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

Marylebone 1960

Published: 1961
Pages: 54
Tables: 31

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

Total M. F.
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Payments to the funds of voluntary bodies were, on the recommendation of the Public Health Committee, made by the Council during 1960, as follows :—

Organisation £ s. d. Statutory Authority
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The number of old persons registered in the department is as follows :—
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The Town Clerk has kindly supplied the following information regarding housing accommodation provided by the Council up to 31st December, 1960 :—

Pre-war Estates No. of Dwellings
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The number adulterated or incorrect in some other manner was 72 and the incidence of adulteration may be classified as follows :—

Number of samples examined, Number of samples adulterated,, etc.

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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 15		15 and under 25		25 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.—W eather Statistics. Station : Regent's Park. Height of rain-gauge above mean sea level: 129 feet.

Air Temperature in Degrees Fahrenheit							Rainfall			Weather Number of Days							Sunshine
Means of		Mean of A and B	Highest and Lowest				Total	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*
°F.	°F.	°F.	°F.		°F.		in.	in.									hrs.	hrs.	%

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Table 4.—Summary of Road Accidents.

Month Number of Accidents Fatal Injuries—
Serious Slight
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TABLE 5.—New Legislation.

Legislation Operative Date
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TABLE 6.— Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
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TABLE 7.—Nuisances Remedied.

Nuisance Abated or Defect Remedied Number
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TABLE 8.—R ENT A CT, 1957.
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TABLE 9.—Legal Proceedings: Public Health (London) Act, 1936.

Non-compliance with Nuisance Notice regarding Result Fine Costs
£ £ s. d.
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TABLE 10.—Legal Proceedings: Food Hygiene.

Date of Hearing Offence Result
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TABLE 11.—Chemical Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone— Average Results. Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated) Supply derived from River Thames
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TABLE 12.—Bacteriological Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone— Average Results. Supply derived from River Thames A fter T reatment

Agar plate count per ml. Coliform count E. coli count
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TABLE 13.—Rodent Control.
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TABLE 14.—Air Pollution. R eadings from D eposit G auges and O ther A pparatus for M easuring A ir P ollution

Site Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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TABLE 17.—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.

Premises Registered Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted

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TABLE 18.—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 19.—Summary of Outwork.

Description of Work Outworkers Employed
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TABLE 20.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers of Part II Poisons.

Type of Business Total Licensed
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TABLE 21.—Milk (Special Designations) Regulations: Summary of Licences Issued.

Type of Licence, and Designation Number Issued
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TABLE 22.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Cream.

Type of Business Preserving Food Ice Cream
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TABLE 23.—Summary of Food Premises.

Type of Business Totals
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TABLE 24. — Unsound Food Voluntarily Surrendered.

Description Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs.

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TABLE 25.—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 26.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Deaths.

At ages— years *new cases †DEATHS
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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TABLE 27.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. Total M. F. Total Total
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TABLE 28.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.

Nature of Specimen and Examination Positive Negative Total

At ages— years	*new cases				†DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

Payments to the funds of voluntary bodies were, on the recommendation of the Public Health Committee, made by the Council during 1960, as follows :—

The number of old persons registered in the department is as follows :—

The Town Clerk has kindly supplied the following information regarding housing accommodation provided by the Council up to 31st December, 1960 :—

The number adulterated or incorrect in some other manner was 72 and 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.—W eather Statistics. Station : Regent's Park. Height of rain-gauge above mean sea level: 129 feet.

Table 4.—Summary of Road Accidents.

TABLE 5.—New Legislation.

TABLE 6.— Dwelling-Houses : Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.

TABLE 7.—Nuisances Remedied.

TABLE 8.—R ENT A CT, 1957.

TABLE 9.—Legal Proceedings: Public Health (London) Act, 1936.

TABLE 10.—Legal Proceedings: Food Hygiene.

TABLE 11.—Chemical Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone— Average Results. Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated) Supply derived from River Thames

TABLE 12.—Bacteriological Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone— Average Results. Supply derived from River Thames A fter T reatment

TABLE 13.—Rodent Control.

TABLE 14.—Air Pollution. R eadings from D eposit G auges and O ther A pparatus for M easuring A ir P ollution

TABLE 17.—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.

TABLE 18.—Factories: Defects Found.

TABLE 19.—Summary of Outwork.

TABLE 20.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers of Part II Poisons.

TABLE 21.—Milk (Special Designations) Regulations: Summary of Licences Issued.

TABLE 22.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Cream.

TABLE 23.—Summary of Food Premises.

TABLE 24. — Unsound Food Voluntarily Surrendered.

TABLE 25.—Notifiable Diseases and Notifications.

TABLE 26.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Deaths.

TABLE 27.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.

TABLE 28.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.