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Lambeth 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth Borough]
- Published
- 1937
- Pages
- 131
- Tables
- 68
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Unemployment. The following tables indicate the extent of unemployment among Lambeth residents :— (1) Average Number of Residents Registered as Unemployed in 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936.
Date Men Women Juveniles Total -
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(2) Number of Residents Registered as Unemployed at Monthly Dates in 1936.
Date Men Women Juveniles Total -
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The standard of nutrition of Lambeth children on entering the County Council Schools is of interest when read in conjunction with the unemployment figures in the preceding tables:—
1933—3,409 Children 1934—3,210 Children Good Average Below Normal Good Average Below Normal -
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The following Table shows both actual numbers and the percentage of total deaths in the various age groups. It is of interest to note that the number of deaths in the age period 65 and over was more than one-half the total deaths:—
All Ages 0— 1— 2— 5— 15— -
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Estimated Population, 1936 (Middle of the Year.) I. Wards.
Wards Males Females Total -
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III. Parliamentary Divisions.
Parliamentary Divisions Wards Total -
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TABLE A. Giving Number of Live Births in each Registration Sub-District of the Borough of Lambeth During the Year ended 31st December, 1936 (arranged Quarterly).
Registration Sub-Districts No. of Births 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter -
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TABLE B. Showing Populations (Estimated), Uncorrected Registered Births, Corrected Deaths at all ages, under 1 year, under 5 years, and from the 7 chief zymotic diseases, during 1936, the 4 previous years and the averages for the four decennia 1891-1900, 1901-1910, 1911-1920, and 1921-1930.
Year Estimated Population Number ofBirths Registered Corrected Numbers of Deaths AllAges Under 1 year Under 5 years Deaths from 7 Chief Zymotic Diseases -
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TABLE C. Showing the Birth Rate, the General and Zymotic Death Rates, the Infantile Mortality Rates for the Year 1936, and the figures for the Four Previous Years, together with the Averages for the Four Decennia 1891-1900, 1901-1910, 1911-1920, and 1921-1930.
Year Birth-Rate per 1,000 Population (uncorrected) Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected) Corrected Deaths of Children under 1 yearper 1,000 total Births Deaths of Children under 1 year per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) Deaths of Children under 5 years per 1,000 Deaths (corrected) Zymotic Death-Rate per 1,000 Population (corrected) -
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TABLE D. Vital Statistics of the Borough of Lambeth During 1936 and Previous Five Years (1931-1935)
Year Population estimated to Middle of each Year Births Total Deaths Registered in District Transferable Deaths Net Deaths Belonging to the District Un-corrected Number Net ofnon-residents registered in the District † ofresidents not registered in the District † Under 1 Year of Age At all Ages Number* Rate Number * Rate per 1,000 NetBirths Number * Rate Number Rate l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -
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TABLE E. Summary of Statistics Relating to the Metropolitan Boroughs for the Year, 1936.
Cities and Boroughs Estimated Population toMid-year 1936 Births Annual rate per1,000 persons living Death-rate per 1,000 livingCrude Death-rate per 1,000 livingAdjusted Deaths of infants under 1 year per 1,000 births -
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TABLE F. Birth-Rate, Death-Rate, and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1936 (Provisional figures).
Rate per 1,00.0 Total Population Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population Rate per 1,000 Births AllCauses Enteric Fever Smallpox Measles ScarletFever WhoopingCough Diphtheria Influenza Violence Diarrhoea & Enteritis(under two years) Total Deaths under one year Live Births Still-births -
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The maternal Mortality rates are as follows :—
Puerperal Puerperal Sepsis Others Total Sepsis Others Total -
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TABLE G. Causes of, and Ages at, Death (Corrected) During the Year, 1936.
Causes of Death Net Deaths at the Subjoined Ages of "Residents " whether occurring within or without the District AllAges Under 1 year 1 and under 2years 2 and under 5years 5 and under 15years 15 and under 25years 25 and under45 years 45 and under65 years 65 and under 75years 75 andupwards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 -
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TABLE H. Showing the corrected number of Deaths, with corrected Death-rates (general, zymotic and diarrhceal), in each of the Registration Sub-Districts of the Borough during 1936.
Registration Sub-Districts. Total Deaths General Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. Total Deaths (corrected) from Total Zymotic Deaths. Zymotic Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. Diarrhceal Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population. Small Pox Measles Scarlet Fever Diphtheria WhoopingCough Typhoid orEnteric Diarrhoea and Dysentery -
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In the Registration Sub-Districts, the corrected infantile mortality varies thus:—
Registration Sub-Districts Total No. of Births Total Deaths under 1 year Infantile Mortality per 1,000 Births -
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TABLE I. Infantile Mortality, 1936. Net Deaths from stated causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
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 1 year -
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Stillbirths. The following particulars regarding stillbirths registered in Lambeth during 1936 have been received from the Registrar General:—
Stillbirths registered Inward transfers. Outward transfers Corrected totals -
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Mortality (All ages). The mortality rates from different diseases and groups of diseases are given in terms of total deaths per 1,000 of the estimated population, with the exception of the infantile mortality rate which is expressed in terms of the corrected number of births.
1936 1935 1934 Quinquennium 1931-1935 -
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Births, 1936. The total number of Births registered (uncorrected) is 5,542, of which details are set out in Table A. The corrected number of births, however, is 3,871, showing a birth-rate of 13.94 per 1,000 of the estimated population.
Total registered Inward transfers Outward transfers Corrected numbers -
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Of the total 5,700 notified births, 4,489 took place in Institutions, and of these, 1,885 belong to Lambeth, and 2,604 to outside districts, thus:—
Institutions. LambethCases Strangers Totals -
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(b) Infectious disease.
Pneumonia (all forms) WhoopingCough Chicken- Pox Influenza Pemphigus ScarletFever -
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Lambeth Milk Assistance Scheme (Free & Aided Supplies). The Lambeth Milk Assistance Scheme continues to prove its usefulness in providing milk food in its most suitable form for young children whose parents are unable to secure it of their own resources. The scale of income is that recommended by the Ministry of Health on 22nd August, 1922, and is as follows:—
Number in Family. Supply of Milk free of cost. Supply of Milk at half-cost. -
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The figures giving the cost of the Lambeth Milk Assistance Scheme and the quantities distributed, both ordinary cow's milk as well as the various forms of dried milk since its inception on 8th February, 1918, are shown in the following table:—
Years (Financial) Cost of Milk distributed Total Cost Total amount of Milk distributedin gallons (approximately) Through Welfare Centres Through Milk Depot £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. -
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The new scheme, which came into operation on 1st April, 1937 and will remain in force until 31st March, 1942, unless previousl determined, is as follows:—
(1)Voluntary Associations (Infant Welfare Centres, etc.) (2)Service in respect of which Contribution is payable (3)Amount of AnnualContribution Third fixed period (1937-42) -
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Applications dealt with during 1936.
Welfare Centre Applications received Applications withdrawn, refused or cancelled -
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Parliamentary Area Applications received Applications withdrawn, refused or cancelled -
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Year of Birth No. of Nurse Children No. of Visits -
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SUMMARY RELATING TO THE WORK AT WELFARE CENTRES
WELFARE CENTRE North Marsh Barley Mow North Lambeth Babies' Care Moffat "Rose McAndrew" St. Anne's North Brixton Loughborough Junction Stockwell Brixton West Norwood St. Thomas's Hospital (M tin Building1 St. Thomas'sHospital (37 Royal St.) General Lying-in Hospital Totals -
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summary relating to the work at welfare centres continued
WELFARE CENTRE North Marsh Barley Mow North Lambeth Babies' Care Moffat " Rose McAndrew" St. Anne's North Brixton Loughborough Junction Stockwell Brixton West Norwood St. Thomas's Hospital (Main Building) St. Thomas'sHospital (37 Royal St.) General Lying-in Hospital Totals -
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The cost to the Local Authority of the Lambeth Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme since its inception in 1916, and the fall in the infantile mortality year by year are shown in the following table, together with the percentage of Lambeth children entering the County Council Elementary Schools afflicted with some physical defect of defects:—
Year Cost to the Borough Council (Financial Year) Infantile Mortality Percentage of children entering school with oneor more physical defects £ s. d. -
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The causes giving rise to the notifications are detailed in the following table:—
Cause Primiparae Multiparae Medical Ante-natal care Yes No -
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ABSTRACT OF THE ANNUAL RETURN MADE TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY. House and Trade Refuse. Table showing Costs for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.
Item Particulars Total including Depreciation or Loan Charges -
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Street Cleansing. Table showing Costs for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.
Item Particulars Street Sweepingand Watering Gully Cleansing Snow Removal £ £ £ -
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Sanitary Inspection of the Area. 5,428 Notices were served during the year 1936, as follows :— Public Health (London) Act, Metropolis Local Management Acts Housing Acts, etc.
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Home Office Table. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. 1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces (Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances)
Premises Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
Particulars Number of Defects Number of offences in respect of which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector -
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Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
Nature of Work Instances Notices served Prosecutions (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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Dwelling-houses Persons displaced -
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The following table shows particulars of the 294 applications received. Housing Applications, 1936.
Number ofPersons in Family Number of Rooms Occupied Total Persons 1 2 3 4 5 6 -
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In addition to the above-mentioned carcases or parts of carcases, the following unsound food was condemned and destroyed:—
Fish— tons cwts. qrs. lbs. -
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Particulars of the 2,000 samples of Food and Drugs procured for analysis by the Public Analyst will be found in the following table.
Samples Formal Informal Number Analysed Number Adulter-ated Number Analysed Number Adulterated -
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Food and Drugs.—continued.
Samples Formal Informal Number Analysed Number Adulterated Number Analysed Number Adulterpated -
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Food and Drugs.—continued.
Samples Formal Informal Number Analysed Number Adulterated Number Analysed Number Adulterated -
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TABLE J. Statistics of Notifiable Diseases.
Cases notified Attack-rate per 1,000 Deaths registered Case mortality per 100 Cases removed tohospital Per cent. of cases removed Infected houses Annual Average of cases notified 1921-1930 -
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TABLE K. Distribution of Cases Notified During the Year 1936.
Notifiable Disease Number of Cases Notified Total Cases Notified in each Registration Sub-District Total cases removed to Hospital At all Ages At Ages—Years Lambeth North Princes Lambeth Central Lambeth South Lambeth North Princes Lambeth Central Lambeth South Under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 15 to 25 25 to 45 45 to 65 65 and upwards -
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Vaccination. Return showing the Numbers of Persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates by the Medical Officers of the County Council Institutions and the Public Vaccinators during the Year 1936.
Name of Institution or Vaccination District Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator Numbers of successful primary vaccinations of persons Number of successful re-vaccinations, i.e., successful vaccinations of persons who had been successfully vaccinated at some previous time Number of unsuccessful vaccinations or re-vaccinations of persons Under one year of age One yearand upwards Total -
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Diphtheria Prevention—1936. Statistics for the year ended 31st December, 1936.
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Cases Vision Unimpaired Vision Impaired Total Blindness Deaths
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The proportion of specimens found to be positive out of all those submitted was 12.6 per cent. (in the previous year, 12.0 per cent).
Nature of Specimen Result of Examination Total Negative Positive -
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Tuberculosis. The numbers of cases of tuberculosis on the Lambeth Register of Notifications on December 31st, 1935, were as follows:—
Males Females Totals -
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TABLE L. Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of Notifications received during the period from January 1st, 1936, to December 31st, 1936.
Age Periods Formal Notifications Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of Tuberculosis *Total Notifications (i.e., including cases previously notified) 0 to 1 1 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 55 to 65 upwards Total -
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TABLE L (1). Summary of new cases of Tuberculosis coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the period from the 1st January, 1936 to the 31st December, 1936, otherwise than by formal notification. 1.—Age Periods.
0 to1 1to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15to 20 20 to 25 25to 35 35 to 45 45to 55 55 to 65 65 and upwards Totalcases -
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2.—Source of Information.
Pulmonary NonPulmonary -
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TABLE L (2). Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1930. Summary of Notification Certificates, etc., received during the period from January 1st, 1936, to December 31st, 1936.
Registration Sub-Districts Formal Notifications (Table L) Others (Table L 1) Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary NonPulmonary A. I. II. A. I. II. Forms Primary Total Sanatorium, etc. Sanatorium, etc. Primary Total Sanatorium, etc. Sanatorium, etc. -
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Deaths from Tuberculosis.
Age Periods 0 1 5 10 15 20 25 35 45 55 65 and upwards Total -
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The details of the tuberculosis deaths in the various Registration Sub-Districts are :—
Registration Sub-Districts Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other Forms Tuberculosis Total Deaths Tuberculosis Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population(Pulmonary) Tuberculosis rate per 1,000 population (all forms) -
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Death-rates and incidence-rates (primary cases) per 1,000 population:—
Years Borough Mortality Borough Incidence Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (all forms) Pulmonary Tuberculosis Tuberculosis (all forms) -
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N.B.-The Central Dispensary (73 Effra Road, Brixton), was opened July 23rd, 1913. CENTRAL DISPENSARY (73 Effra Road, Brixton).
Diagnosis Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Grand Total. Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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N.B.-The Branch Dispensary (St. Thomas's Hospital) was opened February 3rd, 1913. BRANCH DISPENSARY (St. Thomas's Hospital).
Diagnosis Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Grand Total Adults Children Adults Children Adults Children M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Mortuary. Details of the work carried out in connection with the Lambeth Mortuary:—
Wanless Road, S.E. 24 1935 1936 -
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From the following table can be observed the particulars of births, home visits and attendances at the voluntary welfare centres in the Lambeth scheme during the past six years:—
Year Births Numbers attending Attendances Home visits Infants Toddlers Infants Toddlers Infants Toddlers -
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Municipal Day Nurseries
District Type Initial cost Staff Income Expenditure Net cost per child per diem Accommodation provided -
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BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. (a) Lambeth Council Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. Minor Ailment Treatment. Hospital Times.
Belgrave Hospital King's College Hospital St. Thomas's Hospital Royal Waterloo Hospital -
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Weekly List of Toddlers Referred to Your Hospital
NAMES ADDRESSES AILMENT HOSPITAL TIME AND DATE -
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TODDLER'S RECORD CARD
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