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Acton 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

Published
1936
Pages
96
Tables
68

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  • Page 8
    The following local acts, special local orders gaved adoptive acts and byelaws relating to Public Health are in force in the district.
    Adopted
  • Page 9
    Table I.
    Where a house consists of:—The permitted number of persons is:-
  • Page 9
    Table 2.
  • Page 10
    Continued from previous page...
    Size of Letting.Number.Overcrowded.
    Possibly.Definitely.
  • Page 15
    UNSOUND FOOD SURRENDERED DURING 1935.
    Cattle. CarcasesHeadsPlucksOrgansParts of Carcase
  • Page 17
    NUMBER OF PIGS CARCASES INSPECTED FROM 1 st JANUARY TO 31 ST DECEMBER. 1935 WITH ANALYSIS OF SURRENDERS ON ACCOUNT OF DISEASE.
    1935No. of Carcases Inspected.No. of Heads Diseased.No. of Carcases Diseased.No. of sides Diseased.No. of Fore Quarters Diseased.No. of Hind Quarters Diseased.No. of Legs Diseased.No. of Shoulders Diseased.Plucks (Lungs, Livers and Hearts).Mesenteries, Stomachs and IntestinesPieces of Pork.
  • Page 18
    There are 119 persons or firms retailing milk in the district under the following categories:-
    Dairymen.Purveyors of Milk
  • Page 21
    The following Table gives the births and population in the ilifferent Wards at intervals of 10 years.
    North-EastNorth-WestSouth-EastSouth-West
    PopulationBirthPopulationBirthsPopulationBirthsPopulationBirths
  • Page 22
    The following table gives the population and the proportion of persons living in the different age-groups at the last four Censuses.
    Age in years.1931192119111901
    TotalPercentage.TotalPercentage.TotalPercentage.TotalPert-en tage.
  • Page 29
    The following is a statement of the particulars appearing in the Register of cases of Tuberculosis on 31st December, 1935:-
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
  • Page 30
    Continued from previous page...
    Age PeriodsNew Cases.Deaths.
    Respiratory.Non- RespiratoryRespiratory.Non- Respiratory
  • Page 31
    The following table gives a list of the cases admitted, together with the diseases from which the patients suffered.
    Acton.Wembley.Other districtsTotal.
  • Page 31
    BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
    (a) For DiphtheriaPositive.Negative.
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    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 36
    Deaths of Infants and Children under 5 years of age.
    YearDeaths.Births.
    Under 1.1—22—5
  • Page 37
    Continued from previous page.
  • Page 39
    FOSTER CHILDREN.
    No. as at list. Dec. 1934.Notice of Reception of Children during 1935.NOTICE OF REMOVAL TO:Children AdoptedDied.Children reached age of 0No. as at 31st. Doc. 1935.
    Parents.Another area with Foster Parent.Another Foster MotherPublic Institutution or Home.Other causes.
  • Page 39
    FOSTER MOTHERS.
    No. as at 3lBt Dec., 1934Application for Registration during 1934.Removed to another Area with child.No longer a Foster Mother.No. as at 31st. Doc., 1935
  • Page 40
    TABLE 1 ' BIRTH-RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1935. The Mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population. but for London and the towns to civilians only.
    Rate per 1,000 Total Population.ANNUAL DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 Population.rate per 1,000 Live Births
    Live Births.Stillbirths.All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years).Total Deaths under one year.
  • Page 40
    The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows
    'Pucrpcral Sepsis.Others.Total.
  • Page 41
    TABLE II VITAL STATESTICS FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1935 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
    YearPopulation estimated to Middle of each Year.Birth*Total Deaths Registered in the DistrictTransferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the District
    NettUnder 1 year of AgeAt all Ages
    NumberRateNumberRateof Non-Resideats Registered in the Districtof Residents Registered outside Dist.NumberRate per 1,000 BirthsNumberRate per 1,000 inhabitants
  • Page 42
    TABLE III. AGES AT DEATH, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS IN 1935.
    Causes of Death.Age in Years.WARD DISTRIBUTION
    All agesUnder 1 year1 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and upwardsNorth East.North West.South East.South West.
  • Page 43
    TABLE IV. INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1935
    Causes of Death.Ages.WARDS.
    TotalUnder 1 week1—2 weeks2—3 weeks3—I weeks1—3 months3—6 1 months6—9 | months.9—12 monthsNorth EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth West
  • Page 44
    TABLE V. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1935.
    Notifiable Disease.Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years.Ward Distribution.
    At all Apesunder 1l to 55 to 1515 to 2525 to 4545 to 65Over 05North EastNorth WestSouth EastSouth West
  • Page 45
    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    Cases.Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated.
    At home.In hospital.
  • Page 46
    TABLE 6.
    TotalNotified.
  • Page 46
    TABLE 7. BIRTHS.
    MaleFemale.Total.
  • Page 46
    Table 8. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 1935.
  • Page 47
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 47
    TABLE 9 . ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.
  • Page 47
    TABLE 10. INQUESTS.
  • Page 47
    Coroxer's Certificate after Tost Mortem without ax Inquest—28.
  • Page 48
    2.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
  • Page 48
    2.— Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:—
    Particulars.FoundRemedied
    (1)(2)(3)
  • Page 52
    PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT WITH accommodation.
    Name of School.Dept.Accommodation.Avge. monthly -No. on RegistersAverage attendance
  • Page 53
    AVERAGE HEIGHT without shoes AND AVERAGE WEIGHT without clothes. ANTHROPOMETRIC Committee, 1929.
    Age last birthday.MALES.FEMALES.
    Height in ins.Weight in lbs.Height in ins.Weight in lbs.
  • Page 53
    TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES
    LEAVERS (BOYS)Years of Age.
    No. Examined.12—1313—1414—15
    No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.
  • Page 54
    TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.
    INTERMEDIATES (BOYS)No. ExaminedYears of Age.
    7—88—99—10
    No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height in*.Weightt lbs.
  • Page 54
    TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES
    INTERMEDIATES (GIRLS)No. ExaminedYears of Age.
    7—88—99—10
    No-.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.
  • Page 55
    TABLE SHOWING HEIGHT AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES.
    ENTRANTS (BOYS)No. ExaminedYears of Age
    3—44—55—66-7
    No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height ins.Weight lbs.No.Height No.Weight. lbs.
  • Page 72
    The figures for the elementary schools are given in the Tables at the end of the Report, but below will be found a summary of the work carried out for the Technical and Secondary Schools and for the Welfare Clinics.
    Schools.T V elf are cases
  • Page 73
    Comparing 1934 with in only two infants departments has the level dropped and that very slightly, while in all the others the percentage rate is higher.
    School.193319341935
  • Page 73
    The results are set out in the following Table:—
    Y ears of Age.Total.
    4567891011121314
  • Page 75
    Immunisation Figures—Jan . to Dec. 1935.
  • Page 77
    TABLE SHOWING THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN ATTENDING ACTON SCHOOLS EMPLOYED IN THE VARIOUS REGISTERED OCCUPATIONS ON 31 st DECEMBER, 1935.
    SCHOOL.Delivering Newspapers.Delivering milk.Delivering goods or parcels.Totals.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
  • Page 78
    TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OK ALL CHILDREN EMPLOYED DURING THE PERIOD 1st JANUARY, 1935 to 31st DECEMBER, 1936.
    SCHOOL.BOYS.GIRLS.
    Acton WellsJohn PerrynCentralCountySouthfieldPrioryRoman CatholicOthersTotalsBeaumont Park |Acton WellsTotals
  • Page 82
    The following Table gives the number of home visits paid by the Nurses during the year. The visits have been divided into school distribution.
  • Page 82
    MOTHERCRAFT CLASSES. The following table shows the number of classes sent from each school to the Day Nursery.
  • Page 83
    RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. TABLE I A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
  • Page 84
    TABLE II. A.— Return or Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1935.
    Defect ok Disease.Routine. Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
    Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatmerit.
  • Page 85
    Defect ok Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
    Requiring TreatmentRequiring to be. kept under observation, but not requiring TreatmentRequiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but | not requiring Treat ment.
  • Page 86
    B.— Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the year in the routine age groups.
    Age-groupsNumber of Children InspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly submornal)D (Bad)
    No.%No.%No.%No.%
  • Page 86
    TABLE III Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. BLIND CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 87
    PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the partially Sighted.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 87
    DEAF CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 87
    PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At CertifiedSchools for the Partially Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 87
    MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children.
    At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 88
    EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children suffering from savere Epilepsy.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 88
    1.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS, (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands)
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 88
    H.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 89
    B. DELICATE CHILDREN. (ie) Whose general health renders it desirable that they should lx specially selected for admission to an Open Air School.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 89
    C. CRIPPLED CHILDREN. (ie) (Other than those diagnosed as tuberculous and in need of treatment for that disease) who are suffering from a degree of crippling •ufficiently severe to interfere materially with a child's normal mode of life.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 89
    D. CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE. (ie) Children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 90
    CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.
    Combination of Defect.At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total
  • Page 90
    Treatment Table. Group I—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 91
    Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
    Defect ok Disease. (1)No. of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (2)Otherwise (3)Total. (4)
  • Page 91
    Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number or Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or HospitalBy Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's SchemeTotal
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 92
    Group IV.- Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
    (1) Under the Authority's Scheme.(2) Otherwise.
    Residential Treatment with Education. (i)Residential Treatment without Education. (ii)Non-Residential Treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic. (iii)Residential Treatment with Education. (i)Residential Treatment without Education. (ii)NonResidential Treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic. (iii)Total No. Troatod.