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

Hornsey 1963

Published: 1964
Pages: 90
Tables: 59

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TUBERCULOSIS The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1963 was 828, viz., pulmonary 727 non-pulmonary 101.

Pulmonary Non- Pulmonary Total
Male Female Male Female Male Female
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Cases removed from Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows:-

Found not to be T.B. Recovered Removed to another area Died at home Died at Sanatorium or other Institution TOTAL
M F M F M F M F M F M F
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CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH DURING THE YEAR

Under 1 year 1 year 2 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 19 20 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 to 74 75 and over TOTALS
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX

AGE IN YEARS Scarlet fever Whooping cough Ophthalmia Neonatorum Measles Dysentery
M F M F M F M F M F
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AGE IN YEARS Acute pneumonia Erysipelas Food poisoning Puerperal pyrexia Typhoid fever Ac encephalitis Infect- Post ive Infectious
M F M F M F F M F M F M F
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS

Highgate Muswell Hill Crouch End Central Hornsey North Harringay South Harringay Stroud Green Finsbury Park TOTALS
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CLOSING ORDERS The following Closing Orders became operative in 1963.

Property Part affected Order operative Action taken
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CLOSING ORDERS DETERMINED The following Closing Orders were determined, the work required to render the premises fit for human habitation having been carried out.

Property Part Order determined
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CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR
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ABATEMENT NOTICES

Verbal Preliminary Statutory
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FACTORIES ACT, 1961

Total No. of Factories No. Inspected Inspections Made
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Defects found Notices were served and complied with as follows:-

Served Complied with
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Outworkers There are 177 outworkers on the register engaged in the following occupations:-
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INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

1st Inspection Re-inspections

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Bacteriological Results of Water Passing into Supply after chlorination

No. of samples		Plate counts Average colonies per ml. counted on agar at 37o C after 20-24 hrs.	Coliform test Samples negative in 100 ml. Coliform E. coli

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RODENT CONTROL Comparative figures relating to surface infestations for 1962 and 1963 are as follows:-

1962 1963
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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SOLID DEPOSITS (tons per square mile)

Town Hall Electricity Sub-Station Hampden Road
1962 1963 1962 1963

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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SMOKE AND SURPHUR DIOXIDE

	Smoke (microgrammes per cubic metre)										Sulphur dioxide (microgrammes per cubic metre)
	Monthly average					Highest daily reading					Monthly average					Highest daily reading
Sites	a	b	c	d	e	a	b	c	d	e	a	b	c	d	e	a	b	c	d	e

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FOOD PREMISES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PRINCIPAL TRADES

No. of Premises Registered under Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955
(a) For Sale or Manufacture of Ice Cream (b) Prepared Foods
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DEATHS OF HORNSEY RESIDENTS - Classified according to age groups and sexes

Under 1 year 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 to 74 75 and over TOTALS
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Deaths of Hornsey Residents - continued

Under 1 year 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 to 74 75 and over TOTALS
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Deaths of Hornsey Residents - continued

Under 1 year 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 to 24 25 to 44 45 to 64 65 to 74 75 and over TOTALS
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INFANT DEATHS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX

AGE AT DEATH Under 1 day 1-0 Days 1 Week 2 Weeks 3 Weeks Total under 4 Weeks 1-2 Months 3-5 Months 6-8 Months 9-11 Months Total under 1 Year
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The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-

No. of sessions held Total A.N. Attendances P.N. Average attendance per session
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Midwives Ante-natal Clinics The following table shows the attendances made during the year:-

Midwives Clinics No. of sessions held Total No. of attendances Average attendance per session
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The following table of attendances at Mothercraft clinics during the year is the highest over the last four years:-
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Clinics No. of sessions held Total No. of attendances Average attendance per session
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The following table shows attendances at the various clinics:-
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Name of Centre No. of sessions held Total attendances Average attendance per session No. of cases seen by M.O. No. of cases referred elsewhere
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The following table gives details of attendances at the individual clinics:-

Name of Centre No. of sessions held Total attendances No. of cases seen by M.O. Average attendance per session

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Attendances The following table shows the attendances at individual nurseries during the year:-

Name of Day Nursery	No. of approved places at end of year			No. of children on register at end of year		Total No. of attendances			Average daily attendances

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The following tables give details of treatment:-

Expectant and Nursing Mothers Children under 5
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A table is given below showing the work for the past three years:-

1963 1962 1961
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The actual number of visits made by the health visitors this year was as shown in the following table:- No. of visits paid by Health Visitors working in the area:-
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The sex and age of patients at the time of the nurse's first visit may be classified as follows:-

Age Males Females
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The following table shows the work of the home nurses during the year:-
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The following table records the number of persons known to have been vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year by general practitioners and clinic medical officers.

Under 1 year 1 year 2-4 years 5-14 years 15 yrs and over Total
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Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation
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Number of Children who received a Secondary (Re-inforcing) Injection
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Poliomyelitis Vaccination Oral poliomyelitis vaccine was used mainly during the year and the table below shows the number of persons vaccinated:-

Completed course of two injections using Salk vaccine Completed course of three doses of oral vaccine
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Re-inforcing doses were given as follows:-
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The following table shows the treatment carried out at clinics during the year:-

Category New cases First attendance during year of old cases Re-attendances Total
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The following table shows the domiciliary treatment carried out during the year:-

Category New Cases Re-attendances Total

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The following table shows details of the cases served during the year:-

Cases provided with help	No. of new cases provided with help	No. of old cases for which help was continued from 1962	Total No. of cases provided with help during the year	Total no. of cases still being provided with help at end of year

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The school population for the Area is 26,419, as shown in the following table

Hornsey Tottenham
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The following table shows the number of children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition:-

Year of Birth No. of pupils Inspected Condition Satisfactory
Number %
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The following table shows details of B.C.G. vaccinations during the year:-

School Children Students Total
Number % Number % Number %
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The following tables show the work undertaken during the year:-ORTHODONTIC INSPECTIONS. AND TREATMENT
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DENTAL INSPECTIONS AND TREATMENT
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Maintained Primary and Secondary School Population of the Area - 26419 Audiometer Tests - Routine

Age Groups 1st Tests sweep or gramophone Re-tests Failures
both ears one ear Total % of Column 1
right left
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Audiometer Tests - Specials

Age 1st Tests Re-tests Failures
both ears one ear Total % of Column 1
right left
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
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AUDIOLOGY UNIT 1963

Age groups of cases seen:-
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THE HANDICAPPED CHILD - Distribution in Hornsey as at 31st December, 1963.

In Special Day Schools In Special Residential Schools In Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools In Independent Schools Not at School Total
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Of the children under supervision, twenty made 30 attendances at Dr. I. M. Anderson's Clinic at the Prince of Wales's Hospital. Six of these were new cases, five girls and one boy, and in them the following diagnoses were established:-

Total In Tottenham In Other Areas
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There were four removals during 1963 leaving 207 children on the register of the Supervisory Centre at the end of the year. These 207 have been classified as follows:-

Total In Tottenham in Other Areas
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Treatment of two children at the partially-hearing unit, Devonshire Hill, has given a much-appreciated opportunity to co-operate with the teachers of the deaf, under their headmaster, Mr. Brown.

Type of speech disorder Number of children treated Number discharged Remaining Under observation for review ø
Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls
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PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT AT MEDICAL INSPECTION Number of individual pupils found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

Year of Birth For defective vision (excluding squint) For any of the other conditions recorded Total Individual Pupils

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DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION

Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Periodic Inspections						i Special Inspect- i ions (T) (O)
Defect Code No.	Defect or Disease	Entrants (T) (O)		Leavers (T) (O)		Total including all other age groups inspected (T) (O)		i Special Inspect- i ions (T) (O)

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AREA HEALTH STAFF

Age Groups	1st Tests sweep or gramophone	Re-tests	Failures
			both ears	one ear		Total	% of Column 1
			both ears	right	left	Total	% of Column 1

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TUBERCULOSIS The total number of cases on the Tuberculosis Register at the end of 1963 was 828, viz., pulmonary 727 non-pulmonary 101.

Cases removed from Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows:-

CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH DURING THE YEAR

NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY AGE AND SEX

NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE BY WARDS

CLOSING ORDERS The following Closing Orders became operative in 1963.

CLOSING ORDERS DETERMINED The following Closing Orders were determined, the work required to render the premises fit for human habitation having been carried out.

CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR

ABATEMENT NOTICES

FACTORIES ACT, 1961

Defects found Notices were served and complied with as follows:-

Outworkers There are 177 outworkers on the register engaged in the following occupations:-

INSPECTIONS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Bacteriological Results of Water Passing into Supply after chlorination

RODENT CONTROL Comparative figures relating to surface infestations for 1962 and 1963 are as follows:-

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SOLID DEPOSITS (tons per square mile)

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION - MEASUREMENT OF SMOKE AND SURPHUR DIOXIDE

FOOD PREMISES CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PRINCIPAL TRADES

DEATHS OF HORNSEY RESIDENTS - Classified according to age groups and sexes

Deaths of Hornsey Residents - continued

Deaths of Hornsey Residents - continued

INFANT DEATHS CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX

The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-

Midwives Ante-natal Clinics The following table shows the attendances made during the year:-

The following table of attendances at Mothercraft clinics during the year is the highest over the last four years:-

Continued from previous page...

The following table shows attendances at the various clinics:-

Continued from previous page...

The following table gives details of attendances at the individual clinics:-

Attendances The following table shows the attendances at individual nurseries during the year:-

The following tables give details of treatment:-

A table is given below showing the work for the past three years:-

The actual number of visits made by the health visitors this year was as shown in the following table:- No. of visits paid by Health Visitors working in the area:-

The sex and age of patients at the time of the nurse's first visit may be classified as follows:-

The following table shows the work of the home nurses during the year:-

The following table records the number of persons known to have been vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year by general practitioners and clinic medical officers.

Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation

Number of Children who received a Secondary (Re-inforcing) Injection

Poliomyelitis Vaccination Oral poliomyelitis vaccine was used mainly during the year and the table below shows the number of persons vaccinated:-

Re-inforcing doses were given as follows:-

The following table shows the treatment carried out at clinics during the year:-

The following table shows the domiciliary treatment carried out during the year:-

The following table shows details of the cases served during the year:-

The school population for the Area is 26,419, as shown in the following table

The following table shows the number of children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition:-

The following table shows details of B.C.G. vaccinations during the year:-

The following tables show the work undertaken during the year:-ORTHODONTIC INSPECTIONS. AND TREATMENT

DENTAL INSPECTIONS AND TREATMENT

Maintained Primary and Secondary School Population of the Area - 26419 Audiometer Tests - Routine

Audiometer Tests - Specials

AUDIOLOGY UNIT 1963

THE HANDICAPPED CHILD - Distribution in Hornsey as at 31st December, 1963.

Of the children under supervision, twenty made 30 attendances at Dr. I. M. Anderson's Clinic at the Prince of Wales's Hospital. Six of these were new cases, five girls and one boy, and in them the following diagnoses were established:-

There were four removals during 1963 leaving 207 children on the register of the Supervisory Centre at the end of the year. These 207 have been classified as follows:-

Treatment of two children at the partially-hearing unit, Devonshire Hill, has given a much-appreciated opportunity to co-operate with the teachers of the deaf, under their headmaster, Mr. Brown.

PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT AT MEDICAL INSPECTION Number of individual pupils found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION

AREA HEALTH STAFF