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Erith 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
- Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 58
- Tables
- 31
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D Sanitary Circumstances of the Area
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A (2) Comparative Rainfall
1956 1957 -
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Erith and District Unemployment Figures 1942—1957.
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 1957. A (4)b Births
Male Female Total -
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A (4)e Summary of Vital Statistics for the year 1957.
England and Wales Borough of Erith -
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A (4)g Table showing Summary of Causes of Death during the year ended 31st December, 1957.
Cause of Death Males Females Total -
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A (4)h Infant Mortality—Causes of death and table of comparison
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 yearly from 1946-57.
Year Erith England and Wales (Infant Mortality Rate) No. of Inf. Deaths Infant Mortality Rate -
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A (4)i Comparison of Maternal Mortality Rates
Year Maternal Deaths Live Births Still Births Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 total Births -
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SECTION B—PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
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 confirmed cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year.
Disease Age Groups Under 1 year 1—2 3—4 5—9 10—14 15—24 25—44 45—64 65 & over Age not known Totals 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 1(b) WARD DISTRIBUTION Number of cases of Infectious Disease confirmed in each ward in the Borough.
Disease Ward Total Town Old Church Belvedere N'th Heath Abbey Wood Bostall -
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B (2) a. New Cases notified for the first time during 1957.
Age Respiratory Non-Respiratory Total M F M F -
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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 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 1957.
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, 1957, who had completed a course of Immunisation at any time since 1st January, 1943.
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 (4) Vaccination Against Smallpox
Age at 31st December, 1957 Under 1 year l-4 years 5—14 years 15 or over Total -
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The following table gives the numbers of children resident in the Borough, with year of birth, who received a course of two injections against poliomyelitis during the year ended 31st December, 1957: —
1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 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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The Erith Borough Council is represented on the Thameside Advisory Committee for the Abatement of Atmospheric Pollution. In this connection a deposit gauge and a lead peroxide gauge is in position at the grounds of the Royal Alfred Institution, and the analysis of the contents of these gauges for 1957 is as follows:
Month Bain in inches Insoluble deposit Tons per eq. mile Soluble deposit Tons per sq mile Total Solids Tons per sq. mile Calcium Tons per sq. mile Sulphur mg/l 00 sq cms/day -
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A typical Prescribed Analysts' Report is as follows: —
Tests. Results. -
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(1) Inspections for the purpose of provisions as to health are detailed below: —
Premises Number of Inspections Written Notices Owners Prosecuted -
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(2) Defects found: —
Particulars Number of defects No. of defects in re-pect of which Prosecutions were instituted. Found Remedied Referred to H.M.F.I. -
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D (11) Housing Houses in clearance areas and unfit houses elsewhere. D(ll)a. Houses demolished.
Houses demolished Displaced during year. Persons Families -
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D(ll)c. Unfit houses made fit and houses in which defects were remedied.
By Owner By Local Authority -
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E (2)d Designated milk licences The following table indicates the number of licences issued for 1957: —
Dealers licences Supplementary licences -
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Carcases and offal inspected and condemned in whole or in part.
Cattle excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Horses -
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The following samples were procured during the year and submitted to the Public Analyst for the purpose of analysis with results as follows: —
Article Unsatisfactory Genuine No. of samples -
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F (7) Legislation in Force—Bye-laws, etc.