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Greenwich 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough.
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- 1961
- Pages
- 164
- Tables
- 87
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Elevation.—Varies from below high-water mark up to 249 feet above sea level.
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Population—
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ESTIMATED AGE COMPOSITION OF THE POPULATION
Age No. Approx. % of Total Population -
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DEATHS—All Causes
Male Female Total Death Rate (Crude) 10.52 -
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DEATH RATES—Special Causes
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The following table shows these particulars giving the number of marriages in the Borough for each year since 1938:—
Year Churches of England Chapels and Roman Catholic Churches Superintendent-Registrar's Office Total Approximate Population [/##] Greenwich Charlton and Kidbrooke St. Nicholas -
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The following table gives by districts the number of registrations of Greenwich Births during the current year:—
Source of Information DISTRICT Total Greenwich Births East West St. Nicholas Charlton & Kidbrooke Greenwich Registrar's Returns: — 281 185 58 247 771 Inward Transfers: — 1st Qtr. 35 12 3 74 124 2nd Qtr. 32 6 3 69 110 3rd Qtr. 37 18 1 73 129 4th Qtr. 33 20 2 65 120 Totals 418 241 67 528 1,254 -
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In the Appendix to the Report will be found a table giving by districts, the causes of, and ages at death of residents whilst indicating the numbers actually dying in Public Institutions.
No in short list Causes of Death Sex Deaths at subjoined Ages of " Residents," whether occurring within or without the District. All Ages. Under 1. 1 and under 5. 5 and under 15. 15 and under 25. 25 and under 45. 45 and under 65. 65 and under 75. 75 and over. -
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DEATHS IN INSTITUTIONS The following table compares the average number of deaths of Greenwich residents in Public Institutions during the previous ten years with those of the current year: —
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AGE MORTALITY The age mortality and the distribution of the deaths between the different quarters of the year are shown by the following table: —
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Deaths in the age group 0-5 years show an even more striking comparison; in 1901 the deaths in this group amounted to 37.4% whilst the figure for the current year is 2.8%.
Age Group 1901 1911 1921 1931 1951 1960 -
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The following table shows the comparative Infantile Mortality Rate for the quinquennial periods since 1931, together with the Rate for 1960: —
District Average for Quinquennial Periods Year 1960 1931 to 1935 1936 to 1940 1941 to 1945 1946 to 1950 1951 to 1955 -
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Greenwich deaths from tuberculosis for the previous ten years are given, with their appropriate rates, in the following table:
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Comparing the current year s figures with those of the previous 5 years, the sites of the affected parts were: —
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DEATHS FROM CANCER OF LUNG (including Bronchogenic Carcinoma)
Year AGE GROUPS Totals Grand Total Rate per 1,000 Pop. 25 and under 45 yrs. 45 and under 65 yrs. 65 and under 75 yrs. 75 and upwards -
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NATIONAL WELFARE FOOD ITEMS Distribution Centres
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Health Visitors' Records, Attendances at Infant Welfare Sessions, Prophylaxis figures, etc. 1. Health Visiting
Quarter Expectant Mothers Premature Babies Still-Births Infants (under 1 year) Children 1—5 years School Children Care of People Miscellaneous Unsuccessful Total Visits 1st visit Revisit 1st visit Revisit Old Others -
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2. Infant Welfare Clinics
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3. Ante and Post Natal Clinics (a) Ante Natal
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(b) Post Natal (cases seen at Ante-Natal Clinics)
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4. Toddlers Clinics
Quarter Sessions Total Attendances Medically Examined -
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5. Relaxation and Educational Sessions
Quarter Relaxation Sessions Educational Sessions* Sessions Total Attendances Sessions Total Attendances -
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6. Artificial Sunlight, Massage etc.
Quarter Sessions Attendances First Total -
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7. Chiropody Treatment
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8. Home Help Service (a) Analysis of Cases, etc.
Cases Home Helps Maternity Tuberculosis Chronic Sick, Aged & Infirm Others Total No. Part Time Whole Time Equivalent -
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11. School Health Service
Vision Special Investigation Minor Ailments Clinics -
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CHEST CLINICS (by appointment only)
DAY A.M. P.M. -
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FACTORIES ACTS 1937—1959 Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted -
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Cases in which defects were found.
Particulars Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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Outwork—(Sections 110 and 111)
Nature of Work Section 110 Section 111 No. of out-workers in August list required by Sect. 110 (1) (c) No. of cases of default in sending list to the Council No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises Notices served Prosecutions -
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Notifications received from Greenwich firms of: —
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Two atmospheric pollution measuring stations are maintained by the Council, one at the Town Hall and the other at Charlton House and the following tables give the daily mean concentration of smoke and sulphur dioxide as calculated on readings taken at the Council's two stations during 1960:— TABLE I.—Daily Mean Concentration of Smoke
Month Town Hall Charlton House Smoke mg/100m3 Smoke mg/100m3 Daily Value Daily Value Average Highest Lowest Average Highest Lowest -
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TABLE II.—Daily Mean Concentration of Sulphur Dioxide
Month Town Hall Charlton House Sulphur Dioxide p.p. 100m. Sulphur Dioxide p.p. 100m. Daily Value Daily Value Average Highest Lowest Average Highest Lowest -
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The following table gives details regarding applications received, certificates issued and action taken during the current year in accordance with the Rent Act, 1957:—
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In addition to the foregoing, 11 applications (Form "0") received from landlords and tenants for a certificate as to the remedying of defects which the landlord has undertaken to remedy, resulted in the issue of Certificates (Form "P") as follows:—
Applications By whom made Form 'P' Certificates issued in respect of:— Defects Remedied Defects not/not wholly Remedied -
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In connection with this matter the Borough Engineer has kindly supplied the following information:—
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The 923 tons of salvaged materials collected during the year was disposed of by sales amounting to £6,632, made up as follows:
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The following report was submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, for the year ended 31st December, 1960
TYPE OF PROPERTY Non-Agricultural (1) Local Authority (2) Dwelling Houses (including Council H, uses) (3) All other (includg. Bu iness Premises) (4) Total of Cols. (1), (2) & (3) (5) Agricultural -
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Many other types of infestation were encountered and the following is a list of the treatments which were carried out in connection therewith:—
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I am indebted to Mr. K. L. Embley, Superintendent Engineer, for the following statistics :—
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Particulars of Public Sanitary Conveniences in the Borough
Convenience MEN WOMEN HOURS W.C.'s Lavatory basins Urinal stalls W.C.'s Lavatory basins -
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Free hand-washing facilities, introduced in the interests ol Public Health during 1951, were continued with marked success during the year and the following table gives an indication of the growing use made of these facilities :—
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During the year the staff dealing with this aspect of the department was increased and the following is a summary of the work carried out by the Lady Public Health Officers during 1960:—
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The following is a statement of the number of meals served during the financial year 1st April, 1960 to 31st March. 1961:—
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Summary of Work Performed by the Public Health Inspectors during the Year 1960
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Legal Proceedings
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found to be living in overcrowded conditions in the Borough :—
Year No. of cases of overcrowding reported -
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New Housing Accommodation.—The following table lists the new dwellings erected in the Borough during 1960:—
Type of Dwelling G.B.C. L.C.C. Private Total -
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Council Housing Schemes.—(Information supplied by the Borough Engineer).
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(b) Schemes in progress at the end of the current year:—
Site Dwellings -
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(c) Building programme for rehousing envisaged for 1961, et sea :—
Site Dwellings -
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The grading is based on the results of the Methylene Blue Reductase Test and a summary of this year's reports is given below:—
Samples taken Time taken to Reduce Methylene Blue Provisional Grade Observations -
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The following table is a statistical record of the major portion of the duties performed and inspections undertaken during the year by the Food Inspectors.
Premises Inspected or Visits Made No. of Visits No. of Premises at which Improvements were effected Caterers', Restaurants, etc. 144 16 Grocers, Greengrocers 269 8 Butchers' Shops 84 6 Dairies and Milk Distributors 47 1 Wharves and Factories 795 – Bakehouses and Bakers' Shops 34 8 Ice-Cream Premises, Confectioners, etc 137 2 Fried Fish Shops 17 1 Other Fish Shops 25 1 Cooked Meat & Preserved Foods 65 * Visits Re. Shops Act 413 – „ „ Infestations 4 – „ „ Food and Drugs Act 222 – „ „ Merchandise Marks Act & Markets 115 – „ „ Food Poisoning 28 – Sampling Visits 297 – Fair Visits 14 – School Visits 14 – Miscellaneous Visits (including Flour MillsCyanide Fumigation) 573 – Interviews 18 – Complaints Investigated 46 – Totals 3,361 43 -
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As a result of 144 visits of inspection to the catering establishments, insanitary conditions were remedied and improvements effected on 24 occasions. The following is a summary of the improvements carried out:—
Type of Improvement Effected Total No. -
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Shops, Stalls, etc.:—
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The following foods were rejected at the wharves :—
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Results of examinations for caseous lymphadenitis are given below.
New Zealand Sheep Landed Examined Rejected Weight -
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Dried Egg Albumen. (Conditional Releases.)—
Country of Origin Quantity Imported Containers Sampled No. of Positives -
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Other Imported Egg Products.— The following consignments were subjected to a percentage bacteriological examination:—
Country of Origin Type of Egg Product Quantity Imported No. of Samples Taken No. of Samples Contaminated -
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Desiccated Coconut.—
Country of Origin Quantity Imported No. of Samples Taken No. of Samples Contaminated -
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Information concerning the analyses of these samples is given in the following table :—
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All cases, which were of the sporadic type, were investigated with the following results:—
No. of Cases Organism (if known) No. of Hospital Cases Remarks -
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Number and Description of Samples Submitted for Analysis under the above Act during the year 1960 (including samples taken under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations)
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Article Number Examined Number Adulterated, &c. Formal Informal Total Formal Informal Total Vegetables, Canned — 14 14 — — — Vermicelli — 1 1 — — — Vinegar — 4 4 — — — Vitamin Tablets — 1 1 — — — Walnut Kernels — 1 1 — — — Whisky 6 — 6 — — — Wine, Alcoholic — 2 2 — — — Totals 47 475 522 1 10 11 -
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Administrative Action Taken in Regard to Samples Reported to be NOT GENUINE
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The following table indicates the figures for the previous ten years:—
Year No. of corrected notifications -
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The following table gives the distribution: —
District Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total -
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The number of notified cases of Tuberculosis remaining on the Register at 31st December, 1960, was a follows: —
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PUBLIC HEALTH (TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1952 Part I.—Summary of notifications of Tuberculosis during the period from the 1st January, 1960, to the 31st December, 1960.
Age Periods Formal Notifications Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis 0— 1— 2— 5— 10— 15— 20— 25— 35— 45— 55— 65— 75— Total (all ages) -
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Summary of Surveys Carried Out in the Borough from 1st January to 31st December, 1960. PART I.—General Analysis
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PART II.—Analysis of Abnormal Large Films (1) Cases considered tuberculous and referred for further investigation:
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Treatment for all cases is carried out at the Tunnel Avenue Cleansing Station and the following Return summarises the work carried out during the year:—
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Rooms and Articles Disinfected, Year ended 31st December, 1960
Diseases, etc. Premises Entered Rooms Beds Mattresses Bolsters Pillows Sheets Blankets Eiderdowns Cushions Quilts Odd Articles Wearing Apparel Rugs and Mats Covers Total No. of Articles Disinfected -
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The Clinic tuberculosis register is as under:—
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Forty-five new cases of pulmonary tuberculosis were notified during the year, in the undermentioned age groups:—
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1960 Deaths from stated Causes in Weeks and Months under 1 Year of Age.
Cause of Death. Under 1 week. 1—2 Weeks. 2—3 Weeks. 3—4 Weeks. Total under 1 Month. 1—3 Months. 3—6 Months. 6—9 Months. 9—12 Months. Total Deaths under One Year. -
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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE notified during the Year ended 31st December, 1960.
Notifiable Disease Cases Notified in Whole District Total Cases Notified in each Locality No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality Age & Sex Group At all Ages 0 to 1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-25 25-45 45-65 65 and over Greenwich East Greenwich West St. Nicholas Charlton and Kidbrooke Greenwich East Greenwich West St. Nicholas Charlton and Kidbrooke Total -
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TOTAL CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH during the year ended 31st December, 1960.
Causes of Death. Deaths at Subjoined ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the District Deaths at all Ages of "Residents" belonging to Localities, whether occurring in or beyond the District Deaths of "Residents" in Public Institutions Total Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Non-Residents" in Public Institutions in the District Under 1 1 and under 2 2 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and under 75 75 and upwards Greenwich East Greenwich West St. Nicholas, Deptford Charlton and Kidbrooke St. Alfege's Hospital Seamen's Hospital Miller Hospital Herbert Military Hospital Brook Hospital Other Institutions Outside Institutions All Ages Under 4 mths. 4 mths. and under 1 yr.