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Wandsworth 1970

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

Published
1971
Pages
130
Tables
61

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61 tables in this report

  • Page 23
    TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1970
    CAUSES OF DEATHDeaths assigned to Borough in age groupsDeaths shown in localities (all ages)
    All agesMalesFemalesUnder 1 year1-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475 upwards
    PutneyCentralBattersea
  • Page 24
    TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1970—contd.
    CAUSES OF DEATHDeaths assigned to Borough in age groupsDeaths shown in localities (all ages)
    All agesMalesFemalesUnder 1 year1-45-1415-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475 upwards
    PutneyCentralBatter-sea
  • Page 25
    TABLE 2. DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE
    Males in age groupsFemales in age groupsGrand totals
    under 2525-35-45-55-65-75+Totalsunder 2525-35-45-55-65-75+Totals
  • Page 25
    TABLE 3. DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE
    Causes of deathUnder 24 hours1-7 days1-4 weeksTotals under 4 weeks1-12 monthsTOTAL DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR
  • Page 28
    Particulars of the primary notifications and deaths during the year, classified by sex and age, are given in the following table : —
    Age GroupsPrimary NotificationsDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 30
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS
    Under 1 year12345-910-1415-2425-4445-6465 and overTotals
  • Page 31
    TABLE 2
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN WARDSTOTALS
    PUTNEYCENTRALBATTERSEA
    RoehamptonPutneyThamesfieldWest HillSouthfieldFairfieldEarlsfieldSpringfieldTootingGraveneyBedfordFurzedownNorthcoteBalhamNightingaleSt. JohnLatchmereSt. Mary's ParkShaftesburyQueenstown
  • Page 34
    A summary of the inspections carried out during the year is given in Table 1. TABLE 1
    InspectionsRevisitsTotals
  • Page 35
    TABLE 2
    PutneyCentralBatterseaTotal
  • Page 42
    The following table shows the classification and number of premises registered at the end of 1970, the number of persons employed and the number of inspections and other visits made during the year:—
    Class of premisesNumber registeredPersons employedGeneral inspectionsRevisits & other visits
  • Page 46
    The following is a summary of action taken in this connection during the year:—
  • Page 48
    TABLE 1 PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD, STORED OR PREPARED
    NumberNo. fitted to comply with Regn. 16No. to which Regn. 19 appliesNo. fitted to comply with Regn. 19
  • Page 48
    TABLE 2 VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES
  • Page 48
    TABLE 3 WORK COMPLETED TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
  • Page 49
    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 complaintFineCosts
  • Page 50
    Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963 These regulations provide for the issue of Dealers (Prepacked Milk) Licences under certain designations and the number of licences granted during 1970 is given below:—
    Special designationNumber of licences issued
  • Page 52
    Bacteriological examination of food Three hundred and twenty-seven food samples were examined bacteriologically at the Public Health Laboratory during the year, and details are given below:—
  • Page 52
    The following table gives a summary of the results:—
    GradeNumber of Samples
  • Page 53
    The samples submitted for analysis comprised the following substances:—
  • Page 53
    SAMPLES FOUND TO BE ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD
    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
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    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
  • Page 55
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    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
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    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
  • Page 56
    A further 14 complaint samples were submitted but, following analysis, it was considered that the complaints were not justified. Details of these cases are given below:—
    Case No.Nature of complaintReport
  • Page 57
    The minimum legal standards relating to the composition of milk are as follows:—
    Ordinary milkChannel islands and South Devon milk
  • Page 58
    Factories Act (Part I) (1) INSPECTIONS
    PremisesNumber on registerNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 58
    (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 59
    Factories Act (Part VIII) OUTWORK (sections 133 and 134)
    Nature of workSection 133Section 134
    No. of outworkers in August list required bysection 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 premisesNotices servedProsecutions
    Wearing apparel—
    making, etc78-----
    Textile weaving57-----
    Curtains and furniture hangings6-----
    Artificial flowers3-----
    Lampshades3-----
    Cosaques, Christmas-----
    stockings, etc.1-----
    Total148-----
  • Page 61
    metre) for the year under 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.
    StationRoof— Municipal Buildings207 Lavender Hill BatterseaTooting Library
  • Page 63
    These figures include the following treatments carried out under arrangements made with the London Borough of Lambeth relating to their residents and children attending schools in Lambeth :—
    Adults and pre-school childrenSchool childrenTotal
  • Page 64
    Coroner's Court and Mortuary Details as to the number of inquests held at the Coroner's Court and bodies received into the Mortuary during 1970 are set out in the following table :—
    Details of bodies receivedUsual place of residenceTotals
    WandsworthMertonElsewhereUnknown
  • Page 67
    The midwives made 1.738 visits for the assessment of home conditions and their suitability for the early discharge of the mother and her baby.
  • Page 67
    . The teaching is a combined operation, both health visitors and midwives being involved in the talks, demonstrations and films that are shown.
  • Page 69
    The statistical analysis which follows shows the number of patients who were helped and the methods of contraception which were chosen.
    (i) Number of patients seen19701969
  • Page 70
    Mothers attended in their own homes during the year were as follows:—
  • Page 71
    The number of first visits made during the year to children under five years of age was :—
  • Page 71
    The table below gives details of premature births in Wandsworth during 1970. The figures for 1969 are shown in brackets
    Died under
    Live births1 monthStillbirths
  • Page 73
    The table below gives the figures concerning handicapped children under five years of age:—
  • Page 73
    Notification (to the Registrar General) of congenital malformations observable at birth in live and stillborn children:—
  • Page 73
    Serious handicaps in children under five years:—
    Number dealt with during 1970Number born in 1970 and placed on Register
  • Page 74
    Detailed statistical information for 1970 is given in the following table:—
  • Page 75
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  • Page 78
    The following table shows the total number of persons nursed and the visits paid during the year:—
    AgeFirst visitsRevisitsTotals
  • Page 80
    The following table shows the number of persons who received home help service during the year.
  • Page 81
    Immunization and vaccination statistics
    Smallpox vaccination—cases completed :19701969
  • Page 82
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    19701969
  • Page 83
    Number of sessions held:—
  • Page 84
    complete, as it may well be that some patients are unwilling to give their correct addresses when attending a centre.
    All venereal conditionsSyphilisGonorrhœaOther venereal conditions
    Primary and secondaryOther
  • Page 92
    Statistics relating to Chellow Dene hostel and the self-contained flatlets are given below:—
    Chellow DeneMaleFemaleTotal/
  • Page 97
    Short-term care During 1970, the numbers of children and adults placed in short-term care were:—
  • Page 99
    MENTAL HEALTH ACT, 1959 STATISTICS for the year 1970
    Mentally illPsychopathicSubnormal and severely subnormalTotals
  • Page 104
    The following table shows the number of children referred for treatment or observation of the defects listed at routine general medical inspections during 1970, expressed as a rate per 1,000 children inspected, together with the corresponding rates for 1969.
    Numbers examined19701969
    17,91517,789
    DefectsRate per thousand
    TreatmentObservationTreatmentObservation
  • Page 104
    Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1969 and 1970 are as follows:—
    19701969
  • Page 104
    Analysis of non-routine medical inspections
    Nature of InspectionNumber inspected
  • Page 105
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  • Page 106
    Visual acuity standards expressed as percentages of the numbers of children whose eyes were tested are set out in the following table:—
    Not wearing spectaclesWearing spectacles
    6/66/96/12 or worseReferred for treatment6/66/96/12 or worseReferred for treatment
  • Page 106
    Personal hygiene
    YearNumber examinedNumber found verminousPupils found to be verminous % of number examined
  • Page 107
    The work done at the two bathing centres in the Borough in connection with vermin, scabies and impetigo is shown in the following table. A "case" is a child discharged after a course of treatment (e.g. a child attending three courses of treatment during the year counts as three cases). These figures include not only schoolchildren referred after a health survey, but also those attending on their own initiative.
  • Page 107
    Infectious illness reported from schools
  • Page 108
    Medical treatment of schoolchildren The number of sessions, new cases and total attendances at school treatment centres during 1970 were as follows: —
    Type of clinicSessionsNew casesAttendances
  • Page 109
    At the end of 1970 the number of children receiving special education at schools in Wandsworth was as follows:—
    Type of handicapDayResidential