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Finchley 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finchley]

Published
1949
Pages
62
Tables
24

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24 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1948 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age
    CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 weeks and under 3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTOTALWARDS
    NEw
  • Page 13
    TABLE I CAUSES OF, AND AGES AT DEATH DURING THE YEAR
    NoCAUSES OF DEATHNET DEATHS AT THE SUBJOINED AGES OF "RESIDENTS" WHETHER OCCURRING WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE DISTRICTTotal Deaths whether of "Residents" or "Nonresidents" in Institutions in the DistrictWARDS
    All AgesUnder 11 and under 22 and under 55 and under 1515 and under 2525 and under 4545 and under 6565 and UpwardsNorth WardEast WardWest Ward
  • Page 15
    VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
    YearTotal BirthsBirth RateTotal DeathsDeath RateTotal Infant DeathsInfantile Mortality RateDeaths from MeasiesDeaths fiom Whooping CoughDeaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years)
  • Page 16
    There are 4 Infant Welfare Centres at which 10 sessions are held weekly.
    Attendances of childrenTotal AttendancesSeen by DoctorsAverage Attendances per session
    YearUnder 1Over 1
  • Page 16
    The number of women attending represented 66.3 per cent. of the total notified births.
    YearNo. of expectant mothers attendedNo. of attendances
  • Page 17
    M aternity A ccommodation The following table shows the known place of confinement of Finchley mothers in 1947 and 1948.
    19471948
  • Page 18
    The following table shows the dental work carried out during 1947 and 1948.
    Mothers19471948
  • Page 20
    The following table shows the number of children immunised against Diphtheria during the past three years.
    Children immunised194619471948
  • Page 20
    Vaccination The following table shows the number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated between the 5th July and 31st December, 1948.
    Under 11—4 years5—14 years15 years and overTotal
  • Page 21
    TABLE 1 Medical Inspections of Children Attending All Schools
  • Page 22
    TABLE II A. Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31 st december, 1948
    Defect Code No.Defect or DiseasePeriodic InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of defectsNo. of defects
    Requireing TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatmentRequireing TreatmentRequiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 23
    B. Classification of the General Condition of Pupils inspected during the year in the age groups
    AGE GROUPSNumber of Pupils InspectedA (Good)B (Fair)C (Poor)
    No.% of col. 2No.% of col. 2No.% of col. 2
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
  • Page 24
    TABLE III G roup I T reatment of M inor A ilments (excluding Uncleanliness)
  • Page 25
    Group III. Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat
  • Page 25
    TABLE IV Dental Inspection and Treatment Primary and Secondary Schools 1948
  • Page 26
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 26
    TABLE V Infestation With Vermin
  • Page 27
    The following table shows the number of cases notified during the past five years:
    19441945194619471948
  • Page 31
    The following table shows the number and nature of the specimens examined at the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, during 1948.
    PositiveNegative
  • Page 32
    The following table shows the number of notifications and the number of deaths during the past 10 years:
    YearNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMFMFMF
  • Page 43
    Premises Periodically Inspected The following premises were visited periodically during the year and any matters found requiring attention were dealt with:
    Description of PremisesNo. in Borough
  • Page 44
    Factory Act, 1937 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors)
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 45
    2. Cases in which Defects were found
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
  • Page 54
    RODENT CONTROL
    RATSMICEWASPS