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East Barnet 1953

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Barnet]

Published
1954
Pages
24
Tables
16

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16 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    Vital Statistics
    MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 6
    vital statistics
    BirthsEast Barnet U.D.160 smaller towns pop. 25,000/50,000England and Wales
  • Page 6
    TABLE I Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1953
    DISEASES.Total Cases Notified.Under 1 year.1—2 years.2—3 years.3—4 years.4—5 years.5—10 years.10—15 years.15—20 years.20—35 years.35—45 years.45—65 years.65 and over.Total Deaths.
  • Page 7
    TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1953
    CAUSES OF DEATH.All Ages.Under 1 year.1—2 years.2—5 years.5—15 years.15—25 years.25—45 years.45—65 years.65 and over.Total No. of Deaths in Public Institutions in the District.
  • Page 8
    TABLE III Infantile Mortality, 1953 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year
    CAUSES OF DEATHUnder 1 week.1 —2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1—3 months.3—6 months.6—9 months.9—12 months.Total under 1 year
  • Page 8
    TABLE IV. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during Year 1953.
    AGE PERIODS.NEW CASES.DEATHS.
    Respiratory.Non Respiratory.Respiratory.Non Respiratory.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 12
    TABLE I Table of Visits and Inspections made during the Year
    19531952
  • Page 13
    TABLE II Number of Notices Served during the Year
    19521953
  • Page 13
    The result of the service of these Notices was as follows:—
    Preliminary NoticesStatutory Notices
    1952195319521953
  • Page 13
    TABLE III Improvements effected as a result of Notices served
    ExteriorNo. of Houses
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  • Page 14
    TABLE IV Factory Inspections FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to Health
    Premises.No. on Register.Number of Inspections.Written Notices.
  • Page 14
    CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND Number of cases in which defects were found
    Particulars.Found.Remedied.Referred
    To H.M. Inspector.By H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 14
    TABLE V Food Surrendered during 1953
    cwts.qrs.lbs.ozs.
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  • Page 18
    The following is a summary of the results of the examinations:—
    No. of Samples SubmittedTest applied:—Result of Examination. Satisfactory
    (a) Methylene blue.
    (b) Turbidity
    (c) Phosphatase.
    T.T. Pasteurised15(a) and (c)