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Ealing 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ealing]
- Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 168
- Tables
- 75
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CAUSES OF DEATH
Cause of death Deaths, 1967 Total Deaths, 1966 Male Female Total -
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The Council has five day nurseries with a total of 224 places, the details of which are given below: -
Approved places Maximum number of places -
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The number of home and hospital confinements in the area of the London Borough of Ealing over the last few years is as follows:-
Year Domiciliary Hospital Total -
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Details of attendances for the year are shown in the following table:-
British Red Cross Society Southall Old People's Welfare Association London Borough of Ealing Total -
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Details of the work during 1967 are as follows:-
Tuberculosis Health Visitors Acton & Ealing (Ealing Chest Clinic) Southall (Uxbridge Chest Clinic) -
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Junior Training Schools There are at present no junior training schools in the borough, and arrangements are made for children to be placed in schools belonging to neighbouring local authorities as follows:-
Junior Training School Number attending -
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The case load of the service during the year was as follows:-
Types of patients assisted No. -
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The types of disability which brought patients to the Centre were as follows:-
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The following table shows the distribution of referrals during the year from the various parts of the borough:-
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The members of the Association for 1967 were:-
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It should be noted that these only show persons coming here to work and do not include the wife and children under 16 years of age who can accompany or follow an immigrant without they themselves possessing a voucher
Country of origin No. of Persons Number Notified Contact Established -
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The ports of arrival were as follows:-
Country of origin No. of Persons London Airport Other ports -
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NEW CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS - SHOWING RATE PER 1,000 OF THE POPULATIONS OF THE FORMER BOROUGHS
Area 1963 1964 1965# 1966* 1967* No.of Cases Rate per 1,000 pop. No.of Cases Rate per 1,000 pop. No.of Cases Rate per 1,000 pop. No.of Cases Rate per 1,000 pop. No.of Cases Rate per 1,000 pop. -
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NEW CASES OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN THE FORMER BOROUGH OF SOUTHALL SHOWING RATE PER 1,000 OF THE POPULATION
Year Total cases notified Indians and Pakistanis (Based solely on names) Others No. of Cases Rate per 1,000 of population No. of Cases Rate per 1,000 of estimated population No. of Cases Rate per 1,000 of estimated population -
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School Health The number of immigrant school children at the end of the year in relation to the total school child population was as follows:-
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As part of the Council's tuberculosis prevention service the heaf testing ot all immigrant children on admission to school has continued and the figures for 1967 compared with the previous year were as follows:-
Immigrants Others Total 1966 1967 1966 1967 1966 1967 -
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A survey in all Southall schools during the year to detect infested children confirmed the findings of the limited survey carried out in 1966. The relevant figures are as follows:-
1966 (Certain Southall Schools) 1967 (All Southall Schools) -
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Routine School Medical inspection At the present time in the London Borough of Ealing a minimum of three examinations are carried out during a child's school life, these being at the ages of 5 years (infant school entrants) years (junior school) and 14-14½ years (senior school leavers). The total school population at the end of the year was 40,828 and the details of the examinations carried out are as follows:-
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Sessions are held at each of the Council's clinics at least once a week. Attendances during the year were:-
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Details of attendances during 1967 are:-
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The following types of defect were encountered during the year:-
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The figures for attendance are as follows:-
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The figures for attendance are:-
New Cases Total Number of attendances -
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Orthopaedic Service Orthopaedic sessions are carried out in the borough as follows:-
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The figures for attendance during 1967 are:-
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Physiotherapy is provided at the following clinics:-
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Ear. Nose and Throat Service Ear, nose and throat sessions are carried out at Ravenor Park and Mattock Lane on alternate weeks by Mr. R.M. Savage, F.R.C.S. (Edin.), D.L.O. and the figures for attendance during the year were:-
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Details of the work carried out during the year are as follows:-
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The following table sets out, in their various categories, the number of handicapped pupils as at 31st December, 1967.
Category of pupils In Special Day Schools In Special Residential Schools In maintained Primary and Secondary Schools Not at School Totals M F M F M F M F M F -
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The position regarding the number of schools which have health education programmes is as follows:
Number of Schools in Borough Schools with Health Education Programmes -
Page 78
During the year, 5,492 complaints were received, the main categories of complaint being as follows:-
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The following table gives an analysis of reported accidents according to their primary cause.
Primary Cause Adults 18 and over Young Persons under 18 Total Males Females Males Females -
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Registrations and General Inspections
Class of Premises No. of premises newly registered during year Total No. registered at end of year No. of registered premises receiving one or more general inspections during the year -
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Analysis of persons employed in registered premises by workplace
Class of workplace Number of persons employed -
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Contraventions remedied
Items No. of Improvements -
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The following is a summary of the work carried out by the rodent operatives:-
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Water Samples, 1967
Samples Satisfactory Doubtful Unsatisfactory -
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The results are given overleaf.
Number of pools Satisfactory samples Unsatisfactory samples Total samples -
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The Council's analyst also carried out detailed chemical and bacteriological examination of swimming bath water at intervals with the following results:-
Number of pools Satisfactory samples Unsatisfactory samples Total samples -
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92 & 94 Boston Road, W.7. ) 3 & 5 Norwood Road, Southall. ) Occupants rehoused and premises demolished following Demolition Orders made in 1966.
Action taken Totals for years 1963- 1966 1967 Totals Acton Ealing Southall Acton Ealing SouthalI -
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Details of overcrowding under Section 90 of the Housing Act, 1957:-
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Figures which indicate progress made in this borough compared with Greater London and the total "black areas" of the whole country are given in the following table:-
Region No. of acres covered by Smoke Control Orders Percentage of total "black area" acreage so covered No. of premises covered by Smoke Control Orders Percentage of total "black area" premises so covered -
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Progress of Smoke Control Programme
No. of Smoke Control Orders Acres No. of dwellings No. of other buildings Total Premises Private Local Authority -
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All samples examined were found to satisfy these tests, as shown in the following table:-
Class of Milk No. of samples Phosphatase test Methylene Blue test Turbidity test Colony Count test Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail Pass Fail -
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The following foodstuffs were condemned by the public health inspectors as unfit for human consumption and were surrendered for destruction:-
lbs. -
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There is a total of 25 establishments used by licensed persons in the borough as follows:-
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617 bodies of residents from the following areas were taken to the mortuary:-
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The number of vaccinations and immunisations carried out during 1967 was as follows:-
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Questionnaire Assessments
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Staff requiring medicals as a routine
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The figures for the year are:-
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Table 1 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT (as at 31st December, 1967)
Number on Establishment Number on Strength -
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Number on Establishment Number on Strength -
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Number on Establishment Number on Strength -
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Number on Establishment Number on Strength -
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Table 2 INFECTIOUS AND OTHER NOTIFIABLE DISEASES CLASSIFIED IN AGE GROUPS
Scarlet Fever Whooping-cough Measles Dysentery Meningococcal Infection Malaria M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Table 2 - continued
Pneumonia Acute encephalitis Typhoid Fever Erysipelas Food poisoning Infective Postinfectious M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Table 2 - continued
Tuberculosis Infectious hepatitis Puerperal pyrexia Pulmonary Meninges and central nervous system Other M F M F M F M F F -
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Table 3 CLINIC SESSIONS
Abbey Parade Avenue Road Brentside Cherington House Cloister Road Greenford Green Islip Manor Jubilee Gardens King Street -
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Table 3 - continued CLINIC SESSIONS - continued
Laurel House Mattock Lane Northcote Northolt Grange Perivale Pierrepnt. Road Ravenor Park Steele Road Trinity Way -
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Table 4 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION OF PERSONS UNDER AGE 16 COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR Completed Primary Courses - diphtheria, whooping-cough, tetanus and poliomyelitis
Type of vaccine Administered in clinics Administered by general practitioners Total -
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Smallpox - vaccination and re-vaccination
Vaccinated Re-vaccinated -
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Table 5 CHIROPODY TREATMENT
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Table 6 MENTAL HEALTH - PATIENTS UNDER LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE AT 31ST DECEMBER, 1967
Mentally ill Subnormal and severely subnormal Under age 16 Aged 16 and over Total Under age 16 Aged 16 and over Total M F M F M F M F -
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Table 7 MENTAL HEALTH - NUMBER OF PATIENTS REFERRED DURING YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1967
Referred by Mentally ill Subnormal and severely subnormal Under age 16 Aged 16 and over Total Under age 16 Aged 16 and over Total M F M F M F M F -
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Table 8 FACTORIES ACT 1961 - PART I Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by public health inspectors).
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted -
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Table 9 FACTORIES ACT. 1961 - PART I Cases in which defects were found
Particulars 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 -
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Table 10 FACTORIES ACT, 1961 - PART VIII (SECTIONS 133 AND 134) Outwork
Nature of work Section 133 No. of out-workers in August list required by section 133(1)(c) -
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Table 11 AVERAGE MONTHLY SULPHUR DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS (microgrammes per cubic metre) Daily volumetric instruments
1967 * Acton Lane Chase Road Eliots Green School * Friars Place Lane + North- cote Avenue Town Hall Annexe Walpole Grammar School -
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Table 12 AVERAGE MONTHLY SMOKE CONCENTRATIONS (microgrammes per cubic metre) Daily volumetric instruments
1967 * Acton Lane Chase Road Eliots Green School • Friars Place Lane + North- cote Avenue Town Hall Annexe Walpole Grammar School -
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Table 13 AVERAGE MONTHLY INSOLUBLE DEPOSIT (milligrammes per square metre per day) Deposit Gauges
1967 Bashley Road Birkbeck Avenue + Hortus Road Longfield Depot + Park Avenue * White Street -
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Table 14 LIST OF FOOD PREMISES IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF EALING
Category of premises No. of premises No. complying with Reg. 16 (Wash-hand basins, etc.) No. to which Reg. 19 applies (Sinks, etc.) No. complying with Reg. 19 (Sinks, etc.) -
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Table 15 PIGS CARCASES AND OFFAL INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART (Figures in column (2) in each year indicate the rate per 1,000 carcases inspected)
1964 1965 1966 1967 (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) -
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Table 16 ANALYSIS OF DISEASES AND CONDITIONS OF WHOLE CARCASES CONDEMNED - 1967 (Figures in column (2) in each case indicate the rate per 1,000 whole carcases condemned) (Figures in column (3) in each case indicate the rate per 1,000 carcases inspected)
(1) (2) (3)