Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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| Age (years) | 1931 | 1951 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||
| No. | % | No. | O/ /O | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age (years) | London | England and Wales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 1951 | 1931 | 1951 | |
| Size of family | 1931 | 1951 |
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| Persons per household | No. of households | Persons per room | Reduction in average No. of persons per room | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | London | England and Wales |
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| Cause | Approximate change as a percentage of those formerly assigned to this cause* | |
|---|---|---|
| Site | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean death-rate 1949-51 per 1,000 | Change between 1931-33 and 1949-51 | Mean death-rate 1949-51 per 1,000 | Change between 1931-33 and 1949-51 | |
| Deaths | Rate per 1,000 population |
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| Year | London | England and Wales |
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| Cause | No. of deaths | Per cent. Total |
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| Year | Live and still-births | Deaths in pregnancy or childbirth excluding abortion | Post-abortion deaths | Notifications of Puerperal pyrexia | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cause of death | Postabortion | Other pregnancy and childbirth | Total |
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| Number of cases | Domiciliary confinements | Institutional confinements | Total |
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| Year | Total No. | Under 5 years of age | Year | Total No. | Under 5 years of age | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | °/ /o | No. | % | ||||
| Age | No. | 0/ /o |
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| Year | 0-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | Total | Rale per 1,000 living 0-44 |
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| Age | Total | July-Dec. 1950 | Jan.-July 1951 |
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| Age | Patient at infected school | Sibling at infected school | Total possible attributable to school | All cases |
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| 0-4 yrs. | 5-14 yrs. | Over 15 | Total |
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| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8ource of sample | Designation | Samples | Percentage positive of completed samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Positive | Incomplete | Negative | ||||
| 1951 | 1950 | ||||||
| Classification | Certified blind | Not blind | Grand total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Male | Female | Total |
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| Division | Premises | Work involved |
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| Property | Interest obtained. | Service |
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| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | Total | First | Total | First | Total | |
| Health Division | No. per 1,000 child population per year* | No. of attendances per child per year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendances | Children | Under 1 | 1-4 | |||
| Under 1 | 1-4 | Under 1 | 1-4 | |||
| At 31.12.50 | At 31.12.51 |
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| Year | Maternity nursing cases | Midwifery cases | Total |
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| Year | Maternity nursing cases | Midwifery cases | Total |
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| Staff |
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| Primi- para | Multi-parae | Parity unknown | Total |
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| Treatment given | Removed to Hospital | Remained at Home | Total |
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| Administered by | As midwives | As maternity nurses |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Midwives | Maternity nurses |
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| (1) | (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of calls for medical aid for conditions as indicated | Col. (1) expressed as a percentage of the 13,564 midwifery cases attended during the year by domiciliary midwives and midwives in small institutions |
| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Service provided | Quarter | Claims from general practitioner obstetricians | Claims from genoral medical practitioners | Totals | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Per cent. of total |
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| Number | Per cent. of total |
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| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Maternity | Other |
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| Number | Percentage of total |
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| Number | Percentage of total |
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| Establishments in London | Out-County Establishments |
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| Age at date of vaccination | Under 1 year | 1 to 4 years | 5 to 14 years | 15 or over | Total |
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| Number | Percentage of total |
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| Number | Percentage of total |
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| No. of calls | No. of cases* | Mileage |
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| 1950 | 1951 | Increase or decrease |
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| Patients conveyed | Mileage |
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| Patients conveyed | Mileage |
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| Patients conveyed | Mileage |
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| *Clinic Sessions | New Cases | Attendances | Staff (In terms of whole-time units) |
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| Syphilis | Gonorrhoea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | |
| Unaccompanied children | Expectant and nursing mothers and accompanied young children | Other adults | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5 years | School children | Mothers | Children | ||
| Metropolitan Region | Hospital | Ntimber of beds | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Year | Number of admissions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female. | Total | |
| 1951 | 1950 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| 1951 | 1950 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||
| Sources of information | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | Totals from 1.4.14 to 31.12.51 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age Group and Sex | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Numbers examined | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156,304 | 160,071 | 169,742 | 170,880 | |
| Percentages | ||||
| A—Good | B—Fair | C—Poor |
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| 1948 % | 1949 % | 1950 % | 1951 % |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 % | 1949 % | 1950 % | 1951 % |
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| 1948 % | 1949 % | 1950 % | 1951 % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 % | 1949 % | 1950 % | Already wearing spectacles | 1951 Percentage not wearing spectacles | Total |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Defect | L.C.C. | No. of Clinics Voluntary | Total |
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| Eyes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Children's Dept. | Ear, nose and throat | General | Orthoptic | Orthopaedic | Skin | |
| Defect | No. of schools | Roll |
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| Defect | No. of schools | Accommodation | Roll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boarding | Day | |||
| Diphtheria | Scarlet Fever | Measles | Whooping Cough | Chicken-pox | Mumps | Poliomyelitis | Other diseases | Total |
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| Age group | No. of calories |
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| Brixton (opened 1.10.51) | Battersea | Earl's Court | Total |
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| No. of Cases |
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| Full-time | Part-Time | Total Full-time | Establishment Full-time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Equivalent to Full-time | ||||
| Statistics | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Type of staff | Location | Staff Employed at other establishments (a) | Total 1951 | Total 1950 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head office staff | Divisional staff | ||||
| £ |
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| d. |
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| Service | Cost | Amount recovered in charges |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ |
| Area | Resident (night) Population (1,000s) | Total Inflow | Total Outflow | Net Movement | Estimated Day.time Population (1,000s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (1,000s) | % Population | No. (1,000s) | % Population | + In — Out (1,000s) | Increase or decrease — % Population | |||
| Area | Resident Population (night) | Inflow into Metropolitan boroughs | Outflow from Metropolitan boroughs | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | From other Metropolitan boroughs | From outside the County | Total | To other Metropolitan boroughs | To outside the County | ||||||
| (1,000s) | (1,000s) | (1,000s) | % total | (1,000s) | % total | (1,000s) | (1,000s) | % total | (1,000s) | % total | |
| Workers | Scholars | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1,000s) | % | (1,000s) | % | (1,000s) | % | |
| Health Divisioi No. | Metropolitan Boroughs | Family House Per cent. | Converted Houses in Multiple Occ Per cent. | Purpose. Built Flats Per cent. | Other Per cent. |
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| Family House Per cent. | Converted House in Multiple Occ. Per cent. | Purpose. Built Flats Per cent. | Other Per cent. |
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| Type | Number of Rooms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Divisioi Nos. | Metropolitan Boroughs | Family House | Converted, House in Multiple Occ. | Purpose. Built Flats | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Health Divisioi No. | Metropolitan Boroughs | Family Houses | Converted Houses in Mutiple Occ. | Purpose. built Flats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Rooms | Percentage of Total Number of dwellings in the Sample | Persons Per Room | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Type | Number of Dwellings | Per cent. | Number of Rooms | Per cent. | Number of Persona | Per cent. |
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| Year | Mid.year estimate of population | Average age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0.4 | 5.14 | 15.24 | 25.44 | 45.64 | 66+ | ||
| Metropolitan boroughs arranged in divisional order | Estimated home population mid 1951 | Lire births | Death.Rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Infant mortality (per 1,000 Jive births) | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Cerebral vascular lesions | Peptic ulcer | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Pneumonia | Other respiratory diseases | Cancer | Violence | Scarlet fever | Diphtheria | Poliomyelitis | Meningococcal infection | Acute pneumonia | Measles | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||
| Paralytic | Non Paralytic | Pulmonary | Non. Pulmonary | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Period | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living (6) | Annual mortality per 1,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Births | Total births (c) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Live births | Marriages | Deaths (all causes) | Meningococcal infection | Diphtheria | Enteric fever | Scarlet lever | Smallpox | Whooping. cough | Measles | Tuberculosis | Pneumonia (all forms) | Bronchitis | Other resp. diseases | Heart disease | Cancer | Diabetes | Infants 0—1 | Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 | Puerperal fever | Other child.birth | |||
| Influenza | Pulmonary | Non.pulmonary | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause | Sex | 0— | 1— | 5— | 15— | 25— | 45— | 85— | 75 + | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1950 | ||||||||||
| Case | Sex | 0— | 1— | 1— | 15 — | 25— | 45— | 65— | 75 + | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 1950 | ||||||||||
| Year | Live-births | Still-births | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate per 1,000 total population | No. | Rate per 1,000 live and still.births | |
| Cause of death | Age at death | Total | Rates per 1,000 live births | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 day | 1 to 7 days | 1 to 4 wks. | 4 wks. to 1 yr. | No. | Male | Fe-male | Total | Male | Female | ||
| Cause of death | 1915 to 1918 | 1919 to 1922 | 1923 to 1926 | 1927 to 1930 | 1931 to 1934 | 1935 to 1938 | 1939 to 1942 | 1943 to 1948 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Year | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal Primary notifications | Deaths | Formal primary notifications | Deaths | |||||
| No. | Annual rate per 1.000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | No. | Annual rate per 1,000 living | |
| Year | Anthrax | Meningococcal infection | Continued fever | Diphtheria | Dysentery | Acute Encephalitis (g) | Enteric fever | Erysipelas | Malaria | Measles | Ophthalmia neonatorum | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Puerperal pyrexia | Scabies | Scarlet fever | Smallpox | Typhus | Whooping cough | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Oases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |||
| Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of formal primary notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | Total all ages | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Form of tuberculosis | Sex | New cases of tuberculosis coming to knowledge otherwise than by formal notification | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Source of information | Number of cases | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | ||
| 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Sex | Age | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 19 | 50 | 19 | 51 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate | ||
| Age group | Year | Site of tuberculosis lesion | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bones and Joints | Abdomen | Peripheral glands | Meninges | Other sites («) | Total | ||
| Year | Chicken.pox | Diphtheria | German measles | Impetigo | Measles | Mumps | Ophthalmia and conjunctivitis | Poliomyelitis | Ringworm | Scabies | Scarlet fever | Whooping. cough |
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| Contra-indications | Boys | Girls | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Per cent, of inspected pupils (11,702) | No. | Per cent, of inspected pupils (12,309) | |
| Boys | Girls | Total |
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| Boys | Oirls | Total |
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| Boys | Qirls | Total |
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| Boys | Girls | Total |
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| Boys | Girls | Total |
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| Boys | Oirls | Total |
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| Boys | Oirls | Total |
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| Morbid condition | Day | Boarding | Grand Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | ||
| Morbid condition | Boys | Girls | Total |
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| Boys | Girls | Total |
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| Morbid condition | Day | Boarding | Grand Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Total | Boys | Girls | Total | ||
| Morbid oondition | Day P.H. Schools | Boarding P.H. Schools | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Continue day | Transfer to res. | Continue res. | Transfer to day | Grand Total | |||||||||
| Boys | Qirls | Total |
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| Boys | Oirls | Total |
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| Boys | Girls | Total |
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| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Sex | Fit for ordinary school or ordinary employment | Fit for p.h. school or light employment | Unfit for school or work | Died | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage | No. | Percentage | ||
| 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
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| Year | Syphilis | S. Ch ancre | Gonorrhoea | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. |
| Sex | Articular rheumatism | Chorea | Articular rheumatism and chorea | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage with Valvular damage | Percentage with 1 Valvular damage | Percentage with Valvular damage | |||||||||||||||||||
| No. admitted | Carditis | Pericarditis only | Mitral | Mitral and aortic | and pericarditis | No cardiac involvement | No. admitted | Carditis | Pericarditis only | Mitral | Mitral and aortic | and pericarditis | No cardiac involvement | No. admitted | Carditis | Pericarditis only | Mitral | Mitral and aortic | and pericarditis | No cardiac involve. I ment | |
| Borough | No. of houses in borough | Public Health Act | Housing Acts, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of houses inspected on account of complaints or illness | No. of statutory notices served | No. of prosecutions | No. of houses repaired or nuisances remedied | No. of houses inspected | Section 25 | Section 9 and 10 | Number of houses demolished | Closing Orders | Overcrowding | No. of dwellings for working oliisses erected during the year | Underground rooms | Houses let in lodgings | ||||||||||||
| No. of houses represented | No. of houses demolished | iNO. Ot houses repaired | No. of families overcrowded | No. of families alternative accom. obtained | Xo. occupied but unlit | No. closed or modified occupation approved | No. of closing orders determined | No. in borough | No. of inspections | No. of prosecutions | No. of complaints ' remedied | |||||||||||||
| No. made | No. determined | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| i*y owners | By L.A. | Section 11 | Voluntarily | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Borough | Table 30 (continued) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowsheds | Slaughterhouses | Offensive trades | Smoke nuisancer | Common lodging houses | Cleansing of persons and rooms | Water supply | Dairies and milk shops | Ice.cream premises | Restaurants ami eating houses | ||||||||||||||
| No. licensed | No. of inspections | No. licensed | No. of inspections | No. authorised | No. of inspections | Observations | Intimations | Complaints | Notices | Houses licensed | tfo. of inspections | Persons | Booms or premises | Tenement houses extra supply | No. on register | No. of inspections | No. on register | No. of inspections | No. of places | No. of inspections | |||
| Adults | Children | After infectious diseases | For vermin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Males | Females | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households | Proportion per 100 households without exclusive use of | Persons per room | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Nearest thousand) | Water Closet | Fixed bath | Both stove and sink | 1951 | 1931 | |
| Households | Proportion per 100 households without exclusive use of | Persons per room | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Nearest thousand) | Water Closet | Fixed bath | Both stove and sink | 1951 | 1931 | |