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Lewisham 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham Borough]
- Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 18
- Tables
- 14
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Page 2
SECTION "A" - VITAL STATISTICS
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Section "A" (Continued)
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Comparative Statistics for the Year 1945
Birth Rate (per 1,000 Civilian Population Death Rate (per 1,000 Civilian Population) Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live Births) Live Births Still Births -
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General Summary of Vital Statistics for the years 1938 to 1945
Year Estimated Population Births Deaths Deaths under One Year Deaths from Pulmonary Tuberculosis Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate -
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS AS TO TUBERCULOSIS FOR THE YEARS 1935 to 1945
(1) Year (2) Population (3) No. of new Cases Notified (All Forms) (4) Deaths (5) Death Rate from Pulmonary Tuberculosis per thousand population. All Forms Respiratory -
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The following Table shows the causes of and ages at death during the calendar year 1945:-
Code Number CAUSES OF DEATH Nett Deaths at the subjoined Ages of "Residents" whether occurring within or without the Borough. All Ages Under 1 year 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and over Totals, All Causes 2068 102 22 10 190 583 1161 -
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The remaining four Nurseries in the Borough continued to function and the following Table shows the average daily attendances each month during 1945.
Month Catford Ladywell Forest Hill Downham Honor Oak Approved places-40 Approved places-88 Approved places-65 Approved places-56 Approved places-60 Average Attendances Average Attendances Average Attendances Average Attendances Average Attendances -
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The bacteriological work of the Council is carried out under contract by St. John's Hospital, Lewisham. Routine examinations of throat and nasal swabs, sputum and blood specimens, etc., were submitted, and the following is a brief summary of the work undertaken
Positive Negative Total -
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The following Table shows a summary of the Inspections, etcetera, carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year
Cause of Inspection TOTALS -
Page 11
During the year under review 103 samples of Milk were submitted by the Council's Inspectors to the Public Analyst for examinations and none of these samples were certified as adulterated or below standard. The average composition of these samples of Milk is set out in the following Table:-
Period Average Composition of Samples examined. Legal Standard. Percentage Milk Fat Percentage of Solids not fat Percentage of Water Percentage of Milk Fat Percentage of Solids not fat -
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Summary of Inspections made by the Food Inspectors.
Cause of Inspections Number of Inspections made. -
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Number of Notified Cases (corrected for revised diagnosis) during the year 1945 with comparative figures for the previous six years. It should be borne in mind that some of the war-time figures were considerably affected by evacuation of population.
Diseases Number of Cases Notified 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 -
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The number of new cases notified during the year 1945 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows:-
NEW CASES NOTIFIED DEATHS 1944 1945 1944 1945 -
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Section "F" (Continued)
Age Periods NEW CASES NOTIFIED DEATHS Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary TOTALS Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary TOTALS M F M F M F M F