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City of Westminster 1958

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

Published
1959
Author
Struthers, J. A.
Pages
56
Tables
37

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37 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
  • Page 11
    INFANT MORTALITY
    Cause of DeathTotalLegitimateIllegitimate
  • Page 12
    BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS AND DEATH RATES
    Year.All Infants.Legitimate.Illegitimate.
    Total Births.Deaths.Death Rate.BirthsDeaths.Death Rate.Births.Deaths.Death Rate.
  • Page 13
    DEATHS, 1958 Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life
    Causes of DeathYears of Age.
    Sex.All Ages.0-1-5-15-25-45-65-75+
  • Page 14
    DEATHS, 1958–continued Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life–continued
    Causes of DeathYears of Age
    SexAll Ages0-1-5-15-25-45-65-75+
  • Page 15
    INFECTIONS DISEASES The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Westminster:—
    DiseaseAuthority for Notification
  • Page 16
    Continued from previous page...
    DiseaseAuthority for Notification
  • Page 17
    NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIONS DISEASE
    DiseaseNotificationsRemoved to HospitalDiagnosis not ConfirmedDiagnosis Established
  • Page 19
    BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS
  • Page 19
    TUBERCULOSIS
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 23
    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES 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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    HOUSING STATISTICS
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  • Page 30
    INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKPLACES, SHOPS, OFFICES AND OTHER PREMISES (OTHER THAN FOOD PREMISES)
    Total Number of Visits
  • Page 30
    Types of premises inspected:—
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    Notices Served
    Factories PowerFactories Non-powerWorkplaces, Offices, Shops, etc.Total
  • Page 31
    Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found
    Factories PowerFactories Non-powerWorkplaces, Offices, Shops, etc
  • Page 32
    FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Inspection of all types of Food Premises
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    CATERING ESTABLISHMENTS At the end of the year, particulars of 3,105 catering establishments were in the register.
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    Notices served
  • Page 33
    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:—
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    Notices Served
  • Page 34
    Nuisances and defective conditions found:—
  • Page 35
    VISITS FOR THE PURPOSES OF OBTAINING SAMPLES AND INSPECTING FOODSTUFFS
    SamplingInspection of Food
  • Page 39
    MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS The following licences authorising the sale of designated milks were issued during 1958 to Distributors of Milk registered with the Council:—
    Dealers' LicencesDealers' Supplementary Licences
  • Page 40
    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.
    TonsCwts.Lbs.
  • Page 41
    PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949 RATS AND MICE REPRESSION
  • Page 42
    Monthly deposits of impurities—tons per square mile.
    Month.Mayfair.Pimlico.Charing Cross.
    Insol.Sol.Total.Insol.Sol.Total.Insol.Sol.Total.
  • Page 43
    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 milligrams per 100 sq. cms. per day.
    Mayfair.Pimlico.Charing Cross.
  • Page 43
    Estimate of sulphur content by volumetric method Daily estimations were continued at the Monck Street station and the results are given below:—
  • Page 44
    SMOKE ABATEMENT—RESULTS OF OBSERVATIONS AND ACTION TAKEN
    19541955195619571958
  • Page 47
    ANALYSIS OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS, 1958.
    FinesCosts
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 48
    The following is a summary of the work carried out for Westminster during the year:— Disinfection and Disinfestation
    RoomsArticlesArticles WashedBooks
  • Page 49
    CORONER'S COURT AND MORTUARY During 1958 287 bodies were received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants, etc. Twenty-one bodies were admitted to await burial.
    Number of Cases