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Finsbury 1956

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

Published
1957
Pages
76
Tables
30

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30 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 1952-1956
    19521953195419551951-19551956
  • Page 9
    CAUSES OF DEATH -1956
    0-1-5-15-25-45-65-75-Total
    MFMF
  • Page 10
    INFANT MORTALITY, 1956 - CAUSES OF DEATH
    Cause of Death0-1 wk.1-2 wks.2-3 wks.3-4 wks.Total under 4 wks.1-3 mths.3-6 mths.6-9 mths.9-12 mths.Total under 1 yr.
  • Page 22
    All complaints made by tenants and others were Investigated and the following table gives details of action taken by the Inspectors and nuisances abated under the Public Health (London) Act 1936:-
  • Page 23
    Legal proceedings were instituted under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 for non-compliance with Nuisance Notices in the undermentioned cases:-
    DatePremisesOffenceResult
  • Page 26
    INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)
    PremisesNumber of RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 27
    CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. InspectorBy H. M. Inspector
  • Page 28
    OUTWORK
    Nature of WorkSection 110Section 111
    No. of out-workers in August list required by Sect 110(1)(c)No. of cases of default in sending lists to the CouncilNo. of prosecu-tions for failure to supply listsNo. of Instances of work in un-wholesome premisesNotices servedProsecutions
  • Page 34
    During the year it was carried out in the following instances for the reasons set out:-
  • Page 34
    Goods, mostly clothing, were also disinfected on behalf of cer-tain export firms as follows:-
  • Page 37
    A total of 224 inspections of basement rooms were made for all purposes during the year and the following is a summary of action taken:-
    PremisesRooms
  • Page 39
    Tabular Statement prepared in accordance with the Housing Consolidated Regulations, 1932
  • Page 41
    During the year 461 applications were dealt with as follows:
  • Page 41
    The approximate number of families rehoused during the year was:-
  • Page 43
    FOOD Food Premises The number of known food premises in the borough at the end of the year was as follows:
  • Page 44
    The survey disclosed the following interesting data:
  • Page 45
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  • Page 46
    At the end of the year the position was as follows:
  • Page 46
    Adulteration of Food In 1956 a total of 722 samples of food and drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst. Of these 12 were formal and the remainder were informal samples. Details are appended:
    No. of Samples Obtained
  • Page 47
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  • Page 48
    Legal Proceedings The Council instituted legal proceedings under the Food & Drugs Act, 1955 as under:
    DatePremisesOffenceResult
  • Page 48
    Details of milk and ice cream examinations are given elsewhere, but the following additional foods were examined during 1956:
  • Page 50
    The number of visits to ice cream premises by the Public Health (Pood) Inspectors during 1956 was 121.
  • Page 51
    NEW ZEALAND BEEF LIVERS examined for Echinococcus cysts
    EXAMINEDWEIGHTCONDEMNEDPERCENTAGE
    NUMBERWEIGHT
  • Page 54
    Details of the unsound food surrendered during the year are as follows:-
    lbs.
  • Page 57
    The following table shows the incidence of notifiable diseases in 1956:-
    All AgesUnder 1 yr.1-4 yrs.5-14 yrs.15-24 yrs.25-44 yrs.45-64 yrs.65-Cases treated in Hosp.
  • Page 61
    The distribution by sex and age, and according as to whether the case was of Pulmonary or Non pulmonary Tuberculosis, was:
    0-1-5-10-15-20-25-35-45-55-65†Total
  • Page 62
    The total number of cases remaining on the register after adjustments for deaths and transfers was on 31st December 1956, as follows:
    MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 62
    There were five deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis as follows:
  • Page 63
    The number of notified cases shown on the clinic register at the 31st December 1956 was as follows:
    RespiratoryNon respiratoryTotalsGrand Total