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Hornsey 1933

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

Published
1934
Pages
112
Tables
65

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    STATISTICS FOR 1933. Social and Economic Statistics.
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    Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
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    Death-Rate of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
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    SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN THE AREA. The following is a list supplied by the Relieving Officer, Mr. It. Parry, of the amount disbursed from public and voluntary funds during 1933:— SUMMARY.
    £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.
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    LABORATORY FACILITIES. The arrangements for the examination or analysis of materials are as previously described and meet all requirements. The specimens examined in the laboratory at the Isolation Hospital during 1933 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 and at each Centre. The following is a summary of the Begister:—
    Centre—
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    The number of births notified under the Acts during 1933
    MaleFemale.Total.
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    The births were notified:—
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    Unnotified (from Registrars return):—
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    Of this number there were:-
    Live births.Still Dirths.
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    The 1,029 nett number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—
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    Re-Housing .—The Borough Engineer informs me that during the year 1933, 86 families, representing 393 persons, have been re-housed, as follows:—
    Families.Persons.
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    Families.Persons
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    Families.Persons.
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    HOUSING STATISTICS. The housing statistics of the year as required by the Ministry of Health are set out below:—
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    HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTIONS.
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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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    SUMMARY OF SANITARY IMPROVEMENTS CARRIED OUT.
    Drainage
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    PREMISES INSPECTED PERIODICALLY. The following premises were inspected periodically during the year and any matters requiring attention were dealt with:—
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    Statistics of Slaughtering, 1926-1933.
    Year.Beasts.Sheep.Swine.Calves.Total.
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    FOOD ADULTERATION. Mr. R. 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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    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. Seven cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. Four were treated in St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital, Kentish Town, one in a nursing-home and two were nursed at home.
    CasesVision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated
    At home.In hospital or nursing home.
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    There are 539 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.
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    The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children which was started in 1928:—
    Mothers.Children.
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    TABLE A. BOROUGH OP HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911.1933.
    Year.Estimated Mid-Year Population.Birth Kate 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,1933 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).
    Total.All Ages.0—l1-22-55-1515—2525—3535-4545-5555—6565—7576 & over
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    TABLE D.—INFANT MORTALITY, 1933.
    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.9-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.
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    TABLE. E. BIRTHS, DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS. AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1901-1933.
    YEAR.Population Census.Total Live BirthsTotal Still BirthsTotal DeathsTotal Infant Deaths (under one year)Deaths from MeaslesDeaths from Whooping CoughDeaths from Diarrhoea (under two years)Deaths from Scarlet FeverDeaths from DiphtheriaDeaths from Typhoid Fever.Deaths from Cancer.Deaths from Tuber. culosis (Pulmonary)Deaths from Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
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    TABLE F.- INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1933.
    DISEASEWARDS.AGESTotalAdmitted to joint Hospital.Admitted to other Hospital.In Nursing Home.Nursed at Home.Registered Deaths
    HighgateMuswell Hill.Crouch EndWest HornseyEast HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park.0— 1l— 55— 1515— 2525— 4545— 6565 and over
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    TABLE G.-.NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE, 1911-1933.
    Year.Population. EstimatedScarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Croup.Typhoid Fever.Para Typhoid.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.Erysipelas.Cerebral Spinal Meningitis.Polio-Myelitis.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Malaria.Dysentery.Encephalitis Lethargica.Polio-Encephalitis.Pneumonia.Small-pox.Measles.German Measles.TotalAttack rate per 1,000 population.
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    TABLE H.— (1) NOTIFICATIONS OF, AND DEATHS FROM, TUBERCULOSIS, 1933.
    AGE PERIODS.New Cases.Deaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMFMFMF
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    TABLE H.-(2) TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER, 1933.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    Cases removed from the Register shown under (c) are accounted for as follows : —
    Found not to be T.BCured.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, 1933.
    Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
    No. 1.No. 2.No, 3 and Sub-Centre.
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    RECORD OF WORK OF MUNICIPAL MIDWIFE, 1933.
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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.Number of Defects.Number of prosecutions.
    Found.RemediedReferred to H.M. inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE J.—( contd.)
    OUTWORKERS, 1933.
    Nature of Work. (1)Premises.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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    The following table indicates the nature of the causes and the results obtained in those suffering from chronic ortorrhœa:—
    Total (Bars).Cured.Lost Sight of.Still under treatment.Hospital.
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    TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
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    TABLE II. (A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1933.
    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 OP INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN POUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UN CLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    GroupNumber of Children.Percentage of Children found to require Treatment
    InspectedFound to require Treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    Enter in this Section only children who are so blind that they can only be appropriately taught in a school for blind children.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School orInstitution.Total.
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    Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision should not be Included in this Table.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    Enter in this Section only children who are so deaf that they can only be appropriately taught in a school for the deaf.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN. Enter In this Section only children who can appropriately be taught in a school for the partially deaf.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    Details of such children should be given on Form 307M.
    At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    For practical purposes the Board are of opinion that children who are subject to attacks of major epilepsy In school should be recorded as "severe" cases and excluded from ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    1.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary. Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.†At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    II.—Children Suffering From Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis. (This category should include tuberculosis of all sites other than those shown in (I) above.)
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.!At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    C. CRIPPLED CHILDREN. This Section should be confined to children (other than those diagnosed as tuberculous and in need of treatment for that disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling sufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life, i.e., children who generally speaking are unable to take part, in any complete sense, In physical exercises or games or such activities of the School curriculum as gardening or forms of handwork usually engaged in by other children.
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    D. CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE. This Section should be confined to children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1933. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V ).
    DISEASE OR DEFECT.Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    TABLE IV. ( continued.) Group II.— Dffective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    DEFECT OR DISEASE.Number of Defects dealt with.
    under the Authority's SchemeBy private practitioner or at hospital a part from the Authority's scheme.otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
    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 (1)by Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total. (3)
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    Group IV.— Orthopædic and Postural Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (1)Otherwise. (2)Total number treated.
    Residential treatment with education. (1)Residential treatment without education. (2)Non-residential treatment at an orthopedic clinic. (3)Residential treatment with education. (1)Residential treatment without education. (2)Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (3)
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    Group V.— Dental Defects.
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    TABLE V. LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH
    School,Department.Authorized accommodation.Average No. on the Rolls for qr. ended 31/12/33.Head Teacher.