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Erith 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
- Published
- 1948
- Pages
- 48
- Tables
- 35
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A (1) b. Births.
TOTAL. Male. Female. -
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Comparative figure for England and Wales :—20.5.
TOTAL. Male. Female. -
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A(1)d. Infantile Mortality. Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age :
TOTAL. Male. Female -
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Total number of deaths from :
1946 1947 -
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A(1 )e. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1947 and previous years.
Year Population estimated to middle of each year Births Total Deaths registered in the District Transferable Deaths Nett Deaths belonging to the District Uncorrected Number Nett of Non-residents registered in the District of residents not registered in the District Under 1 year of age At all Ages Number Rate Number Rate No. Rate per 1000 nett Births No. Rate -
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A(1)f. Table showing summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1947.
Cause of Death Males Females Total -
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A(l)g. Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1947. Provisional figures. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the towns to civilians only
Rate per 1,000 total population Annual Death-rate per 1,000 population Rate per 1,000 Live Births Live Births Still Births All Causes Typhoid and Paratyphoid Small-pox Measles Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years) Total Deaths under one year -
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A (2) Since 1920 there have been 17,867 births with 41 maternal deaths as shown below, giving a maternal mortality rate of 2.2.
Year Maternal Deaths Total Births (including still births) Registered Live Births -
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Analysis of the cause of death at this age group reveals the following figures :—
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I have included a table showing the Infantile Mortality at five year intervals for the past 35 years and for 1947.
Year Erith England and Wales -
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A (4). Unemployment Figures and Comments. With the courteous co-operation of the Manager of the Erith Employment Exchange, it is once again possible to give definite figures on the state of unemployment in the District, as shown in the following table.
Year ending Adults Young Persons Men Women Boys Girls Total -
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SECTION B.—MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. B (1). Clinics functioned normally throughout the year, as did the specialist Clinics.
Month Births Sex Legitimacy Notified by Live S'born M F Leg. Illeg. Midwives Hosp. etc. Doctors M F -
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Infant Welfare Centres.
Month Erith Belvedere Picardy Bedonwell Infants weighed Consultations Infants weighed Consultations Infants weighed Consultations infants weighed Consultations Under 1 year 1 to 5 years Under 1 year 1 to 5 years Under 1 year 1 to 5 years Under 1 year 1 to 5 years -
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6(4). Home Visits by Health Visitors.
1947 Deaths Children Special Visits Expectant Mothers Infant Life Protection Total Visits 1st Visit Re-Visit Still-Births Others -
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The following table illustrates the admission during the last nine years to the Hainault Maternity Home.
Year Admissions No. of Beds -
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B(5)b. Five weekly sessions are held at the Ante-natal clinics with two Specialist Clinics each month. Arrangements ensure that every expectant mother attending this centre has an examination by the Obstetric Consultant.
Ante-natal patients seen by Doctor 1947 Jan. Feb. Mr. Apr. May June July Aug Sep. Oct. Nov Dec. Total -
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The conditions for which they were admitted were as follows:—
Reason No. -
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B(9). Home and Domestic Helps. The demand on this service continued throughout the year. HOME HELPS.
Number of Cases booked during 1947 Number of days on which Home Helps were employed. Number of cases booked but subsequently cancelled. -
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C (2). TABLES. C(2)a. Notifications. The following table shows the total notifications received during the year 1947.
Disease Total cases notified Cases admitted to infectious diseases hospital Total Death -
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Table showing Details of Cases Treated etc., following Notification under Scabies Order 1945.
Month Cases showing symptoms and treated Contacts not showing symptoms but treated Total Contacts examined not showing symptoms and not treated No. of second treatments given No. of families involved No. of items disinfested Visits by Nurse Visitor Preliminary Visits Follow .up visits Total -
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Age Distribution. This second table shows in detail the age distribution of the notified diseases mentioned previously:—
Disease Age Groups Totals under 1 1 2 3 4 5 10 15 20 35 45 65 over 65 -
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The following table will indicate the number of cases dealt with:—
Diphtheria. Whooping Cough 1st Inj. 2nd Inj. 1st Inj. 2nd Inj. -
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C(7)b. Table (i) Particulars of New Cases and Deaths.
Age Periods New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary -
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Table ii. Quarterly Statements.
1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter M F T M F T M F T M F. T -
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D(4). Ambulance Service.
Months Cases Mileage -
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2. Details of the tonnage dealt with during the year.
Vehicle Capacity -
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E (1 )c. Table 2.
Tonnage Month Tons Cwts. -
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E(4). Public Conveniences. Those under the control of the department are as under:
Site. Hours of Oening. -
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Premises visited and results of such visits:— E(5)b. Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
Premises No. in District No. of visits 1947 No. of defects found No. of defects remedied -
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E(5)c. Summary of Nuisances and Defects Remedied during the year.
Other than those enumerated in the above tabulation:— -
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E(7)a. Factories. Inspections for the purpose of provisions as to health are detailed below :—
Premises Number or Inspections Written Notice* Occupiers Prosecuted -
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Report on the Chemical examinations of sample submitted:—
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F (2) d. Designated Milk. The following table indicates the number of licences issued by the Local Authority in 1947 under the Milk (Special Designations) Order 1936:—
Dealers. -
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Nature of Samples Adverse Reports Adulterated Genuine No. of Samples -
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F(3)b. Meat and Food Inspection. Considerable time and attention has been devoted to the inspection of meat and other foods in shops and stores, and the following were confiscated as being unfit for human consumption:—