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

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1940.

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Vital Statistics.

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The following table shows the number of deaths from Cancer under the various age groups during the past 10 years :—

Year.	Total Deaths.	Sex.	AllAges.	1—	2—	5—	15—	25—	35—	45—	55—	65—	75-

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Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1940 and Previous Years.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year.	Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District.		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.		Number.	Rate.	of Non-residents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District	Under 1 Year of Age.		At all Ages.
		Uncorrected Number.	Number.	Rate.	Number.	Rate.	of Non-residents registered in the District.	of Residents not registered in the District	N umber.	Rate per1,000 Nett Births.	Number.	Rate

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Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1940.

CAUSE OF DEATH.	Sex.	0—	1—	5—	15—	45—	65—	Total allAges.

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Death rate calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.

Ward.	Estimated Population.	No. of Deaths.	Death Rate.

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METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

City and Boroughs.	Estimated Population.	Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population.	Death Rateper 1,000 Population.		Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births.
City and Boroughs.	Estimated Population.	Live Births Rate per 1,000 Population.	Crude.	Adjusted	Infant Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births.

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The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births :—

Year.	Births.	Deaths of Infants.	Deaths of Infants per 1000 births.

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INFANT MORTALITY, 1940.

CAUSES OF DEATH.	Under 1 Week.	1-2 Weeks.	2-3 Weeks.	3-4 Weeks.	Total under 4 Weeks.	4 Weeks. and under 3 months.	3 months and under 6 months.	6 months and under 9 months.	9 months and under 1 year.	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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Visits paid by Health Visitors are enumerated in detail below:—

>	District.
>	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	No. 6a	No. 7	Total

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Schedule of Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, and Ante-Natal Clinics.

Address of Clinic.	No. of Clinics	New Cases.				Total Attendances.
		Mothers.		Children.		Mothers.		Children.
		Antenatal.	Postnatal.	Under 1 yr.	Over lyr.	Antenatal.	Postnatal.	Under 1 yr.	Over1yr.

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MATERNAL DEATHS. The number of Maternal Deaths during the past sixteen years is as follows :—

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Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Disease.	No. of Cases Notified.	Previous Year.	No. of Cases Visited.	No. of Cases Nursed.	No. of Cases Removed to Hospital.

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Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was five against twelve in the previous year. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows :—

Cases
Notified.	Treated.		Visionunim-paired.	Vision Im-paired.	Total Blind-ness.	Removeed From Dis-trict.	Stillunder Treatment.	Deaths.
Notified.	At Home.	In Hospital.	Visionunim-paired.	Vision Im-paired.	Total Blind-ness.	Removeed From Dis-trict.	Stillunder Treatment.	Deaths.

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A summary of the work carried out during the year under review follows :— FOSTER-MOTHERS.

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FOSTER-CHILDREN.

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VISITS.

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NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1940.

Cause of Inspection.	Inspectors.
	C. W. Southerby	T. W. Glew	W. A. Collins	H. W. l'otter	S. R. Daly	J. Broadhead	A. Hayes	E. J. Nether	J. C. Hopkins	\V.Goddcn	Miss E. M. Cross	Total

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Notices.—The following table shows the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:-

	Notices Served.	Notices complied with.

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SUMMONSES—YEAR 1940. The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:

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1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

Premises	Number of
Premises	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Occupiers Prosecuted.

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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, ETC.

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3.—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FACTORIES.

Class.		Number.

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Eight hundred and fifty-eight bodies were admitted to the Public Mortuary and Civilian War Deaths Mortuary during the year

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BACTERIOLOGY The following bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1940.

Notifiable Disease	Number of Cases Notified.													Wards.							Total Removed to Hospital.
	At allAges.	Age Periods.												1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	At allAges.	Under 1	1—	2—	3-	4-	5—	10—	15—	20-	35—	45—	65-	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

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The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1931 to 1940 :—

Year.	Smallpox.	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.	Whooping Cough.	Enteric Fever.		Diarrhoea and Cholera.	Total.

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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1940.

DISEASE.	Total cases notified.	Cases admitted to Hospital.	Total deaths.

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The following are the particulars of the work carried out under the immunisation scheme during the year:—

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Fees paid to Medical Practitioners :—

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TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1931 to 1940.

Year.	Smallpox.	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.	Typhus Fever.	Enteric Fever.	Simple Continued Fever.	Relapsing Fever.	Puerperal Fever.	Puerperal Pyrexia, d	Cholera.	Erysipelas.	Plague.	Chickenpox. a	Measles, b	Whooping Cough, b	Cerebro-Spinal Fever.	Anthrax.	Glanders.	Hydrophobia.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Acute Polio-Myelitis.	Encephalitis Lethargica.	Pneumonia, e	Malaria, c	Dysentery, c	Trench Fever, e	Food Poisoning. /	Total.

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DISINFECTION. The following table shows the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station.

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VACCINATION RETURNS. RETURN FOR 1939.

Registration Sub-Districts comprised in the Vaccination Officers' District		Number of Births returned in the " BirthList Sheets " as registered from 1st January to 31st Deo., 1939	Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1941, in Columns I, II, IV and V of the " Vaccination Register " (Birth List Sheets), viz. :					Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1941, remained unentered in the " Vaccination Register " on account (as shown by Report Book) of			Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1941, neither duly enteredin the "VaccinationRegister" (columns 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted forin the "Report Book" (columns 8, 9 and 10 of this Return	Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of children under 14 years received during the calendar year 1940	Number of s tatutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate during the calendar year 1940
			Col. 1Successfully Vaccinated	Col. II		Col IV.Number in respect of whom Certificates of Conscientious Objection have been received	Col. VDead, l'n vacina ted	Postponement by Medical Certificate	Removal toDistricts,the Vaccination Officer of which has beenduly apprised	Removal to Places unknown or which cannot be reached; and Cases not having been found
			Col. 1Successfully Vaccinated	Insusceptible of Vaccination	Had SmallPox		Col. VDead, l'n vacina ted	Postponement by Medical Certificate

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Table showing Work of Vaccination Officer from 1st January to 31st December, 1940.

	No. of Vaccinal ion Certificates received from—						No. of Insusceptibility Certificates.	Total No. of Certificates.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection.	No. of Postponement Certificates.	No. of Cases Removed Inwards.	No. of Cases Removed Outwards.	No. of " q " Notices Sent.	No. of " K " Notices Served.	No. of Children Died Unvaccinated.	No. of Cases Removed and not Traced.	Nos. entered on 'H " Lists to Public Vaccinators.
	District No. 1.	District No. 2.	District No. 3.	District No. 4.	District No. 5.	Other Doctors.	No. of Insusceptibility Certificates.	Total No. of Certificates.	No. of Declarations of Conscientious Objection.	No. of Postponement Certificates.	No. of Cases Removed Inwards.	No. of Cases Removed Outwards.	No. of " q " Notices Sent.	No. of " K " Notices Served.	No. of Children Died Unvaccinated.	No. of Cases Removed and not Traced.	\| District No. 1.	1 District No. 2	District No. 3.	District No. 4.	District No. 5.	Total

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PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1940, to the 31st December, 1940.

Age Periods	Formal Notifications
	Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis
	0-	1-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	Total (all pages)

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PART 11. Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge ol' the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

Age Periods	0-	1-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	Total

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The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1940 :—

New Cases.				Deaths.
Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Respiratory		Non-Respiratory


M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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The following table indicates the reduction in the number of cases and deaths from Tuberculosis and the efforts made throughout the country are clearly reflected thereby:—

Year.	No. of Cases notified.				No. of Cases on Dispensary Register.	No. of Cases on Register of Notifications.
	Pulmonary.	Non-Pulmonarv.	Total.	No. of Deaths.

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I append figures for the years 1925-40, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons.

	1925.	1926.	1927.	1928.	1929.	1930.	1931.	1932.	1933.	1934.	1935.	1930.	1937.	L938.	1939.	1940.

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. General Statistics, 1940.

Vital Statistics.

The following table shows the number of deaths from Cancer under the various age groups during the past 10 years :—

Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1940 and Previous Years.

Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1940.

Death rate calculated on the estimated population of each Ward.

METROPOLITAN BOROUGHS.

The following table gives the number of births and deaths of infants and the rate per 1,000 births :—

INFANT MORTALITY, 1940.

Visits paid by Health Visitors are enumerated in detail below:—

Schedule of Attendances at Infant Welfare Centres, and Ante-Natal Clinics.

MATERNAL DEATHS. The number of Maternal Deaths during the past sixteen years is as follows :—

Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was five against twelve in the previous year. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows :—

A summary of the work carried out during the year under review follows :— FOSTER-MOTHERS.

FOSTER-CHILDREN.

VISITS.

NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS MADE DURING 1940.

Notices.—The following table shows the number of Preliminary Notices served and complied with during the year:-

SUMMONSES—YEAR 1940. The following table shows the number of proceedings instituted during the year:

1.—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, ETC.

3.—OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO FACTORIES.

Eight hundred and fifty-eight bodies were admitted to the Public Mortuary and Civilian War Deaths Mortuary during the year

BACTERIOLOGY The following bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1940.

The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1931 to 1940 :—

Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1940.

The following are the particulars of the work carried out under the immunisation scheme during the year:—

Fees paid to Medical Practitioners :—

TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1931 to 1940.

DISINFECTION. The following table shows the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &amp;c., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station.

VACCINATION RETURNS. RETURN FOR 1939.

Table showing Work of Vaccination Officer from 1st January to 31st December, 1940.

PART 1. Summary of Notifications during the period from the 1st January, 1940, to the 31st December, 1940.

PART 11. Supplemental Return. New cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge ol' the Medical Officer of Health during the above-mentioned period, otherwise than by formal notification.

The following table has been prepared, giving particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from tuberculosis during 1940 :—

The following table indicates the reduction in the number of cases and deaths from Tuberculosis and the efforts made throughout the country are clearly reflected thereby:—

I append figures for the years 1925-40, showing the interval between notification and death of tuberculous persons.

DISINFECTION. The following table shows the amount of disinfection carried out by your Council during the year; all bedding and articles of clothing, &c., being removed to the Council's Disinfecting Station.