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

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Principal Figures for 1948.

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The number of Battersea still-births registered, and the still-birth rates from 1939 to 1948 were as under : —

	No.	Rate		No.	Rate

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MARRIAGES. The marriages registered in Battersea during 1948 numbered 988. The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 17.0.

Year.	Marriages.	Marriage-Rate.

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The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1948 : —

	Under 1 year	1—	5—	15—	45—	65 +	Total.

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The following table is supplied by the Registrar-General :—

Causes of Death.	Sex.	All Ages.	0—	1—	5—	15—	45—	65—

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Causes of Death, 1948—(contd.).

Causes of Death.	Sex	All Ages.	0—	1—	5-	15—	45—	65—

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Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	AGE PERIODS.
	Under 24 hours.		1-7 days.		Weeks.						Total under 4 weeks.		Months.								Total deaths under 1 year.		Percent tage of Total
	Under 24 hours.		1-7 days.		1-2		2-3		3-4		Total under 4 weeks.		1-3		3-6		6-9		9-12		Total deaths under 1 year.		Percent tage of Total

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Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week aNP under 4 weeks from 1943 to 1948.

Year	Under 24 hours	1 to 7 days	1 to 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	Percentage deaths under 4 weeks of total infant deaths

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The number of deaths and infant deaths registered in each quartet of the year is set out in the following table, in which, for convenience the corresponding figures for births have also been inserted.

Quarter.	Births (live).		Infant Deaths (under 1 year).		All Deaths.
Quarter.	No.	Percent. of Total.	No.	Per cent. of Total.	No.	Per cent of Total.

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Camparative Statistics of Births, Motality, etc. (Compiled from Registrar-General's Returns.)

Year	Population	Live Birth Rate	Death Rate	Maternal Death Rate	Infant Mortality Rate

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Maternity and Child Welfare Centres (at 4th July, 1948).

Name and situation of Centre (Italics indicate voluntary centre)	Type of Clinic, etc.
	Ante-Natal	Post-Natal	Infant Welfare.	Toddlers	Whooping Cough and Diphtheria Immunisation	Mothercraft

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Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, January 1st to July 4th, 1948.

	Municipal							Voluntary	Grand Total
	All Saints'	Chatham Hall	Gideon Road	Nine Elms	Plough Road	Southlands	Total	Women's League of Service	Municipal and Voluntary

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The home, visiting carried out by the Council's Health Visitors and those of the voluntary organisation included in the Borough Maternity and Child Welfare scheme is summarised in the following table:-

Visits	Council.	Vol.	Total.

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Ante-Natal Clinics. The subjoined table shows in summary the number of attendances, etc., at the municipal ante-natal clinics.

	Clinics held at
	All Saints'	Chatham Hall	Gideon Road	Plough Road	Southlands	Total

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The following table sets out a record of the number of premature infants who were notified during the period under review :—

No. of permature babies	Born
No. of permature babies	At Home	In Hospital	Total

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The following table shows the attendances at the Nurseries.

Nursery	Places	Total Attendances
Nursery	Places	0—2	2—5	Total

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Toddlers' Clinics were held fortnightly at five of the Infant Welfare Centres.

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Nursing Service.

Name of Disease	Age.				Total
	Under 5 years		Over 5 years		Total
	Cases	Visits	Cases	Visits	Cases	Visits

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Infectious Diseases. The following table shows the number of cases notified during 1948 and, for the purposes of comparison, the average number of cases notified annually in the five years, 1943-47 :—

	Notified 1948	Average 1943/7

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Analysis of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1948, and Deaths from such Diseases

Notifiable Disease.	Cases Notified in Battersea, at Ages (Yeaus).												Deaths
Notifiable Disease.	0—	1—	2—	3—	4—	5—	10—	15—	25—	45—	65 & over	Total	Deaths

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In the following table the work of the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic is set out in summarised form :—

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Age Periods	Formal Notifications
	Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis
	0—	1—	2—	5—	10—	15—	20—	25—	35—	45-	55—	65—	75—	Total (all ages)

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New cases Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification.

Source of Information			Number of cases in age Groups
Source of Information			0-	1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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Tuberculosis, 1948. Cases added to and removed from Notification Register.

	PULMONARY			NON-PULMONARY			GRAND TOTAL
	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total

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The death rate per 100,000 of the population during the 48 years ended 1948 in quinquennial averages and in 1946, 1947 and 1948 are given in the following table:—

Years	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary	Total

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The following gives the comparative average death rates from Cancer in Battersea for quinquennial periods since 1901:—

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The following table shows the localisation of the disease in the case of the 232 deaths recorded in 1948.

Localisation	No. of Deaths			Percentage of Total
Localisation	Male	Female	Total	Percentage of Total

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The following table gives particulars of the bacteriological examinations carried out during the year:—

Suspected disease	Positive Results	Negative Results	Total

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Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1948. Sanitary Operations.

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Factories, Workshops and Shops.

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Common Lodging Houses. There were at the beginning of the year only two common lodging houses in Battersea, of which particulars are as under:—

Premises		Lodgers authorised	Inspections	Notices		Prosecutions
Premises		Lodgers authorised	Inspections	Served	Complied with	Prosecutions

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(a) Dairies, where loose milk is sold, and both the premises and the occuoier are registered :—

	Retail	Wholesale	Total

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(b) Milkshops, where milk is sold only in sealed containers, and only the occupier is registered:-

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The number of licences issued during 1948 was as follows:-

	Full	Supplementary

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Thepercentage of samples reported by the public Analyst to be adulterated during the quinquennia 1921 to 1945 and yearly from 1946, is given in the following table:-

Year	Formal samples (per cent.)	Informal samples (per cent.)

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TABLE I. Main Statement.

Nature of Sample	Examined			Adulterated
Nature of Sample	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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Drugs.

Nature of Sample	Examined			Adulterated
Nature of Sample	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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In the 5 years 1943-47, and in 1948, the percentage of adulterated (formal) samples of milk was as under:—

Year	Samples taken	Adulterated
Year	Samples taken	No.	Percentage

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The average composition of the 402 samples of milk reported as genuine, proved to be as under: —

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The Analyst reports that the content of milk fat in these 402 samples ranged as follows:—

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Samples of heat treated milk are taken at regular intervals for submission to the Public Analyst for phosphatase and methylene blue tests, and during the year samples as under were taken with the results set out:—

	Phosphatase		Methylene Blue
	Satisfactory	Failed	Satisfactory	Failed

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ance with the technique suggested by the Ministry of Health. The following is a summary of the results

Coliform Test.		Methylene Blue Test.

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During the year 464 cases were so referred, and the following recommendations were made on them:—

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Statistics for the Year ended 31st December, 1948.

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1. inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

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

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2.—Cases in which DEFECTS were found.

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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Factories Classified according to Trades.

Trade	Mechanical Factories				Non-Mechanical Factories
Trade	At 1 Jan.	Added	Closed	At 31 Dec.	At 1 Jan.	Added	Closed	At 31 Dec.

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The following table gives details of the outworkers' premises:—

Trade	Number on Register		Persons employed
Trade	Premises	Workrooms	Persons employed

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Battersea Mortuary, 1948.

Details of Bodies received	Usual place of residence				Total
Details of Bodies received	Batter- sea	Wandsworth	Else-where	Residence unknown	Total

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Number of Baths, &c.

Year	Adults	Children	*Expenditure	*Amount Contributed
	Verminous and Scabies	Verminous and Scabies	£	£

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Principal Figures for 1948.

The number of Battersea still-births registered, and the still-birth rates from 1939 to 1948 were as under : —

MARRIAGES. The marriages registered in Battersea during 1948 numbered 988. The marriage rate (i.e., the number of persons married per 1,000 of the population) was 17.0.

The following table shows the age and sex distribution of the total deaths (corrected) in Battersea during 1948 : —

The following table is supplied by the Registrar-General :—

Causes of Death, 1948—(contd.).

Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year.

Table showing Deaths of Infants under 1 day, under 1 week aNP under 4 weeks from 1943 to 1948.

The number of deaths and infant deaths registered in each quartet of the year is set out in the following table, in which, for convenience the corresponding figures for births have also been inserted.

Camparative Statistics of Births, Motality, etc. (Compiled from Registrar-General's Returns.)

Maternity and Child Welfare Centres (at 4th July, 1948).

Summarised Statistics Relating to Infant Welfare Centres, January 1st to July 4th, 1948.

The home, visiting carried out by the Council's Health Visitors and those of the voluntary organisation included in the Borough Maternity and Child Welfare scheme is summarised in the following table:-

Ante-Natal Clinics. The subjoined table shows in summary the number of attendances, etc., at the municipal ante-natal clinics.

The following table sets out a record of the number of premature infants who were notified during the period under review :—

The following table shows the attendances at the Nurseries.

Toddlers' Clinics were held fortnightly at five of the Infant Welfare Centres.

Nursing Service.

Infectious Diseases. The following table shows the number of cases notified during 1948 and, for the purposes of comparison, the average number of cases notified annually in the five years, 1943-47 :—

Analysis of Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1948, and Deaths from such Diseases

In the following table the work of the Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic is set out in summarised form :—

New cases Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health otherwise than by formal notification.

Tuberculosis, 1948. Cases added to and removed from Notification Register.

The death rate per 100,000 of the population during the 48 years ended 1948 in quinquennial averages and in 1946, 1947 and 1948 are given in the following table:—

The following gives the comparative average death rates from Cancer in Battersea for quinquennial periods since 1901:—

The following table shows the localisation of the disease in the case of the 232 deaths recorded in 1948.

The following table gives particulars of the bacteriological examinations carried out during the year:—

Summary of Main Operations for the Year 1948. Sanitary Operations.

Factories, Workshops and Shops.

Common Lodging Houses. There were at the beginning of the year only two common lodging houses in Battersea, of which particulars are as under:—

(a) Dairies, where loose milk is sold, and both the premises and the occuoier are registered :—

(b) Milkshops, where milk is sold only in sealed containers, and only the occupier is registered:-

The number of licences issued during 1948 was as follows:-

Thepercentage of samples reported by the public Analyst to be adulterated during the quinquennia 1921 to 1945 and yearly from 1946, is given in the following table:-

TABLE I. Main Statement.

Other Articles.

Drugs.

In the 5 years 1943-47, and in 1948, the percentage of adulterated (formal) samples of milk was as under:—

The average composition of the 402 samples of milk reported as genuine, proved to be as under: —

The Analyst reports that the content of milk fat in these 402 samples ranged as follows:—

Samples of heat treated milk are taken at regular intervals for submission to the Public Analyst for phosphatase and methylene blue tests, and during the year samples as under were taken with the results set out:—

ance with the technique suggested by the Ministry of Health. The following is a summary of the results

During the year 464 cases were so referred, and the following recommendations were made on them:—

Statistics for the Year ended 31st December, 1948.

1. inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2.—Cases in which DEFECTS were found.

Factories Classified according to Trades.

The following table gives details of the outworkers' premises:—

Battersea Mortuary, 1948.

Number of Baths, &amp;c.

Number of Baths, &c.