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Erith 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
- Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 66
- Tables
- 32
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A (2) Comparative Rainfall
1950 Inches 1951 Inches -
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Erith and District Unemployment Figures 1939—1951
Month and year Males Females Total 18 and over Under 18 18 and over Under 18 -
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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR YEAR 1951. A(4)b Births
Male Female Total -
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Corresponding rate for the Borough of Erith for year 1950 :—14.96
Male Female Total -
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A (4)d Infant Mortality Deaths of infants under 1 year of age :—
Male Female Total -
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Deaths of infants under 4 weeks of age :—
Male Female Total -
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Death rate of infants under 4 weeks of age per 1,000 live births :—24.64
Total number of deaths from :— 1950 1951 -
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A (4)e Summary of Vital Statistics for the Year 1951
England and Wales 126 County Boro's & Great towns including London 148 smaller towns (Resident population 25,000. 50,000 at 1931 census) London Administrative County Borough of Erith -
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A (4)g Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1951
Cause of Death Males Females Total -
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A (4)h Comparison of Maternal Mortality Rate Yearly Maternal Mortality rates are given
Year Maternal Deaths Live Births Still Births Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 total Births -
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Cause of death as certified under 1 day 1 day 2 days 3 days 4 days 5 days 6 days 7-14 days 14-21 days 21-28 days 28 days - 2 months 2 months 3 months 4 months 5 months 6 months 7 months 8 months 9 months 10 months 11-12 months Total deaths under 1 year -
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Below is given a table showing the Infant Mortality rates and actual number of infant deaths for Erith at five yearly intervals 1920.1945 and for the years 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1951.
Year Erith England and Wales (Infant Mortality Rate) No. of Inf. Deaths Infant Mortality Rate -
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SECTION B.—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES B (1) Notifications.
Disease Total No. of cases notified Cases admitted to infectious disease hospital Total No. of Deaths among notified cases -
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B (l)a Age Distribution The following table shows the age distribution of cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year
Disease Age Groups Totals under 1 year 1.2 3-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65 & over Age not known M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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B (l)b WARD DISTRIBUTION Number of cases of Infectious Disease notified in each ward in the Borough.
Disease Ward Total Town Old Church Belvedere North Heath Abbey Wood Bostall -
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B (2) Tuberculosis B (2)a New Cases notified for the first time during 1951
Age Respiratory Non.Respiratory Total M F M F -
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B (2)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 system Other forms of Tuberculosis All forms of Tuberculosis Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total -
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B (2)c Quarterly Statements for the Year 1951
Tuberculosis 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter M F Total M F Total M F Total M F Total -
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Table A:—Number of children resident in the Borough of Erith who were given immunising injections during 1951
Year of Birth Number Immunised Primary Inoculations Number given Reinforcing Inoculations Year of Birth Number Immunised Primary Inoculations Number given Reinforcing Inoculations -
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Table B:—Number of children resident in the Borough of Erith under the age of 15 years on 31st December 1951, who had completed a course of Immunisation at any time since 1st January, 1937
0.4 years 5.14 years Year of Birth Number considered to be immunised Year of Birth Number considered to be immunised -
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B (5)a Vaccination
Age at 31st December 1951 Under 1 year 1.4 years 5.14 years 15 or over Total -
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D (l)b Table 1
Vehicle Capacity -
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D (l)c Table 2
Month Tonnage Tons Cwts. -
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D(5)b Premises Visited and Results of Such Visits
Premises No. in district No. of visits No. of defects found No. of defects remedied -
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D (5)c Summary of Nuisances and defects remedied during the year Other than those enumerated in the above tabulations:—
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D (6) Factories (1) Inspections for the purpose of provisions as to health are detailed below:—
Premises Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted -
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(2) Defects found
Number of defects Number of defects in respect of which prosecutions were instituted Particulars Found Remedied Referred to H.M. F.I. -
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E (2)e Designated Milk The following table indicates the number of licences issued by the Local Authority in 1951 under (1) Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations 1949, and (2) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949, viz :—
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The following samples were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for analysis.
Unsatisfactory Genuine No. of Samples -
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E (4) Meat and Food Inspection (a) 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:—
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F (5) Legislation in Force—Byelaws