[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

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A (1 ) b. Births.

	TOTAL.	Male.	Female.

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Live birth rate per 1,000 of population (1942 estimated)— 19.6. Corresponding rate for 1941—16.8.

	TOTAL.	Male.	Female.

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A(1)e. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1942 and previous years.

Year	Population estimated to middle of each year	Births			Total Deaths registered in the District		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District
		Uncorrected Number	Nett		Total Deaths registered in the District		of Non-residents registered in the District	of residents not registered in the District	Under 1 year of age		At all Ages
			Nett		Number	Rate
			Number	Rate
			Number	Rate					No.	Rate per 1000 nett Births	No	Rate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

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A(l)f. Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1942.

Cause of Death		Males	Females	Total

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A(1)g. Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1942. Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but lor London and the towns to civilians only

	Rate per 1,000 total population		Annual Death-rate per 1,000 population								Rate per 1,000 Live Births
	Live Births	Still Births	All Causes	Typhoid and Paratyphoid	Small-pox	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Influenza	Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years)	Total Deaths under one year

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A (2). Since 1920 there have been 13,138 births with 35 maternal deaths, as shown below, giving a Maternal Mortality rate of 2.6.

Year	Maternal Deaths	Total Births (including still births)	Registered Live Births

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I have included a table showing the Infantile Mortality at 5 year intervals for the past 25 years and for 1942.

	Erith	England and Wales

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A (4). Unemployment Figures and Comments. With the courteous co-operation of the Manager of the Erith Employment Exchange, it once again is possible to give definite figures on the state of unemployment in the District, as shown in the following table.

Year ending	Adults		Young Persons
Year ending	Men	Women	Men	Women	Total

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B(2).

Month	Births			Sex		Legitimacy			Notified by
	Live	S'born		M	F	Leg.	Illeg.		Midwives	Hosp. etc.	Doctors
	Live	M	F	M	F	Leg.	M	F	Midwives	Hosp. etc.	Doctors

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Infant Welfare Centres.

Month	Erith			Belvedere			Picardy			Bedonwell
Month	Infants Under 1 year	weighed 1 to 5 years	Consultations	Infants Under 1 year	weighed 1 to 5 years	Consultationa	Infants Under 1 year	weighed 1 to 5 years	Consultations	Infants Under 1 year	•weighed 1 to 5 years	Consultations

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B(4). Home Visits by Health Visitors.

1942	Children		Special Visits		Expectant Mothers	Infant Life Protection	Total Visits
1942	1st Visits	Re-Visits	Still-Births	Others	Expectant Mothers	Infant Life Protection	Total Visits

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The following table illustrates the admissions during the last six years to the Hainault Maternity Home.

Year	Admissions

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Ante-natal patients seen by Doctor	1942
Ante-natal patients seen by Doctor	Jan.	Feb	Mr.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug	Sep.	Oct.	Nov	Dec.	Total

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The conditions for which they were admitted were as follows:

Reason	No.

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The following table shows the total notifications received during the year 1942:—

Disease	Total cases notified	Cases admitted to infectious diseases hospital	Total Deaths

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C(2)c. Age Distribution. This second table shows, in detail, the age distribution of the notified infectious diseases mentioned above:—

Disease	Age Groups													Totals
Disease	under 1	1	2	3	4	5	10	15	20	35	45	65	over 65	Totals

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The following table will indicate the number of cases dealt with:—

	Diphtheria		Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Injections
	1st	2nd	Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Injections
	Injection.	Injection.	1.	2.	3.	4.

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C(7)b. Table i. Particulars of New Cases and Deaths.

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
Age Periods	Pulmonary		Non-Pulm'a'ry		Pulmonary		Non-Puim'a'ry
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Table (ii). Quarterly Statements.

	1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter
	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T	M	F	T

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E (1 ) b. Table1.

Vehicle	Capacity

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E(l)c. Table 2.

Month	Tonnage
	Tons	Cwt

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E(3). Salvage.

Item	Tonnage Collected				Income
	T.	c.	q.	lbs.	£	s.	d.

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E(10)a. Routine Visiting. Premises visited and recorded results of such visits:

Premises	No. in District	No. of visits 1942	No. of defects found	No. of defects remedied

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E (10) b. Summary of Nuisances and Defects remedied during the year.

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E (12). FACTORIES. E (12) a. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted

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E (12) b. Defects found.

Particulars	Number of Defects			Numberofdefects in respect of whicn prosecutions were instituted
Particulars	Found	R emedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector

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The following table indicates the number of licences issued by the Local Authority under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936:—

	No. issued.

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The following samples were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis:—

Nature of Sample	Adulterated	Genuine	No. of Samples

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This increase in inspection is the largesl recorded in the borough school medical service, and I must add, is in no small measure due to the hard work and enthusiasm of one of my colleagues, Dr. Maurice Blair, your Assistant School Medical Officer.

	No. of school children on register.	No. of Routine Medical Exams, during the year.

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TABLE IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist.

	(a) Routine Age Groups

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ORTHOPAEDIC, 1942.

	School Children.	Infant Welfare.

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Continued from prevoius page...

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Orthopaedic Clinic.

	No. Sessions for Remedial Exercises, etc.	No. of Attendances

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I give below, a table showing the number of children immunised during the period 1st January and 31st December, 1942 : —

	Diphtheria		Diphtheria & Pertussis
	Under 5	5—15	Under 5	5—15

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TABLE I. Medical Inspections of Children Attending Public Elementary Schools. A.—Routine Medical Inspection.

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TABLE II.

Age-Groups	N umber of Children Inspected	A Excellent		B Normal		C Slightly subnormal		D Bad
		No.	%	No.	%	No	%	No.	%

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TABLE III. Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. Blind Children.

At Certified Schools for the Blind.	At Public Elementary Schools.	At Other Institutions	At no School or Institution	Total

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Deaf Children.

At Certified Schools for the Deaf	At Public Elementary Schools	At other Institutions	At no School or Institution	Total

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TABLE IV. Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1941. TREATMENT TABLE. GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS. (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V).

Disease or Defect	Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year
Disease or Defect	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total

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GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease	Number of Defects dealt with
Defect or Disease	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total

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GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. Number of Defects.

Received Operative Treatment			Received other forms of Treatment	Total number treated
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital	By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme	Total	Received other forms of Treatment	Total number treated
1	2	3	4	5

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GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

	Under the Authority's Scheme (i)			Otherwise (2)			Total number treated
	Residential treatment with education	R esidential treatment without education	N •in-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic	Residential treatment with education	Residential treatment wilhout education	Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic
	(i)	(ii)	(lii)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)

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43 tables in this report

A (1 ) b. Births.

Live birth rate per 1,000 of population (1942 estimated)— 19.6. Corresponding rate for 1941—16.8.

A(1)e. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1942 and previous years.

A(l)f. Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1942.

A(1)g. Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1942. Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but lor London and the towns to civilians only

A (2). Since 1920 there have been 13,138 births with 35 maternal deaths, as shown below, giving a Maternal Mortality rate of 2.6.

I have included a table showing the Infantile Mortality at 5 year intervals for the past 25 years and for 1942.

A (4). Unemployment Figures and Comments. With the courteous co-operation of the Manager of the Erith Employment Exchange, it once again is possible to give definite figures on the state of unemployment in the District, as shown in the following table.

B(2).

Infant Welfare Centres.

B(4). Home Visits by Health Visitors.

The following table illustrates the admissions during the last six years to the Hainault Maternity Home.

The conditions for which they were admitted were as follows:

The following table shows the total notifications received during the year 1942:—

C(2)c. Age Distribution. This second table shows, in detail, the age distribution of the notified infectious diseases mentioned above:—

The following table will indicate the number of cases dealt with:—

C(7)b. Table i. Particulars of New Cases and Deaths.

Table (ii). Quarterly Statements.

E (1 ) b. Table1.

E(l)c. Table 2.

E(3). Salvage.

E(10)a. Routine Visiting. Premises visited and recorded results of such visits:

E (10) b. Summary of Nuisances and Defects remedied during the year.

E (12). FACTORIES. E (12) a. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health.

E (12) b. Defects found.

The following table indicates the number of licences issued by the Local Authority under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936:—

The following samples were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis:—

This increase in inspection is the largesl recorded in the borough school medical service, and I must add, is in no small measure due to the hard work and enthusiasm of one of my colleagues, Dr. Maurice Blair, your Assistant School Medical Officer.

TABLE IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist.

ORTHOPAEDIC, 1942.

Continued from prevoius page...

Orthopaedic Clinic.

I give below, a table showing the number of children immunised during the period 1st January and 31st December, 1942 : —

TABLE I. Medical Inspections of Children Attending Public Elementary Schools. A.—Routine Medical Inspection.

TABLE II.

TABLE III. Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. Blind Children.

Deaf Children.

TABLE IV. Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1941. TREATMENT TABLE. GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS. (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V).

GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. Number of Defects.

GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.

TABLE V.