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Poplar 1954

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

Published
1955
Pages
56
Tables
31

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31 tables in this report

  • Page 12
    STATISTICS OF THE AREA
  • Page 13
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
    MalesFemalesTOTAL
  • Page 14 15
    TABLE 1 DEATHS
    CAUSES OF DEATHSSEXALL AGESAGE GROUPS
    0 -1 -5 -15 -25 -45 -65 -75 -
  • Page 17
    TABLE II INSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS FOUND EXISTING, AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1954
  • Page 17
    Defects, etc., found in Dwelling Houses:
    Nuisances, etc., foundWorks completed
  • Page 18
    TABLE II (continued)
    Nuisances, etc., foundWorks completed
  • Page 20
    The number of persons cleansed during 1954 was as follows: -
    VerminousScabiesTotal
  • Page 20
    Disinfection and Disinfestation. The Council maintains a disinfecting station at Yeo Street and a summary of the work carried out is given below: -
    Premises DisinfectedArticles Disinfected
  • Page 20
    (b) Disinfestation:-
  • Page 21
    TYPE OF PROPERTY
    Local AuthorityDwelling Houses including Council HousesAll Other (including Business Premises)TOTAL
  • Page 22
    FACTORIES ACT, 1937 (TABLES III, IV & V) TABLE III INSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 23
    TABLE IV CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
    ParticularsNo. of cases in which defects wereNo. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    to H. M. Inspectorby H.M. Inspector
  • Page 24
    TABLE V OUTWORKERS
    SECTION 110SECTION 111
    NATURE OP WORKNo. of outworkers in August list required by Sec.110 (1) (c) (3)No. of cases of default in sending lists to the CouncilNo. of prosecutions for failure to supply listsNo. of instances of work in unwholesome premisesNotices servedProsecutions
  • Page 29
    The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1954, was as follows:-
    Type of dwellingNo. of Lettings
  • Page 30
    Certificates of Disrepair Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920 Certificates of Disrepair issued between 1st January and 28th August, 1954
    No. of applications for certificatesNumber grantedNumber refusedNo. of applications for revocation of certificatesNumber grantedNumber refused
  • Page 30
    Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954 Certificates of Disrepair issued between 30th August and 31st December, 1954
    No. of applications for certificatesNumber grantedNumber refusedNo. of applications for revocation of certificates 1Number grantedNumber refused
  • Page 33
    Housing Statistics. 1. Inspection of dwelling houses during the year:-
  • Page 33
    2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notice:-
  • Page 34
    3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year:-(a) Proceedings under Public Health Acts: (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 742
  • Page 38
    Inspection of Food Premises. The following is a detailed summary showing the types of premises inspected during the year:-
    Number of Inspections
  • Page 40 41
    TABLE VI
    Sample No.ARTICLERESULT OF ANALYSISACTION
  • Page 42
    Among special lots of food examined during the year were the following:-
  • Page 42
    The following is a summary of foods condemned as being unfit for human consumption:-
    Fresh foodsCanned foods
  • Page 43
    Poods condemned (continued)
  • Page 45
    Licenses issued under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations, 1949:-
    SterilisedPasteurisedTuberculin tested
  • Page 51
    TABLE VII TUBERCULOSIS - PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS
    0-yrs.1-yrs.2-yrs.5-yrs.10-yrs.15-yrs.20-yrs.25-yrs.35-yrs.45-yrs.55-yrs.65-yrs.75-yrs.TOTAL
  • Page 52
    The number of cases remaining on the register at 31st December, 1954, after adjustment in respect of deaths and transfers, was as follows:-
    PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryTOTAL
  • Page 53
    TABLE VIII INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    DISEASECorrected NotificationsRemoved to Hospital
    0- yrs1- yrs3- yrs5- yrs15- yrs25-yrs45- yrs65-yrsTOTAL
  • Page 55
    Statistics. Infant Welfare Centres. Total number of children who first attended during the year and who on the date of their first attendance were:-
  • Page 56
    Ante Natal and Post Natal Clinics.
  • Page 57
    Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation: