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

Tower Hamlets 1972

Published: 1973
Pages: 122
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VENEREAL DISEASE The annual return received from the Venereal Disease Clinic at the London Hospital shows the new cases attending the clinic during the year to be as follows:-

Area of Residence Syphilis Gonorrhoea Other Conditions Total (1971)
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The following is a summary of the cases dealt with from 1968-1972

Adoption Cases 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968
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WELFARE FOODS AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS The distribution of dried milk, cod liver oil, orange juice and vitamin tablets on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security, continued at the Council's clinic Centres. Issues during the year (value £1,073) included:-
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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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STAFF CHANGES Appointments and resignations of members of the staff numbered 66 and73 respectively, as fol1ows:-

Appointments Resignations
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SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL ROLLS Pupils on school rolls numbered 30.679 at the end of the year, at tending 98 maintained schools in the borough which include four schools for the educationally subnormal, two for the maladjusted one for delicate children, and one for the physically handicapped. There are no direct grant or independent schools included in the School Health Service. The registers were as follows:-

Type of School 'No. of Schools Pupi1s
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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 I TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS - 1972 (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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T ABLE 3 INFANT MORTALITY Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year com pli ed 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 forms)
Year	Population	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate*	No.	* Rate*	No.	* Rate*	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate*

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TABLE 6
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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 1971 Notified in 1970
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TABLE 9 MORBIDITY - First Claims for Sickness Benefit The number of claims made to local offices of the Department of Health and Social Security covering postal districts E. 1., E. 2., E. 3., and E. 14., were as follows;-

1972 1971 1970 1972 1971 1970
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TABLE 10 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

Children vaccinated/immunised Others aged T O T A L
Year of birth
1972 1971 1970 1969 1965-68 Under 16 Over 16
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TABLE II
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TABLE 12 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total
Males Females Males Females Cases
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TABLE 13
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TABLE 14
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TABLE 15 TUBERCULIN TEST 4ND B C G. VACCINATION

Contacts Schoolchildren and Students Total
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TABLE 17
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TABLE 18

Premises Number Sessions Examinations
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TABLE 19 CHIROPODY

Treated at Clinics Domiciliary Treatment
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TABLE 20 DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

Expectant Mothers Children
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TABLE 21 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE Attendances at Sessions held at Clinics in the borough during the year.

Premises New Cases Old Patients Total Patients Total Visits No. of Sessions.
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TABLE 22 HEALTH VISITING

No. Visited No. of Visits
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TABLE 23 PREMATURE BIRTHS

Born in Hospital Born at Home or in Nursing Home
1972 1971 1970 1969 1972 1971 1970 1969
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TABLE 24 HOME BATHING
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TABLE 25
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TABLE 26
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TABLE 27 RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS

Category No. for whom holiday arranged
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TABLE 28 LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT AND FIREGUARDS Nursing equipment and fireguards loaned, by the Council, free of charge to residents of the boroueh during the vear were as follows--

Article S!o, on loan at 1/1/72 No. loaned during year No. returned during year No. on loan at 31/12/72
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OTHER EQUIPMENT LOANED
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TABLE 29 DOMICILIARY M IDWIFERY

Category Midwives of the Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine District Nurses Midwives of the London Hospital Total
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TABLE 30 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (a) Administered by Borough Council

Location Area in Acres
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TABLE 30 (Continued) PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (Continued) (a) Administered by Borough Council (continued)

Location Area in Acres
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TABLE 31 MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF COUNCIL STAFF

(a) Medical Examinations Number
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TABLE 32
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TABLE 33 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR (CLEAN AIR)
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TABLE 34
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TABLE 35
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TABLE 36
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TABLE 37 PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1961

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health
Type of Factory No. on Register Inspections W ritten Notices

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PART VI1i OF THE ACT - OUTWORK

Section 133 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 Coun cil

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TABLE 39 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED DURING THE YEAR

No. of Summonses Fines £ Costs £
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TABLE 40 MORTUARY SERVICE

Tower Hamlets Mortuary Hackney Mortuary Total
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TABLE-41
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TABLE 43 OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963

Type of Premises	Registered during year	Total No. of Registered Premises at end of year	Registered Premises receiving general inspections during year	Persons employed

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TABLE 44 RODENT CONTROL

Properties inspected Number inspected Number found to be infested by
Rats Mice
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TABLE 45 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Type of Premises No. Visits or inspections
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TABLE 47
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TABLE 49
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TABLE 50
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TABLE 51

Conference Venue Dates Representatives
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TABLE 51 (Continued) CONFERENCES (Continued)

Conference Venue Date Representatives
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TABLE 52 REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES Courses attended by staff during the year were as follows:-

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 52 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLE 52 (Cont inued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

Course Venue Dates Attended by
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TABLF 53 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS
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TABLE 53 (Continued)
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TAB LE 53 (Conti nued )
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TABLE 53 (Cont i nued)
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TABLE 53 (C ont i n ued) 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 54 HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Discussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year;

Subject No. of Occasions Persons Participating
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TABLE 55 HEALTH DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS Particulars of Clinics held and Services Provided as at 31st December, 1972
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TABLE 55 (Cont inued ) (a) CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES (cont'd)

Address Clinics and other activities held

	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			T O T A L
	Year of birth					Others aged
	1972	1971	1970	1969	1965-68	Under 16	Over 16

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VENEREAL DISEASE The annual return received from the Venereal Disease Clinic at the London Hospital shows the new cases attending the clinic during the year to be as follows:-

The following is a summary of the cases dealt with from 1968-1972

WELFARE FOODS AND VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS The distribution of dried milk, cod liver oil, orange juice and vitamin tablets on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Security, continued at the Council's clinic Centres. Issues during the year (value £1,073) included:-

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

STAFF CHANGES Appointments and resignations of members of the staff numbered 66 and73 respectively, as fol1ows:-

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

TABLE I TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF TOWER HAMLETS RESIDENTS - 1972 (Registrar-General's Return)

TABLE 2 SUMMARY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

T ABLE 3 INFANT MORTALITY Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year com pli ed from local death returns)

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

COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

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TABLE 8 INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFICATIONS

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

TABLE 10 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION

TABLE II

TABLE 12 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

TABLE 13

TABLE 14

TABLE 15 TUBERCULIN TEST 4ND B C G. VACCINATION

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TABLE 17

TABLE 18

TABLE 19 CHIROPODY

TABLE 20 DENTAL TREATMENT FOR EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS

TABLE 21 FAMILY PLANNING SERVICE Attendances at Sessions held at Clinics in the borough during the year.

TABLE 22 HEALTH VISITING

TABLE 23 PREMATURE BIRTHS

TABLE 24 HOME BATHING

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TABLE 27 RECUPERATIVE HOLIDAYS

TABLE 28 LOAN OF NURSING EQUIPMENT AND FIREGUARDS Nursing equipment and fireguards loaned, by the Council, free of charge to residents of the boroueh during the vear were as follows--

OTHER EQUIPMENT LOANED

TABLE 29 DOMICILIARY M IDWIFERY

TABLE 30 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (a) Administered by Borough Council

TABLE 30 (Continued) PARKS AND OPEN SPACES IN THE BOROUGH (Continued) (a) Administered by Borough Council (continued)

TABLE 31 MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF COUNCIL STAFF

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TABLE 33 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR (CLEAN AIR)

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TABLE 37 PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACT, 1961

PART VI1i OF THE ACT - OUTWORK

TABLE 39 LEGAL PROCEEDINGS INSTITUTED DURING THE YEAR

TABLE 40 MORTUARY SERVICE

TABLE-41

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TABLE 43 OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963

TABLE 44 RODENT CONTROL

TABLE 45 VISITS BY PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

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TABLE 48

TABLE 49

TABLE 50

TABLE 51

TABLE 51 (Continued) CONFERENCES (Continued)

TABLE 52 REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES Courses attended by staff during the year were as follows:-

TABLE 52 (Continued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

TABLE 52 (Cont inued) REFRESHER AND TRAINING COURSES (Continued)

TABLF 53 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS

TABLE 53 (Continued)

TAB LE 53 (Conti nued )

TABLE 53 (Cont i nued)

TABLE 53 (C ont i n ued) DEFECTS ASCERTAINED AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS Number of children noted for treatment or observation expressed as a rate per 1, 000 inspected;

TABLE 54 HEALTH EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Discussion groups or talks on the following subjects were arranged during the year;

TABLE 55 HEALTH DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHMENTS Particulars of Clinics held and Services Provided as at 31st December, 1972

TABLE 55 (Cont inued ) (a) CLINICS AND SCHOOL TREATMENT CENTRES (cont'd)