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Islington 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
- Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 88
- Tables
- 76
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SECTION A. GENERAL AND VITAL STATISTICS.
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION (REGISTRAR GENERAL'S RETURNS)
Cause OF Death Age Groups 0— 1- 5- 15- 25— 45— 65— 75— All Ages M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Total -
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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS—1946 TO 1957
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SUMMARY OF INFANT MORTALITY 1957 (Based on Registrar General's Returns)
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In view of the interest in the post-war "bulge," the following table (extracted from the Registrar General's Returns) gives the estimated number of children under the age of 15 years in the County of London and in Islington:—
Under 1 year 1 — 4 Total under 5 5 — 14 Total under 15 -
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Death-rate per million population
Males Females -
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Malignant Growths of Lung and Bronchus :
Deaths Male Female Total -
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Death-rate per million population
Males Females -
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Accidents. The following table gives the deaths from accidents to Islington residents from 1951 onwards :—
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 -
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In the following table causes of accidental deaths in 1957 are analysed, in their respective age groups.
Type 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75+ M F Total -
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SECTION B. PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1957
Disease Number of Notifications Number of Deaths Removed to Hospital Number of Cases returned to Registrar-General after correction of Diagnosis Cases "coming to knowledge" but not Notified -
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Domiciliary Visiting of Infectious Disease Cases and Contacts—No. of Visits
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1st January—3rd July, 1948 1,124
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The following table shows the age-groups of the notified cases during 1957:—
Under 1 year 1—5 years 5 years and upwards -
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With 431 cases, whooping cough showed a decrease over the figures for the previous year.
Under 1 year 1—5 years 5 years and upwards -
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Home visiting of measles and whooping cough cases was carried out by the Home Visitors as under :—
Measles Whooping Cough Visits Re-visits -
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The cases reported for each of ten years are set out as under :—
No. Reported No. CONFIRMED -
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Diphtheria Cases and Deaths—1927-1957
Year Notified Cases Deaths Year Notified Cases Confirmed Cases Deaths Year Notified Cases Confirmed Cases Deaths -
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Corrected Notifications
Year England and Wales London Islington -
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Diphtheria Cases and Immunisation state 1947-1957 (inclusive)
Year Immunised Non-Immunised Unknown Total Deaths Age Groups Age Groups 0—5 5—15 15 + 0—5 5—15 15 + -
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As immunity tends to wane with the passage of time, the Immunity Index relates only to children who have been inoculated during the last 5 years. This is consonant with the Immunity Index given by the Ministry of Health.
Age at 31 . 12. 57 i.e. born in year Under 1 1957 1—4 1956-53 5—9 1952-48 10—14 1947-43 Under 15 Total -
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In accordance with Circular 2/50 of the Ministry of Health, the following table summarises the outbreaks of food poisoning and the character of each outbreak.
Date No. of Notifications No. of persons served No. of cases reported No. of deaths Foods involved and Organisms responsible -
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DYSENTERY IN ISLINGTON—1957
Month No. of Cases Sex Notified Coming to knowledge Confirmed Cases Age Groups Case employed as a food handler Food Handler Contacts Water Closet Accommodation 0- 1 - 5- 15- 25- 45- 65 + Same family Separate family Separate Shared -
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Home Visiting
Follow-up home visiting for cases of scabies and vermin was carried out by the Home Visitors of the Cleansing Station as under:— Families Ineffective Visited Revisits Visits Total -
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New Cases and Mortality during 1957
Ages New Cases Deaths Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory -
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Rates per 1,000 population—
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The corresponding figures for previous years are:—
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Islington Chest Clinic, Whittington Hospital Cases on Chest Clinic Registers
Number of definite cases of tuberculosis on Chest Clinic Register as at 31st December, 1957 Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children -
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The corresponding figure for previous years are:—
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The Mass X-Ray Unit continues to carry out most useful service in the Borough. Dr. G. Z. Brett, Physician in Charge of the Unit, has kindly supplied the following information in respect of Islington residents examined during the year:—
Men Women Total -
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All specimens for bacteriological examination dealt with through the Department are submitted to the Public Health Laboratory Service, County Hall, S.E.1.
Examinations carried out Total -
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Routine Inspections, etc.
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Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954—Period 1st January, 1957 to 5th July, 1957.
Certificates of Disrepair. Section Sections -
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Rent Act, 1957—Period 6th July, 1957, to 31st December, 1957.
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Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
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Applications by Overseas Companies for Certificates of Repair
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Improvements effected as a result of Service of Notices under the Public Health (London) Act.
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This amount is apportioned as follows under the appropriate Acts and Sections:—
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Legal Proceedings. Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Failure to comply with Statutory Notices contrary to Section 82 (No. of cases: 70)
Date Address Magistrate's Decision -
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Failure to comply with Statutory Notices contrary to Section 82 (No. of cases: 70).—contd.
Date Address Magistrate's Decision -
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Failure to comply with Magistrate's Abatement Order—(N.o. of cases: 14)
Date Address Magistrate's Decision -
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Failure to comply a second time with Magistrate's Abatement Order—(No. of cases: 1)
Date Address Magistrate's Decision -
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Appeal against Magistrate's Decision to Quarter Sessions—(Ho. of cases: 1)
Date Address Magistrate's Decision -
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Appeal againstNotice served under Section 40 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, as amended by the L.C.C. (General Powers) Act. 1951—(No. of cases: 1)
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In certain cases warning notices can be displayed under the War Damage Sites Act, 1949, drawing the attention of the public to the fact that depositing of rubbish is an offence.
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Monthly Deposits recorded by the Deposit Gauges and Sulphur-Dioxide by the Lead-Peroxide Method.
Month Site No.* Rainfall in Inches Insoluble Deposit (Tons Soluble Deposit per square Total Solids mile) Mg.of SO3/day collected by 100 sq. cm. of Batch A Lead-Peroxide. (Louvered Box) -
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Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at the two stations in the Borough
Station Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July August Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -
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Inspections and Re-Visits.
Inspections Revisits -
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1.—Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted -
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2.—Cases in which Detects were round.
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 Sec. 110(l) (c) No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council No. of prosecu-tions for failure to supply lists No. of instances of work in unwhole- some premises Notices served Prosecu-tions -
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The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year. Notices Served : 12 Intimations and 8 Statutory Notices.
Type of Property Local Authority Premises Dwelling Houses Business Premises TOTAL -
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Failure to give the local authority forthwith notice in writing that rats were living on or resorting to land in substantial numbers contrary to Section 3:—
Date Address Magistrate's Decision -
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Two sewer maintenance treatments were carried out, in connection with which the Co-operation of the Borough Engineer and his staff was appreciated. Details of the treatments are as follows :—
Treatment No. and date Manholes Baited Showing Complete Takes Showing pre-bait Takes Showing No Takes -
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Prosecutions. Housing Repairs and Rent Act, 1954. Failure to comply with notices served under section 11(1).
Date Address Magistrate's decision -
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Details of the action taken by the Council under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and the Food Hygiene Regulations made thereunder, are as follows :—
Date Offence Magistrate's Decision -
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Appeal against Magistrate's Decision to Quarter Sessions (No. of cases: 1)
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details of which are given in the following table :—
Description Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs. Ozs. -
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Cattle Excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Horses -
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The following table given through the courtesy of the Cleansing Superintendent provides details of the weekly average number of persons who availed themselves of the Council's facilities.
Convenience Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Approx weekly average through -out year -
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During the year 726 visits were paid to ice-cream premises and vehicles. Number of premises registered :—
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Bacteriological Examinations. Eighty-seven samples of ice-cream was sent for bacteriological examination and Methylene Blue tests were graded as follows :—
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Fat Content Less Than
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Samples submitted for Chemical Analysis:—
Genuine Adulterated Total -
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Samples submitted for Bacteriological Examination:-
Class of Milk Results Phosphatase Methylene blue Turbidity Total No. of Samples -
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The following licences were granted:—
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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949 to 1954.
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The health films shown were as follows:-
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Members of the staff also attended special Training and Refresher Courses as follows:—
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The number of meals supplied, etc., during the year, is given in the following table: