welfare Centre Applications received Applications withdrawn, refused or cancelled -
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Child Life Protection. In accordance with the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, the administration of the provisions of the Children and Young Persons Acts, 1908 to 1933, now consolidated in the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, was transferred to the Borough Council, and the summary of this work for the year ended the 31st December, 1938, now follows :— No. of Foster Mothers on Register 140 No. of Nurse Children on Register 220 No. of Visits and Re-Visits paid to Nurse Children 1,211
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The total number of these cases (both ante-natal and post-natal) visited and reported upon during 1938 was 3,256 distributed as follows:—
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Particulars of the numbers receiving treatment now follow :— Number of Patients Receiving Treatment, and Cost, for Twelve Months, January—December, 1938 (inclusive).
Hospitals No. of Patients Cost -
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summary relating to the work at welfare centres
WELFARE CENTRE North Marsh Barley Mow North Lambeth Babies' Care Moffat " Rose Mc Andrew " St. Anne's North Brixton Loughborough Junction Stockwell Brixton West Norwood St. Thomas's Hospital (Main Building St. Thomas's Hospital (37 Royal St.) General Lying-in Hospital Totals -
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summary relating to the work at welfare centres-continued
WELFARE CENTRE North Marsh Barley Mow North Lambeth Babies' Care Moffat " Rose McAndrew " St. Anne's North Brixton Loughborough Junction Stockwell Brixton West Norwood St. Thomas's ; Hospital (Main Building) St. Thomas's Hospital (37 Royal St.) General Lying-in Hospital Totals -
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in the infantile mortality year by year are shown in the following table, together with the percentage of Lambeth children entering the County Council Elementary Schools afflicted with some physical defect 01 defects :—
Year Cost to the Borough Council (Financial Year) Infantile Mortality Percentage of children entering school with one or more physical defects -
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Summary of Work carried out (Visits Paid) by the 4 Whole-time Official Health Visitors during 1938.
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The causes giving rise to the notifications are detailed in the following table:—
Cause Primiparae Multiparae Medical Ante-natal care Yes No -
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House and Trade Refuse. Table showing Costs for the Year ended 31 si March, 1938.
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Street Cleansing. Table showing Costs for the Year ended 31s< March, 1938.
Item Particulars Street Sweeping and Watering Gully Cleansing Snow Removal -
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Public Health (London) Act, 1936, Housing Act, 1936, etc.
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Summary of Work Carried Out by the 11 District Sanitary Inspectors during 1938.
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1.—Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health. 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.
Particulars Number of Defects Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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Outwork in Unwholesome Premises.
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Summary of Work carried out by the Women Sanitary Inspectors during 1938.
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The appointed day on which the provisions of Part IV Housing Act, 1936, came into force was 1st July, 1937.
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Housing Applications, 1938.
Number of Persons in Family Number of Rooms Occupied Total Persons 1 2 3 4 5 6 -
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1—Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year.
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(b) Meat and Other Foods.
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Carcases Inspected and Condemned
Cattle (excluding) cows) Cows Calves Sheep and lambs Pigs -
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In addition to the above-mentioned carcases or parts of carcases, the following unsound food was condemned and destroyed :—
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661 samples of milk were procured from various sources as set out in the following table :—
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Following is the summary of proceedings at the Lambeth Police Court in respect of an offence against the Food and Drugs Act:—
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In addition to the special inspections reported above, the usual routine inspections of all other known food premises such as bakehouses, milkshops, general stores, the kitchens of shops, hotels, restaurants, and public-houses, have been made during the year, as follows :—
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Particulars of the 2,000 samples of Food and Drugs procured for analysis by the Public Analyst will be found in the following table.
Samples Formal a Informal Number Analysed Number Adulterated Number Analysed Number Adulterated -
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Food and Drugs.—continued.
Samples Formal Informal Number Analysed Number Adulterated Number Analysed Number Adulterated -
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Food and Drugs.—continued.
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Food and Drugs—continued.
Samples Formal Informal Number Analysed Number Adulterated Number Analysed Number Adulterated -
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Food and Drugs—continued.
Samples Formal Informal Number Analysed Number Adulterated Number Analysed Number Adulterated -
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Bacteriological Examinations. The following number of samples were submitted for bacteriological examination:—
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TABLE J. Statistics of Notifiable Diseases.
Cases notified Attackrate per 1,000 Deaths registered Case mortality per 100 Cases removed to hospital Per cent. of cases removed Infected houses Annual Average of cases notified 1921-1930 -
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DISTRIBUTION OF CASES NOTIFIED DURINGTHE YEAR 1938
Notifiable disease Number of cases notified Total cases notified in each Registration Sub-District Total cases removed to hospital At all Ages At ages—years Lambeth North Princes Lambeth Central Lambeth South Lambeth North Princes Lambeth Central Lambeth South Under 1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20 35 35-45 45-65 65 and upwards -
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Vaccination. Return showing the Numbers of Persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the Rates by the Medical Officers of the County Council Institutions and the Public Vaccinators during the year, 1938.
Name of Institution or Vaccination District Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator Numbers of successful primary vaccinations of persons Number of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time Number of unsuccessful vaccinations or re-vaccinations of persons Under one year of age One year and upwards Total -
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Diphtheria Prevention—1938. Statistics for the year ended 31st December, 1938
* A Clinic at 212 Camberwell New Road Under 1 Year 1 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 and over Totals -
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Total Attendances 1,833.
*B Clinic at 12 Hannen Road Under 1 Year 1 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 and over Totals -
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The proportion of specimens found to be positive out of all those submitted was 13.8 per cent. (in the previous year, 135 per cent).
Nature of Specimen Result of Examination Total Negative Positive -
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Tuberculosis. The numbers of cases of tuberculosis on the Lambeth register of notifications on December 31st, 1938, were as follows :—
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TABLE L. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of notifications received during the period from January 1st, 1938, to December 31st, 1938.
Age Periods Formal Notifications Number of primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis *Total notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified) 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 and upwards Total -
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TABLE L (1). Summary of new cases of tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the medical officer of health during the period from the 1st January, 1938 to the 31st December, 193S, otherwise than by formal notification. 1.—Age Periods.
0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 65 and upwards Total cases -
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2.—Source of Information.
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TABLE L (2). Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of notification certificates, etc., received during the period from January 1st, 1938, to December 31st, 1938.
Registration sub-districts Formal Notifications (Table l) Others (Table L 1) Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Pulmonary Non-pulmonary A. I. II. A. I. II. Forms Primary Total Sanatorium, etc. Sanatorium, etc. Primary Total Sanatorium, etc. Sanatorium, etc. -
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Deaths from Tuberculosis.
Age Periods 0 1 5 10 15 20 25 35 45 55 65 and upwards Total -
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The details of the tuberculosis deaths in the various registration sub-districts are:—
Registration Sub-Districts Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other Forms Tuberculosis Total Deaths Tuberculosis Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population (pulmonary) Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population (all forms) -
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Death-rates and incidence-rates (primary cases) per 1,000 population:—
Years Borough Mortality Borough Incidence Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (all forms) Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (all forms) -
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Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme. (Inaugurated by the Council, October 3rd, 1912.) Ministry of Health Table—FORM T. 145 (Memo. 37T. 1st Schedule). Return (Prepared by the Tuberculosis Officer) of the Work carried out in connexion with the Central Dispensary for the Year 1938. N.B.—The Central Dispensary (73 Effra Road, Brixton), was opened July 23rd, 1913. CENTRAL DISPENSARY (73 Effra Road, Brixton).
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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Lambeth Municipal Tuberculosis Dispensaries Scheme. (Inaugurated by the Council, October 3rd, 1912.) Ministry of Health Table—FORM T. 145—(Continued). Return (Prepared by the Tuberculosis Officer) of the Work carried out in connexion with the branch dispensary for the year 1938. N.B.—The Branch Dispensary (St. Thomas's Hospital) was opened February 3rd, 1913. BRANCH DISPENSARY (St. Thomas's Hospital).
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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Mortuary. Details of the work carried out in connexion with the Lambeth Mortuary:—
Wanless Road, S.E. 24 1937 1938