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Hornsey 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornsey, Borough of]

Published
1939
Pages
174
Tables
67

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    LIVE BIRTHS—
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    STILL-BIRTHS—
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    DEATHS—
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    Deaths from Puerperal Causes.
    Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.England and Wales.
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    Deaths of Infants under 1 Year of Age.
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    LABORATORY FACILITIES. The sjjecimens examined in the laboratory at the Isolation Hospital during 1938 were as follows
    Negative.Positive.Total.
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    The following is a statement of the infectious diseases nursed during the year by the Queen's District Nurses:—
    NAME OF DISEASE.No. of New Cases.No. of Visits.No. Convalescent.No. sent to Hospital.No. Died at Home.
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    There are 1,424 shops in the Borough engaged in the following trades: — Shops.
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    The continued expansion of this valuable work is indicated by the following figures furnished in the Chairman's report: —
    To DecemberNo. of Properties occupied.Rent of Year.Shares and Loan Stock.Total Expenditure.
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    During the year 1938 the Council re-housed 66 families representing 308 persons from various roads as under:—
    FamiliesPersons
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    FamiliesPersons
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    Statistics of Slaughtering, 1926-1938.
    Year.Beasts.Sheep.Swine.Calves.Total.
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    Mr. S. J. Pugh, Acting Chief Officer of the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, has kindly supplied me with the following information regarding samples food taken during the year in the Borough:—
    Articles.Samples.Adulterated.
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    The following table shows the figures for 1938:—
    Total Injections.Completed Cases.
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    There was no case of blindness resulting from this infection.
    CaseVision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated
    At home.In hospital or nursing home.
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    TABLE A. BOROUGH OF HORNSEY VITAL STATISTICS. 1911-1938.
    Year.Estimated Mid-Year Population.Birth Rate per 1,000 Population.Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Infant Mortality per 1,000 live Births.
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    TABLE C.—CAUSES OF AND AGES AT DEATH. 1931-1937.
    All Ages 1931All Ages 1932All Ages 1933All Ages 1934All Ages 1935All Ages 1936All Ages 1937
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    TABLE D INFANT MORTALITY, 1938.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Deaths from staked causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.Total Deaths under One Year
    Under 1 DayUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 WeeksTotal under 4 Weeks.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    BIRTHS. DEATHS, INFANT DEATHS, AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN DISEASES, 1901-1938.
    year.Population Census.Total Live BirthsTotal Still BirthsTotal DeathsTotal Infant Deaths (under one yearDeaths from MeaslesDeaths from Whooping CoughDeaths from Diarrhœa (under two yrs.)Deaths from Sear let FeverDeaths from DiphtheriaDeaths from Typhoid FeverDeaths from CancerDeaths from Tuberculosis (Pulmonary)Deaths from Tuberculosis (Non-Pulmonary)
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    DISEASEWARDSAGESTotalAdmitted to Joint HospitalAdmitted to other Hospitals.In Nursing Home.Nursed at Home.Registered Deaths
    HighgateMuswell Hill.Crouch EndCentral HornseyNorth HaringeySouth HaringeyStroud GreenFinsbury Park.0— 1l— 55— 1515— 2525— 4545— 6565 and over
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    TABLE G.-NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1911-1938.
    Year.Population. EstimatedScarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Croup.Typhoid Fever.Para Typhoid.§ Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia.Erysipelas.Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.Polio-Myelitis.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Pemphigus Neonatorum.Malaria.Dysentery.Encephalitis Lethargica.Polio Encephalitis.Pneumonia.Small-pox.Measles.German Measles.TotalAttack rate per 1,000 population.
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    TABLE H._(1) NOTIFICATION OF, AND DEATHS FROM TUBERCULOSIS, 1938.
    AGE PERIODS.New Cases.Deaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMPMFMF
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    TABLE H.-(2) TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER, 1938.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.
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    Cases removed from the Register shown under (c) are accounted for as follows: —
    Found not to be T.BCured.Removed to another area.Died at Home.Died at Sanatorium or other Institution.Cases closed by T.B.O.Totals.
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMF
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    TABLE I.—FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES. The following is a summary of the result of inspections made at Factories, and Workplaces during the year, with a list of Outworkers' premises, a copy of which has been forwarded to the Home Office, as required. None of the Outworkers' premises was found to be in an unwholesome condition.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE I.— (contd.). OUTWORKERS, 1938.
    Nature of Work. (1)Premises.Outworkers,,Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
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    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES TIME TABLE.
    Centre.Conditions of Tenancy.District Served.Sessions and Doctor,Health Visitor.
    Ante-natal.Children.
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    The number of births notified under the Acts during 1938 was:—
    Male.Female.Total.
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    The births were notified:—
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    Unnotified (from Registrar's return):—
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    Of this number there were:—
    Live births.Still births.
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    The 1,229 nett number of notified births belonging to Hornsey were divided among the districts of the Centres as follows:—
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    Live Births.Still Births.Total.
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    In spite of the difficulties of this work, steady progress has been made, as shown by the yearly figures: —
    Year.No. of Helps on Books.Mothers served.Income.Expenditure.
    £s.d.£s. d.
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    MILK (MOTHERS & CHILDREN) ORDERS. Two thousand and seventy-nine applications for milk under this Order were dealt with during the year, of which 2,014 were granted and 65 refused:—
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    The following is a record for the year of the Dental Clinic for Mothers and Children.
    Mothers. Children.
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    The following are the statistics for the year for children under five:—
    Surgeon.Masseuse.
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    A register of foster-mothers and foster-children is kept by the Medical Officer of Health and at each Centre. The following is a summary of the Register:—
    No. 1.Centre—
    No. 3
    No. 2. & Sub.Total.
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    MATERNITY STATISTICS. Ante-Natal, Natal and Post-Natal. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK, 1938.
    Nature of Work.Centres.Totals.
    No. 1.No. 2.No. 3 and Sub-Centre.
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    RECORD OP WORK OP MUNICIPAL MIDWIVES, 1938.
    Miss AndrewsMrs. JamesonMiss HughesTotal
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    MILK SCHEME — INCOME SCALE.
    No. in Family.Free.Half-Price.No. In Family.Free.Half-Price.
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    School Medical Service Scheme of Treatment.
    Condition treated.Where treated.By whom.When.
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    TABLE I. MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OP CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (see note a).
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    (2) No Individual child should be counted more than once in any column of this Table; for example, a child suffering from defective vision and from adenoids should appear once in Column 2, once in Column 3 and once only in Column 4. Similarly, a child suffering from two defects other than defective vision should appear once only in Column 3 and once in Column 4.
    Prescribed Groups : (1)Defective Vision excluding Squint. (2)All other conditions recorded in Table 2a. (3)Total. (4)
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    TABLE II. (A) RETURN OP DEFECTS POUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1938. Note.—All defects noted at routine medical inspection as requiring treatment should be included in this return, whether or not this treatment was begun before the date of the inspection.
    DEFECT OR DISEASE.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections
    No of Defects.No, of Defects.
    Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE II (continued) (B) CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS. (See Administrative Memorandum No. 124, dated 31st December, 1934.)
    AGE GROUPSN umlie r of Children Inspected.A (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly sub-normal)D (Bad)
    No%No.%No.%No.%
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    This definition covers some children who are totally, or almost totally, blind and can only be appropriately taught in a school for blind children, and others who have partial sight and can be appropriately taught In a school for partially sighted children. Only the first class should be included in this section
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    Children who are able by means of suitable glasses to read the ordinary school books used by children without fatigue or injury to their vision should not be included in this Table.
    At Certified Schools for the U ind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    This definition covers some children who are totally or almost totally, deaf and can only be appropriately taught in a school for deaf children, and others who have partial hearing and can be appropriately taught in a school for partially deaf children. Only the first class should be included in this section.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN. Enter in this Section only children who can appropriately be taught only in a school for the partially deaf.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Certified Schools for the Partially DeafAt Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    Particulars relating to these children should be entered in the return of notified children—Form 307 M.
    At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    For practical purposes the Board are of opinion that children who are subject to attacks of major epilepsy in school should be recorded as ' severe " cases and excluded from ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    1.—Children Suffering From Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.)
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools tAt other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    At the same time it should be remembered that children should not be regarded as suitable for admission to an Open Air School unless the Medical Officer would be prepared to certify under Section 55 of the Education Act, 1921, that they are incapable by reason of physical defect of receiving proper benefit from the instruction in the ordinary Public Elementary Schools.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other InstitutionsAt no School or Institution.Total.
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    Should there be no children suffering from Multiple Defects, please enter " Nil."
    Combination of Defect.At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanllness, for which see Table VI.).
    DISEASE OR DEFECT. (1)Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (see note 6). (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. O)
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    Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Number of Defects dealt with
    Under the Authority's Scheme (see note b)Otherwise.Total.
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    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (see note b). (i)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total. (3)Received other forms of Treatment. (4)Total number treated. (5)
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    TABLE VII. LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE BOROUGH.
    School.Department.Authorized accommodation.Average No. on the Rolls for qr ended 31/12/37.Head Teacher.
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    TABLE "A."
    DIAGNOSISTOTALS (EARS)TONSILS & ADENOIDSTREATMENTRESULT
    Zinc IonisationAntiseptic TreatmentTonsils & Adenoids Conserva- tive: Nasal: DiastolisationTonsils & Adenoids OperationCuredImprovedStill under Treatment or ObservationLeft or Treatment LapsedReferred to Hospital for OperationDeclined Treatment
    ABCDEFGHIJKL
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    TABLE "B." CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA
    DIAGNOSISTOTALS (F ars)Chronic Tympanic Sepsis Complicated by:—TONSILS & ADENOIDSTREATMENTRESULT
    (Children over 6) CHRONIC TYMPANIC SEPSIS Complicated by:-Granulations: Simple PolvpiiMastoid DiseaseEnlarged Tonsils & AdenoidsNasal Catarrh: Rhinitis: SinusitisExternal Otitis: EczemaPrimary (Ear)Collateral (Nose & Throat)CuredImprovedStill under Treatment or ObservationLeft or Lapsed TreatmentReferred to Hospital For OperationDeclined Treatment
    Old OperationNo OoerationZinc lonisationAntiseptic TreatmentTonsils & Adenoids Conservative: Nasal Diastolisation. etc.Tonsils & Adenoids Operation
    ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
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    TABLE "C." NOSE AND THROAT CONDITIONS
    DIAGNOSISSECONDARY CONDITIONSTREATMENTRESULT
    PRIMARYTOTALTONSILS & ADENOIDSDeafnessNasal CatarrhEnlarged Tonsils and AdenoidsDiastolisationAntiseptic TreatmentProetz DisplacementTonsils and AdenoidsCuredImprovedStill under Treatment or ObservationLeft or Lapsed TreatmentReferred to Hospital for OperationDeclined Treatment
    Conservative TreatmentOperative Treatment
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    TABLE "D." MISCELLANEOUS CASES
    DIAGNOSISTOTALRESULT
    CuredImprovedStill under Treatment or ObservationLeft or Lapsed TreatmentReferred to Hospital for OperationDeclined Treatment