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Barking 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]

Published
1958
Pages
94
Tables
43

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43 tables in this report

  • Page 17
    INFANTILE MORTALITY—1957
    Cause of DeathAge at Death
    0-1 mth.1-3 mths.3-6 mths.6-9 mths.9-12 mths.Total under 1 year
  • Page 17
    NEO-NATAL MORTALITY—1957
    Cause of DeathAge at Death
    Under 1 wk.1-2 wks.2-3 wks.3-4 wks.Total
  • Page 25
    INFANT WELFARE
    19561957
  • Page 26
    The following table shows the welfare foods distributed during 1956 and 1957:—
    19561957
  • Page 26
    DAY NURSERIES The table below shows the attendances at Gale Street Day Nursery during 1957:—
    No. on RegisterAverage daily attendances
  • Page 27
    HEALTH VISITING The following statistics relate to the work of health visitors:—
    HEALTH VISITING19561957
  • Page 28
    DIPHTHERIA
    Family doctorsClinicsTotal
  • Page 31
    The following table shows the number of hours of service given during the past eight years, together with a detailed analysis of how the hours of service were deployed in 1957:—
    YearNumber of Helps EmployedNumber of Cases HelpedTotal Hours Worked
  • Page 33
    CASES TREATED AT MINOR AILMENT CENTRES
  • Page 34
    DENTURES AND APPLIANCES CONSTRUCTED FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AT THE DENTAL LABORATORY IN 1957
    Description of Denture or ApplianceBarkingOther County Districts
  • Page 35
    Cases dealt with were as follows:—
  • Page 38
    Open Air Section. The children in this section at the end of the year were suffering from the following conditions:—
    BarkingOther Districts
  • Page 38
    During the year forty-five Barking children attended other special schools or received home tuition as follows:—
    CategoryDayResidentialHome Tuition
  • Page 39
    SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1957
    Total (All Schools)
  • Page 40
    SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1957-cont.
    Total (All Schools)
  • Page 52
    VITAL STATISTICS, ETC., FOR BARKING DURING THE PERIOD 1907 TO 1957
  • Page 53
    VITAL STATISTICS, ETC., FOR BARKING DURING THE PERIOD 1907 TO 1957 continued
  • Page 54
    Section A—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Table No. 1 Summary
  • Page 54
    Table No. 2 Analysis of Inspection Work performed by the District Public Hedi-Inspectors
  • Page 55
    Table No. 3 Premises at which improvements were effected.
  • Page 55
    Table No. 4 Dejects found and dealt with under the Public Health Act, 1936, and The Housing Acts, 1936/1957.
  • Page 56
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 58
    The released dwellings were:—
  • Page 59
    Unfit Properties During the year under review the Council declared as unfit the following dwellings:—
    Section 154, Housing Act, 1936DwellingsFamilies
  • Page 62
    The complaints were investigated and action taken as set out in the table below:—
    Nature of ComplaintAction Taken
  • Page 64
    FOOD SAMPLES REPORTED NOT TO BE GENUINE
    Sample No.FoodAdulteration or Labelling OffenceAction Taken
  • Page 65
    BEEF SAUSAGES MEAT CONTENT
    No. of Samples50%—54%55%—59%60% plus
  • Page 65
    PORK SAUSAGES MEAT CONTENT
    No. of Samples65%—69%70%—74%75% plus
  • Page 65
    OTHER SAUSAGES (Hamburgers, Saveloys, Frankfurter, Liver Sausage, Breakfast Sausage, Luncheon Meat)
    No. of Samples40%—49%50%—59%60%—69%70% plus
  • Page 67
    Table 5 SAMPLES SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC ANALYST JANUARY 1st to DECEMBER 31st, 1957
  • Page 68
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 70
    ICE CREAM METHYLENE BLUE PROVISIONAL GRADINGS
    Total No. of SamplesGrade 1Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4
  • Page 70
    CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FAT CONTENT
    Total No. of Samples0%—5%5%—10%10 -15%
  • Page 70
    ICE LOLLIES LEAD CONTENT
    Total No. of SamplesSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
  • Page 71
    Table 6 UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED — 1957
  • Page 71
    REGISTRATION OF PREMISES USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SAUSAGES. PRESERVATION OF FOOD MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF ICE CREAM AND DEALERS IN MARGARINE
    TradeNumber of applications received during 1957Number of applications refused during 1957Total number of premises on register 1957
  • Page 73
    TABLE 7 1—Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health
    Premises. Sections enforced by Local AuthorityNumber on RegisterNumber ofOccupiers prosecuted
    InspectionsNotices
  • Page 74
    TABLE 8 Improvements effected at Factories 2.— Cases in which defects were found
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were found
    FoundRemediedReferred
    to H.M. Inspectorby H.M. Inspector
  • Page 74
    TABLE 9—OUTWORK Factories Act, 1937
    Section 110:
  • Page 81
    The number of observations on Factory Chimneys in the Borough during 1957 total 207. Contraventions number 29.
    Black Smoke minutesModerate Smoke minutesLittle or No Smoke minutes
  • Page 82
    ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION MONTHLY DEPOSITS IN TONS PER SQUARE MILE Number of observations 207 Number of contraventions 29
    MONTH195219531954195519561957
    D.56D.57D.58D.56D.57D.58D.56D.57D.58D.56D.57D.58D.1571D.56D.57D.58D.1571D.56D.57D.58D.1571
  • Page 84
    PREVALENCE OF RATS AND MIC
    Type of Property(1) Properties in AreaNo. of properties in area in which infestation was foundAnalysis of Col. 4. Number infested by
    RATSMICE
    (2) Notified by Occupier(3) Survey under the Act(4) Total
    MajorMinor
  • Page 85
    MEASURES OF CONTROL BY CORPORATION
    Type of PropertyNo. of properties inspectedNo. of inspections madeNo. of notices served under Section 4No. of treatments carried out by arrangement with OccupierUnder Section 5
    TreatmentWorks
    RatsMiceRatsMice