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Wandsworth 1971

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

Published
1972
Pages
134
Tables
59

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59 tables in this report

  • Page 20
    Extracts from vital statistics
    colspan="2">Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
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    TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1971
    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 23
    TABLE 1. CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1971—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
    PutneyCentralBattersea
  • Page 24
    TABLE 2. DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE
    Males in age groupsFemales in age groupsGrand totals
    under 2525-55-45-55-35-75 +Totalsunder 2525-35-45-55-65-75 +Totals
  • Page 24
    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 27
    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
  • Page 30
    TABLE 4
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNO. OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS
    Under 1 year12345-910-1415-2425-4445-6465 and overTotals
  • Page 31
    TABLE 5
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASESNUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN WARDSTOTALS
    PUTNEYCENTRALBATTERSEA
    RoehamptonPutneyThamesfieldWest HillSouthfieldFairfieldEarlsfieldSpringfieldTootingGraveneyBedfordFurzedownNorthcoteBalhamNightingaleSt. JohnLatchmereSt. Mary's ParkShaftesburyQueenstown
  • Page 34
    TABLE 6
    Primary VisitsRevisitsTotals
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    TABLE 7
    PutneyCentralBatterseaTotals
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    TABLE 8
    Class of premisesNumber registeredPersons employedGeneral inspectionsRevisits or other visits
  • Page 48
    TABLE 9 PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD, STORED OR PREPARED
    NumberNo. fitted to comply with Regn. 18No. to which Regn. 21 appliesNo. fitted to comply with Regn.21
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    TABLE 10 VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES
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    TABLE 11 WORK COMPLETED TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
  • Page 51
    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 :—
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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 1971 is given below: —
    Special designationNumber of licences issued
  • Page 53
    The following table gives a summary of the results:—
    GradeNumber of Samples
  • Page 54
    The samples submitted for analysis comprised the following substances:—
  • Page 54
    TABLE 12 SAMPLES FOUND TO BE ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD
    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
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    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
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    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
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    Case No.Nature of SampleReport
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    TABLE 13
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    Case No.Nature of ComplaintReport
  • Page 58
    The minimum legal standards relating to the composition of milk are as follows:—
    Ordinary milkChannel Islands and South Devon milk
  • Page 59
    Factories Act (Part I) TABLE 14 I nspections
    PremisesNumber on registerNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 59
    TABLE 15 D efects
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    to H.M. Inspectorby H.M. Inspector
  • Page 60
    Factories Act (Part VIII) OUTWORK (SECTIONS 133 AND 134) TABLE 16
    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 premisesNotices servedProsecutions
  • Page 64
    Coroner's Court and Mortuary Details of post-mortem examinations and inquests held at the Coroner's Court, and of bodies received into the mortuary during 1971, are set out in the following table:— TABLE 17
    Details of bodies receivedUsual place of residenceTotals
    WandsworthMertonElsewhereUnknown
  • Page 66
    In addition, the following treatments were 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 71
    The number of first visits made during the year to children under five years of age was:—
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    Total visits of all kinds paid by health visitors during the year:—
  • Page 72
    Mothers attended in their own homes during the year were as follows:—
  • Page 73
    TABLE 18
    AgeFirst visitsRevisitsTotals
  • Page 75
    TABLE 19
    HospitalDate of completion of adaptationsCost
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    TABLE 20
    HospitalEstimated cost
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    TABLE 21
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    TABLE 22 Domiciliary Service
    1971197019711970
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    TABLE 23
  • Page 80
    Morbid conditions found:—
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    The table below gives details of premature births in Wandsworth :— TABLE 24
    Live birthsDied under 1 monthStillbirths
  • Page 84
    The table below gives the figures concerning handicapped children under five years of age: — TABLE 25 Number on handicap and observation register on 31st December, 1971 1,366
    AgesHandicapObservationTotals
  • Page 87
    TABLE 26 Immunisation and vaccination statistics for children under 16 years Number of completed cases (Note—Although diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus are shown separately, most children receive combined antigens which enable protection against two or three diseases to be given in only three injections.)
    19711970
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    TABLE 27
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    TABLE 28 Numbers of new cases living in Wandsworth and attending hospitals
    During the year (1)All conditions (2)SyphilisGonorrhoea (5)Other genital infections (6)Other conditions (7)
    Primary and secondary (3)Other (4)
  • Page 104
    TABLE 1
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    Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1970 and 1971 are as follows:—
  • Page 105
    Analysis of non-routine medical inspections
    Nature of Inspection Bathing centre inspections :Number inspected
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    countinued from the previous page
  • Page 106
    Routine medical inspections TABLE 4
  • Page 106
    Attendance of parents and Care Committee representatives
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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:— TABLE 6
    Not wearing spectaclesWearing spectacles
    6/66/96/12 or worseReferred for treatment6/66/96/12 or worseReferred for treatment
  • Page 107
    Personal hygiene TABLE 7
    YearNumber examinedNumber found verminousPupils found to be verminous % of number examined
  • Page 108
    Infectious illness reported from schools TABLE 8
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    TABLE 9
    Type of clinicSessionsNew casesAttendances
  • Page 109
    TABLE 10
    Type of handicapDayResidential
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    TABLE 11
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    TABLE 12