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Willesden 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1918
Pages
92
Tables
79

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79 tables in this report

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    POPULATION.—Table No. 1.
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    POPULATION ESTIMATED AT MIDSUMMER, 1917.—TABLE NO. 2.
    WARD.Population estimated on the number of rooms in occupation in each Ward as ascertained by enumeration.Occupiable Houses, including houses recently erected but not yet occupied.Occupiable rooms, including those of houses recently erected.Houses recently erected but unoccupied.Houses in course of erection.Houses demolished or unoc-cupiablePercentage of empty houses exclusive of houses recently erectedPercentage of empty rooms inclusive of those in. houses recently erected.
    Total.Wholly unoccupied.Empty Houses.
    Partly empty.
    No. having one or more empty tenements.Empty tenements, exclusive of those houses wholly unoccupied.
    1 room2 rooms3 roomsover 3 roomsTotal.No. occupied.No. empty.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)
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    Table No. 3.
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    Table No. 4.
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    Table No. 5.
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    Table No. 6. Relating to monthly collection and daily averages.
    Month.No. of working days.Total cubic yards removed.Average No. of cubic yards removed per working day
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    CANAL BOATS ACTS, 1877 and 1884.-Table No. 7. Return shewing the contraventions observed and remedied during the year.
    Infringements of the Acts and Regulations with respect toCarried forward from 1916.Found during 1917.Remedied during 1917.Carried forward from 1917.
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    Table No. 10. INSPECTION—Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Primary Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    Table No. 11. DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred toH.M. Inspector
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    T able N o. 12. HOME WORK.
    Nature of Work.Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.Prosecutions.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises. Section 108.Outwork in Infected Premises, Sections 109, 110.
    Lists received from Employers.
    Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Sending twice in the Year.Sending once in the Year.
    Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made, S. 110.Prosecutions, Section 109, 110.
    Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
    Contractors.Work-men.Contractors.Workmen.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
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    T able N o. 13. REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
    (1)(2).
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    T able N o . 14. OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number
    (1)(2)
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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—T able N o . 15. No. of Notifications of—
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    SCARLET FEVER.—T able N o . 16.
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    RETURN CASES OF SCARLET FEVER.—T able N o . 17.
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    Table No. 18. Giving particulars of Infecting and Return Cases of Scarlet Fever during 1917.
    Initials of Infecting Cases.No. of days isolated.Initials of Return Cases.No. of days elapsing between release from isolation of infecting case and onset of illness of return case.
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    Table No. 19. Giving particulars of multiple cases of Scarlet Fever occurring in houses in 1917.
    No. of Houses.Per cent. of Houses.No of Cases.Per cent. of Cases.
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    Tables Nos. 20, 21, 23. Giving particulars of cases of Diphtheria, Small Pox and Enteric Fever.
    Table 20.Table 21.Table 23.
    Diphtheria.Smallpox.Enteric Fever.
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    MEASLES.—T ABLE NO. 24. Shewing the number of cases coming under the notice of the Health Department each year since 1907. and the number of deaths occurring among these cases; the number of deaths occurring among unknown cases, and the probable number of these cases assuming the fatality rate to have been the same in each class.
    Year.Total No. of Cases known before death.Cases unknown prior to death.Percentage of all probable Cases coming to knowledge.Total.
    Cases.Deaths.Fatality Rate per cent.Deaths.Estimated No. of Cases.
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    TUBERCULOSIS.—T able N o . 25.
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    DEATH RATES FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—T able N o . 26.
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    INFANT MORTALITY.—Table No. 27.
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    INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN WARDS. Table No. 28.
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    BIRTHS AND BIRTH RATES IN WARDS. Table No. 36.
    No. of Births.Birth Rate per 1,000 of Population.
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    INFANT MORTALITY OF LEGITIMATE INFANTS. Table No. 29.
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    INFANT MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. Table No. 30.
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    NOTIFICATION OF BIRTHS ACTS, 1907 and 1915. Table No. 31.
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    Table. No. 32. Table shewing the number of visits, re visits, and still-birth enquiries under the Notification of Births Acts, 1907 and 1915, and otherwise since 1912.
    Year.No. of first visits to children under 1 year of age.No. of revisits to children under 1 year of age.No. of visits and revisits to children between 1 and 5 years of age.No. of still-birth inquiries.
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    INFANT DEATH INQUIRIES.—Table No. 33.
    Year.No. of Deaths of Infants under 1 year.No. of Infant Death Inquiries.
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    MARRIAGES.—Table No. 34.
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    BIRTHS.—Table No. 35.
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    ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS.—Table No. 37
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    DEATHS.—Table No. 38.
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    CERTAIN STATISTICAL DATA.
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    Number of Children inspected 1st January, 191 7, to 31st December, 1917. A.—"Code" Groups.
    Age.Entrants.
    3456Other Ages.Total.
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    B.—Groups other than "Code."
    (1)Intermediate Group other than 8 years. (2)Special Cases. (3)Re-examinations (i.e., No. of Children Re-examined). (4)
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    Table No. 39. —Corresponding to Table II. of Appendix g of Annual Report of Chief Medical Officer of Board of Education for 1916. Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection in 1917.
    Defect or Disease.Code Groups.Specials.
    Number referred for treatment.Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment.Number referred for treatment.Number requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    Table No. 40. Return showing No. of Special Cases referred in 1917 and previous years with the view ol Medical Treatment being obtained, Remedial Measures carried out, or other action taken.
    Year.Referred byTotal.
    Medical Inspection and Officers of Health Department.Head Teachers.Attendance Officers.Others.
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    Table No. 41.—Corresponding to Table IV. appendix G of the 1916 Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer of the Board of Education. Return showing the nature and number of defects referred for treatment, the number of visits and medical examinations made in connection therewith, and the extent to which remedial measures were carried out during 1917.
    CONDITIONS.No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.No. of visits made on account of these defects.No. of Medical Examinations made on account of these defects.No. of defects for which no report is available.No. of defects not needing treatment.School Clinic.No. ot defects treated.Results of Treatment.Percentage of defects treated.No. of defects not treated.Total No. of defects under observation at end of year and carried forward to succeeding year.
    Brought forward from previous year.New.Total.Home {i.e., under supervision of Medical staff of Authority).Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.Infirmary or Poor Law.Private Practitioner.Total.Remedied.Improved.Unchanged.Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known at end of year).Removed from observation.Still under observation at end of year.Total.
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    T able N o. 41 —(continued).
    conditions.No. of defects found for which treatment was considered necessary.No. of visits made on account of these defects.No. of Medical Examinations made on account of these defects.No. of defects for which no report is available.No. of defects not needing treatment.No. 01 defects treated.Results of Treatment.Percentage of defects treated.No. of defects not treated.Total No. of defects under observation at end of year and carried forward to succeeding year.
    Brought forward from previous year.New.Total.School Clinic.Home (i.e., under supervision of Medical staff of Authority).Voluntary Hospital or other charitable Institution.Infirmary 01 Poor Law.Private Practitioner.Total.Remedied.Improved.Unchanged.Under observation at end of year (result of treatment not known at end of year).Removed from observation.Still under observation at end of year.Total.
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    Deformities-
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    Table No. 42. Return of work done at the School Clinic during 1917.
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    Table No. 43. Return respecting the Provision of Spectacles during 191 7.
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    Table No. 44. —Corresponding to Table III. of appendix G of Annual Report of C hie Medical Officer of Board of Education for 1916. Numerical Return of all Exceptional Children in the area in 19 17.
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    T able N o i. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1917 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
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    T able la. VITAL STATISTICS OF THE WARDS— 1917.
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    TABLE II.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1917.
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    MILITARY CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOT INCLUDED IN T able II.
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    T able III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1917.
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    T able N o. III a. CAUSES OF DEATH CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
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    T able IV.—INFANT MORTALITY. 79/7.— Nett Deaths from Stated Causes at various Ages under / Year of Age.
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    TABLE IVA.—INFANT MORTALITY. 79/7. —Nett Deaths from all Causes under one year of age classified in JVards.
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    OPEN-AIR SCHOOL — MORNING TIME - TABLE.
    Day.Class.8.50— 9.09.0— 9.259.25— 9.559.55— 10.010.0 — 10.3010.30-10.4510.45— 11.15IMS— II.3011.30— 12.012.0— 12.20I2.20- I2.3012.30-1.30
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    OPEN-AIR SCHOOL—AFTERNOON TIME TABLE.
    Day.Class.1.301.30— 3-303.30— 4.304.30— 5.05.0— 5.155.15— 5.45
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    Miles run and work done. —The following table shews the number of miles run under the various heading's since the inception of the service:—
    Miles run during year ended 31st March,
    1914191519161917Total
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    Miles run by each vehicle .—The following table shews the number' of miles run by each vehicle during- the three complete financial years from April 1st, 1914, to March 31st, 1917, and since delivery to the latter date.
    Car Number.delivery to 31/3/141/4/14 to 31/3/151/4/15 to 31/3/161/4/16 to 31/3/17Miles run since delivery to 31/3/17
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    Calls.—The following table shows the number of calls for the disinfecting van, infectious ambulance, and accident ambulance, respectively during the three complete financial years, April 1st, 1914, to March 31st, 1917, and since delivery to the latter date:—
    Delivery to 31/3/14.1/4/14 to 31/3/151/4/15 to 31/3/161/4/16 to 31/3/17Since delivery to 31/3/17
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    Petrol Consumption and Cost per Mile. —The following is a statement of mileage, petrol consumption, and cost per mile for the three complete years ended March 31st, 1917:—
    Year Ending 31st March.
    19151916.1917.
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    Expenditure upon the Motor Service—year ended 31st March, 1917.
    Amount.Total.Cost per mile.
    Running Expenses—£s.d.£s.d.d.
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    Amount.Total.Cost per mile.
    £s.d..£s.d.d.
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    The following table shews the present uses and arrangement of beds at the Municipal Hospital and the uses and arrangement when B and C Wards, now in course of alteration, are complete.
    Present Arrangements.Arrangements at 1st April, 1918.
    BedsCotsUses.Beds.Cots.Baby Cots.Uses.
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    Present No. of Beds and Cots.No. of Beds and Cots at 1st April, 1918.
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    43 Nurses distributed as follows:—
    Wards.No. of Beds.Sisters.Staff Nurses.Probationers.
    Day.NightDay.Night.Day.Night.
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    The Health Committee at its meeting on the 4th December, 1917, approved the purchase from various firms of the following furniture for which estimates had been obtained.
    Cost.
    £s.d
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    Apart from provisions and necessaries it was as follows:—
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    £s.d.£s.d.
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    Maternity and Child Welfare:—
    £s.d.
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    HOSPITAL EXPENDITURE GENERALLY. The following Table shows the position with reference to the items dealt with in this Report :—
    (1)Sum allowed in Estimates for Year ending 31/3/18. (2)Estimated Purchases including Estimates submitted herewith up to 24/11/17 in respect of Maternity and Child Wel-% fare Extension. (3)Total Estimated Purchases up to 24/11 /17 including Maternity and Child Welfare Extension (Col. 3). (4)Estimated necessary Purchases yet to be made before 31/3/18. (5)Estimated Total Expenditure up to 31/3/18. Cols. 4 and 5.) (6).
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    GRANTS IN AID. 1.—Maternity and Child Welfare (Local Government Board). Summary of expenditure incurred during the 12 months ended 31st March.
    1. Inspectors of Mid-wives and Health Visitors—1916.1917.
    £s.d.£s.d£s.d.
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    For the purposes of grant the Board have deducted the following:—
    £s.d.
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    II. — School Medical Service (Board of Education). Summary of payments made during the year ended 31st March:-
    1. Salaries—1915.1916.1917.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    III.—Provision of Meals (Board of Education). Summary of payments actually made and sums actually received within the year ended 31st March.
    1916.1917.
    1. Payments—£s.d.£s.d.
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