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Ealing 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
- Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 34
- Tables
- 26
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Deaths from Diseases and Accidents of Pregnancy and Childbirth :—
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Causes of Death, 1941.
Cause of Death. Deaths, 1941 Total Deaths 1940 Male Female Total -
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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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Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births.
Period Ealing England and Wales -
Page 9
Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.
Visits to children under 12 months :— (1940) (1941) -
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Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.
Mothers. Expectant Mothers attending Ante-Natal Clinics :— (1940) (1941) -
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Medical Examination of Pre-School Children.-The number of complete medical examination of children from one to five years of age are indicated in the following table:-
Age-Group No. of Examinations -
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Number of Confinements attended:—
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Page 12
SUPERVISION OF NURSING HOMES. The following table gives information regarding nursing homes in the Borough :—
No. of Homes No. of Beds -
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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 :—
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
Disease 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 -
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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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In column 4 the total number of children excluded, because they had lice or more than 10 nits in the hair, was 557, and the number concerning whom notices of uncleanliness were sent to the parents, because they had up to 10 nits in the hair, was 480, or together 1,037 or 4 per cent. of the total number of the children inspected.
Year Average Number on Rolls No. of examinations for verminous condition Number of children excluded Number of warning notices issued Total Number of unclean children excluded or warned Percentage of children unclean whether excluded or not Legal proceedings taken under attendance Bye-laws -
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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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Number of Cases of Scabies Treated.
Year At Health Centres Otherwise Total Cases -
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The work of the Orthopaedic Clinic during the year may be summarised as follows :— Orthopaedic Clinic.
School children. Children under five. Total -
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Children to the number of 368 were excluded under Article 20 (b) of the Education Code for the following conditions :—
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Immunization Work in 1941.
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The nature of the employment of those certified as fit was :—
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TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A. Routine Medical Inspections.
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TABLE II. CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly sub-normal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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TABLE IV DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. (1) Number of children inspected by the Dentist (a) Routine Age-groups:—
Age 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total -
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TABLE V. VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
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TABLE VI.
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MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.