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City of Westminster 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

Published
1958
Author
Struthers, J. A.
Pages
46
Tables
42

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42 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    Births.
    Live Births (registered)—
    Total.Males.Females.
  • Page 11
    Infant Mortality.
    Cause of Death.Total.Legitimate.Illegitimate.
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    The latter is unusually high and a further analysis has been made as below:—
    Up to 1 weekOver 1 week up to 1 mth.Over 1 mth. up to 1 yr.Total
  • Page 16
    DEATHS, 1957. Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life.
    Years of Age.
    Causes of Deaths.Sex.All Ages.0-1-
    5-15-25-45-65-75+
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    DEATHS, 1957—continued. Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life—continued.
    Years of Age.
    Causes of Deaths.Sex.All Ages.0-
    1-5-15-25-45-65-75+
  • Page 18
    BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION.
  • Page 18
    TUBERCULOSIS.
    Age Periods.
    New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.NonPulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 22
    SANITARY CIRCUMTANCES. Duties performed by the Public Health Inspectors. The following statistics show the work of the Public Health Inspectors during the year:— DWELLING HOUSES.
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    Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:—
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 27
    By the end of the year the position was as follows:—
  • Page 28
    INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKPLACES, SHOPS, OFFICES AND OTHER PREMISES (OTHER THAN FOOD PREMISES).
    Total Number of Visits.
  • Page 29
    Notices Served.
    Factories Power .Factories Non-power.Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc.Total.
  • Page 29
    Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found.
    Factories Power.Factories Non-Power.Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc.
  • Page 29
    FACTORIES ACT, 1937.
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    FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955. Inspection of all types of Food Premises.
  • Page 30
    CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS. At the end of the year, particulars of 3,090 catering establishments were in the register. Summary of inspections:—
  • Page 31
    Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:—
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    FOOD SHOPS AND FOOD PREMISES (OTHER THAN CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS). Types of business and summary of inspections:—
  • Page 32
    Notices Served.
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    VISITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF OBTAINING SAMPLES AND INSPECTING FOODSTUFFS.
    Sampling.Inspection of Food.
  • Page 33
    FOOD SAMPLING. During the year, the following 1,540 samples were submitted to the City Council's Public Analysts for chemical analysis. Of this number 88 were reported upon adversely, representing a percentage of 5.71:—
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  • Page 35
    Method of examination as recommended by the Ministry of Health. These were as follows:—
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    MILK (SPECIAL DESTINATION) REGULATIONS. The following licences authorising the sale of designated milks were issued during 1957 to Distributors of Milk registered with the Council:—-
    Dealers' Licences.Dealers' Supplementary Licences.
  • Page 35
    MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS, 1949. At the 31st December, 1957, the following were entered in the City Council's Register of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—
  • Page 36
    FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955, Section 8. The following table shows the amount of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year:—
    Amount destroyed.
    Tons.Cwts.Lbs.
  • Page 36
    FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955—SECTION 26. The following return was made to the Ministry of Health in accordance with the requirements of Appendix D (I) of the revised Memo. 188/Med/49 giving details of food poisoning notifications received during the year and returned to the Registrar General.
    First quarter.Second quarter.Third quarter.Fourth quarter.Total.
  • Page 37
    PUBLIC HEALTH (LONDON) ACT, 1936. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (DRAINAGE) BYELAWS, 1934. Drainage.
  • Page 37
    PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949. RATS AND MICE REPRESSION.
  • Page 38
    NOICE NUISANCE.
  • Page 38
    The following table gives the results of the monthly analyses, and shows separately the amounts of insoluble and soluble constituents.
    Month.Monthly deposits of impurities—tons per square mile.
    Mayfair.Pimlico.Charing Cross.
    Insol.Sol.Total.Insol.Sol.Total.Insol.Sol.Total.
  • Page 39
    The following table gives the degree of sulphation expressed in empirical units, viz., milligrams of sulphur trioxide per day per 100 square centimetres of standard lead peroxide exposed in the standard apparatus.
    Month.SO3 in milligram? per 100 sq. cms. per day.
    Mayfair.Pimlico.Charing Cross.
  • Page 39
    Estimate of sulphur content by volumetric method. Daily estimations were continued at the Monck Street station and the results are given below:—
    Month.SO2p.p.m. Daily average.
  • Page 40
    SMOKE ABATEMENT—RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS AND ACTION TAKEN.
    1954.1955.1956.1957.
  • Page 41
    ANALYSIS OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
    Fines.Costs.
    £s.d£s.d.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    The following is a summary of the work carried out for Westminster during the year:— Disinfection and Disinfestation.
    Rooms.Articles.Articles Washed.Books.
  • Page 43
    Cleansing of Persons.
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    During the year 48 burials were undertaken by the City Council in its cemetery at Hanwell, the requests for such burials being received from the following sources:—
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    CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY. During 1957, 246 bodies were received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants, etc. Three bodies were admitted to await burial.
    Number of Cases.