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Paddington 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

Published
1946
Author
Porter, Charles
Pages
16
Tables
17

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  • Page 3
    Area of Borough : 1,356.1 acres, including waterways 20 0 acres. Population : Registrar-General's estimate of Civilian Population—99,790. Number of inhabited houses (end of 1945) according to Rate Books—21,302.
  • Page 3
    General Summary of Vital Statistics.
    Year.Reg. General's Estimate of Population.BirthsDeathsDeaths under One YearMaternal Deaths
    Number. »Rate.Number. *Rate.Number. *Rate.Number. •Rate.
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    CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS.All Ages.Under One Year of Age.
    MFTotalMFTotal
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    notification of infectious disease.—
    Disease.1939194019411942194319441945
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    bacteriological examinations.—The number of examinations made in connection with infectious disease was 400, classified as follows :—
    Disease.Examinations.Positive Results.
  • Page 5
    Dispensary Treatment.— following are particulars of the work carried out at the Paddington tuberculosis Dispensary, Newton Road :—
  • Page 7
    work of the women sanitary inspectors.—The two Women Sanitary Inspectors visit cases of infectious disease other than typhus, smallpox, puerperal fever and pyrexia, infective enteritis, summer diarrhoea and tuberculosis, and one of them also acts in a supervisory capacity at the medicinal baths. The following table gives an indication of the nature of their work.
    Disease.No. of Visits.
  • Page 8
    Milk (Special) Designations Orders.—Licences issued were as follows :—
    Principal licences.Supplementary licences.
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    The Health Visiting staff at the end of the year comprised the Superintendents above-mentioned and 14 Health Visitors (including one seconded to the Ministry of Health and one employed with the Rehousing Department).
    Home Visiting :
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    Other Visits :
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    Particulars of the consultations in operation at the end of the year are given below :—
    Day and HourDesignationWhere HeldIn Attendance
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    SUMMARY FOR YEAR. INFANT CONSULTATIONS.
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    ANTE- AND POST-NATAL CLINICS.
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    FOOT CLINIC. (Commenced 6th September.)
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    PHYSIO-THERAPEUTIC CLINIC. (Commenced 1st October.)
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    War-time Day Nurseries : Particulars of the nurseries in operation during the year are given below :—
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    Details of attendances are given in the following table :—