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Bexley 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]

Published
1947
Pages
58
Tables
36

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36 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    SECTION A.—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH.
    Area.
  • Page 9
    The following public open spaces have been provided by the Corporation :—
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    Land acquired for Public Open Spaces, but not yet open to Public :—
  • Page 11
    SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
    England and Wales126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census)London. Administrative CountyBorough of Bexley
  • Page 12
    Rates per 1,000 Total Births (Live and Still)— (a) Notifications—
    England and Wales126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns' (Resident Pop. 25,000-50,000 at 1931 Census)London Adminis-strative CountyBorough of Bexley
  • Page 12
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1946. The Registrar General's Estimates of resident 'population for mid-year 1946 is 85,820, and this figure is assigned for the purpose of calculation of all rates.
    Births.MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 14
    Four stillbirths were registered as illegitimate.
    Deaths.MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 15
    Death Rate of Area during last eight years
  • Page 15
    BIRTHS AND STILLBIRTHS IN WARDS. The figures relate to live births and stillbirths notified but not necessarily registered in the same year.
    WardsLive BirthsStillbirths
  • Page 15
    ANALYSIS OF NOTIFICATIONS OF LIVE AND STILLBIRTHS.
  • Page 16
    DEATHS AND DEATH RATES IN WARDS. The figures given relate to deaths occurring but not necessarily registered.
    No. of DeathsRate per 1,000 Population
  • Page 16
    CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1946.
    Causes of Death.M.F.Total
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    Causes of Death.M.F.Total
  • Page 18
    DEATHS IN AGE GROUPS IN 1946. These relate to deaths occurring in 1946 but not necessarily registered in that year.
    Short List of Causes of Death in use in General Registrar's OfficeTotalUnder 11 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 2525 to 3030 to 3535 to 4040 to 4545 to 5050 to*5555 to 6060 to 6565 to 7070 to 7575 and overDeaths Registered during the year. Registrar General's figures
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    INFANT MORTALITY, 1946. DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE.
    CAUSES OF DEATH AS CERTIFIEDUnder 1 week1 week and under 2 weeks2 weeks and under 3 weeks3 weeks and under 4 weeksTotal under 1 month1 month and under 3 months3 months and under 6 months6 months and under 9 months9 months and under 12 monthsTotal deaths under 1 year
  • Page 26
    Summary of Work done in 1946.
    Expectant MothersNursing MothersChildren under 5
  • Page 28
    (iii) Health Visitors and Clinics. The eight Health Visitors employed by the Council carried out a considerable body of work during the year, details of which are given in the following tables :—
    Ante-natal Sessions.MothersAttendances
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    Births Registered.
    194119421943194419451946
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    Average Attendances—Monthly.
    JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJune
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    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE WORK DONE.
    YearRegisteredNo. of Health VisitorsVisits made to :—Centres (Children)% of BirthsCentres (Ante-natal)
    Expectant MothersChildren under 1Children 1 to 5No. of AttendancesFirst AttendersAttendancesNo. of Expectant Mothers% of Births
    Live BirthsStill Births
    FirstTotalFirstTotalUnder 11 to 5Under 11 to 5
  • Page 34
    SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH. List of Adoptive Acts, etc., in force.
    Acts.Date Adopted
  • Page 36
    Bacteriological.
    No. of organisms per c.c. capable of growth on Agar at :B. coli presumptive
  • Page 38
    TABLE No. 1.
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    TABLE No. 2. Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.
    Inspections- Re-inspections
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    TABLE No. 3. Improvements effected and defective sanitary conditions remedied.
    Houses-No.
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    TABLE No. 4.
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    TABLE No. 5. Food Inspection. The following is a summary of unsound food surrendered from the Meat Depot, Shops, Stores, etc.
  • Page 41
    TABLE No. 6. Factories Act, 1937. 1. Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health. (Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
    Number of:—
    Premises 1Inspections 2Written Notices 3Prosecutions 4
  • Page 47
    (c) Adulteration of Food. Food & Drugs Act, 1938.
    FormalInformal
  • Page 48
    Immunisation in relation to Child Population.
    Age at 31.12.46 Number of children who had completed a full course of immunisation at any time up to 31.12.46
    Under 112345-910-14Total under 15
  • Page 48
    Diphtheria Notifications and Deaths in relation to Immunisation.
    Age at date of NotificationNo. of CasesNo. of cases included in previous column in which the child had completed a full course of immunisationDeaths
  • Page 48
    Children Immunised during 1946.
  • Page 51
    The following table gives the particulars concerning the cases of Infectious Disease (other than Tuberculosis) notified in the area during the year. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (Other than Tuberculosis) DURING THE YEAR 1946.
    DISEASETotal cases notifiedUnder 1CASES NOTIFIED AT ALL AGES—YEARSCases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths
    1 to 33 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 and overAge unknown
  • Page 52
    During the year 119 new cases were notified. Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1946 are contained in the following table:-
    Age PeriodNew CasesDeaths
    RespiratoryNon-RespiratoryRespiratoryNon-Respiratory