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Bexley 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bexley]
- Published
- 1951
- Pages
- 70
- Tables
- 53
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
England and Wales. 126 County Boro's and Great Towns including London. 148 Smaller Towns Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census. London Administrative County. Borough of Bexley. -
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Maternal Mortality in England and Wales.
International List No. and Cause Rates per 1,000 Total (Live and Still) Births Rates per million Women aged 15 to 44 -
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE Year 1950. The Registrar General's Estimate of home population for the mid-year is 89,410 and this figure is assigned for the purpose of calculation of all rates.
Births. Males Females Total -
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The following relates to the Birth Rate during the past ten years:—
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The Kegistrar-General has supplied a comparability factor for 1950. The standardised birth rate which allows for comparison with other parts of the country is 12.3.
Stillbirths. Males Females Total -
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The following relates to the Stillbirth Rate during the past ten years:—
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There were no Stillbirths registered as illegitimate.
Deaths. Males Females Total -
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Death Rate of Country: —
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h Rate of Area during Inst ten years: —
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CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE BOROUGH. REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1950.
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INFANT MORTALITY, 1950. DEATHS FROM STATED CAUSES AT VARIOUS AGES UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE. These relate to deaths occurring in 1950 but not necessarily registered in that year.
Causes of Death as Certified. Days Months 0— 1 — 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 14— 21— 28— 2— 3— 4— 5— 6— 7— 8— 9— 10— 11— 12— -
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17 were registered during the year giving an infantile mortality rate per 1,000 live births of 14.48.
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Rates over previous years have been: —
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Registration of Nursing Homes, Public Health Act, 1936. (Authority of Registration transferred from Kent County Council to the Bexley Borough Council—17.4.39).
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TABLE No. 1. Details of Inspection Work Carried Out.
Inspections Re-inspection -
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TABLE No. 2. Improvements effected and defective sanitary conditions remedied.
Houses— No. -
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TABLE No. 3. Infectious Diseases.
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TABLE No. 4. Food Inspection. The following is a summary of unsound food surrendered.
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TABLE No. 5. Factories Act, 1937. 1. Inspections for Purposes of Provisions as to Health. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. 1 Number of:— Inspections. 2 Written Notices. 3 Prosecutions. 4 -
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2. Defects Found.
Particulars. Number of Defects. Number of Prose- Found. Remedied. Referred to H.M. 1 2 3 4 5 -
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The revenue from salvage sales during the year was £5,900 18s. Od. made up as follows: —
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1950, as supplied to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries: —
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SECTION D.—HOUSING. The following particulars relate to the houses built by the Council on the various Estates and still occupi-able: —
Houses Flats -
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(A) Diphtheria Immunisation.
Year of Birth 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1913 1912 1911 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 Total -
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(B) Vaccination.
Age at 31st December, 1950 Under 1 1 to 4 5 to 14 15 or over Total -
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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 1950.
DISEASE. Total cases 1 notified Under 1 1 to 2 3 to 4 1 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 24 25 & over Age unknown Cases admitted to Hospital Total Deaths -
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TUBERCULOSIS. During the year 128 new cases were notified. Particulars relating to the same, and also to the deaths which occurred during 1950 are contained in the following table:—
Age Period New Cases Deaths Respiratory Non Respiratory Respiratory Non Respiratory M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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The number of non-notified Tuberculosis deaths was 2.
Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Total M F M F -
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Average number of pupils taking meals daily:—
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Milk. Average number of pupils taking milk daily:—
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TABLE 1. Medical Inspection of Pupils Attending Maintained Primary and Secondary Schools. A. — Periodic Medical Inspections.
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B. — Other Inspections.
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C. — Pupils Found to Require Treatment at Periodic Medical Inspections.
Group For defective vision (excluding squint) For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA Total individual pupils (l) (2) (3) (4) -
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TABLE II. A. — Return of Defects Found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended the 31st December, 1950.
Defect Code Defect or Disease No. PERIODIC INSPECTIONS SPECIAL INSPECTIONS No. of defects No. of defects Requiring treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment Requiring treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment 1 2 3 4 5 -
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B. — Classification of the General Condition of Pupils Inspected during the Year in the Age Groups.
Ago Groups No of Pupils Inspected A. (Good) B. (Fair) C. (Poor) No. % of col. 2 No. % of col. 2 No. % of col 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) -
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TABLE III.—Treatment Tables. Group 1—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table Y).
SKIN Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. -
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Croup II—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
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Croup III—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
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TABLE IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment.
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TABLE V. Infestation with Vermin.
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TABLE VI. Physically Handicapped Children. Population: 5 yrs. to 16 yrs. Table A1 No. of children ages 5 yrs. to 16 yrs.
Defects (l) (2) (3) (4) (5) At Ordinary schools At Day special schools At Residential special schools including hospital schools At Home Totals (a) Having home teaching (b) Not having home teaching B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. Total -
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Table AIII
(1) (2) Residential P.H. schools Totals * Day P H. schools (a) For seriously crippled children, e.g Hinwick Hall (b) For less seriously crippled children e.g. Victoria Home, Bournemouth Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Total -
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Table AIII
Totals Boys Girls Total -
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Table AIV
Totals Boys Girls Total -
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Table AV
Already in Residential P.H. schools Waiting admission to Residential schools *For whom Home teaching is best provision Totals B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. Tota -
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TABLE VI, Physically Handicapped Children. Population: 2 yrs. to 4 yrs. 11 mths. Table Bl No. of children ages 2 yrs. to 4 yrs. 11 mths.
Defects (l) (2) (3) (4) (5) At Ordinary schools At Day special schools At Residential special schools including hospital schools At Home Totals (a) Having home teaching (b) Not having home teaching B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. Total -
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Table BII
No. of P.H. children at home, or at Ordinary schools, who are waiting admission to:- Total (1) *Day P.H. schools (2) Residential P.H. schools (a) For seriously crippled children, e.g. Hinwick Hall (b) For less seriously crippled children e.g. Victoria Home, Bournemouth Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Total -
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Table BIII
Totals Boys Girls Total -
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Table BIV
Totals Boys Girls Total -
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Table BV
Already in Residential P.H. schools Waiting admission to Residential schools *For whom Home teaching is best provision Totals How many have incontinencc of:— B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. Total