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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bexley 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
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INDEX
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Health Committee 2
Public Health Staff 3—4
STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Acreage 8
Population 8
Population Graph 10
Unemployment 8
Social Conditions and Amenities 8—9
Summary of Vital Statistics, 1947 11—12
Extracts from Vital Statistics—
Births and Birth Rates, etc. 12—13
Stillbirths and Stillbirth Rates 13—14
Deaths and Death Rates 14—15
Births and Stillbirths in Wards 15
Deaths and Death Rates in Wards 16
Causes of Death 16—17
Deaths in Age Groups 18—19
Infantile Mortality 20
Maternal Deaths 21
GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Isolation Hospital 21
General Hospitals 21
Ambulance Facilities 22
Public Mortuary
Clinics and Treatment Centres 23
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B. — Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.
| Age Groups (1) | No.of Pupils Inspec-ed (2) | A. (Good) | B. (Fair) | c. (Poor) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (3) | % of col. 2 (4) | No. (5) | % of col. 2 | No. (7) | % of col. 2 (8) | ||
| Entrants | 1,264 | 272 | 21.51 | 883 | 68.85 | 109 | 8.62 |
| Second Age Group | 1,023 | 227 | 22.18 | 703 | 68.71 | 93 | 9.09 |
| Third Age Group | 755 | 145 | 19.20 | 492 | 65.16 | 118 | 15.62 |
| Other Periodic Inspections | 1,103 | 194 | 17.49 | 778 | 70.53 | 131 | 11.87 |
| Total | 4,145 | 838 | 20.21 | 2,856 | 68.90 | 451 | 10.88 |
TABLE III.—Treatment Tables.
Group I—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).
| (a) | Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. |
| SKIN— | |
| Ringworm—Scalp— | |
| (i) X-Ray treatment | 5 |
| (ii) Other treatment | — |
| Ringworm—Body | 24 |
| Scabies | 28 |
| Impetigo | 93 |
| Other skin diseases | 283 |
| Eye Disease (External and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases admitted to hospital). | 315 |
| Ear Defects | 174 |
| Miscellaneous (e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.). | 2,112 |
| Total | 3,034 |
| (b) Total number of attendances at Authority's minor ailments clinics | 11,294 |