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Wanstead and Woodford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]
- Published
- 1939
- Pages
- 32
- Tables
- 15
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1938. Net Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year.
Causes of Death (All Causes, Certified.) Under 1 Week 1 to 2 Weeks 2 to 3 Weeks 3 to 4 Weeks Total under 4 Weeks 4 Weeks and under 3 Months 3 to 6 Months 6 to 9 Months 9 to 12 Months Total Deaths under 1 year -
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The following is the Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes.
CAUSES OF DEATH. M. F. -
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Birth-rates. Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1938. England and Wales, London, 125 Great Towns and 148 8maller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
England and Wales 125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London 148 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census) London Administrative County Borough of WANSTEAD and WOODFORD Births: Rates per 1,000 Population -
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1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises Number of Inspections. Written Notices. Occupiers Prosecuted. -
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2. Defects found.
Particulars. Number of Defects. Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted. Found. Remedied. Referred to H.M. Inspector. -
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"Designated" Milk. —The number of licences granted for the sale of designated milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, and the results of samples taken, are as follows:—
Designation. Licences Supplementary Licences. Samples. Results. Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory. -
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The samples of milk taken for bacteriological examination under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, show the following results:—
No. Designations. Result of Examination. Remarks -
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Examination of Ordinary Milk. —The following table shows the results of twenty samples of ordinary milk subjected to bacteriological examination and animal inoculation test for tubercle bacilli:—
No. No. of Bacteria per 1 ml. Presence of Bacillus Coliform in 0.01 ml. Presence of Tubercle Bacilli. Remarks. -
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Carcases Inspected and Condemned.—
Cattle excluding Cows. Cows. Calves. Sheep and Lambs. Pigs. -
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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS FROM CANCER.
Site. Male. Female. Total 15—35 35—45 45—55 55—65 Over 65 15—35 35-45 45-55 55—65 Over 65 -
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3. Tuberculosis. —Particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and mortality from the disease during 1938: —
Age Periods. NEW CASES. DEATHS. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary M F M F M F M F -
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County Tuberculosis Scheme. —Dr. W. A. Bullough, Chief Tuberculosis Officer of the Essex County Council, has kindly furnished me with the following particulars of Wanstead and Woodford patients sent to institutions for treatment during 1938:—
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Total. M. F. M. F. -
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Small Pox Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Typhoid including Paratyphoid Erysipelas Tuberculosis Puerperal Fever Puerperal Pyrexia Ophthalmia Neonatorum Pneumonia Cerebro-splnal Fever Acute Poliomyelitis Other diseases Pulmonary Other Forms -
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES notified during the year 1938.
Notifiable Diseases. Cases Notified in Whole District. Total Cases Notified in Institutions in the District. Total Cases Removed to Hospitals. Total Deaths. At Ages—Years. At all Ages. Under 1 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 65 65 and upwds -
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VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING PREVIOUS YEARS.
Year. Population. Births. Deaths. Infantile Mortality. Number. Rate. Number. Rate. Number. Rate per 1000 Births.