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Erith 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]

Published
1949
Pages
50
Tables
32

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32 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age :
    TOTALMale.Female.
  • Page 9
    Continued from previous page...
    YearPopulation Figure according to Registrar GeneralNo. of Live Births according to Registrar GeneralLive Birth Rate per 1,000 populationNo. of Deaths according to Registrar GeneralDeath rate per 1,000 PopulationNo. of Deaths of infants under 1 year of ageInfant Mortality Rate per 1,000 live births
  • Page 10
    A (1) f. Table showing summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1948.
    Cause of DeathMalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 11
    A (1) g. Table showing Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the year 1948 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 populationAnnual Death-rate per 1,000 populationRate per 1,000 Live Births
    Live BirthsStill BirthsAll CausesTyphoid and Paratyphoid 1Small-pox 1MeaslesWhooping CoughDiphtheriaInfluenzaDiarrhoea & Enteritis (under Two years)Total Deaths under one year
  • Page 12
    A (2). Comparison of Maternal Mortality Rate. Yearly Maternal Mortality rates are given.
    YearMaternal DeathsLive BirthsStill birthsMaternal Mortality Rate per 1,ooo total Births
  • Page 13
    I have included a table showing the Infantile Mortality at five year intervals since 1920 and for the years 1946, 1947 and 1948.
    YearErithEngland and Wales
  • Page 14
    Continued from previous page...
    Year endingAdultsYoung PersonsTotal
    MenWomenBoysGirls
  • Page 15
    Infant Welfare Centres.
    MonthHainaultBelvedere Public HallLessnessBedonwell
    AttendancesConsultationsAttendancesConsultationsAttendancesConsultationsAttendancesConsultations
    Under 1 year1 to 5 yearsUnder 1 year1 to 5 yeareUnder 1 year1 to 5 yearsUnder 1 year1 to 5 years
  • Page 16
    B (3). Home Visits by Health Visitors.
    1948DeathsChildrenSpecial VisitsExpectant MothersInfant Life ProtectionTotal Visits
    1st VisitRe-VisitStill-BirthsOthers
  • Page 16
    The following table illustrates the admission during the last 10 years to the Hainault Maternity Home.
    YearAdmissionsNo. of Beds
  • Page 17
    B (4) b. Ante-natal Patients seen by Doctor.
    Jan.Feb.Mar.Apr.MayJune
  • Page 18
    B (8). Home Helps.
    Number of Cases booked during 1948Number of days on which Home Helps were employed.Number of cases booked but subsequently cancelled.
  • Page 18
    B (8). Domestic Helps.
    Number of Cases attended by Domestic-Helps during 1948.Number of days Domestic Helps were employed.Number of days employed at Hainault Maternity Home.
  • Page 19
    The following table shows the total number of notitica-cions during the year 1948.
    DiseaseTotal No. of cases notifiedCases admitted to infectious disease hospitalTotal No. of Death
  • Page 20
    Age Distribution. The following table shows the age distribution of cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year.
    DiseaseAge Groups
    under 1 year1-33-55-1010-1515-2525-4545-6565 & overAge not knownT otals
  • Page 21
    The following table will indicate the number of cases dealt with:—
    Diphtheria.Diphtheria and Whooping Cough
  • Page 23
    Table (1) Particulars of New Cases and Deaths. New Cases.
    AgeRespiratoryNon-RespiratoryTotal
  • Page 23
    C (7)b. Deaths. According to the figures supplied by the Registrar General, the following is the number of deaths from Tuberculosis during the year.
    Tuberculosis of Respiratory systemOther forms of Tuberculosis
    MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 24
    C (7)b. QUARTERLY STATEMENTS FOR YEAR 1948. TABLE (2)
    Tuberculosis1st Quarter2nd Quarter3rd Quarter4th Quarter
    MFTotalMFTotalMFTotalMFTotal
  • Page 25
    D (3). Ambulance Service. 1948.
    MonthCasesMileage
  • Page 26
    E (1)a. Costs.
    £s.d.
  • Page 26
    E (l)b. Table 1.
    VehicleCapacity
  • Page 27
    E (l)c. Table 2.
    MonthTonnage
    TonsCwts.
  • Page 27
    E (3). Salvage.
    Tonnage collected.Income.
  • Page 28
    E (5)b. Premises Visited and Results of Such Visits.
    PremisesNo. in DistrictNo. of visitsNo. of defects foundNo. of defects remedied
  • Page 28
    E (5)c. Summary of Nuisances and defects remedied during the year. Other than those enumerated in the above tabulations.
    Drains repaired181
  • Page 34
    E (7)a. Factories. (1) Inspections for the purpose of provisions as to health are detailed below:—
    PremisesNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
  • Page 34
    Defects found.
    ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of defects in respect of which pros-ecutionswere instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred to H M Inspector
  • Page 36
    The follwing table indicates the number of licences issued by the local Authority in 1948 under the milk (special designetion) Order, 1936.
  • Page 36
    F (2)d. Ice cream. During the year 12 ice-cream samples were procured and submitted to the Bacteriologist with the following results:—
  • Page 37
    F (3)a. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Sections 3 and 68. The following samples were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis.
    Nature of SampleAdulteratedGenuineNo. of Samples
  • Page 39
    The following table shows some of the typical results obtained:—
    SampleTotal count at 37°C before experiment.Total count at 37°C after experiment.