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City of Westminster 1971

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

Published
1972
Author
Briscoe-Smith, J. H.
Pages
108
Tables
76

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    As compared with 1970 there has been little change in the vital statistics shown on pages 11 and 12, except in the case of the infant mortality rate where there has been a marked reduction in deaths of children under one year of age per thousand live births, from 20.98 in 1970 to 13.35 in 1971. This is the lowest figure recorded since the new City came into being in 1965 and it is hoped that this welcome trend will continue.
    YearInfant deathsWestminster Infant death rateEngland & Wales Infant death rate
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    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
    19711970 (where applicable)
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    BIRTHS
    WestminsterGreater LondonEngland & Wales
    197119701971197019711970
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    INFANT MORTALITY
    WestminsterGreater LondonEngland & Wales
    197119701971197019711970
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    ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
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    At 31st December 1971
    EstablishmentIn Post
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    Grants, Subsidies and Loans The following summary indicates the number of applications referred to the Health Department for inspection and comment during the year:-
    No. of Dwellings
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    During 1971 a total of 117 (122) burials or cremations were arranged by the Health Department as follow:-
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    Requests for burials or cremations were received from the following sources:-
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    Age Groups
    0-1011-2021-3031-4041-5051-6061-7071-8081-9091-100
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
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    During 1971 a total of 121 children were placed on the register, tabulated as ollows:-
    BornNotified by HospitalsSerial screening by medical officerRecommended for trainingNotified by HospitalsSerial screening by medical officerRecommended for training
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    Children born in 1966 on handicap register in 1971
    Mentally retarded:Physically handicapped:
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    The following items were issued during the year in addition to equipment already on loam:-
  • Page 53
    In Westminster the number of notified completed Primary Diphtheria Immunisation courses (i.e. those notified by the local authority or general practitioner) for 1969 births were:
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    The 175 holidays were arranged for:—
    19711970
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    Table 1. — DEATHS — According to Age-Group and Sex
    CAUSE OF DEATH19701971 Net Deaths at the sub-joined ages of residents (Male and Female) whether occuring within or without the City
    Totals All AgesAll AgesUnder 1 year1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwards
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    Table 2 — Infant Mortality — Cause, Age-group and Sex
    CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week1 -4 weeks1 - 3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    Table 3.—Notification of Infectious and other Notifiable Diseases
    Numbers originally notified Total (All ages)Measles (excluding rubella)DysenteryScarlet FeverDiphtheriaAcute meningitis due to infection withAcute poliomyelitis
    MeningococcusOther specified organismsUnspecified organismsParalyticNon-paralytic
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
    901001312613————2—1—————
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    Table 4.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths
    At ages-+NEWCASESDEATHS
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    yearsMFMFMFMF
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    Table Ex—Specimens Submitted to the Public Health Laboratory
    Nature of SpecimenNumber ExaminedPositive Findings
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    Table 6.—Night and out of office hours emergency service—Analysis of calls made to Duty Officers
    Month 1971Social Services DepartmentsHealth DepartmentsMiscellaneousTotal
    Mental HealthChild CareWelfarePublic Health InspectorsMidwivesDistrict Nurses
    *WKWKWKWKWKWKWKWK
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    Table 7.—Dwelling Houses—Reason for Initial Inspection
    19711970
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    Table 8.—Dwelling Houses—Nuisances and unsatisfactory conditions found anti remedied
    19711970
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    Table 9.—Summary of visits by public health inspectors
    19711970
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    Table 10.—Statutory Notices Served
    19711970
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    Table 11.—Summary of visits by Housing Act Inspectors
    19711970
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    Table 12.—Summary of work carried out by Public Health Inspectors under the Housing Act 1961 (as amended) in connection with Houses in Multiple Occupation
    19711970
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    Table 13.—Unfit Premises
    19711970
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    Table 14.—Housing Act 1969: Qualification Certificates
    Improvement cases:19711970
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    Table 15.—Rodent Control
    Complaints:19711970
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    Table 16.—Chemical Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated)
    Analysis DataSource of Supply
    Stoke NewingtonR. Thames -Derived
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    Table 17.—Bacteriological Examination of Water Supplied to City of Westminster—Average Results after Treatment
    Source of supplyNumber of SamplesAgar plate count per ml.Coliform countE. coli count
    20-24 hours 37°C3 days at 22°CPer cent, samples negative in 100 ml.Per cent samples negative in 100 ml.
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    Table 18.—Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963
    Number Registered in 1971Total number Registered at 31st December, 1971Number of Registered Premises receiving a General Inspection during the year
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    Table 19.—Factories: Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health
    Number on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
    Factories Act 196119711970197119701971197019711970
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    Table 20.—Factories: Defects
    FoundNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    RemediedReferred
    to H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
    Factories Act 19611971197019711970197119701971197019711970
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    Table 21.—Outwork
    Nature of workNumber of out-workers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c)Number of cases of default in sending lists to the CouncilNumber of prosecutions for failure to supply listsNumber of instances of work in unwholesome premisesNotices servedProsecutions
    197119701971197019711970197119701971197019711970
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    Table 22.—Estimated Percentage of Compliance of Premises in Westminster with Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960 in relation to (a) Regulation 16— Washing Facilities for use of Staff, and (b) Regulation 19—Provision of sinks for Cleansing of Equipment and Food Preparation
    Type of Premises to which Sections 16 & 19 applyNumberEstimated percentage of compliance with Regulation 16Estimated percentage of compliance with Regulation 19
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    Table 23.—Premises Registered for Preserving Food, or Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice Cream
    19711970
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    Table 24.—Food P0is0ning 1971—Investigati0n of Incidents and Cases
    Causative agentGeneral outbreaksFamily outbreaksSporadic CasesTotalTotal
    Number of separate outbreaksNumber of cases notified or ascertainedNumber of separate outbreaksNumber of cases notified or ascertainednotified or ascertainedNumber 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 25.—Analysis of Legal Proceedings
    FinesCosts
    ££
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    Table 26.—Vermin0us Persons—Number of Persons cleansed at Liss0nia and Wedlake Street Baths
    AdultsChildrenTotal
    MenWomenTotalBoysGirlsTotal
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    Table 27.—Scabies—Number of Persons treated at Lissonia and Wedlake Street Baths
    AdultsChildrenTotal
    MenwomenTotalBoysGirlsTotal
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    Table 28.—Coroner's Court and Mortuary
    19711970
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    Table 29.—Maternal & Child Health Centres—Activities held as at December 1971 note: The following Table sets 0ut the sessi0ns held at the vari0us Centres in December, 1971. Changes 0ccur fr0m time to time to meet the need.
    CENTREM0NDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY
    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.—Maternal & Child Health Centres—Activities held as at December 1971— (c0ntinued)
    CENTREM0NDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY
    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.—Maternal & Child Health Centres—Activities held as at December 1971—(c0ntinued)
    CENTREMONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY
    A.M.P.M.A.M.P.M.A.M.P.M.A.M.P.M.A.M.P.M.
  • Page 86
    Table 30.—Clinic Services Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics
    Number of women AttendedNumber of sessions held byTotal Attendances
    For Ante-natal Examinati0nFor Post-natal Examinati0nMedical officersMidwivesMedical officer Sessi0nsMidwives Sessi0ns
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    Table 31.—M0thercraft and Ante-Natal Exercises
    19711970
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    Table 32.—Family Planning
    19711970*
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    Table 33.—Child Health Centres
    Number of children wh0 attended during the yearTotal number of sessi0nsTotal number of attendancesTotal medical examinati0nsNumber of children 0n Handicap Register at end of year
    Born in 1971Born in 1970Born in 1966-69Total
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    Table 34.—Handicap Register
    YearTotal live births0n registerNumber of children 0n Handicap Register as % of live births
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    Table 35.—Health Visiting
    Cases visited by Health VisitorsNumber of cases
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    Table 36.—Vaccination of Persons under age 16 c0mpleted during 1971 at Maternal and Child Health Centres and by General Practiti0ners Table A.—C0mpleted Primary C0urses—Number of Persons under age 16
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    Table B. — Reinforcing D0ses—Number of Persons under age 16
    Type of Vaccine or D0seYear of BirthOthers under age 16TotalTotal C0mpleted
    19711970196919681964-67At ClinicsBy G.P.s
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    Table 37.—H0me Nursing
    19711970
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    Table 38.—D0miciliary Midwifery DELIVERIES ATTENDED BY DomiciliarY MIDWIVES
    Number of Domiciliary C0nfinements attended by Midwives under N.H. arrangementsNumber of cases delivered in Hospitals and OTHER instituti0ns but discharged and attended by Domiciliary Midwives before tenth day
    Doctor not bookedDoctor bookedTotal
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    Table 39—Chiropody Service
    A. Number of Persons treated
    By City CouncilBy City of Westminster 0ld Pe0ple's Welfare Ass0ciati0nTotal
    197119701971197019711970
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    Table 40.—Venereal Diseases Cases treated in Westminster —1st January—31st December 1971
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    Table 41.—Medical suite at City Hall — Work undertaken in 1971
    19711970
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    Table 42.—Tuberculin Test and B.C.G. Vaccination Number of Persons vaccinated thr0ugh the Authority's appr0ved arrangements under Section 28 of the Nati0nal Health Service Act 1946.
    A. Contacts
    19711970
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    Table 43.—School Health Service The table below shows the grades and numbers (full-time equivalents as at 31 December, 1971) of staff empl0yed 0n School health work in the City of Westminster together with the Totals for the Inner London Education Authority as a wh0le
    GradeFULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPL0YEES AS AT 31 DECEMBER, 1971 IN:
    City of WestminsterInner London Education Authority 1971Inner London Education Authority 1970
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    Table 44.—School Medical inspections (excluding Dental and Health Surveys) 1971
    City of WestminsterInner London Education Authority
    19711970
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    Table 45.—routine Medical inspections 1971—Defects NUMBER of CHILDREN notED For TREATMENT or 0bservation EXPRESSED AS A RATE PER 1,000 INSPECTED
    Number inspectedCity of WestminsterInner London Education Authority
    8,2161971 157,9661970 160,516
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    Table 46.—School Health Service-Findings at Health Surveys 1971
    School R0llCity of WestminsterInner London Education Authority
    1971 22,3581971 424,8901970 423,578
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    Table 47.—School Health Service—Non-routine Medical inspections 1971
    Type of Inspecti0nCity of WestminsterInner London Education Authority
    19711970
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    Table 48.—School Health Service—routine Medical inspections 1971—Visi0n
    Number TestedPERCENTAGE of NUMBER TESTEDPercentage of Total number tested and noted for treatment
    A — not Wearing GlassesB — Wearing Glasses
    6/66/96/12 or worsenoted for Treatment6/66/96/12 or worsenoted for Treatment
    BoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoysGirlsBoys and Girls
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    Table 49.—School Health Service C0mparis0n of Defects noted at 7-Plus routine and 7-Plus "Special" Medical inspections in 1971 Number of Children noted for Treatment and Observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected
    City of WestminsterInner London Education Authority
    19711970
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    Table 50.—School Dental Service Statistics 1971 (Statistics, 1970 shown in brackets)
    NUMBER OF SESSIONS
    InspectionOrdinary treatmentHealth EducationAnaestheticTotal
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    NUMBER OF VISITS FOR TREATMENT
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    FILLINGS AND EXTRACTIONS
    Permanent teethTemporary teeth
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    Table 51.—Dental Services for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 Part A.— Attendances and Treatment
    Number of Visits for Treatment during yearChildren 0—4 (incl.)Expectant and Nursing Mothers
    1971197019711970
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    Part B.—Prosthetics
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    Part C.— Anaesthetics
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    Part D. —Inspections
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    Part E.—Sessions
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    Table 52.—Tuberculosis—Care and After Care
    Paddington Chest ClinicMarylebone Chest ClinicWestminster Hospital Chest Clinic
    T.B. patients on Register of Chest Clinics at 31st December197119701971197019711970