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Ealing 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

Published
1942
Pages
36
Tables
30

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30 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Death-Rate of Infants under one year of age:—
  • Page 5
    Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and Childbirth:—
  • Page 6
    Causes of Death, 1940.
    Cause of Death.Deaths, 1940
    MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 7
    Table Showing Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Infant Death-Rate for the Borough of Ealing.
    PeriodBirth-RateDeath-RateInfant Death-Rate
  • Page 7
    Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births.
    PeriodEalingEngland and Wales
  • Page 8
    Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.
    Visits to children under 12 months:-(1939)(1940)
  • Page 9
    Summary of the Work at the Health Centres. Mothers.
    Expectant Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinics(1939)(1940)
  • Page 9
    Children.
    Children attending Centres for the first time(1939)(1940)
  • Page 9
    Medical Examination of Pre-school children. —The number of complete medical examinations of children from one to five years of age are indicated in the following table:—
    Age-GroupNo. of Examinations
  • Page 10
    CHILD LIFE PROTECTION. The work of supervision of fostermothers, carried out by the Health Visitors who have all been appointed Child Protection Visitors, is summarized in the following table:—
  • Page 10
    MIDWIFERY SERVICE. At the end of the year 11 midwives were employed by the Council in connection with the domiciliary midwifery service. The cases attended by the midwives were as follows : Number of Confinements attended:—
  • Page 10
    SUPERVISION OF MIDWIVES. Number of midwives practising in area at end of year:—
  • Page 11
    Number of births attended by midwives:—
  • Page 11
    SUPERVISION OF NURSING HOMES. The following table gives information regarding nursing homes in the Borough:—
    No. of HomesNo. of Beds
  • Page 12
    General.
  • Page 12
    There are three private slaughterhouses and the following table gives the number of animals slaughtered and inspected during the year:— Carcases Inspected and Condemned.
    Cattle excluding CowsCowsCalvesSheep LambsPigs
  • Page 13
    The following table indicates the amount of the various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the meat depot and at the various food premises in the Borough:—
    lbs.
  • Page 14
    PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
    Disease1931193219331934193519361937193819391940
  • Page 15
    Tuberculosis .—The number of cases of tuberculosis notified during the year and the number of deaths which occurred were as follows:—
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-Pulm'yPulmonaryNon-Pulm'y
    MaleF'maleMaleF'maleMaleF'maleMaleF'male
  • Page 17
    The following table gives the number of children examined and finally inspected prior to evacuation:—
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT. Minor Ailments and Diseases of the Skin .—The number of cases treated and the total number of attendances made were as follows :—
    Condition TreatedNo. of cases treatedTotal attendances made
    Skin : Ringworm11
  • Page 21
    Number of Cases treated
    YearUnder Authority's SchemeOtherwiseTotal Cases
  • Page 25
    Orthopaedic Clinic.
    School childrenChildren under fiveTotal
  • Page 31
    STATISTICAL TABLES. The Tables required by the Board of Education are as follows : TABLE I. MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC - ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
  • Page 31
    TABLE II. CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN ran 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.%
  • Page 32
    TABLE III. Group I.—Treatment of Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V.).
    Disease or Defect. (1)Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
  • Page 32
    Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor eye defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Defect or Disease (1)No. of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (2)Otherwise (3)Total (4)
  • Page 33
    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects
    Received Operative TreatmentReceived other forms of TreatmentTotal number Treated
    Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or HospitalBy Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's SchemeTotal
  • Page 33
    TABLE IV. DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
    (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist :—
    Aged
  • Page 34
    TABLE VI. BLIND AND DEAF CHILDREN.
    (1) At a Public Elementary School(2) At an institution other than a Special School(3) At no School _ or Institution' (2) Total not receiving suitable education