Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1955

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF CHELSEA. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1955

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summary of vital statistics 1942 - 1965 ( 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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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1955

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 andupward

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DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1955(Continued)

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

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Consideration of the following table clearly indicates the increase in longevity of sidents during the first half of this century.

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ANALYSIS OF DEATHS The percentages of the total deaths attributable to particular causes during the years 1954 and 1955 are set out below. The figures in parentheses are to be read in association with those appearing in the main table of deaths shewn on the preceding pages.

Coding	Percentage
Coding	1954	1955

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CANCER OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS

Year	Males	Females	Totals

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

Country	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	Average for six years

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A death grant is obtainable under the National Insurance Act, 1946, and the main provisions are -

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WELFARE CENTRES

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HEALTH VISITING

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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES (Continued)

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Foster Mothers:

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Diphtheria Immunisation

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Vaccination:

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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION It is disquieting to note the substantial decline in both the numbers of children presented for primary injections and reinforcing infections as compared with 1954.

Year	Primary Injections.	Reinforcing Injections

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CHILD POPULATION At mid-1955, it was estimated that 8,540 children under the age of fifteen years were residing in the Borough, constituted of the following age groups:-

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METEOROLOGY -1955 The following table gives brief details of temperatures, rainfall and sunshine recorded during the year, and has been compiled from information supplied by the Director of the Meteorological Office, based on data obtained at Kew Observatory.

Quarter	Daily Temperature of the Air			Total Rainfall (inches)	Total Sunshine (hours)
Quarter	Average of Highest	Average of Lowest	Average of Mean	Total Rainfall (inches)	Total Sunshine (hours)

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The highest and lowest temperatures recorded during each month of 1955 were as follows:-

		Highest		Lowest

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Quarterly averages for south-eastern England as compared with normal anticipations.

	Rainfall.	Sunshine.

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(a) Deposit Gauze situated at Chelsea Polytechnic.

Month	Daysexposed	Rainfall (inches)	Total deposits for periodin tons per square mile
Month	Daysexposed	Rainfall (inches)	Soluble	Insoluble	Total

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(b) Estimation, of atmospheric sulphur-chelsea Polytechnic. Estimation of sulphur in milligrams of sulphur trioxide per day.

Month	Days Exposed	Daily Return

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SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1955.

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SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1955.

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WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS

	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 SANITARY INSPECTOR (Continued)

	FACTORIES ACT, 1937		HOUSING ACT, 1936		PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936		FOCD & 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
	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
	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.	N.	V.

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

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1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPIACES.

Premises	Number onRegister	Number of
Premises	Number onRegister	Inspections	WrittenNotices	Occupiersprosecuted

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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 wereInspector
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M.Inspector	By H.MInspector

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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 (Continued) OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

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

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Daring the year, twenty-seven 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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ICE CREAM Eight samples of Ice Cream were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory service for "Mathylene Blue" tests, with the following results:-

Grade	1953		1954		1955
Grade	No. of Sample	Percentage of total	No. of Sample	Percentage of total	No. of Sample	Percentage of total

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

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On the 31st December, 1955, entries in the register were as follows:-

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Details of licences granted were as follows:-

Type of Licence	Tuberculin Tested	Pasteurised	Sterilised	Total

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1. Treatment of Business and Private Premises.

		BusinessPremises		Private Premises

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UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED TO THE COUNCIL'S FOOD INSPECTORS DURING THE 1952-1955 (INCLUSIVE)

Commodity	1952 lbs.	1953lbs.	1954lbs.	1955lbs.

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DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION 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:-

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DISINFECTION OF ROOMS AND CQJTENTS AFTER INFECTIOUS DISEASE

	1953	1954.	1955

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Adverse comments were made against 35 samples. The Incidence of adulteration or incorrect labelling may be classified as follows

	Number of samplesexamined.	Numberincorrect.

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NOTIFICATIONS. The following table shews 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 yra.	65 yrs.and over	TOTALS

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SUMMARY OF NCTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1951 - 1955 (inclusivel)

Diseases	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	Average, for five years

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Notifications of the occurrence of Food Poisoning were received as fallows:-

First Quarter	Second Quarter		Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Total

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VARIATIONS IN REGISTER DURING 1955.

	PULMONARI		NON-PULMONARI		TOTAL CASES
	M.	F.	M.	F.	TOTAL CASES

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(A.) NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS 1955

		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 45 years	45 and under 55 years	55 and under 65 years	65 and under 75 years	75 years and upwards	T0IAL (all ages)

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CHELSEA TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY. BROMPTON HOSPITAL. S.M.3.

	1952	1953	1954	1955

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summary of vital statistics 1942 - 1965 ( inclusive)

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1955

DEATHS OF RESIDENTS DURING 1955(Continued)

Consideration of the following table clearly indicates the increase in longevity of sidents during the first half of this century.

ANALYSIS OF DEATHS The percentages of the total deaths attributable to particular causes during the years 1954 and 1955 are set out below. The figures in parentheses are to be read in association with those appearing in the main table of deaths shewn on the preceding pages.

CANCER OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS

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

A death grant is obtainable under the National Insurance Act, 1946, and the main provisions are -

WELFARE CENTRES

HEALTH VISITING

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES (Continued)

Foster Mothers:

Diphtheria Immunisation

Vaccination:

DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION It is disquieting to note the substantial decline in both the numbers of children presented for primary injections and reinforcing infections as compared with 1954.

CHILD POPULATION At mid-1955, it was estimated that 8,540 children under the age of fifteen years were residing in the Borough, constituted of the following age groups:-

METEOROLOGY -1955 The following table gives brief details of temperatures, rainfall and sunshine recorded during the year, and has been compiled from information supplied by the Director of the Meteorological Office, based on data obtained at Kew Observatory.

The highest and lowest temperatures recorded during each month of 1955 were as follows:-

Quarterly averages for south-eastern England as compared with normal anticipations.

(a) Deposit Gauze situated at Chelsea Polytechnic.

(b) Estimation, of atmospheric sulphur-chelsea Polytechnic. Estimation of sulphur in milligrams of sulphur trioxide per day.

SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1955.

SANITARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOROUGH SUMMARY OF WORK PERFORMED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1955.

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS

WORKS SUPERVISED BY SANITARY INSPECTOR (Continued)

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

WORKS SUPERVISED BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS (Continued)

INSPECTIONS, PROCEEDINGS. ETC.

DETAILS OF NOTICES SERVED DURING THE YEAR UNDER VARIOUS ACTS

HOUSING ACT. 1936 - PART IV - OVERCROWDING

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

1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND WORKPIACES.

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

FACTORIES ACT, 1937 (Continued) OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

Daring the year, twenty-seven examinations were carried out for bacteriological findings, details of which are set out in the following summary:-

ICE CREAM Eight samples of Ice Cream were submitted to the Public Health Laboratory service for "Mathylene Blue" tests, with the following results:-

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

On the 31st December, 1955, entries in the register were as follows:-

Details of licences granted were as follows:-

1. Treatment of Business and Private Premises.

UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED TO THE COUNCIL'S FOOD INSPECTORS DURING THE 1952-1955 (INCLUSIVE)

DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION 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 CQJTENTS AFTER INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Adverse comments were made against 35 samples. The Incidence of adulteration or incorrect labelling may be classified as follows

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

SUMMARY OF NCTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES RECEIVED DURING THE YEARS 1951 - 1955 (inclusivel)

Notifications of the occurrence of Food Poisoning were received as fallows:-

VARIATIONS IN REGISTER DURING 1955.

(A.) NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS 1955

CHELSEA TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY. BROMPTON HOSPITAL. S.M.3.