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

Wandsworth 1955

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Extracts from Vital Statistics

Number of Live Births:
Males Females Total
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Table I shows the approximate population of each Parliamentary Division, based on the above estimation. TABLE I

Population estimated to middle of 1955
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Table II shows the total number of registered deaths and the death-rates for each division based on the approximate population in each division. TABLE II

Corrected Deaths Death Rate
Males Females Total

causes of death	deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages									deaths in or belonging to localities (all ages)
causes of death	A11 Ages	Males	Females	Under 1 year	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards	Putney	Central	Clapham	Streatham

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TABLE III (a). DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE, 1955

Males in age groups Females in age group M. amp; F. Total
1—5 5—15 15—45 45—65 65 up Total 1—5 5—15 15—45 45—65 65 up Total
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INFECTIVE DISEASES 15 TABLE IV

Notifiable diseases No. of cases of infective diseases grouped in age-period
Total Under 1 1-2 3-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65 and upwards
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16 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1955 TABLE V

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES TOTAL CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES OCCURRING IN EACH WARD Whole Borough Deaths
PUTNEY CENTRAL CLAPHAM STREATHAM
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Diseases Reported from Schools
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Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified by sexes and age-groups are given in the following table: TABLE VI

Age Periods New Cases Deaths
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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TABLE VII

Inspections Re-Inspections Total
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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE BOROUGH TABLE VIII

Putney Central Clapham Streatham Whole Borough

	Putney	Thamesfield	Fairfield	West Hill	Southfield	Earlsfield	Springfield	Tooting	Graveney	Bedford	Larkhall	Clapham North	Clapham Park	Thornton	Balham	Streatham Hill	St. Leonards	Streatham Common	Streatham South	Furzedown	Whole Borough

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The following licences for the sale of milk under these designations were granted during the year:

Dealers' Dealers Supplementary Total
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TABLE X PART II OF POISONS LIST

Principal Business Number of Premises Number of Visits
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Five hundred and seventy-six samples of food were examined bacteriologically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year. They were as follows:

Milk including Raw Milk Fresh Cream including Tinned Cream Synthetic Cream Artesian Well waters Icecream Others Total for 1955
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The following table gives a summary of the results:

Methylene-Blue Reduction Test
Number of Samples Provisional Grade
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Prescribed particulars required by Section 128 PART I (1) INSPECTIONS

Premises Number on Register Number of
Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

Nature of work	Number of outworkers in August list	Number of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists

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Particulars of the samples reported as adulterated or not up to standard are given in the following table:

Case No. Nature of Sample Nature of Report
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Milk The average composition of the samples of milk submitted during each month of the year and returned as genuine was as under:

Month Number Total solids Milk fat Non-fatty solids

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.