[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

Tower Hamlets 1966

Published: 1967
Pages: 180
Tables: 82

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AREAS OF RESIDENCE OF NEW PATIENTS TREATED:- AT THE WHITECHAPEL CLINIC DURING THE PERIOD APRIL - DECEMBER:-

Area Syphilis Gonorrhoea Other Conditions Total
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The following table refers to the search for infecting contacts of infectious cases of syphilis and of gonorrhoea:

Early Syphilis Year 1966 January - October
1966 1965 1964
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Fourteen samples of ice cream submitted to the me-thylene blue reduction test gave the following results:

Ice Cream: In Borough Outside Borough Total
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(Figures in brackets denote existing establishment).
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TABLE 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS - 1966 (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSE OF DEATH ALL AGES AGE GROUP
Total M F -1 1- 5- 15- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75-
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TABLE 2 SUMMARY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

Pedestrians Motor Cyclists Pedal Cyclists Other Road Users TOTAL
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TABLE 3 INFANT MORTALITY, 1966 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year (compiled from local death returns)

Under 24 Hours 1-6 Days AGE PERIODS Total* Deaths under 1 Year Per cent of Total
Weeks Months
1- 2- 3- 1- 4- 7- 10-
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TABLE 4 INFANT MORTALITY, 1966 Comparative table showing deaths of infants at various ages under 1 year

Year Under 24 Hours 1-6 Days 1-4 weeks Total under 4 Weeks 1-12 Months Total under 1 Year Percentage Deaths under 4 weeks of Total Infant Deaths

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COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Year	Population	Live Births		Deaths		Deaths under 1 year		Maternal Deaths		Cancer Deaths (all forms)		Tuberculosis Deaths (all forms)
Year	Population	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate**	No.	Rate**	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate*

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TABLE 6 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN THE BOROUGH

Disease Authority for Notification and Regulations.
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TABLE 7 INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

Total Notifications Corrected Notifications Removed to Hospital Notified in 1965
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TABLE 8 MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E.l, E.2, E.3, E.14 during 1966 were as follows:-
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TABLE 9

VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION
Children Vaccinated/Immunised Others Aged Total
Year of Birth
1966 1965 1964 1963 1959-62 Under 16 Over 16
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Vaccinations / Immunisations carried out at Clinics / General Practitioners' Surgeries

At Council Clinics By General Practitioners %Primary by General Practitioners
Primary Reinforcing Primary Reinforcing
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TABLE 10 TUBERCULOSIS NEW CASES AND DEATHS New Cases and Deaths: Primary notifications of 109 Pulmonary and 24 non-pulmonary cases were received. 7 other cases came to light via death returns from Registrars. Pulmonary tuberculosis accounted for 22 deaths, there being no deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Age distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-

-1 1- 2- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- Total (all ages)
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TABLE 11 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Total Cases
Males Females Males Females
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TABLE 12 TUBERCULOSIS - CARE AND AFTER CARE
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TABLE 13 MASS RADIOGRAPHY Chest X-ray by mass miniature radiography is carried out in the borough by two mobile units of the North-East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board. Unit PA, whose headquarters are at the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow, covers mainly the Stepney area of the borough whilst Unit PB, sited at First Avenue, Plaistow, is responsible for the Bethnal Green and Poplar areas. I am indebted to the medical directors and organising secretaries for the following information on visits to the borough by the units during 1966. (Details of abnormalities ascertained are not yet available in respect of this year's survey and those figures given relate to 1965):-

Unit 6A Unit 6B
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TABLE 14 TUBERCULIN TEST AND BC.G. VACCINATION

Contacts Schoolchildren and Students Total
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TABLE 15 ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES
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CHILD WELFARE CLINICS
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TABLE 16 DAY NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS

DAY NURSERIES Voluntary Nurseries Council Nurseries
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TABLE 17 CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

Premises Number Sessions Examinations
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TABLE 18 CHIROPODY

Treated at Clinics Domiciliary Treatments
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TABLE 19 DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

Expectant Mothers Children
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TABLE 20 HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Discussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year:

Subject No. Occasions No. Participating
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TABLE 21 FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS Patients and attendances at the once-weekly sessions held at clinics in the borough were as follows:-

Wapping Underwood Road Wellington Way TOTAL
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TABLE 22 HEALTH VISITING
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TABLE 23 PREMATURE BIRTHS

Born in Hospital Born at Home or in Nursing Home
1966 1965 1966 1965
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TABLE 24 HOME BATHING
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TABLE 25 HOME HELP SERVICE Persons for whom service provided during year:

No. of Persons Hours of Service as % of total
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TABLE 26 HOME NURSING
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TABLE 27 LAUNDERING FOR AGED AND INCONTINENT
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TABLE 28 RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS

Category No. for whom holiday arranged
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TABLE 29 LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT AND FIREGUARDS Nursing equipment loaned, free of charge, by the Council to residents of the borough during the year was as follows:-

No. on loan at 1/1/66 No.loaned during 1966 No.returned during 1966 No. on loan at 31/12/66
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TABLE 30 DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY Attendances by Midwives

Doctor present Doctor not present
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TABLE 31 MENTAL HEALTH (1) Patients referred to Council during the year

Referred by Mentally 111 Psychopathic Subnormal Total
Under Over Under Over. Under Over
16 16 16 16 16 16
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MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Care at 31st December, 1966

Mentally 111 Elderly Psychopathic Subnormal and Severely Sub-normal Total
Under 16 Over 16 Mentally Infirm Under 16 Over 16 Under 16 Over 16

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MENTAL HEALTH Day and Training Centres, 1966

Trainees	Adult Girls Underwood Rd.		Men's Industrial		Junior Cornwall Ave.		Special Care Unit Cornwall Ave.		Pritchard's Road Day Centre		Pritchard's Road Geriatric Unit
Trainees	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE 34 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (a) Administered by Borough Council

Location Area in Acres
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TABLE 34 (continued) PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (continued) (b) Administered by Greater London Council

Location Area in Acres
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TABLE 35 BURIALS UNDERTAKEN Under Section 50, National Assistance Act, 1948
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TABLE 36 AGED PERSONS
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TABLE 37 DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS
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TABLE 38 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (CLEAN AIR) AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
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During the year, 1,018 samples were submitted for analysis, as follows:-

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FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS. 1960

Type of Premises (excluding stalls)	Regulation 16				Regulation 19
Type of Premises (excluding stalls)	Total No. of premises	No. of Premises fitted to comply with Regulatlon	Notices served 1966	Notices complied with	No. of Premises to which Regulations applies	No.of Premises fitted to comply with Regulation	Notices served 1966	Notices complied with

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TABLE 41 VISITS MADE BY HOUSING INSPECTORS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS
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TABLE 42 DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1966

(a) By Borough Council No. of Dwellings
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TABLE 43 PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1961

Type of Factory No. on Register Inspections Written Notices

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TABLE 43 (continued) PART VIII OF THE ACT - OUTWORK Section 133

Nature of Work	No. of outwo rkers in August list	No. Cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists to the Council

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TABLE 44 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED DURING THE YEAR

No.of Summonses Pines Costs
£. s. d. £ s. d.
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TABLE 45 MORTUARY SERVICE

Tower Hamlets Mortuary Hackney Mortuary Total
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TABLE 46 CLEANSING STATIONS
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TABLE 47 DISINFECTING STATION
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TABLE 48 OFFICES. SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963

Type of Premises Registered during year Total Registrations Registered premises inspected during year Persons Employed
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TABLE 49 OUTWORKERS
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TABLE 50 REFUSE DISPOSAL
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TABLE 51 RODENT CONTROL

Type of property Total
Local Authority Dwelling Houses (including Council Houses) All Other (including Business Premises)
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TABLE 51 (continued) RODENT CONTROL (continued)

Type of Property Total
Local Authority Dwelling Houses (including Council Houses) All Other (including Business Premises)
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TABLE 52 VISITS BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Type of Premises Number Visits or Inspections Notices Legal Proceedings
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TABLE 53 NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
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TABLE 54 DEFECTS IN DWELLINGS REMEDIED FOLLOWING SERVICE OF NOTICES
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TABLE 55 MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS Rent Act 1957 - Certificates of Disrepair
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TABLE 56 CONFERENCES The Council was represented at the following Conferences during the year:

Conference Venue Dates Representatives
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TABLE 56 (continued) CONFERENCES (continued)

Conference Venue Dates Representatives
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TABLE 57 REFRESHER COURSES. ETC. Courses attended by staff during the year were as follows:-

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 57 (continued) REFRESHER COURSES, ETC. (continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 98 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS
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TABLE 58 (continued) Defects ascertained at Routine Medical Inspections Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected:

Defects Treatment Observation
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TABLE 58 (continued)
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TABLE 98 (continued) Routine Vision Tests - Visual acuity standards expressed as percentage of children tested

Not wearing spectacles Wearing spectacles
6/6 6/9 6/12 or worse Referred for treatment 6/6 6/9 6/ 12 or worse Referred for treatment
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TABLE 58 (continued) DEFECTS TREATED AT SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES AND HOSPITAL CLINICS
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Infectious and other Diseases notified by Schools

Disease No. of Notifications
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT

PREMISES (a) CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES ANTE-NATAL AUDIOLOGY CHIROPODY DENTAL INFANT WELFARE MINOR AILMENTS
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SERVICES PROVIDED AS AT 31.12.66.

OCCASIONAL CRECHES PHYSIOTHERAPY SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS TODDLERS VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION VISION OTHER
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PREMISES CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES ANTE-NATAL AUDIOLOGY CHIROPODY DENTAL INFANT WELFARE MINOR AILMENTS
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OCCASIONAL CRECHES PHYSIOTHERAPY SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TODDLERS VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION VISION OTHER
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PREMISES CLINICS AND) SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES ANTE-NATAL ALP 1OLOGY CHIROPODY DENTAL INFANT WELFARE MINOR AILMENTS
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OCCASIONAL CRECHES PHYSIOTHERAPY SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TODDLERS VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION VISION OTHER
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PREMISES CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES ANTE-NATAL AUDIOLOGY CHIROPODY DENTAL INFANT WELFARE MINOR AILMENTS
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OCCASIONAL CRECHES PHYSIOTHERAPY SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TODDLERS VACCINATION and IMMUNISATION VISION OTHER


Children Vaccinated/Immunised					Others Aged		Total
Year of Birth					Others Aged
1966	1965	1964	1963	1959-62	Under 16	Over 16

Under 24 Hours		1-6 Days	AGE PERIODS							Total* Deaths under 1 Year	Per cent of Total
			Weeks				Months
			1-	2-	3-	1-	4-	7-	10-

Referred by	Mentally 111		Psychopathic		Subnormal		Total
	Under	Over	Under	Over.	Under	Over
	16	16	16	16	16	16

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AREAS OF RESIDENCE OF NEW PATIENTS TREATED:- AT THE WHITECHAPEL CLINIC DURING THE PERIOD APRIL - DECEMBER:-

The following table refers to the search for infecting contacts of infectious cases of syphilis and of gonorrhoea:

Fourteen samples of ice cream submitted to the me-thylene blue reduction test gave the following results:

(Figures in brackets denote existing establishment).

TABLE 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS - 1966 (Registrar-General's Return)

TABLE 2 SUMMARY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

TABLE 3 INFANT MORTALITY, 1966 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year (compiled from local death returns)

TABLE 4 INFANT MORTALITY, 1966 Comparative table showing deaths of infants at various ages under 1 year

COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE 6 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN THE BOROUGH

TABLE 7 INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

TABLE 8 MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E.l, E.2, E.3, E.14 during 1966 were as follows:-

TABLE 9

Vaccinations / Immunisations carried out at Clinics / General Practitioners' Surgeries

TABLE 11 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

TABLE 12 TUBERCULOSIS - CARE AND AFTER CARE

TABLE 14 TUBERCULIN TEST AND BC.G. VACCINATION

TABLE 15 ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES

CHILD WELFARE CLINICS

TABLE 16 DAY NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS

TABLE 17 CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

TABLE 18 CHIROPODY

TABLE 19 DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

TABLE 20 HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Discussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year:

TABLE 21 FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS Patients and attendances at the once-weekly sessions held at clinics in the borough were as follows:-

TABLE 22 HEALTH VISITING

TABLE 23 PREMATURE BIRTHS

TABLE 24 HOME BATHING

TABLE 25 HOME HELP SERVICE Persons for whom service provided during year:

TABLE 26 HOME NURSING

TABLE 27 LAUNDERING FOR AGED AND INCONTINENT

TABLE 28 RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS

TABLE 29 LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT AND FIREGUARDS Nursing equipment loaned, free of charge, by the Council to residents of the borough during the year was as follows:-

TABLE 30 DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY Attendances by Midwives

TABLE 31 MENTAL HEALTH (1) Patients referred to Council during the year

MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Care at 31st December, 1966

MENTAL HEALTH Day and Training Centres, 1966

TABLE 34 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (a) Administered by Borough Council

TABLE 34 (continued) PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (continued) (b) Administered by Greater London Council

TABLE 35 BURIALS UNDERTAKEN Under Section 50, National Assistance Act, 1948

TABLE 36 AGED PERSONS

TABLE 37 DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS

TABLE 38 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (CLEAN AIR) AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

During the year, 1,018 samples were submitted for analysis, as follows:-

FOOD HYGIENE (GENERAL) REGULATIONS. 1960

TABLE 41 VISITS MADE BY HOUSING INSPECTORS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS

TABLE 42 DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1966

TABLE 43 PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1961

TABLE 43 (continued) PART VIII OF THE ACT - OUTWORK Section 133

TABLE 44 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED DURING THE YEAR

TABLE 45 MORTUARY SERVICE

TABLE 46 CLEANSING STATIONS

TABLE 47 DISINFECTING STATION

TABLE 48 OFFICES. SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963

TABLE 49 OUTWORKERS

TABLE 50 REFUSE DISPOSAL

TABLE 51 RODENT CONTROL

TABLE 51 (continued) RODENT CONTROL (continued)

TABLE 52 VISITS BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

TABLE 53 NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

TABLE 54 DEFECTS IN DWELLINGS REMEDIED FOLLOWING SERVICE OF NOTICES

TABLE 55 MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS Rent Act 1957 - Certificates of Disrepair

TABLE 56 CONFERENCES The Council was represented at the following Conferences during the year:

TABLE 56 (continued) CONFERENCES (continued)

TABLE 57 REFRESHER COURSES. ETC. Courses attended by staff during the year were as follows:-

TABLE 57 (continued) REFRESHER COURSES, ETC. (continued)

TABLE 98 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS

TABLE 58 (continued) Defects ascertained at Routine Medical Inspections Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1,000 inspected:

TABLE 58 (continued)

TABLE 98 (continued) Routine Vision Tests - Visual acuity standards expressed as percentage of children tested

TABLE 58 (continued) DEFECTS TREATED AT SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES AND HOSPITAL CLINICS