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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

Published
1951
Pages
44
Tables
17

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17 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    Extracts from Vital Statistics
    No. of Live BirthsMalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 4
    TABLE I
    Population estimated to middle of 1950
  • Page 5
    TABLE H
    Corrected deathsDeathrate
    MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 6
    Causes of Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (all ages).
    All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 vear.1 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Putney.Central.Clapham.Streatham.
  • Page 9
    TABLE IV
    Notifiable DiseasesNo. or CASES of Infective Diseases Grouped in Age Periods
    TotalUnder 11—33—55—1010—1515—2525—4545—6565 and upwards
  • Page 10
    TABLE V
    Total Cases of Infective Diseases Occurring in Each WardWhole BoroughDeaths
    Notifiable DiseasesPutneyCentralClaphamStreatham
    PutneyThamesfieldFairfieldWest HillSouthfieldEarlsfieldSpringfieldTootingGraveneyBedfordLarkhallClapham NormClapham ParkThorntonBalhamStreatham HillSt. Leonard:Streatham CommonStreatham SouthFurzedowr
  • Page 15
    TABLE VI
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNonPulmonaryPulmonaryNonPulmonary
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 16
    TABLE VII
    InspectionsRe InspectionsTotal
  • Page 17
    TABLE VIII
    PutneyCentralClaphamStreathamWhole Borough
  • Page 27
    TABLE IX
    NATURE OF PRINCIPAL BUSINESS A.ACTUAL FOOD BUSINESSES CONDUCTED ON THE PREMISES SHOWN IN COLUMN A.
    Subject to some form of Legal Control.Other Food Businesses.No. of Visits in 1950.
    No. of Separate Premises.No. of Shops Distributing MilkAs Dairies.As Milk Distributing DepotsAs Slaughter houses.As Wholesale Margarine Premises.For Ice CreamFor Cooked or Preserved Foods.As Fish FryersAs Fish Curers.J Fishmongers.j Grocers.Confectioners.ButchersGreengrocers.Food Factories.Restaurant Kitchens.Others.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.
  • Page 30
    TABLE x—Part II of Poisons List
    Principal BusinessNo. of PremisesNo. of Inspections
  • Page 31
    The following table gives a summary of the results: TABLE XI
    Methylene Blue TestColiform Test.
    Provisional GradeNo. of SamplesColiform in l/10th ml. (non-faecal)No. of Samples
  • Page 33
    FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Prescribed particulars required by Section 128 Part I—(1) Inspections
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 33
    (2) Defects
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspec. tor
  • Page 34
    Part VIII—Section 110: Outwork
    Nature of workNo. of outworkers in August listNo. of cases of default in sending lists to the CouncilNo. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists
  • Page 35
    Adulterated Samples Particulars of the samples reported as adulterated are given in the following table:
    Case No.Nature of SampleNature of Report
  • Page 38
    Milk The average composition of the samples of milk submitted during each month of the year and returned as genuine was as under:
    MonthNumberTotal SolidsMilk FatNon-fatty Solids