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Greenwich 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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- 1937
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- 98
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Deaths at Subjoined ages of " Residents," whether oocurring within or without the District.
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SECTION A STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics Elevation.—Varies from below high-water mark up to 249 feet above sea level.
Area of the Borough and Districts— -
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Through the kindness of the Local Manager, Ministry of Labour, the following information is given concerning the number of persons resident in Greenwich who were registered as unemployed during the following periods:—
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The following is the local distribution:—
Estimated Population at Mid-Year, 1936 -
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* EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
Total M. F. -
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The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1930:—
Year Churches of England Chapels and Roman Catholic Churches Superintendent-Registrar's Office Tota Approximate Population of the district concerned Greenwich Charlton and Kidbrooke St. Nicholas -
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I am indebted to Dr. Allan Young, Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, who has kindly furnished me with comparative rates for Births, Deaths and Infantile Mortality of the various Metropolitan Boroughs obtained direct from the Boroughs concerned. These particulars are set out in the following table:—
Borough Estd. Res. Population (mid 1936) Live Births rate per 1,000 popn. Death rate per 1,000 population Infantile Mortality rate per 1,000 live births Crude Adjusted -
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DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS. The following table shows the number of deaths of Greenwich residents in Public Institutions during the last six years:—
Year Total Deaths of Greenwich Residents Total Deaths of Greenwich Residents in Public Institutions -
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AGE MORTALITY. The age mortality and the distribution of the deaths between the different quarters of the year is shown by the following table:—
Deaths 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Total -
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The following table shows the variation in, and average of the Death Rates in each of the Districts of the Borcugh in the five years 1931 to 1935 compared with the figures for 1936:—
District 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 Average for 5 years 1936 -
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The following table shows the rates for the quinquennial periods since 1921, together with the rates for the year 1936 :—
District Average for five years 1921-1925 inclusive Average for five years 1926-1930 inclusive Average for five years 1931-1935 inclusive Year 1936 -
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The following table shows the typo of abnormality treated during the year, and in the majority of cases marked improvement was noted.
Condition treated No. -
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Particulars relating to the number of patients treated at the various Centres during 1936 are given in the following tables :— DAILY SESSIONS.
Under 5 5—15 Over 15 Total -
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EVENING SESSIONS.
Under 5 5—15 Over 15 Total -
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(a) Babies.
Borough Hall Chev'ng Road Shooter's Hill Rd. Creek Road Charltcn Lane Total -
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All babies are weighed and advice given to the mothers at every attendance. (b) Children 1-5 years.
Borough Hall Chev'ng Road Shooter's Hill Rd. Creek Road Charlton Lane Total -
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A schedule is given below which indicates the condition of individual children at the various ages seen at the Centres during the year.
Under 1 year 1-2 years 2 to 3 years 3 to 4 years 4 to 5 years Total -
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The number of new cases together with total attendances for the year, were as follows:—
No. Clinics New Cases Total Attendances -
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The Infantile Mortality Rate for the County of London is 66, and that for the 122 large towns 63. The following are the local rates:—
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Of the total of 66 Deaths, 25 died before attaining the age of one month (19 being in the first week).
The chief causes of death were :— -
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Eighty cases were admitted from the Centres for ante-natal treatment for periods varying from 2 to 7 days. These cases included the following:—
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Operative interference was called for as follows:—
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There were 15 Still Births, the causes being attributed as follows :—
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Infant Deaths occurring within 10 days of birth numbered 5, the causes being:—
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The following Return shows the work performed during the year:—
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Health Visitors' Visits, &c., 1936.
Table A. Visits Re-Visits Total -
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The following Table gives the number and character of the intimations received respecting births in the Borough:—
1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 -
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(a) Dried Milk, Virol, &c., Distributed Free.
Quarter ended Milk Virol Malt & Oil Cod Liver Oil lbs. lbs. lbs. Bottles -
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(b) Dried Milk, Virol, &c., Sold at Full or Reduced Prices.
Quarter ended Milk Virol Malt & Oil Cod Liver Oil Total Amount Received lbs. lbs. lbs. Bottles -
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The following particulars are taken from the Register:—
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1.—INSPECTION.
Premises Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Pros'cut'd -
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
Particulars Number of Defects Number of Offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector -
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3.—WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1936.
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4.—OTHER MATTERS.
Class. No. -
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For or the year ending 31st March, 1937, tho attendances were as follows:—
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GENERAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES OF BATH WATER TAKEN FROM SWIMMING BATHS.
Sample No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -
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SUMMARY of WORK PERFORMED by the SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR 1936
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OVERCROWDING SURVEY. Summary of Houses Surveyed in Greenwich.
Equivalent number of persons in family Number of families containing the equivalent number of persons in the first column occupying dwellings with the permitted number shown at the head of this column. Totals of Families 1 1½ 2 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½ 13 Overcrowded Not Overcrowded Total -
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During the year the following licences were granted sale of graded milk:— for the
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Inspection of Meat and Other Foods. During 1936 the following diseased and unsound articles of food were surrendered:—
Weight (A.V.D.P.) Tons. Cwts. Stones. Ibs. -
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Miscellaneous Provisions Surrendered.—
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Meat Inspection (Slaughter-houses).—The following animals were slaughtered and examined locally:—
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Imported Food Surrendered.—During the year 1936 the following unsound and diseased imported foods were surrendered and sent by the importer, on instructions of the Food Inspector, to firms duly authorised to use such material for non-edible refining purposes:—
Weight (A.V.D.P.) Tons. Cwts. Stones. lbs. -
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Table shewing Number of Visits made by Food Inspector during 1936.
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The following Table shows the number of instances improvements were effected as a result of the Food Inspector's inspections.
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FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928. Number and Description of Samples Submitted for Analysis under the above Act during the Year 1936. FORMAL SAMPLES.
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INFORMAL SAMPLES. The following samples were taken from Vendors and submitted to the Public Analyst, by the Food Inspector or his agent without recourse to the usual provisions as required by the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928
Description of Samples Number of Samples Submitted Number Genuine Number Not Genuine -
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Description of Samples Number of Samples Submitted Number Genuine Number Not Genuine -
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Administrative Action Taken Regarding Samples reported to be NOT GENUINE.
No. of Sample Description of Sample Nature of Adulteration Action taken -
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Details of the cases are given in the following table:-
Case No. Initials of Patient Age and Sex District Date Suspected Notified Cause Remarks -
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Under the compulsory notification Section of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, and the Orders and Regulations made there- under, 3,587 cases of Infectious Diseases were reported during the year. The following table shows the comparison since 1931.
No. Year. -
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Quarter ended 28th March, 1936.
under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 and over Total -
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Quarter ended 27th June, 1936.
under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 and over Total -
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Quarter ended 26th September, 1936.
under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 and over Total -
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Quarter ended 2nd January, 1937.
under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 and over Total -
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Rooms and Articles Disinfected, Year 1936.
Diseases, etc. Premises Entered Rooms Beds Palliasses Mattresses Bolsters Pillows Blankets Sheets Cushions Quilts Odd Articles Total No. Articles Disinfected -
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Articles Destroyed, Year 1936.
Diseases, etc. Beds Palliasses Mattresses Bolsters Pillows Blankets Sheets Cushions Quilts Odd Articles Total No. Articles Destroyed -
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The Death Notification interval of the 66 persons who died from pulmonary tuberculosis in 1936 is shown below:—
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Dental Report.—Mr. G. F. Ferris, the Council's Dentist, submits the following figures relative to tuberculous cases treated during the year.
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GREENWICH TUBERCULOSIS HANDICRAFT CENTRE. WORKING ACCOUNT Year ended 31st December, 1935.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. -
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TUBERCULOSIS. NEW CASES and MORTALITY—Year 1936.
Age-Periods New Cases Deaths Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory M F M F M F M F -
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Return showing the work of the Dispensary for the Year 1936.
DIAGNOSIS Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Grand Total Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Supplemental Vaccination Return for 1935. Return made on or before the 13th of February, 1937, by Mr. E. S. Elliott, Vaccination Officer of the several Districts of the Borough of Greenwich, respecting the vaccination of children whose births were registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1935, inclusive:—
Registration Sub-Districts comprised In the Vaccination Officer's District No. of Births from 1st Jan. to 31st Dec., 1935 Number of these Births duly entered by 31st Jan., 1937 No. of Biiths which on 31st Jan., 1937, remained unentered in the Vaccination Register on account of— No. of these births remaining on 31st Jan., 1937, not accounted for Total No. of Certificates of successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 received during Calendar Year 1936 No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by Vaccination Officer during the Calendar Year 1936 Success-fully VacciDated Insuscept-ible of Vacci-nation Had Small-pox Certificates of Conscientious objection received Died. Unvaccinated Postponement by Medical Certificate Removal to Districts, V.O. of which apprised Removal to places unknown and cases not found -
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METEOROLOGICAL TABLE. (From Observations at Greenwich, under the Superintendence of the Astronomer Royal).
1936 Air Temperature Bright Sunshine Rain & Other Forms of Precipitation Mean of Mean of A and B Difference from Average† Daily Mean Difference from Average Per cent of Possible Total fall Difference from Average† Most in a day A B Amount Day of month Maximum Minimum ºF ºF ºF ºF Hr. Hr. % mm. mm. mm.