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

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TABLE 1.— Deaths—According to A ge-Group and Sex

Code No.	CAUSE OF DEATH	Net Deaths at the Sub-joined Ages of Residents (Male and Female) whether occurring within or without the city
		All Ages		Under 1 year		1 and under 5		5 and under 15		15 and under 25		25 and under 45		45 and under 65		65 and upwards
		M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 2.—Infant Mortality—According to Cause, Age-group and Sex

CAUSE OF DEATH	Under 1 week		1 and under 2 weeks		2 and under 4 weeks		1 and under 3 months		3 and under 6 months		6 and under 9 months		9 and under 12 months		Total
CAUSE OF DEATH	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 3.—Maternal Mortality

Age	Cause of death

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TABLE 4.—Notification of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases — 1965 —

Numbers originally notified	Scarlet fever		Whooping cough		Acute poliomyelitis				Measles (excluding rubella)		Diphtheria		Dysentery		Meningococcal infection
	Scarlet fever		Whooping cough		Paralytic		Nonparalytic		Measles (excluding rubella)		Diphtheria		Dysentery		Meningococcal infection
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 5.—T uberculosis: N ew C ases and D eaths

At ages— years	*NEW CASES				DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 6. — P uerperal P yrexia: A nalysis of C auses

Cause	Number of cases

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TABLE 7.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

Nature of Specimen	Number Examined	Positive Findings

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TABLE 8.—Night and Out of Office Hours Emergency Service-Analysis of Calls made to Duty Officers

Month 1965	Mental Welfare		Mid wives		Welfare		Children's Department		P.H.I.		Miscellaneous -		Total
Month 1965	*w.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.	W.	K.

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TABLE 9.—Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection

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TABLE 10.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied

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TABLE 11.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors

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TABLE 12.—Statutory Notices Served

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TABLE 13.—Rodent Control

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TABLE 14.—Chemical Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated)

Analysis data	Source of Supply
Analysis data	Stoke Newington	All Thames-derived

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TABLE 15.— Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results after Treatment

Source of supply	Number of samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count	E.coli count
Source of supply	Number of samples	20-24 hours at 37°C.	3 days at 22°C.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Per cent, samples negative in 100 ml.

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TABLE 16.—Summary of Work Carried Out by Public Health Inspectors under Housing Act powers

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TABLE 17.—Unfit Premises

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TABLE 18.—Known Cases of Overcrowding

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TABLE 19.—Certificates of Disrepair

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TABLE 20.—Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

Category of Premises	Number Registered in 1965	Total Number Registered at 31st December, 1965	Number of Registered Premises receiving a general inspection during the year

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TABLE 21.—Factories: Defects

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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TABLE 22—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health

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

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TABLE 23.—O utwork

Nature of work	Section 133			Section 134
Nature of work	Number of out-workers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c)	Number of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	Number of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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TABLE 24.—Estimated Percentage of Compliance of Premises in Westminster with Food Hygiene (General) Regulations , 1960, in relation to (a) Regulation 16— Washing Facilities for the use of Staff, and ( b ) Regulation 19—Provision of Sinks for Cleansing of Equipment and Food Preparation

Type of Premises to which Sections 16 and 19 apply	Number	Estimated percentage of compliance with Regulation 16	Estimated percentage of compliance with Regulation 19

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TABLE 25.—Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream

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TABLE 26.—Food Poisoning Investigation

Causative Agent	General Outbreaks		Family Outbreaks		Sporadic Cases	Total	Total
	Number of separate outbreaks	Number of cases notified or ascertained	Number of separate outbreaks	Number of cases notified or ascertained	Notified or ascertained	Number of outbreaks and sporadic cases Columns (1 + 3 + 5)	Number of cases Columns (2 + 4 + 5)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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TABLE 27.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings, 1965

	Fines			Costs
	£.	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.

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TABLE 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

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TABLE 29.—Maternal and Child Welfare Centres—Sessions held as at December 1965

	MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDNESDAY		THURSDAY		FRIDAY
	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.

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TABLE 29.—Maternity and Child Welfare Centres—Sessions held as at December 1965— (continued)

	MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDNESDAY		THURSDAY		FRIDAY
	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.	A.M.	P.M.

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TABLE 30.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal And Post-Natal Clinics

Number of Women in attendance		Number of Sessions held by				Total number of Sessions in Columns 3-6
For Ante-natal Examination	For Post-natal Examination	Medical Officers	Midwives	G.P's employed on a Sessional basis	Hospital Medical staff	Total number of Sessions in Columns 3-6
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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TABLE 31.—Ante-Natal Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes

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TABLE 32.— Child Welfare Centres

Number of Children who attended during the year				Number of Sessions held by				Total number of Sessions in Columns (5)-(8)	Number of Children referred elsewhere	Number of Children on "at risk" register at end of year
Born in 1965	Born in 1964	Born in 1960-1963	Total	Medical Officers	Health Visitors	G.P's employed on a Sessional basis	Hospital Medical staff	Total number of Sessions in Columns (5)-(8)	Number of Children referred elsewhere	Number of Children on "at risk" register at end of year
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)

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TABLE 33—Health Visiting

	Cases visited by Health Visitors	Number of cases

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TABLE 1.—C ompleted P rimary C ourses —Number of persons under age 16

Type of Vaccine or Dose	Year of Birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of Vaccine or Dose	1965	1964	1963	1962	1958-61	Others under age 16	Total

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TABLE 2.—R einforcing D oses —Number of persons under age 16

	1965	1964	1963	1962	1958-61	Others under age 16	Total

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TABLE 35—Smallpox Vaccination of Persons aged under 16 during 1965

Age at date of Vaccination	No. Vaccinated	No. Revaccinated

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TABLE 36.—Home Nursing

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TABLE 37.—Domiciliary Midwifery

Domiciliary Midwives employed by	Administrative and Supervisory Staff			Domiciliary Midwives
	Whole-time	Part-time	Whole-time equivalent of (2)	Whole-time	Part-time	Whole-time equivalent of (5)
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES DURING 1965

Number of Domiciliary Confinements attended by Midwives under N.H.S. arrangements			Number of cases delivered in hospitals and other institutions but discharged and attended by Domiciliary Midwives before tenth day
Doctor not booked	Doctor booked	Total
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)

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TABLE 38.—Notification of Congenital Defects

	1964	1965

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TABLE 39.—Chiropody—Analysis of Treatments 1965

A. At City Council Clinics:
Age Group	Number of Treatments

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TABLE 40. HOME HELP CASES COMPLETED 1965

Area	Aged 65 and Over	Aged under 65
Area	Aged 65 and Over	T.B.	Chronic Sick	Mentally Disordered	Maternity	Others	Total

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TABLE 41.—Mental Health Service—Number of Patients referred to City Council during year ended 31st December, 1965

Referred by	Mentally III				Subnormal				Severely subnormal
	Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 42.—Number of Patients for whom Hospital Admissions were arranged SECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT

Informal	Sec. 25	Sec. 26	Sec. 29	Sec. 136	Sec. 60	Total

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TABLE 43.—Mental Health Service—Numbers of Cases in Community Care at end of year

	Mentally 111				Subnormal				Severely subnormal
	Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Grand Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 44.—Number of Patients admitted for Temporary Residential Care during the year (e.g. to Relieve the Family)

Number of admissions	Mentally 111				Subnormal				Severely subnormal				Grand Total
	Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over		Under age 16		16 and over
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 45.—Venereal Diseases—Cases Treated 1st April, 1965 to 31st March, 19661

Hospital	Quarter ended 30.6.65			Quarter ended 30.9.65			Quarter ended 31.12.65			Quarter ended 31.3.66			Totals
Hospital	M.	F.	Totals	M.	F.	Totals	M.	F.	Totals	M.	F.	Totals	M.	F.	Totals

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TABLE 46.—School Health

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TABLE 47.—Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination Number of persons vaccinated through the Authority's approved arrangements under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act.

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TABLE 48.—Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children DENTAL TREATMENT—NUMBERS OF CASES

		Number of persons examined during the year (1)	Number of persons who commenced treatment during the year (2)	Number of courses of treatment completed during the year (3)

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DENTAL TREATMENT PROVIDED (Figures refer to number of treatments and not to number of persons.)

		Scalings and gum treatment (1)	Fillings (2)	Silver nitrate treatment (3)	Crowns and inlays (4)	Extractions (5)	General anaesthetics (6)	Dentures provided		Radiographs (9)
								Full upper or lower (7)	Partial upper or lower (8)

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NUMBER OF PREMISES AND SESSIONS

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TABLE 49.—Tuberculosis—Care and After Care

	Paddington Chest Clinic	Marylebone Chest Clinic	Westminster Hospital Chest Clinic

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55 tables in this report

TABLE 1.— Deaths—According to A ge-Group and Sex

TABLE 2.—Infant Mortality—According to Cause, Age-group and Sex

TABLE 3.—Maternal Mortality

TABLE 4.—Notification of Infectious and Other Notifiable Diseases — 1965 —

TABLE 5.—T uberculosis: N ew C ases and D eaths

TABLE 6. — P uerperal P yrexia: A nalysis of C auses

TABLE 7.—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory

TABLE 8.—Night and Out of Office Hours Emergency Service-Analysis of Calls made to Duty Officers

TABLE 9.—Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection

TABLE 10.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied

TABLE 11.—Summary of Visits by Public Health Inspectors

TABLE 12.—Statutory Notices Served

TABLE 13.—Rodent Control

TABLE 14.—Chemical Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated)

TABLE 15.— Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results after Treatment

TABLE 16.—Summary of Work Carried Out by Public Health Inspectors under Housing Act powers

TABLE 17.—Unfit Premises

TABLE 18.—Known Cases of Overcrowding

TABLE 19.—Certificates of Disrepair

TABLE 20.—Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963

TABLE 21.—Factories: Defects

TABLE 22—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health

TABLE 23.—O utwork

TABLE 24.—Estimated Percentage of Compliance of Premises in Westminster with Food Hygiene (General) Regulations , 1960, in relation to (a) Regulation 16— Washing Facilities for the use of Staff, and ( b ) Regulation 19—Provision of Sinks for Cleansing of Equipment and Food Preparation

TABLE 25.—Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream

TABLE 26.—Food Poisoning Investigation

TABLE 27.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings, 1965

TABLE 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary

TABLE 29.—Maternal and Child Welfare Centres—Sessions held as at December 1965

TABLE 29.—Maternity and Child Welfare Centres—Sessions held as at December 1965— (continued)

TABLE 30.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal And Post-Natal Clinics

TABLE 31.—Ante-Natal Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes

TABLE 32.— Child Welfare Centres

TABLE 33—Health Visiting

TABLE 1.—C ompleted P rimary C ourses —Number of persons under age 16

TABLE 2.—R einforcing D oses —Number of persons under age 16

TABLE 35—Smallpox Vaccination of Persons aged under 16 during 1965

TABLE 36.—Home Nursing

TABLE 37.—Domiciliary Midwifery

DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DOMICILIARY MIDWIVES DURING 1965

TABLE 38.—Notification of Congenital Defects

TABLE 39.—Chiropody—Analysis of Treatments 1965

TABLE 40. HOME HELP CASES COMPLETED 1965

TABLE 41.—Mental Health Service—Number of Patients referred to City Council during year ended 31st December, 1965

TABLE 42.—Number of Patients for whom Hospital Admissions were arranged SECTION OF MENTAL HEALTH ACT

TABLE 43.—Mental Health Service—Numbers of Cases in Community Care at end of year

TABLE 44.—Number of Patients admitted for Temporary Residential Care during the year (e.g. to Relieve the Family)

TABLE 45.—Venereal Diseases—Cases Treated 1st April, 1965 to 31st March, 19661

TABLE 46.—School Health

TABLE 47.—Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination Number of persons vaccinated through the Authority's approved arrangements under Section 28 of the National Health Service Act.

TABLE 48.—Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children DENTAL TREATMENT—NUMBERS OF CASES

DENTAL TREATMENT PROVIDED (Figures refer to number of treatments and not to number of persons.)

NUMBER OF PREMISES AND SESSIONS

TABLE 49.—Tuberculosis—Care and After Care

TABLE 50.—Health Department Premises