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Wandsworth 1962

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

Published
1963
Pages
64
Tables
29

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29 tables in this report

  • Page 11
    Extracts from Vital Statistics
    Number of Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 12
    12 REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR 1962
    Total
  • Page 13
    TABLE I
    mid-1961mid-1962
  • Page 14
    TABLE I(a) POPULATION IN AGE GROUPS AND SEXES FOR 1951 AND 1961
    Age groupsPersonsMalesFemales
    19511961Variation + or —1951196119511961
  • Page 15
    TABLE II
    Corrected DeathsDeath Rate
    MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 16
    TABLE III. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1962
    CAUSES OF DEATHDEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO WHOLE DISTRICT AT SUBJOINED AGESDEATHS IN OR BELONGING TO LOCALITIES (ALL AGES)
    All AgesMalesFemalesUnder 1 year1 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsPutneyCentralClaphamStreatham
  • Page 17
    TABLE III(a). DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE, 1962
    Males in age groupsFemales in age groupsM. & F. Total
    1-55-1515-4545-6565 upTotal1-55-1515-4545-6565 upTotal
  • Page 17
    TABLE III(b). DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE
    Cause of DeathUnder 24 hours1-7 days1-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-12 monthsTOTAL DEATHS UNDER 1 YEARApproximate Percentage of Total
  • Page 19
    TABLE I
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNO. OF CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES GROUPED IN AGE-PERIOD
    TotalUnder 11-23-45-910-1415-2425-4445-6465 and upwards
  • Page 20
    TABLE II
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASESTOTAL CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES OCCURRING IN EACH WARDWhole BoroughDeaths
    PUTNEYCENTRALCLAPHAMSTREATHAM
    PutneyThamesfieldFairfieldWest HillSouthfieldEarlsfieldSpringfieldTootingGraveneyBedfordLarkhallClapham NorthClapham ParkThorntonBalhamStreatham HillSt. LeonardsStreatham CommonStreatham SouthFurzedown
  • Page 21
    The figures of poliomyelitis from 1947 to 1962, the period during which the incidence of the disease in this country has been high, is shown in the following table:
    1947194819491950195119521953195419551956195719581959196019611962
  • Page 25
    Particulars of the new cases and deaths during the year, classified by sexes and age-groups, are given in the following table:
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon- PulmonaryPulmonaryNon- Pulmonary
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 27
    TABLE I
    InspectionsRe- InspectionsTotal
  • Page 28
    TABLE II
    PutneyCentralClaphamStreathamWhole Borough
  • Page 35
    TABLE I STATISTICAL RESULTS OF SURVEY
  • Page 36
    TABLE II CLASSIFICATION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF DWELLING IN RELATION TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE HOUSED, CORRELATED WITH OVERCROWDING AND NON.SEPARATION OF THE SEXES
    Number of roomsOccupied byOvercrowding or Nonseparation of sexes
  • Page 37
    TABLE III CLASSIFICATION OF HOUSES INSPECTED IN FOUR GROUPS ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS FOUND
  • Page 39
    TABLE I SUMMARY OF VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES
    PutneyCentralClaphamStreathamWhole Borough
  • Page 42
    TABLE II PART II OF POISONS LIST
    Principal BusinessNumber of PremisesNumber of Visits
  • Page 46
    PART I (1) INSPECTIONS
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
  • Page 46
    (2) DEFECTS
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
  • Page 47
    OUTWORK (SECTIONS 133 AND 134)
    Nature of WorkSection 133Section 134
    No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 133 (1) (c)No. of cases of default in sending lists to the CouncilNo. of prosecutions for failure to supply listsNo. of instances of work in unwholesome premisesProsecutions
  • Page 49
    TABLE I
    StationRoof— Municipal BuildingsValley Road, S.W.I6Tooting LibraryQueen Mary's Hospital, RoehamptonSouth London Hospital, Clapham
    Month—1962SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2
  • Page 51
    TABLE III ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION smoke and so, concentration over the period of the 1962 smog compared with corresponding periods in 1959, 1960 and 1961
    Period ending1959196019611962
    SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2SmokeSO2
  • Page 53
    TABLE I
    Cause of Accident1956195719581959196019611962
  • Page 53
    TABLE II Age groups and percentages
    1956 %1957 %.1958 %1959 %1960 %1961 %1962 %
  • Page 55
    Adulterated Samples Particulars of the samples reported as adulterated or not up to standard are given in the following table:
    Case No.Nature of SampleNature of Report
  • Page 58
    Milk The average composition of the samples of milk submitted during each month of the year and returned as genuine was as under:
    MonthNumberTotal solidsMilk fatNon-fatty solids
  • Page 58
    The average composition of the 260 samples of milk analysed during the year and returned as genuine was as under: