[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Havering]

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The population of certain neighbouring authorities is reproduced for information, the figures for the previous year being given in brackets.

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR (Figures for 1966 are given in parenthesis)

Live Births	Male	Female	T otal

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Comparison of above rates with those of England and Wales is shown on the following table.

	Havering	England & Wales	Outer London	Greater London

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TABLE 1 REGISTRAR-GENERAL S ABRIDGED LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATH IN CERTAIN AGE GROUPS (Corrected for Inward and Outward Transfers)

	All Ages			AGE GROUPS
	All Ages			Under 4 weeks		4 weeks and under 1 year		1-4		5-14		15-24		25-34		35-44		45-54		55-64		65-74		75 and over
	Total	Male	Female	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE 2 Infant Deaths

	0-1 months	1-3 months	3-6 months	6-12 months	T otal

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TABLE 3 Neo-natal Deaths

	Under 1 Week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	T otal

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TABLE 4 Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics

	Ante-natal	Post-natal	Total

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TABLE 5 Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes

	Booked for Hospital Confinement	Booked for Home C onfinement	Total

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TABLE 6 Midwifery

No. of Domiciliary Confinements attendedby Midwives					Number of patients delivered in Hospitals and other institutions and discharged and attended by domiciliary midwife before 10th day
Doctor not Booked		Doctor Booked
Doctor present at delivery	Doctor not present at delivery	Doctor present at delivery (either the booked doctor or another)	Doctor not present at delivery	T otal

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TABLE 7 Domiciliary and Institutional Births

Place of Birth	Total adjusted by notifications transferred in or out of the area
Place of Birth	1967	1966

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TABLE 8

Malformation Diagnostic Group	No. Reported

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TABLE 9

Premature live births												Pre* mature stillbirths
Born In hospital				Born at home or in a nursing home
Born In hospital				Nursed, entirely at home or in a nursing home				Transferred to hospital on or before 28th dey
Total births	Died			Total births	Died			Total births	Died			Born
Total births	within 24 hour* of birth	in 1 and under 7 days	in 7 and under 28 days	Total births	within 24 hours tyi birth	in 1 and under 7 days	in 7 and under 2 8 days	Total births	wMhin 24 hours j of birth	in 1 and under 7 days	in 7 and under 2 8 days	In hospital	at home
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	! 2	13	14

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TABLE 10 Results of Cytological Examinations

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Table II which follows gives details of the sessions helc and number of children attending. TABLE 11 Child Welfare Clinics

No. of children attending	Born in 1967	Bom in 1966	Born in 1962-65	TOTAL

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Table 12 below gives details of the Home Visits by Health Visitors TABLE 12 Cases Visited by Health Visitors

Home Visits to	Total No. Visited	Notes	1966 figures for comparison

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TABLE 13 Day Nursery Attendances and Waiting List

Nurseries	Places	Average daily attendance over the year	Waiting List Priority	on 31.12.66 Non-Priority

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TABLE 14 Home Nursing

	1967	1966

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TABLE 15 Sick Room Equipment issued on loan from January to December, 1967

Article	1967	1966

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No. issued on loan during year

Article	1967	1966

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TABLE 16 Home Help Service

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The categories of cases helped during the year were as follows:—

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TABLE 18 Good Neighbour Service

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Dr. D.J. Lawless, Medical Director of the Unit, has provided the following details of the conditions revealed on investigation:—

Tuberculous lesions	Male	Female	Total

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Other abnormalities revealed

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Other abnormalities revealed contd.

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3. Chiropody Treatment Given During The Year TABLE 19

GROUP	New cases during year	Cases Under Treatment at end of year	Clinic attendances during year	Domici-liary treatments during year	At Welfare Estab'

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Table 19 contd.

GROUP	New cases during year	Cases Under Treatment at end of year	Clinic attendances during year	Domiciliary treatments during year	At Welfare Estab'

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TABLE 20 No. of completed primary courses

Type of antigen	No. of children
Type of antigen	1967	1966

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Table 21 sets out the number of children protected against each disease including those who were given combined antigens. TABLE 21 No. of children protected against each disease

Disease	No. of children immunised
Disease	1967	1966

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A total of 10,964 re-inforcing doses were given during the year as shown in Table 22. TABLE 22 Re-inforcing Doses Given

Type of Antigen	No. of Re-inforcing Doses
Type of Antigen	1967	1966

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TABLE 23 No. of Children Receiving Re-inforcing Doses

Disease	No. of children who received a Re-inforcing dose
Disease	1967	1966

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The number of children skin tested and vaccinated under this scheme during the year was as follows:—

	1966	1967

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TABLE 24 Venereal Diseases

	Total	Male	Female

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TABLE 25 Dental Inspection & Treatment of School Children

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TABLE 25 Dental Inspection & Treatment of School Children

Attendances and Treatment	Ages 5 to 9	Ages 10 to 14	Ages 15 & over	Total

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TABLE 26 Dental Service for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years Number of Visits for Treatment during year

	Children 0-4 (incl.)		Expectant and Nursing Mothers

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Defects found at periodic medical inspections included the following:—

Condition	Number of Defects found requiring—
Condition	(a) Treatment	(b) Observation

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	Number of Defects found requiring-
	(a) Treatment	(b) Observation

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TABLE 27 Handicapped Pupils

	Totel No. of Pupils ascertained as Handicapped at end of year	No. of Pupils newly ascertained during the year	No. of Pupils admitted to Special Schools during the year	Total No attending Schools a Day	. of Pupils Special end of year Residential

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By 31st December 1967 the position was a follows:

Position	No. in Post	Qualifications held

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TABLE 28 Handicaps and Ages of Persons on Registers of Physically Handicapped 31st December 1967

Handicap	under 16	16-29	30-4S	50-64	65+	Total

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TABLE 29 Register of Physically Handicapped Persons

Handicap	No. of Persons on Register at 31.12.67	No. of persons whose names were added to the register during year ended 31.12.67

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TABLE 30 No. of Registered Blind Persons

Sex	AGE GROUPS							Total
Sex	0-1	2-4	5-15	16-20	21-49	50-64	65 +	Total

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TABLE 31 Ages of Persons Added to Blind Register in 1967

Sex	AGE GROUPS							Total
Sex	0-1	2-4	5-15	16-20	21-4 9	50-64	65 +	Total

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TABLE 32 Occupation of Blind Persons in Employment

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TABLE 33 Blind Persons in Residential Accommodation

	M	F

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TABLE 34 Number of Partially Sighted Persons on Register as at 31.12.67

Sex	AGE GROUPS							Total
Sex	0-1	2-4	5-15	16-20	21-49	5 0-64	65 +	Total

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TABLE 35 Persons Newly Registered as Partially Sighted during the year

Sex	AGE GROUPS							Total
Sex	0-1	2-4	5-15	16-20	21-49	50-64	65 +	Total

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TABLE 36 Registered Partially Sighted Persons other than those near or prospectively blind

		AGE GROUPS
Mainly Industrially Handicapped:-	16-20	21-49	50-64	65 +	Total

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TABLE 37 Applications and Admissions Year ending 31st December, 1967

Cause of Homelessness	Applications	Admissions

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Admissions to Hospitals

	Year ending 31.12.67	Year ending 31.12.66

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The admissions to the Hostel have been considered on the basis of need rather than adhering to original allocation of beds to each user authority and on 31st December 1967, the occupancy was as follows:

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TABLE 38 Patients Referred During 1967

Referred by	Mentally 111		Psychopathic		Subnormal		Severely Subnormal		Total		Grand Total
Referred by	under 1 6	over 16	under 16	over 16	under 16	over 16	under 1 6	over 16	under 16	over 16	Grand Total

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TABLE 39 Number of Patients under the Care of the Authority as at 31.12.67

	Mentally 111		Psychopathic		Subnormal		Severely Subnormal		Total		Grand Total
	under 16	over 16	Elderly Mentally Inform	over 16	under 16	over 16	under 1 6	over 16	under 16	over 16

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RESIDENTIAL CARE Accommodation Accommodation in old people's homes provided by Havering Council consists of:—

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TABLE 40 Old Peoples Homes Run by the Department

	Places	ADMISSIONS IN 1967
	Places	Permanent from own home	From Hospital	Short Stay

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TABLE 41 Accommodation Provided for Havering Residents Not Run by the Department 31st. December, 1967

	Aged Under 65	65 +	Total

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TABLE 42 Accommodation for Physically Handicapped and Others Provided by Voluntary Organisations 31st December, 1967

	Aged Under 65	65	Total

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During 1967 9 students on professional courses,and 6 on pre-professional courses were taken for supervision from the following:

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Services for the handicapped and elderly Statistics for 1967 in respect of the various services available for the Handicapped and for the Elderly, additional to those mentioned earlier in this report are as follows:—

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TABLE 43 Notification of Infectious and other Notifiable Diseases During the Year 1967

Disease	Male	Female	Total

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TABLE 44

Taken From	Total No. of persons swabbed	Total No. of swabs taken	Negative	Positive
Taken From	Total No. of persons swabbed	Total No. of swabs taken	Negative	Shig. Sonnei	Salmonella * **	Chlost. ridium Welchii

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The 176 food complaints are summarised as follows:—

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The sixteen cases in which legal proceedings were taken are as follows:—

Complaint	Results of Proceedings

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Complaint	Results of Proceedings

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	Grade 1	Grade 2	Grade 3	Grade 4

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Other Bacteriological Food Sampling Bacteriological sampling of other food products was carried out in respect of the following commodities:—

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The 105 samples of cooked and raw meat products consisted of the following:—

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Milk Sampling The following 240 samples were taken during the year and submitted for bacteriological examinations with the results shown:—

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Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963, as amended The number of dealer's (pre-packed milk) licences in force at the end of the year was as follows:—

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Ministry of Health Circular 1/68 requests details of food premises which are subject to the provisions of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, grouped in categories of trade carried on in them and including the following information for each category:- TABLE 45 Food Premises Grouped in Categories of Trade

Category (of trade)	Number of premises	Number of premises fitted to comply with Reg. 16	Number of premises to which Reg.19 applies	Number of premises complying with Reg. 19

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TABLE 46 Carcases Inspected and Condemned

	Cattle	Calves	Sheep & Lambs	Pigs	Horses	Goats	Total

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TABLE 47 Unsound Food Surrendered

	TONS.	CWTS.	LBS.

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TABLE 48 Meteorological Information

	Raphael Park		Spring Farm		Langtons		Berry Farm
Month	Amount of rainfall in inches	No. of days on which rain fell	Amount of rainfall in inches	No. of days on which rain fell	Amount of rainfall in inches	No. of days on which rain fell	Amount of rainfall in inches	No. of days on which rain fell

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TABLE 49 Kew Observatory 1967

RAINFALL						SUNSHINE
Month	Total ins.	Percentage of Average	Wettest Day		No. of Dry Days	Total hrs.	Percentage of Average	Sunniest Day
Month	Total ins.	Percentage of Average	Date	ins.	No. of Dry Days	Total hrs.	Percentage of Average	Date	hrs.

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TABLE 50 Kew Observatory-1967 TEMPERATURE

Month	Mean		Difference from Average		Mean Max.		Difference from Average		Mean Min.		Difference from Average		Warmest Day			Coldest Day			Warmest Night			Coldest Night
	°c	°F	°C	°F	°C	°F	°C	°F	°C	°F	°C	°F	Date	°C	°F	Date	°C	°F	Date	°C	°F	Date	°C	°F

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The forty-five parks and open spaces comprising a total of 1180.7 acres belonging to the Council are listed below:—

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At the present time the Council provides the following sports pitches:—

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The sites upon which these completions were made were as follows:—

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TABLE 51 Improvement Grants

A Standard	Owner/Occupiers		Tenanted
A Standard	Standard		Standard
	5 point	3 point	5 point		3 point

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PART I—Application for Certificate of Disrepair:

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The amount of sludge removed from the Bretons Farm and Bury Farm Works during the year was as follows:—

Bretons Farm	Bury Farm

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Foul Sewers The following works have been completed:

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Streets made up and adopted The following streets were made up and taken over during the year ended 31st December, 1967:—

	Feet

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TABLE 52 Smoke Control Areas

Smoke Control Area	No. of dwellings	Boundaries	Operative Date

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TABLE 53 Summary of Inspections

Subject of Visit or Inspection	No. of Visits or Inspections

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TABLE 54 Properties Inspected for Infestation by Rats and Mice

	Non-Agricultural Premises	Agricultural Premises

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TABLE 55 Factories Act 1961

Premises	No. on register	No. of inspections	No. of written notices	No. of Occupiers prosecuted

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TABLE 55 contd. PART I OF THE ACT. contd. 2. Cases in which Defects were found:

Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector		Referred by H.M. Inspector	Prosecutions.

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PART VIII OF THE ACT OUTWORK - SECTIONS 133 and 134

Nature of work	Number of outworkers in August list

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TABLE 56 Registrations and General Inspections

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
Class of Premises	Number of Premises Registered during the year	Total Number of Registered Premises at the end of year	Number of Registered Premises receiving a General Inspection during the year

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TABLE 58 Analysis of Persons Employed in Registered Premises by Workplace

Class of Workplace	Number of Persons Employed
(1)	(2)

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TABLE 59 Summary of Infringements

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TABLE 60 Analysis of Reported Accidents

	Offices	Retail shops	Wholesale Ware-houses	Catering Est. open to public, canteens	Fuel storage Depots

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TABLE 61 Accidents - Analysed by Workplace

Workplace	Number Reported	Total No. Investigated	Action Recommended			No Action
Workplace	Number Reported	Total No. Investigated	Prosecution	Formal Warning	Inf. Advice	No Action

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The population of certain neighbouring authorities is reproduced for information, the figures for the previous year being given in brackets.

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR (Figures for 1966 are given in parenthesis)

Continued from previous page...

Comparison of above rates with those of England and Wales is shown on the following table.

TABLE 1 REGISTRAR-GENERAL S ABRIDGED LIST OF CAUSES OF DEATH IN CERTAIN AGE GROUPS (Corrected for Inward and Outward Transfers)

TABLE 2 Infant Deaths

TABLE 3 Neo-natal Deaths

TABLE 4 Ante-natal and Post-natal Clinics

TABLE 5 Mothercraft and Relaxation Classes

TABLE 6 Midwifery

TABLE 7 Domiciliary and Institutional Births

TABLE 8

TABLE 9

TABLE 10 Results of Cytological Examinations

Table II which follows gives details of the sessions helc and number of children attending. TABLE 11 Child Welfare Clinics

Table 12 below gives details of the Home Visits by Health Visitors TABLE 12 Cases Visited by Health Visitors

TABLE 13 Day Nursery Attendances and Waiting List

TABLE 14 Home Nursing

TABLE 15 Sick Room Equipment issued on loan from January to December, 1967

No. issued on loan during year

TABLE 16 Home Help Service

The categories of cases helped during the year were as follows:—

TABLE 18 Good Neighbour Service

Dr. D.J. Lawless, Medical Director of the Unit, has provided the following details of the conditions revealed on investigation:—

Other abnormalities revealed

Other abnormalities revealed contd.

3. Chiropody Treatment Given During The Year TABLE 19

Table 19 contd.

TABLE 20 No. of completed primary courses

Table 21 sets out the number of children protected against each disease including those who were given combined antigens. TABLE 21 No. of children protected against each disease

A total of 10,964 re-inforcing doses were given during the year as shown in Table 22. TABLE 22 Re-inforcing Doses Given

TABLE 23 No. of Children Receiving Re-inforcing Doses

The number of children skin tested and vaccinated under this scheme during the year was as follows:—

TABLE 24 Venereal Diseases

TABLE 25 Dental Inspection &amp; Treatment of School Children

TABLE 25 Dental Inspection &amp; Treatment of School Children

TABLE 26 Dental Service for Expectant and Nursing Mothers and Children under 5 years Number of Visits for Treatment during year

Defects found at periodic medical inspections included the following:—

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TABLE 27 Handicapped Pupils

By 31st December 1967 the position was a follows:

TABLE 28 Handicaps and Ages of Persons on Registers of Physically Handicapped 31st December 1967

TABLE 29 Register of Physically Handicapped Persons

TABLE 30 No. of Registered Blind Persons

TABLE 31 Ages of Persons Added to Blind Register in 1967

TABLE 32 Occupation of Blind Persons in Employment

TABLE 33 Blind Persons in Residential Accommodation

TABLE 34 Number of Partially Sighted Persons on Register as at 31.12.67

TABLE 35 Persons Newly Registered as Partially Sighted during the year

TABLE 36 Registered Partially Sighted Persons other than those near or prospectively blind

TABLE 37 Applications and Admissions Year ending 31st December, 1967

Admissions to Hospitals

The admissions to the Hostel have been considered on the basis of need rather than adhering to original allocation of beds to each user authority and on 31st December 1967, the occupancy was as follows:

TABLE 38 Patients Referred During 1967

TABLE 39 Number of Patients under the Care of the Authority as at 31.12.67

RESIDENTIAL CARE Accommodation Accommodation in old people's homes provided by Havering Council consists of:—

TABLE 40 Old Peoples Homes Run by the Department

TABLE 41 Accommodation Provided for Havering Residents Not Run by the Department 31st. December, 1967

TABLE 42 Accommodation for Physically Handicapped and Others Provided by Voluntary Organisations 31st December, 1967

During 1967 9 students on professional courses,and 6 on pre-professional courses were taken for supervision from the following:

Services for the handicapped and elderly Statistics for 1967 in respect of the various services available for the Handicapped and for the Elderly, additional to those mentioned earlier in this report are as follows:—

TABLE 43 Notification of Infectious and other Notifiable Diseases During the Year 1967

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The 176 food complaints are summarised as follows:—

The sixteen cases in which legal proceedings were taken are as follows:—

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Other Bacteriological Food Sampling Bacteriological sampling of other food products was carried out in respect of the following commodities:—

The 105 samples of cooked and raw meat products consisted of the following:—

Milk Sampling The following 240 samples were taken during the year and submitted for bacteriological examinations with the results shown:—

Milk (Special Designation) Regulations, 1963, as amended The number of dealer's (pre-packed milk) licences in force at the end of the year was as follows:—

TABLE 46 Carcases Inspected and Condemned

TABLE 25 Dental Inspection & Treatment of School Children

TABLE 25 Dental Inspection & Treatment of School Children