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Hendon 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

Published
1934
Pages
106
Tables
75

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    1.—GENERAL STATISTICS. AREA—10,471 acres. POPULATION. TABLE 1.
    Estimated population 30th June.
    Census 1921.Estimate of Registrar Geueral.Estimate of Medical Officer of Health.
    For calculation of Birth Rate.For calculation of Death Kate.
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    TABLE II.
    Ward.Persons.
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    VITAL STATISTICS. (Calculated on the Registrar General's estimated Population ol 127,600).
    Live Births.—Total.Male.FemaleBirth Rate per 1,000 of the estimated resident population.
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    Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar Official's Short List):—
    Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births.
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    Death Rate of Infants under one year of age :—
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    TABLE III.
    Rate per 1,000 population.Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 live births.
    All causesTyphoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.| Smallpox.Measles,Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.
    Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under 2 years).Total deaths under 1 year.
    Live BirthsStillbirths
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    TABLE IV. CAUSES OF DEATH IN HENDON M.B., 1933.
    Cause of Death.M.F.
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    TABLE V. DISTRICT—HENDON (MIDDLESEX). INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1933. Nett deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 4 Weeks.4 Weeks and under 3 Mths.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
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    TABLE VI.
    Year.Birth Rate.Death Rate.Infantile Mortality Rate.
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    The following are the particulars of the work of the Council's Midwife during the year:—
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    Number of children on the Register:—
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    NUMBER ATTENDING THE CENTRES. TABLE VIII.
    Central Hendon CentreWest Hendon CentreChild's Hill CentreTemple Fortune CentreMill Hill CentreWatling Estate CentreEdgware Centre
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    HOME VISITATION.
    First Visits.Total Visits.
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    METHOD OF FEEDING.
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    TABLE IX. TABLE OF TOTAL ATTENDANCES SINCE 1922.
    Year.Centre.
    EdgwareWatling EstateCentral HendonWest HendonChild's HillTemple FortuneMill HillTotalPopulation
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    NUTRITION. There was an increased demand for free or assisted milk supply for necessitous mothers and infants under 5 years of age, the total amount distributed and the cost being as follows:—
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    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA. The following summary of the inspection work performed by the Sanitary Inspectors has been submitted to me by Mr. S. J. Chapman, Chief Sanitary Inspector, in accordance with Article 19 (15) of the Sanitary Officers' Order, 1926:—
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    The following list shows the work carried out as the result of interviews, the sending of letters and service of notices:—
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    EXTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
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    INTERNAL WORK ON HOUSES.
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    TABLE X. HOUSING (CONSOLIDATED) REGULATIONS, 1925 and 1932. The following Table gives particulars of the house-to-house inspection work completed during the year:—
    Street or Road InspectedNo. of Houses or FlatsNo. of RoomsNo of TenementsNotices Served Prelim- Statu-inary toryNotices complied with Prelim- Statu-inary tory
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    TABLE XI. HENDON HOUSING SCHEMES.
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    The following table shows the number of animals slaughtered and examined. TABLE XII.
    Slaughtered and Examined.Condemned and Destroyed.
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    TABLE XIII. COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX. Borough of Hendon. List of samples taken during the year ended 31st December, 1933
    Article.Taken.Adulterated.
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    TABLE XIV. 43-44 Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1933. Name of District— HENDON (BOROUGH) MIDDLESEX.
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    TABLE XV.
    Disease.Case rate per 1,000 population.
    HendonEngland and Wales
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    The following are the number of cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever notified during the last five years:—
    Disease.1929.1930.1931.1932.1933.
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    TABLE XVII.
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    The following table shows the particulars of the cases which occurred TABLE XVIII.
    Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    Treated.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired. 1Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.At Home.111 Hospital.
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    TABLE XIX. TUBERCULOSIS. NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DUiRING 1933.
    NEW CASES.DEATHS.
    Age Periods.Pulmonary.N on-pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-pulmonary.
    M.F.M. F.M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE XX.
    Total Number.Positive.Negative.
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    TABLE XXI.
    Cases Notified as :—In Hospital beginning of year.Admitted during year.Died during year.Discharged during year.Remaining in Hospital at end of year.
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    TABLE XXII. The numbers of admissions, deaths and discharges during the year, compared with those of the two preceding years, are shewn below:—
    Cases Notified as :—1931Admissions. 1932.1933.1931.Deaths. 1932.1933.1931Discharges. 1932.1933.
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    FINAL DIAGNOSIS.- The final diagnosis arrived at in connection with the 511 completed cases was as follows :—
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    TABLE XXIII.
    Total Cost.Grant in Aid.Nett Cost to Rates.Rate in £. pence.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
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    SCHOOLS.
    No of Children on rolls, 31/12/33.
    Provided. —
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    TABLE XXIV.
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    TABLE XXV.
    Defects TreatedResults of Treatment.
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    TABLE XXVI. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    School.Disease.
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaSmallpoxTyphoidErysipelas
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    TABLE XXVII. NON-NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    School.Disease
    MeaslesMumpsWhooping CoughChicken-pox
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    TABLE XXVIII. EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.
    Boys.Girls.
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    Particulars of the above cases for the year in question are as follows : -TABLE XXIX.
    No. of children of school age in family.Ages of such children.. Nature of complaint.No. of visits made by Officers of N.S.P.C.C.
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    MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS. TABLE 1. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS, 1933. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
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    B.—OTHER INSPECTIONS.
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    TABLE II. A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31 December, 1933.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Defects.No. of Delects
    Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kepi under observation but, not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiting treatment. ,
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE II.—continued.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Delects.No. of Defects.
    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)
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    _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
    InspectedFound to require Treatment
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    BLIND CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    DEAF CHILDREN.
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    PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    TABLE III.—continued. MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children.
    At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children Suffering from Severe Epilepsy.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE, CHILDREN. A. Tuberculous Children. I.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    II.—Children Suffering from Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    B. Delicate Children.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    TABLE III.—continued. C. Crippled Children.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    D. Children with Heart Disease.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    TABLE IV. Return of Defects treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1933. TREATMENT TABLE. GROUP 1. —MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Groun VI.).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total
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    TABLE IV.—continued. GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Disease or Defect.Under the Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by piivate practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
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    Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed.—
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    Total number of children who obtained or received spectacles.—
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    GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT.
    Number of 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 irom the Authority's Scheme.Total.
    0)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    TABLE IV.—continued. GROUP IV.— ORTHOPEDIC AND IPOSTURAL DEFECTS.
    Under the Authority's Scheme (1)Otherwise (2)Total number treated
    Residential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNon-Residential treatment at an orthopsedic clinicResidential treatment with educationResidential treatment without educationNon-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic
    (i)(ii)(iii)(i)(ii)(iii)
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    GROUP V.—DENTAL DEFECTS.
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    GROUP VI. — UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.
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    Analysis of the above Total.
    Diagnosis.Boys.Girls.
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    TABLE 1. Number of pupils inspected—1st January, 1933, to 31st December, 1933. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION. (i) Cases in which a full examination has been made (see Paragraph 4, Circular 1153, Board of Education).
    Age9101112 13111516171819Total
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    NIL.
    Special CasesRe-Examinations (i.e., No. of pupils re-examined)
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    TABLE II. A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31st December, 1933.
    Defect or Disease. /Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Defects.No. ofDetects.
    Requiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatmentRequiring j treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation but not requiring treatment.
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    TABLE II.—continued.
    Defect or Disease.RoutineSpecial
    Inspections.Inspections.
    No of Defects.No. ofDefects.
    RequiringRequiring
    to be keptto be kept
    underunder
    RequirobservaRequirobserva
    ingtion butingtion but
    treatment.not requiring treatmenttreatmentnot requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(31(4)(5)
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    GROUP 11.-DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
    Defect or Disease.No. of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    GROUP III.—TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. NIL GROUlP IV.—DENTAL DEFECTS. Number of pupils who were :—