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Finchley 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

Published
1934
Pages
104
Tables
28

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28 tables in this report

  • Page 11
    Clinics and Treatment Centres.
    Name and Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.
  • Page 16
    INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1933 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
    Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks.3-4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.4 weeks and under 3 months.3-6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.TOTAL.WARDS.
    NEW
  • Page 17
    CAUSES OF, AND ACES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR.
    No.CAUSES OF DEATH.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OP "RESIDENTS" WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT.Total Death whether of 'Residents' or' Non-Residents' in Institutions in the District.WARDS.
    All CausesCertified 592All Ages.Under 1.1 and under 2.2 and under 5.5 and under 1515 and under 25.25 and under 45.45 and under 65.65 and Upwards.North Ward.East Ward.West Ward.
    Uncertified —
  • Page 19
    VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS.
    Year.Total Births.Birth Rate.Total Deaths.Death Rate.Total Infant Deaths.Infantile mortality rate.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Whooping Cough.Deaths from Diarrhoea. (under 2 years).
  • Page 24
    L ist of S amples taken in F inchley during the Y ear ended 31 st D ecember, 1933.
    Article.Samples Taken.Adulterated.
  • Page 24
    1.-Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors:-
    Premises.Number of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 25
    2.— Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect of whicn Prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.† RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 26
    3.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
    Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
  • Page 27
    The bacteriological work for the district is carried out at the Joint Isolation Hospital and during 1933 the following specimens were dealt with: —
    Positive.Negative.Total.
  • Page 28
    The following table shows the conditions as to overcrowding of the households invaded by Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever during 1933:-
    Housing Conditions.
    Less than 1 person per room.1-2 persons per room.More than 2 persons per room.
    Cases under 15 years of age.Suscepti-bles (including those attacked) under 15 years of age.Cases under 15 years of age.Suscepti-bles (including those attacked) under 15 years of age.Cases under 15 years of age.Suscepti-bles (including those attacked) under 15 years of age.
  • Page 29
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1933.
    DISEASE.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years.3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 years and over.TOTAL.WARDS.Removed to Hospital.
    N.E.W.
  • Page 32
    TUBERCULOSIS DURING THE YEAR 1933.
    Age-periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 35
    The following table shows the work carried out by the dentist during the year: -
    Mothers.Children.
  • Page 52
    The total number of carcases of animals (including organs) inspected after slaughter during the year and the number and percentage found to be affected with tuberculosis are as follows: -
  • Page 65
    ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
    School.Department.Accommodation.Average attendance 1933:
  • Page 74
    The work carried out by the Dentist during the year is. set out in the following table:—
    19321933
  • Page 74
    The following table shows the percentage of the children in each school who were found to require treatment, the percentage of these children requiring treatment who actually received treatment at the Dental Clinic, and the percentage stated to be receiving private treatment.
    (1) School.(2) Percentage of children requiring treatment.(3) Percentage of those in (2) who received treatment at the Dental Clinic.(4) Percentage of those in (2) stated to be receiving private treatment.
  • Page 75
    Parents' Contribution Towards Cost of Treatment. The sums recovered from parents in respect of dental and medical treatment are as follows:—
    1932.1933.
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 75
    The following list gives the number of cases which were brought to the notice of the School Medical Officer for the past three years.
    193119321933
  • Page 76
    Exclusion of School Children on Account of Infectious Disease.
    Disease.PATIENTS. Period of exclusion.CONTACTS. Period of exclusion.
  • Page 84
    TABLE 1. Return of Medical Inspections.
  • Page 85
    TABLE II. A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1933.
    Routine Inspections. No. of Defects.Special Inspections No. of Defects.
    DEFECT OR DISEASE (1)Requiring treatment. (2)Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. (3)Requiring treatment. (4Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment. (5)
  • Page 86
    TABLE II. B. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
    GROUP. 1Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment. 4
    Inspected. 2Found to require treatment. 3
  • Page 91
    Treatment Table. Group i. Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.).
    Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Disease or Defect. (1)Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)Otherwise. (8)Total. (4)
  • Page 92
    TABLE IV. (Continued). Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Number of Defects dealt with.
    Defect or Disease. (1)Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)By Private Practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme. (3)Otherwise. (4)Total (5)
  • Page 87 90
    TABLE III. Return o( all Exceptional Children in the Area. Blind Children.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 93
    NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of treatment. (4)Total number treated. (5)
    Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. (1)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total. (3)
  • Page 94
    GROUP IV. —Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise. (2.Total number treated.
    Residential treatment with education. (1)Residential treatment without education. (2)Nonresidential treatment at an orthopædic clinic. (3)Residential treatment with education. (1)Residential treatment without education. (2)Nonresidential treatment at an orthopædic clinic. (3)