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Wandsworth 1940

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

Published
1941
Pages
68
Tables
34

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34 tables in this report

  • Page 6
    Extracts from Vital Statistics.
    No. of Live Births.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 6
    Infantile mortality, per 1,000 live births:—
  • Page 9
    SANITARY INSPECTORS.
    Name.Commenced Duty.Certificates held.
    Sanitary Inspector.Meat and Foods.Others.
    District 12 Housing 4†
  • Page 10
    HEALTH VISITORS.
    Name.Commenced Duty.Certificates held.
    Health Visitor.Trained Nurse.Certified Midwife.Sanitary Inspector.
  • Page 12
    Table I. shows the population of each sub-district, based on the above estimation, compared with the Census population. TABLE I.
    Sub-District.Census Population 1931Population estimated to middle of 1940
  • Page 15
    Table II.— Causes of, and Ages at Death, during the Year 1940.
    Causes or 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 6.6 and under 15.15 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and upwards.Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streathain.Tooting.Wandsworth.Deaths in Public Institutions, Nursing Homes, etc.
  • Page 17
    TABLE III.
    Notifiable Diseases.No. of CASES of Infective Diseases grouped in Age Periods.Total Cases occurring.Number admitted into Hospital.
    Under 11—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—35| 36—4545—6565 and upwards
  • Page 18
    Table IV. gives the number of cases and deaths from the disease during the last 10 years. TABLE IV.
    1931193219331934193519361937193819391940
  • Page 20
    The number of cases visited, with the total number of visits made by the nurses, is given in Table V. TABLE V.
    No. of cases occurring.No. of cases visited.No. of visits made.
  • Page 24
    Since the Clinics were opened 13 years ago, the number of persons requiring immunisation was 9,491, made up as follows:—
    Under 15.15 and over.Total.
  • Page 25
    Immunisation against Diphtheria. 25
    Under 15.15 and over.Total.
  • Page 26
    TABLE VI.
    New Cases.Deaths.
    Age Periods.Pulmonary.NonPulmonary.Pulmonary.NonPulmonary.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.
  • Page 27
    TABLE VII.
    Localisation of Disease.New Cases.Deaths.
    MalesFemalesTotalMalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 28
    TABLE VIII.
    Year.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.All Forms of Tuberculosis.
    No. of Deaths.Death-Rate.No. of Deaths.Death-Rate.No. of Deaths.DeathRate.
  • Page 29
    TABLE IX.
    TuberculosisSuspected Tuberculosis.Ncn Tuberculous.Totals.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
  • Page 30
    TABLE X.
    Recommended to attend Dispensary byClapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Total.
  • Page 30
    TABLE XI.
    Type of Case.On Register end of 1939.New Cases.Removed from Register.On Register Dec. 31st, 1940.
    Pulmonary11473203471120
  • Page 35
    TABLE XII.
    Wandsworth.Putney.Clapham.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Whole Borough.
  • Page 36
    TABLE XIII.—HEALTH VISITING.
    Wandsworth.Putney.Clapham.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Whole Borough.
  • Page 37
    TABLE XIV.—PARTICULARS OF CLINICS.
    Address of Clinic.Days and Times of Sessions.
    Infant Welfare Clinics.Ante-Natal Clinics.
  • Page 39
    TABLE XV.
    No. of Sessions held.No. of new cases.Total attendances.No. of Doctors' Consultations.
  • Page 40
    TABLE XVI.
    Ante-natal Clinics.Post-natal Cases.
    No. of Sessions held.No. of new cases.Total attendances.No. of new cases.Total attendances.
  • Page 44
    TABLE XVII.
    Inspections.Re-In- spections.Total.
  • Page 46
    TABLE XVIII.—SANITARY OPERATIONS
    Clapham.Putney.Balham.Streatham.Tooting.Wandsworth.Whole Borough.
  • Page 50
    HOUSING. There have been large reductions in the work associated with Housing during the year on account of the war.
  • Page 55
    The quantities surrendered were as follows:—
  • Page 57
    TABLE XIX.—Part II of Poisons List.
    Principal BusinessNo. of PremisesNo. of Inspections
  • Page 58
    FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. « The number of factories, workshops, workplaces and home workers' premises is shown in Table XX., together with the number of inspections made. TABLE XX.
    Class of Works.Number of Places on Register at end of 1940.Number of Inspections, 1940.Number of Notices, 1940.Number of Prosecutions, 1940.
  • Page 59
    TABLE XXI. DETAILS OF REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register at the end of the year.Number.
    (1)(2)
  • Page 59
    TABLE XXII. HOME WORK.
    Nature of Work.Outworkers lists received from Employers.Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists.Premises unwholesomePremises infected.
    Lists.Outworkers.Instances.Notices served.Instances.
    Contractors.Workmen.
  • Page 60
    TABLE XXIII. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.No. of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 61
    POLICE COURT PROCEEDINGS. Proceedings at the Police Court were instituted, under Section 282 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, for nuisances at the premises specified below:—
  • Page 63
    Milk. 743 samples were examined, 735 being formal and eight informal. 731 were genuine ; 12, all formal samples, were found to be adulterated, the details of the adulteration being as under:—
    Case No.Nature of Report.
  • Page 63
    The average composition of the milk analysed during the year was:—