[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]

Marylebone 1958

Published: 1959
Pages: 48
Tables: 28

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

Total M. F.
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Marriages. The following table shows the number of marriages in St. Marylebone each year since the 1st January, 1948:—

Year No. of Marriages Year No. of Marriages
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Financial Contributions to Voluntary Organisations. Payments to the funds of voluntary bodies were, on the recommendation of the Public Health Committee, made by the Council during 1958, as follows:—

Organisation £ s. d. Statutory Authority
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SECTION D.—HOUSING Permanent Estates. The Town Clerk has kindly supplied the following information regarding housing accommodation provided by the Council up to 31st December:—

No. of Flats
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The number adulterated or incorrect in some other manner was 56. The incidence of adulteration may be classified as follows:—

Number of samples examined Number of samples adulterated

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TABLE 1.—Deaths—According to Age-Group and Sex.

Code No.	CAUSE OF DEATH	Net Deaths at the Sub-joined Ages of Residents (Male and Female) whether occurring within or without the borough
		All Ages		Under 1 year		1 and under 5		5 and under 15		15 and under 45		45 and under 65		65 and upwards
		M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 2. — Infant Mortality—According to Age-Group and Sex.

CAUSE OF DEATH	Under 1 week		1 and under 2 weeks		2 and under 4 weeks		1 and under 3 months		3 and under 6 months		6 and under 9 months		9 and under 12 months		Total
CAUSE OF DEATH	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 3.-Weather Statistics, Year 1958. Station: Regent's Park. Height of rain-gauge above mean sea level: 129 feet.

1958	Air Temperature in Degrees Fahrenheit							Rainfall			Weather Number of Days							Sunshine
	Means of		Mean of A and B	Highest and Lowest				Most in a day			Rain _	Snow or Sleet	Thunder heard	Fog (9h. G.M.T.)	Air Frost	Ground Frost	Gale, force 8 or more	Total	Daily Mean	Per cent. of Average*
	A Max.	B Min.	Mean of A and B	Highest Max.	Date	Lowest Min.	Date	Total	Amt.	Date	Rain _	Snow or Sleet	Thunder heard	Fog (9h. G.M.T.)	Air Frost	Ground Frost	Gale, force 8 or more	Total	Daily Mean	Per cent. of Average*

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TABLE 4.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
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TABLE 5.—Nuisances Remedied.

Nuisance Abated or Defect Remedied Number
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TABLE 6.—Rent Act, 1957.
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TABLE 7.—Air Pollution. Readings from Deposit Gauges and Other Apparatus for Measuring Air Pollution

Site Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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TABLE 8. — Air Pollution. Annual Daily Average of Mean Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide.

Site 1958 1957 1956 1955‡
Smoke mg./100m3 SO2 p.p. 100m. Smoke mg./100m3 SO2 p.p. 100m. Smoke mg./100m3 SO2 p.p. 100m. Smoke mg./100m3 SO2p.p. 100m.

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TABLE 9.—Air Pollution. Annual Monthly Average of Deposited Matter and Sulphur Trioxide.

Site	1958		1957		1956		1955‡
Site	Tons per sq. mile	Mg. per 100 sq cm. PbO2	Tons per sq. mile	Mg. per 100 sq. cm. Pb02	Tons per sq. mile	Mg. per 100 sq. cm. Pb02	Tons per sq. mile	Mg. per 100 sq. cm. Pb02

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TABLE 10.—Rodent Control.
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TABLE 11.—Factories: Inspections for Purposfes of Provisions as to Health.

Premises Registered Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted

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TABLE 12.—Factories : Defects Found.

Particulars	Defects
	Found	Remedied	Referred		In respect of which prosecutions were instituted
			To H.M. Inspector of Factories	By H.M. Inspector of Factories

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TABLE 13.—Summary of Outwork.

Description of Work Outworkers Employed
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TABLE 14.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers of Part II Poisons.

Type of Business Total Licensed
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TABLE 15.—Milk (Special Designation) Regulations: Summary of Licences Issued.

Type of Licence, and Designation Number Issued
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TABLE 16.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Creav:.

Type of Business Preserving Food Ice Cream
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TABLE 17.—Summary of Food Premises.

Type of Business Totals

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TABLE 18.—Notifiable Diseases and Notifications.

*Notifiable Disease	Cases notified in whole Borough													Cases removed to hospital	Cases isolated at home
	At all ages	At ages—years
	At all ages	-1	1—	2—	3-	4-	5—	10—	15—	20—	35—	45-	65—

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TABLE 19.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths.

At agesyears *NEW CASES DEATHS
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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TABLE 20.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. Total M. F. Total Total
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TABLE 21.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.

Nature of Specimen and Examination Positive Negative Total
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TABLE 22.—New Legislation.

Title Operative Date
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SUMMARY OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS SERVING THE BOROUGH

At agesyears	*NEW CASES					DEATHS
At agesyears	Pulmonary			Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.		F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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28 tables in this report

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

Marriages. The following table shows the number of marriages in St. Marylebone each year since the 1st January, 1948:—

Financial Contributions to Voluntary Organisations. Payments to the funds of voluntary bodies were, on the recommendation of the Public Health Committee, made by the Council during 1958, as follows:—

SECTION D.—HOUSING Permanent Estates. The Town Clerk has kindly supplied the following information regarding housing accommodation provided by the Council up to 31st December:—

The number adulterated or incorrect in some other manner was 56. The incidence of adulteration may be classified as follows:—

TABLE 1.—Deaths—According to Age-Group and Sex.

TABLE 2. — Infant Mortality—According to Age-Group and Sex.

TABLE 3.-Weather Statistics, Year 1958. Station: Regent's Park. Height of rain-gauge above mean sea level: 129 feet.

TABLE 4.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.

TABLE 5.—Nuisances Remedied.

TABLE 6.—Rent Act, 1957.

TABLE 7.—Air Pollution. Readings from Deposit Gauges and Other Apparatus for Measuring Air Pollution

TABLE 8. — Air Pollution. Annual Daily Average of Mean Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide.

TABLE 9.—Air Pollution. Annual Monthly Average of Deposited Matter and Sulphur Trioxide.

TABLE 10.—Rodent Control.

TABLE 11.—Factories: Inspections for Purposfes of Provisions as to Health.

TABLE 12.—Factories : Defects Found.

TABLE 13.—Summary of Outwork.

TABLE 14.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers of Part II Poisons.

TABLE 15.—Milk (Special Designation) Regulations: Summary of Licences Issued.

TABLE 16.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Creav:.

TABLE 17.—Summary of Food Premises.

TABLE 18.—Notifiable Diseases and Notifications.

TABLE 19.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths.

TABLE 20.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.

TABLE 21.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.

TABLE 22.—New Legislation.

SUMMARY OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS SERVING THE BOROUGH