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Southgate 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

Published
1939
Pages
92
Tables
48

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  • Page 7
    RAINFALL RECORDED AT BROOMFIELD PARK.
    Total Rain for month.Number of 0.01 or more ins.Wet Days with 0.04 or more ins.
    1938.1937.1938.1937.1938.1937.
    Ins.Ins.Days.Days.Days.Days
  • Page 8
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
    Total., Male.Female.
  • Page 9
    Death Rate of infants under one year of age:—
  • Page 13
    Table I. Causes of Death Dur Ing the Year 1938.
    Causes of Death.Male.Female.Total.Rates per 1,000 of Population.
    All Causes (Civilians only)314333647
  • 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. 1938.
    Age.MALES.FEMALES.TOTALS.
    No.%of Total Deaths.Rate per 1,000.No.% of Total Deaths.Rate per 1,000.No.%°f Total Deaths.Rate per 1,000
  • Page 15
    Table III. Infantile Mortality. 1938. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 Year of Age.
    Causes of Death.| Under 1 Week. 11—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 or Whole District during 1938 and Seven 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.
    12345678
  • Page 16
    Compabison of the rates of the southgate e distbiot with those of England and Wales, and London, fob the Yeab 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.Diarrhea and Enteritis (under two years).Total Deaths under one year.
  • Page 18
    Table of work carried out by the Southgate Queen's Nursing Association under the Borough Council's scheme:—
    Diseases Treated.Cases.Visits.
  • Page 19
    The following table sets out the work carried out by the Queen's Nursing Association during 1938, so far as its own activities are concerned.
    1937.1938.
  • Page 21
    AVork carried out at the Council's laboratory during 1938:—
    Hospital.Borough.
  • Page 22
    Specimens sent to Clinical Research Association during 1938:—
    Positive.Negative.Total.
  • Page 22
    Specimens sent to laboratory at the Prince of Wales's Hospital during 1938:—
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 25
    Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907.-
  • Page 25
    BYE-LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
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    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 27
    STATISTICS OF ATTENDANCES AND WORK DONE AT THE WELFARE CENTRES DURING 1938.
    Number on Registers:-
    Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Totals1937.
  • Page 27
    Attendances at Centres, 1938:—
    Under 1 year.Over 1 year.Totals.1937.
  • Page 28
    Number Seen by Doctor:—
    Under 1 year.Over 1 yearTotals.1937.
  • Page 29
    Postcards are sent, prior to each session, inviting the attendance of certain of those on the register.
    1937.1938.
  • Page 29
    TABLE OF VISITS MADE BY THE HEALTH VISITORS UNDER THE NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS, MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH ACTS.
    Children:—1937.1938.
  • Page 31
    Miscellaneous Statistics.
    1937.1938.
  • Page 35
    The total number of children inspected at the elementary schools during 1938 was as follows:—
    Inspected.Requiring Treatment.
  • Page 36
    The total number of children attending Southgate schools dealt with at the minor ailments clinics during 1938 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:—
    1937.1938.
  • Page 39
    Roads. —There are now more than 82 miles of roads in the district, made up as follows:—
  • Page 40
    The following is a brief summary of the work carried out during the year:—
  • Page 43
    As a result of these examinations, 225 separate diseased or unsound conditions were discovered, the carcases or organs receiving the necessary attention. Details of these conditions are as follows:
    Bovine Carcases.Weight in lbs.
  • Page 44
    The incidence of disease in the different food animals inspeoted during the past year as compared with the previous four 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 46
    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.Sample Taken.Found Adulterated.
  • Page 47
    1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Pro seen tions.
    1937193819371938
  • Page 47
    2—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Partioulare.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.Referred toH.M. Inspector.Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 48
    3.—HOME WORK.
    Nature of Work. (1)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'prsas to keeping or send ing Lists.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Twice in the year.Once in the year.Instances.Notices 3 ServedProsecutions.Instances.Orders Made. (8.110)Prosecutions. (8.109-110)
    Lists.OutworkersLists.Outworkers.
    ContractorsWorkmen.Contractors.Workmen.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
  • Page 48
    4.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1)No. (2)
  • Page 48
    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class. (1)(2)
  • Page 49
    The total of informal notices served during the year shows a slight increase, while the total of statutory notices served is again exceedingly low.
    Inspections.1936.1937.1938.
  • Page 53
    Seven hundred and one houses were inspected and recorded under the Housing Acts, as follows:—
    No. of houses Scheduled.No. 1937Inspected. 1938.
  • Page 53
    Non-Scheduled Houses. —In addition to the above, 867 non-scheduled houses were inspected for housing defects and insanitary conditions, mostly upon complaint of the occupiers, as follows:—
    1937.1938.
  • Page 61
    The ward distribution was as follows:—
    1937.1938.
  • Page 63
    The ward distribution was as follows:—
    1937.1938
  • Page 65
    The following tables set out the work performed during the year:— Results of Schick Tests.
    1-5 yrs.5-10 yrs.10-15 yrs.Over 15 yrs.Total.
  • Page 66
    Reactions after Injections (1938).
    1-5 yrs.5-10 yrs.10-15 yrs.Over 15 yrs.Total.
  • Page 69
    The following list sets out the information received from the schools regarding cases of non-notifiable infectious disease during the year:
    1936.1937.1938.
  • Page 71
    The following table sets out the number of patients admitted to the hospital during 1938, and the areas from which those patients were admitted:
    1938.(1937.)
  • Page 74
    Number of Patients in Isolation Hospital on any one day during each Month:—
    Greatest Number.Lowest Number.
  • Page 81
    Table VI. Cases of Infectious Disease Notified each Month of the Year, 1938.
    Notifiable Diseases.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Typhoid Fever.Dysentery.Erysipelas.Puerperal Pyrexia.Acute Poliomyelitis.Encephalitis Lethargica.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Malaria.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Pneumonia.TuberculosisTotals.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary
  • Page 82
    TABLE VIII. Tuberculosis, 1938.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 82
    REGISTER OF CASES.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    M.F.M.F.