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Chelsea 1940

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940

Published
1940
Author
McCarthy, W. H. Leslie.
Pages
98
Tables
67

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    PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICERS OF THE AUTHORITY. The names and qualifications of members of the staff of the Public Health Department, at 31st December, 1940, are tabulated below in the form required by the Ministry of Health. (a) Medical.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 1.
    Area(acres) 660
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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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    TotalM.F.
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    TABLE No. 3. Registered Births.
    Legitimate and Illegitimate Births.Total.
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    TABLE No. 4.
    Year.Leg.Births.Total.BirthRate Per 1,000 of Population.Births in Wards.Inward Transfer Births.
    Leg.Hans Town.Royal Hospital.Church.Cheyne.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.
    Male.Female.Total.
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    The following tables are self-explanatory :— TABLE No. 8. Registered Deaths.
    Total.
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    TABLE No. 9.
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    TABLE No. 10.
    Year.Deaths.DeathRate 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. 11.
    England and Wales.126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London.148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census).London Administrative County.
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    TABLE No. 12. D eaths of C helsea R esidents R egistered during the Y ear 1938, C lassified by A ge and C ause. (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 5 years.5and under 15 years.15 and. under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.66 years and upwards.
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    RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory Diseases.Total.Deathrate.No. of deaths under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
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    TABLE No. 14.
    Year.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhoeal 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
    19391940
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    TABLE No. 17. I nfantile M ortality R ates per 1,000 B irths in W ards.
    19391940
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    TABLE No. 18.
    19391940
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    TABLE No. 19.
    Year.Death-rate per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births.
    Puerperal Sepsis.Other complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth.Total Death-rate.
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    TABLE No. 20.
    Year.Visits.Cases.
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    TABLE No. 21. Nursed by District Nurses During 1038.
    Visits.Cases.
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    TABLE No. 23.
    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. 24.
    Name.Situation.Nature of Cases Treated.Available Beds.If used by persons resident outside the BoroughManagement.
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    TABLE No. 26. Summary of Reports of Health Visitors.
    15391940
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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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    The total quantity of milk supplied during the year to expectant and nursing mothers and young children was as follows:-
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    TABLE No.28.
    *1939+1940
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    TABLE No. 29.
    19391940
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    TABLE No. 30.
    Year.No. of Applications.Nursing Mothers and Infants sent away under Council Scheme.Contributions by Mothers.Nett Cost to Borough.
    £sd.£sd.
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    TABLE No.31.
    Child Life Protection Return. (Year 1938).Foster Mothers.Foster Children.
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    Summary of Work carried out by Sanitary Inspectors during the Year.
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    TABLE NO. 32. MAGISTERIAL PROCEEDINGS DURING THE YEAH.
    Situation of Premises.Nature of Nuisance or ComplaintPebby Sessions.Date of Heaving.Result.
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    Situation of Premises.Nature of Nuisance or ComplaintPetty Sessions.Date of Hearing.Result.
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    Situation of PremisesNature of Nuisance or ComplaintPetty Sessions.Date of Hearing.Result.
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    Situation of Premises.Nature of Nuisance or Complaint.pett's SessionsDate of Hearing.Result.
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    TABLE No. 33.
    Number of Premises.Number of inspections during 1940Number of notices served during 1940Number of prosecutions during 1940
    On register at end of 1939Added in 1940Removed in 1940On register at end of 1940
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    TABLE No. 34 Factories, Workshops, Workplaces, and Homeworkers' Premises. I.— Inspection of Factories and Other Premises. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
    Premises (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers prosecuted. (4)
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    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 110.Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section III.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
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    TABLE No. 35. HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
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    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.
    1940
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    Inspection of Meat. Carcases Inspected and Condemned.
    Cattle, excluding Cows.Cows.Calves.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.
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    TABLENo. 40 Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year.
    Cases notified in Chelsea.Cases notified in each Ward.Removed to various Hospitals
    At all Ages.Under 1 Year.1—2 Years.2—3 Years.3-4 Years4—5 Years.5-10 Years.10—15 Years.15—20 Years.20—35 Years.35—45 Years.45—65 Years.65 and Upwards.Stanley.Cheyne.Church.Hans Town.Royal Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 41.
    YearCases (Corrected)Percentage of Removals.DeathsCase Mortality Rate.Percentage of cases of School age (3-13 years)Month of greatest prevalence.Bacterioscopic Diagnosis, Lister Institute.
    No. of Specimens submittedPositive.Percentage Positive.Negative.Percentage Negative.
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    The following table gives details of the work of the clinic during the past two years. TABLE 41A.
    YearNo. of new-cases.Preliminary Schick Tested.Commenced treatment without Schick Test.Naturally ImmuneImmunised.Discontinued treatment and removed from register.No. under treatment at end of year.
    Preschool Age.School Age.Preschool Age.School Age.
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    TABLE No. 42.
    Year.Cases (Corrected).Percentage of Removals.Deaths.Case Mortality Rate.Percentage of cases of School-age 3-13 years.Month of greatest prevalence.
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    TABLE No. 43.
    Year.Number of unndtified cases coming to the knowledge of the P.H. Dept.Cases notifiedTotal cases.Deaths.Number of Visits and Re-Visits by Health Visitors.Number of Visits by District Nurses.
    Under 5 years.Over 5 yearsUnder 5 yearsOver 5 yearsUnder 5 yearsOver S yearsTotalUnder 5 yearsOver 5 yearsTotal
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    TABLE No. 44.
    Year.cases coming to the knowledge of the P.H. Dept.Cases notified •Total cases.Deaths.Number of Visits and Re-Visits by Health Visitors.Number of Visits by District Nurses.
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    TABLE No. 45.
    YearPNEUMONIA.MALARIA.DYSENTERY.
    Total Number of Cases Notified.Treatment in Hospital.Total Number of Cases Notified.Treatment in Hospital.Total Number of Cases Notified.Treatment in Hospital
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    TABLE No. 46.
    Total number of cases notified.Treatment in Hospital.District Nurses in attendanceCouncil's Obstetrician called in.Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 47. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    Cases.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Left District.Deaths.
    No. Notified.Treated.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 48. Vaccinations.
    NumberPercentage of births regisbered
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    The following Table No. 49 shows the number of attendances in each quarter:— TABLE No. 49.
    Quarter.Minor AilmentsAttendances.
    Verminous.Impetigo.
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    TABLE No. 50. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during 1938.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Respiratory.Nonrespiratory.Respiratory.Nonrespiratory.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE No. 51.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 52. Treatment of Tuberculosis, Year
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.Grand Total.
    Adults.Children.Adults.ChildrenAdults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE No. 54. Work done at the Dispensary.
    Year.Newcases examined during the year.Definite Tuberculosis.Total attendances at Dispensary.
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    ArticleTaken FormallyAdulteratedTaken InformallyAdulteratedTotal Samples AnalysedTotal Samples Adulterated
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    ANNUAL (ABRIDGED) REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. for the year 1940.