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

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STATISTICS OF THE AREA

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE I Causes of Death

Cause of Death	Male	Female

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TABLE 2 Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and case Rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1950 (Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns)

	England and Wales	126 C.B.'s and great towns inc. London	148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census)	London Administrative County

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Maternal Mortality in England and Wales

	Rates per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births	Rates per million women aged 15-44

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TABLE 3 Age at Death—All Cases, 1950

	Under 1 year	1-5	5-15	15-45	45-65	Over 65	Total

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(b) Statistics.

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TABLE 4 Record of Visits

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TABLE 5 Sanitary Defects in Connection with which Notices were Served

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TABLE 6 Inspections for the Purpose of Provisions as to Health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors)

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

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TABLE 7 Cases in which Defects were Found

Particulars	No. of Cases in which Defects were Found				No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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TABLE 8

		Section 110			Section 111
		No. of Outworkers in August list required by Section 110(1) (c)	No. of cases of default in sending list to the Council	No. of prosecutions lor failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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(9) Disinfection and Disinfestation. The following is a summary of the routine work carried out by the disinfecting staff during the year:—

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Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936). Details of overcrowding in the Borough, and of cases where overcrowding was abated, are given below:—

		No. of cases

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New Housing. During the year new housing accommodation was provided as shewn below:—

Estate	By whom provided	No. of tenements

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Housing Statistics. General details with regard to inspection of dwelling houses are submitted in the following tabular form:—

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Re-Housing Programme. The following statement shows the number of families and persons accommodated by the Housing Committee to the 31st December. 1950.

	Houses	Families	Persons

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TABLE 9

	Number of premises on register at end of year.

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TABLE 10

	Number of Licences issued under Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949.
	Sterilised	Pasteurised	Tuberculin Tested	Accredited

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TABLE 11

Class of Milk	No. tested	Phosphatase test		Meth:Blue test		Turbidity test
Class of Milk	No. tested	Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed

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TABLE 12 Inspection of Food Premises

Premises	Inspections	Notices Served

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TABLE 13 Unsound Food

Description of Article	Quantity
Description of Article	Tons	Cwts.	lbs.

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TABLE 14 Summary of Analyst's Reports

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

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TABLE 15 Action taken in regard to samples reported by the Public Analyst to be not genuine.

Sample No.	Article	Result of Analysis	Action	Result

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(f) Ice-Cream. Details of registration of Ice-Cream Premises required under Section 14 are set out hereunder.

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66 samples were submitted to the Methylene Blue test and graded as follows:—

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(g) Food Poisoning. There were no major outbreaks of food poisoning during the year. 11 notifications were received, the illness alleged to be due to the consumption of the following foods:—

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TABLE 16 Infectious Disease

Disease	Notifications								Total notified	Removed to Hospital	Deaths	Corrected figures
	0-1 year	1-2 years	2-5 years	5-15 years	15-25 years	25-45 years	45-65 years	65-years

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The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence of these cases. TABLE 17

Age periods	Primary Notifications
Age periods	0-	1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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In addition to the above 39 other cases were added to the register, information being received from the following sources:—

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TABLE 18 The following table shows the number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1949, variations which have taken place during the year, and the number of cases remaining on the Register on the 31st December, 1950.

	Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary		Total
	Males	Females	Males	Females	Total

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STATISTICS OF THE AREA

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

TABLE I Causes of Death

TABLE 2 Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality and case Rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1950 (Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns)

Maternal Mortality in England and Wales

TABLE 3 Age at Death—All Cases, 1950

(b) Statistics.

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TABLE 4 Record of Visits

TABLE 5 Sanitary Defects in Connection with which Notices were Served

TABLE 6 Inspections for the Purpose of Provisions as to Health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors)

TABLE 7 Cases in which Defects were Found

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(9) Disinfection and Disinfestation. The following is a summary of the routine work carried out by the disinfecting staff during the year:—

Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936). Details of overcrowding in the Borough, and of cases where overcrowding was abated, are given below:—

New Housing. During the year new housing accommodation was provided as shewn below:—

Housing Statistics. General details with regard to inspection of dwelling houses are submitted in the following tabular form:—

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Re-Housing Programme. The following statement shows the number of families and persons accommodated by the Housing Committee to the 31st December. 1950.

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TABLE 12 Inspection of Food Premises

TABLE 13 Unsound Food

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TABLE 14 Summary of Analyst's Reports

TABLE 15 Action taken in regard to samples reported by the Public Analyst to be not genuine.

(f) Ice-Cream. Details of registration of Ice-Cream Premises required under Section 14 are set out hereunder.

66 samples were submitted to the Methylene Blue test and graded as follows:—

(g) Food Poisoning. There were no major outbreaks of food poisoning during the year. 11 notifications were received, the illness alleged to be due to the consumption of the following foods:—

TABLE 16 Infectious Disease

The following table gives details of the age and sex incidence of these cases. TABLE 17

In addition to the above 39 other cases were added to the register, information being received from the following sources:—

TABLE 18 The following table shows the number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1949, variations which have taken place during the year, and the number of cases remaining on the Register on the 31st December, 1950.