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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Year | Mid.year estimate of population by the Registrar General, by age groups | Average age (years) | ||||||
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Total | 0-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ |
Year | Live births | Stillbirths | ||
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No. | Rate per 1,000 population | No. | Rate per 1,000 total births (live and still) |
Year | Illegitimate live births | Illegitimate live births as a percentage of total live births | Ratio London, England and Wales | |
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London A.C. | England and Wales |
Age of mother (a) (years) | 1961 | London (A.C.) 1962 | 1963 | England and Wales 1962 % | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
British (U.K.) | Eire | European | West Indian | Other | Total |
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Deaths | Rate per 1,000 population |
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Age and sex | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Year | Age | |||||
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25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | ||||
No. | Rate | No. | Rate | No. | Rate |
Age at death | Rates per 1,000 live births | |||||||
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Under 1 day | 1 to 6 days | 1 to 3 wks. | 1 to 11 mnths | Total under 1 yr. | Early neonatal | Neonatal | Total infant mortality |
Cause of death | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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(Rates per 1,000 live births) Neo.natal mortality England | Infant mortality England |
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Weight | Number | Proportion per 100 live premature infants | Died within 24 hours | Survived 28 days | ||
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Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants |
Year | London | England and Wales | Year | London | England and Wales |
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Code No.* | Cause | Male | Female | ||
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Number | Per cent. | Number | Per cent. |
Year | Live births and stillbirths | Deaths in pregnancy or childbirth excluding abortion | Postabortion deaths | Total maternal deaths | |
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No. | Rate per 1,000 total births |
Winter | ' Smoke' | ' Sulphur dioxide' | Ratio smoke/S02 |
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Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1963 | Live birth rate | Death rate Cat! causes) | Infant mortality (per 1,000 live births) | Death rates | Notifications of infectious disease | |||||||||||||||||
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Cancer | Vascular lesions of C.N.S. | Heart disease | Other circulatory | Pneumonia | Other respiratory (excluding tuberculosis] | Violence | Dysentery | Food poisoning | Measles | Pneumonia | Poliomyelitis | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | Tuberculosis | |||||||||
Crude | Adjusted | Crude | Adjusted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paralytic | Nonparalytic | Pulmonary | Non. pulmonary |
Year | Annual rate per 1,000 living | Annual mortality per 1,000 living | Annual mortality— | |||||||||||||||||
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Live births | Deaths (all causes) | Infant (per 1,000 live births) | Maternal (per 1,000 total births) | |||||||||||||||||
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 |
Cause | Sex | 0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ | Total | |
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1963 | 1962 |
Cause | Sex | 0. | 1. | 5. | 15. | 25. | 45. | 65. | 75+ | Total | |
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1963 | 1962 |
Month | Temperature Difference from | Rainfall Difference from | Sunshine Difference from | |||
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Mean (a) °F | Average (b) °F | Total ins. | Average (b) ins. | Total hrs. | Average (c) hrs. |
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Four-weekly periods 1963 | Dysentery | Measles | Meningococcal infection | Pneumonia | Scarlet fever | Whooping cough | |||||||||||||||||||
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Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||
75+ | 15+ |
Year | Pulmonary tuberculosis | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | ||||||
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Notifications | Deaths | 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 | Age | ||||||||||
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0-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 and over | All ages | |||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Year | Age | |||||||||
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0-4 | 5-14 | 15-44 | 45 and over | All ages | ||||||
M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
Form of tuberculosis notified | Sex | Number of notifications of new cases of tuberculosis | Total (all ages) | |||||||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 25- | 35- | 45- | 55- | 65- | 75+ |
Form of tuberculosis | Sex | Age at death | Total all ages | |||||||
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0- | 1- | 5- | 15- | 25- | 45- | 65- | 75+ |
Establishment | Notified case | Children | Adults | ||||
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Tuberculin tested | Positive reactors | X-rayed | Abnormal | X-rayed | Abnormal |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Metropolitan Boroughs | Estimated home population mid 1963 | New notifications | New notifications per 1,000 population | 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 31.12.63 | Cases on register per 1,000 population | ||||||
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Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total deaths | Pulmonary | Tuberculosis of Meninges and C.N.S. | Other non-pulmonary tuberculosis | Total | Total | Percentage of pulmonary cases positive* during 1963 |
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 | ||
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Consents included in (2) | No. | Per cent. of( 1) | No. | Per cent. | |||||
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Designation | Samples examined | T.B. bacillus isolated | T.B. bacillus NOT isolated | Passed phosphatase test |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Age | Principal cause of defective vision* | Total | ||
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Cataract | Glaucoma | Other conditions |
No. of patients examined | Treatment recommended | |||||||
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None | Medical | Surgical | Optical | Hospital supervision | ||||
Early | Later | if general condition permits |
Principal cause of defective vision | Total | |||
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Cataract | Glaucoma | Other conditions |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Number of beds in homes | Number of homes | Number of beds provided | |||
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Maternity* | Others† | Mentally disordered | Total |
Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Premises | Work involved |
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Health Division | Property | Interest obtained |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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At 31 December | |||||
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | ||||||
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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 |
Age | Total confinements | Parity | |||||||
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 and over | Not known |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Weight | Number | Proportion per 100 live premature infants | Deaths in 24 hours | Survivors at 28 days | ||
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Number | Per 100 live premature infants | Number | Per 100 live premature infants |
Home visits | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Type of case | Number of new cases undertaken | % |
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Visits for | At patients'home | Elsewhere (e.g., Nurses' Homes) | Total visits | % |
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Number | Percentage of total patients nursed |
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Age | % |
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1959 | I960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Salk | Sabin | |||
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1963 | Since commencement of scheme | 1963 | Since commencement of scheme |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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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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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Year | New cases Attendances | Staff at the end of the year (in terms of whole units) |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Year | New cases | Total attendances | ||||||||||
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Syphilis | 5. Chancre | Gonorrhoea | Total venereal cases | Total non-venereal cases |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Divisions | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
Divisions | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
Divisions | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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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Initial action | Final disposal | |||||||
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No. | % | No. | % |
Initial disposal to hospital | Final disposal to hospital | |||||||||||
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Under 65 years | 65 years and over | Total | Un 65 | der ears | 65 and | ears over | To | tal | ||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
1962 | 1963 | |||||
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Hospital care: | No. | % | No. | % |
Type of care received | Mentally m | Mentally subnormal or severely subnormal | Grand total | |||||
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Under 16 years | Over 16 years | All ages | ||||||
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Age groups | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % |
Nature of inspection | Number inspected |
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Age groups inspected |
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Age and sex | All defects | Vision defects | Defects other than vision | ||||||
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1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Age group | Number of pupils inspected | Parent present % | Care committee representatives present at inspection % |
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Physical condition | Nutrition defect noted for | |||
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Satisfactory % | Unsatisfactory % | Treatment % | Observation % |
Percentage unsatisfactory physical condition | ||||
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Year of birth | Year of examination | |||
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
Type of school | Number of children present | On payment | Number who took school dinners | % | |
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Free | Total |
1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Age group | Boys | |||||||
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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 for treatment |
Girls | ||||||||
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Type of clinic | Sessions | New cases | Attendances |
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Day | Boarding |
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Day special schools | Council boarding special schools | L.C.C. pupils in nonCouncil boarding schools, hostels and foster homes | Council's hospital schools and groups | ||||||||
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London County Council pupils | Out. county pupils | Total | London County Council pupils | Out. county pupils | Total | London County Council pupils | Outcounty pupils | Total | Special classes, etc. |
1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Patients |
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Barrett Street College | City of Westminster College | Brixton College |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Total | Nursing or expectant mothers | Children (under 5) |
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Types of staff | Location | Total | ||
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Central office | Divisional offices and establishments (a) | Other establishments (b) |
1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 |
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Condition | Organism isolated |
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£ |
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Service | Cost | Amount recovered in contributions |
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£ | £ |
Health visitor students | Other students (medical, nursing, teaching and social science) |
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Health division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | Health division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total |
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Borough | DWELLINGS | CLEARANCE AREAS Housing Act, 1957, Part III | DWELLING HOUSES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Erected by Borough Council | Erected by other persons | Total number in the Borough | Unfit houses | Other houses | Houses excluded from Clearance Orders (no longer unfit for human habitation—Section 24) | Inspections | Repaired as a result of informal action | Defects remedied after service of formal notice | Houses closed in pursuance of owners' undertaking | Persons displaced | 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 | ||||||||||||||
Demolished | Persons displaced | Demolished | Persons displaced | Initial visits on complaint | With a view to action under Part II of the Housing Act, 1957 | Other reasons | Re-inspections | Public Health (London) Act, 1936 | Housing Act, 1957 | Underground rooms | Underground rooms | Underground rooms | Other rooms | |||||||||||||||||||||
By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number |
Borough | DWELLING HOUSES | Water supply to tenement houses P H (London) Act 1936 | Control of movable Dwellings (L.C.C. (General Powers) Act, 1959, sec. 22) | AIR POLLUTION | CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION | LICENSED OR REGISTERED PREMISES | PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Housing Act 1961—Houses in multiple occupation | Overcrowding abated Section 90, Housing Act 1957 | Houses provided with supply | Prosecutions | Convictions | Site licences at beginning of year | Site licences issued during year | 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 | Pupil assistants employed at end of year | Technical assistants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closing Orders substituted for Demolition Orders | Management Orders made | Neglect of proper standards of management made good | Additional services or facilities provided | Houses provided with means of escape from fire | Directions made to reduce or remedy overcrowding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | By owners | By local authority | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | At home | At cleansing station | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of houses | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number of houses | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced | Number | Persons displaced |