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Southgate 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

Published
1937
Pages
100
Tables
54

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  • Page 8
    RAINFALL RECORDED AT BROOMFIELD PARK.
    Total Rain for month.Number of 0.01 or more insWet Days with 0.04 or more ins.
    1936.1935.1936.1935.1936.1935.
    Ins.Ins.Days.Days.Days.Days.
  • Page 13
    Table I . Causes of Death During the Year 1936.
    Causes of Death.Male.Female.Total.Rates per 1,000 of Population.
    All Causes (Civilians only)334297631
  • Page 14
    TABLE II. Deaths from all causes, divided as to sex and certain age groups, and showing a percentage of total deaths and death-rate per 1,000 of population for each group. 1936.
    Age.MALES.FEMALES.TOTALS.
    No.%of Total Deaths.Rate per 1,000.No.% of Total Deaths.Rate per 1,000.No.%of Total Deaths.Rate per. 1,000
  • Page 15
    Table III. Infantile Mortality. 1936. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3—4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1—3 Months.3—6 Months.6—9 Months.9—12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
  • Page 16
    Table IV. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1936 and Six Previous Years.
    Year.Population estimated at Middle of each Year.Nett Births belonging to District.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    At all Ages .Under 1 Year of Age.
    Number.Rate per 1,000 Population.Number.Rate per 1,000 Population.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.
    12346678
  • Page 16
    Comparison of the Rates of the Southgate District with those of England and Wales, and London, for the Year 1938.
    Rate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Live Births.
    Live BirthsStill Births.All Causes.Typhoid Fever.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years).Total Deaths under one year.
  • Page 19
    The following table sets out the work carried out under this heading : —
    Diseases Treated.Cases.Visits.
  • Page 24
    Specimens sent to Clinical Research Association during 1936-
    Positive.Negative.Total.
  • Page 24
    Specimens sent to the laboratory at the Prince of Wales's Hospital during 1936 :—
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 28
    Number on Registers :—
    Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Totals.1935.
  • Page 28
    Attendances at Centres, 1936:—
    Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Totals.1935.
  • Page 29
    Number Seen by Doctor:—
    Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Totals.1935.
  • Page 29
    STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCES AND WORK DONE AT PRE-NATAL CENTRE.
    Number on Register :—1936.1935.
  • Page 30
    Postcards are sent, prior to each session, inviting the attendance of certain of those on the register.
    1936.1935.
  • Page 30
    TABLE OF VISITS MADE BY THE HEALTH VISITORS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS, MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS.
    Children:—1936.1935.
  • Page 31
    Miscellaneous Statistics.
    1936.1935.
  • Page 32
    Continued from previous page...
    1936.1935.
  • Page 33
    The following table sets out the number of non-Southgate mothers who attended the various Centres during the year.
    East Barnet District.
  • Page 36
    The total number of children inspected at the Elementary Schools during 1936 was as follows :—
    Inspected.Requiring Treatment.
  • Page 36
    The total number of children dealt with at the Minor Ailments Clinics during 1936 was as follows :—
    New Cases.Attendances.Treated.Not requiring Treatment.
  • Page 38
    Swimming Bath. — The figures of the attendances at the Barrowell Green Open-Air Swimming Bath for the last two years were as follows :—
    1935.1936.
  • Page 40
    The following is a brief summary of the work carried out during the year :—
  • Page 44
    As a result of these examinations, 376 separate diseased or unsound conditions were discovered, the carcases or organs receiving the necessary attention. Details of these conditions are as follows:—
    Weight in lbs.
  • Page 45
    The incidence of disease in the different food animals inspected during the past year as compared with the previous two years is shown in the following table:—
    Animals.All Diseased Conditions.Tuberculosis.
    Slightly Affected.Extensively Affected.Slightly Affected.Extensively Affected.
    No.%No.%No.%No.%
  • Page 47
    The following particulars of samples taken in the district during the past year were supplied by the courtesy of the Chief Officer of the Public Control Department:—
    Articles.Samples Taken.Found Adulterated.
  • Page 48
    1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    1935193619351936
  • Page 48
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    ParticularsNumber of Defects
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.No. of Prosecutions.
    1935193619351936
  • Page 49
    3.—Home Work .
    Nature of Work.Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.Prosecutions.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Sec 108Outwork in Infected Premises. Sees. 109 & 110.
    Lists received from Employers.Notices served on Oc-c'prs as to keeping or sending Lists.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.Instances.Notices ServedProsecutions.Instances.Orders Made. (S.110)Prosecutions. (8.109-110)
    Lists.OutworkersLists.Outworkers.
    Contractors .Workmen.Contractors .Workmen.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
  • Page 50
    This is quite a satisfactory feature of the sanitary work, and illustrates the fact that, by tactful and persuasive means, it is possible to achieve results without having recourse to more stringent, coercive methods.
    Inspections.1934.1935.1936.
  • Page 51
    Service of Notices.
  • Page 54
    Six hundred and fifty-six houses were inspected and recorded under the Housing Acts, as follows:—
    District No. 1.No. of Houses Scheduled.No. 1936.Inspected. 1935.
  • Page 54
    Non-Scheduled Houses. — In addition to the above, 860 non-scheduled houses were inspected for housing defects and insanitary conditions, mostly upon complaint of the occupiers, as follows:—
    19361935.
  • Page 55
    As hitherto, the inspections revealed the fact that they were being satisfactorily administered.
    Description of Premises.No. in District.
  • Page 59
    1. Inspection of Dwelling -houses during the year :—
    1936.1935.
  • Page 60
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 60
    3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:—
  • Page 61
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 63
    The ward distribution of the cases of infectious disease notified during the year was as follows—
    1935.1936.
  • Page 65
    The ward distribution was as follows :—
    1935.1936.
  • Page 67
    The ward distribution was as follows :—
    1935.1936.
  • Page 68
    Results of Schick Tests.
    1-5 yrs.5-10 yrs.10-15 yrs.Over 15 yrs.Total.
  • Page 69
    Reactions after Injections (1936).
    1 -5 yrs.5-10 yrs.10-15 yrs.Over 15 yrs.Total.
  • Page 71
    These case? were distributed as follows :—
    Children.Adults.
  • Page 73
    Notifications received:—
  • Page 74
    The following list sets out the information received from the schools regarding cases of non-notifiable infectious disease, during the year.
    1934.1935.1936.
  • Page 79
    Number of Patients in Isolation Hospital on any one day during each Month:—
    Greatest Number.Lowest Number.
  • Page 87
    Table V. N otified C ases of I nfectious D iseases, 1936.
    Diseases.At all agesUnder 1 year1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and overDeaths.
  • Page 88
    Table VI. C ases of I nfectious D isease N otified each M onth of the Y ear, 1936.
    Notifiable Diseases.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Erysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.Acute Poliomyelitis.Encephalitis Lethargica.Cerebrospinal Meningitis.Malaria.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Pneumonia.TuberculosisTotals.
    Pulmonary.Non. Pulmonary
  • Page 89
    TABLE VIII Tuberculosis, 1936.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non—Pulmonary .Pulmonary.Non—Pulmonary .
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 89
    REGISTER OF CASES.
    Non- Pulmonary. Pulmonary.Total.
    M.F.M,F.
  • Page 92
    Table I.
    September, 1936.February, 1936.
  • Page 93
    "Table II sets out the overcrowding position as regards number of rooms, number in family, etc.: — Table II.
    Address.No. of RoomsNo. of Over 10Persons Under 10Persons in ExcessRooms Required.
  • Page 94
    Continued from previous page...
    Address.No. of RoomsNo. of Over 10Persons Under 10Persons in ExcessRooms Required.
  • Page 95
    (a) Degree of Overcrowding Present.