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

Wandsworth 1957

Published: 1958
Pages: 54
Tables: 21

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Extracts from Vital Statistics

Number of Live Births:
Males Females Total
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TABLE I

Population estimated to middle of 1957
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TABLE II

Corrected Deaths Death Rate
Males Females Total

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TABLE III. causes of, and ages at death, during the year 1957

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 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, 1957

Males in age groups Females in age groups M. & 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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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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TABLE V

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES	TOTAL CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES OCCURRING IN EACH WARD																				Whole Borough	Deaths
	PUTNEY					CENTRAL					CLAPHAM					STREATHAM
	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

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The figures of poliomyelitis from 1947 to 1957, the period during which the incidence of the disease in this country has been high, is shown in the following table:-

1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
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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:

Age Periods New Cases Deaths
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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A summary of the inspections carried out by the Inspectors is given in Table VII.

Inspections Re-Inspections Total
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TABLE VIII

Putney Central Clapham Streatham Whole Borough

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TABLE IX SUMMARY OF VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES

	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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Two hundred and eighty-five samples were examined bacterio-logically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year. They were as follows:

Milk Ice-cream Egg Albumen Artesian Well Waters Swimming Pool Waters Others Total
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The following table gives a summary of the results:

Methylene-Blue Reduction Test
Provisional Grade Number of Samples
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 and 1948 Prescribed particulars required by Section 128 (3) PART I (1) INSPECTIONS

Premises Number on Register Number of
Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted

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(2) DEFECTS

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

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PART VIII SECTION 110. OUTWORK

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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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.

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21 tables in this report

Extracts from Vital Statistics

TABLE I

TABLE II

TABLE III. causes of, and ages at death, during the year 1957

TABLE III (a). DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE, 1957

TABLE IV

TABLE V

The figures of poliomyelitis from 1947 to 1957, the period during which the incidence of the disease in this country has been high, is shown in the following table:-

Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified by sexes and age-groups are given in the following table:

A summary of the inspections carried out by the Inspectors is given in Table VII.

TABLE VIII

TABLE IX SUMMARY OF VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES

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

TABLE X PART II OF POISONS LIST

Two hundred and eighty-five samples were examined bacterio-logically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year. They were as follows:

The following table gives a summary of the results:

FACTORIES ACT, 1937 and 1948 Prescribed particulars required by Section 128 (3) PART I (1) INSPECTIONS

(2) DEFECTS

PART VIII SECTION 110. OUTWORK

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

The average composition of the samples of milk submitted during each month of the year and returned as genuine was as under: