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

City of Westminster 1959

Published: 1960
Author: Struthers, J. A.
Pages: 62
Tables: 40

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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BIRTHS Live Births (registered)—

Total. Males. Females.
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DEATHS
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INFANT MORTALITY

Cause of Death Total Legitimate Illegitimate
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BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS AND DEATH RATES

Year. All Infants. Legitimate. Illegitimate.
Total Births. Deaths. Death Rate. Births Deaths. Death Rate. Births. Deaths. Death Rate.
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DEATHS, 1959 Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life

Causes of Death Years of Age.
Sex. All Ages. 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75+
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DEATHS, 1959—continued Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life—continued

Causes of Death Years of Age
Sex All Ages 0- 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75+
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Westminster:—

Disease Authority for Notification
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Disease Notifications Removed to Hospital Diagnosis not Confirmed Diagnosis Established
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TUBERCULOSIS

Age Periods New Cases Deaths
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary NonPulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKPLACES, SHOPS, OFFICES AND OTHER PREMISES (OTHER THAN FOOD PREMISES)

Total Number of Visits
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5,639 re-inspections were made following the above inspections.

Types of premises inspected:—
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Notices Served

Factories Power Factories, Non-power Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc. Total
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Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found

Factories Power Factories Non-power Workplaces, Offices, Shops, etc.
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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Inspections of all types of Food Premises
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Catering Establishments At the end of the year, particulars of 3,146 catering establishments were in the register.
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Notices served
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Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:—
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Food Shops and Food Premises (Other than Catering Establishments)

Inspections
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Notices Served
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Visits for the Purposes of Obtaining Samples and Inspecting Foodstuffs

Sampling Inspection of Food
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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 74 were reported upon adversely, representing a percentage of 4-8:—
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During the year, seventy-five samples of ice cream were submitted for examination by the methylene blue test, and were classified in the following provisional grades:—

Grade No. of Samples
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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.
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The following licences authorising the sale of designated milks were issued during 1959:—

Dealers' Licences Dealers' Supplementary Licences
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Public Health (London) Act, 1936 London County Council (Drainage) Byelaws, 1934

Drainage
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Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 Rats and Mice Repression
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Atmospheric Pollution Investigation into the atmospheric pollution in the City was continued during the year at three sites, Mayfair, Pimlico and Charing Cross, where deposit gauges, which measure the deposited pollution, and lead peroxide cylinders, which measure the sulphur activity, are sited. The following table gives the results of the monthly analyses, and shows separately the amounts of insoluble and soluble constituents.

Month. Monthly deposits impurities-tons per square mile.
Mayfair. Pimlico. Charing Cross.
Insol. Sol. Total. Insol. Sol. Total. Insol. Sol. Total.
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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. S03 in milligrams per 100 sq. cms. per day.
Mayfair. Pimlico. Charing Cross.
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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.
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By means of this apparatus a measured volume of air is drawn through a filter paper which removes solid matter from it. The stain thereby produced is compared with a standard, from which the amount of pollution is calculated.

Parts per 100 c.m. Average value
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Smoke Abatement—Results op Observations and Action Taken

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
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Analysis of Legal Proceedings, 1959

Fines Costs
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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The following is a summary of the work carried out for Westminster during the year:—

Rooms Articles Articles Washed Books
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Cleansing of Persons

Scabies Head Lice Body Lice
Treatments Treatments Treatments
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During the year 44 burials were undertaken by the City Council in its Cemetery at Hanwell. The requests for the burials were received from the following sources:—
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Coroner's Court and Mortuary During 1959, 303 bodies were received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants, etc. Seventeen bodies were admitted to await burial.

Number of Cases
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Part I of the Act 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

Premises Number on Register Number of
Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

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2. Cases in which Defects were found (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases ")

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)

Nature of work	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of work	No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 110(1) (c)	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
Age Periods	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		NonPulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Month.	Monthly deposits impurities-tons per square mile.
	Mayfair.			Pimlico.			Charing Cross.
	Insol.	Sol.	Total.	Insol.	Sol.	Total.	Insol.	Sol.	Total.

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

BIRTHS Live Births (registered)—

DEATHS

INFANT MORTALITY

BIRTHS, INFANT DEATHS AND DEATH RATES

DEATHS, 1959 Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life

DEATHS, 1959—continued Causes of Death in the City at Different Periods of Life—continued

INFECTIOUS DISEASES The undermentioned conditions are compulsorily notifiable in Westminster:—

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

TUBERCULOSIS

INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKPLACES, SHOPS, OFFICES AND OTHER PREMISES (OTHER THAN FOOD PREMISES)

5,639 re-inspections were made following the above inspections.

Notices Served

Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Inspections of all types of Food Premises

Catering Establishments At the end of the year, particulars of 3,146 catering establishments were in the register.

Notices served

Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:—

Food Shops and Food Premises (Other than Catering Establishments)

Notices Served

Visits for the Purposes of Obtaining Samples and Inspecting Foodstuffs

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 74 were reported upon adversely, representing a percentage of 4-8:—

During the year, seventy-five samples of ice cream were submitted for examination by the methylene blue test, and were classified in the following provisional grades:—

Food and Drugs Act, 1955, Section 8 The following table shows the amount of food condemned as unfit for human consumption during the year:—

The following licences authorising the sale of designated milks were issued during 1959:—

Public Health (London) Act, 1936 London County Council (Drainage) Byelaws, 1934

Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 Rats and Mice Repression

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.

Estimate of sulphur content by volumetric method Daily estimations were continued at the Monck Street station and the results are given below:—

By means of this apparatus a measured volume of air is drawn through a filter paper which removes solid matter from it. The stain thereby produced is compared with a standard, from which the amount of pollution is calculated.

Smoke Abatement—Results op Observations and Action Taken

Analysis of Legal Proceedings, 1959

The following is a summary of the work carried out for Westminster during the year:—

Cleansing of Persons

During the year 44 burials were undertaken by the City Council in its Cemetery at Hanwell. The requests for the burials were received from the following sources:—

Coroner's Court and Mortuary During 1959, 303 bodies were received in the Mortuary on Coroner's Warrants, etc. Seventeen bodies were admitted to await burial.

Part I of the Act 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).

2. Cases in which Defects were found (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases ")

Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)