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Bexley 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
- Published
- 1955
- Pages
- 78
- Tables
- 50
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SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
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Relative figures for previous years.
Population—Mid-Year. New Houses Erected. -
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The following public open spaces have been provided by the Corporation:—
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
England and Wales. Borough of Bexley. -
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Maternal Mortality
England and Wales Borough of Bexley -
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The Registrar General's Estimate of home population for the mid-year is 88,180 and this figure is assigned for the purpose of calculation of all rates.
Births. Males Females Total -
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The following relates to the Birth Rate during the past ten years: —
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The Registrar-General has supplied a comparability factor for 1954. The standardised birth rate which allows for comparison with other parts of the country is 12.2.
Stillbirths. Males Females Total -
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The following relates to the Stillbirth Rate during the past ten years: —
Year Rate per Thousand Total Live and Still Births Population -
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There were no stillbirths registered as illegitimate.
Deaths. Males Females Total -
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Death Rate of Area during last ten years: —
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH. REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1954.
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1954 DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1954 but not necessarily registered in that year.
Causes of Death as Certified. Days Months 0— 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 14— 21— 28— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12 -
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Rates over previous years have been:—
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Rates over previous years have been:—
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NURSING HOMES. Registration of Nursing Homes, Public Health Act, 1936. (Authority of Registration transferred from Kent County Council to the Bexley Borough Council—17.4.39).
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TABLE No. 1. Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.
Inspections Re-inspections -
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TABLE No. 2. Improvements effected and defective sanitary conditions remedied.
Houses— No. -
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TABLE No. 3.
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TABLE No. 4. Food Inspection. The following is a summary of unsound food surrendered.
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TABLE No. 5. Factories Act, 1937. 1. Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. 1 Number of:— Inspections. 2 W ritten Notices. 3 Prosecutions. 4 -
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2. Defects Found.
Particulars. 1 Number of Defects. Number of Prosecutions. 6 Found. 2 Remedied. 3 Referred to H.M. Inspector. 4 -
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Salvage. Details of salvage sales for the financial year ended 31st March, 1955, are set out below:
Tons cwts. qrs. £ s. d. -
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION. The Council is represented on the Thameside Advisory Committee for the Abatement of Atmospheric Pollution. By arrangement with this Committee a deposit gauge was placed on the roof of the Education Office in Brampton Road, Bexleyheath, on the 1st August, 1953, and the following table gives the results obtained during 1954.
MONTH TONS PER SQUARE MILE. Rainfall inches Total water insoluble matter Soluble in C.S.2. Ash Other combustible matter Total water soluble matter Calcium Chlorine Sulphates Total solids -
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SECTION D —HOUSING. The following particulars relate to the houses built by the Council on the various Estates and still occupiable:—
Houses Flats -
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(c) Adulteration of Food. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. The following table summarises the 255 samples taken during the year.
Formal Informal -
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Immunisation against Diphtheria and Vaccination against Smallpox, 1954. The following is a return of (A) the number of children resident in the Borough of Bexley who were immunised against diphtheria and (B) the number of persons who were vaccinated against smallpox, during the year ended 31st December, 1954: —
Year of Birth 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 Total -
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Immunisation against Diphtheria, 1954. The following is a return of the number of children resident in the Borough of Bexley under the age of 15 years on 31st December, 1954, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date (i.e., at any time since 1st January, 1940;.
Year of Birth 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 Total -
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The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Disease (other the Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1954.
DISEASE. Total cases notified Under 1 1 to 2 3 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 1 4 15 to 24 25 & over Age unknown Cases admitted to Hospital Total Deaths -
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Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1954 are contained in the following table:—
Age Period New Cases Deaths Respiratory Non Respiratory Respiratory Non Respiratory M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F -
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Of the 5 deaths shown in the table the number in non-notified cases was 1.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Total. M F M F -
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Schools.
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School Meals—1954. Average number of pupils in attendance:—
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Average number of dinners served to children daily: —
Paid Free Total -
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Milk. Average number of pupils taking milk daily:—
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The following table shows the reason for closing these cases:—
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Provision was made for a session of ten weeks duration during the Summer Term, but inclement weather reduced rather seriously the teaching value of some of these swimming periods in the open air.
Schools. Attendances. No. of Children. -
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TABLE I Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools.
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B. — Other Inspections.
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C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment. Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to require Treatment:
Group (1) For defective vision (excluding squint) (2) For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA (3) Total individual pupils (4) -
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TABLE II. A.—Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1954.
PERIODIC INSPECTIONS SPECIAL INSPECTIONS No. of defects No. of defects Defect Code Defect or Disease No. (1) Requiring Treatment (2) Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment (3) Requiring Treatment (4) Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment (5) -
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B. — Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.
Age Groups (1) No. of Pupils Inspected (2) A. (Good) B. (Fair) O. (Poor) No. (3) % of col. 2 (4) No. (5) % of col. 2 (6) No. (7) % of col. 2 (8) -
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TABLE III. Infestation with Vermin.
Primary and Secondary Schools. -
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TABLE IV.—Treatment Tables. Group I.—Diseases of the Skin (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Table III).
Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year by the Authority otherwise -
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Group III.—Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat.
Number of cases treated by the Authority otherwise -
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Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
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Group V.—Other Treatment Given.
Number of cases treated by the Authority otherwise -
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TABLE V. Dental Inspection and Treatment.
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TABLE VI. Handicapped Pupils requiring Education at special Schools or boarding in Boarding Homes.
(1) Blind (2) Partially sighted (3) Deaf (4) Partially Deaf (5) Delicate (6) Physically Handicapped (7) Educationally sub-normal (8) Maladjusted (9) Epileptic Total (1) to (9)