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Ealing 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
- Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 84
- Tables
- 55
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Causes of Death, 1947.
Cause of Death. Deaths, 1947 Total Deaths 1946 Male Female Total -
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Table Showing Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Infant Death-Rate for the Borough of Ealing.
Period Birth-Rale Death-Rate Infant Death-Rate -
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Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births.
Period Ealing England and Wales -
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The following table shows the extent of the calls made upon the Service during the year.
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The distribution of these births according to the place where they occurred provides a striking illustration of the great demand for hospital accommodation.
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Information regarding the birth weight is now given on the notification cards and from this information the following statistics regarding premature births have been compiled :
No. of premature births No. who died during first 24 hours No. who died between 24 hours and one month No. who survived at end of one month -
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Summary of the Visits made by the Health Visitors.
Visits to children under 12 months:— (1946) (1947) t -
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Summary of the Work at the Health Centres.
Mothers. (1946) (1947) -
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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-Group No. of Examinations -
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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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POLIOMYELITIS—1947.
Ward Class of Property Pop. 0-15 CASES ATTACK RATE PER 1.000 July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -
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The following table shows the number of children immunized each year from 1935 (including those known to have been dealt with by private practitioners), the number of notified cases of diphtheria and the number of deaths.
Number of children immunized No. of notified cases of diphtheria Number of deaths -
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The following table shows the work carried out during the Year under review:
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The following is a summary of the attendances during the year:
Nursery Official capacity Maximum bookings Total attendances Daily average Highest on any one day -
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CHILD LIFE PROTECTION. The work of supervision of foster-mothers, carried out by the health visitors who have all been appointed child protection visitors, is summarized in the following table:—
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The following figures retarding the midwifery service are of interest:
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Number of' midwives practising at end of year:—
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All of these midwives possessed the certificate of the Central Midwives Board.
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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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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Cases of Infectious Disease occurring in the Borough.
Disease 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 -
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BOROUGH OF EALING—WELL WATER SUPPLY.
No. Depth of Well Protection of Boring Number of gallons per day Use A nalysis -
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No. Depth of Well Protection of Boring Number of gallons per day Use Analysis -
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The following gives details of the strata found at a factory in Horsenden Lane, when the 450 ft. boring was sunk in 1929.
Ft. Ins. -
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Sanitary Inspection of the Borough.- The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors during the year:— General.
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The following table indicates the amount of various foodstuffs which have been condemned by the Sanitary Inspectors as unfit for food in the course of their inspections at the various food premises in the Borough.
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RODENT CONTROL. The following is a summary of the work carried out by the Rodent Operative, acting under the direct supervision of the Chief Sanitary Inspector.
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937. Part 1 of the Act. 1.— I nspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted -
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2. — Cases in which D efects were found. (If defects were discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases").
Premises Number of cases in which defects were found. Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) -
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Part VIII of the Act. Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)
Nature of Work Section 110 Section 111 No. of out-workers in August list required by Section 110(1) (c) No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises Notices served Prosecutions (1) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) -
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TABLE I.
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TABLE II. Table of Symptoms. (Including those for which the children were referred and others which were discovered at the diagnostic interview.
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TABLE III. Home Conditions—57 Cases.
Mother Father -
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TABLE IV. Analysis of Intelligence of 143 Children.
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TABLE VI. Special Recommendations—17 Children.
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Number of School Children treated for Scabies.
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE. A summary of the returns submitted by the heads of schools giving particulars of all new cases of infectious disease which came to their knowledge is set out below :—
Condition. No. of cases. -
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Employment of Children and Young Persons. The number of children examined in connection with their employment out of school hours was 193 and of these 6 were found unfit for employment. The nature of employment of those considered fit was :—
Boys. -
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A. Periodic Medical Inspections.
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C. Pupils found to Require Treatment. Number of Individual Pupils found at Periodic Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding Dental Diseases and Infestation with Vermin).
Group For defective vision (excluding squint) For any of the other conditions recorded in Table IIA Total individual pupils (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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TABLE II. A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTIONS
Defect or Disease Periodic Inspection Special Inspections No. of defects No. of defects Requiring treatment Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment Requiring treatment Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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B. CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTED.
Age Groups Number of Pupils Inspected A (Good) B (Fair) C (Poor) No. % of Col. 2 No. % of Col. 2 No. % of Col. 2 -
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TABLE III. TREATMENT TABLES. GROUP I.— MINOR AILMENT (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).
(a) Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year -
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GROUP II.— DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Eye Disease treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
No. of defects dealt with -
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GROUP III.— TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE & THROAT.
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GROUP IV.— ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
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GROUP V.— CHILD GUIDANCE TREATMENT AND SPEECH THERAPY.
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TABLE IV—DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
(1) Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers:- -
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TABLE V. INFESTATION WITH VERMIN.
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The following table indicates the number of cases of each disease admitted during the year.
Disease Remaining in Hospital, 31st March, 1947 Admitted during the year Discharged during the year Died during the year Remaining in Hospital, 31st March, 1948 -
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The age distribution of the cases was as follows:
Under 1 1-2 3-5 6-10 11-15 16-24 25 and over -
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Of 61 cases, 27 occurred in the Chiswick and 34 m the Ealing areas. The accompanying diagram gives an analysis of the cases.
Type of Disease Age in Years. Over 30 Total 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 -
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During the year 1st April, 1947 to 31st March, 1948, 1,301 patients were admitted to the hospital. These included 14 emergency cases.
Month Ealing Brentford & Chiswick Other Districts Total -
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Premature Infants.
Gestation Born alive Died