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Chelsea 1933

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1933

Published
1934
Author
McCarthy, W. H. Leslie.
Pages
96
Tables
60

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60 tables in this report

  • Page 11
    TABLE No. 1.
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    POPULATION IN WARDS. (Census 1931.)
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 2.
    TotalM.F.
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    Continued from previous page...
    TotalM.F.
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    TABLE No. 3. Registered Births.
    Legitimate.Illegitimate.Total.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    TABLE No. 4. Births, Birth-Rates, Births in Wards and Inward Transfer Births.
    Year.Births.Birth-Rate Per 1,000 of Population.Births in Wards.Inward Transfer Births.
    Leg.Illeg.Total.Hans Town.Royal Hospital.ChurchCheyne.Stanley.Hospitals.Nursing Homes.Private Addresses.Total.
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    TABLE No. 5. Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
    Chelsea Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Within the Borough.Chelsea Births in Hospitals and Nursing Homes Outside the Borough.
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    TABLE No. 6.
    Notification received fromChelsea Residents.Non-Residents.
    Live Births.Still Births.Total.Live Births.Still Births.Total.
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Year.Number of illegitimate births.Percentage of total births.
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    TABLE No. 8. Registered Deaths.
    Total.
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    TABLE No. 9. Deaths, Death Rates, Deaths in Wards and Seasonal Mortality.
    Year.Deaths.Death-Rate per 1,000 of Population.Deaths in Wards.Seasonal Mortality Rate.
    Hans Town.Royal Hospital.Church.Cheyne.Stanley.First Quarter.Second Quarter.Third Quarter.Fourth Quarter.
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    TABLE No. 10.
    Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Institutions within the Borough.Chelsea Deaths in Hospitals and Elsewhere Outside the Borough.
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    TABLE No. 11. Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1933. (Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the towns to civilians only.)
    -Rate per 1,000 Total Popula-tion.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Live Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    Live Births.Stillbirths.All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whoop-ing Cough.Diph-theria.In-fluenza.Vio-lence.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under Two years).Total Deaths under One yearCertified by Registered Medical Practi-tioners.Inquest Cases.Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Un-certified Causes of Death.
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    TABLE No. 12. Deaths of Chelsea Residents Registered during the Year 1933, Classified by Age and Cause. (In accordance with Registrar-General's Return.)
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths, whether occurring within or without the borough.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.1 65 and under 75 years.75 years and upwards.
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    TABLE No. 13.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory Diseases.Total.Death-rate.No. of deaths under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
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    TABLE No. 14. Child Mortality (1-5 Years).
    Period or Year.Infectious Fevers.Tuber-culosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 15.
    Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE No. 16.
    1932.1933.
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    TABLE No. 18.
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    TABLE No. 19.
    Year. Visits.Cases.
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    TABLE No. 21.
    Year.(1) No. of applications for services of(2) Total number provided with aAmount of Assessment on cases attended.Nett Cost to Council.
    Mater-nity Nurse.Mid-wife.Mater-nity Nurse.Mid-wife.Mater-nity Nurse.Midwife.Mater-nity Nurse.Midwife.
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    TABLE No. 22.
    Year.No. of applications for services of Home Help, including extension over the usual period of 2 weeks.Total number of cases attended by the Home Helps.Amount of Assessment on cases attended.Nett Cost to Council.
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    TABLE No. 23.
    Name.Situation.Nature of Cases Treated.Available Beds.If used by persons resident outside the Borough.Management.
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    TABLE No. 24.
    Total number of cases notified.Treatment in Hospital.District Nurses in attendanceCouncil's Obstetrician called in.Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 25.
    Year.Total death-rate per 1,000. (Live and Still Births).Total Death-rate.
    Puerperal Fever.Other complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth.
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    TABLE No. 26. Summary of Reports of Health Visitors.
    1932.1933.
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    Summary of Reports of Health Visitors—continued.
    (2) Infant Welfare Centres. , Total number of attendances :—1932.1933.
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    TABLE No. 27.
    Year.Milk Orders issued and taken up.Approx. Cost.
    March quarter.June quarter.Sept. quarter.Dec. quarter.*Total.
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    TABLE No. 28.
    1932.1933.
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    TABLE No. 29. The Mothercraft Training Home, 1933. Admissions.
    Obs. Malnutrition.For Breast- Feeding.Resident B.F. BabiesTotal Mothers.Total Babies.
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    Average Stay.
    Artificially-fed BabiesBreast-fed Babies.Normal B.F. Babies.
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    Breast Feeding Analysis.
    Established.Ke-established.Supply increased.Supply regulated.No change.
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    Attendances for Test Feeds. Number of Mothers attending :
    1 Visit2 Visits3 Visits"4 Visits5 Visits6 Visits7 Visits8 Visits
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    Students.
    Started one yearCompleted one yearCompleted 4 monthsCompleted 3 months
  • Page 42
    TABLE No. 30.
    Year.No. of Applications.Nursing Mothers and Infants sent away under Council Scheme.Contributions by Mothers.Nett Cost to Borough.
  • Page 43
    TABLE No. 31. lpfant Lije Protection Return. (Is/ April to 31s/ December, 1933).
    Foster Mothers.Foster Children.
  • Page 48
    TABLE No. 32. Magisterial Proceedings during the Year. Public Health (London) Act, 1891.
    Situation of premises.Nature of Nuisance or Complaint.Petty Sessions.Date of Hearing.Result.
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    TABLE No. 33.
    Number of Premises.Number of inspections during 1933.Number of notices served during 1933.Number of prosecutions during 1933.
    On register at end of 1932.Added in 1933.Removed in 1933.On register at end of 1933.
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    TABLE No. 34. Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. I.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers prosecuted.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    3.—Home Work,
    Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.Outwork in Infected Premises, Sees. 109, 110
    Lists received from Employers.Number of Addresses of outworkers received from other Councils.Number of Addresses of outworkers forwarded to other Councils.Prosecutions.No. of Inspections of Outworkers Premises.
    Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.Instances.Orders made (Sec. 109).Prosecutions. (Sec. 109, 110).
    Lists.Chelsea Outworkers.
  • Page 56
    TABLE No. 36.—Pre.War Housing. Properties Owned and Managed by the Chelsea Borough Council.
    Property.No. of FlatsPopulation (approx.)Rents.
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    TABLE No. 37. Properties erected by Private Enterprise, Benevolent Agencies, Trusts, etc.
    Property.No. of Flats.Population (approx.)Rents.
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    TABLE No. 38. Post-War Housing.
    Name of Undertaking.Area of Site.Total Cost.Date of Completion.Number of Flats.Population.Rents.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 39. Licences Granted under Milk (Special Designations) Order.
    Licences granted under Milk (Special Designations) Order.1932.1933.
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    TABLE No. 40. Magisterial Proceedings under Milk & Dairies Amendment Act, 1922.
    Street where purchased.Ofience.Petty Sessions.Date of Hearing.Result.
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    TABLE No. 41 Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year.
    Cases notified in Chelsea.Removed to various Hospitals.
    At all Ages.Under 1 Year.1.5 Years.5.15 Years.15.25 Years.25.45 Years.45.65 Years.65 and upwards.
  • Page 68
    Return Cases.—No "return" case of the disease occurred during the year. TABLE No. 42.
    YearCases Noti— fied.Per— cent— age of Re— mov— als.DeathsCase Mo— tality Rate.Per— cent— age of cases of School age (3.13 years)Month of great— est preva— lence.Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute.
    No. of Speci— mens sub— mittedPosi— tive.Per— cent— age Posi— tive.Nega— tive.Per— cent— age Nega— tive.
  • Page 68
    Deaths.—There was no death from Scarlet Fever during the year. Table 43 shows the incidence of the disease during the past two years TABLE No. 43.
    Year.Cases Notified.Percentage of Removals.Deaths.Case Mortality Rate.Percentage of cases of School.age 3.13 years.Month of greatest pre— valence.
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    TABLE No. 44. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    Cases.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    No. Notified.Treated.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 45. Vaccinations.
    NumberPercentage of births registered.
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    The following Table No. 46 shows the number of attendances in each quarter :— TABLE No. 46.
    Quarter.No. of days on which the Station was opened.Attendances.
    Verminous.Impetigo.
  • Page 74
    TABLE No. 47. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during 1933.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non. pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non. pulmonary.
    m.f.m.f.m.f.m.f.
  • Page 75
    TABLE No. 48.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 49.
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.Grand Total.
    Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 78
    TABLE No. 50. Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates.Previous to 1926.1926.1927.1928.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.
    Class T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class t.b. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class t.b. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus.Class T.B. plusClass T.B. minus. 1Class T.B. plus.
    Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1-Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus). 1Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus) 1Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus)Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).Group 1.Group 2.Group 3.Total (Class T.B. plus).
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    TABLE No. 50 (continued). Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    Condition at the time of the last record made during tbe year to which the return relates.Previous to 1926.1926.1927.192S.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.
    Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.(>ther Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands-Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands'Total.Bones and Joints.Abdominal.Other Organs.Peripheral Glands.Total
  • Page 80
    TABLE No. 51. Work done at the Dispensary.
    Year.Newcases examined during the year.Definite Tuberculosis.Total attendances at Dispensary.
  • Page 86
    TABLE I.
    Name of Sample.Genuine Composition or Not Adulterated.Adulterated.Inferior.Totals.
    "Formal.""Informal.""Formal.""Informal.""Formal.""Informal."
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    TABLE I—continued.
    Name of Sample.Genuine Composition or Not AdulteratedAdulteratedInferior.Total.
    "Formal.""Informal.""Formal.""Informal.""Formal.""Informal."