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Dagenham 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Dagenham]
- Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 82
- Tables
- 43
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Of the deaths of local residents taking place outside this area, most occurred in institutions as follows:—
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Causes of Death 1959 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 -
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INFANT MORTALITY Details of deaths of children under one year of age registered during 1959 .
under 1 wk. 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 -
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FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 AND 1948 Inspections
Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted -
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Defects Found
Number of defects Number of prosecutions instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector Referred By H.M. Inspector -
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Particulars of Outbreak:—
No. of Outbreaks No. of Cases Total No. of cases Family Outbreaks Other Outbreaks Notified Otherwise Ascertained -
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Single Cases:—
No. of Cases Total No. of cases Notified Otherwise Ascertained -
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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 -
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Adulterated Samples, etc.
Serial No. Article Formal or Informal Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity Observations -
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Adulterated Samples, etc. Cont'd
Serial No. Article Formal or Informal Nature of Adulteration or Irregularity Observations -
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Notifiable Diseases (Other than Tuberculosis)
Under 1 yr. 1— 2— 3— 4— 5— 10— 15— Over 25 yrs Total -
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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 -
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Register
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Male Female Male Female -
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The following is the diary of talks given to local organisations during the year:—
Date Organisation Subject of Talk Audience Speaker -
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Date Organisation Subject of Talk Audience Speaker -
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Infant Welfare Centres
Centre Sessions Held Times Sessions Held Average Attendances Average New Cases -
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Work of Health Visitors The following table shows the number of visits paid by the health visitors during the year:—
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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 1959.
County Midwives Midwives Residing at York House Traing Home Salvation Army Midwives -
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Ante-Natal Clinics
Centre Sessions Held Times Sessions Held Average Attendances Average New Cases -
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Live premature births occurring in the area:—
31b.4oz. or less 31b.5oz.— 41b.6oz. 41b.7oz.— 41b.15oz. 51b.Ooz.— 51b.8oz. Total No. Surviving one week -
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DAY NURSERY ATTENDANCES JANUARY—DECEMBER, 1959
Day Nursery Number of approved places Average Daily Attendance Average No. on Register Total Attendances -
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An analysis of the hours of service rendered by the Domestic Help Service during 1959 is given in the following table. Figures for 1958 are included in brackets.
Type of case Number of cases Hours Help Provided -
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Two full-time and one part-time chiropodists were employed at the end of the year. Clinics are held at Ford Road and Ashton Gardens, Chadwell Heath, as follows:—
Ford Road Ashton Gardens, Chadwell Heath -
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The following table indicates the work done during the year:—
Children under 15 years of age Adult Males Adult Females -
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The following is a summary of work carried out from January 1st to December 31st, 1959:—
Total of Patients Total of New Patients Total of Visits -
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During the year 1,497 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. -
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1,328 children received immunising doses against whooping cough, including booster doses.
Primary Boosters Combined Whooping Cough and Diphtheria Vaccine -
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The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year by medical officers and general practitioners. A total of 1,608 children received primary immunisation injections and a total of 1,784 received boosting doses.
Age at final injection Primary immunisation Children who received a boosting dose L.H.A. G.P.'s L.H.A. G.P.'s -
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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. 59. i.e. born in year Under 1 yr. 1959 1—4 yrs. 1955—1958 5—9 yrs. 1950—1954 10—14 yrs. 1945—1949 Under 15 yrs. Total -
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During the year a total of 13,603 primary injections (i.e. 2 doses) were given and 16,859 third injections.
Immunisation 1959 By Medical Officers By General Practitioners Total -
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6,348 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 Inspection Entrants Leavers Others Total (all groups) Treatment Observation Treatment Observation Treatment Observation Treatment Observation Treatment Observation -
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Number of individual pupils found at periodic medical inspection to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin).
Age Groups Inspected (by year of birth) (1) For defective vision (excluding squint) (2) For any of the other conditions (3) Total Individual Pupils (4) -
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE AGE GROUPS
Age Groups Inspected (By year of birth) No. of pupils Inspected Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected Satisfactory Unsatisfactory No. % of Col. 2 No. % of Col. 2 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) -
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Colour Vision Colour vision testing was continued at all school medical inspections on all pupils at or over the age of 11 years and the following table shows the number of defects found.
Intermediate periodic medical inspections School leaving inspection At age 14 years -
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All new entrants to the County Council staff who are liable to come in contact with children or who handle food are required to have an x-ray of their chest. The following table shows the number of staff x-rayed during the year.
Number X-rayed At a Chest Clinic By Mass Radiography -
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Other Treatment Given
New Cases Treated By the Authority Otherwise -
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Diseases of the Skin (Excluding Uncleanliness)
Number of new cases treated during the year By the Authority Otherwise -
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Dental Inspection and Treatment of School Children
Periodic Specials -
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Mother and Child Welfare Dental Treatment
Expectant or Nursing Mothers Children under five years of age -
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SUMMARY OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
N.B. These figures include 22 school children with dual handicaps and 10 pre-school age Blind Partially Sighted Deaf Partially Deaf Delicate Diabetic E.S.N. Epileptic Maladjusted Physically Handicapped Speech Defect Total -
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A survey of school leavers has been made by the school nurses to find out how much more medical and social help is needed in each case, and whether or not they are still employed. A summary of this survey is given below:—
Defect Male Female Working Satisfactorily Unsatisfactory work Not Working Need Help Sheltered Employment T raining Socially Medical