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

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A summary of the vital statistics of the Borough for 1965 is given in the following table:- VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT 1965

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Rent Act 1957. Applications under the above Act have been received as follows:

	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965

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Summonses - proceedings instituted during the year under the:

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Chemical Examinations, all Thames derived, (Milligrams per litre unless otherwise stated).

No. of samples	363

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Bacteriological Examinations, all Thames derived,

No. of samples	3888

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November, 1965, only - Office premises. Number of rooms where number of lumens per sq.ft. measured was:

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Shop premises Number of shop selling areas where number of lumens per sq.ft. measured was:

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Stockrooms Number of stockrooms etc.pertaining to shops where number of lumens per sq.ft. measured was:

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Position on 31st. December, 1965.

Area	Acreage	No. of Premises	Operative Date.	No. of Applications	Estimated No. of Conversions

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Position on 31st December, 1965.

Smoke Control Order No.	Acreage	Date Made	Date Confirmed	Operative Date	No. of Premises	Estimated No. of Conversions

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A list showing the number and types of premises in the Borough where food is sold, stored and prepared, is given below :-

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Under the Regulations 82 samples of designated milk were taken from milk processing plants, from distributors, and from automatic vending machines. These were submitted for the Phosphatase, Methylene Blue, and Turbidity tests, the results of which are set out below:-

Class of Milk	No. tested	Phosphatase Tests		Methylene Blue Tests		Turbidity Tests
Class of Milk	No. tested	Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed	Passed	Failed

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The number adulterated or about which some comment was made was 68 These criticisms may be classified as follows:-

	Number of samples examined	Number of samples adulterated, etc.

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Even today there is still considerable demand for this service. In all 427 individuals received 607 treatments for a variety of causes, the main four were:-

Scabies	198 patients	328 treatments

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Details are set out below: Bodies admitted from the Borough

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No. of post-mortem examinations conducted -

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No. of inquests held:

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The table below is an analysis of notifications in 1965, and relates to children born in that year. 48 cases were placed on the Register, of whom 3 had been transferred from the Observation Register, and 8 had been notified through the scheme for reporting congenital malformations:

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Staff. 17 Chiropodists are employed, 7 full-time and 10 sessional, (including 2 Domiciliary Chiropodists), under the direction of the Chief Chiropodist.

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In addition, certificates are accepted from other local authorities, hospitals, and private ophthalmologists, and fees paid where appropriate. The following are details of work carried out during the year:

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In accordance with the Ministry's request the 10 - year development plan for the health and welfare services was formulated and forwarded to the Ministry, making provision for the following proposals:-

Health	Welfare

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Periodic General Medical Inspections. The table below is an analysis of routine and non-routine medical inspections:- School Medical Inspections (excluding Dental and Health Surveys) - 1965

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Non-Routine Medical Inspections - 1965

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Specials - at request of

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Others -

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The following table shows the rate per 1,000 of children of all ages noted for treatment or observations of a defect in 1965:— Routine Medical Inspections 1965 Defects (Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected)

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Routine Medical Inspections 1965 - Vision

	Percentage of number tested
	6/6		6/9		6/12 or worse		Noted for Treatment.
	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls	Boys	Girls

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Findings at Health Surveys - 1965

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Prophylaxis. The following table shows the percentage of children of all ages inspected who were reported to have been immunised against -

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The following table shows the categories of handicap and number of pupils receiving special education in day schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith'. —

Type of Handicap	School		No. of pupils

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Premises and School Treatment Centres: There are five Dental Clinics:-

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Table 1 CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1965 IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH

CAUSE OF DEATH	Sex	Total	Under	4 weeks and under 1 year	AGE IN YEARS
CAUSE OF DEATH	Sex	All Ages	4 weeks	4 weeks and under 1 year	1-	5-	15-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75 and over

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Table 2 Population: Once again the Registrar-General's estimated population figure shows a decrease, the figure for 1965 of 215,240 being 1,700 less than the previous year. The estimates for child population are as follows:-

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NATURAL INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE POPULATION DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS

Year	Population	Excess of Births over Deaths

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Tables 3 & 4 DEATHS FROM CANCER DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS

Year	Population	Deaths	Rate per 1,000

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Table 6 INFANT MORTALITY RATES - ENGLAND AND WALES AND VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births

	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964

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Table 7 MATERNAL MORTALITY - from 1955 to 1965

Year	Number of Deaths	Number of live births	Maternal Death Rate
Year	Pregnancy childbirth, abortion	Number of live births	Maternal Death Rate

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Table 8 Marriages The total number of marriages solemnized in the Borough during 1965 was 2,278. They were made up as follows:-

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Table 9 NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diseases	NOTIFICATIONS								Total cases notified	Cases Removed to Hospital	Deaths	Corrected Figures 1
Diseases	0-1 year	1-2 years	2-5 years	5-15 years	15-25 years	25-45 years	45-65 years	65+ years	Total cases notified	Cases Removed to Hospital	Deaths	Corrected Figures 1

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Tablel 10 HAMMERSMITH CHEST CLINIC SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1st JANUARY, 1965 TO THE 31st DECEMBER,1965

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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Table 12 FULHAM CHEST CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1965

No. of NEW PATIENTS attending -

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Table 13 FULHAIH CHEST CLINIC New Notifications in Age Groups in 1965

	Males		Females

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Table14 FULHAM CHEST CLINIC Deaths in age groups in 1965

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Table 15 HAMMERSMITH CHEST CLINIC Cases Notified and Deaths since 1955

Year	No. of cases notified			No. ofDeaths	No. of Cases on Register of Notifications
Year	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary	Total	No. ofDeaths	No. of Cases on Register of Notifications

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Table 16 IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION The following tables show details of the numbers of persons protected against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, smallpox and poliomyelitis during 1965.

Diphtheria Immunisation

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Table 16 (cont'd.)

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Poliomyelitis Primary Vaccinations

1965	1964-61	1960-58	1957-50	1949*	Total

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Table 17 Houses in multiple occupation:

	1962	1963	1964	1965

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Table 18 Analysis of informal action taken under the Housing Acts, 1961 and 1964

	1962			1963			1964			1965
	Served	Number complied irrespective ofyear complied	Percent-agecomplied of thoseserved	Served	Numbe r complied irrespective of year complied	Percent-agecomplied of thoseserved	Served	Number complied irrespective of yearcomplied	Percentagecomplied of those served	Served	Number complied irrespective of year complied	Percentagecomplied of those served

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Table 19 Analysis of formal action taken under the Housing Acts, 1961 and 1964

	1962		1963		1964		1965
	Formal action commenced	Complied irrespective of year complied	Formal action commenced	Complied irrespective of year complied	Formal action commenced	Complied irrespective of year complied	Formal action commenced	Complied irrespective of year complied

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Table 20 Sanitary Inspection

Cause of Inspection	No. of Inspections	No. of Re-visits	No. of Notices Served	No. of Notices Complied, with

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Class of premises	No. of premises registered during year	Total number of registered premises at end of year	Number of registered premises receiving ageneral inspection during year

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Table 22. Analysis of persons employed in registered premises by workplace:

Class of workplace	Number of persons employed

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Table 23. Factories Act, 1961 1. Inspections:

Premises	Numberon Register	Inspections	Number of Written Notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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Table 24. 2. Cases in which defects were found:

Particulars	Number of cases in which Defects were found				Number of Cases inwhich Prosecutions were Instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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Table 25. Outwork:

	Section 110			Section 111
	No. of Outworkersin August list required by Section 110 (1) (c)	No. of Cases of Default in Sending Lists 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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Table 26. RODENT CONTROL - The following is a summary of the work for the year:

	TYPE OF PROPERTY
	Local Authority	Dwelling Houses	Business etc.	Totals

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Table 27. Unsound Food Condemned 1965

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Table 28. Analysis of Food and Drug Samples, 1965

Article	Formal	Informal	Complaint	Total	Formal	Informal	Complaint	Total

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Table 28 (contd.)

Article	Formal	Informal	Complaint	Total	F ormal	Informal	Complaint	Total

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Table 29. Service Laundry — Items dealt with in 1965

	Cleansing Centre Scotts Road	Disinfecting Station Townmead Road	Luncheon Clubs	Chiropody Clinics	Medical Room	Information Officer Town Hall	Mortuary	Civil Defence	Dust Destructor Townmead Road	Other laundry	Totals

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The combined figures for the whole of the year show that 117,455 articles were collected and delivered: — Figures for the Metropolitan Boroughs from 1st January to 31st March, 1965

	HAMMERSMITH	FULHAM

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Table 31. Service for Fouled Laundry

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Table 32. Steam Sterilisation — Requests made and articles sterilised, 1965:

Requests		Mattresses	Pillows	Quilts	Blankets	Sheets	Pillow Slips	Towels	Dressing Gowns	Other Clothing	Sundries	Totals

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Table 33. Disinfestation The following table indicates the variety of work under this section 1965:

	Premises	Rooms		Premises	Rooms

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Table 34. Domiciliary Midwifery:

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Table 35.

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Table 36. Family Planning Sessions:

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Table 37. Child Welfare and Toddlers Sessions:

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Table 38. Vaccination and Immunisation:

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Table 39. Home Nursing:

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Table 40. Day Nurseries:

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Table 41. Child Minders—voluntarily registered:

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Table 42. Home Help Service:

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Table 43. Tuberculosis:

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Table 44. Foot Clinics:

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Table 45. Recuperative Holidays:

Type of Case	Admitted to Homes during 1965	Being dealt with at end of 1965

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Table 46. Examination of Blind and Partially-Sighted persons:

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Table 47. Mental Health:

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Table 48. Dental Treatment for expectant Mothers and Children under 5 years of age:

	No. of persons examined	No. of persons who commenced treatment	No. of courses of treatment completed

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Table 49. Facilities provided for General Practitioners:

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Table 50. Medical arrangements for long-stay immigrants:

Country where passport was issued	Immigrants Notified	Visits Successful	Unsuccessful	Total

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Table 51. Tracing of V.D. Contacts June/Dec. 1965:

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Table 52. Home Help Service:

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Table 53. WEEKLY PROGRAMME OF MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SESSIONS, CRECHES AND FOOT CLINICS, 1965

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Table 53 (contd.)

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Table 53 (contd.)

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Table 54. Family Casework for 1965

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Table 55. Welfare Services—National Assistance Act, 1948. Persons in residential accommodation on 31st December 1965:

Persons (exclusive of staff) residing in:
Council residential homes in which the number of beds is			Accommodation provided on behalf of the Council byVoluntary organisations	Total
less than 35	35.70	over 70		Total
a	b	c	d	e

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Table 59. Children in Care of the London Borough of Hammersmith at 31st December 1965.

	Boys	Girls	Total

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A summary of the vital statistics of the Borough for 1965 is given in the following table:- VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT 1965

Rent Act 1957. Applications under the above Act have been received as follows:

Summonses - proceedings instituted during the year under the:

Chemical Examinations, all Thames derived, (Milligrams per litre unless otherwise stated).

Bacteriological Examinations, all Thames derived,

November, 1965, only - Office premises. Number of rooms where number of lumens per sq.ft. measured was:

Shop premises Number of shop selling areas where number of lumens per sq.ft. measured was:

Stockrooms Number of stockrooms etc.pertaining to shops where number of lumens per sq.ft. measured was:

Position on 31st. December, 1965.

Position on 31st December, 1965.

A list showing the number and types of premises in the Borough where food is sold, stored and prepared, is given below :-

Under the Regulations 82 samples of designated milk were taken from milk processing plants, from distributors, and from automatic vending machines. These were submitted for the Phosphatase, Methylene Blue, and Turbidity tests, the results of which are set out below:-

The number adulterated or about which some comment was made was 68 These criticisms may be classified as follows:-

Even today there is still considerable demand for this service. In all 427 individuals received 607 treatments for a variety of causes, the main four were:-

Details are set out below: Bodies admitted from the Borough

No. of post-mortem examinations conducted -

No. of inquests held:

The table below is an analysis of notifications in 1965, and relates to children born in that year. 48 cases were placed on the Register, of whom 3 had been transferred from the Observation Register, and 8 had been notified through the scheme for reporting congenital malformations:

Staff. 17 Chiropodists are employed, 7 full-time and 10 sessional, (including 2 Domiciliary Chiropodists), under the direction of the Chief Chiropodist.

Continued from previous page...

In addition, certificates are accepted from other local authorities, hospitals, and private ophthalmologists, and fees paid where appropriate. The following are details of work carried out during the year:

In accordance with the Ministry's request the 10 - year development plan for the health and welfare services was formulated and forwarded to the Ministry, making provision for the following proposals:-

Periodic General Medical Inspections. The table below is an analysis of routine and non-routine medical inspections:- School Medical Inspections (excluding Dental and Health Surveys) - 1965

Non-Routine Medical Inspections - 1965

Specials - at request of

Others -

The following table shows the rate per 1,000 of children of all ages noted for treatment or observations of a defect in 1965:— Routine Medical Inspections 1965 Defects (Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected)

Continued from previous page...

Routine Medical Inspections 1965 - Vision

Findings at Health Surveys - 1965

Continued from previous page...

Prophylaxis. The following table shows the percentage of children of all ages inspected who were reported to have been immunised against -

The following table shows the categories of handicap and number of pupils receiving special education in day schools in the London Borough of Hammersmith'. —

Premises and School Treatment Centres: There are five Dental Clinics:-

Table 1 CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE DURING 1965 IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HAMMERSMITH

Table 2 Population: Once again the Registrar-General's estimated population figure shows a decrease, the figure for 1965 of 215,240 being 1,700 less than the previous year. The estimates for child population are as follows:-

NATURAL INCREASE OR DECREASE OF THE POPULATION DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS

Tables 3 &amp; 4 DEATHS FROM CANCER DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS

Table 6 INFANT MORTALITY RATES - ENGLAND AND WALES AND VARIOUS OTHER COUNTRIES Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 live births

Table 7 MATERNAL MORTALITY - from 1955 to 1965

Table 8 Marriages The total number of marriages solemnized in the Borough during 1965 was 2,278. They were made up as follows:-

Table 9 NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Tablel 10 HAMMERSMITH CHEST CLINIC SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1st JANUARY, 1965 TO THE 31st DECEMBER,1965

Table 12 FULHAM CHEST CLINIC STATISTICS FOR 1965

Table 13 FULHAIH CHEST CLINIC New Notifications in Age Groups in 1965

Table14 FULHAM CHEST CLINIC Deaths in age groups in 1965

Table 15 HAMMERSMITH CHEST CLINIC Cases Notified and Deaths since 1955

Table 16 IMMUNISATION AND VACCINATION The following tables show details of the numbers of persons protected against diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, smallpox and poliomyelitis during 1965.

Table 16 (cont'd.)

Poliomyelitis Primary Vaccinations

Table 17 Houses in multiple occupation:

Table 18 Analysis of informal action taken under the Housing Acts, 1961 and 1964

Table 19 Analysis of formal action taken under the Housing Acts, 1961 and 1964

Table 20 Sanitary Inspection

Table 22. Analysis of persons employed in registered premises by workplace:

Table 23. Factories Act, 1961 1. Inspections:

Table 24. 2. Cases in which defects were found:

Table 25. Outwork:

Table 26. RODENT CONTROL - The following is a summary of the work for the year:

Table 27. Unsound Food Condemned 1965

Table 28. Analysis of Food and Drug Samples, 1965

Table 28 (contd.)

Table 29. Service Laundry — Items dealt with in 1965

The combined figures for the whole of the year show that 117,455 articles were collected and delivered: — Figures for the Metropolitan Boroughs from 1st January to 31st March, 1965

Table 31. Service for Fouled Laundry

Table 32. Steam Sterilisation — Requests made and articles sterilised, 1965:

Table 33. Disinfestation The following table indicates the variety of work under this section 1965:

Table 34. Domiciliary Midwifery:

Table 35.

Table 36. Family Planning Sessions:

Table 37. Child Welfare and Toddlers Sessions:

Table 38. Vaccination and Immunisation:

Tables 3 & 4 DEATHS FROM CANCER DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS