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

Tower Hamlets 1969

Published: 1970
Pages: 168
Tables: 77

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Numbers in brackets relate to equivalent whole-time.
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25 samples of ice cream submitted to the methylene blue reduction test gave the following results:-

Grade Manufactured Total
In Borough Outside Borough
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The following acts, orders, and regulations affecting the department were made during the year

Acts of Parliament Date made Date Operative
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Appointments and resignations of members of the staff numbered 163 and 139 respectively, as follows:-

Appointments Resignations
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Tower Hamlets children placed in special schools are as follows:-

Handicap No.at Day Schools No. at Boarding Schools
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TABLE 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS - 1969 (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 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year (compiled from local death returns)

AGE PERIODS Total* Deaths under 1 year Per Cent of Total
Under 24 hours 1-6 days Weeks Months
1- 2- 3- 1- 4- 7- 10-
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TABLE 4 INFANT MORTALITY 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 froms)
		No.	Rate*	No.	Rate*	No.	* Rate*	No.	* Rate*	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate*

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TABLE 6 OBSERVATION REGISTER
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TABLE 7

Disease Authority for Notification Statutory Instrument No.
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TABLE 8 INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

Corrected Notifications Removed to Hospital Notified in 1968 Notified in 1967
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TABLE 9 MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit The number of Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E. 1., E. 2. , E. 3., and E. 14. were as follows:-

1969 1968 1967 1969 1968 1967
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TABLE 10 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

Children vaccinated/immunised Others aged Total
Year of birth
1969 1968 1967 1966 196265 Under 16 Over 16
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TABLE 11 TUBERCULOSIS - NEW CASES AND DEATHS - 1969
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TABLE 12 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Total Cases
Males Females Males Females
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TABLE 13 TUBERCULOSIS - CARE AND AFTER CARE

Home Care and Treatment
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TABLE 14 MASS RADIOGRAPHY

Unit 6A Unit 6B Total
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TABLE 15 TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION

Contacts Schoolchildren and Students Total
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TABLE 16

ANTE AND POST NATAL SERVICES
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TABLE 17

CHILD WELFARE CENTRES
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TABLE 18

DAY NURSERIES AND CHILD-MINDERS
DAY NURSERIES Voluntary Nurseries Council Nurseries
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TABLE 19

CERVICAL CYTOLOGY
Premises Number Sessions Examinations
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TABLE 20

CHIROPODY
Treated at Clinics Domiciliary Treatment
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TABLE 21

DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS
Expectant Mothers Children
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TABLE 22 HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
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TABLE 23 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE Patients and attendances at the once-weekly sessions held at clinics in the borough were as follows:-

Premises New Cases Transfers Old Patients Total Patients Total Visits No. of Sessions
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TABLE 24

HEALTH VISITING
No. Visited No. of Visits
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TABLE 25

PREMATURE BIRTHS
1969 Born in Hospital 1969 Born at Home or in Nursing Home 1968 1967
1968 1967
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TABLE 26

HOME BATHING
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TABLE 27

HOME HELP SERVICE
Persons for whom service provided during year: No. of persons
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TABLE 28

HOME NURSING
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TABLE 29

LAUNDERING FOR AGED AND INCONTINENT
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TABLE 30 RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS

Category No. for whom holiday arranged
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TABLE 31

No. on loan No. loaned No. returned No. on loan
at 1/1/69 during year during year at 31/12/69
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OTHER EQUIPMENT LOANED
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TABLE 32

Attendances by Midwives Doctor Doctor not
present present
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TABLE 33 MENTAL HEALTH

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 (iv) Patients under Care at 31st December. TABLE 34

Mentally 111 Elderly M ent ally In f1rm Psychop at hi c Subr normal and Severely Sub-normal Total
Under 16 Over 16 Under 16 Over 16 Under 16 Over 16
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MENTAL HEALTH (v) Day.and Training Centres TABLE 35
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TABLE 36

(a) Administered by Borough Council
Loc at ion Area in Acres
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TABLE 36 (cont inued)

(b) Administered by Greater London Council
Locat ion Area in Acres
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TABLE 37
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TABLE 38

MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF COUNCIL STAFF
(a) Reason for Examination Number examined
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TABLE 39
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TABLE 40

VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR (CLEAN AIR) AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
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TABLE 41 SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ANALYST' S QUARTERLY REPORTS
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TABLE 42

HOUSING INSPECTORS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS -VISITS AND NOTICES
VISITS
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TABLE 43

DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1969
(a) By Borough Council No. of Dwellings
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TABLE 44

Type of Factory No. on Register Inspections Written Notices

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TABLE 44 (continued)

Nature of Work	No. of outworkers 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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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED DURING THE YEAR

No. of Summonses Fines Costs
£. s. d. £. s. d.
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TABLE 47

CLEANSING STATION
Persons treated for scabies: Men 78
Women 58
School children 94
Children under 5 58
Total: 288
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TABLE 48

DISINFECTING STATION
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TABLE 49

Type of Premises Registered during year Regi st rat ions Registered premises receiving general inspections during ye ar P ersons employed
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TABLE 50

Properties inspected Number inspected Number found to be infested by
Rats Mice
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TABLE 51

VISITS BV PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Type of Premises No. Visits or
Inspect ions
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TABLE 52

Rent Act 1957 - Certificates of Disrepair
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TABLE 53

NOTICES SERVED BY DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
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TABLE 54

OUTWORKERS
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TABLE 55
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TABLE 56

Conference Venue Dates Representatives
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TABLE 56 (Continued)

Conference Venue Dates Representatives
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TABLE 56 (Continued)

Conference Venue Dates Representatives
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TABLE 57

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 57 (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 58 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS
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TABLE 58 (Continued) SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS Defects treated at School Treatment Centres and Hospital Clinics
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TABLE 59 HEALTH DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS Particulars of Clinics held and Services provided as at 31st December, 1969. (a)CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES

Address Clinics and other activities held
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TABLE 59 (Continued) (a) CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES (Contd.)

Address Clinics and other activities held
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TABLE 59 (Continued)

(b) CHEST CLINICS Days and Times

	AGE PERIODS									Total* Deaths under 1 year	Per Cent of Total
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	Weeks			Months
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	1-	2-	3-	1-	4-	7-	10-

		Children vaccinated/immunised											Others aged			Total
		Year of birth											Others aged
		1969		1968			1967			1966	196265		Under 16		Over 16

PREMATURE BIRTHS
	1969	Born in Hospital		1969	Born at Home or in Nursing Home 1968	1967
	1969	1968	1967	1969	Born at Home or in Nursing Home 1968	1967

CLEANSING STATION
Persons treated for scabies:	Men	78
	Women	58
	School children	94
	Children under 5	58
Total:		288

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Numbers in brackets relate to equivalent whole-time.

25 samples of ice cream submitted to the methylene blue reduction test gave the following results:-

The following acts, orders, and regulations affecting the department were made during the year

Appointments and resignations of members of the staff numbered 163 and 139 respectively, as follows:-

Tower Hamlets children placed in special schools are as follows:-

TABLE 1 TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS - 1969 (Registrar-General's Return)

TABLE 2 SUMMARY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

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

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

COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE 6 OBSERVATION REGISTER

TABLE 7

TABLE 8 INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

TABLE 9 MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit The number of Claims made to local offices of the Ministry of Social Security covering postal districts E. 1., E. 2. , E. 3., and E. 14. were as follows:-

TABLE 10 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

TABLE 11 TUBERCULOSIS - NEW CASES AND DEATHS - 1969

TABLE 12 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

TABLE 13 TUBERCULOSIS - CARE AND AFTER CARE

TABLE 14 MASS RADIOGRAPHY

TABLE 15 TUBERCULIN TEST AND B.C.G. VACCINATION

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TABLE 22 HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

TABLE 23 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE Patients and attendances at the once-weekly sessions held at clinics in the borough were as follows:-

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TABLE 30 RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS

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OTHER EQUIPMENT LOANED

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TABLE 33 MENTAL HEALTH

MENTAL HEALTH (iv) Patients under Care at 31st December. TABLE 34

MENTAL HEALTH (v) Day.and Training Centres TABLE 35

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TABLE 36 (cont inued)

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TABLE 41 SUMMARY OF PUBLIC ANALYST' S QUARTERLY REPORTS

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TABLE 44 (continued)

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED DURING THE YEAR

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TABLE 56 (Continued)

TABLE 56 (Continued)

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TABLE 57 (Continued)

TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

TABLE 57 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

TABLE 58 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS