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Wandsworth 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

Published
1937
Pages
128
Tables
54

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54 tables in this report

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    SANITARY INSPECTORS.
    Name.Commenced Duty.Certificates held.
    Sanitary Inspector.Meat and Foods.Others.
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    HEALTH VISITORS.
    Name.Commenced Duty.Certificates held.
    Health Visitor.Trained Nurse.Certified Midwife.Sanitary Inspector.
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    OFFICE STAFF.
    Commenced duty.Certificates held.
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    Extracts from Vital Statistics.
    No. of Live BirthsMalesFemalesTotal
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    TABLE I.
    Sub.District.Census Population 1931Population estimated to middle of 1936
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    TABLE II.
    Sub.District.No. of Births.Rates.
    Males.Females.Total.Birth.rate.Natural increase or decrease.
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    TABLE III.
    Sub. Districts.Corrected Deaths.Crude Death. rate.
    Males.Females.Total.
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    T able IV.—C auses of, and A ges at D eath, during the Y ear 1936.
    Causes of Death.Deaths in or belonging to whole district at subjoined ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages).
    All Ages.Males.Females.Under 1 year.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Deaths in Public Institutions, etc.
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    TABLE V.
    Birth-rates.Death-rates.
    Wandsworth.London.England and Wales.Wandsworth.London.England and Wales.
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    TABLE VI.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
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    TABLE VII.
    Notifiable Diseases.No. of CASES of Infective Diseases grouped in Age Periods.
    Total.Under 1515 and upwardsUnder 11—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 and upwards
  • Page 20
    TABLE VIII.
    Notifiable Diseases.Total CASES of Infective Diseases occurring in each Locality.Total Cases occurring.Number admitted into Hospital.Total Deaths.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
  • Page 21
    TABLE IX.
    No. of Children.ClaphamPutneyBalhamStreathamTootingSouthfieldSpringfieldTotal
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    TABLE X; SHOWING RESULTS OF PRIMARY SCHICK TEST IN AGE GROUPS.
    Result of Test.Children Under 15.Over 15.All Cases.
    Under 55—1010—15MalesFemalesTotal15—2020 and overMalesFemalesTotal
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    TABLE XI. AGE GROUPING OF PERSONS IMMUNISED AND FOUND TO BE PROTECTED AS SHOWN BY A NEGATIVE RE-SCHICK TEST.
    Children Under 15.Over 15All Cases.
    Under 55—1010—15MalesFemalesTotal15—2020 and overMalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 29
    TABLE XII. THE IMMUNISED PERSONS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF DOSES AND THE TIME REQUIRED TO PRODUCE IMMUNITY—AS SHOWN BY A NEGATIVE RE-SCHICK TEST.
    Number of Immunising Injections given.Period after last injection of the First Series in which re-Test was Negative.Total
    within 4 monthsbetweenTotal within 1 yearbetween
    4 and 6 months6 and 9 months9 and 12 months1 year and 2 years2 years and 3 years3 years and 5 years5 years and 7 years7 years and 9 years
  • Page 34
    TABLE XIII.
    Result of Treatment.Removed from Borough.Still under Treatment.
    Recovered— Vision not affected.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Died.
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    TABLE XIV. MEASLES—CASES REPORTED AND DEATHS.
    Period 1st October—30th September.1926-271927-281928-291929-301930-311931-321932-331933-341934-351935-36
  • Page 36
    TABLE XV.
    School.Diseases.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.German Measles.Chicken-pox.Whooping Cough.Mumps.Ringworm.Other DiseasesTotals.
  • Page 37
    TABLE XV.—continued.
    School.Diseases.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.German Measles.Chicken-pox.Whooping Cough.Mumps.Ringworm.Other Diseases.Totals.
  • Page 38
    TABLE XV.— continued.
    School.Diseases.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Measles.German Measles.Chickenpox.Whooping Cough.Mumps.Ringworm.Other Diseases.Totals.
  • Page 40
    TABLE XVI.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
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    TABLE XVII.
    Inquests.Sub-Districts.Whole Borough.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.
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    TABLE XVIII.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.NonPulmonary.Pulmonary.NonPulmonary.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.
  • Page 44
    TABLE XIX.
    Localisation of Disease.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE XX.
    Localisation.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE XXI.
    1927192819291930193119321933193419351936
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    TABLE XXII.
    Tuberculous.Suspected TuberculosisNonTuberculousTotals.
    PulmonaryNon-Pul-monaryTotal
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    TABLE XXIII.
    Recommended to attend Dispensary byClapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Totals.
  • Page 49
    TABLE XXIV.
    TuberculosisRemaining 31st Dec., 1935New CasesRemoved from RegisterRemaining on Register 31st Dec., 1936
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    TABLE XXV.
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    TABLE XXVI.
    Classification on Initial attendance at the Dispensaries.Condition at the end of 1936.Total cases where condition is known.Removed and lost sight of.Total cases who have attended.
    Discharged as cured.Disease arrested.Disease not arrested.Died.
  • Page 54
    TABLE XXVII.
    Classification on Initial attendance at the Dispensaries.Condition at end of 1936.Total cases where condition is known.Removed and lost sight of.Total cases who have attended.
    Discharged as cured.Disease arrested.Disease not arrested.Died. >
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    Bacteriological Examinations.—The number of examinations of sputum made at the Dispensary during the past six years is given here.
    Year.Total number of specimens examined.No. of specimens sent by General Practitioners.No. of specimens found to contain T.B.
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    TABLE XXVIII.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
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    The following Table shows the number of occasions on which the Health Visitors attended clinics, etc. TABLE XXIX.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
  • Page 65
    Maternity and Child Welfare.
    Infant Welfare Centre.Clinics.
    Ante-natal.Infants.
  • Page 66
    TABLE XXX.
    No. of Sessions held.No. of new cases.No. of Doctors' Consultations.Total attendances.
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    TABLE XXXI.
    No. of Sessions held.No. of new cases.Total attendances.
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    TABLE XXXII.
    No. of cases occurring.No. of cases visited.No. of visits made.
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    TABLE XXXIII.
    Inspections.Re-In-spections.Total.
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    TABLE XXXIV.
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
  • Page 85
    TABLE XXXV.
    Wards.No. of houses inspected.No. of houses in which defects were found.Number of Families Living in:—
    One room.Two rooms.Three rooms.Four rooms and upwards
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    TABLE XXXVI
    Nature of Principal Business.No. of Separate Premises.No. of Dairymen registered.Actual Food Businesses Conducted on the Premises Shown in Column 1.
    Subject to some form of Legal Control.Other Food Businesses.
    As Dairies.As Cow-sheds.As Slaughterhouses.As Wholesale Margarine Premises.For Ice Cream.For Cooked or Preserved Foods.As Fish Fryers.As Fish-Curers.Fishmongers.Grocers.Confectioners.ButchersGreengrocers.Food Factories.Restaurant Kitchens.No. of Inspections in 1936.No.ofNotices served.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.
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    POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS, 1936— continued.
    Premises.Offence.Result.Fine.Costs.
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    POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE VACCINATION ACTS.
    Name.Offence.Result.Fine.Costs.
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    GENERAL STATEMENT.
    Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
    Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
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    DRUGS (Informal).
    Nature of Sample.Examined.
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    OTHER ARTICLES.
    Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
    Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
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    OTHER ARTICLES— continued.
    Nature of Sample.Examined.Adulterated.
    Formal.Informal.Total.Formal.Informal.Total.
  • Page 113
    The nature and extent of the adulteration reported in the formal samples submitted is given in the table below:-
    Case No.Nature of Sample.Nature of Report.
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    Below will be found the nature of the reports issued in respect to the informal samples returned as adulterated.
    Case No.Nature of Sample.Nature of Report.
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    The average composition of the Milks received during each month and returned as genuine, is given below:—
    Month.Total solids.Milk fat.Non-fatty solids.
  • Page 115
    As the direct result of the correspondence referred to above, samples of cheap red wine were purchased in the Borough, and the following table shows the result of our examination of these articles.
    Case No.Description of Sample.Contents of bottle.Price paid.Proof Spirit.Proof Spirit obtained for 1d.