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Beddington and Wallington 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beddington and Wallington]

Published
1945
Pages
56
Tables
35

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35 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    Death Rates per 1,000 Births.
    (a) Infants.(b) Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years of age).
    1944.10-year Average.1944.10-year Average.
  • Page 10
    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
  • Page 11
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS.
    Total.M.F.Birth Hate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population
  • Page 12
    Comparative crude birth rates, civilian death rates, analysis of mortality, maternal mortality and case rates for certain infectious diseases in the year 1944:—
    England and Wales.126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London.148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 to 1931 Census).London Administrative County.Borough of Beddington and Wallington.
  • Page 13
    REGISTERED CAUSES OF DEATH. The following table, supplied by the Registrar General, gives the causes of death of residents in the Borough during 1944: —
    Causes of Death.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 14
    The following table shows the principal causes of death with the rate per cent. of total deaths:—
    Cause of Death.Number of Deaths.Rate per cent. of Total Deaths.
  • Page 14
    Details of all deaths under this heading are as follows:—
    Cause of Death.Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 15
    LABORATORY FACILITIES. There have been no changes in the arrangements for the examination of swabs, sputa and other pathological material:—
    Specimens examined.Totals.Positive.Negative.
  • Page 16
    Continued from previous page...
    Specimens.Number Examined.
  • Page 16
    Detailed figures of the work of the Civil Ambulance Service are as follows:—
  • Page 17
    TREATMENT CENTRES AND CLINICS.
    1. Child Welfare Centres.When held.
  • Page 18
    The following table gives the number of children who were treated during the year and, after necessary corrections, the estimated percentage of; children immunised in both age groups:—
    0-5 years5-15 yearsTotal 0-15 years
  • Page 21
    Pediculosis, which, as the following table indicates, was confined mainly to children, was successfully treated with Lethane Oil or "Ascabiol": —
    ConditionNew Cases0-5 years.School children 5-15 yearsAdultsTotal
    Attendances for Treatment.
    1st.Re.1st.Re.1st.Re.1st.Re.
  • Page 23
    Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Attendances, 1944.
    Council Cases.Nursing Association Cases.Total— 1944Total— 1943
  • Page 23
    The attendances were as follows:—
    Referred by:— Medical Officer, Ante-natal Clinic.Private Practitioners.Totals.
    1944.1943.
    C.N.A.
  • Page 24
    The following tables show the attendances for 1944 at the seven centres maintained by the Council. It is interesting to note the heavy fall in attendances in the latter part of the year owing to evacuation when the figures are set out on a monthly basis and compared with the corresponding figures for 1943.
    Ban- don Hill.High-view.Elm Grove.Hack-bridge.Beddington.Wallington.Toddlers' Clinic.Totals, 1944Totals, 1943
  • Page 25
    Monthly Analysis of Attendances.
    Month.1944.1943.Month.1944.1943.
  • Page 26
    During 1944 Home Helps attended the following cases: —
    Maternity.Non-infectious Sickness.
  • Page 27
    Dental. During 1944 15 cases were referred for treatment under the Council's scheme as follows: —
    Expectant mothers.Nursing mothers.Children under 5 years.
  • Page 28
    The table below gives details of the attendances month by month: —
    Month.0-5 years5-15 yearsAdults.
    Expectant MothersNursing MothersPrivate Patients
    Attendances for Treatment.
    1st.Re.1st.Re.1st.Re.1st.Re.1st.Re.
  • Page 32
    Continued from previous page...
    Month.Age.Month.Age.Month.Age.
    0-2.2-5.0-2.2-5.0-2.2-5.
  • Page 32
    Daily average during: —
    Age.1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.
  • Page 34
    Carcases inspected and condemned:—
    Cattle, excluding Cows.Cows.Calves.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.
  • Page 39
    The following attendances were recorded during the season, which lasted 22 weeks: —
  • Page 41
    1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers Prosecuted.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 41
    2 Defects found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were Instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)
    (2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 43
    INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. MILK. During the year the following samples of milk were taken within the district and examined bacteriologically in the laboratory of the Corporation's Public Health Department:—
  • Page 45
    The following table gives details of the samples obtained withir this district during the year.
    Articles.Analysed.Adulterated or Deteriorated.ProsecutionsConvictions.
    Formal.Infor-mal.TotalFormalInfor mal.Tota
  • Page 47
    PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1944, the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths attributed to these diseases, excluding Tuberculosis:
    Disease.Number Notified.Removed to Hospital.Deaths.
  • Page 48
    Cases of Infectious Disease Notified During the Year, 1944. (Excluding Tuberculosis).
    Disease.At all ages.Number of Cases Notified.Total cases notified in each Ward.Cases removed to Hospital.Deaths (Including deaths of residents outside the Borough)
    At Ages-Years.
    Under 1 Year.1 and under 2.2 and under 3.3 and under 4.4 and under 5.5 and under 10.10 and under 15.15 and under 20.20 and under 35.35 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and over.Beddington.Wallington.
    North.Central.South.North.Central.South.
  • Page 49
    The Monthly Incidence of Infectious Disease, 1944, (Excluding Tuberculosis.)
    Disease.Jan.Feb.Mar.April.May.June.July.Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
  • Page 50
    New Cases.
    19401941194219431944
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 50
    The following table gives the number of deaths from this disease during the past five years:— Deaths.
    19401941.194219431944
    M.F.M.FM.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 51
    The following table, cimplled from local records, shows the num- ber of new cases of Tuberculosis notified during the year, together with the deaths at various age periods:-
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths
    Pulmonary.Non-Pul-monary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F
  • Page 51
    The new cases were distributed amongst the Wards as follows:—
    Beddington.Wallington.
    North.Cent.South.North.Cent.South.