[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hendon]

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SECTION A: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. STATISTICS General:

WARDS (9)	AREA IN ACRES

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Births

Live Births.	Male.	Female.	Total.

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Stillbirths.

	Male.	Female.	Total.

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Deaths of infants under the age of 4 weeks:-

	Male.	Female	Total,

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An analysis of the causes of death and the age at time of death reveals the following figures:-

Causes of death	Age at the time of death
Causes of death	Under 1 day	1-7 days	1- 2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3 weeks to 1 month	TOTAL UNDER 1 MONTH	1-3 months	3-6 months	6-9 months	9-12 months	TOTAL UNDER 1 YEAR

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The infant deaths were distributed throughout the wards of the Borough as follows:-

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TABLE I The following table shows the Infantile Mortality Rates over various years.

Year,	Death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.

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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

	England and Wales	Borough of Hendon,
	Rates per 1,000 Hone Population

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TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 1932-1956.

Year	Population	Live Births	Live Birth Rate per 1.000 Population	Deaths	Death Rate per 1,000 Population	Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age	Infantile Mortality Rate	Maternal Deaths	Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births

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COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX. CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

District	Population mid-1956	Birth rate per 1,000 population		Death rate per 1,000 population		Specific death rates per 1,000 population				Infant mortality per 1,000 live births				Maternal mortality ^{Per 1,000} total births (a)
District	Population mid-1956	Crude	Adjusted	Crude	Adjusted	Pulmonary Tuberculosis (a)		Cancer (a)		Infant (a)		Neo-natal (a)		Maternal mortality ^{Per 1,000} total births (a)

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TABLE IV Deaths of Hendon residents during the year 1956-classified according to age groups and sexes.

Causes of Death			AGE GROUPS								TOTALS
Causes of Death			Under 1 year	1 - 4 years	5 - 14 years	15 - 24 years	25 - 44 years	45- 64 years	65 - 74 years	75 years and over	TOTALS

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Deaths of Hendon Residents-Continued TABLE IV (Continued)

Causes of Death			AGE GROUPS								TOTALS
Causes of Death			Under 1 year	1-4 years	5-14 years	15-24 years	25-44 years	45-64 years	65-74 years	75 years and over	TOTALS

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TABLE V ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

Month	No. of Accidents	Adults			Ch ildren			TOTAL
Month	No. of Accidents	Killed	Seriously Injured	Slightly Injured	Killed	Seriously Inj ured	Slightly Injured	TOTAL

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TABLE VI CLASSES OF ROAD USER KILLED OR INJURED DURING 1956.

	PEDESTRIANS			MOTOR DRIVERS			MOTOR CYCLISTS			PILLION PASSENGERS			PEDAL CYCLISTS			OTHER ROAD USERS
	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	slight	Killed	Serious	Slight

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TABLE VII COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES FOR 1953, 1954, 1955 AND 1956.

			1953	1954	1955	1956

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CLASSES OF ROAD USERS KILLED OR INJURED.

YEAR	Pedestrians			Motor Drivers			Motor Cyclists			Pillion Passengers			Pedal Cyclists			Other Road Users
YEAR	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	SLight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight

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Included in the above table are the Children s Accident figures which are as follows:-

Y E A R	Pedestrians			Pedal Cyclists			Other Road Users
Y E A R	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight	Killed	Serious	Slight

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TABLE VIII The following table shows the total number of corrected notifications other than tuberculosis, received during the year.

Disease	Total number of cases notified	Cases removed to hospital

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TABLE IX AGE DISTRIBUTION

	Scarlet Fever		Whooping Cough		Acute Poliomyelitis				Measles		Diphtheria		Dysentery		Meningococcal Infection		TOTAL
	Scarlet Fever		Whooping Cough		Paralytic		Non-Paralytic		Measles		Diphtheria		Dysentery		Meningococcal Infection		TOTAL
	M.	F	M,	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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TABLE X WARD DISTRIBUTION NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH

Disease	Ward.									TOTAL
Disease	Mill Hill	Burnt Oak	West Hendon	Central	Park	Golders Green	Garden Suburb	Childs Hill	Edgware	TOTAL

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In the junior school the epidemic was more virulent and cases were distributed evenly throughout the different age groups, classes and sexes, The children were absent from school as follows:-

	Onset.	Date of Return to school	Days Absent

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I suggest that it would be useful if the following recommendation was adopted for the guidance of Teachers and Medical Officers: -

Disease,	Period of Exclusion.
Disease,	Children suffering from disease	Children in whose family or household living together as a family the disease has occurred.

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TABLE XI

Year	Number of cases of Diphtheria.	Number of Deaths from Diphtheria.

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TABLE XII NUMBER OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF HENDON WHO RECEIVED IMMUNISING INJECTIONS DURING 1956

Age at time of injection	Primary Inoculations			Reinforcing Injections
Age at time of injection	Diphtheria only	Combined Diphtheria/ Whooping Cough	Whooping Cough only	Diphtheria only	Combined Diphtheria/ Whooping Cough

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TABLE XIII

Age at 31st December 1956.	Under 1 year	1 year	2-4 years	5 - 9 years	10 - 14 years	15 years and over	TOTAL

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TABLE XIV

Age Group in years.	Respiratory				Non-Respiratory				TOTAL
Age Group in years.	Males		Females		Males		Females		TOTAL
	New Cases	Transfers into District	New Cases	Transfers into District	New Cases	Transfers into District	New Cases	Transfers into District

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TABLE XV

	WARD									TOTAL
	Mill Hill	Burnt Oak	West Hendon	Central	Park	Golders Green	Garden Suburb	Childs Hill	Edgware	TOTAL

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TABLE XVI

Year	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		TOTAL
Year	M,	F,	M	F.	TOTAL

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The number of cases of tuberculosis remaining on the Register at the end of the year is as follows.-

Respiratory		Non-Respiratory		Total
M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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STATISTICS. General.

	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

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TUBERCULOSIS CASES ON THE REGISTER AT 31/12/56,

Age Groups	Respiratory		Non-Respiratory
Age Groups	Male	Female	Male	Female

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LUNG CARCiMOMA REGISTER

	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

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MASS X RAY I am indebted to Dr. J. R. Mikhail, Medical Director of Mass X-ray Unit 5B for the following Statistics relating to Surveys carried out in the Hendon Area by the Unit during 1956 at Open Public Sessions and in organised Factory Groups. MALES

Years since last X-ray.	AGE GROUP
Years since last X-ray.	14-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 plus	TOTAL

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TABLE XVII

Type of Property
Non-Agricultura1				(5)
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)
Local Authority	Dwelling Houses (inc Council Houses)	All other (inc. Business Premises)	Totals of Cols. (1), (2) and (3)	Agricultural

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A. - Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors)

Premises.	Number on Register	Number of Inspections	Number of written Notices

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2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND,

Particulars	dumber of cases in which defects were found
	Found	Remedied	Referred by H.M. Inspector

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Part VIII of the Act. OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

Nature of Work	No. of outworkers in August list required by Sect, 110(1) (c).

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LIST OF FOODSTUFFS CONDEMNED DURING 1956.

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LIST OF SAMPLES PROCURED IN THE BOROUGH OF HENDON DURING THE YEAR 1956.

Article	Total Samples Procured	Unsatisfactory

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SECTION A: STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. STATISTICS General:

Births

Stillbirths.

Deaths of infants under the age of 4 weeks:-

An analysis of the causes of death and the age at time of death reveals the following figures:-

The infant deaths were distributed throughout the wards of the Borough as follows:-

TABLE I The following table shows the Infantile Mortality Rates over various years.

SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

TABLE II VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEARS 1932-1956.

COUNTY COUNCIL OF MIDDLESEX. CERTAIN VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

TABLE IV Deaths of Hendon residents during the year 1956-classified according to age groups and sexes.

Deaths of Hendon Residents-Continued TABLE IV (Continued)

TABLE V ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS FOR THE YEAR 1956.

TABLE VI CLASSES OF ROAD USER KILLED OR INJURED DURING 1956.

TABLE VII COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES FOR 1953, 1954, 1955 AND 1956.

CLASSES OF ROAD USERS KILLED OR INJURED.

Included in the above table are the Children s Accident figures which are as follows:-

TABLE VIII The following table shows the total number of corrected notifications other than tuberculosis, received during the year.

TABLE IX AGE DISTRIBUTION

TABLE X WARD DISTRIBUTION NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED IN EACH WARD OF THE BOROUGH

In the junior school the epidemic was more virulent and cases were distributed evenly throughout the different age groups, classes and sexes, The children were absent from school as follows:-

I suggest that it would be useful if the following recommendation was adopted for the guidance of Teachers and Medical Officers: -

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TABLE XII NUMBER OF CHILDREN RESIDENT IN THE BOROUGH OF HENDON WHO RECEIVED IMMUNISING INJECTIONS DURING 1956

TABLE XIII

TABLE XIV

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TABLE XVI

The number of cases of tuberculosis remaining on the Register at the end of the year is as follows.-

STATISTICS. General.

TUBERCULOSIS CASES ON THE REGISTER AT 31/12/56,

LUNG CARCiMOMA REGISTER

MASS X RAY I am indebted to Dr. J. R. Mikhail, Medical Director of Mass X-ray Unit 5B for the following Statistics relating to Surveys carried out in the Hendon Area by the Unit during 1956 at Open Public Sessions and in organised Factory Groups. MALES

TABLE XVII

A. - Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors)

2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND,

Part VIII of the Act. OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

LIST OF FOODSTUFFS CONDEMNED DURING 1956.

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LIST OF SAMPLES PROCURED IN THE BOROUGH OF HENDON DURING THE YEAR 1956.