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Wimbledon 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]
- Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 18
- Tables
- 23
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
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Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1941. (Registrar-General's Figures)
Infantile Mortality Birth Rate Total F. M. Total M. F. -
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Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List)
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live & still) births -
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Death Rate of Infants under one year of age:-
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Birth Rates, Civilian Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death Rates, and Cose Ratos For certaia Infectious Diseases in the Year, 1941. (Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns)
Wimbledon. England & Wales 126 C.B'S & Great i Towns including London 148 Smaller towns (Resident pop. 25,000 50,000 at 1931 Census) London Administrative County -
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During the year four hundred and thirty-eight births were notified by the following persons
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CAUSES OF DEATH.
Males Females Total -
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Details of the home visits Carried. out are given below:-
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The following figures relate to the administration of the above Acts in Wimbledon during 194-1.
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In no case did any impairment of vision occur.
CASES Vision Unimpaired. Vision Impaired To tal Blindness Deaths Notified Treated At Home Hospital -
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The following table gives the maternal mortality rates for V/imbledon and also for England and Wales:-
1941 Puerperal Infection Others Total -
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Sanitary Inspection of District.- The following is a statement showing tho number ahd ; nature of inspections made for tho year 1941.
Reason of Visit No. -
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House Inspection.- The following table gives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitary improvements carried out, together with the defects remedied, as a result of house to house inspection under the supervision of tho Sanitary Inspectors:-
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.
Premises. Numbor of Inspections . Written Notices Prosecutions -
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2. Defects found.
Parti cul ars Number of Defects Prosecutions Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector. -
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Outwork in Unwholesome Promises - (Section 108)
Nature of work Instances Notices Served. Prosecutions -
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HOME WORK.
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OTHER MATTERS.
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HOUSING.
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The number of licences granted under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, was as follows:- .
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TABLE A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1941.
DISEASE Number of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups. Total Cases Notified Total Cas- Removed to Hospital Under 1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-35 35-45 45-65 65 & over -
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TUBERCULOSIS - 1941.
AGE GROUPS NEW CASES DEATHS Primary Notifications (Form A) New cases discovered otherwise than by notification i Total New Cases Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonar 5 Non-Pulmona y Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Hilmonary Males Jtemales Moles Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Males Females Ma les Females