Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1954

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS 1940-1954. (inclusive)

Year		Registrar-General's Estimate of Population	BIRTHS		DEATHS		DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR		MATERNAL DEATHS
Year		Registrar-General's Estimate of Population	No. +	Rate	No. +	Rate	No. +	Rate	No. +	Rate

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Averages for the seven years 1948-1954:-

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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1954 AGE AT DEATH

Causes of death	At all Ages	Under 1 year	1 and under 5	5 andunder 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 andunder 65	65 and upward

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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1954 (Continued)

AGE OF DEATH
Causes of death	At all Ages	Under 1 year	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and upwards

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The following summary gives an indication of the vast changes which have taken place in respect of deaths occurring in Chelsea (a) under one year of age, and (b) at 65 years and over:-

Year	Number of deaths	Deaths under 1 year of age	Percentage of total deaths	Deaths at 65 years and over	Percentage of total deaths

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So far as cancer of the lung is concerned the number of deaths from this particular cause during the past five years were as follows:-

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The following table shows the particular periods at which death took place:-

	Under 4 weeks	4 weeks to 3 months	3 to 6 months	6 to 12 months	Total under 1 year

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INFANT MORTALITY RATES-ENGLAND AND WALES AND VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES Deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births

Country	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	Average for six years

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SANITARY ADMINSTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY ISPECTIORS DURING THE YEAR 1954.

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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1954.

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WORKS SUPERV ISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.

	FACTORIES ACT 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LCNDON) ACT,1936		FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938		TOTAL
	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.

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WQRKS SUPERISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

	FACTORIES ACT 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LCNDON) ACT, 1936		FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938		TOTAL
?	FACTORIES ACT 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LCNDON) ACT, 1936		FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938		TOTAL
	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	v.

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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

	FACTORIES ACT, 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936		FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938		TOTAL
	FACTORIES ACT, 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936		FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938		TOTAL
	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.

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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTOR (Continued)

	FACTORIES ACT 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936		FOOD & DRUGS ACT, 1938		TOTAL
	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.	TOTAL

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INSPECTION, PROCEEDINGS, etc.

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DETAILS OF NOTICES SERVED DURING THE YEAR UNDER VARIOUS ACTS

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HOUSING ACT. 1936 PART IV - OVERCROWDING.

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The following table shows the total number of unfit houses dealt with under Sections 11 and 12 of the Housing Act, 1936, since 1949:-

Year		Houses	Families Displaced

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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

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1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES. WORKSHOPS. AND WORKPLACES.

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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FACTORIES ACT. 1937 (Continued) 2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

Particulars	Number of cases in which Defects were found				Number of Cases in which prosecutions wereInstituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

Nature of Work	No. of Outworkers in August List required by Section 110 (1)(c)	No. of Cases of default in sending List to the Council	No. of Prosecutions for failure to supply Lists	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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The institution of legal proceedings, under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, was necessary in six instances. Brief details of results of hearings are set out below.

Premises	Offense	Result of Proceedings

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Thus a direct financial burden on the local authority was greatly minimised as will be apparent from the following brief summary:-

Year	Interments arranged by Borough Council

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A grant is obtainable when the deceased person was at the time of death:-

		Grant

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As a result of investigation by the Council's Sanitary Inspectors, the following provisions were made:-

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The following is a summary of the work carried out by the staff of the Council's Disinfecting and Cleansing Station, 9a, Lots Road, Chelsea, during the past three years.

(a) SCABIES		1952	1953	1954

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DISINFECTION OF ROOMS AND CONTENTS AFTER INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

	1952	1953	1954

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Details of work carried out in this connection during the year are as follows

1- Treatment of Bisiness and Private Premises.
		BusinessPresses	Private Premises

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WELFARE CENTRES

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES (Ccntinued)

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It is of great interest to note that the figures for Diphtheria Immunisation are greatly in excess of those for 1953, as can be seen from the following brief tables:-

Year		Primary Injections	Reinforcing Injections

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The following summary gives details of the types of businesses receiving the attention of the Public Health Department:-

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During the year, sixty-six examinations were carried out for bacteriological findings, details of which are set out in the following summary:-

Article	Reported upon as		Total
Article	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Total

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Seventy-two samples of Ice Cream were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service for "Methylene Blue" tests, with the following results:-

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UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED TO THE COUNCIL'S FOOD INSPECTORS DURING THE YEARS 1951-1954 (INCLUSIVE)

Commodity	1951 lbs.	1952 1bs.	1953 lbs.	1954 1bs.

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The number adulterated was 41, or 10.2 per cent. The incidence of adulteration may be classified as follows:-

Number of samples examined.		Number and percentages incorrect. Compositional. Labelling.

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	Taken Formally	Adulrerated	Taken Informelly	Adulterated 1. !¡ lit. " 1 J I	Total samples Analysed			Total Samples Adulterated

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NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shows the total (corrected) number of cases of Infectious Diseases received during the year.

Disease	Under 1 year	1 and under 5 yrs.	5 and under 15 yrs.	15 and under 25 yrs.	25 and under 45 yrs.	45 and under 65 yrs.	65 yrs. and over	TOTALS

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SUMMRY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1950 -1954 (inclusive)

Disease	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	Average for five years

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Poliomyelitis cases notifiedin London

Year	Paralytic	Non-Paralvtic	Total

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With the relaxation of restrictions last year, good progress was made, as will be seen from the following table. The figures in parentheses show the corresponding returns for 1953.

	AGE at date of final injection (as regards A) or of
	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5 to 9	10 to 14	Total

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The consideration of actual figures is preferable to that of rates, and the following summary gives a clear picture of the great advances of preventive medicine in its fight against zymotic diseases.

Year	Number of deaths

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VARIATIONS IN REGISTER DURING 1954.

		PULMONARY		NON-PULMONARY		TOTAL CASES
		M.	F.	M.	F.

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(A) NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS 1954 (B) DEATHS OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES 1954

		Under 1 year	1 and under 2 years	2 and under 5 years	5 and under 10 years	10 and under 15 years	15 and under 20 years	20 and under 25 years	25 and under 35 years	35 and under 4-5 years	45 and under 55 years	55 and under 65 years	65 and under 75 years	75 years and upwards	TOTALS (all ages)

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CHELSEA TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY BROMPTON HOSPITAL, S.W.3.

	1951	1952	1953	1954

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS 1940-1954. (inclusive)

Averages for the seven years 1948-1954:-

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1954 AGE AT DEATH

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1954 (Continued)

The following summary gives an indication of the vast changes which have taken place in respect of deaths occurring in Chelsea (a) under one year of age, and (b) at 65 years and over:-

So far as cancer of the lung is concerned the number of deaths from this particular cause during the past five years were as follows:-

The following table shows the particular periods at which death took place:-

INFANT MORTALITY RATES-ENGLAND AND WALES AND VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES Deaths under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births

SANITARY ADMINSTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY ISPECTIORS DURING THE YEAR 1954.

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1954.

WORKS SUPERV ISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS.

WQRKS SUPERISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTOR (Continued)

INSPECTION, PROCEEDINGS, etc.

DETAILS OF NOTICES SERVED DURING THE YEAR UNDER VARIOUS ACTS

HOUSING ACT. 1936 PART IV - OVERCROWDING.

The following table shows the total number of unfit houses dealt with under Sections 11 and 12 of the Housing Act, 1936, since 1949:-

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES. WORKSHOPS. AND WORKPLACES.

FACTORIES ACT. 1937 (Continued) 2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

The institution of legal proceedings, under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, was necessary in six instances. Brief details of results of hearings are set out below.

Thus a direct financial burden on the local authority was greatly minimised as will be apparent from the following brief summary:-

A grant is obtainable when the deceased person was at the time of death:-

As a result of investigation by the Council's Sanitary Inspectors, the following provisions were made:-

The following is a summary of the work carried out by the staff of the Council's Disinfecting and Cleansing Station, 9a, Lots Road, Chelsea, during the past three years.

DISINFECTION OF ROOMS AND CONTENTS AFTER INFECTIOUS DISEASE.

Details of work carried out in this connection during the year are as follows

WELFARE CENTRES

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES (Ccntinued)

It is of great interest to note that the figures for Diphtheria Immunisation are greatly in excess of those for 1953, as can be seen from the following brief tables:-

The following summary gives details of the types of businesses receiving the attention of the Public Health Department:-

During the year, sixty-six examinations were carried out for bacteriological findings, details of which are set out in the following summary:-

Seventy-two samples of Ice Cream were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service for "Methylene Blue" tests, with the following results:-

UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED TO THE COUNCIL'S FOOD INSPECTORS DURING THE YEARS 1951-1954 (INCLUSIVE)

The number adulterated was 41, or 10.2 per cent. The incidence of adulteration may be classified as follows:-

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NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shows the total (corrected) number of cases of Infectious Diseases received during the year.

SUMMRY OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1950 -1954 (inclusive)

Poliomyelitis cases notifiedin London

With the relaxation of restrictions last year, good progress was made, as will be seen from the following table. The figures in parentheses show the corresponding returns for 1953.

The consideration of actual figures is preferable to that of rates, and the following summary gives a clear picture of the great advances of preventive medicine in its fight against zymotic diseases.

VARIATIONS IN REGISTER DURING 1954.

(A) NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS 1954 (B) DEATHS OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES 1954

CHELSEA TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY BROMPTON HOSPITAL, S.W.3.

No charge is made to the Council for these examinations and during the year 385 were made as follows:- Throat/Nose Swabs