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Barking 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barking]
- Published
- 1971
- Pages
- 108
- Tables
- 47
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VITAL STATISTICS 1970 Registrar General's estimate of resident population, mid-year 1970: 166,060 Live Births:
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CAUSES OF INFANT DEATHS
Cause of death Age at Death Total Under 4 weeks 4 weeks - 1 yr. -
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PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF DEATH (All Ages)
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I give below for purpose of comparison the birth and death rates of Barking, Greater London and England and Wales for 1970.
Barking Greater London England and Wales -
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1970
CAUSE OF DEATH AGE AT DEATH Under 1 yr 1 and under 5 years 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25yrs 25 and under 45yrs 45 and under 65yrs 65 and under 75yrs 75 and over Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1970 (Contd.)
CAUSE OF DEATH AGE AT DEATH Under 1 yr 1 and under 5 vrs. 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25yrs 25 and under 45yrs 45 and under 65yrs 65 and under 75yrs 75 and over Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1970(Contd.)
CAUSE OF DEATH AGE AT DEATH Under 1 yr 1 and under 5yrs 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25yrs 25 and under 45yrs 45 and under 65yrs 65 and under 75yrs 75 and over Total brought forvard M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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CAUSES OF DEATH 1970 (Contd.)
CAUSE OF DEATH AGE AT DEATH Under 1 yr 1 and under yrs 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25yrs 25 and under 45 yrs 45 and under 65yrs 65 and under 75yrs 75 and over Total brought forward M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS 1965 - 1970
Year Population Deaths *Death Rate Live Births *Live Birth Rate Deaths under 1 yr. Infant Death Rate -
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CHILD HEALTH CENTRES During the year, 5,761 children attended the following centres:-
Centre Frequency of Sessions When Held -
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DAY NURSERY SERVICE The average daily attendance and numbers on registers are shown below for each month of 1970:-
Month Goresbrook Annie Prendergast Eastbury Average Daily Attendance No. on Register Average Daily Attendance No. on Register Average Daily Attendance No. on Register -
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KINGSLEY HALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE TABLE 2 - Categories of defect present
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TABLE 3 - Aetiology or factors associated with handicap in children admitted to Kingsley Hall.
Aetiology or associated factor No. Aetiology or associated factor No. -
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KINGSLEY HALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE TABLE 4 - Duration of stay.
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KINGSLEY HALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE TABLE 5 - Placement of Children
DIAGNOSIS PLACEMENT Assessment Centre Moved Away Died Norma] School Junior Training Centre Special School for Hospital Educationally Sub-normal Physically Handi-capped Partially Hearing Deaf Partially Sighted Blind Maladjusted -
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STATISTICS Midwifery Service Deliveries attended by Domiciliary Midwives - 1970
Doctor present at delivery Doctor not present at delivery Cases delivered in hospital and attended by Domiciliary Midwives on discharge before 10th day. -
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Table I
Age Social Class Parity Papanicolaou Classification Outcome -
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A closer look at the remaining 8 cases is perhaps just as relevant:-Table II
Age Social Class Parity Papanicolaou Classification Outcome -
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MEASLES NOTIFICATIONS - 1959 - 1Q7O
Dagenham Borough Council Barking Borough Council -
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VACCINATION AGAINST MEASLES 1970
Year of birth Primary Vaccination -
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The following statistics relate to persons protected at council clinic or by general practitioners during 1970: VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX
Age at date of vaccination or re-vaccination Vaccinated Re-vaccinated -
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POLIOMYELITIS VACCINATION
Year of Birth Primary Immunisation Children who received a booster dose -
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(a) Fluctuation from month to month continued, and throughout the year the following cases were served:-
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Notifications and Deaths
New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Meninges and CNS Other Total Pulmonary Non Pulmonary M F M F M F M F M F -
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MASS X-RAY SERVICE
BARKING -
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TREATMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1970
CLINIC Children Adults Total Sessions -5yrs. 5-lbyrs. O.A.P. Others A/N P/H -
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During the year 412 patients were referred to the Mental Health Service.
Referred by Mentally 111 requiring Mentally Handicapped Community Care Services Assessment/ Social Reports re Hospital Admission Investigation passed to other agencies Community Care Services -
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Periodic Inspections
Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth) No. of Pupils Inspected -
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PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT
Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth) Individual Pupils found to require treatment For Defective Vision (excluding squint) For any other condition Total Individual Pupils -
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DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION
Defect or Disease Periodic Inspections Special Inspections Treatment Observation Treatment Observation -
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SPEECH THERAPY STATISTICS
Miss Symes Miss Delaforce -
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CHILD GUIDANCE SERVICE
Quarter Ended -
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HANDICAPPED PUPILS REQUIRING EDUCATION AT SPECIAL SCHOOLS - IJfO
Blind Part Sighted Deaf Part Hearing Physically Handicapped Delicate Maladjustec Educationally Sub-normal Epileptic Speech Defect Total -
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The notification and classification of congenital abnormalities apparent in children at birth continued during the year, the following defects being noted in 30 babies:-
Central Nervous System -
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DENTAL SERVICE STATISTICS
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Dagenham
Order No. No. of Houses Date of Operation -
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Barking
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FACTORIES ACT. 1961 Inspections
Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted -
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Defects Found
Number of defects Number of Prosecutions Instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector Referred by H.M. Inspector -
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OFFICES, SHOPS AND RAILWAY PREMISES ACT. 1963 The following statistics indicate the work done by the Public Health Inspectors:-
No. of premises registered during the year Total No. of registered premises at end of year No. of registered premises receiving a general inspection during the year -
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During the year 134 samples of ice cream were submitted for bacteriological examination; they were graded as follows:-
Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV TOTAL -
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Food and Drugs Act 1955-Sampling
Article Number Examined Number Adulterated Formal Informal Formal Informal -
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Article Number Examined Number Adulterated Formal Informal Formal Informal -
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Sample No. Article Formal or Informal Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity Observations -
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)
Under 1 yr. 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 10- 15 Over 25 yrs TOTAL -
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Food Poisoning The following is a copy of the annual return submitted to the Department of Health and Social Security:-
Incidents and Cases General Outbreaks Family Outbreaks Sporadic Cases No. of separate outbreaks No. of cases notified or ascertained No. of separate outbreaks No. of cases Notified or ascertained Notified or ascertained -
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Details of Food Poisoning due to Salmonellae other than S. Typhimurium Type of Salmonellae