[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chislehurst]

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Live Births.

	Males.	Females.	Total.

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Stillbirths.

	Males.	Females.	Total.

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Total Births (Live and Still).

	Males.	Females.	Total.

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Infant Mortality.

	Males.	Females.	Total.

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Ward population figures for the area, based on the 1961 census figures are as under:—

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POPULATION, BIRTH, DEATH, INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, 1934-1962

Year	Estimated Population	Birth rate per 1,000	Death rate population	Infant Mortality rate per live births	Maternal Mortality 1,000 total births

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The table which follows gives the Chislehurst and Sidcup mortality rate for legitimate and illegitimate infants, as well as for all infants, and also shows the comparison between the infant mortality rate in the Urban District and that of England and Wales during the past 10 years.

Year	Legitimate Infants Rate per 1,000 live legitimate births	Illegitimate Infants Rate per 1,000 live illegitimate births	All Infants Rate per 1.000 live births
Year	Legitimate Infants Rate per 1,000 live legitimate births		Chislehurst & Sidcup	England & Wales

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Causes of Infant Deaths, 1962:

Causes of Death	Under 1 week	1 and Under 2 weeks	2 and under 3 weeks	3 and under 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	1 month and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months	Total deaths under 1 year

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The following is an analysis of the ages at death for the year 1962:—

	Male	Female

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Full details of the causes of death will be found in Table II in the appendix to this report, but the following table, giving details of certain causes of death in the Urban District during the past ten years, may prove of interest:—

	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962

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MORBIDITY STATISTICS The following is a summary of the weekly details received from the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance during 1962:—

Four weeks ending	Number of First Certificates of incapacity received

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OPEN AIR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.

Location.	Acreage.	Description.

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Location	Acreage	Description

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DISINFECTIONS.

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The following table indicates the specimens examined:—

	Food		Faeces		Vomit
	No. sent	No. Positive	No. sent	No. Positive	No. sent	No. Positive

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In the main, the beds are occupied by aged sick or aged infirm patients. Details of the Homes on the register at 31st December, 1962, are as under:—

Address	Number of Beds.

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Queen Mary's Hospital. Provides a general hospital service with the following beds:—

	Male.	Female.	Children.

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The present position is:—

	Premises.	Cesspools.

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Details of the operation of the service in 1962 are as follow:—

		Quarters			Whole Year
	Mar.	June	Sept.	Dec.	1962	1961

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1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

Premises	Number on Register	Number of Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted

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2. Cases in which Defects were found.

	Number of cases in which defects were Referred Found Remedied To H.M. By H.M. Inspector Inspector				Number of cases in which prosecutions were Instituted

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Petroleum spirit and/or petroleum mixtures are stored at 66 premises, under licence. The total capacity is as follows:—

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Monthly figures for 1962 are as follow:—

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The following table gives details of the work:—

	TYPE OF PROPERTY NON AGRICULTURAL
	(1) Local Authority	(2) Dwellings (including Council Houses)	(3) Others (incl. Business Premises)	(4) Total Cols. 1, 2 & 3	(6) Agricultural

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The degree of infestation is judged by the quantity of bait taken from the points in the manholes. The results for 1962 are as follow:—

	Number of Manholes treated	No. of manholes in which
	Number of Manholes treated	"Complete " takes'"	Partial takes"	"No takes"

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SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.

Total number of Inspections and Visits

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SHOPS ACT, 1950. The number of shops in the district shows a slight decline and is probably accounted for by the closure of some small businesses and by the enlargement of others to take in two or more premises.

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Visits and observations in connection with the Act totalled 444, and the following infringements have been dealt with.

	Offences remedied

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Footscray County Primary School, Footscray. Monthly deposit in tons per square mile during 1962.

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Sidcap County Primary R.C. School. Monthly deposit in tons per square mile during 1962.

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Average Results of the Bacteriological Examination of the water supplied to the Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup during 1962

Before Treatment		River Thames		Darenth Well	Eynsford No. 1	Eynsford No. 2	Source of Supply
		River Thames					Horton Kirby No. 1	Horton Kirby No. 2	North Orpington No. 1	North Orpington No. 2	Short-lands No. 1	Short-lands No. 2	Short-lands No. 3	Wilmington No. 2
		Southern Group	Bexley Well

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Average Results of the Chemical Examination of the water supplied to the Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup during 1962 Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated).

Description of the Sample	River Thames Southern Group	Bexley	Darenth	Eynsford	Horton Kirby	North Orpington	Short lands	Wilmington

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I he position at the Jlst December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table: —

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	No. of cases found during the year	No. of cases remedied during year	Cases at end of year
																	No. of cases	No. of persons concerned
																	No. of cases	Aged over 10	Aged under 10

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to be used as satisfactory houses. The operation of the Act has resulted in a reduction in the number of caravans stationed in the district from approximately 50 to 40:

Site	Number of Vans	Number of Families	Appro*. No. of Occupants	No. of Vans for which Licences issued

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955. FOOD SAMPLING

ARTICLE	Number Examined		Number Unsatisfactory
ARTICLE	Formal	Informal	Formal	Informal

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Unsatisfactory Samples, etc.

Serial No	Article	Formal/ Informal	Nature of adulteration, etc.	Observations

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UNSOUND FOOD. A total of 3 tons 1 cwt and 20 lbs. of food unfit for human consumption was surrendered to Inspectors during the year. Details of the various items are given below:—

Item.	tons.	cwts	qrs.	lbs.

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FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955—SECTION 16. The premises in the area, registered under the above Act, are:—

	No. of Premises Registered.
	IceCream.	Mfr. of Sausages.	Cooked Ham.

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FOOD PREMISES. There are some 504 food premises in the area, made up as under:—

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The following were currently held on 31st December, 1962:—

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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. Eighteen samples of designated milk were taken with the following results :—

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1962 was no exception in this respect.

Year	Measles	Other Diseases	Total

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The County Medical Officer has kindly supplied the following information with regard to Poliomyelitis Vaccination, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health.

Year of Birth	2 injections (Salk)	3rd Dose (Salk & Oral)	4th Dose (Salk & Oral)	3 Orals (Complete Course)

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1962, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health :—

	Diphtheria Immunisation (Singly or in combination)
Year of Birth	Primary	Reinforcing

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The following is a copy of the annual return rendered to the Ministry of Health:— 1. Name of Local Authority: Chislehurst & Sidcup Urban District Council. Year: 1962.

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1. Particulars of outbreaks:

Agent	No. of Outbreaks		No. of cases		Total No. of cases
Agent	Family outbreaks	Other outbreaks	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total No. of cases

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3. Single Cases:

Agent	No. of cases		Total No. of cases
Agent	Notified	Otherwise ascertained	Total No. of cases

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The following table, which has been furnished by the County Medical Ofiicer, shows the smallpox vaccination figures for 1962, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health.

Age at date of vaccination	Number vaccinated	Number re-vaccinated

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TUBERCULOSIS 1962

Year	Population	Notifications		Number of Cases on Register
		Pulm.	Non-Pulm.	Pulm.		Non-Pulm.		Total	Number of yearly increase	Number per 1,000 pop.
		Pulm.	Non-Pulm.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Total	Number of yearly increase	Number per 1,000 pop.

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The following table, which has been supplied by the County Medical Officer, shows the Whooping Cough Immunisation figures for 1962, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health.

Year of Birth	Whooping Cough Immunisation (Singly or in combination) (Primary)

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TABLE I. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1962

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TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH.

	1958	1959	1960	1961	Male	1962 Female	Total

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TABLE ID. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1962. Sex and Age Distribution.

Disease	Totals		Under 1		1—2		3—4		5—9		10—14		15—24		25 and over		Age unknown
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M .	^F"	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE IV. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1962. Seasonal Incidence.

Disease	Jan.	Feb	Mar.	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Totals

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Live Births.

Stillbirths.

Total Births (Live and Still).

Infant Mortality.

Ward population figures for the area, based on the 1961 census figures are as under:—

POPULATION, BIRTH, DEATH, INFANT AND MATERNAL MORTALITY RATES, 1934-1962

The table which follows gives the Chislehurst and Sidcup mortality rate for legitimate and illegitimate infants, as well as for all infants, and also shows the comparison between the infant mortality rate in the Urban District and that of England and Wales during the past 10 years.

Causes of Infant Deaths, 1962:

The following is an analysis of the ages at death for the year 1962:—

Full details of the causes of death will be found in Table II in the appendix to this report, but the following table, giving details of certain causes of death in the Urban District during the past ten years, may prove of interest:—

MORBIDITY STATISTICS The following is a summary of the weekly details received from the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance during 1962:—

OPEN AIR RECREATIONAL AMENITIES.

Continued from previous page

DISINFECTIONS.

The following table indicates the specimens examined:—

In the main, the beds are occupied by aged sick or aged infirm patients. Details of the Homes on the register at 31st December, 1962, are as under:—

Queen Mary's Hospital. Provides a general hospital service with the following beds:—

The present position is:—

Details of the operation of the service in 1962 are as follow:—

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2. Cases in which Defects were found.

Petroleum spirit and/or petroleum mixtures are stored at 66 premises, under licence. The total capacity is as follows:—

Monthly figures for 1962 are as follow:—

The following table gives details of the work:—

The degree of infestation is judged by the quantity of bait taken from the points in the manholes. The results for 1962 are as follow:—

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.

SHOPS ACT, 1950. The number of shops in the district shows a slight decline and is probably accounted for by the closure of some small businesses and by the enlargement of others to take in two or more premises.

Visits and observations in connection with the Act totalled 444, and the following infringements have been dealt with.

Footscray County Primary School, Footscray. Monthly deposit in tons per square mile during 1962.

Sidcap County Primary R.C. School. Monthly deposit in tons per square mile during 1962.

Average Results of the Bacteriological Examination of the water supplied to the Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup during 1962

Average Results of the Chemical Examination of the water supplied to the Urban District of Chislehurst and Sidcup during 1962 Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated).

I he position at the Jlst December, with regard to statutory overcrowding, as defined in the Housing Act, 1936, is as shown in the following table: —

to be used as satisfactory houses. The operation of the Act has resulted in a reduction in the number of caravans stationed in the district from approximately 50 to 40:

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955. FOOD SAMPLING

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Unsatisfactory Samples, etc.

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UNSOUND FOOD. A total of 3 tons 1 cwt and 20 lbs. of food unfit for human consumption was surrendered to Inspectors during the year. Details of the various items are given below:—

FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955—SECTION 16. The premises in the area, registered under the above Act, are:—

FOOD PREMISES. There are some 504 food premises in the area, made up as under:—

The following were currently held on 31st December, 1962:—

BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. Eighteen samples of designated milk were taken with the following results :—

1962 was no exception in this respect.

The County Medical Officer has kindly supplied the following information with regard to Poliomyelitis Vaccination, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health.

1962, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health :—

The following is a copy of the annual return rendered to the Ministry of Health:— 1. Name of Local Authority: Chislehurst &amp; Sidcup Urban District Council. Year: 1962.

1. Particulars of outbreaks:

3. Single Cases:

The following table, which has been furnished by the County Medical Ofiicer, shows the smallpox vaccination figures for 1962, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health.

TUBERCULOSIS 1962

The following table, which has been supplied by the County Medical Officer, shows the Whooping Cough Immunisation figures for 1962, based on the return submitted to the Ministry of Health.

TABLE I. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1962

TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH.

TABLE ID. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1962. Sex and Age Distribution.

TABLE IV. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1962. Seasonal Incidence.

TABLE V. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA. 1. Inspections—General.

2. Complaints.

3. Notices.

The following is a copy of the annual return rendered to the Ministry of Health:— 1. Name of Local Authority: Chislehurst & Sidcup Urban District Council. Year: 1962.