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

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TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1968

CAUSES OF DEATH	Deaths assigned to Borough in age groups													Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
	All ages	Males	Females	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 upwards	Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
	All ages	Males	Females	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 upwards	Putney	Central	Battersea

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TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1968—contd.

CAUSES OF DEATH	Deaths assigned to Borough in age groups													Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
	All ages	Males	Females	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 upwards	Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
														Putney	Central	Batter- sea

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TABLE 2. DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE

	Males in age groups								Females in age groups								Grand totals
	under 25	25	35-	45-	55—	65—	75 +	Totals	under 25	25	35-	45—	55—	65—	75 +	Totals	Grand totals

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TABLE 3. DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE

Causes of death	Under 24 hours	1-7 days	1-4 weeks	Totals under 4 weeks	1-12 months	TOTAL DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR

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Particulars of the primary notifications and deaths during the year classified by sex and age, are given in the following table:—

Age Groups	Primary Notifications				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 1

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES	NO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS
NOTIFIABLE DISEASES	Under 1 year	1	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	15-24	25-24	45-64	65 and over	Totals

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TABLE 2

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES	NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN WARDS
	PUTNEY						CENTRAL						BATTERSEA
	Roehampton	Putney	Thamesfield	West Hill	Southfield	Fairfield	Earlsfield	Springfield	Tooting	Graveney	Bedford	Furzedown	Northcote	Balham	Nightingale	St. John	Latchmere	St. Mary's Park	Shaftesbury	Queenstown	TOTALS

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A summary of the inspections carried out during the year is given in Table 1. TABLE 1

	Inspections	Revisits	Totals

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TABLE 2

	Putney	Central	Battersea	Totals

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The following table shows the classification and number of premises registered at the end of 1968, the number of persons employed and the number of inspections and other visits made during the year : —

Class of premises	Number registered	Persons employed	General inspections	Revisits & other visits

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The following table indicates the extent of these works :—

	Section 15 Provision of additional facilities	Section 16 Means of escape from fire

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The following is a summary of action taken in this connection during the year :—

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TABLE 1 PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD, STORED OR PREPARED

	Number	No. fitted to comply with Regn. 16	No. to which Regn. 19 applies	No. fitted to comply with Regn. 19

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TABLE 2 VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES

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TABLE 3 WORK COMPLETED TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS

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Legal proceedings—Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Summonses were issued against a number of traders for offences under this Act and the reasons for prosecution and the Court's findings are given below :—

Subject of Complaint	Fine			Costs

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These regulations provide for the issue of Dealers (Prepacked Milk) Licences under certain designations and the number of licences granted during 1968 is given below : —

Special designation	Number of licences issued

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Bacteriological examination of food One hundred and forty-one food samples were examined bacteriologically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year, and details are given below : —

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The following table gives a summary of the results: —

Grade	Number of Samples

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The samples submitted for analysis comprised the following substances : —

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SAMPLES FOUND TO BE ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD

Case No.	Nature of Sample	Report

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Case No.	Nature of Sample	Report

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Case No.	Nature of Sample	Report

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Milk samples The minimum legal standards relating to the composition of milk are. as follows • —

	Ordinary milk	Channel Islands and South Devon milk

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The enquiry has been set up to ascertain the extent, if any, of possible contamination of foodstuffs by toxic chemicals.

Sample	Pesticide contaminant	(parts per million)

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Factories Act (Part I) (1) INSPECTIONS

Premises	Number on register	Number of
Premises	Number on register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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(2) DEFECTS

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	to H.M. Inspector	by H.M. Inspector

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Factories Act (Part VIII) OUTWORK (SECTIONS 133 AND 134)

Nature of work	Section 133			Section 134
Nature of work	No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 133(lXc)	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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review is given in the table below. The readings are taken by members of the staff of the Department and the information is passed to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for collation with data received from authorities all over the country.

Station	Roof— Municipal Buildings		207 Lavender Hill Battersea		Tooting Library

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Details of bodies received	Usual place of residence				Totals
Details of bodies received	Wandsworth	Merton	Else where	Unknown	Totals

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Three training sessions on the subject of relaxation were organized for health visitors and midwives who joined the service during the year.

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(a) New patients (domiciliary work shown in brackets)

(i) Number of patients seen	1967	1968

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Mothers attended in their own homes during the year were as follows:—

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The number of first visits made during the year to children under five years of age was:—

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infants, both at home and in hospital, are given below. The total adjusted births for the year was 5,703.

		Died under
	Live births	1 month	Stillbirths

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The tables below give the figures concerning handicapped children in the under-five group

Ages	Handicap	Observation	Totals

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Detailed statistical information for the year 1968 is given in the following table: —

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Morbid conditions found:—

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Home nursing service The work of the home nurses has continued steadily throughout the year but the following table shows a slight decline in the total numbers of persons nursed and of visits paid, compared with previous years.

Age	First
Age	visits	Revisits	Total

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general practitioners. The number of occasions on which articles were issued on loan during the year is shown below: —

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The following table shows the number of persons who received home help service during the year:—

HOME HELP PRPVIDED FOR PERSONS
Aged 65 years or over on first visit in 1968	Aged under 65 years on first visit in 1968				Total
Aged 65 years or over on first visit in 1968	Chronic sick and tuberculous	Mentally disordered	Maternity	Others	Total

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Immunization and vaccination statistics Smallpox vaccination—cases completed: — Primary vaccinations: —

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Tetanus immunization—cases completed : —

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COMMUNITY CARE Chellow Dene and self-contained flatlets As the following details of admissions and discharges during the year show, we have continued to achieve a satisfactory degree of success in the rehabilitation of residents at Chellow Dene hostel and the associated flatlets:—

Chellow Dene	Male	Female	Totals

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MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 1959 STATISTICS for the year 1968

	Mentally ill	Psychopathic	Subnormal and severely subnormal	Totals

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The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections during 1968, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1967.

Numbers examined	17,288		18,067

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Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1967 and 1968 are as follows :—

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Analysis of non-routine medical inspections

Nature of Inspection	Number inspected

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Visual acuity standards expressed as percentages of the numbers of children whose eyes were tested are set out in the following table :—

		Not wearing spectacles					Wearing spectacles
		6/6	6/9	6/12 or worse	Referred for treatment		6/6		6/9	6/12 or worse	Referred for treatment

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Infectious illness reported from schools

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The number of sessions, new cases and total attendances at school treatment centres during 1968 were as follows:—

Type of clinic	Sessions	New cases	Attendances

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At the end of 1968 the number of children receiving special education at schools in Wandsworth were as follows:—

Type of handicap	Day	Residential

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TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1968

TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1968—contd.

TABLE 2. DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE

TABLE 3. DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE

Particulars of the primary notifications and deaths during the year classified by sex and age, are given in the following table:—

TABLE 1

TABLE 2

A summary of the inspections carried out during the year is given in Table 1. TABLE 1

TABLE 2

The following table shows the classification and number of premises registered at the end of 1968, the number of persons employed and the number of inspections and other visits made during the year : —

The following table indicates the extent of these works :—

The following is a summary of action taken in this connection during the year :—

TABLE 1 PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD, STORED OR PREPARED

TABLE 2 VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES

TABLE 3 WORK COMPLETED TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS

Legal proceedings—Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Summonses were issued against a number of traders for offences under this Act and the reasons for prosecution and the Court's findings are given below :—

These regulations provide for the issue of Dealers (Prepacked Milk) Licences under certain designations and the number of licences granted during 1968 is given below : —

Bacteriological examination of food One hundred and forty-one food samples were examined bacteriologically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year, and details are given below : —

The following table gives a summary of the results: —

The samples submitted for analysis comprised the following substances : —

SAMPLES FOUND TO BE ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD

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Milk samples The minimum legal standards relating to the composition of milk are. as follows • —

The enquiry has been set up to ascertain the extent, if any, of possible contamination of foodstuffs by toxic chemicals.

Factories Act (Part I) (1) INSPECTIONS

(2) DEFECTS

Factories Act (Part VIII) OUTWORK (SECTIONS 133 AND 134)

review is given in the table below. The readings are taken by members of the staff of the Department and the information is passed to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for collation with data received from authorities all over the country.

Three training sessions on the subject of relaxation were organized for health visitors and midwives who joined the service during the year.

(a) New patients (domiciliary work shown in brackets)

Continued from previous page...

Mothers attended in their own homes during the year were as follows:—

The number of first visits made during the year to children under five years of age was:—

infants, both at home and in hospital, are given below. The total adjusted births for the year was 5,703.

The tables below give the figures concerning handicapped children in the under-five group

Detailed statistical information for the year 1968 is given in the following table: —

Morbid conditions found:—

Home nursing service The work of the home nurses has continued steadily throughout the year but the following table shows a slight decline in the total numbers of persons nursed and of visits paid, compared with previous years.

general practitioners. The number of occasions on which articles were issued on loan during the year is shown below: —

The following table shows the number of persons who received home help service during the year:—

Immunization and vaccination statistics Smallpox vaccination—cases completed: — Primary vaccinations: —

Tetanus immunization—cases completed : —

COMMUNITY CARE Chellow Dene and self-contained flatlets As the following details of admissions and discharges during the year show, we have continued to achieve a satisfactory degree of success in the rehabilitation of residents at Chellow Dene hostel and the associated flatlets:—

MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 1959 STATISTICS for the year 1968

The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections during 1968, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1967.

Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1967 and 1968 are as follows :— ____ ____

Analysis of non-routine medical inspections

Visual acuity standards expressed as percentages of the numbers of children whose eyes were tested are set out in the following table :—

Infectious illness reported from schools

The number of sessions, new cases and total attendances at school treatment centres during 1968 were as follows:—

At the end of 1968 the number of children receiving special education at schools in Wandsworth were as follows:—

The following table summarizes the results :—

Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1967 and 1968 are as follows :—