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Woolwich 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

Published
1950
Pages
36
Tables
28

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28 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    VITAL STATISTICS Extracts from the vital statistics for the year, with comparable figures for 1948:— Table No. 1.
    1949.1948.
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    Table No. 2.
    Deaths.England and Wales.London Administrative County.Woolwich
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    TABLE No. 3. — Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1949, including non-residents in Institutions in the Borough.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " residents " whether occurring within or without the district.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.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 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 years and upwards.In BoroughOutlying Institutions.
    Residents.Non-Rsdts.
  • Page 9
    Table No. 4.
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Nett.Under 1 Year.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 nett Births.Number.Rate.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
  • Page 10
    T able No. 5.
    Wards.Births.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths at all ages.
    Legitimate Number.Illegitimate Number.Number.Number.
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    GENERAL STATISTICS
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    Table No. 6.—Inspections.
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    Table No. 7.—Nuisances Abated.
  • Page 13
    Factories Act, 1937. Table No. 8. Details of inspections carried out during 1949:—
    Premises.No. on Register.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers prosecuted.
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    Cases in which defects were found and remedied:—
    Particulars.Number of Cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred r
    To H.M. Inspector.By H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 13
    The number of outworkers and the nature of the work carried on, in the list prepared in August, 1949, was as follows:—
  • Page 15
    Apart from the erection of flats by the London County Council, there were a further 287 houses under construction in the Borough by the Borough Council and by private enterprise at the end of the year.
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    1937-38.1949-50.
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    The following table gives details of interments during the last three years at these cemeteries:— Table No. 9.
    Cemetery.Number of Interments.
    1947.1948.1949.
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    Table No. 10.
    Description.Number in Borough on 31st December.Number of
    Inspections.Notices.
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    Table No. 11. Carcases Inspected and Condemned, 1949.
    Cattle, excluding Cows.Cows.Calves.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.
  • Page 24
    Twelve samples were submitted for grading by the Methylene Blue reduction test. This test assesses the bacterial cleanliness of ice cream. The time taken at 37° C. for complete decolorisation to take place is ascertained and the sample graded according to the following table:— Table No. 12.
    Grade.Time taken to reduce Methylene Blue.
  • Page 25
    Sophistication of Food . During the year 910 samples were submitted for analysis to the Public Analyst, including 615 Informal and 295 Formal samples. Of these, 16 Formal samples and 21 Informal samples were reported to be adulterated, giving a percentage of 4.06, compared with 4.5 in 1947 and 3.3 in 1948. The foods examined were:—
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    Table No. 13. Adulterated Samples.
    Sample No.Article.Formal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of legal proceedings or other action.
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    The Public Analyst has furnished the following figures, showing the percentage of fat found in each sample of milk submitted during 1949, with comparative figures for 1948:—
    Number of Samples:
    1949.1948.
  • Page 28
    Table No. 14. Notification of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1949.
    Diseases.Number of Cases (after correction of diagnosis) Age Groups.
    Under 1 year.1 and under 3 years.3 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 and over.TotalTotal No. admitted to Hosp.
  • Page 29
    Number of completed immunisation cases during year:—
    At County Council Clinics.By Medical Practitioners.
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    The following table shows the number of notifications, deaths and death rates for the Borough since 1940:— Table No. 15. Table of Notifications and Deaths compared with Population.
    Year.Civilian Population excluding Army.Primary Notifications.Deaths from Tuberculosis.Deaths per 1,000 of population.Total Deaths all causes.Percentage of Tuberculosis Deaths against all Deaths.
  • Page 31
    The work of the dispensaries during 1949 is shown below in tabular form:— Table No. 16.
    1938.1947.1949.
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    The number of articles disinfected at the Disinfecting Station was 6,991, details of the type and number of articles disinfected there being as follows:—
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    Details of the number of cases and attendances at the two Cleansing Stations are given below:— Treatment of Verminous Persons.
    Pre-school Children.School Children.Adults.Totals.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Men.Women.
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    Treatment of Scabies.
    Pre-school Children.School Children.Adults.Totals.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Men.Women.