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East Barnet 1957

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

Published
1958
Pages
30
Tables
21

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21 tables in this report

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    Area and Rateable Value
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    Vital Statistics
    MaleFemaleTotal
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    Deaths19561957
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    TABLE I Notifications of Infectious Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) received during the year 1957
    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.
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    TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the year 1957
    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.
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    TABLE III Infantile Mortality, 1957 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 between 1 month and 1 year.Total under 1 year
  • Page 9
    TABLE IV Tuberculosis New Cases and Mortality during year 1957
    AGE PERIODS.NEW CASES.DEATHS.
    Respiratory.Non Respiratory.Respiratory.Non Respiratory.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F
  • Page 14
    TABLE I
    Public Health19561957
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    TABLE II
    Housing Act, 1936 and 1957
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    Result of the service of these Notices as follows:—
    Preliminary NoticesStatutory Notices
    1956195719561957
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    TABLE III Improvements effected as a result of Notices served
    ExteriorNo. of Houses
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    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.
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    CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND
    Particulars.Number of cases in which defects were found Referred
    Found.Remedied.To H.M. Inspector.By H.M. Inspector.
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    TABLE V
    Food surrendered during 1957
    cwts.qrs.lbs.ozs.
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    TABLE VI FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1955 Samples examined by Public Analyst
    Quarter EndedNo. ExaminedTotalNo. Found Adulterated
    FormalInformalFormalInformalTotal
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    Samples examined by Public Health Department
    Quarter EndedNo. ExaminedNo. Found Adulterated
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    TABLE VII FOOD PREMISES IN DISTRICT
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    96 samples of milk were purchased and submitted for bacteriological examination to the Ministry of Health Public Health Laboratory at Coppetts Wood.
    No. of Samples SubmittedTest applied:— (a) Methylene blue (b) Turbidity (c) Phosphatase.Result of Examination:—
    SatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryVoid
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    Ninety-six samples of ice cream were obtained and submitted for bacteriological examination with the following results:
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    FOOD AND DRUGS The following Table shows the various types of Food and Drugs sampled during the year and the results of analyses:
    Samples AnalysedSamples Unsatisfactory