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Poplar 1957

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

Published
1958
Pages
63
Tables
36

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36 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    STATISTICS OP THE AREA
  • Page 11
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR
    MalesFemalesTOTAL
  • Page 12 13
    TABLE 1 DEATHS
    CAUSES OF DEATHSSEXALL AGESAGE GROUPS
    0 -1 -5 -15 -25 -45 -65 -75
  • Page 15
    TABLE II INSPECTIONS, INSANITARY CONDITIONS THEN EXISTING AND RE-INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1917
  • Page 16
    Continued from previous page...
    Nuisances, etc., foundWorks completed
  • Page 19
    The number of persons cleansed during 1957 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 22
    This service is carried out by the Council's Staff and no charges are made to occupiers of dwelling houses.
    TYPE OF PROPERTY
    Local AuthorityDwelling Houses including Council housesAll Other (including Business Premises)TOTAL
  • Page 23
    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 24
    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 25
    TABLE V OUTWORKERS
    SECTION 110SECTION 111
    NATURE OF 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 1istsNo. of instances of work in unwhole- some premisesNotices servedProsecutions
  • Page 31
    Details of new housing accommodation completed in the Borough during 1957 are as follows:-
    Poplar Borough Council39 dwellings
  • Page 31
    The number of families living in property owned or managed by the Borough Council at 31st December, 1957, was as follows:-
    Type of dwellingNo. of Lettings
  • Page 32
    Certificates of Disrepair Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954
    No. of applications for certificatesNumber grantedNumber refusedNo. of applications for revocation of certificatesNumber grantedNumber refused
  • 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 39
    TABLE VI
    Sample No.ARTICLERESULT OP ANALYSISACTION
  • Page 41
    Unsound food The Council's Pood Inspector is called upon to pass judgment of fitness on great quantities of food. Frequently large and valuable stocks are involved. Among special lots of food examined during the year were the following:-
    Cheese (Stock at Shop)10 cwtsCondemned and destroyed.
  • Page 42
    The following is a summary of foods condemned as being unfit for human consumption: -
    Fresh foodsCanned foods
  • Page 43
    Licences issued under the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949:-
    SterilisedPasteurisedTuberculin tested
  • Page 52
    TABLE VII TUBERCULOSIS - PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS
    Respiratory males0- 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
    In addition, 41 other cases were added to the register as a result of information received from the following sources:-
  • Page 53
    The number of cases remaining on the register at 31st December, 1957, after adjustment in respect of deaths and transfers, was as follows:-
    PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryTOTAL
  • Page 54
    TABLE VIII INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    DISEASECorrected NotificationsRemoved to Hospital
    0-yrs.1-yrs.3-yrs.5-yrs.15-yrs.25-yrs.45-yrs.65-yrs.TOTAL
  • Page 59
    Total number of children who first attended during the year and who on the date of their first attendance were:-
  • Page 59
    Total number of children who attended during the year and who were born in:
  • Page 59
    Total attendances by children:-
  • Page 60
    Ante Natal and Post Natal Clinics
  • Page 60
    Health Visitors
  • Page 60
    Infant Life Protection
  • Page 60
    Child Minders (Daily Guardians)
  • Page 60
    Care of premature infants
  • Page 61
    Diphtheria Immunisation Number of children who completed a full course of primary immunisation, and who at the date of the final injection were:
  • Page 61
    Number of children who were given a secondary or re-inforcing
  • Page 61
    Vaccination
  • Page 61
    Domestic Help Service Domestic Help was provided as follows: