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

Wandsworth 1972

Published: 1973
Pages: 157
Tables: 70

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Table 1 Extracts from Vital Statistics

Live Births Male Female Total
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TABLE 3 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
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TABLE 4 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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TABLE 2. CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1972

CAUSES OF DEATH	Deaths assigned to the Borough in age groups													Deaths shown in localities (all ages)
CAUSES OF DEATH	All ages	Males	Females	Under 1 year	1-4	5-14	16-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 upwards	Putney	Central	Batter-sea

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TABLE 2 CAUSES OF AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1972 — conid
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TABLE 5

Age groups Primary notifications Deaths
Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Pulmonary Non-pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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TABLE 6

DISEASE NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN AGE GROUPS Total
Under 1 year 1 2 3 4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25-44 45-65 Uver 65

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TABLE 7

	NUMBER OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN WARDS
	PUTNEY					CENTRAL							BATTERSEA
DISEASE	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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TABLE 8

Primary Visits Revisits Totals
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TABLE 9

Putney Central Battersea Totals
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TABLE 10

Class of premises Number registered Persons employed General inspections Revisits or other visits
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TABLE 12
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TABLE 13 PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD. STORED OR PREPARED

Number No. fitted to comply with Regn. 18 No. to which Regn. 21 applies No. fitted to comply with Regn. 21
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TABLE 14 VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES
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TABLE 15 WORK COMPLETED TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS
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Four hundred and ninety 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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Food surrendered or condemned

tons cwts
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The samples submitted for analysis comprised the following substances:-
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TABLE 16 SAMPLES FOUND TO BE ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD

Sample No. Nature of Sample Report
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TABLE 17

Sample No. Nature of Complaint Report
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TABLE 18

Sample Remarks
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Table 19 (1) INSPECTIONS

Premises Number on register Number of
Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted

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TABLE 20 (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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T able 21 OUTWORK (SECTIONS 133 AND 134)

Nature of work	Section 1 33			Section 134
Nature of work	No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 133(1) (c)	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 unwhole some premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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TABLE 22

Station Roof— Municipal Buildings 207 Lavender Hill Battersea Tooting Library
Month—1972 Smoke SO₂ Smoke SO₂ Smoke SO₂
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TABLE 23

Details of bodies received Usual place of residence Totals
Wandsworth Merton Elsewhere Unknown
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TABLE 25
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TABLE 26

Age First visits Revisits Total
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TABLE 27

Hospital Date of completion of adaptations Cost
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TABLE 29 FAMILY PLANNING DOMICILIARY SERVICE

1972 1971 1972 1971
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TABLE 29 FAMILY PLANNING DOMICILIARY SERVICE

1972 1971
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TABLE 30
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TABLE 31 ANALYSIS OF WOMEN ATTENDING BY AGE-GROUP AND MARITAL STATUS

Age-group Married Totals % Single Totals % Separated or divorced Totals % Widowed Totals % TOTALS
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TABLE 32 SOURCES OF REFERRALS TO MOBILE UNIT

Source of Referral No. %
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TABLE 33 DETAILS OF MORBID CONDITIONS DETECTED

Morbid Conditions Malignancy Ovarian Cyst Fibroids Breast lump Trichomonas Vaginalis Monilia Nonspecific infection Atrophic Vaginitis Polypi
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TABLE 34 RATE OF DETECTION OF MORBID CONDITIONS IN THE MOBILE UNIT COMPARED WITH STATIC CLINICS

Malignancy Other Morbidity
Mobile Clinic Ordinary Clinic Mobile Clinic Ordinary Clinic
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TABLE 36

Live births Died under one month Stillbirths
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TABLE 38
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TABLE 39 CHILDREN ON HANDICAP REGISTER
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CHILDREN ON HANDICAP REGISTER - cont'd
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TABLE 40 CHILDREN ON OBSERVATION REGISTER
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TABLE 41 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.)

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Reinforcing injections:
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TABLE 43

Year All conditions Syphilis Gonorrhoea Other genital infections Other conditions
Primary and secondary Other
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Number examined 1972 1971
16,356 17,713
Defects Rate per thousand
Treatment Observation Treatment Observation
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Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1971 and 1972 are as follows:- TABLE 45

1972 1971
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TABLE 46 ANALYSIS OF NON ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

Nature of inspection Number inspected
1972 1971
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TABLE 47 PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PUPILS

1972 1971
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TABLE 48 ATTENDANCE OF PARENTS AND CARE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES

1972 1971
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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 49

Not wearing spectacles Wearing spectacles
6/6 6/9 6/12 or worse Referred for treatment 6/9 6/6 6/12 or worse Referred for treatment
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Personal hygiene TABLE 50

Year Number examined Number found verminous Pupils found to be verminous % of number examined
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TABLE 51

1972 1971
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Infectious illness reported from schools TABLE 52

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TABLE 53

Type of clinic Sessions New cases Attendances
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Type of handicap Day Residential
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Age groups	Primary notifications				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Number examined	1972		1971
Number examined	16,356		17,713
Defects	Rate per thousand
Defects	Treatment	Observation	Treatment	Observation

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Table 1 Extracts from Vital Statistics

TABLE 3 DEATHS FROM HEART DISEASE

TABLE 4 DEATHS OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE

TABLE 2. CAUSES OF. AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1972

TABLE 2 CAUSES OF AND AGES AT. DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1972 — conid

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TABLE 1 1

TABLE 12

TABLE 13 PREMISES WHERE FOOD IS SOLD. STORED OR PREPARED

TABLE 14 VISITS TO FOOD PREMISES

TABLE 15 WORK COMPLETED TO COMPLY WITH STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS

Four hundred and ninety 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:-

Food surrendered or condemned

The samples submitted for analysis comprised the following substances:-

TABLE 16 SAMPLES FOUND TO BE ADULTERATED OR BELOW STANDARD

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Table 19 (1) INSPECTIONS

TABLE 20 (2) DEFECTS

T able 21 OUTWORK (SECTIONS 133 AND 134)

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TABLE 29 FAMILY PLANNING DOMICILIARY SERVICE

TABLE 29 FAMILY PLANNING DOMICILIARY SERVICE

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TABLE 31 ANALYSIS OF WOMEN ATTENDING BY AGE-GROUP AND MARITAL STATUS

TABLE 32 SOURCES OF REFERRALS TO MOBILE UNIT

TABLE 33 DETAILS OF MORBID CONDITIONS DETECTED

TABLE 34 RATE OF DETECTION OF MORBID CONDITIONS IN THE MOBILE UNIT COMPARED WITH STATIC CLINICS

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TABLE 39 CHILDREN ON HANDICAP REGISTER

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TABLE 40 CHILDREN ON OBSERVATION REGISTER

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Details of non-routine medical inspections carried out in 1971 and 1972 are as follows:- TABLE 45

TABLE 46 ANALYSIS OF NON ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS

TABLE 47 PHYSICAL CONDITION OF PUPILS

TABLE 48 ATTENDANCE OF PARENTS AND CARE COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES

Visual acuity standards expressed as percentages of the numbers of children whose eyes were tested are set out in the following table:- TABLE 49

Personal hygiene TABLE 50

TABLE 51

Infectious illness reported from schools TABLE 52

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