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City of Westminster 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
- Published
- 1961
- Author
- Briscoe-Smith, J. H.
- Pages
- 76
- Tables
- 47
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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Births
Total. Males. Females. -
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Deaths
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Infant Mortality Analysis of Infant Deaths, 1960
Cause of Death 1st week 2nd week 3rd week 4th week Total under 4 weeks 1-3 months 4-6 months 7-9 months 10-12 months Total under 1 year -
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Births, Infant Deaths and Mortality Rates
Year. All Infants. Legitimate. Illegitimate. Total Births. Deaths. Mortality Rate. Births Deaths. Mortality Rate. Births. Deaths. Mortality Rate. -
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Deaths, 1960 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, 1960—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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Continued from previous page...
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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Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory
Nature of Specimen Number Examined Positive Findings -
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Tuberculosis
Age Periods New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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New cases
Source of Information Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. -
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Dwelling Houses
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5,811 re-inspections were made following the above inspections.
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Nuisances, defective and unsatisfactory conditions found:—
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Housing Statistics
1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the year -
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3. Action under Statutory Powers during the year.
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4. Parts of buildings unfit for human habitation.
A.—Formal action in respect of parts of buildings unfit for human habitation. -
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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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4,342 re-inspections were made following the above inspections.
Types of premises inspected:— -
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Notices Served
Factories Power Factories, Non-power Work places, Offices, Shops, etc. Total -
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Nuisances, Defective and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found
Factories Power Factories Nonpower Work places, Offices, Shops, etc. -
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Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Inspections of all types of Food Premises
Analysis of Inspections:— -
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At the end of the year, particulars of 3,145 catering establishments were in the register.
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Notices served
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ypes 01 businesses and summary ol inspections:—
Inspections -
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Notices Served
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The following licences authorising the sale of designated milks were issued during 1960:—
Dealers' Licences Dealers' Supplementary Licences -
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At the 31st December 1960, the following were entered in the City Council's Register of Dairies and Distributors of Milk:—
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The following table shews the amount of food surrendered as unfit for human consumption during the year:—
Amount surrendered Tons Cwts. Lbs. -
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Drainage
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Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 Rats and Mice Repression
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Rodents destroyed
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Noise Nuisance
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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. SO3 in milligrams per 100 sq. cms. per day. Mayfair. Pimlico. Charing Cross. -
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The results obtained from the two sites are as follows:—
Month S02 parts per million Daily Average Monck Street Churchill Gardens -
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Smoke Abatement—Results of Observations and Action Taken
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 -
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The following information should be read in conjunction with the map on the opposite page.
Green on map: Area Acres (approx.) Map reference -
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Analysis of Legal Proceedings
Fines Costs £ s. d. £ s. d. -
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Disinfection and Disinfestation
Rooms Articles Articles Washed Books -
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Cleansing of Persons
Treatments Scabies Head Lice Body Lice -
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During the year 41 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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Causes of death in the foregoing were as under:—
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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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(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 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 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 Prosecu tions (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)