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London County Council 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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- 1962
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Table (i)— Home population (a), 1952-61 (Figures in thousands)
Year Mid-year estimate of population by the Registrar General, by age groups Average age (years) Total 0-4 5-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65+ -
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Table (ii)— Live births and stillbirths, 1952-61
Year Live births Stillbirths No. Rate per 1,000 population No. Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) -
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Table (iii)— Illegitimate live births in London (A.C.) and percentages for London and England and Wales, 1952-61
Year Illegitimate live births Illegitimate live births as a percentage of total live births London A.C. England and Wales -
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Table (iv)— Unmarried mothers seen by moral welfare associations in London, 1st October, 1960-30th September, 1961. (Figures in brackets are for 1959-60)
British (U.K.) Eire European West Indian Other Total -
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Leading causes of death —The leading causes of death in London in 1961 were as follows:
Deaths Rate per 1,000 population -
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Table (v)— Cancer mortality rates per 1,000 living , 1952-61
Age and Sex 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (vi)— Deaths and death rates from cancer of the lung by age and sex, 1952-61 (Rates per 1 ,000 population)
Year Age 25-44 45-64 65+ No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate -
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Table (vii)— Infant mortality, 1961
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 Female Total Male Female -
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Table (viii)— Infant mortality by cause, 1952-61 (Rates per 1,000 live births)
Cause of death 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Mortality —A comparison with England and Wales for both neo-natal (deaths in the first four weeks) and infant mortality (deaths in the first year) is as follows:
Year (Rates per 1,000 live births) Neo-natal mortality Infant mortality London England and Wales London England and Wales -
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Table (ix)— Prematurity and mortality by birth weight, 1961.
Weight Number Proportion per 100 live premature infants Died within 24 hours Survived 28 days Number Per 100 live premature infants Number Per 100 live premature infants -
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Perinatal mortality —Comparative rates for perinatal mortality (stillbirths and deaths in the first week of life) per 1,000 total births are given below for London and England and Wales.
Year London England and Wales Year London England and Wales -
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Table (x)— Causes of stillbirth, 1961.
Code No.* Cause Male Female Number Per cent. Number Per cent. -
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Table (xii)— Poliomyelitis notifications by age, 1949-61
Year 0—4 years 5-14 years 15 years and over Total No. % No. % No. % No. -
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Table (xiii)— Final diagnosis of poliomyelitis notifications, 1961
Final diagnosis Notified as paralytic Notified as non-paralytic Total (all ages) 0-4 years 5-14 years 15 + years Total 0-4 years 5-14 years 15+ years Total -
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Table (xiv)— Vaccinal state of confirmed cases of poliomyelitis, 1961
Age Vaccinated1 Not vaccinated Not known Total No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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T able V .l — Vital statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1961 (a)
Metropolitan Boroughs Estimated home population mid 1961 Live birth rate Death rate (all causes) Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) Death rates Notifications of infectious disease Cancer Vascular lesions of C.N.S. Heart disease Other circulatory Pneu-monia Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis) Violence Dysentery Food poisoning Measles Pneumonia Poliomyelitis Scarlet fever Whooping cough Tuberculosis Crude Adjusted Crude Adjusted Paralytic Nonparalytic Pulmonary Nonpulmonary -
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Table V.2— Principal vital statistics—Administrative County of London, 1952-61
Year Annual rale per 1,000 living Annual mortality per 1,000 living Annual mortality— Infant (per 1,000 live births) Maternal (per 1,000 total births) Live births Deaths (all causes) Crude rate Adjusted rate Crude rate Adjusted rate Tuberculosis Cancer Vascular lesions of C.N.S. Heart disease Other circulatory disease Influenza Pneumonia (all forms) Bronchitis Other resp. diseases Violence Infants 0—1 Diarrhoea and enteritis 0—2 Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Suicide Road accidents Other violence -
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Table V.3— Deaths by cause— Administrative County of London, 1961
Cause Sex 0- 1 — 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75+ Total 1961 1960 -
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Table V.3 ( contd.)—Deaths by cause—Administrative County of London, 1961
Cause Sex 0- 1 - 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75+ Total 1961 1960 -
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Table V .4 — Weather during 1961 (as recorded at Kew Observatory)
Month Temperature Difference from Rainfall Difference from Sunshine Difference from Mean (a) Average (b) Total Average (b) Total Average (c) °F °F ins. ins. hrs. hrs. -
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Table V.5— Notifiable infectious diseases—Annual number of notifications and numbers per 1,000 of population—Administrative County of London , 1952-1961
Year Anthrax Diphtheria Dysentery Acute encephalitis Enteric fever Erysipelas Malaria Measles Meningococcal infection Ophthalmia neonatorum Pneumonia Poliomyelitis Puerperal pyrexia Scabies Scarlet fever Smallpox Typhus Whooping cough Food poisoning Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Paralytic Non-par. Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate Cases Rate -
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Table V.6— Notification of certain infectious diseases—distribution by age and date of notification—Administrative County of London, 52 weeks commencing 2 January, 1961
Four-weekly periods 1961 Dysentery Measles Meningococcal infection Pneumonia Poliomyelitis Scarlet fever Whooping cough Paralytic Non-paralytic Ages Ages Ages Ages Ages Ages Ages Ages 0-4 5—14 15+ Total 0—4 5—14 15+ Total 0-4 5—14 15+ Total 0-4 5—14 15+ Total 0-4 5—14 15+ Total 0—4 5—74 75+ Total 0—4 5—74 75+ Total 0-4 5—14 15 + Total -
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Table T.l— Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications and deaths, Administrative County of London, 1952-1961 (a)
Year Pulmonary tuberculosis Non-pulmonary tuberculosis Statutory notifications Deaths Statutory 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 -
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Table T.2— Pulmonary tuberculosis—Notification and death rates per 1,000 living by age and sex, Administrative County of London , 1952-1961
Year Age 0-4 5-14 15-44 45 and over All ages M F M F M F M F M F -
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Table T.3— Non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Notification and death rates per 1,000 living by age and sex. Administrative County of London , 1952-1961
Year Age 0-4 5-14 15-44 45 and over All ages M F M F M F M F M F -
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Table T.4— Tuberculosis—Statutory notifications by age groups, Administrative County oj London , 1961
Form of tuberculosis notified Sex Number of notifications of new cases of tuberculosis by age Total all ages 0- 1- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75+ -
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Table T.5— Tuberculosis—Deaths in Administrative County of London, 1961
Form of tuberculosis Sex Age at death Total all ages 0— 1— 5— 15— 25— 45— 65— 75+ -
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Table T.6— Statutory notification of non-pulmonary tuberculosis—Distribution according to site and age, Administrative County of London, 1961
Site of tuberculous lesion Numbers of notifications of new cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis by age Total all ages 0-4 5-14 15-24 25+ -
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Table T.7— Patients on the registers —1952-1961
At 31st Dec. 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table T.8— Summary of investigations into tuberculosis ' incidents ' at Council establishments in 1961
Establishment Notified case Children Adults Tuberculin tested Positive reactors X-rayed Abnormal X-rayed Abnormal -
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Table T.9— Summary of services provided for tuberculous patients, Administrative County of London 1957-1961
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table TAO—Principal tuberculosis statistics—Metropolitan Boroughs and the Administrative County of London, 1961
Metropolitan Boroughs Estimated home population mid 1961 Pulmonary New notifications Deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population Pulmonary tuberculosis deaths per 1,000 population aged 15 and over Number of tuberculosis cases on clinic registers at 31.12.61 Cases on register per 1,000 population Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. Other non-pulmonary tuberculosis Total New notifications per 1,000 population Pulmonary Non-pulmonary tuberculosis Total deaths Total Percentage of pulmonary cases positive during 1961 -
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Table T. 11— B.C.G. vaccination under L.C.C. schemes in 1960/61
1.Day schools— -
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Table T.12— B.C.G. vaccination of schoolchildren in Administrative County of London, 1960/61 {seventh year)— Divisional figures to 31.12.61
Division No. of 13-year-old school children Total No. of consents Alleged contacts of known cases No. of children tested and read by B.C.G. units Children not dealt with because of refusal of consent or absence Positive reactors (among (4)) No. of negative reactors vaccinated by B.C.G. units Consents included in (2) No. Per cent. off. 1) No. Per cent. -
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Designation Samples examined T.B. bacillus isolated T.B. bacillus NOT isolated Passed phosphatase test Tests not completed1 -
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T able (i) Number of new registrations during the year with percentage recommended to obtain treatment
Age Principal cause of defective vision Total Cataract Glaucoma Retrolental fibroplasia Other conditions -
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T able (ii) Number of treatments recommended in respect of newly registered persons*
No. of patients examined Treatments recommended Optical Hospital supervision None Medical Surgical Early Later If general condition permits -
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T able (iii) Re-examination of persons recommended to obtain treatment
Principal cause of defective vision Total Cataract Glaucoma Retrolental fibroplasia Other conditions -
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Table (i)— Registration and inspection of nursing homes
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (ii)— Accommodation in registered nursing homes at 31 December, 1961
Number of beds in homes Number of homes Maternity* Number of beds provided Total Others† Mentally disordered -
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Table (i)— Health Service building programme 1962-63
Health Division Premises Works proposed -
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Table (ii)— Works completed in 1961
Health Division Premises Work involved -
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T able (ii)— Works completed in 1961—continued
Health Division Premises Work involved -
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Table (iii)— Works in hand
Health Division Premises Work involved -
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T able (iv)— Works approved but not yet commenced at end of 1961
Health Division Premises Work involved -
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Table (v)— Acquisitions and leases completed
Health Division Property Interest obtained -
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Table (i)— Clinics for mothers and young children
1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 -
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Family planning —Advice on family planning is provided for married women for whom further pregnancy would be detrimental to health.
1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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National welfare foods Average weekly issues
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Day accommodation for children T able (ii)— Day nurseries and child minders
At 31 December 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Nationality of mothers by normal residence
London (Administrative County) Elsewhere Total -
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Table (i)—Staff District midwives employed by
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (ii)— Domiciliary confinements attended
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Doctor present Doctor not present Doctor present Doctor not present Doctor present Doctor not present Doctor present Doctor not present Doctor present Doctor not present -
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Table (iii)
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (iv)
Weight Number Proportion per 100 live premature infants Deaths in 24 hours Survivors at 28 days Number Per 100 live premature infants Number Per 100 live premature infants -
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Table (v)— Inhalation analgesia administered
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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HEALTH VISITING
Home visits 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 -
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Table (i)— Staff (numbers employed at 31 December)*
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (ii)— Types of case nursed and visits paid
Type of case Number of patients nursed Percentage total Average number of visits to each patient Total visits -
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T able (iii)— Types of treatment and location
Visits for At patient's home Elsewhere (e.g., Nurses' Homes) Percentage of total visits -
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T able (iv)— Long-term cases (i.e., those visited more than 24 times during year)
Number Percentage of total patients nursed -
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T able (v)— Age distribution of patients
Age No. of patients Percentage of total -
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T able (vi)— Nursing treatments and case load
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Statistics of the service provided during the last five years are shown in the following table.
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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T able (i)
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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T able (ii)
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (iii)
1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 -
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Table (iv)
Number of persons who have received Two injections A third injection (cumulative total) A fourth injection Cage 5-14 years) In 1961 Since the commencement of the scheme -
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T able (i)— Work performed by the directly provided service and by the agency and supplementary services, including both general and accident section work
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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T able (ii)— General section
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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T able (iii)— Accident section
Year Number of calls received Ambulance not required Average time to incident (in minutes) Average time from incident to hospital (in minutes) -
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T able (iv)— Accident section—Source of calls
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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New cases and attendances
Year New cases Attendances Staff at the end of the year (in terms of whole units) -
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Analysis in age groups of treatment given at clinics
Group 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Recuperative holidays Admissions to recuperative holiday homes
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Venereal disease Treatment of venereal disease at London out-patient clinics
Year New cases Total attendances Syphilis 5. Chancre Gonorrhoea Total venereal cases Total non-venereal cases M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Health education talks —1961 Table (i)— Speakers
Divisions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total -
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Table (ii)— Subjects of talks and attendances
Divisions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances Talks Attendances -
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Table (iii)— Audience groups
Divisions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total -
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Results of the survey are shown in percentages* in the table below:
Age group Medium T. V. or radio Posters Press adverts Leaflets Bookmarks None -
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Periodic general medical inspections
Age groups 1959 1960 1961 No. % No. % No. % -
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Non-routine medical inspections
1959 1960 1961 -
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Pupils found to require treatment at periodic general medical inspections (excluding dental and infestation)
Age groups inspected For defective vision (excluding squint) For other conditions Total individual pupils -
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Percentage of children noted for treatment
Age and sex All defects Vision defects Defects other than vision 1959 1960 1961 1959 1960 1961 1959 1960 1961 -
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Defects found at special medical inspections—1961
Head teacher School health visitor Referred by: Divisional officer (Education) Care committee Parent -
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Attendance of parents and care committee representatives
Age Group Number of pupils inspected Parent present % Care committee representatives present at inspection % -
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Percentage unsatisfactory physical condition
Year of birth Year of examination 1959 1960 1961 -
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School meals and milk The Ministry of Education asked for a return for a typical day of the total number of (i) day school children who had school dinners and (ii) children who had school milk. The day selected for the census was 26 September or the nearest normal school day thereto. The figures are set out below with those for 1960 in brackets.
Type of school Number of children present Number who took school dinners On payment Free Total % -
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The percentages for the several types of school for the corresponding days were:
1960 1961 -
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Of the children medically inspected 0.6 per cent. were noted for treatment of squint, the same as in 1958, 1959 and 1960. The percentage ranged from 1.3 in the entrant group to 0.1 in the leaver group.
Age group Boys 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 fortreatment -
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Cleansing scheme
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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The numbers of cases of infectious diseases reported during 1961 and the preceding years are given below:
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Prophylaxis —The new system of recording medical inspection findings by years of birth permits an analysis of the percentage of school pupils, according to age, who have received prophylaxis, based on the findings at periodic general medical inspections. These figures may be compared with the separate estimates, prepared for the Ministry of Health, given on pages 58 and 59:
Age group Number of pupils inspected % vaccinated against smallpox % immunised against diphtheria % immunised against whooping cough % vaccinated against poliomyelitis -
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Medical treatment of schoolchildren Treatment statistics —The number of sessions, new cases and total attendances at school-children's clinics during 1961 (including sessions held in hospital premises) were as follows:
Type of clinic Sessions New cases Attendances -
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New ascertainments —During 1961 the numbers of new ascertainments of pupils for special educational treatment were as follows:
Day Boarding -
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Special educational provision —At the end of 1961 special educational treatment was being provided for over 12,000 pupils. The following table shows the main categories of handicap and numbers of pupils receiving full-time special education:
Day special schools Boarding special schools Non-council boarding schools, hostels, foster-homes hospitals, etc. Total -
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Section 57 (as amended)—Unsuitable for education at school:
1959 1960 1961 -
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Child guidance units—Details of the work done during 1961 at the child guidance units maintained by the Council follow:
Patients -
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The following table gives statistics of the work done in 1961:
Barrett Street College (Three terms) City of Westminster College (One term) -
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Table (i)—Staff and sessions
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (ii)— School dental service: Attendances and treatments
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (iii)— School dental service: Average number of permanent teeth restored for each permanent tooth extracted
-
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Table (iv)— School dental service: Orthodontic sessions
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (v)— Maternity and child welfare patients: Attendances and treatments
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
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Table (vi)— Breakdown of table (v) separating nursing or expectant mothers from children under five —1961
Total Nursing or expectant mothers Children (under 5) -
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The following statement shows the number of staff employed in the Public Health department at the end of the year (part-time staff are expressed as whole-time equivalents). The principal officers of the department at that date are shown in Appendix F.
Types of staff Location Total Central office Divisional offices and establishments (a) Other establishments (b) -
Page 91
Medical examinations —Numbers of medical examinations of staff for various purposes, with the result of the examination, follow:
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
Page 92
Food handlers —During the year 425 food handlers were referred for investigation because they had been in contact with or had suffered from certain infectious diseases. Bacteriological examination was arranged where appropriate.
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
Page 92
The three cases referred to their doctor had been found to have the following microorganisms:
Condition Organism isolated -
Page 94
Maintenance —The gross cost of the various services in 1960-61—including central administrative and debt charges—and the contributions recovered from recipients of the services were:
Service Cost Amount recovered in contributions £ £ -
Page 111
Statistical summary 1961—health divisions
Health division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total Health division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Total -
Page 131
T able (i) — Sources of referral of all cases
Mentally ill Subnormal and severely subnormal Total With a view to hospital admission Community care No. % No. % No. % No. % -
Page 132
T able (ii) — Initial action and final disposal of mentally ill persons referred to mental welfare officers with a view to removal to hospital
Initial action Final disposal No. % No. % -
Page 133
Table (iii )— Hospital admissions dealt with by mental welfare officers informally or under sees. 25, 26 and 29 of the Mental Health Act, 1959
Initial disposal to hospital Final disposal to hospital Under 65 years Over 65 years Total Under 65 years Over 65 years Total No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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Table (iv)— Disposal of cases suffering or suspected to be suffering from mental illness referred specifically for community care during 1961
No. % -
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Table (v)— Persons receiving community care at 31.12.61
Type of care received Mentally ill Mentally subnormal or severely subnormal Grand total Under 16 years Over 16 years All ages No. % No. % No. % -
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Table (vi)— Mentally subnormal and severely subnormal persons referred during 1961
Disposal of cases No. % -
Page 137
Staff employed by district nursing associations at 31st December, 1961
Wholetime Parttime Total -
Page 139
Work done by district nursing associations in London, 1957-1961
1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 -
Page 142
Children treated by the Metropolitan District Nursing Association in 1961
Children under five years of age Injections Schoolchildren Injections Disease No. only No. only -
Page 149
Onset of stammering related to age.
-
Page 152
Table (i) — Children included in the survey
Total Boys Girls -
Page 153
Table (ii)— Number and type of speech defects reported
Nature of defect All children Boys Girls -
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Table (ii) a — Multiple defects (main defect and associated defects)
Main defect Sex Total cases Number with one other speech defect Number with two other speech defects Associated speech defects Dysphasia Cleft palate Alalia Dysarthria Dyslalia simple Dyslalia multiple Dyslalia general Dysphonia -
Page 154
Table (iii)— Severity of defect
All children Boys Girls No. % No. % No. % -
Page 154
The type of school the children attended is shown in table (iv). Table (iv)— Type of school, etc. attended
All children Boys Girls No. % No. % -
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Table ( v) — Age* at admission according to type of defect and sex
Defect Sex Total cases Approximate age* in years at admission Under 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 N.R. -
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Table (vi) B — Position in family according to type of defect—BOYS (a) Position in family of children with defect. (b) Percentage of (a) to total children in family positions.
Defect No. of children with defect Only children Position in family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 or more Not recorded -
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Table (vi) G — Position in family according to type of defect—GIRLS (a) Position in family. (b) Percentage of (a) to the children in family positions.
Defect No. of child-dren with defect Only children Position in family 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Not recorded -
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Table (vii)— Age* at admission according to severity of selected defects and sex
Defect Degree of severity Sex Approximate age* at admission Total children Under 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 -
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Table (viii) B— Speech defect in other members of the child's family according to child's defect—BOYS
Child's defect Number of children Members offamily with defective speech None Father Mother Brother Sister Twin Father's near relation Mother's near relation More remote -
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Table (viii) G— Speech defect in other members of the child's family according to child's defect—GIRLS
Child's defect Number of children Members of family with defective speech None Father Mother Brother Sister Twin Father's near relation Mother's near relation More remote -
Page 164
Table (i)— Use of Centre
1.3.61 to 31.5.61 1.6.61 to 31.8.61 1.9.61 to 30.11.61 1.12.61 to 28.2.62 Total -
Page 164
Table (ii)— Work in various departments
1.3.61 to 31.5.61 1.6.61 to 31.8.61 1.9.61 to 30.11.61 1.12.61 to 28.2.62 Total -
Page 164
Table (iii)— Pathology
-
Page 165
Table (iv)— Radiology
-
Page 166
The requests by the practitioners, classified according to results in order of frequency, were:
Diagnostic Group % -
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APPENDIX E Statistics of the administrative work carried out by the Metropolitan Borough Councils in 1961.
Borough DWELLINGS CLEARANCE AREAS DWELLING HOUSES AIR POLLUTION CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION LICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISES PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS Erected by Borough Council Erected by other persons Total number in the Borough Unfit houses Other houses Inspections Repaired as a result of informal action Defects remedied after service of formal notice Houses closed in pursuance of owners' undertaking Demolition Orders made Persons displaced Closing Orders made in lieu of Demolition Orders Persons displaced Closing Orders determined Closing Orders revoked and Demolition Orders made Houses demolished as a result of formal or informal procedure Persons displaced Rooms closed Undertakings accepted Water supply provided to tenement houses Complaints Observations Intimation notices served Nuisance notices served Prosecutions Smoke Control Orders confirmed Adults cleansed Children cleansed Premises disinfected Premises disinfested Licensed slaughterhouses Other offensive trades Common and Seamen's Lodging Houses Dairies and milk shops Ice cream premises Establishment Employed at end of year Assistants employed at end of year Demolished Persons displaced Demolished Persons displaced Initial visits on complaint With a view to action under Part II of the Housing Acty 1957 Other reasons Re-inspections Public Health (London) Act, 1936 Housing Act, 1957 Underground rooms Other rooms Underground rooms Other rooms At home At cleansing station Male Female Total Male Female Total By owners By local authority By owners By local authority Made fit for occupation by number of families accommodated Overcrowding abated Number Persons displaced Number Persons displaced Number Persons displaced Number -
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Senior Officers of the Divisions
Divisional Medical Divisional Administrative Divisional Nursing