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Dagenham 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
- Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 82
- Tables
- 45
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Page 11
Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year
Live Births: Total Male Female -
Page 12
The following is a table giving causes of death and the age periods in which they occurred.
Causes of Death 1957 under 1 yr. 1 and under 5 yrs. 5 and under 15 yrs. 15 and under 25 yrs. 25 and under 45 yrs. 45 and under 65 yrs. 65 and under 75 yrs. 75 and over Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
Page 13
INFANT MORTALITY Details of deaths of children under one year of age registered during 1957
Under lwk. 1—2 wks. 2—3 wks. 3—4 wks. Total under 4 wks. 4 wks. and under 3 mo. 3 mo. and under 6 mo. 6 mo. and under 9 mo. 9 mo. and under 12 mo. Total deaths under 1 year -
Page 15
During the year the mains laid in the Borough were as follows:—
Lenghts of Mains Yards Diameter -
Page 18
35 informal samples were taken during the year; all were satisfactory. The details are as follows:—
Material No. of Samples submitted for analysis -
Page 19
FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948 Inspections
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted -
Page 19
Defects Found
Number of defects Found Remedied To H.M. Inspector Referred By H.M. Inspector Number of Prosecutions instituted -
Page 22
Food Poisoning 51 cases of food poisoning were notified during the year. The following is a copy of the annual return submitted to the Ministry of Health:—
1st Quarter 16 2nd Quarter 5 3rd Quarter 13 4th Quarter 17 Total 51 -
Page 23
Food and Drugs—Sampling
Article Number Examined Number Adulterated, etc. Formal Informal Formal Informal -
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Food and Drugs—Sampling cont'd.
Article Number Examined Number Adulterated, etc. Formal Informal Formal Informal -
Page 25
Adulterated Samples, etc.
Serial No. Article Formal or Informal Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity Observations -
Page 26
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)
Under 1 year 1—2 3—4 5—9 10—14 15—24 25 and over Total -
Page 27
TUBERCULOSIS
New Cases Deaths Primary Notifications Brought to notice other than by Form A Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F M F M F M F M F M F -
Page 27
Register
Pulmonary N on-Pulmonary Male Female Male Female -
Page 28
Diary of Talks
Date Organisation Subject -
Page 29
Diary of Talks Cont'd.
Date Organisation Subject -
Page 32
Infant Welfare Centres
Centre Sessions Held Times Sessions Held Average Attendances Average New Cases -
Page 33
Work of Health Visitors The following table shows the number of visits paid by the Health Visitors during the year:—
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Page 34
Domiciliary Midwifery Service Below is a table showing the work of the County Midwives, Midwives residing at York House Training Home and Salvation Army Midwives for the year 1957.
County Midwives Midwives Residing at York House Training Home Salvation Army Midwives -
Page 35
Ante-Natal Clinics
Centre Sessions Held Times Sessions Held Average Attendances Average New Cases -
Page 35
Live premature births occurring in the area:—
31b. 4oz. or less 31b. 5oz.— 41b. 6oz. 41b. 7oz.— 41b. 15oz. 51b. 0oz.— 51b. 8oz. Total No. Surviving one week -
Page 36
DAY NURSERY ATTENDANCES JANUARY—DECEMBER 1957
Day Nursery Number of approved places Average Daily Attendance Average No. on Register Total Attendances -
Page 41
The proportion of these in the full survey of 85 children is not exactly the same because the full list includes some with minor degrees of disability who will need no special provisions either before or after they come of school age.
Date of birth Defect and degree of disability Home conditions no. in family and whether neglected or not—degree of parental understanding Response to nursery proposal -
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Date of birth Defect and degree of disability Home conditions No. in family and whether neglected or not—degree of parental understanding Response to nursery proposal -
Page 46
As will be seen, there was an over-all increase of almost 10,000 hours over the previous year although the number of cases served increased by only one.
Type of Case Number of Cases Hours Help Provided -
Page 48
Clinics are held at Ford Road and Ashton Gardens, Chadwell Heath, as follows:—
Ford Road Ashton Gardens Chadwell Heath -
Page 48
The following table indicates the work done during the year:—
Children under 15 years of age Adult Males Adult Females -
Page 49
Occupational Therapy for domiciliary chest cases The following is a summary of work carried out from January 1st to December 31st, 1957.
Total of Patients Total of New Patients Total of Visits -
Page 51
Vaccination against Smallpox During the year 1,856 persons were vaccinated or re-vaccinated by general practitioners and Local Health Authority medical officers.
Age at date of vaccination or re-vaccination Vaccinated Re-vaccinated G.P's. L.H.A. G.P's. L.H.A. -
Page 51
Whooping Cough 1,098 children received immunising doses against whooping cough, including booster doses.
Primary Boosters Combined Whooping Cough and Diphtheria Vaccine G.P's. L.H.A. G.P's. L.H.A. G.P's. L.H.A. -
Page 52
A total of 1,464 children received primary immunisation injections and a total of 1,670 received boosting doses.
Age (in years) at final injection Primary immunisation Children who received a boosting dose L.H.A. G.P's. L.H.A. G.P's. -
Page 53
The position at the end of the year in Dagenham regarding immunisation in relation to the child population is given in the following table which gives details of all children who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date:
Age at 31. 12. 57. i.e. born in year Under 1 yr. 1957 1—4 yrs. 1956-1953 5—9 yrs. 1952- 1948 10—14 yrs. 1947-1943 Under 15 yrs. total -
Page 54
A.— Periodic Medical Inpections Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
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Page 55
5,836 children were medically examined in the schools by school medical officers. Reference to the statistical table following will show in detail the number and type of defects discovered.
Defect Code No . Defect or Disease Periodic Inspections Special Inspections Entrants Leavers Total (all groups) Requiring treatment Requiring observation Requiring treatment Requiring observation Requiring treatment Requiring observation Requiring treatment Requiring observation -
Page 56
No individual pupil is recorded more than once in any column of this table, therefore, the total in column (4) will not necessarily be the same as the sum of columns (2) and (3).
Age group For defective vision (excluding squint) For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA Total individual Pupils -
Page 56
Classification of the general condition of pupils inspected during the year in the age groups
Age group (1) Number of Pupils Inspected (2) A Satisfactory B Unsatisfactory No. (3) % of col. 2 (4) No. (5) % of col. 2 (6) -
Page 57
Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint
Number of cases dealt with By the Authority Otherwise -
Page 59
Children at minor ailment clinics during 1957 were as follows:—
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Page 59
Other Treatment Given
New cases treated By the Authority Otherwise -
Page 60
Diseases and defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
Number of cases treated Received operative treatment (a) For diseases of the ear By the Authority Otherwise -
Page 60
CHILDREN FOUND AT PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTION TO HAVE UNDERGONE TONSILLECTOMY
Age Group Number Inspected Number found to have undergone tonsillectomy Boys Girls Boys Girls -
Page 63
Dental Inspection and Treatment of School Children
Periodic Specials -
Page 64
Mother and Child Welfare Dental Treatment
Expectant or Nursing mothers Children under five years of age -
Page 67
School medical officers refer children to hospital consultants for opinion or for treatment at specialist clinics; 240 children were so referred during the year, as follows:—
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Page 71
Summary of H andicapped C hildren
N.B. These figures include 37 School Children with dual handicaps and five pre-school age. Blind Partially Sighted Deaf Partially Deaf Delicate Diabetic E.S.N. Epileptic Maladjusted Physically Handicapped Speech Defect Total