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Finchley 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

Published
1935
Pages
100
Tables
26

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26 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR.
    Live Births:Total.Males.Females.
  • Page 7
    Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    Number of BedsType of Case
    Adults.Children.
    Male.Female.
  • Page 10
    Clinics and Treatment Centres.
    Name and Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By whom provided.
  • Page 14
    INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1934. 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 15
    CAUSES OF, AND ACES AT, DEATH DURING THE YEAR.
    No.CAUSES OF DEATH.NET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS" WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICT.Total Deaths whether of 'Residents' or 'Non-Residents' in Institutions in the District.WARDS.
    All CausesCertified 658All 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 17
    VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS.
    Year.Total Births.Birth Rate.Total DeathsDeath Rate.Total Infant Deaths.Infantile mortality rate.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Whooping Cough.Deaths from Diarrhœa, (under 2 years).
  • Page 23
    2.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.† RemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 24
    3.—Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
    Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
  • Page 28
    The following table shows the conditions as to overcrowding of the households invaded by Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever during 1934:—
    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.Susceptibles (including those attacked) under 15 years of age.Cases under 15 years of age.Susceptibles (including those attacked) under 15 years of age.Cases under 15 years of age.Susceptibles (including those attacked) under 15 years of age.
  • Page 29
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1934.
    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 1934.
    Age-periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 53
    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:—
    No. Examined.Found to be tuberculous.Percentage.
  • Page 64
    ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
    School.Department.Accommodation.Average Attendance 1934.
  • Page 74
    The work carried out by the Dentist during the year is set out in the following table :—
    19331934
  • Page 75
    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)(2)(3)(4)
    School.Percentage of children requiring treatment.Percentage of those in (2) who received treatment at the Dental Clinic.Percentage of those in (2) stated to be receiving private treatment.
  • Page 76
    Parents' Contribution Towards Cost of Treatment The sums recovered from parents in respect of dental and medical treatment are as follows:—
    19331934
    £s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 76
    The following list gives the number of cases which were brought to the notice of the School Medical Officer for the past three years.
    193219331934
  • Page 77
    Exclusion of School Children on Account of Infectious Disease.
  • Page 84
    TABLE I. Return of Medical Inspections.
  • Page 85
    TABLE .II A. — Return of Defects found by Medical Inspections in the year ended 31st December, 1934.
    Routine Inspections. No. of Defects.Special Inspections No. of Defects.
    DEFECT OR DISEASE.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 86
    TABLE II. B. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
    GROUP.Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment.
    Inspected.Found to require treatment.
    1234
  • Page 87 - 90
    TABLE III. Return of 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 91
    TABLE IV. Return of Defects treated during the year ended 31st December, 1934. Treatment Table. Group 1. Minor Ailments (excluding uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 92
    TABLE IV. (Continued). Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Defect or DiseaseNumber of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.By Private Practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's SchemeOtherwise.Total
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 93
    GROUP III.—Treatment of defects of Nose and Throat. NUMBER OP DEFECTS.
    Received Operative Treatment.Received other forms of treatment.Total number treated.
    Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 94
    GROUP IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise. (2)Total number treated.
    Residential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.Residential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.
    (1)(2)(3)(i)(2)(3)