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Ilford 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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- 1958
- Pages
- 112
- Tables
- 87
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The following Table shows the death-rates for 1957 for Ilford, compared with the provisional death-rates for England and Wales for the same period per 1,000 population; the figures having been supplied by the Registrar-General:—
Ilford England and Wales -
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TABLE I.—V ital S tatistics of W hole D istrict D uring 1957 and P revious Y ears
Year Resident population, estimated to middle of each Year Births Total Deaths Registered in the District Transferable Deaths Net Deaths Belonging to the District Uncorrected Number Net (a) of Non-Residents registered in the District of Residents not registered in the District Under 1 year of Age At all Ages Number Rate Number Rate (b) Number Rate per 1,000 Net Births Number Rate 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -
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TABLE I a Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1957
Rate per 1,000 Population Rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births Rate per 1,000 Population Rate per 1,000 Related Live Births Death rate per million Population Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Acute Poliomyelitis Pneumonia Live Births Stillbirths Deaths (all ages) Deaths under 1 year -
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TAB L E II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1957
CAUSES OF DEATH Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the district All Ages Under 1 year 1 and under 5 years 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25 years 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years 65 and under 75 years 75 years and upwards -
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King George Hospital. —The following is a return in respect of bed accommodation:—
Total number of Beds at 31st December 1957. Pay Beds 14 Amenity Beds 7 Other Patients Children Medical Surgical Male Female Male Female -
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Housing Repairs and Rents Act 1954.
Certificates of Disrepair. Total to end of 1956 During 1957 Total to end of 1957 -
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Rent Act, 1957.
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Smoke Observation Records—May, 1957 to April, 1958
Average daily concentrations of :— Mg. of SO3/ day collected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch A PbO2 (louvered cover) Monthly Deposits Tons per sq. mile SMOKE in mg. per cubic metre SULPHUR DIOXIDE in parts per 100 million Water (litres) PH Value Water Insoluble matter Ash Other Combustible matter Water Soluble matter SO4 -
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The following results were obtained: —
Grade of Milk Total Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Remarks on unsatisfactory results -
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In 1957. 25 samples were submitted tor examination with the following results:—
No. of Samples Ministry of Health Provisional grade. % of Total Unsatisfactory Samples. -
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The following is a statement of the work carried out during 1957:—
Type of Property Total Local Authority Dwelling Houses Agricultural All other (including Business and Industrial) -
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The following diseases are notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health: 1. Under Section 144 and 343, Public Health Act, 1936.
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Page 41
The total numbers of deaths of Ilford residents from the following infectious diseases during 1956 and 1957 were as follows:
1956 1957 -
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TABLE III.- C orrected N otifications of I nfectious D iseases for the Y ear 1957
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE At all Ages Number of Cases Notified At Ages-years Total Cases Notified in each Ward *Total Cases Admitted to Hospital * Total Deaths Under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and upwards Cranbrook Park Loxford Clementswood Mayfield Goodmayes Fairlop Clayhall Barkingside N. Hainault Seven Kings S. Hainault -
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The population of Ilford has not varied greatly during the past five years and the number of cases added to the register has also shown little change as the following figures show :—
Year Population No. of Persons added to list (all forms) Deaths (all forms) No. of Persons on register 31st December -
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Notifications and Deaths from Tuberculosis of Ilford residents during 1957: —
Age Periods New Cases Deaths Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory M F M F M F M F -
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Of the foregoing new cases, the following were notified from Institutions in the district: —
Respiratory Tuberculosis Non-Respiratory Tuberculosis -
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In the remainder one was overlooked and in two the presence of tuberculosis was discovered as a result of post-mortem.
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total -
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The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Regional Hospital Board Tuberculosis Scheme during 1957 was as follows:
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Males Females Males Females -
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The following are the V.D. Treatment Centres situate nearest to Ilford:— Romford. — The Annexe, Oldchurch Hospital, Waterloo Road, Romford: —
Males Females -
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West Ham. — Queen Mary's Hospital, West Ham Lane. Stratford, London. E.15: —
Males Females -
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Examination of Officers and Servants. The following medical examinations were carried out during 1957: —
Officers Servants -
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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND OTHER PREMISES. Including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors.
Premises (1) Number of Inspections (2) Written Notices (3) Occupiers prosecuted (4) -
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2— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.
Particulars Number of Defects No. of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector -
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Stillbirths, 1957.
Cause of Stillbirth Delivery in Nursing Home Delivery by County Council Midwife at Home Delivery in Hospital Total -
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Infant Deaths—1957
Cause of 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 -
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The comparative figures for the past 10 years are as follows: —
Year No. of Deaths under 1 year Rate per 1,000 Registered Live Births -
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The following table shows the comparison for Ilford, England and Wales and London for the past 10 years:—
Year Ilford England and Wales London -
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The figures for the past 10 years are as follows: —
Year Number Rate -
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The following table shows the birth and death rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants for the past ten years:—
Year Live Births Percentage of Registered Births Deaths Rate per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births Live Births [ Percentage of Registered Births Deaths Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births -
Page 52
The following is a summary of the home visits made by the Health Visitors and Clinic Nurses during 1957 as far as Part III Services are concerned:—
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(d) The following is a table showing the attendances, etc., at the Day Nurseries during 1957:—
Situation Date of Opening Accommodation (Children) Average Daily Attendance during 1957 No. of Days in Quarantine Reasons for Quarantine with Number of Cases No. on Waiting List at 31st Dec. Chicken Pox Mumps Measles German Measles -
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the following shows the position regarding registrations under the Act::-
(a) (b) Premises Child-minders -
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The following is a comparison of the attendances at the Infant Welfare Centres for the past five years:—
Total No. of attendances of Infants First attendances Total No. of children on roll on 31st December -
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The following are the figures for each Centre:—
Sessions Average Attendance -
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The following table summarises the attendances of children under 5 years: —
Clinic Sessions New Cases Old Cases Attendances -
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The 212 children were found by the Orthopaedic Surgeon to have the following defects:—
Diagnosis New Cases Old Cases A B C A B C -
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19 sessions were held and 112 new cases were examined, having been referred from the Infant Welfare Centres, Schools and Maternity Hospital for the reasons set out in the following table; a total of 209 attendances were made.
Diagnosis Discharged Improved Discharged with Advice or for Other Reasons Discharged no Treatment Discharged Cured Referred to Hospital, Dr. or Clinic Still attending Total -
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O phthalmic C linics.—Attendances of children under school age for treatment by the Ophthalmologists during 1957 were as follows:—
'Valentines Mansion Mayesbrook Clinic Manford Way Clinic Total -
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A rtificial S unlight C linic.—The following table summarises the attendances of children under 5 years:—
Clinic Sessions New Cases Old Cases Attendances Discharged Cured Much Improved Left District etc. -
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The conditions treated were as follows: —
Conditions Cases A B -
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The following table shows the figures over the past five years.
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W hooping C ough I mmunisation—The following are the details of the number of children immunised against whooping cough at the three Ilford clinics held for this purpose, together with records of such courses completed by general practitioners.
Valentines Clinic Mayesbrook Clinic Manford Way Clinic *General Practitioners Inoculations (full course) Reinoculations (one only) Attendances Inoculations (full course) Reinoculations (one only) Attendances Inoculations (full course) Reinoculations (one only) Attendances Inoculations (full course) Reinoculations (one only) -
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To ensure that the programme could proceed with all possible speed when supplies of vaccine were received, to obviate so far as possible long journeys for the children and their parents and to economise on medical staff, many of the sessions at the Mayesbrook and Newbury Hall Clinics were combined with school clinics and at the Manford Way Clinic with infant welfare centres.
Clinic Sessions First injections given Second injections given -
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The following table shows the figures over the past five years:—
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 -
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The following is a summary of the attendances at these Clinics during the year: —
Valentines Clinic Mayesbrook Clinic Manford Way Clinic -
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Ante-Natal Clinics .—The following is a summary of the attendances at the Ante-natal Clinics during 1957 for patients booked for confinement in hospital: —
Maternity Hospital Doctors Midwives Mayesbrook Clinic Manford Way Clinic -
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During 1957 clinics were held at the Maternity Hospital weekly, at Mayesbrook Clinic fortnightly, and at Manford Way Clinic monthly. The following attendances were recorded:—
Maternity Hospital Mayesbrook Clinic Manford Way Clinic -
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(a) Under Section 22 of the National Health Service Act, i.e., nursing mothers and young children.
Name of Home No. of Cases No. of weeks' stay Remarks -
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(b) Under Section 28 of the Act, i.e., other persons requiring a change of air and surroundings to aid recovery and rehabilitation.
Name of Home No. of weeks' stay Total Cases 1 2 3 4 -
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L oan of S ick R oom E quipment.-The considerable demand for equipment continues and the following table shows the issues from the Public Health Offices during 1957 :-
Articles Loaned Number of Articles Articles in store at 31.12.57 on loan at 31.12 56 loaned or reloaned in 1957 on loan at 81.12.57 -
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The following shows the assistance given by the Association during the year:—
No. of persons Assisted Total No. of Grants made -
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The number of cases treated at the Clinic during 1957 was as follows:
Examined Needing Treatment Treated Made Dentally Fit -
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The forms of dental treatment provided were :—
Extractions Anaesthetics Fillings Scaling or Scaling and Gum treatment Silver Nitrate treatment Dressings Radiographs Dentures Provided, repaired and remade Local General Complete Partial -
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The following shows the present distribution centres in Ilford, with the days and times they are open :—
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Medical Treatment. (a) Minor Ailments Clinics. —The attendances during 1957 were as follows: —
Newbury Hall Mayesbrook -
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The following table shows the conditions dealt with at both the Clinici during the year:—
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The following table summarises the attendances of school children: —
Clinic Sessions New Cases Old Cases Attendances -
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The following table summarises the attendances of school children:—
Clinic Sessio New ns Cases Old Cases Attendances -
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9 Children of school age were admitted to East Ham Memorial Hospital. Particulars as follows:—
No. of Cases Operation -
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New Old
Clinic Sessions Cases Cases Attendances -
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These are held at Newbury hall on Tuesday afternoon and at Mayes- brook clinic on Thrusday afternoon. Details of attendances:-
Clinic Sessions New Cases Old Cases Attendances Dischargec Cured Much Improv'd Left District etc. -
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The lamp used at each clinic is a centrosol unit.The conditions treated were as following:-
Defects Treated. Cases. A B -
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The 22 children on roll fall roughly within the following degrees of severity, and show improvement on 1956:—
Corresponding figures for 1956 -
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Return of Handicapped Pupils in the Area on 31 st December , 1957. (Aged 2-16 Years)
handicapped pupils. Blind, Partially Sighted Deaf Partially Deaf. Delicate. Physically Handicapped. Educationally Subnormal. Maladjusted. Epileptic. Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -
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Medical Examination of Teachers. Officers and Servants .—The following examinations were carried out during 1956:—
Officers Servants Teachers Intending Teachers Total -
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During the twelve months ended December 31st 1957 there have been 79 new cases, made up as follows:—
Recommended by Under 5 years Over 5 years Boys Girls Boys Girls -
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Further Analysis of Cases Cured.
1957 1956 No. % No. % -
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TABLE I. Medical Inspection of pupils attending maintained Primary and Secondary Schools including (Special Schools).
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(No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this Table, and therefore the total on column (4) will not necessarily be the same as the sums of columns (2) and (3).)
Group For defective vision (excluding squint) For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA Total individual pupils (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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Note.—All defects noted at medical inspection as requiring treatment are included in this return, whether or not this treatment was begun before the date of the inspection.
Defect Code No. Defect or Disease Number of Defects Requiring Treatment Number of Defects Requiring Observation but not Treatment Periodic Inspection Special Inspection Periodic Inspection Special Inspection (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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B.—Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected During the Year in the Age Groups (See Note (ii) on Table 1).
Age Group Number of Pupils Inspected Satisfactory Unsatisfactory No. 0/ /o of No. 0/ /o of Col. 2 Col. 2 -
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This return relates to individual pupils and not to instances of infestation.
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Group 1.—Diseases of the Skin (Excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table III).
Number of New Cases Treated during the year By the Authority Otherwise -
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Group 2.— Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint.
Number of cases dealt with By the Authority Otherwise -
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Group 3.—Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat.
Number of cases treated By the Authority Otherwise -
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Group 4.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
By the Authority Otherwise -
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G roup 5.—C hild G uidance T reatment.
Number of cases treated In the Authority's Child Guidance Clinics Elsewhere -
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G roup 6.— S peech T herapy.
By the Authority Otherwise -
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G roup 7. —O ther T reatment G iven.
New cases treated By the Authority Otherwise -
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TABLE V.
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1.—Staff of the School Health Service.
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III.—Type of Examination and/or Treatment provided at the School Clinics returned in Section 11. either directly by the Authority or under arrangements made with the Regional Hospital Board for examination and/or treatment to be carried out at the Clinic.
Examination and/or Treatment Number of School Clinics (i.e. premises) where such treatment is provided Directly by the Authority Under arrangements made withR.H.B.&c. (1) (2) (3) -
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IV.—Child Guidance Centres. (i) Number of Child Guidance Centres provided by the Authority=1
Staff Number Aggregate in terms of the equivalent number of whole-time officers -
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Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of Ilford Boys and Girls Examined.
Age Groups Age Groups 5—6 Years 6—7 Years 7—8 Years 8—9 Years 9—10 Years 10—11 Years 11—12 Years 12—13 Years 13—14 Years 14—15 Years 15—16 Years 16—17 Years 17—18 Years Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children , Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) 1 Number of Children Examined Averag Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined j Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes)