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Lewisham 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
- Published
- 1947
- Pages
- 18
- Tables
- 12
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Page 4
Comparative Statistics for the Year 1946
Birth rate (per 1,000 civilian population) Death -rate (per 1,000 civilian population) Infant mortality rate ) per 1,000 live births) Live Births Still Births -
Page 4
*Rates per thousand total population. General Summary of Vital Statistics for the years 1938 - 1946
Year Estimated Population Births Deaths Deaths under one year Deaths from pulmonary. tuberculosis. Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate -
Page 5
Summary of Statistics as to Tuberculosis for the years 1935 - 1946
Year Population No. of new cases notified. (all forms) Deaths Death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis per thousand population All forms Respiratory -
Page 6
The following table, shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1946:-
Code No. CAUSES OF DEATE Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the borough All Ages Under 1 year 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 land under 45 45 and under 65 65 and over -
Page 9
The bacteriological work of the Council is carried out under contract by St. John's Hospital, Lewisham. Routine examinations of throat and nasal swabs, sputum and blood specimens, etc., were submitted, and the following is a brief summary of the work undertaken:-
Positive Negative Total -
Page 10
The following Table shews the average daily attendances.each month during 1946. The fall in September attendances at Downham was due to the transfer of children aged 3-5 to the L.C.C. nursery.
Month Catford Ladywell Forest Hill. Downham approved places - 40 approved Places - 88 approved places - 65 approved places - 60 average attendances average aittendances average attendances average attendances -
Page 11
The following table shows a summary of the inspections etc. carried out by the sanitary and food inspectors during the year:-
Cause of Inspection Totals -
Page 12
During the year under review, 118 samples oi milk were submitted by the Council's inspectors to the Public Analyst for examinations and none of these samples was certified as adulterated or below standard. The average composition of the samples is set out in the following Table:-
Period Average composition of samples examined Percentage of milk fat solids not fat water -
Page 14
Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1946 with comparative figures for the previous six years. It should be borne in mind that some of the war-time figures were considerably affected by evacuation of population
Diseases Number of cases notified 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 -
Page 15
The number of new cases notified during the year 1946 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows:-
NEW CASES NOTIFIED DEATHS 1945 1946 1945 1946 -
Page 15
The age distribution of the new cases of tuberculosis notified and the deaths from tuberculosis during the year are shewn in the following table:-
Age periods NEW CASES NOTIFIED DEATHS Pulmonarv NonPulmonary Totals Pulmonarv NonPulmonany Totals M F M F M F M F M F M F -
Page 16
An X-ray unit visited the borough for a period of six weeks during October and November, with the following results:-
Males Females Total