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Fulham 1952

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

Published
1953
Pages
76
Tables
34

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34 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1952.
  • Page 7
    LIVE BIRTHS: Rate ner 1,000 Population.
  • Page 8
    CLASSIFICATION OF CAUSES OF DEATH 1461 Deaths as follows:-
    Under 1Age GroupsOver 45Total
    1 - 55 -45
  • Page 9
    INFANT DEATHS: There were 44 deaths of infants under the age of one year. A large number of deaths in the first month being, as is usual, due to prematurity, immaturity and congenital malformation.
    Cause of Death.19511952.
  • Page 10
    TABLE OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.
    Disease.Authority for Notification.
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    DiseaseAuthority for Notification.
  • Page 12
    NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified Huring 1952 (corrected figures) with the comparative figures for the last five years.
    Infectious Disease19481949195019511952
  • Page 13
    The following are some of the infectious disease rates for Fulham as compared with London and England & Wales:
    NotificationsRates per 1,000 population
    FulhamLondonEngland Sc. Wales
  • Page 17
    INCIDENCE AND DEATH RATES FOR SEPARATE WARDS. (Figures in brackets for 1950). (Figures underlined indicate an increase)
    WARDPopulation (Census 1931).Population (Est. 1952)New CasesIncidence (per 100,000)DeathsDeath Rate (per 100,000)
  • Page 18
    SUMMARY OF CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1952.
  • Page 23
    Age Groups
  • Page 28
    From March to the end of the year the following articles were cleansed
  • Page 33
    LEGISLATION The following Acts, Orders and Regulations affecting the Department were made during the years-
    Act, Order or Regulation.Date Operative From.
  • Page 33
    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
  • Page 35
    THE HOUSING ACT. 1936.
  • Page 36
    List of verminous and stained articles destroyed during 1952:-
  • Page 37
    DWELLINGS COMPLETED BY COUNCIL BETWEEN 1st JANUARY and 31st DECEMBER, 1952. Information supplied by the Director of Housing and Public Buildings.
    EstatesNo: of FlatsNumber of Rooms per FlatTotal Rooms
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 39
    Owners and managements have co-operated, often at great expense, to find suitable and adequate methods of reducing noise and vibration from machines.
    PremisesInspectionsNo. of written notices.
  • Page 40
    No: of cases in which defects were found:-
    ParticularsFoundRemedied
  • Page 41
    PART VIII. of the FACTORIES ACT. OUTWORK
    Nature of WorkNo, of Outworkers on list
  • Page 43
    SHIMMING BATH WATER SAMPLES 1952 Samples of swimming bath water, details of the analyses of which follow, were uniformly goods:-
    DateBathTimeBacteria per c.c.B. ColiFree Chlor -ine parts per million
  • Page 47
    INSPECTIONS OF FOOD PRIMISES
    Type of BusinessNo. on RegisterNo. of InspectionsContraventions foundPremises made fit
  • Page 49
    COMPLAINTS During 1952, 14 complaints (22 in 1951) were received from members of the public regarding foreign matter etc. in food, each of which was fully investigated and reported to the Public Health Committee. The following are details
    No:Nature of ComplaintAction taken on recommendation of Public Health Committee
  • Page 50
    The following table gives the monthly average composition of all samples of milk and it will be seen that the quality of the milk retailed in Fulham is well maintained and compares very favourably with the legal standards laid down in the Sale of Milk Regulations, 1939:-
    MonthNo. of SamplesFat %Solids-not-fat %
  • Page 51
    The arrangement whereby samples of milk are taken either at, or in course of delivery to, the hospitals, institutions, schools, etc., in the Borough was continued during 1952, and the following were taken for chemical analysis:-
    InstitutionNo. of samples
  • Page 52
    The following table gives details of these samples:-
    Grade of MilkNo. of Samples testedPhosphatase TestMethylene TestTurbidity Test
    PassedFailedPassedFailedPassed
  • Page 54
    During 1952,83 samples of ice cream were examined and graded as follows:-
    GradeWrappedTaken from BulkTotal
  • Page 55
    During the year under review 35 samples or ice cream were purchased for chemical analysis by the Public Analyst and a summary of results is given below:-
    Percentage of FatNo. of Samples
  • Page 56
    The following are details of the 44 articles which were reported to be not in accordance with accepted standards and the action taken:-
    Sample No:ArticleResult of AnalysisAction taken
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    Sample No:ArticleResult of AnalysisAction taken
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    Sample No:ArticleResult of AnalysisAction taken
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    Sample No:ArticleResult of AnalysisAction taken
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    Sample No:ArticleResult of AnalysisAction taken
  • Page 61
    The number adulterated or incorrectly labelled was 44, or 5.5%. The incidence of adulteration may be classified as follows:-
    ArticleNo. of Samples examinedNo. of Samples adulterated.