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Ealing 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]

Published
1951
Pages
92
Tables
33

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33 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    In this one year in a population far smaller than present day Ealing, the following number of deaths from certain infectious diseases occurred :
  • Page 9
    A consideration of the table below will show some of the vast improvements which have taken place in the last 100 years, viz., a fall in the Infant Mortality from 140 to 26 per 1,000 and a fall in the death rate from 20.3 per 1,000 in 1851 to 9.5 per 1,000 in 1950 (in spite of the greater average age of the population).
    185119011950
  • Page 10
    Deaths from certain infectious diseases per 100,000 of population
    185119011950
  • Page 11
    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
  • Page 13
    School children with infectious disease are usually kept out of school for the following periods:
  • Page 15
    The number of cases of infectious disease notified in the Borough in the past twelve years is shown in the following table. Cases of Infectious Disease notified in the Borough.
    Disease193919401941194219431944194519461947194819491950
  • Page 15
    The number of cases of infectious disease originally notified sometimes varies due to changes of diagnosis and the following table is therefore given to show the final numbers after correction.
    DiseaseDisease
  • Page 16
    Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1950, showing Age Distribution.
    DiseaseTotal Cases NotifiedDeathsAges of Cases Notified.
    Under One Year1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545to 6565 and over
  • Page 17
    Ages at Death from Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
    DiseaseUnder One Year1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to ioio to 1515 to 2020 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and upwardsTotals
  • Page 22
    The outbreak commenced in June, and continued steadily with 2 to 4 notifications a week until the end of October, without any very definite peak.
    ParalyticNon-Paralytic
    MaleFemaleMaleFemale
  • Page 27
    The capacity for arduous work is much diminished in the patient with healed disease, so that a sedentary non-competitive occupation with good conditions is essential. Various schemes have been started recently for special workshops and an interesting experiment has been undertaken along these lines in another area of Middlesex.
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-Pulm'yPulmonaryNon-Pulm'y
    MaleF'maleMaleF'maleMaleF'maleMaleF'male
  • Page 28
    A new and improved American type of vaccine has recently been introduced for prevention of the disease and it is expected that this will produce a steady fall in the number of cases in future years.
    DeathsCases
  • Page 29
    Causes of Death, 1950.
    Cause of DeathDeaths, 1950Total Deaths 1949
    MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 32
    During the year the following examinations were carried out Administrative, Technical and Clerical
  • Page 34
    The extent of the problem may be gathered from the following figures :
    YearNumber of caravans removed by the Sanitary Inspector by informal action or by pulling them on to the roadway with the assistance of the PoliceNumber of Statutory Notices servedNumber of cases taken to local Magistrates CourtResult of Court action
  • Page 36
    The following table shows that since the immediate pre-war period, the number of complaints received by the Department has more than doubled, the number of Statutory Notices served has increased over five times and the number of cases taken to the Magistrates Court has increased seven times.
    YearEstimated PopulationNumber of inhabited houses according to Rate BookNumber of complaints received bySanitary InspectorsNumber of houses found not to be in all respects fit for habitationNumber of Preliminary Notices servedNumber of Statutory Notices servedNumber of cases relating to non-compliance with Statutory Notices taken before Magistrates Court
  • Page 40
    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE BOROUGH
  • Page 41
    MILK AND DAIRIES REGULATIONS 1949 ETC.
  • Page 41
    At the commencement of the year licences for the milk under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations were as follows : sale of granted
    Dealers' LicencesSupplementary LicencesTotal
  • Page 42
    The results in accordance with the provisional grading scheme recommended by the Ministry of Health, were as follows :
    Provisional GradeNo. of SamplesPresumptive Coliforms PresentFaecal Coliforms Present
  • Page 43
    The following foodstuffs were condemned by the Sanitary Inspectors as unfit for human food in the course of their inspections of the various food premises in the Borough :
    lbs.
  • Page 44
    In addition, the following other articles of food were also condemned :
  • Page 44
    HOUSING STATISTICS.
  • Page 44
    2. Remedy of defects during the year without service of formal notices :
  • Page 45
    C.—Proceedings under Section 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936 :
  • Page 45
    1 . Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors) :
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 46
    2. Cases in which defects were found :
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. Inspect'rBy H.M. Inspect'r
  • Page 46
    Part VIII of the Act. Outwork. (Sections 110 and 111).
    Nature of workSection 110Section 111
    No. of out-workers in August list required by Sect. 110 (1) (c)No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises
  • Page 47
    Summary of Sanitary Defects remedied as a result of Notices served and Letters written.
  • Page 51
    The number of children found at routine and special inspections to be suffering from certain defects fell substantially as may be seen from the following :
    19491950
  • Page 55
    At the end of 1950, the following number of children in Ealing, of school age, has been formally ascertained :
  • Page 63
    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE AND OTHER SERVICES. Table showing Birth-Rate, Death-Rate and Infant Death-Rate for the Borough of Ealing.
    PeriodBirth-RateDeath-RateInfant Death-Rate
  • Page 63
    Maternal Mortality per Thousand Births.
    PeriodEalingEngland and Wales