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Beckenham 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]

Published
1921
Pages
96
Tables
47

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47 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    The birth-rate for the whole District is 19.7 as compared with 13.3 in 1919.
    Ward.Males.Females.Total.Birth-rate per 1000.
  • Page 8
    The following Table gives an analysis of the Vital Statistics of the District during the year as compared with England and Wales as a whole, London, the 96 Great Towns, and the 148 Smaller Towns:—
    Birth Rate per 1000 Total Population.Annual Death Rate per 1000 Civilian Population.Rate per 1000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    All Causes.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping-cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under 1 year.Deaths in Public Institutions.Certified Cases.Inquest Cases.Uncertified Causes of Death.
  • Page 9
    Cancer still heads the list of causes of death, and 47 deaths, 21 males and 26 females, were due to this disease, as compared with 34, 52 and 55 in the previous 3 years.
    Disease.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 14
    The following Table supplies particulars of the premises and occupations in the District which are controlled by Bye-Laws or Regulations:—
    Character of Premises.No.Bye-Laws or Regulations affecting same.Action Taken Result.
  • Page 15
    Continued from previous page...
    Character of Premises.No.Bye-Laws or Regulations affecting same.Action Taken and Result.
  • Page 16
    Continued from previous page...
    Character of Premises.No.Bye-Laws or Regulations affecting same.Action Taken and Result.
  • Page 16
    Showing number of rooms Fumigated, and the number Stripped and Distempered each month.
    Month.ROOMS FUMIGATED.No. of Roo Stripped and Distempered.Total.
    Scarlet Fever.Typhoid Fever.Diphtheria Membranous Croup.Cancer.Phthisis.Pneumonia.Measles.Miscellaneous.Total.
  • Page 17
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES. CASES REMOVED TO FEVER HOSPITAL DURING THE YEAR.
    Diseases.Remaining in Hospital 31st December, 1919.Admitted to Hospital during 1920.Discharged cured.Remaining in Hospital 31st December, 1920.No. of Deaths.Mortality per cent. of Admissions.Average number of days in Hospital.
  • Page 17
    The following Table gives the results of these examinations and the diseases suspected:—
    Diseases suspected.Total Number of Examinations.Result.
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 18
    I.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions
  • Page 18
    III.—HOMEWORK.
    Nature of Work.Outworkers' Lists, Sec. 107.Inspection of Outworkers' Premises.
    Lists received from Employers.
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.
    Lists.Contractors.Workmen.Lists.Contractors.Workmen.
  • Page 19
    II.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 20
    IV.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year.Number of Shops.Number of Workers.
    Males.Females
  • Page 21
    V.
    Class.Number.
  • Page 21
    The distribution of the cases in wards and according to the month of the year in which they occurred is contained in the following Table:—
  • Page 22
    Continued from previous page...
    Month.Wards.
    Copers Cope.Eden Park.Kent House.Langley ParkLaurie Park.Manor House.Shortlands.Totals.
  • Page 25
    SCARLET FEVER STATISTICS SINCE 1891.
    Year.Population.Cases Notified.Deaths from Scarlet Fever.Mortality per cent.Attack Rate per 1000.% Isolated in Hospital.
  • Page 26
    The following are the ages in age-periods of those attacked: —
  • Page 26
    Table giving the distribution of the cases in the various wards and the month of the year in which they occurred: —
    Month.Wards.Totals.
    Copers Cope.Eden Park.Kent House.Langley Park.Laurie Park.Manor House.Shortlands.
  • Page 27
    The following tabular statement gives some particulars relating to the number of carriers found and the number of "home contacts" injected with Anti-Toxin in the years mentioned. These details are not available for the years 1915-18: —
    19121913191419191920
  • Page 28
    The case is worth recording, as the evidence for or against the use of Anto-toxin as a prophylactic, so far as I have been able to collect it, is npt very convincing. It has been in use in this District since 1911, and I have given our experience in previous Reports, which on the whole is rather against than in favour of its value.
    Population.Year.Diphtheria cases notified.Deaths from Diphtheria.Mortality per cent.Attack rate per 1,000 living.Death rate per 1,000 living.% Isolated in Hospital.
  • Page 30
    Case 197.—This patient does not reside in Beekenham; fell ill in London and was removed to relatives in this District. History of eating oysters about the time when infection occurred.
    No.Sex.Age.Suspected Source of Infection.Time of Year.Ward.
  • Page 32
    The following statement gives the ages in age periods of those attacked:—
  • Page 32
    The ages of those attacked were as follows: —
  • Page 35
    TABLE I. TUBERCULOSIS—TABLE OF NOTIFICATIONS AND REATHS, 1920.
    Notifications.Sex.Total.Ages.Wards.
    M.F.0 to 11 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 5555 to 6565 and upCopers Cope.Eden Park.Langley Park.Shortlands.Manor House.Kent House.Laurie Park.
  • Page 36
    TUBERCULOSIS.—TABLE II.
    Year.No. of Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from other Tubercular Diseases.Total Deaths all forms of Tubercular Disease.Total Tubercular Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Phthisis Death Rate per 1,000 Population.
  • Page 37
    Infant Mortality. 1920. NETT DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks & under 3 months.3 months & under 6 months.6 months & under 9 months.9 months & under 12 months.Total Deaths under One Year.
  • Page 43
    Number of Samples taken during 1920.
    Nature of Sample.Number Taken.Analyst's Report thereon.
  • Page 45
    HOUSING CONDITIONS. Statistics.
  • Page 48
    Meteorological observations taken at the Recreation Ground, Croydon Road (supplied by J. A. Angell, Esq., A.M.I.C.E.):—
    Month.Mean reading of Barometer at 9 a.m.Self-registering thermometers.Rainfall total per month.
    Max. in air.Min. in air.
  • Page -
    URBAN DISTRICT OF BECKENHAM. causes of death at different age periods of residents during the year 1920.
    AGES.WARDS.
    Male.Female.Total.0 to 1.1 to 2.2 to 3.3 to 4.4 to 5.5 to 10.10 to 15.15 to 20.20 to 25.25 to 35.35 to 45.45 to 55.55 to 65.65 to 75.75 to 85.85 and up.Copers Cope Ward.Eden Park Ward.Langley Park Ward.Shortlands Ward.Manor House Ward.Kent House Ward-I^aurie Park Ward.
  • Page 61
    ''The following is a brief summary:—
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 62
    Number of Certificates per Department.
    Boys.Girls.Average per
    Total.Dept.
  • Page 62
    Examinations were held at the end of each course and Certificates gained as fpllows:—
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 66
    An inspection is then carried out with probe and mirror, and the condition found duly noted on the card, as follows:—
    Age 1.8.15.Na me ELSIE SMITH,Sch. Alexandra Infants.Date 1.4.20.
    Address 91, London Road.
    Date. Inspection.Temporary Teeth.Permanent Teeth.Extractions.Anaesthetics.Scaling. 11Dres. Ag NO3 12Fillings. 13Date Treatment.
    Sound 1Save. 2Unsa. 3Sound 4Save. 5Unsa. 6Temporary Teeth. 7Permanent Teeth. 8Loc. 9N2O 10
  • Page 81
    TABLE OF CHILDREN EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL UNDER ARTICLE 53 (B) OF THE CODE—YEAR 1920.
    Condition for which excluded.Nos. excluded.Name of Schools.
    Bromley Road.Alexandra.Church-fields.St. James'sBal-gowan.Private Schools.
  • Page 82
    A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.
    Entrants.
    Age3456Other Ages.Total.
  • Page 82
    B.—SPECIAL INSPECTIONS.
    Special Cases.Re-examinations (i.e.) No, of children re-examined.
  • Page 83
    TABLE II.—Return of Defects found in the course of Medical Inspection, 1920.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Specials.
    No. referred for treatment.No. requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment.No. referred for treatment.No. requiring to be kept under observation, but not referred for treatment.
    12345
  • Page 84
    MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS. TABLE III. NUMERICAL RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN AREA IN 1920.
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 85
    TABLE IV. —Treatment of Defects of Children during 1920. A.—TREATMENT OF MINOR AILMENTS.
    Disease or Defect.NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
    Referred for Treatment.Treated.
    Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 85
    B.— TREATMENT OF VISUAL DEFECT. NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
    Referred for Refraction.Submitted to Refraction.For whom Glasses were Prescribed.For whom Glasses were Provided.Recommended for Treatment other than by Glasses.Received other Forms of Treatment.For whom no Treatment was considered necessarv.
    Under Local Education Authority's Scheme—Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 86
    C.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
    Referred for Treatment.NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
    Received Operative Treatment.
    Under Local Education Authority's Scheme—Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital.Total.Received other Forms of Treatment.
  • Page 86
    D.—TREATMENT OF DENTAL DEFECTS. 1.—No. or Children Dealt With.
    Age Groups.SpecialsTotal.
    567891011121314
  • Page 87
    2.—Particulars of Time Given and of Operations Undertaken.
    No. of half days devoted to Inspection.No. of half days devoted to Treatment.Total No. of attendances made by the children at the Clinic.No. of Permanent Teeth.No of Temporary Teeth.Total No. of Fillings.No. of administrations of General Anaesthetic included in (4) and (6)No. of otheroperations.
    Permanent Teeth.Temporary Teeth.
    Extracted.Filled.Extracted.Filled.
    1234567891011
  • Page 88
    TABLE V. SUMMARY OF TREATMENT OF DEFECTS AS SHOWN IN TABLE IV. (A, B, C, D and F, but excluding E).
    Disease or Defect.NUMBER OF CHILDREN.
    Referred for Treatment.Treated.
    Under Local Education Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 89
    TABLE VI. SUMMARY RELATING TO CHILDREN MEDICALLY INSPECTED AT THE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1920.