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Barking 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

Published
1941
Pages
30
Tables
16

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16 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    The following table shows the principal causes of death during 1940:- ( Net Deaths )
    Causes of DeathTotal
  • Page 8
    The following table gives the actual causes of death of the 35 children who died under one year of age : -
    0-1 mth.1-3 mths.3-6 mths.6-9 mths.9-12 mths.Total under 1 year
  • Page 14
    PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING 1940.
  • Page 15
    (1) Inspection of Dwelling Houses.
  • Page 16
    (2) Premises Controlled by Byelaws and Regulations.
    Inspections .ContraventionsNotices . served.
  • Page 16
    (3) Factories. Workshops and Workplaces.
    Inspections .Defects.Notices.
  • Page 16
    (4) Miscellaneous.
    Inspections .Defects.Notices.
  • Page 16
    (b) NOTICES SERVED.
  • Page 17
    (c) FACTORIES ACT, 1937. (1) Inspections (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors) .
    Premises.Inspections.Number of Written Notices.j Prosecutions .
    Intimations.Statutory.
  • Page 17
    (2) Defects Found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 21
    The following table sets out the results of the bacteriological examination of various samples, from which it will be seen that of the total of 37, only two were unsatisfactory.
    Type of sample.Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.Totals.
  • Page 24
    1.Notification. The following table shows the number of notifications of infectious diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during 1940;-
    D I S E A S ETotalTotal cases removed to Hospital.Deaths
  • Page 25
    Waltham Cross Isolation Hospital during the period 1st January 1940 to 10th July, 1940.
    Disease.In Hospital December 31st 1939Admitted during the yearDiedDis chargedIn Hospital July 10th 1940
  • Page 25
    Ilford Isolation Hospital during the period 10th July 1940 to the 31st December 1940:-
    Disease.Admitted from 10th July 1940DiecDischargedIn Hospital December 3lst 1940.
  • Page 26
    (3) PARATYPHOID FEVER. Below I give a table showing the number of cases of Paratyphoid Fever which have occurred in Barking over a period of six years
    YearNo. of cases notified.Admitted to Hospital.
  • Page 26
    (4} TUBERCULOSIS. Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the area during 1940 are given below
    New Cases Notified.Deaths.
    PulmonaryNon Pulmonary.PulmonaryNon Fulmonary
    MFMFMFMF