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Bethnal Green 1946

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

Published
1947
Pages
39
Tables
18

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18 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Nursery staff
    Columbia Market:Pritchards Road:University House:
  • Page 11
    VITAL STATISTICS. The Vital Statistics for the year, calculated on the basis of the Registrar-General's estimate of the civilian population as 57,800, are as follow:
    Per 1,000 of the populationBethnal GreenLondonEngland & WalesBethnal Green 1945
  • Page 12 13
    Causes of Death.
    Cause of Death.0-1 year.1-5 years.5-15 years.15-45 years.45-65 years.65 years.Total.
  • Page 16
    Attendances at Welfare Centre.
    Average*Babies (0-1)Children (0-5)Mother
    First AttandencesSubsequent AttandancesFirst AttandencesSubsequent AttandencesAnte-Natal Post natal
    FirstSybsquentFirstSubsequent
  • Page 16
    Home Visits by Health Visitors.
  • Page 21
    The County Medical Officer has kindly furnished me with the following statistics giving the results of the medical inspection of school children in the borough:
    Children examined3,272
    Bethnal Green. Per centLondon (Average) Per cent.
  • Page 22
    The conditions which were discovered upon medical inspection are shown in the following- table, the defects serious enough to require treatment being shown in the second column:
    ConditionCases of defect.Cases requiring treatment.
  • Page 24
    Infectious Disease.
    Disease.0-1 year.1-2 years.2-5 years.5-15 years.15-25 years.25-45 years.45-65 years.65-years.TotalRemoved to Hospital.Deaths.
  • Page 26
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    Registration Sub-DistrictsNumber of Births registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1945Number of Births entered in Vaccination Register 31st January, 1947
    Col. I. Successfully VaccinatedCol. II. Insusceptible ot VaccinationCol. IV. Number in respect of whomCol. V.
  • Page 28
    The work of the Tuberculosis Dispensary at the London Chest Hospital continued to increase and is revealed in the following- figures:—
    Diagnosis of New Cases.
    AdultsChildren under 15
    DiagnosisMalesFemalesMalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 30
    Grants made under Tuberculosis Allowances Scheme:
    Ordinary Maintenance GrantsDiscretionary (Supplementary) GrantsSpecial GrantsTotal
  • Page 31
    Bacteriological Examinations.—The arrangements with the Clinical Research Association for bacteriological examinations in connection with suspected infectious disease were continued and the following is a statement of the work done.
    Disease SuspectedExaminedFound Positive
  • Page 32
    PROTECTION OF FOOD SUPPLY. tde following table shows tde number and nature of tde samples of food taken and analysed during tde year:— Summary of Analyst's Reports
    Article.Samples taken formallySamples taken informallyTotal number of samples/ taken.
    No. takenGenuineAdulteratedNo. takenGenuineAdulterated
  • Page 33
    SPECIAL EXAMINATIONS OF FOOD, &c. During the year, 17 bacteriological or special chemical examinations were made as follows:—
  • Page 33
    The following premises in which food is prepared r deposited for sale were supervised and inspected y the sanitary staff :
  • Page 34
    The main items in the work of the sanitary inspectors, apart from food, which is separately reported, during the year were:
  • Page 35
    The sanitary defects which gave rise to the lore-going action covered the following matters:
  • Page 38
    During the year, it was found necessary to take out 29 summonses to enforce compliance with nuisance notices, with the following results:
    FinesCosts
    £s.d.£s.d.