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Ealing 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

Published
1953
Pages
80
Tables
32

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32 tables in this report

  • Page 15
    The following table shows the age distribution:
    M.F.M.F.
  • Page 17
    The following table shows the age and sex of the cases notified and the deaths in 1952.
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-Pulm'yPulmonaryNon-Pulm'y
    MaleF'm aleMaleF'm aleMaleF'maleMaleF'male
  • Page 20
    Immunisation Figures 1952—Clinics.
    AgeDiphtheriaCombinedWhooping CoughReinforcingWhooping Cough
    DiphtheriaCombined
  • Page 20
    CLINICS
    195219511950
  • Page 21
    A comparison of the notifications with those of the four preceding years is given below :
    19481949195019511952
  • Page 32
    Public Health Act 1936
  • Page 34
    During the year licences for the sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations were granted as follows :—
    Dealers' LicencesSupplementary LicencesTotal
  • Page 34
    The results were as follows :
    DesignationSamplesPhosphataseMethylene Blue
    PassedFailedPassedFailed
  • Page 35
    The results were as follows :
    CommoditySamplesGradeNot Graded
    1234
  • Page 35
    Inspection of Meat and Other Foods. The following foodstuffs were condemned by the Sanitary Inspectors as unfit for human food in the course of their inspections of the various food premises in the Borough :
  • Page 36
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 38
    Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948. Part 1 of the Act. 1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors) :
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 38
    2. Cases in which defects were found :
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. Inspect'rBy H.M. Inspect'r
  • Page 39
    Part VIII of the Act. Outwork. (Sections 110 and 111).
    Nature of WorkSection 110Section 111
    No. of out-workers in August list required by Sect. 110 (1)(c)No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises
  • Page 49
    STATISTICAL TABLES. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS .
  • Page 50
    The number of cases of infectious disease notified in the Borough in the past twelve years is shown in the following table : Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the Borough.
    Disease194119421943194419451946194719481949195019511952
  • Page 51
    Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases Classified in Age Groups
    Scarlet FeverWhooping CoughAcute PoliomyelitisMeaslesDiphtheria
    ParalyticNon-Paralytic
    MFMFMFMFMFMF
  • Page 52
    Ages at Death from Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
    DiseaseUnder One Year1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and upwardsTotals
  • Page 53
    DEATHS Causes of Death, 1952.
    Cause of DeathDeaths, 1952Total Deaths 1951
    MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 56
    Defects requiring treatment found at routine special inspections.
    195019511952
  • Page 58
    Another consequence of long delay is a tendency to withdraw patients from the lists before they are seen. The following figures illustrate this :
    Time on Waiting List (months)Number of PatientsNumber WithdrawnPer Cent. Withdrawn
  • Page 59
    There is no likelihood that there will be any reduction in the difference between the number of cases taken on and the number of cases closed.
    Number of Cases1946194719481949195019511952
  • Page 60
    TABLE I.
  • Page 61
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 61
    TABLE II. TABLE OF SYMPTOMS (Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview).
  • Page 62
    TABLE III. ANALYSIS OF INTELLIGENCE (178 children referred in 1952) (151 children tested in 1952)
    40-4950-5960-6970-7980-8990-99100-109
  • Page 62
    TABLE IV. ANALYSIS OF AGES OF 178 CHILDREN (Number referred in 1952)
    1-22-33-44-55-66-77-88-99-1010-11
  • Page 62
    TABLE V. SPECIAL RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN 1952
  • Page 64
    Summary of Statistics for year ended 31st December, 1952.
    Normal SessionsEvening Sessions
  • Page 66
    An overall survey of the condition of the children's feet suggests the need for continued vigilance to pick out early signs of trouble and for repeated education of both parents and children in the principles of foot care and good footwear.
    No. of children Examined 1952-3Defects foundDefects requiring Treatment
    of Toesof Archesof InfectionsFoot ClinicOrthopaedic SurgeonChiro podistTotal
  • Page 67
    Chiropody Clinic. The chiropodist continued to attend at the Ravenor Park and Mattock Lane Clinics.
    No. of New cases:19521951
  • Page 69
    Abnormal eye conditions other than errors of refraction were as follows:
    Congenital Abnormalities.New casesOld cases