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Ealing 1942

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

Published
1943
Pages
32
Tables
26

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26 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Causes of Death, 1942.
    Cause of Death.Deaths, 1942Total Deaths 1941
    MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 6
    Table Showing Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Infant Death-Rate for the Borough of Ealing.
    PeriodBirth-RateDeath-RateInfant Death-Rate
  • Page 6
    Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births.
    PeriodEalingEngland and Wales
  • Page 7
    Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.
    Visits to children under 12 months:—(1941)(1942)
  • Page 8
    Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.
    Mothers.(1941)(1942)
  • Page 8
    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
    (1941)(1942)
  • Page 9
    The following table indicates the capacity and date of opening of each of the nurseries, and number of attendances during the year :
    Date openedCapacityDays openTotal attendancesAverage attendance
  • Page 11
    SUPERVISION OF NURSING HOMES. The following tabfe gives information regarding nursing homes in the Borough :-
    No. of HomesNo. of Beds
  • Page 12
    PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
    Disease19321933193419351936193719381939194019411942
  • Page 13
    T uberculosis .-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 14
    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 18
    The following table indicates the number of inspections of children carried out in the last six years and the results obtained :—
    YearAverage Number on RollsNo. of examina-. tions for verminous conditionNumber of children excludedNumber of warning notices issuedTotal Number of unclean children excluded or warnedPercentage of children unclean whether excluded or notLegal proceedings taken under attendance Bye-laws
  • Page 18
    The number or cases treated and the total number or attendances made were as follows :—
    Condition TreatedNo. of cases treatedTotal attendances made
  • Page 19
    The following table shows how the number of cases of scabies in school children had been increasing before the war although there was a marked increase in the number in 1942. Number of Cases of Scabies Treated.
    YearAt Health CentresOtherwiseTotal Cases
  • Page 20
    Abnormal eye conditions, other than refractive errors, were as follows :-
  • Page 23
    The work of the Orthopaedic Clinic during the year may be summarised as follows :- Orthopaedic Clinic.
    School childrenChildren under fiveTotal
  • Page 24
    Children to the number of 614 were excluded under Article 20 (b) of the Education Code for the following conditions
  • Page 25
    The following table shows the amount of immunization work carried out in 1942 :—
  • Page 27
    The nature of the employment of those certified as fit was :—
  • Page 28
    A. Routine Medical Inspections.
  • Page 28
    TABLE II. CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE-GROUPS.
    Number of Children InspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly sub-normal)D (Bad)
  • Page 29
    Group II.—Treatment of Defective Vision and Squint.
  • Page 29
    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
  • Page 30
    TABLE IV DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
  • Page 30
    TABLE V. VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
  • Page 31
    TABLE VI. BLIND AND DEAF CHILDREN. Number of totally or almost totally blind and deaf children who are NOT at the present time receiving education suitable for their special needs.