[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wood Green]

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

Live Births—	Total.	M.	F.

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The births registered in the district were distributed in the different Wards as follows:—

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Provision for the treatment of tuberculosis is made by the Middlesex County Council, and I am indebted to Dr. Tate, the County Medical Officer, for the following information showing the accommodation available at the different institutions during 1933.

Institution.	Accommodation.			Type of case.
	Adults.		Children.
	M.	F.	Children.

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The attendances at the Centres during the year are shown in the following table:—

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The following table shows the attendances made at the Day Nursery throughout the year, and the corresponding figures for the previous year:—

	1933.	1932.

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The total attendances at the present baths for 1933 and the three preceding years are shown below:—

	Western Road Baths.		Open-Air Bath.
	Adults.	School Children.	Adults.	Children.

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION. NUMBER OF HOUSES INSPECTED, 1933.

Road.	No. of Houses.	No. of Rooms.	Families.		Persons per room.
Road.	No. of Houses.	No. of Rooms.	Adults.	Children.	Persons per room.

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1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.

Premises.	Inspections.	Notices.	Prosecutions.

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2—Defects Found.

Particulars.	Found.	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspectr	Prosecutions.

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3.—Homework.

Outworkers' Lists under Section 107 of Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
Received twice in the year.			Received once in the year.
Lists.	Outworkers.		Lists.	Outworkers.
	Contractors.	Workmen.		Contractors.	Workmen.

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4.—Registered Workshops. Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. (Important classes of Workshops, such as Workshop Bakehouses may be enumerated here.)

Class.	Number.

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5.—Other Matters.

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Licences in respect of shop or other premises (not being the establishment at which the milk is produced or bottled) at or from which the milk is sold.

Certified.	Grade A	Grade A (Tuberculin Tested).	Grade A (Pasteurised).	Pasteurised.

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The Middlesex County Council is the Authority for taking samples under the above Acts, and Mr. R. Robinson, Chief Officer of the Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following figures concerning samples taken in Wood Green during 1933:—

Articles.	No. of samples taken.	Adulterated.

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The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease admitted to the Joint Isolation Hospital from the various Wards in the district:—

	Town Hall.	Noel Park.	Central.	Bowes Park.	Alex. Park.	Totals.

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The distribution of the cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria notified, as far as school attendance is concerned, is shown in the following table:—

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.

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The arrangements for providing treatment for sufferers from tuberculosis are in the hands of the County Council, and Dr. J. R. Dobson, the Tuberculosis Officer has kindly supplied me with the following figures relating to cases from Wood Green which came under his care during the year:—

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During the year 50 cases were sent to hospital or sanatorium. The sanatoria or hospitals to which they were admitted are shown below:—

	Pulmonary Cases.	Non-pulmonary Cases.

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BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK. The bacteriological examination of specimens from the district is carried out at the Joint Isolation Hospital, and during 1933 the following examinations were made:—

	Positive.	Negative.	Total.

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Table I Vital Statistics of Wood Green, 1921-33.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Nett Births belonging to the District.			Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Total No.	Rate per 1,000 population	Illegitimate No.	Under 1 year of age.				At all ages.
		Total No.	Rate per 1,000 population	Illegitimate No.	Total No.	Rate per 1,000 live births.	Illegitimate No.	Rate per 1,000 illegitimate births.	No.	Rate per 1,000 population
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)

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Table II. Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1933.

	Birth-rate per 1,000 population.	Annual Death-Rate per 1,000 Population.									Rate per 1,000 Births.
	Birth-rate per 1,000 population.	All Causes.	Enteric Fever.	Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Whooping Cough.	Diphtheria.	Influenza.	Violence.	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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Table III. Causes of Death during the year 1933.

Causes of Death.	Male.	Female.

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Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1932.

	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14.
	All Ages.	Under 1 year.	1 and under 2 years.	2 and under 3 years.	3 and under 4 years.	4 and under 5 years.	5 and under 10 years.	10 and under 15 years.	15 and under 20 years.	20 and under 35 years.	35 and under 45 years.	45 and under 65 years	65 years and upwards.

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T able V. Deaths of Infants under One Year of age, showing cause of death and age at death.

	Under 1 week.	1—2 weeks.	2—3 weeks.	3—4 weeks.	Total under 4 weeks.	1—3 months.	3—6 months.	6—9 months.	9—12 months.	Total under 1 year.

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Table VI. Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1933.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases Notified in Whole District.								Total Cases Notified in each Ward.
	At Ages—Years.								Town Hall.	Noel Park.	Central.	Bowes Park.	Alexandra Park.	Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium.	Total Deaths.
	All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 to 5 years.	5 to 15 years.	15 to 25 years.	25 to 45 years.	45 to 65 years.	65 and upwards	Town Hall.	Noel Park.	Central.	Bowes Park.	Alexandra Park.	Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium.	Total Deaths.

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Table VII. TUBERCULOSIS New Cases and Mortality during 1933.

Age Periods.	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Respiratory.		Nonrespiratory .		Respiratory.		Nonrespiratory .
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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45 of the children treated were suffering from suppurative ear disease, and the result of their treatment, by zinc ionization and by other methods is shown in the following table.

Nature of Disease	Total.	Cured.	Lost Sight of.	Still under Treatment .	Requiring Hospital Treat, ment.

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Schools affected by Infectious Disease during 1933:—

School.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria

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MEDICAL STATISTICAL TABLES, 1933. TABLE I.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.

Age.	Entrants.
Age.	3	4	5		6		Other Ages.	Total.

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A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION—Continued.

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B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.

	No. of Special Inspections.	No. of Re-Inspections.

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TABLE II. A.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DEC., 1933.

Defect or Disease.	Routine Inspections.		Special Inspections.
	No. of Defects.		No. of Defects.
	Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.	Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, bnt not requiring Treatment.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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TABLE II—continued.

Defect or Disease.	Routine Inspections.		Special Inspections.
	No. of Defects.		No. of Defects.
	Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.	Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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B —NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group.	Number of Children.		Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
Group.	Inspected.	Found to require Treatment.	Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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TABLE ID. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS. Children suffering from any combination of the following types of defect: Blindness (not partial Blindness), Deafness (not partial Deafness), Mental Defect, Epilepsy, Active Tuberculosis, Crippling (as defined in the penultimate category of the Table), Heart Disease—4. 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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MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children.

At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.	At Public Elelnentary Schools.	At Other Institutions.	At no School or Institution.	Total.

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PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. A.— Tuberculous Children. I.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)

At Certified Special Schools.	At Public Elementary Schools.	At Other Institutions.	At no School or Institution.	Total.

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C.—Crippled Children.

At Certified Special Schools.	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, 1933. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for whioh see Group VI).

Disease or Defect.	Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Disease or Defect.	Under the Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).

Defect or Disease.	No. of Defects dealt with.			Total.
Defect or Disease.	Under the Authority's Scheme.	Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority 's Scheme	Otherwise.	Total.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

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 Prac-titioneror 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 Dbfects.

	Under the Authority's Scheme (1)			Otherwise. (2)			Total number Treated.
	Residential treatment with education.	Residential treatment without education.	Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.	Residential treatment with education.	Residential treatment without education.	Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.
	(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(i)	(ii)	(iii)

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Group V.—Dental Defects.

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STATEMENT or the Number or Children Notified During the Year ended 31 st December , 1933, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority. Total Number of Children Notified , 2. ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE TOTAL.

Diagnosis.	Boys.	Girls.

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

The births registered in the district were distributed in the different Wards as follows:—

Provision for the treatment of tuberculosis is made by the Middlesex County Council, and I am indebted to Dr. Tate, the County Medical Officer, for the following information showing the accommodation available at the different institutions during 1933.

The attendances at the Centres during the year are shown in the following table:—

The following table shows the attendances made at the Day Nursery throughout the year, and the corresponding figures for the previous year:—

The total attendances at the present baths for 1933 and the three preceding years are shown below:—

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION. NUMBER OF HOUSES INSPECTED, 1933.

1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors.

2—Defects Found.

3.—Homework.

4.—Registered Workshops. Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. (Important classes of Workshops, such as Workshop Bakehouses may be enumerated here.)

5.—Other Matters.

Licences in respect of shop or other premises (not being the establishment at which the milk is produced or bottled) at or from which the milk is sold.

The Middlesex County Council is the Authority for taking samples under the above Acts, and Mr. R. Robinson, Chief Officer of the Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following figures concerning samples taken in Wood Green during 1933:—

The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease admitted to the Joint Isolation Hospital from the various Wards in the district:—

The distribution of the cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria notified, as far as school attendance is concerned, is shown in the following table:—

The arrangements for providing treatment for sufferers from tuberculosis are in the hands of the County Council, and Dr. J. R. Dobson, the Tuberculosis Officer has kindly supplied me with the following figures relating to cases from Wood Green which came under his care during the year:—

During the year 50 cases were sent to hospital or sanatorium. The sanatoria or hospitals to which they were admitted are shown below:—

BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK. The bacteriological examination of specimens from the district is carried out at the Joint Isolation Hospital, and during 1933 the following examinations were made:—

Table I Vital Statistics of Wood Green, 1921-33.

Table II. Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1933.

Table III. Causes of Death during the year 1933.

Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1932.

T able V. Deaths of Infants under One Year of age, showing cause of death and age at death.

Table VI. Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1933.

Table VII. TUBERCULOSIS New Cases and Mortality during 1933.

45 of the children treated were suffering from suppurative ear disease, and the result of their treatment, by zinc ionization and by other methods is shown in the following table.

Schools affected by Infectious Disease during 1933:—

MEDICAL STATISTICAL TABLES, 1933. TABLE I.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.

A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION—Continued.

B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.

TABLE II. A.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DEC., 1933.

TABLE II—continued.

B —NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children.

PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. A.— Tuberculous Children. I.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)

C.—Crippled Children.

TABLE IV. Return of Defects Treated during the Year Ended 31st December, 1933. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for whioh see Group VI).

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 Dbfects.

Group V.—Dental Defects.

STATEMENT or the Number or Children Notified During the Year ended 31 st December , 1933, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority. Total Number of Children Notified , 2. ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE TOTAL.