[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT— AREA II. Persons Afforded Institutional Relief (in Bethnal Green Institutions) other than Casuals.

	SICK CASES.				OTHER CASES				TOTAL
	Men	Women	Children 3-16	Children under 3	Men	Women	Children 3-16	Children under 3	TOTAL

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Number of Persons Afforded Relief other than Institutional Relief.

	Numbers excluding Casuals and persons in receipt of Medical Relief only.							Persons in receipt of Medical Relief only
									Men	Women	Children under 16	Total Persons	Total Cases	Able-bodied men	Men set to work or training included in Column

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Other. The Officers of the hospitals have furnished me with the following statistics concerning their work last year—

	Beds	No. of new Out-patients	Out-patients Attendances	No. ofIn-patients	Average duration Inpatient treatment (days)

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DISPENSARIES, &c. The following Dispensaries exist in the Borough, and I have been furnished with the following statistics concerning last year's work.

	No. of Out-Patients.			Out-Patients' Attendances.	Visits to Patients' Homes

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I have been furnished with the following information concerning the work of the day nurseries:—

	Somerford Street.	Bishops Road.

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BIRTHS.

	Males	Females	TOTAL	Birth Rate

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DEATHS.

Males	Females	TOTAL	Death Rate

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The following table gives the figures for the four wards of the Borough:—

	Males	Females	Total persons	Structurally separate dwellings	Total families (separate occupiers)

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CAUSES OF DEATH at different periods of life in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, 1931,

Cause of Death.		AllAges	Number of Deaths of residents at various ages, whether occurring within or without the Borough
Cause of Death.		AllAges	Under 1year	1and under2years	2 and under 5years	5and under 15years	15 and under25 years	25 and under35 1 years	35 and under 45years	45 and under55 years	55 and under6.'. years	65 and under75 years	75 and upwards

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Comparison with previous years is as follows: —

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Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1931*

Causes of Death	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks & under 3 months	3 months & under 6 months	6 months & under 9 Months	9 months & under 12 months	Total Deaths under 1 year	Rate per 1,000 Births

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CANCER. Cancer was responsible for 129 deaths or 9 per cent. of the total deaths in the Borough. The local distribution of the disease in these deaths was as follows:—

	M.	F.	Total.

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VITAL STATISTICS of Bethnax Green During 1931 and Previous 5 Years.

Year	Popula-tion Estimated toMiddleofEach Year	Births			Total Deaths Regis-tered inthe Borough	Transferable Deaths		Net Deaths Resident in		of Persons the Borough
		Births				Transferable Deaths		Net Deaths Resident in		of Persons the Borough		Uncorrected Number	Net		OfNon-residentsregisteredinthe Borough	OfResidentsnotregisteredinthe Borough	AtallAges		Under 1year ofAge
		Number	Birth Rate	Number		Death rate	Number	Rate per1,000 births or infan-tile mortality				Uncorrected Number			OfNon-residentsregisteredinthe Borough	OfResidentsnotregisteredinthe Borough

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Mortuary Statistics.

Places from which bodies were brought to the Mortuary in connection with Inquests.

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Inquest cases classified according to age:—

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Causes of death in inquest cases: —

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WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS. The following table gives some account of the outdoor work of the Health Visitors so far as this can be expressed in statistics:—

	Visits.			Re-visits.

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The following ratios may be of interest:—

	Ante-Natal Clinics	Children's Clinics

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CHILDREN'S CLINICS. The statistics of attendances at the Centres during 1931 and in previous years are as follows:

	1931
	1931
	Cornwall Road.	Thornton Hall.	Hereford Street.

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The number of children under 1 attending for the first time is 65.3 per cent. of the number of live births recorded during the year.

	1931.	1930.	1929.	1928.	1927.

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post-natal session on Monday was made a weekly session.

Particulars of attendances:		Total.

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The 526 women who attended for the first time may be grouped as follows : —

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In the cases of the 28 gravid women, the following were the periods of gestation: —

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The results of the treatment were as follow: —

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Nursing Assistance, 1931.

Disease	Children UNDER FIVE years		Mothers		Others		Total Visits

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Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1931.

Age Groups	Number Examined	CLOTHING AND BOOTS			NUTRITION				CLEANLINESS OF HEAD			CLEANLINESS OF BODY			TEETH			VISION
Age Groups	Number Examined	Good	Fair	Poor	Good	Average	Below normal	Bad	Clean	Nits	Pediculi	Clean	Dirty	Pediculi	All sound	Less than 4 decayed	4 or more decayed .	6,6 in both eyes	6/9 in either or both eyes	6/12 or worse in either or both eyes

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Examination of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green, 1931.

	BOYS								GIRLS
	Entrants		Age 8		Age 12		Age 14		Entrants		Age 8		Age 12		Age 14
Number examined	1090		976		773		616		1207		977		960		712
Number examined	Cases	*	Cases	* Cases		•	Cases	*	Cases	*	Cases	#	Cases	*	Cases .

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Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1931.

Disease	Number of Cases Notified
Disease	Reported _ by Registrar-General.	Total	Under 1year	1 and under 2years	2 and under 3years	3 and under 4years	4 and under 5years	5 and under10 years	10 and under 15years	15 and under20 years	20 and under25 years	25 and under45 years	45 and under65 years	65 andupwards	Removedto Hospital

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SMALL-POX 1931. (CALENDAR YEAR.)

	0—1	1—2	2—3	3—4	4—5	5—10	10—15	15 2020 -25		25—45 45—65		65-	Total

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VACCINATION. The following is the latest available return by Mr. P. Ivess, Vaccination Officer of the North East and South West Sub.Districts of the Bethnal Green Registration District, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1930, inclusive.

Registration Sub. Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officer.s District.	No. of Births from 1st Jan. to31st Dec., 1930.	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan., 1932.					No. of Births which on 31st Jan.. 1932, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of—			No. of these births remainingon 31st Jan., 1932, not accounted for	Total No. ot Certificates of successfulPrimary Vaccination of children under 14 received during Calendar Year 1931.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1931.
	No. of Births from 1st Jan. to31st Dec., 1930.	Successfully Vaccinated.	Insusceptible of Vaccination.	HadSmallpox.	Declarations of conscientious objection received.	Died Unvacci. nated.	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal to Districts, V.O. of which apprised.	Removal to places unknown and cases not found.

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The number of deaths from Tuberculosis of all kinds during the past few years is as follows:—

	Pulmonary	Non.Pulmonary	Total

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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912. Summary of Notifications on Form A received during the year 1931.

Age of Patient	Tuberculosis of the Lungs			Other Tuberculosis
Age of Patient	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total

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Patients added to the Register otherwise than by notification.

Pulmonary		Non.Pulmonary

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No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.

	Poor Law Institutions		Sanatoria
	C	D	C	D

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Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.

	Pulmonary		Non.Pulmonary		Total
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total

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The details are given in the following table:— SUMMARY OF ANALYST.S REPORTS.

	Samples taken formally Samples taken informally
Article	No. taken	Genuine	Adulterated	No. taken	Genuine	Adulterated	Total number of samples taken

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SUMMARY OF ANALYST.S REPORTS—continued.

Article	Samples taken formally Samples taken informally
Article	I No. taken	Genuine	Adulterated 1	No. taken	Genuine	Adulterated	Total number of Samples taken

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The adulteration in the Borough for the previous eight years was as follows : —

Year	No. of samples Examined	Percentage of adulteration

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The figures for the previous six years are as follows: —

Year	No. of milks Examined	Percentage adulterated
Year	No. of milks Examined	Percentage adulterated

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FOOD AND DRUGS—Contd. Legal Proceedings, 1931.

	Sample No.	Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act.

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SAMPLES TAKEN INFORMALLY. One hundred and sixty-five samples were taken informally during the year, nineteen of which were found to be adulterated, as follows: —

Article	No. of Sample	Offence

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Article.	No. ofSample.	Offence

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A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding for the 53 weeks ended 2nd January, 1932.

Nature of Visit	Totals

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The following sanitary defects were discovered during the year:—

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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, &c. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions

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Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars	Number of Defects			Number of Prosecutions
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector	Number of Prosecutions

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Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.	Number

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Other Matters.

Class		Number

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HOME WORK.

OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107											*Outworkers in unwholesome premises,Section 108			Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109,110
Lists received from Employers						Addresses of Outworkers		Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists	Prosecutions		Instances	Notices served	Prosecutions	Instances	Orders made (s. 110)	Prosecutions (s. 109, 110)
Sending twice in the year			Sending once in the year			Addresses of Outworkers			Failing to keep or per-mit inspection of lists	Failing to send lists
Lists	Outworkers		Lists	Outworkers		Received from other Councils	Forwarded to other Councils
Lists	Contractors	Workmen	Lists	Contractors	Workmen .	Received from other Councils	Forwarded to other Councils

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SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. (Other than Food and Drugs Acts cases, for which see pp. 89-90).

Date of Hearing.	Offence.	Officer	Result

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SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS —continued. (Other than Food and Drugs Acts cases, for which see pp. 89-90)

Date of Hearing.	Offence.	Officer.	Result

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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE BETHNAL GREEN METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL. (a) PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.-Supplementary Annual Return showing in written off the Register. The Table is arranged according to the years in summary form (a) the condition at the end of 931 of all Patients remaining on which the patients were first entered on the Dispensary Register as definite the Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases cases of pulmonary tuberculosis, and their classification at that time.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the return relates				Previous to 1926					1926					1927					1928					1929					1930					1931
				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus				Class T.B. minus	Class T.B. plus
				Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class T.B. plus)	Class T.B. minus	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Total (Class \| T.B. Plus)

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(b) NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Supplementary Annual Return showing in Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1931 of all Patients remaining on the written off the Register.

Condition at the time of the last record made during the year to which the Return relates				Previous to 1926					1926					1927					1928					1929					1930					1931
				Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total	Bones and Joints	Abdominal	Other Organs	Peripheral Glands	Total

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TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE BETHNAL GREENMETROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the year 1931.

Diagnosis.	Pulmonary				Non-pulmonary				Total				Grand Total
Adults		Children		Adults		Children		Adults		Children

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STATISTICAL TABLES. BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN.

1. The Totals of New Cases.

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2. The Sources of the New Cases.

		Total.	Tuberculous.

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3. The Diagnosis of the New Cases.

Diagnosis.	Adults.		Children under 15.		Total.
	Males.	Females.	Males.	Females.

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LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE DEPARTMENT— AREA II. Persons Afforded Institutional Relief (in Bethnal Green Institutions) other than Casuals.

Number of Persons Afforded Relief other than Institutional Relief.

Other. The Officers of the hospitals have furnished me with the following statistics concerning their work last year—

DISPENSARIES, &amp;c. The following Dispensaries exist in the Borough, and I have been furnished with the following statistics concerning last year's work.

I have been furnished with the following information concerning the work of the day nurseries:—

BIRTHS.

DEATHS.

The following table gives the figures for the four wards of the Borough:—

CAUSES OF DEATH at different periods of life in the Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green, 1931,

Comparison with previous years is as follows: —

Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1931*

CANCER. Cancer was responsible for 129 deaths or 9 per cent. of the total deaths in the Borough. The local distribution of the disease in these deaths was as follows:—

VITAL STATISTICS of Bethnax Green During 1931 and Previous 5 Years.

Mortuary Statistics.

Inquest cases classified according to age:—

Causes of death in inquest cases: —

WORK OF HEALTH VISITORS. The following table gives some account of the outdoor work of the Health Visitors so far as this can be expressed in statistics:—

The following ratios may be of interest:—

CHILDREN'S CLINICS. The statistics of attendances at the Centres during 1931 and in previous years are as follows:

The number of children under 1 attending for the first time is 65.3 per cent. of the number of live births recorded during the year.

post-natal session on Monday was made a weekly session.

The 526 women who attended for the first time may be grouped as follows : —

In the cases of the 28 gravid women, the following were the periods of gestation: —

The results of the treatment were as follow: —

Nursing Assistance, 1931.

Routine Medical Inspection of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green in 1931.

Examination of Elementary School Children in Bethnal Green, 1931.

Cases of Notifiable Diseases Notified during 1931.

SMALL-POX 1931. (CALENDAR YEAR.)

The number of deaths from Tuberculosis of all kinds during the past few years is as follows:—

Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912. Summary of Notifications on Form A received during the year 1931.

Patients added to the Register otherwise than by notification.

No. of Notifications on Forms C. &amp; D.

Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1924.

The details are given in the following table:— SUMMARY OF ANALYST.S REPORTS.

SUMMARY OF ANALYST.S REPORTS—continued.

The adulteration in the Borough for the previous eight years was as follows : —

The figures for the previous six years are as follows: —

FOOD AND DRUGS—Contd. Legal Proceedings, 1931.

SAMPLES TAKEN INFORMALLY. One hundred and sixty-five samples were taken informally during the year, nineteen of which were found to be adulterated, as follows: —

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A Summary of Inspections and Visits, with Matters Outstanding for the 53 weeks ended 2nd January, 1932.

The following sanitary defects were discovered during the year:—

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, &amp;c. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Registered Workshops.

Other Matters.

HOME WORK.

SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS. (Other than Food and Drugs Acts cases, for which see pp. 89-90).

SUMMARY OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS —continued. (Other than Food and Drugs Acts cases, for which see pp. 89-90)

(b) NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Supplementary Annual Return showing in Dispensary Register; and (b) the reasons for the removal of all cases summary form (a) the condition at the end of 1931 of all Patients remaining on the written off the Register.

TUBERCULOSIS SCHEME OF THE BETHNAL GREENMETROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL. Return showing the work of the Dispensary during the year 1931.

STATISTICAL TABLES. BOROUGH OF BETHNAL GREEN.

2. The Sources of the New Cases.

3. The Diagnosis of the New Cases.

4. The Diagnosis of Contact Cases.

5. Sputum Examinations.

6. Other Figures.

DISPENSARIES, &c. The following Dispensaries exist in the Borough, and I have been furnished with the following statistics concerning last year's work.

No. of Notifications on Forms C. & D.

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, OUTWORKERS, &c. Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.