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

Bethnal Green 1957

Published: 1958
Pages: 57
Tables: 41

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SECTION A STATISTICS OF THE AREA
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

Males Females Total
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Deaths
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TABLE 1 CAUSES OF DEATHS

Causes of Death Under 1 1 to5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 to 45 45 to65 65 to 75 75 and upwards Totals
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
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TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS
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TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED
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Abatement Orders

Premises Offence Result of Proceedings
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In 2 cases, a further summons was taken out for non-compliance with Abatement Order, as followss-

Premises Result of Proceedings
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Details of applications received for the period 1st January to 5th July, 1957. in accordance with Part II of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 (applicable sections repealed by Rent Act, 1957) are as follows:-

No.of applications for certificates No.granted No.refused No.of applications for revocation of certificates No.granted No.refused
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TABLE 4 INSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH

Premises Number onRegister Number of
Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted

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TABLE 5 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

Particulars										No. of Cases In which Defects were found										No. of cases in which prosecutions wereinstituted
Particulars										Found			Remedied		To H.M. Inspector			By H.M. Inspector		No. of cases in which prosecutions wereinstituted

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The following Information of classes of work and numbers of outworkers employed thereon, being Bethnal Green residents, is in respect of the August lists, received from employers in the Borough, and from other Boroughs
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The following is a summary of the routine work carried out by the disinfecting staff during the year:-
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Clearance Areas Areas which were represented or were the subject of Public Inquiry during the year were as follows
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Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936) Details of overcrowding In the Borough, and of cases where over-crowding was abated, are given below:-
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Families Equiv. Adults
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New Housing During the year new housing accommodation was provided as shown below:-

Name of Premises Provided by No.of Dwellings
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Re-Housing Programme The following statement shows the number of families and persons accommodated by the Housing Committee during the year:-

Premises Families Persons
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TABLE 6 INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES

Type Number in Borough Number Registered Inspections Notices served
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Details of premises on the register at the end of 1957. and the number of licences issued during the year under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949, are set out as follows:-

Number of Premises on Register at end of year
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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
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TABLE 7

Class of Milk No. Tested Phosphatase test Methylene BlueTest
Passed Failed Passed Failed Void
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Details of the food together with quantities are set out below:-

Quantity
Tons Cwts. lbs.
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Other Foodstuffs
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TABLE 8 SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS

ARTICLE SAMPLES TAKEN FORMALLY SAMPLES TAKEN INFORMALLY Total numberof samples taken
No.taken Genuine Adulterated No. taken Genuine Adulterated
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TABLE 9 Action taken in regard to samples reported by the Public Analyst to be not genuine.

Sample No. Article Result of Analysis Action
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8 samples of ice cream were submitted to the Methylene Blue test and graded as follows:-

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TABLE 10 INFECTIOUS DISEASE

DISEASE	NOTIFICATIONS								Total Notified	Corrected Figure	Removed toHospital
DISEASE	Under 1 year	1-2 years	3 - 4 years	5-14 years	15-24 years	25-44 years	45-64 years	65 and upwards	Total Notified	Corrected Figure	Removed toHospital

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The following table gives details of the age and sex incidennce of these cases:- TABLE 11

Primary Notification
Age periods 0- 1- 2- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- Total
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TABLE 12

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total
Males Females Males Females
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Medical Examination of Council's Staff The Medical Officer of Health carried out the following medical examinations of members of the Council's staff:-
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2. Hospitals The following Hospitals In the Borough continued to be administered by the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board

Total bed complement
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(b) Statistics
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(2) Ante-natal and Post-natal clinics
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(3) Health Visitors
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(4) Infant Life Protection
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(5) Child Minders (Daily Guardians)
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(6) Care of Premature Infants
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(7) Diphtheria Immunisation
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(8) Vaccination
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(9) Home Help Service Home help was provided as follows

Maternity T.B. Aged andChronicSick Others

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41 tables in this report

SECTION A STATISTICS OF THE AREA

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

Deaths

TABLE 1 CAUSES OF DEATHS

TABLE 2 RECORD OF VISITS

TABLE 3 SANITARY DEFECTS IN CONNECTION WITH WHICH NOTICES WERE SERVED

Abatement Orders

In 2 cases, a further summons was taken out for non-compliance with Abatement Order, as followss-

Details of applications received for the period 1st January to 5th July, 1957. in accordance with Part II of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 (applicable sections repealed by Rent Act, 1957) are as follows:-

TABLE 4 INSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH

TABLE 5 CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

The following Information of classes of work and numbers of outworkers employed thereon, being Bethnal Green residents, is in respect of the August lists, received from employers in the Borough, and from other Boroughs

The following is a summary of the routine work carried out by the disinfecting staff during the year:-

Clearance Areas Areas which were represented or were the subject of Public Inquiry during the year were as follows

Overcrowding (Housing Act, 1936) Details of overcrowding In the Borough, and of cases where over-crowding was abated, are given below:-

New Housing During the year new housing accommodation was provided as shown below:-

Re-Housing Programme The following statement shows the number of families and persons accommodated by the Housing Committee during the year:-

TABLE 6 INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES

Details of premises on the register at the end of 1957. and the number of licences issued during the year under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1949, are set out as follows:-

Number of Licences Issued under Milk (Special Designation)(Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949

TABLE 7

Details of the food together with quantities are set out below:-

Other Foodstuffs

TABLE 8 SUMMARY OF ANALYST'S REPORTS

TABLE 9 Action taken in regard to samples reported by the Public Analyst to be not genuine.

8 samples of ice cream were submitted to the Methylene Blue test and graded as follows:-

TABLE 10 INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The following table gives details of the age and sex incidennce of these cases:- TABLE 11

TABLE 12

Medical Examination of Council's Staff The Medical Officer of Health carried out the following medical examinations of members of the Council's staff:-

2. Hospitals The following Hospitals In the Borough continued to be administered by the North East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board

(b) Statistics

(2) Ante-natal and Post-natal clinics

(3) Health Visitors

(4) Infant Life Protection

(5) Child Minders (Daily Guardians)

(6) Care of Premature Infants

(7) Diphtheria Immunisation

(8) Vaccination

(9) Home Help Service Home help was provided as follows