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Hornsey 1935

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

Published
1936
Pages
120
Tables
50

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    Social and Economic Statistics.
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    LIVE BIRTHS—
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    STILL-BIRTHS—
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    DEATHS—
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    Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
    Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.England and Wales.
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    Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
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    LABORATORY FACILITIES. The specimens examined in the laboratory at the Isolation Hospital during 1935 were as follows:—
    Negative.Positive.
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    The following is a statement of the infectious diseases nursed during the year by the Queen's District Nurses:—
    NAME OF DISEASE.No. of New Cases.No. of Visits.No. Convalescent.No. sent to Hospital.No. Died at Home.
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    PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND CHARITIES. Mr. Parry, Public Assistance Officer, has furnished the following list of sums expended in Hornsey in 1935 from public and voluntary sources:—
    £s.d.
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    DENTAL CLINIC. 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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    MILK (MOTHERS AND CHILDREN) ORDERS. One thousand two hundred and seventy-two applications for milk under this Order were dealt with during the year, of which 1,261 were granted and 11 refused, as follows:—
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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 Register:—
    Centre—
    No. 1.NO. 2.NO. 3. & Sub.Total.
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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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    NOTICES. The Notices given during the year are as follows:—
    Under the—VerbalPreliminaryStatutory
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    Statistics of Slaughtering, 1926-1935.
    YearBeasts.Sheep.SwineCalves.Total.
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    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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    Six cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. Four were treated in St. Margaret's (L.C.C.) Hospital 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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    TABLE A. BOROUGH OP HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS, 1911-1935.
    Year.Estimated Mid-Year Population.Birth Rate per 1,000 Population.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Infant Mortality per 3,000 live Births.
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    Table b
    TotalAll Ages.0-11-22-55-1515-2525-3535-4545-5555-6565-7575 & over
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    TABLE C.—CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH, 1931-1934 (NEW CLASSIFICATION).
    All Ages 1931All Ages 1932All Ages 1933All Ages 1934
    MFMFMFMF
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    TABLE D . —INFANT MORTALITY, 1935.
    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 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, 1901-1935.
    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 (PulmonaryDeaths from Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
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    TABLE F.-INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED, 1935.
    DISEASEW A R D S .AGESTotalAdmitted to Joint Hospital.Admitted to other Hospitals.In Nursing Home.Nursed at Home.Registered Deaths
    HighgateMuswell Hill.Crouch EndWest HornseyBast HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park.0—11-55—1515—2525—4545—6565 and over
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    TABLE G.-NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS disease. 1911-1935.
    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) NOTIFICATION OF, AND DEATHS FROM, TUBERCULOSIS. 1935.
    AGE PERIODS.New Cases.Deaths
    PulmonaryNan-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMFMpMF
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    TABLE H.- (2) TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER, 1935.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmoiiry.Total.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    Cases removed from the Register snown 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.Other Reasons.Totals.
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    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.)
    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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    TABLE I.
    (a)—Routine Medical Inspections. Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups—
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    TABLE II. (A) RETURN OP DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1935.
    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.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE 11 ( continued). (B) CLASSIFICATION OP THE NUTRITION OP CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS. (See Administrative Memorandum No. 124, dated 31st December, 1934.)
    AGE GROUPSNumber of Children Inspected.A (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly sub-normalD (Bad)
    No%No.%No.%No.%
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    TABLE III. BLIND CHILDREN. A blind child Is defined by Section 69 of the Education Act, 1921, as one who is "too blind to be able to read the ordinary school books used by children." This definition covers some children who are totally, or almost totally, blind and can only be appropriately taught in a school for blind children, and others who have partial sight and can be appropriately taught in a school for partially sighted children. Only the first class should be included in this section.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.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 Sighted.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    DEAF CHILDREN. A deaf child is defined by Section 69 of the Education Act, 1921, as one who is "too deaf to be taught in a class of hearing children in an elementary school." This definition covers some children who are totally, or almost totally, deaf and can only be appropriately taught in a school for deaf children, and others who have partial hearing and can be appropriately taught in a school for partially deaf children. Only the first class should be included in this section.
    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 only 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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    The following Table should include all such children except those who have been notified to the Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act In accordance with Article 3 of the Mental Deficiency (Notification of Children) Regulations, 1928. Particulars relating to these children should be entered in the return of notified children—Form 307 M.
    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 tAt other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    TABLE IV. YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1935. TREATMENT TABLE. (see note a). Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Batch4-610
    Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
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    TABLE IV. (continued.) Group II— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Number of Defects dealt with
    Under the Authority's Scheme ( ee note b)Otherwise.Total.
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    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
    Number of Defects.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of Treatment.Total number treated.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b)-By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
    12345
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    Group IV.—Orthopedic and Postural Defects. (see note d).
    Under the Authority's Scheme (See note b). toOtherwise. .2)Total number treated. (see note e-)
    Residential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedicResidential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.
    (1)(2)(3)(1)(2)13)
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    TABLE V—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist: — (a) Routine age-groups :
    AGE5678 19101112131415TOTAL
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    TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS (see note h).
    (i ) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses45
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    TABLE VII. LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH
    School.Department.Authorized accommodation.Average No. on the Holls For qr. ended 31/12/3S.Head Teacher.
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    The following table gives a summary of the conditions treated and the result obtained:-
    The following table gives a summary of the conditions treated and the results obtained:—