Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]
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Table 4
INFANT MORTALITY—CAUSES
Neo-Natal | 1—12 Months | Total | Rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Respiratory | 3 | 24 | 27 | 4.4 |
Diarrhoea and Enteritis | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1.0 |
Other infections | 1 | — | 1 | .2 |
Congenital malformations | 19 | 10 | 29 | 4.7 |
Prematurity | 36 | 1 | 37 | 6.1 |
Injury at birth | 7 | — | 7 | 1.1 |
Other causes | 9 | 7 | 16 | 2.6 |
All causes | 76 | 47 | 123 | 20.1 |
Table 5
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
1967 (1966 in brackets) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Notified | Confirmed | |||
Diphtheria | 2 | (-) | 2 | (—) |
Dysentery | 130 | (102) | 120 | (83) |
Erysipelas | 6 | (15) | 6 | (15) |
Encephalitis, acute Infective, Post Infective | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) |
Food poisoning | 43 | (38) | 39 | (21) |
Malaria | — | (1) | — | (-) |
Measles | 2,564 | (1,985) | 2,564 | (1,985) |
Meningococcal infection | 5 | (2) | 3 | (2) |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | (3) | 2 | (3) |
Paratyphoid fever | — | (1) | — | (1) |
Pneumonia | 33 | (54) | 33 | (54) |
Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | (1) | (1) | ||
Puerperal pyrexia | 65 | (114) | 65 | (114) |
Scarlet fever | 124 | (136) | 124 | (135) |
Smallpox | — | (-) | — | (-) |
Typhoid fever | 3 | (2) | 3 | (2) |
Whooping cough | 163 | (77) | 163 | (77) |
Table 6
PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE
Expectant and Nursing Mothers | Children under 5 | |
---|---|---|
Number examined | 242 | 1,115 |
Number required treatment | 225 | 614 |
Number of new cases commenced treatment | 204 | 594 |
Dentally fit | 122 | 360 |
Extractions | 122 | 372 |
Fillings | 530 | 1,244 |
Scaling and gum treatment | 98 | 24 |
Silver nitrate dressings | — | 147 |
Dentures | 33 | — |
Number of attendances | 725 | 1,464 |