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

Marylebone 1964

Published: 1965
Pages: 56
Tables: 34

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Population—1961 Census:—

Age Groups M. F. Total Percentage of Population
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

Total M. F.
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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 1964, as follows:—

Organisation ₤ s. d. Statutory Authority
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Care of Old People. The number of old persons of whom the Department have particulars is as follows:—
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Noise. Seventy-nine complaints of noise were received and these concerned 53 alleged nuisances anc necessitated 440 visits by the public health inspectors. A substantial proportion of the complaint; were of noise coming from building sites, demolitions, and engineering works and operations, whicl may be summarised as follows:—
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The remainder of the supposed causes were as follows, namely:—
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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, 1964:—

Pre-War Estates No. of Dwellings
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The properties which have been purchased in pursuance of this policy, and now managed by the Council, comprise nearly 900 dwellings and are as follows:—
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The number adulterated or about which some comment was made was 54 or 22 per cent. The incidence of these criticisms may be classified as follows:—

Number of samples examined Number of samples adulterated, etc.

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

Air Temperature							Rainfall			Weather Number of Days							Bright 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*
°C.	°C.	°C.	°C.		°c.		in.	in.									hrs.	hrs.	%

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TABLE 4.—Summary of Road Accidents Involving Personal Injury.

Month Number of Accidents Casualties
Fatal Serious Slight Total
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TABLE 5.—Dwelling-Houses: Summary of Inspections, Conditions Found and Action Taken.
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TABLE 6.— Nuisances Remedied.

Nuisance Abated or Defect Remedied Number
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TABLE 7.—Chemical Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone—Average Results. Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated)

Analysis data Source of Supply
Hampton Ashford Common

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TABLE 8.— Bacteriological Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone-Average Results after Treatment.

Source of supply	Number of samples	Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count	E. coli count
Source of supply	Number of samples	20-24 hours at 37°C.	3 days at 22°C.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.

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TABLE 9.—Rodent Control.

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TABLE 10.—Offices, Shops and Railway Premises—Registration and General Inspections*.

Class of Premises	Number of Premises Registered During the Year	Number of Registered Premises at End of Year	Number of Registered Premises Receiving a General Inspection During the Year†

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TABLE 11.—Analysis of Recorded Particulars of Persons Employed in Registered Premises by Workplace.

Class of Workplace No. of Persons Employed
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TABLE 12.—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.

Premises Registered Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted

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TABLE 13.—Factories: Defects.

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

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TABLE 14.—Summary of Outwork.

Description of Work Outworkers Employed
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TABLE 15.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers of Part II Poisons.

Type of Business Total Licensed
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TABLE 16.—Public Conveniences.

Convenience Urinals W.C's (free) Wash basins (free) Additional Information
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TABLE 17.—Unsound Food Voluntarily Surrendered.

Description Tons Cwts. Qtrs. Lbs.
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TABLE 18.—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 19.—Summary of Food Premises.

Type of Business Totals

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TABLE 20.—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 21.—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 22.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total
M. F. Total M. F. Total
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TABLE 23.—Diseased or Infirm Persons Removed to Hospital, etc.,Under Court Orders.

Persons Age Removed to Remarks

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TABLE 24.—Food Poisoning—Family and Other Outbreaks.

Causative Agent	Family Outbreaks			Other Outbreaks			Total number of cases
	Number	Number of cases		Number	Number of cases
	Number	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Number	Notified	Otherwise ascertained

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TABLE 25.—Food Poisoning—Single Cases.

Causative Agent Number of cases
Notified Otherwise ascertained Total
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TABLE 26.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.

Nature of Specimen and Examination Positive Negative Total
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TABLE 27.—New Legislation.

Legislation Operative Date

At ages— years	*NEW CASES				DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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Population—1961 Census:—

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS

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 1964, as follows:—

Care of Old People. The number of old persons of whom the Department have particulars is as follows:—

The remainder of the supposed causes were as follows, namely:—

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, 1964:—

The properties which have been purchased in pursuance of this policy, and now managed by the Council, comprise nearly 900 dwellings and are as follows:—

The number adulterated or about which some comment was made was 54 or 22 per cent. The incidence of these criticisms may be classified as follows:—

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

TABLE 4.—Summary of Road Accidents Involving Personal Injury.

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

TABLE 6.— Nuisances Remedied.

TABLE 7.—Chemical Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone—Average Results. Milligrammes per Litre (unless otherwise stated)

TABLE 8.— Bacteriological Examination of Water supplied to St. Marylebone-Average Results after Treatment.

TABLE 9.—Rodent Control.

TABLE 10.—Offices, Shops and Railway Premises—Registration and General Inspections*.

TABLE 11.—Analysis of Recorded Particulars of Persons Employed in Registered Premises by Workplace.

TABLE 12.—Factories: Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health.

TABLE 13.—Factories: Defects.

TABLE 14.—Summary of Outwork.

TABLE 15.—Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1852-1941: Summary of Sellers of Part II Poisons.

TABLE 16.—Public Conveniences.

TABLE 17.—Unsound Food Voluntarily Surrendered.

TABLE 18.—Summary of Premises Registered for Preserving Food or for the Manufacture, Storage or Sale of Ice-Cream.

TABLE 19.—Summary of Food Premises.

TABLE 20.—Notifiable Diseases and Notifications.

TABLE 21.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Deaths.

TABLE 22.—Tuberculosis: Summary of Register.

TABLE 23.—Diseased or Infirm Persons Removed to Hospital, etc.,Under Court Orders.

TABLE 24.—Food Poisoning—Family and Other Outbreaks.

TABLE 25.—Food Poisoning—Single Cases.

TABLE 26.—Summary of Work of the Bacteriological Laboratory.

TABLE 27.—New Legislation.