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

Lewisham 1950

Published: 1951
Pages: 86
Tables: 63

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Table 1

Birth rate (per 1,000 population) Death rate (per 1,000 population) Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)
Live births Still births
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Table 2

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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Table 3

Code No.	Cause of death	Nett deaths at the subjoined ages of "residents " whether occurring within or without the borough
Code No.	Cause of death	All ages	*Under 1 yr.	1 and under 5	5 and under 15	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65	65 and under 75	75 and over
	Totals, all causes	2413	90	13	5	24	139	578	621	943

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Table 4

Cause of death Sex Under 1 day 1-6 days 1 week 2 weeks 3 weeks Total under 4 wks. 1-2 mths. 3-5 mths. 6-8 mths. 9-11 mths. Total under 1 yr.
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Table 5

Social class 1 II III IV V Total No information
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Table 6

Code No. Cause of death Male Female
1 II Ill IV V Total 1 II Ill IV V Total
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Table 7

Male Female
1 II III IV V Total 1 II III IV V Total
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Table 8

Social classification Total Not classifiable
I II III IV V
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Table 9

Social class I II III IV V Notclassifiable Total
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Table 10

Notified births Premature births Rate per 1000 births

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Table 11

Year	Births		Maternal death rate†	Stillbirth rate†	Neonatal death rate§	One month to one year death rate§ (8)-(6)	Infant mortality rate §	Reproductive wastage rate (5) + (8)	Pulmonary tuberculosis
	Births								Notif. rate*	Death rate*	Under 15 death rate*
	No.	Rate*							Notif. rate*	Death rate*	Under 15 death rate*
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)

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Table 11

Year	Births		Maternal death rate†	Stillbirth rate†	Neonatal death rate §	One month to one year death rate § (8) - (6)	Infant mortality rate §	Reproductive wastage rate (5) + (8)	Pulmonary tuberculosis
	Births								Notif. rate*	Death rate*	Under 15 deathrate*
	No.	Rate*							Notif. rate*	Death rate*	Under 15 deathrate*
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)

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Table 12

Disinfecting station West North South Total
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Details are shewn in the following table :— Table 13

Month bodies received from hospitals Others Post-mortem examinations Inquests/
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A summary of the work carried out during the year is appended:- Table 14

Parliamentary Division Total
West North South

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The following table gives a summary of work carried out in respect of the rivers during 1950:— Table 15

River	Location	No. of base points	Prebaiting				Poison bait		Estimated rats killed
			No. of days on which prebait laid	Results			Amount laid (ozs.)	Amount taken (ozs.)
				Takes	Small takes	No takes

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Prevalence of rats and mice Table 16

Number of properties in Lewisham (i) (ii) (iii) (iv)				Analysis of column (iv) (v) (vi) (vii)
Total	in which infestation was			Number infested by
	Notified by occupier	Otherwise discovered	Recorded (Total of ii and iii)	*Rats		Mice only
	Notified by occupier	Otherwise discovered	Recorded (Total of ii and iii)	Major	Minor	Mice only

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Average results of the examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1950 parts per million (unless otherwise stated) (o) CHEMICAL Table 17

Description of the sample	No. of samples	Ammoniacal nitrogen	Albuminoid nitrogen	Oxidised nitrogen (nitrate)	Chlorides as CI.	Oxygen abs. from permanganate (3 hrs. at 80°F)	Hardness (total)	Hardness (permanent)	pH value	Conductivity

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(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 18

No. of samples Agar colony count Percentage of samples negative to Bact. coli in 100 ml. Bact. coli per 100 ml.

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Weather conditions in 1950 Table 19

Month	Air temperature			Rainfall			Remarks	Average values 1881-1915				Lewisham Town Hall— Air temperature
	Highest °F	Lowest °F	Difference from average daily mean °F	Percentage of average	No. of days difference from average	Sunshine-percentage of average		Daily mean temperature °F	Total rainfall mm.	No. of days	Daily sunshine hrs.	Lewisham Town Hall— Air temperature
	Highest °F	Lowest °F	Difference from average daily mean °F	Percentage of average	No. of days difference from average	Sunshine-percentage of average		Daily mean temperature °F	Total rainfall mm.	No. of days	Daily sunshine hrs.	Highest	Low/ est

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The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:— Table 20

Reason for inspection West North South Total
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Reason for inspection West North South Total
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Summary of notices served in 1950 Table 22

West North South Total
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Nuisances remedied Table 23

Nuisance West North South Total
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Inspections Table 24

Premises Number of
Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted
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Cases in which defects were found Table 25
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The number of cases dealt with by the public health department during the year was as follows :— Table 26

West North South Total
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Table 27

Properties Number of dwellings involved Present position
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The following is a list of closing orders which were originated in, determined, became operative, or were varied during 1950 :— Table 28

Properties Port of House Present position
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Table 29

Month West North South Total
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The following is a tabulated statement of various other housing statistics :— Table 30

Item Total
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Table 31

Period Average composition of samples examined Percentage of
Milk fat Solids not fat Water
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Table 32

Milk Parliamentary division Total Result
West North South
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Table 33

Grading Parliamentary division Total
West North South
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A summary of the samples which were submitted to the public analyst during the year, is appended :— Table 34

Percentage of fat Parliamentary division Total
West North South
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The following table gives details of the samples analysed :— Table 35

DRUGS Number examined Number adulterated
Informal Formal Total Informal Formal Total
w N s W N S W N s W N S
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OTHER ARTICLES

OTHER ARTICLES Number examined Number adulterated
Informal Formal Total Informal Formal Total
W N S W N S W N S W N S
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Adulterated samples Table 36

Parliamentary division Article Formal or informal Adulteration or irregularity Action taken
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A report on meat inspection in the following form is included in the report to comply with the provisions of Ministry of Health circular 2/50 Table 38

Cattle excl. cows Cows Calves Sheep and lambs Pigs Goats
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Table 39

Diseases Number of cases notified
1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944
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Table 40

Diseases 0-1 1-5 5-/5 15-45 45-65 65 up
M F M F M F M F M F M F M F
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Analyses of certain diseases in table 40 into divisional areas:— Table 41

0-1 1-5 5-15 15-45 45-65 65 up Total
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Table 42

W N 5 Total
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Table 43

Number of primary notifications of new cases Deaths
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Table 44

Age periods New cases notified Deaths
Pulmonary NonPulmonary Totals Pulmonary NonPulmonary Totals
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Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:— Table 45

Division Sex 0- 1- 2- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- Total
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Table 45— continued

Division Sex 0- 1- 2- 5- 10 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- Total
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Cases of tuberculosis coming to the notice of the department other than by formal notification:— Table 46

Age period Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Total
M F M F M F
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The sources from which information of the cases in table 46 was obtained were as follows:— Table 47

Source of information Pulmonary Non-pulmonary
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Quarterly revision of tuberculosis register:— Table 48

Pulmonary Non-pulmonary
M F M F

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Summary of Statistics as to Tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 49

Year	Population	No. of new cases notified (all forms) (excluding inward transfers)	Notif. rate per thousand pop.	Deaths		Death rate from pulmonary tuberculosis per thousand population
				All forms	Respiratory

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The number of visits paid by the infectious disease visitors during 1950 is shown in the following table:— Table 50

W N s Total
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TB cases visited in 1950 Table 51

(a) Primary case in house (b) Second case in house Non transfer (c) Second case in house Inward transfer
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Immunisation against diphtheria ; whooping cough ; smallpox Table 52

December 31, 1950 Under 1 1 2 3 4 5-9 10-14 Total under 15
in year 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1941-45 1936-40
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(iii) Vaccination against smallpox

Age at December 31, 1950 Under 1 1-4 5-14 15 and over Total
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Public Health (London) Act, 1936

Date of hearing Nature of offence Fine Costs Remarks
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BYELAWS MADE BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Date of hearing Nature of offence Fine Costs Remarks
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CASES HEARD BY APPEALS COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Date of hearing Nature of appeal Remarks
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HOUSING ACT, 1936

Date of hearing Nature of offence Fine Costs Remarks
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Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949

Date of hearing Nature of offence Fine Costs Remarks

DRUGS	Number examined							Number adulterated
	Informal			Formal			Total	Informal			Formal			Total
	w	N	s	W	N	S	Total	W	N	s	W	N	S	Total

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Table 12

Details are shewn in the following table :— Table 13

A summary of the work carried out during the year is appended:- Table 14

The following table gives a summary of work carried out in respect of the rivers during 1950:— Table 15

Prevalence of rats and mice Table 16

Average results of the examination of the water supply to the Borough of Lewisham for 1950 parts per million (unless otherwise stated) (o) CHEMICAL Table 17

(b) BACTERIOLOGICAL Table 18

Weather conditions in 1950 Table 19

The following table gives a summary of the inspections, etc., carried out by the district sanitary inspectors, food inspectors and housing inspectors during the year:— Table 20

Summary of notices served in 1950 Table 22

Nuisances remedied Table 23

Inspections Table 24

Cases in which defects were found Table 25

The number of cases dealt with by the public health department during the year was as follows :— Table 26

Table 27

The following is a list of closing orders which were originated in, determined, became operative, or were varied during 1950 :— Table 28

Table 29

The following is a tabulated statement of various other housing statistics :— Table 30

Table 31

Table 32

Table 33

A summary of the samples which were submitted to the public analyst during the year, is appended :— Table 34

The following table gives details of the samples analysed :— Table 35

OTHER ARTICLES

Adulterated samples Table 36

A report on meat inspection in the following form is included in the report to comply with the provisions of Ministry of Health circular 2/50 Table 38

Table 39

Table 40

Analyses of certain diseases in table 40 into divisional areas:— Table 41

Table 42

Table 43

Table 44

Analysis of new cases of tuberculosis into divisional areas:— Table 45

Table 45— continued

Cases of tuberculosis coming to the notice of the department other than by formal notification:— Table 46

The sources from which information of the cases in table 46 was obtained were as follows:— Table 47

Quarterly revision of tuberculosis register:— Table 48

Summary of Statistics as to Tuberculosis for the last ten years Table 49

The number of visits paid by the infectious disease visitors during 1950 is shown in the following table:— Table 50

TB cases visited in 1950 Table 51

Immunisation against diphtheria ; whooping cough ; smallpox Table 52

(iii) Vaccination against smallpox

Public Health (London) Act, 1936

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BYELAWS MADE BY THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

CASES HEARD BY APPEALS COMMITTEE OF THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

HOUSING ACT, 1936

Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1949