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Ealing 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
- Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 124
- Tables
- 74
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SUMMARY OF GENERAL STATISTICS.
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Social Conditions.—The decrease in the number of unemployed men recorded last year has continued as the following monthly averages will show :—
Year Average number of men registered as unemployed. -
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS.
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Deaths of Infants under one year of age:—
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Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and
Total Deaths Death-Rate per 1,000 Population -
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Comparison of Vital Statistics of Ealing with those of England and Wales, Etc., 1935.
England and Wales 121 Great Towns (including London) London Ealing -
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Table showing Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Infant Death-Rate for the Borough of Ealing.
Period Birth-Rate Death-Rate Infant Death-Rate -
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The marked contrast between the birth rates for the wards in the old Borough and for those in the developing areas is again most striking.
Population. Births. Birth-rate. -
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Causes of Death, 1935.
Cause of Death Deaths, 1935 Total Deaths 1934 Male Female Total -
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Causes of Infant Deaths, 1926 to 1935.
1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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Deaths at various Ages under One Year of Age, 1935.
Cause of Death Under 1 week 1—2 weeks 2—3 weeks 3—4 weeks Total under 4 weeks 4 weeks 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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Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births.
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Specimens Examined in Laboratory.
Positive Negative Total 1935 Total 1934 -
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The extent of the calls made upon the service is shown in the following table:—
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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The following table gives the number of pail closets, the number of cesspools and the number with water closets connected therewith in the areas mentioned:—
Wards Cesspools Water Closets Pail-Closets Houses within 100 feet of Sewer No. of Houses -
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspector or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises Number of Inspections Written Noticcs Prosecutions -
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2.—Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
Particulars Number of Defects Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector Number of Prosecutions -
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Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Sec. 108.
Nature of Work Instances Notices Served Prosecution -
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Analysis of Overcrowding.
Number of Families Number of Persons Occupying accommodation suitable for Number of Families Number of Persons Occupying accommodation suitable for -
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Accommodation required after Redistribution of Overcrowded Families
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It has been suggested that, after adding the families being displaced from houses dealt with by demolition, etc., under the Housing Act, 1930, from these 181 houses of the various sizes required there should be deducted the number of houses being built at Cow Lane and in Greenford Road.
Number of families overcrowded requiring houses Add families in houses to be demolished, etc Total houses required Deduct houses in course of erection Net number of houses required after distribution etc. -
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Number of Families containing the Number of Persons in the First Column occupying Dwellings with the permitted Number shown at the Head of this CJolumn.
Number of "Persons" in Family. 1 1½ 2 2½ 3 3½ 4 4½ 5 5½ 6 6½ 7 7½ 8 8½ 9 9½ 10 10½ 11 11½ 12 12½ 13 13½ 14 14½ Totals. -
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Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
Disease 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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Cases oi Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1935, showing Age and Ward Distribution.
Disease Total Cases Notified Removed to Hospital Deaths Ages of Cases Notified Ward Distribution Drayton Castlebar Mount Park Grange Lammas Manor Grosvenor Han well S. Han well N. Greenford S. Greenford N. Northolt Under One Year 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 65 65 and over -
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Ages at Death from Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
Disease Under One Year 1 to 2 2 to 3 3 to 4 4 to 5 5 to 10 10 to 15 15 to 20 20 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 65 65 and upwards Totals -
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Tuberculosis .—The number of cases of tuberculosis notified during the year and the number of deaths which occurred were as follows :—
Age Periods New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulm'y Pulmonary Non-Pulm'y Male F'male Male F'male Male F'male Male F'male -
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Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
Period Total cases Average cases per year Annual case-rate per thousand of population -
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The numbers of cases so reported were as follows :—
1934 1935 -
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Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.
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Summary of the Work at the Health Centres. Mothers.
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Children.
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Assistance Given.
Foods supplied at cost price : (1934) (1935) -
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Attendances at the Health Centres, 1935.
Mattock Lane Ch'gton House Ravenor Park Islips Manor -
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The examinations during the year under review totalled 2,639 and were made up as follows :—
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INFANT LIFE PROTECTION. The supervision of fostermothers is carried out by the Health Visitors in accordance with the Children and Young Persons Acts, 1908 to 1932. Information regarding foster-children registered in the Borough is contained in the following table :
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Notification. —The number of notifications received from midwives, in accordance with the Rules of the Central Midwives Board, was as follows :
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MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES. The following table gives information regarding nursing homes within the Borough :
No. of Homes No. of Beds -
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In addition to the elementary school children enumerated below, the pupils at the secondary schools in the Borough are also examined and treated in accordance with arrangements made with the Middlesex Education Committee.
1932 1933 1934 1935 -
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(b) Uncleanliness .—The measures taken to deal with unclean-liness and verminous condition were fully described in the report for 1934. The number of children found unclean in the last three years were as follows :—
Year. Average number on Rolls. No. of examinations for verminous condition. No. of individual children found unclean. Legal proceedings taken. -
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The number of cases treated and the total number of attendances made were as follows :—
Condition treated. No. of cases treated. Total attendances made. -
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Orthopaedic Clinic.
School children Children under five Total -
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Continued from previous page...
Result of treatment. Stammering. Other speech defect. -
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Children to the number of 276 were excluded under Article 20 (b) of the Education Code for the following conditions:—
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Information is obtained periodically regarding the number of children having milk and the figures since 1st October, 1934, when the price of milk in school was halved, have been as follows :
Date Number on Registers Number having milk Percentage having milk -
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Number and Percentage of Children having Milk on the 1st October, 1935.
No. of school departments in group No. of children on Registers No. having milk Percentage having milk -
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STATISTICAL TABLES. The Tables required by the Board of Education are as follows :— TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
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TABLE II.—A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1935.
DEFECT OR DISEASE Routine Inspections Special Inspections No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but net requiring Treatment Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment -
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B.—CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE-GROUPS.
Age-Groups. Number of Children Inspected. A. (Excellent). B. (Normal). C. (Slightly subnormal). D. (Bad). No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. BLIND CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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DEAF CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-minded Children.
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children suffering from Severe Epilepsy.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. A. Tuberculous Children. I.—Children suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total -
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II.—Children suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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B. Delicate Children.
At Certified vSpecial Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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C. Crippled Children.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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D. Children with Heart Disease.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.
Combination of defect. At Certified Special Schools At Public Elementary Schools At Other Institutions At no School or Institution Total. -
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TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR. TREATMENT TABLE. Group 1.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group 6).
Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. - f Disease or Defect Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Total -
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Group 2.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1).
Defect or Disease No. of Defects dealt with. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Total -
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Group 3.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
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Group 4.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
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Group 5.—Dental Defects. Number of Children who were:—
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ANALYSIS OF THE ABOVE TOTAL.
Diagnosis. Boys. Girls. -
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In the winter months the hospital accommodation again proved inadequate and a number of cases had to be sent to neighbouring hospitals as is indicated in the following table :—
1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 -
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The following table shows the number of cases admitted to the hospital during the last nine years :—
1927-28 1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 1931-32 1932-33 1933-34 1934-35 1935-36 -
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The following table indicates the number of cases of the various diseases treated during the year :—
Disease Remaining in Hospital March 31st, 1935 Admitted during year Discharged during year Died during year Remaining in Hospital March 31st, 1936 -
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No. Age Sex Days in Hospital Complications. Remarks. -
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The nine deaths from diphtheria are recorded as follows :—
No. Day of Disease when Admitted. Days in Hospital before death. Remarks. -
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C ost of M aintenance , E tc.
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The 516 cases admitted to the Hospital during the period under review came from the two districts as follows :—
Brentford and Chiswick Total Month Ealing -
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Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
Salaries— £ s. d.