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Dagenham 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]

Published
1932
Pages
76
Tables
25

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25 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. Live Births
  • Page 9
    The only material difference for the year 1931 would bean increase in the over-45 age group, as this group has increased each year by additions from a lower group, but is not diminished, as are all the other groups, by deductions of persons passing into the higher age groups :—
    Age group.Direct method.Indirect method.
  • Page 11
    TABLE 1
    CAUSES OF DEATH.Under 1 yearOver 1 and under 2Over 2 and under 5Over 5 and under15Over 15 and under25Over 25 and under35Over 35 and under45Over 45 and under55over 55 and undert55Over 65 and under75Over 75MaleFemaleTotalRegistrar-General's Allocations.
    Male.Female.
  • Page 14
    The following are the numbers of persons admitted from this district during the year :—
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Total.
  • Page 17
    The following are the details of the work done by the ambulances during the year, w ith the 1930 figures for purposes ol' comparison :—
    1930.1931.
  • Page 18
    Clinics and Treatment Centres. The following table shows the times at which the various Infant Welfare Centres and Ante-natal Clinics are held in the different buildings throughout the district and also the average attendance per session :— Infant Welfare Centres.
    CENTRE.Held.Day.Average Attendances.Average New Cases.
  • Page 18
    Ante-Natal Clinics.
    PLACE.Sessions held.Times Sessions held.Average attendance.'Average New Cases.
  • Page 24
    The following table gives some statistics relating to the collection of refuse :—
  • Page 26
    1. Inspection.
    PREMISES.Inspections.Number of Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 30
    Small DealersLarge Scaie
    No. of BacteriaLocal producer.Not local.
    perc.c. in thousands.Satisfactory.notSatisfactory.notSatisfactorynot
  • Page 37
    The following table shows the proportion of children of various ages who reacted Schick positively :—
  • Page 38
    (1) The relation of the number of immunes in the household to the Schick reactions of the children of the various ages. The following table shows this :—
    No. of Immunes in family.Under 7.7 and 8.9 and 10.11 and over.
  • Page 39
    of diphtheria has occurred. The effect of a case on any particular child is counted only if that infection occurred subsequent to the birth of that particular child.
    Positive.Negative.Total.Percentage Positives.Percentage Positives in general local Population.
  • Page 39
    (3) The third line of enquiry was to analyse the Schick-reactions of children tested, according to their period of residence here. The following table shows this :—
    Period of Residence.Under 8 Percentage Positive.8 to 12 Percentage Positive.12 and over Percentage Positive.Total Percentage Positive.
  • Page 40
    A number of Schick-tests have this year been carried out on those children who received their three inoculations last year. The following table shows these results :—
    Negative.Positive.Total.Per Cent. Positive.
  • Page 48
    Tuberculosis.
    New Cases.Deaths.
    Primary Notification.Brought to notice
    other than by Form A.
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryNon-Pulmonaryp
    PulmonaryPulmonary
    MFMFMFMFMFMF
  • Page 49
    Register.
    PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 53
    The following table shows the mortality from pulmonary tuberculosis per million of population of the whole district compared with the rates for England and Wales ; in the one column comparison is made with the standardised population, the other column giving the crude rate:—s
    Local.Per Million Living.
    Kngland and Wales Standardised.England and Wales Crude.
  • Page 54
    The following table rectifies this as it shows the comparison of ocal (Estate population) and general deaths per 100,000 population at various age-groups. For this purpose, the figures of deaths and of Imputation for the five years, 1927 to 1931, have been taken:—
    Age-Group.Death Rate per 100,000.
    Local.England and Wales, 1929.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 54
    The table shows the percentage of deaths caused by tuber culosis (all forms) at various age-groups in the Estate population compared with a similar percentage obtained for the population of the country:—
    Age-Group.Percentage Deaths.
    Estate Population, 1927-1931England and Wales.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 59
    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    Notified.Treated at Home.Treated in Hospital.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
  • Page 62
    The following table shows the number of visits paid by Health Visitors during the year:–
  • Page 62
    The following table shows the work done at the Infant Welfare Centres during the year:—
  • Page 67
    The following table shows the work done at the clinics:—
  • Page 72
    The following tables show the number of foster children and foster mothers in the district and the changes that occurred during the year :—