[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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BIRTHS

	Total	Male	Female

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RATES

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Unemployment. The Ministry of Labour has kindly supplied me with the following information as to the estimated number of persons residing in the Borough registered as unemployed at the end of the year:-

Men	Boys	Women	Girls		Total

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In addition to living in insanitary conditions and being unable to devote to themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention, the persons removed were also either -

Person	Age	Reason for Action *	Removed to -	Remarks

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A register of all old people visited is kept in the Department. Amendments made in the register during the year were as follows:-

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CONFERENCES. The Council was officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences during the year:-

Conference	Held at	Attended by

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Requests for burials came from the following sources:-

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HOSPITAL FACILITIES. The undermentioned hospitals are situated in the Borough

	No. of Beds

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Some idea of the scope of the service given is indicated by the details given below, which have been supplied to me by the Borough Librarian

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LEGISLATION. The following Acts, Orders and Regulations affecting the Department were made during the year:-

	Date Operative From

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1. Statistics. Infant Welfare Centres, Total number of children who first attended during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were -

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Health Visitors.

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Infant Life Protection.

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However, the number of cases in which help was provided in the "southern" district (which comprises the Borough of Stepney less the area east of the Canal and two areas north of the east-west line Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel Road and Mile End Road) was as follows:-

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2. Services Provided,

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Toddlers Clinic.

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STAFF CHANGES. The following staff changes took place during the year:-Ceased duty.

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Legal Proceedings. Legal proceedings instituted by the Public Health Inspectors during the year, showing penalties imposed, were as follows:-

	No. of Summonses	Fines			Costs

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Lodging Houses - Common. There are five Common Lodging Houses in the Borough, providing accommodation for 983 persons, as follows:-

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Lodging Houses - Seamen's. There are five such premises in the Borough, providing accommodation for 488 seamen, as follows:-

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The accommodation provided today is as follows:-

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Notices Served. Notices served under the various Acts and Byelaws during the year were as follows:-

	Intimation	Statutory

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Kosher Poultrv Slaughterhouses. (18)

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Outworkers. Forty inspections were made of Outworkers' premises. There are 687 premises on the register, an increase of 40 over last year, the trades

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There were 32 notifications of infectious disease relating to Put workers premises.

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Refuse DisDosal. The Public Cleansing Officer has kindly supplied the following information on refuse and salvage disposed of during the year:-

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Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs. Samples of food submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 150, details of which are as follows:-

	No.of Samples	No.unsatisfactory	Observations

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Ice Cream. Of thirteen samples of ice cream submitted for bacteriological examination, 10 were subjected to the Methylene Blue reduction test with the following results:-

	Manufactured		Total
	In Borough.	Outside Borough.	Total

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Leeal Proceedings. Summonses taken out during the year by the Public Health Inspectors (Food) were as follows:-

	No.of Summonses	Fines			Costs
	No.of Summonses	£.	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.

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Unsound Food. The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were disposed of during the year under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937-1948, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:-

Premises	Tons	Cwta	Qrs	Lbs

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Over 2,200 Condemnation Certificates in respect of unsound food were issued in 1956.

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The number of children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last 3 years was as follows: -

	1956	1955	1954

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Verminous Persons. The number of lice-infested persons bathed, and whose clothing was disinfested at Branch Road Cleansing Station, was as follows:-

Males	Females	Children	TOTAL

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The samples are classified as follows:-

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Of the 347 samples analysed 9 formal and 9 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows:-

Article	Formal or Informal	Nature of Irregularity	Remarks

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Average composition of ordinary milk samples (excluding "Channel Islands,etc." milk) taken over the past 10 years, is as follows:-

Year	No. Samples Examined	Fat, Per Cent.	Solids-not-Fat, Per Cent.

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Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1956 (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSES OF DEATH	ALL AGES			Age Groups
CAUSES OF DEATH	Total	M	F	-1	1-	5-	5-	25-	45-	65-	75-

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Table 1 (contd.)

CAUSES OF DEATH	ALL AGES			Age Groups
CAUSES OF DEATH	Total	M	F	-1	1-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65-	75-

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Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH

YEAR	Children Under 7 years			Children 7-14 years			Adults				TOTALS
YEAR	Killed	Injured		Killed	Injured		Killed		injured		Killed	Injured

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Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY, 1956. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

CAUSES OF DEATH	AGE PERIODS										TOTAL DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR	PERCENT OF TOTAL
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	Weeks			Total under 4 wks.	Months
			1-	2-	3-		1-	4-	7-	10-

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Table 4. Comparative Table showing Deaths of Infants at Various Ages under 1 year.

YEAR	Under 24 Hours	1-6 Days	1-4 Weeks	Total under 4 weeks	1-12 Months	Total under 1 year	Percentage Deaths under 4 weeks of Total Infant Deaths

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Table 5. LOSS OF EXPECTED YEARS OF LIFE In years 1953-55.

Death Rate per 10,000 Population				Years of Life lost per 10,000 Population
Death Rate per 10,000 Population				Ages 15-64				Total to age 85
Stepney			Eng .$Wales	Stepney			Eng .&Wales	Stepney			Eng .& Wales
1955	1954	1953	1955	1955	1954	1953	1955	1955	1954	1953	1955

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Table 6. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Year	Population	Live Births		Deaths		Deaths under 1 Year		Maternal Deaths		Cancer Deaths		Tuberculosis Deaths (all forms)
Year	Population	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate

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Table 8. AIR POLLUTION Amounts of deposited matter recorded b y deposit g a ug es and of sulphur trioxide collected b y lead peroxide method at St.George ' s Town Hall (Station 1) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2).

Station	Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Table 9. AIR POLLUTION Concentration of smoke and sulphur dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during 1956.

Station	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Table 10. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 & 1948. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

Type of Factory	No. on Register	Inspections	Written Notices

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2. Cases in which defects were found.

Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred -
Particulars	Found	Remedied	to H.M. Inspector	by H.M. Inspector

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Table 11 RODENT CONTROL (Period 1st April 1956 - 31st March 1957)

	Council Property	Dwelling Houses	Other Premises	TOTAL

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Table 12. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

	No. of Premises	Inspections	Notices Served	Legal Proceedings Taken

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Summary of Work of District Public Health Inspectors (Contd.) Certificates of Disrepair:

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Table 13 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS Etc. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

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Table 14. DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1956

Address	No. of Dwellings

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Table l5. HOUSING STATISTICS I. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the years:-

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Table. . 15_ _ (contd.) (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of Housing Act, 1936:-

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Table 16 SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

	No.	Visits or Inspections	Notices	Legal Proceedings

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Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). Table 16 (Contd.) Reason for Visit

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Table 17 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

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Table 18. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1956.

DISEASE	CASES NOTIFIED In Age Groups												Notifications	Corrected Total	Admitted to Hospital
DISEASE	-1	1-	2-	3-	4-	5-	10-	15-	20-	35-	45-	65-	Notifications	Corrected Total	Admitted to Hospital

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Table 19 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Disease	Authority for Notification

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Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-

	-1	1-	2—	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total (all ages)

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Table 21. TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total Cases
	M	F	M	F

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BIRTHS

RATES

Unemployment. The Ministry of Labour has kindly supplied me with the following information as to the estimated number of persons residing in the Borough registered as unemployed at the end of the year:-

In addition to living in insanitary conditions and being unable to devote to themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention, the persons removed were also either -

A register of all old people visited is kept in the Department. Amendments made in the register during the year were as follows:-

CONFERENCES. The Council was officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences during the year:-

Requests for burials came from the following sources:-

HOSPITAL FACILITIES. The undermentioned hospitals are situated in the Borough

Some idea of the scope of the service given is indicated by the details given below, which have been supplied to me by the Borough Librarian

LEGISLATION. The following Acts, Orders and Regulations affecting the Department were made during the year:-

1. Statistics. Infant Welfare Centres, Total number of children who first attended during the year and who, on the date of their first attendance, were -

Health Visitors.

Infant Life Protection.

However, the number of cases in which help was provided in the "southern" district (which comprises the Borough of Stepney less the area east of the Canal and two areas north of the east-west line Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel Road and Mile End Road) was as follows:-

2. Services Provided,

Toddlers Clinic.

STAFF CHANGES. The following staff changes took place during the year:-Ceased duty.

Legal Proceedings. Legal proceedings instituted by the Public Health Inspectors during the year, showing penalties imposed, were as follows:-

Lodging Houses - Common. There are five Common Lodging Houses in the Borough, providing accommodation for 983 persons, as follows:-

Lodging Houses - Seamen's. There are five such premises in the Borough, providing accommodation for 488 seamen, as follows:-

The accommodation provided today is as follows:-

Notices Served. Notices served under the various Acts and Byelaws during the year were as follows:-

Kosher Poultrv Slaughterhouses. (18)

Outworkers. Forty inspections were made of Outworkers' premises. There are 687 premises on the register, an increase of 40 over last year, the trades

There were 32 notifications of infectious disease relating to Put workers premises.

Refuse DisDosal. The Public Cleansing Officer has kindly supplied the following information on refuse and salvage disposed of during the year:-

Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs. Samples of food submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 150, details of which are as follows:-

Ice Cream. Of thirteen samples of ice cream submitted for bacteriological examination, 10 were subjected to the Methylene Blue reduction test with the following results:-

Leeal Proceedings. Summonses taken out during the year by the Public Health Inspectors (Food) were as follows:-

Unsound Food. The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were disposed of during the year under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937-1948, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:-

Over 2,200 Condemnation Certificates in respect of unsound food were issued in 1956.

The number of children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last 3 years was as follows: -

Verminous Persons. The number of lice-infested persons bathed, and whose clothing was disinfested at Branch Road Cleansing Station, was as follows:-

The samples are classified as follows:-

Of the 347 samples analysed 9 formal and 9 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows:-

Average composition of ordinary milk samples (excluding "Channel Islands,etc." milk) taken over the past 10 years, is as follows:-

Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1956 (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1 (contd.)

Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH

Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY, 1956. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

Table 4. Comparative Table showing Deaths of Infants at Various Ages under 1 year.

Table 5. LOSS OF EXPECTED YEARS OF LIFE In years 1953-55.

Table 6. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Table 8. AIR POLLUTION Amounts of deposited matter recorded b y deposit g a ug es and of sulphur trioxide collected b y lead peroxide method at St.George ' s Town Hall (Station 1) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2).

Table 9. AIR POLLUTION Concentration of smoke and sulphur dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during 1956.

Table 10. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 &amp; 1948. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2. Cases in which defects were found.

Table 11 RODENT CONTROL (Period 1st April 1956 - 31st March 1957)

Table 12. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Summary of Work of District Public Health Inspectors (Contd.) Certificates of Disrepair:

Table 13 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS Etc. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 14. DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1956

Table l5. HOUSING STATISTICS I. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the years:-

Table. . 15_ _ (contd.) (c) Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of Housing Act, 1936:-

Table 16 SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). Table 16 (Contd.) Reason for Visit

Table 17 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

Table 18. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1956.

Table 19 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-

Table 21. TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register

Table 10. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 & 1948. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.