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

Islington 1967

Published: 1968
Pages: 108
Tables: 57

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1967: CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION (REGISTRAR GENERAL'S RETURNS)

CAUSE OF DEATH AGE GROUPS
All Ages Under 4 wks. 4 weeks under 1 year 1- 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75 & over
M F Total M F M F M F M M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
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ANALYSIS OF INFANT DEATHS - 1967 (BASED ON REGISTRAR GENERAL' S RETURNS)

Primary Cause of Death Under 1 day Days Weeks Months
1 - 2 2 - 3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 1 - 2 2 - 3 3-4 1 - 2 2-3 3 - 4 4 - 5 5-6 6 - 7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11 - 12 Totals
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Estimated Child Population

Under 1 year 1 - 4 Total under 5 5-14 Total under 15
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Accident Deaths - Comparative table.

1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
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Accident Deaths - Analysis by age groups

Type 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75- M. F. Total

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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1967

Disease	Number of notifications	Number of deaths	Removed to hospital	Number of Cases returned to Registrar-General after correction of diagnosis	Cases" coming" to knowledge1' but not notified

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Cases on Chest Clinic Registers

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total
Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children
M F M F M F M F M F M F

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Visiting of newly arrived immigrants - year ended 31st December, 1967

COUNTRY where passport was issued as stated by Port Health Authority	Number of advice* notes received during the year from ports and airports relating to arrival of immigrants	Number of first successful visits paid during the year

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Scabies and Vermin

Scabies Vermin
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Examinations carried out
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Summary of Work done by District Public Health Inspectors (i) Inspections
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(ii) Other inspections and visits
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(iii) Nuisances and Notices Public Health Acts 1936 - 61 Notices served -
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(iv) Legal Proceedings
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(v) Drainage
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(vi) Complaints
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(vii) Land Charges Enquiries
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(viii) Rent Act, 1957 Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
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(ix) Repairs and improvements effected as a result of Service of Notices under the Public Health Acts 1936-61
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CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956 Statistics Number of applications received for prior approval by local authority of plans and specifications for new furnaces
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Work of Public Health Inspectors Administering Factories Act, 1961, and Other Legislation Factories Act, 1961
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Public Health Act, 1936
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Factories Act, 1961 Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors.)

Premises (1) Number on Register (2) Number of
Inspections (3) Written Notices (4) Occupiers Prosecuted (5)
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Defects were found in the following cases. No prosecutions were instituted.

Particulars (1) Number of cases in which defects were found
Found (2) Remedied (3) Referred
To H. M. Inspector (4) By H.M. Inspector (5)
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Public Health Act, 1936, Sections 107-108 Offensive Trades The following is a summary of the records:-

Type of Business Number No. of Inspections No. of Revisits Total No. of Visits
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Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933
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Rag Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951

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REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS

Class of Premises	Number of premises registered during the year	Total number of registered premises at end of year	Number of registered premises receiving a general inspection during the year

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ANALYSIS OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE

Class of Workplace Number of persons employed
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DEFICIENCIES POUND AND REMEDIED

TOTAL
Found Remedied
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Details are:-

Month No. of Manholes
Baited Not Baited
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A. Domestic

Bacteriological Sampling Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
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B. Well Water
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PROSECUTIONS DURING 1967

Housing Act, 1957 - Section 27
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The complaints of alleged unfitness were received in respect of the following:-

Bread, cakes & biscuits Canned goods
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(a) Number of food premises etc. in the area, type of business and number of inspections made, and action taken.

Premises Visits by Inspectors
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(b) Preserved Food Premises Registered under Section 16 (I) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955

Included in foregoing list Premises
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Legal Proceedings Details of the action taken by the Council under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and the Regulations made thereunder are as follows: -

DATE OF HEARING OFFENCE MAGISTRATES DECISION
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5.6.67 Section 2 (1) Selling food, namely a cornish pasty, not the quality demanded, in that it was mouldy. Fine of £5 Council awarded £1 costs.
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Unfit Food During the year the total amount of food surrendered was:-

Description Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs.
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Formal
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Informal
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At the private slaughterhouse referred to elsewhere in this report, slaughtering is normally carried out daily, involving the attendance of one or more public health inspectors. The following is a summary of action taken during the year:-

Cattle excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep Pigs Horses
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Milk Samples 1. Bacteriological Examination

Class of Milk Results Phosphatase Methylene Blue Turbidity Biological Total Number of samples
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2. Chemical Examination Details of samples submitted.

Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Total
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Medical Treatment for Schoolchildren The number of sessions, new cases and total attendances at schoolchildren*s clinics during 1967 (including sessions held in hospital premises) were as follows:-

Type of clinic No. of sessions New Cases Attendances
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Summary of maternity and child welfare attendances
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The following table illustrates the high demand for places:
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Cases visited by health visitors in 1967 (1966 figures in brackets)
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Home Nursing Statistics (1966 figures shown in brackets)
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The items loaned included the following:-

Equipment Total number loaned during 1967
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Primary courses completed

Year of birth others aged under 16 total
1967 1966 1965 1964 1960/63
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Recommendations on behalf of schoolchildren were mostly referred to the Inner London Education Authority which maintains two holiday homes.

Recuperative holidays arranged 1966 1967
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The total number of persons referred to the mental health section by general practitioners, local education authorities, police etc. was as follows:-

Mentally ill Sub-normal and severely subnormal Total
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Attendances at the training school and centres were as follows:-

Junior Senior

CAUSE OF DEATH		AGE GROUPS
		All Ages			Under 4 wks.		4 weeks under 1 year		1-		5-		15-		25-		35-		45-		55-		65-		75 & over
		M	F	Total	M	F	M	F	M	F	M		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

Particulars (1)	Number of cases in which defects were found
	Found (2)	Remedied (3)	Referred
	Found (2)	Remedied (3)	To H. M. Inspector (4)	By H.M. Inspector (5)

	Pulmonary				Non-Pulmonary				Total
	Adults		Children		Adults		Children		Adults		Children
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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1967: CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION (REGISTRAR GENERAL'S RETURNS)

ANALYSIS OF INFANT DEATHS - 1967 (BASED ON REGISTRAR GENERAL' S RETURNS)

Estimated Child Population

Accident Deaths - Comparative table.

Accident Deaths - Analysis by age groups

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths during the year 1967

Cases on Chest Clinic Registers

Visiting of newly arrived immigrants - year ended 31st December, 1967

Scabies and Vermin

Examinations carried out

Summary of Work done by District Public Health Inspectors (i) Inspections

(ii) Other inspections and visits

(iii) Nuisances and Notices Public Health Acts 1936 - 61 Notices served -

(iv) Legal Proceedings

(v) Drainage

(vi) Complaints

(vii) Land Charges Enquiries

(viii) Rent Act, 1957 Applications for Certificates of Disrepair

(ix) Repairs and improvements effected as a result of Service of Notices under the Public Health Acts 1936-61

Continued from previous page...

CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956 Statistics Number of applications received for prior approval by local authority of plans and specifications for new furnaces

Work of Public Health Inspectors Administering Factories Act, 1961, and Other Legislation Factories Act, 1961

Public Health Act, 1936

Factories Act, 1961 Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors.)

Defects were found in the following cases. No prosecutions were instituted.

Public Health Act, 1936, Sections 107-108 Offensive Trades The following is a summary of the records:-

Pharmacy &amp; Poisons Act, 1933

Rag Flock and other Filling Materials Act, 1951

REGISTRATIONS AND GENERAL INSPECTIONS

ANALYSIS OF PERSONS EMPLOYED IN REGISTERED PREMISES BY WORKPLACE

DEFICIENCIES POUND AND REMEDIED

Details are:-

A. Domestic

B. Well Water

PROSECUTIONS DURING 1967

The complaints of alleged unfitness were received in respect of the following:-

(a) Number of food premises etc. in the area, type of business and number of inspections made, and action taken.

(b) Preserved Food Premises Registered under Section 16 (I) (b) of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955

Legal Proceedings Details of the action taken by the Council under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, and the Regulations made thereunder are as follows: -

5.6.67 Section 2 (1) Selling food, namely a cornish pasty, not the quality demanded, in that it was mouldy. Fine of £5 Council awarded £1 costs.

Unfit Food During the year the total amount of food surrendered was:-

Formal

Informal

Continued from previous page...

At the private slaughterhouse referred to elsewhere in this report, slaughtering is normally carried out daily, involving the attendance of one or more public health inspectors. The following is a summary of action taken during the year:-

Milk Samples 1. Bacteriological Examination

2. Chemical Examination Details of samples submitted.

Medical Treatment for Schoolchildren The number of sessions, new cases and total attendances at schoolchildren*s clinics during 1967 (including sessions held in hospital premises) were as follows:-

Summary of maternity and child welfare attendances

The following table illustrates the high demand for places:

Cases visited by health visitors in 1967 (1966 figures in brackets)

Home Nursing Statistics (1966 figures shown in brackets)

The items loaned included the following:-

Primary courses completed

Recommendations on behalf of schoolchildren were mostly referred to the Inner London Education Authority which maintains two holiday homes.

The total number of persons referred to the mental health section by general practitioners, local education authorities, police etc. was as follows:-

Attendances at the training school and centres were as follows:-

Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933