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Hornsey 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

Published
1933
Pages
118
Tables
52

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52 tables in this report

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    Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
    Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
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    SUMMARY. Charitable Organisations.
    £s.d.
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    The following is a statement of the infectious diseases nursed during the year:—
    NAME OF DISEASE.No. of New Cases,No.of Visits.No. Convalescent.No. Sent to HospitalNo. Died.Private Nurse.
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    Hospital during 1932 were as follows:—
    Negative.Positive.
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    A register of foster-mothers and foster-children is kept by the Medical Officer of Health at each Centre, and the following is a summary of the register:—
    No. 1.No. 2.Centre— No. 3 & Sub.Total.
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    The number of births notified under the Acts during 1932 was:—
    Male.Female.Total.
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    The births were notified:—
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    Unnotified (from Registrar's return):—
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    The 1,077 net number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—
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    The visits made, the notices served and the sanitary improvements carried out are recorded in the following tables:— Visits.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT. Drainage.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    PREMISES INSPECTED PERIODICALLY. The following premises were inspected periodically during the year and any matters requiring attention were dealt with:—
    No. in District.
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    The number on the register at present are classified as follows:—
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    One hundred and ninety-eight houses have been dealt with under these Byelaws during the year and the following works carried out:—
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    Re-Housing, — The Borough Engineer informs me that during the year 1932, 68 families, representing 303 persons, have been re-housed, as follows:—
    Families.Persons.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Families.Persons.
  • Page 25
    STATISTICS OF SLAUGHTERING, 1926—1932.
    Year.Beasts.Sheep.Swine.Calves.Total.
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    Food Adulteration .—Mr. E. Robinson, Chief Officer of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, has kindly supplied me with the following information regarding samples of food taken during the year in the Borough:—
    Article.Samples.Adulterated.
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    There are 1,230 shops in the Borough engaged in the following trades:—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. Two cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. One was treated in St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital, Kentish Town, and one in a nursing-home.
    CasesVision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated
    At home.In hospital or nursing home.
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    There are 555 beds available solely for Middlesex under the Middlesex County Council scheme for the treatment of Tuberculosis in sanatoria, allotted as follows:—
    Accommodation.TYPE OF CASE.
    AdultsChild'n
    M.F.
  • Page 35
    Dental Clinic. The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children which was started in 1928: —
    1932.
    Mothers.Children.
  • Page 38
    TABLE A. BOROUGH OF HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911.1932.
    Yaar.Estimated Mid-Year Population.Birth Rate per 1,000 Population.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births.
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    TABLE b.-CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, ??? AND ???
    Total.All Ages.0-11—22—55—1515—2525-3535-4545—5555—6565-7575 & overAll Ages 1931
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    TABLE C. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE TEN YEARS 1921-1930 (OLD CLASSIFICATION).
    CAUSES OF DEATHAll Ages.
    Registrar-General's returns.
    1930192919281927192619251924192319221921
  • Page 41
    TABLE D.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1932.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.Total Deaths under One Year.
    Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.1-3 Month3.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.
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    BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1901-1932.
    YEAR.Population Census.Total Live BirthsTotal Still BirthsTotal DeathsTotal Infant Deaths (under one year)Deaths from MeaslesDeaths from Whooping CoughDeaths from Diarrhœa (under two years)Deaths from Scarlet FeverDeaths from DiphtheriaDeaths from Typhoid Fever.Deaths from Cancer.Deaths from Tuber culosis (PulmonaryDeaths from Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
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    TABLE-F
    DISEASEWardsAgesTotalAdmitted to Joint Hospital.Admitted to other Hospitals.In Nursing Home.Nursed at Home.Registered Deaths
    HighgateMuswell Rill.Crouch EndWest HornseyEast HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park.0-l1-55-1515-2525-4545-6565 and over
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    TABLE G.-NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1909-1932.
    Year.Population.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Croup.Enteric Fever.Para Typhoid.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.Erysipelas.Cerebral Spinal Meningitis.Polio Myelitis.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Malaria.Dysentery.Encephalitis Lethargica.Polio Encepha itis.Pneumonia.Small-pox.Measles.German Measles.TotalAttack rate per 1,000 population.
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    TABLE H. (1)_.NOTIFICATIONS OP, AND DEATHS FROM, TUBERCULOSIS, 1932.
    AGE PERIODS.New Cases.Deaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMFMFMF
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    TABLE 11. (2). -TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER, 1932.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    Cases removed from tne Register snown under (c) are accounted for as follows: —
    Found not to be T.B.Cured.Removed to another area.Died at Home.Died at Sanatorium or other Institution.Totals.
    MFMFMFMFMFMF
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    TABLE I. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1932.
    Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
    No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
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    TABLE J.—FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. The following is a summary of the result of inspections made at Factories, Workshops and Workplaces during the year, with a list of Outworkers' premises, a copy of which has been forwarded to the Home Office, as required. None of the Outworkers' premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
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    DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS & WORKPLACES.
    Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions. (5)
    Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4)
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    TABLE J-(contd.) OUTWORKERS, 1931.
    Nature of Work. (1)Outworkers.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
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    School Medical Service Scheme of Treatment.
    Condition treated.Where treated.By whom.When.
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    Discharging ears classified as to the nature of the disease. Results of treatment summarised:—
    Cause of suppuration.Total.Cured.Lost sight of.Still under treatment.Needing hospital treatment.
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    TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS (see note a) (a) —Routine Medical Inspections.
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    TABLE II. (A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER.
    DEFECT OR DISEASE.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Defects.No, of Defects.
    Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE II ( continued) (B)—NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN (see note b) FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    Group (1)Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require Treatment (see note d). (4)
    Inspected (see note c). (2)Found to require Treatment. (3)
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    TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA ( see note a). No child should be entered under more than one heading.
    Boys.Girls.Total.
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    TABLE III. ( continued).
    Boys.Girls.Total.
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    TABLE III. ( continued ) .
    Boys.Girls.Total
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    TABLE III. ( continued ) .
    Boys.Girls.Total.
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    TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER. (See note a. ) TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V.).
    DISEASE OR DEFECT. (1)Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b). (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
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    TABLE IV. ( Continued. ) Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Aliments—Group I.).
    DEFECT OR DISEASE. (1)Number of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b). (2)Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (3)Otherwise. (4)Total. (5)
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    Number of Defects.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of Treatment. (4)Total number treated. (5)
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). (1)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total. (3)
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    TABLE V LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH.
    School.Department.Authorized accommodation.Average No. on the Rolls for qr. ended 31/12/32.Head Teacher.