[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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Deaths from Puerperal causes :—

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

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I am indebted to the Clerk of the Middlesex County Council for the following figures, showing the particulars of outdoor relief granted to Wood Green residents during 1936 :—

	No. of Persons	Amount granted
	No. of Persons	£	s.	d.

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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 1936.

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

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

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The following is a record of the work done during the year

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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:-

	1936.	1935.

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Alexandra Park for the last three years are shown below:—

	Swimming Pool.		Western Road Baths.		Open-Air Bath.
	Adults.	Children.	Adults.	Children. .	Adults.	Children.

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Miscellaneous Inspections:—

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Action Taken:—	Issued.		Completed.

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION. NUMBER OF HOUSES INSPECTED, 1936.

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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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, LAUNDRIES, AND HOMEWORK. 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.
Lists.	Contractors.	Workmen.	Lists.	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.

(Tuberculin Tested).	Accredited.	Pasteurised.

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Supplementary Licences to sell milk from premises which are outside the area of the Licensing Authority.

(Tuberculin Tested).	Accredited.	Pasteurised.

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The undermentioned foodstuffs were condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year :—

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SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. 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 1936:—

Articles.	No. of samples
Articles.	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 town :—

	Alexandra-Bowes.	Town Hall.	Noel Park.

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The distribution of scarlet fever and diphtheria over the year is shown below :—

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.

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The incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria, so far as school attendance is concerned, was as follows

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.

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During the year 74 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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The bacteriological examination of specimens from the borough is carried out at the Joint Isolation Hospital, and during 1936 the following examinations were made:—

	Positive.	Negative.	Total.

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DISINFECTION, Etc. The number of articles dealt with at the Disinfecting Station during the year was as follows:—

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APPENDIX. Table I Vital Statistics of Wood Green, 1921-36.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Net Births belonging to the District.			Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
					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

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Table II. Birth - Rate, Death - Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1936.

	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.	Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.	Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Whooping Cough.	Diphtheria.	Influenza.	Violence.	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).	Total Deaths under year.

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Table III. Causes of Death during the year 1936.

Causes of Death.	Male.	Female.

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Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1936.

	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.
	All Apes.	Under 1year.	1 and under 2 year	2 and under 5 years.	5 and under 15 years.	15 and under 25 years.	25 and under 35 years.	35 and under 45 years.	45 and under 5 5 years	55 and under 65 years.	5 and under 75 years.	75 years and upwards.

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Table V.

	Under 1 week.	1—2 weeks.	2—3 weeks.	3—4 weeks.	1 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 1936.

Notifiable Disease.	Cases Notified in Whole Borough.												Total Oases Notified in each Ward.			Total Cases removed to Hospital or Sanatorium.	Total Deaths.
	At Ages —Years.												Alexandra-Bowes.	Town Hall.	Noel Park.
	All ages.	Under 1 year.	1 to 5 years.	5 to 10 years.	10 to 15 years.	15 to 20 years.	20 to '25 years.	25 to 35 years.	35 to 45 years.	45 to 55 years.	55 to 65 years.	65 and upwards.	Alexandra-Bowes.	Town Hall.	Noel Park.

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Table VII.

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

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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1936.

Month.	Total Rainfall.	Maximum Rainfall.		No. of Wet Days.	Maximum Temperature.		Minimum Temperature.
1936.	Inches.	Inches.	Date.	No. of Wet Days.	Degrees.	Date.	Degrees.	Date.

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The following table gives the numbers of cases of the different infectious diseases notified from the elementary schools in 1936 and 1935.

	1936.	1935.

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The incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria during 1936 is shown in the following table:—

School.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.

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Over or under School

	Girls.	Boys.	Infants.	Age.	Total

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APPENDIX. MEDICAL STATISTICAL TABLES, 1936. TABLE I.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.

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

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C.—CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspections to Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group.	For all conditions recorded in Table IIa.	Total.

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TABLE II. A.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DEC., 1936.

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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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.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age Groups	Number of Children Inspected	A (Excellent)		B (Normal)		C (Slightly subnormal)		D (Bad)
Age Groups	Number of Children Inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS. 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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EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children Suffering From Severe Epilepsy.

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	Total.
At Certified Special Schools.	At Public Elementary 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.)

(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	Total.
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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CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.

Combination of Defect.	At Certified Special Schools.	At Public Elementary Schools.	At other Institutions.	At no School or Institution.	Total.

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TABLE IV.—TREATMENT TABLES. Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table 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 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 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 Defects.

	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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TABLE V.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist— (a) Routine Age Groups—

AGE	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		11	12	13	14	15	16	TOTAL

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TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.

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STATEMENT of the Number of Children Notified During the Year ended 31st December, 1936, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority. Total Number of Children Notified, 3. ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE TOTAL.

Diagnosis.	Boys.	Girls.

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.

Deaths from Puerperal causes :—

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

I am indebted to the Clerk of the Middlesex County Council for the following figures, showing the particulars of outdoor relief granted to Wood Green residents during 1936 :—

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 1936.

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

The following is a record of the work done during the year

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

Alexandra Park for the last three years are shown below:—

Miscellaneous Inspections:—

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HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION. NUMBER OF HOUSES INSPECTED, 1936.

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, LAUNDRIES, AND HOMEWORK. 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.

Supplementary Licences to sell milk from premises which are outside the area of the Licensing Authority.

The undermentioned foodstuffs were condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year :—

SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACTS. 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 1936:—

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

The distribution of scarlet fever and diphtheria over the year is shown below :—

The incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria, so far as school attendance is concerned, was as follows

During the year 74 cases were sent to hospital or sanatorium. The sanatoria or hospitals to which they were admitted are shown below:—

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The bacteriological examination of specimens from the borough is carried out at the Joint Isolation Hospital, and during 1936 the following examinations were made:—

DISINFECTION, Etc. The number of articles dealt with at the Disinfecting Station during the year was as follows:—

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APPENDIX. Table I Vital Statistics of Wood Green, 1921-36.

Table II. Birth - Rate, Death - Rate and Analysis of Mortality during 1936.

Table III. Causes of Death during the year 1936.

Table IV. Causes of, and Ages at Death during the year 1936.

Table V.

Table VI. Infectious Diseases Notified during the year 1936.

Table VII.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1936.

The following table gives the numbers of cases of the different infectious diseases notified from the elementary schools in 1936 and 1935.

The incidence of scarlet fever and diphtheria during 1936 is shown in the following table:—

Over or under School

APPENDIX. MEDICAL STATISTICAL TABLES, 1936. TABLE I.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.

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C.—CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspections to Require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

TABLE II. A.—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DEC., 1936.

TABLE II—continued.

B.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected During the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS. BLIND CHILDREN.

EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children Suffering From Severe Epilepsy.

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

C.—Crippled Children.

CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.

TABLE IV.—TREATMENT TABLES. Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI.)

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

Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

TABLE V.—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist— (a) Routine Age Groups—

TABLE VI.—UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.

STATEMENT of the Number of Children Notified During the Year ended 31st December, 1936, by the Local Education Authority to the Local Mental Deficiency Authority. Total Number of Children Notified, 3. ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE TOTAL.