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Leyton 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

Published
1942
Pages
68
Tables
67

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    TABLE 1. Registered Births, 1941.
    Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leytonstone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.Total.
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    TABLE 2. CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1941.
    Sex.All Ages.Ages at Death in Years.In Public Institutions in the District
    Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 years and upwards.Not belonging to District.Belonging to District.
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    TABLE 3. DEATHS IN WARDS, 1941.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.LeytonLea Bridge.Central North.Central South.ForestLeytonstone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.Ward Not Known.
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    TABLE 4. Vital Statistics op Whole District during 1941 and Previous Years.
    Year.Births.Total Deaths Registered in the Borough.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the Borough.
    Uncorrected Number.Nett.of Nonresidents registered in the Borough.of Residents not registered in the Borough.Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
    Number.Rate.
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    TABLE 5. Birth-bate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1941.
    Birthrate per 1,000 Total Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    All Causes.Enteric Eever.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Years).Total Deaths under 1 Year.Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners.Inquest Cases.Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Live Births.Still Births.
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    TABLE 6. C omparative S tatistics of B irths , M ortality , E tc. LEYTON, 1892-1941.
    Year.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Death Rate.
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    Summary of Attendances and Treatment. During the year 4,713 attendances were made, an average of 4.50 attendances per patient.
    First Attendances (new cases).Subsequent Attendances.Total Attendances. No. Per cent.Average No. of Visits per Patient.
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    During the year the numbers of persons who received free treatment was 126, 28.38 per cent. of the total number of new cases.
    First Attendances (new cases).Subsequent Attendances.Total Attendances.
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    SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA. Inspections.
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    Nature of Work Executed and Improvements Effected in Dwelling-houses and other Premises under the Provisions of the Housing and Public Health Acts.
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    Bacteriological Examinations. Undesignated Milk .—Two samples were taken.
    Licences.No. Granted.No. of Samples taken.Result.
    Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.
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    Carcases and Viscera Inspected:—
    Animals Inspected.Regional Slaughterhouse.Food Depots.
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    SUMMARY OF CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED.
    Cattle.Calves.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.
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    Food and Drugs Act, 1938. The number of samples taken for analysis under the provisions of this Act from 1st January to the 31st December was 153, as follows :—
    Samples analysed.Samples unsatisfactory.
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    Samples analysed.Samples unsatisfactory
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    Samples analysed.Samples unsatisfactory
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    FACTORIES. THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937. 1. INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers Prosecuted. (4)
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    2. DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.
    Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4)
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    OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES. (Section 111 of Act of 1937).
    Nature of Work. (1)Instances. (2)Notices served. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
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    TABLE 7. ATTENDANCES, EXAMINATIONS, etc ., 1941.
    Leyton Green.Park House.All Centres.
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    The attached table gives some idea of the work carried out under this heading :-
    Expeotant Mothers.Children. .
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
    No. of Cases Notified.TreatedVision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    At Home.In Hosp.
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    Infant and Foetal Mortality. The following figures show the variations in the infantile and neo-natal mortality rates and in the number of stillbirths during the last five year period.
    Year.Births.Deaths underMortality Rates per 1,000 Live BirthsStillbirths.
    1 year.4 weeks.Infantile.Neo-natal.
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    TABLE 8. Infantile Mortality, Year 1941—Ages.
    CAUSES 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 Months and under 6 Months.6 Months and under 9 Months.9 Months and under 12 Months.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
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    TABLE 9. Infantile Mortality During the Year 1941—Wards.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Ward not known.Total Deaths under 1 Year.
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    The Council's Child Protection Visitors made 76 visits oi inspection during the year. Summary, Year 1941.
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    Ante-Natal Clinics- Attendances .-During 1941, the attendances were :-
    First Attendances.Subsequent Attendances.Total.
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    The causes of pyrexia were considered to be :—
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    The following figures show in statistical form the attendances during 1941 :—
    Leyton Green.
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    The following are the main conditions which have been found on examination:—
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    Record of Cases attended by Council Midwives, 1941.
    Midwives (8) employed by
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    SCARLET FEVER.
    Year.Cases Notified.Deaths.Case Fatality per cent.
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    DIPHTHERIA.
    Year.Cases Notified.Deaths.Case Fatality per cent.
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    Record of Attendances during 1941. The following figures give particulars regarding the children dealt with at the municipal diphtheria immunisation clinics during 1941. The figures refer only to children who have finished—or failed to complete—the full course of innoculations during the year. Children who had commenced—but had not yet completed—the course at the end of the year will be shown in the report for next year.
    Under 2 yrs.2-5 years.5-10 years.10-15 years.Total.
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    During 1941 one Leyton child, who had been immunised previously, was notified to be suffering from diphtheria. The following table gives in summary form the information regarding this case.
    Age.Sex.Date of Immunisation.Schick Test Negative.Date of Notification.Swab Results. T=Throat.N=Nose. E=Ear.
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    TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications .—One hundred and fourteen patients were notified for the first time in 1941 as suffering from tuberculosis. The number was made up as follows :—
    Males.Females.Total.
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    The following is a statement of particulars appearing in the Register of Notifications of Cases of Tuberculosis for the year ended 31st December, 1941 :—
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.TOTAL
    M.F.Total.M.F.Total.
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    The following table gives particulars regarding the new cases which have occurred during the year :—
    Age Periods.New Cases.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.
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    Institutional Treatment. During 1941 the following Leyton patients were sent to sanatoria or other institutions for the treatment of Tuberculosis :-
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.
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    TABLE No. 10. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.
    DISEASE.At All AgesUnder 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565 and up
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    TABLE 11. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1941.
    DISEASE.Total.Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wan-stead Slip.Removed to Hospitals.
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    GOVERNMENT EVACUATION SCHEME. Assuming a continuing decline in the school roll, an approximate roll as at 31st March, 1941, would be 11,500. Estimated figures showing the present distribution (December, 1941) of these children are given below :—
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    Number of Inspections in the prescribed groups.
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    The Findings of Medical Inspection. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require Treatment (excluding Defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
    Group. (1)Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment. (4)
    Inspected. (2)Found to require treatment. (3)
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    Cleanliness Surveys in Individual Schools.
    School.Number of Examinations.Number Cautioned.Number Excluded.
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    TABLE II.
    Defeot or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    Number requiring Treatment.Observation.Number requiring Treatment.Observation.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    A table is attached giving a resume of this work. These figures are not included in Table IV (Appendix) for either Elementary or Secondary School children.
    Secondary.Elementary.
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    AURAL CLINIC. School Clases.
    Nature of Disease.Still under treatment.Recommended Hospital treatment.Recommended Special School.Discharged as cured.Discharged as improved.Discharged as no treatment required.Discharged as left district.Discharged as left school.Totals.
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    The number of individual children fed under the Authority's arrangements during 1941 was:—
    Ordinary Meals.Milk Meals.
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    Number of meals supplied:—
    Ordinary Meals.Milk Meals.
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    Number of Code Group Inspections:—
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    B. Other Inspections.
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    C. Children Found to Require Treatment. Number of individual children found at Routine Medical Inspection to require treatment (excluding defects of Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
    Group.For Defective Vision (excluding Squint).For all other Conditions recorded in Table II.A.Total.Percentage of children found to require Treatment.
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    TABLE II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
    Age Groups.No. of Children Inspected.A. (Excellent).B. (Normal).C. (Slightly Subnormal).D. (Bad).
    No.%No.%No.%No.%
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    TABLE III.— Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1941. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table V).
    Disease or Defect. (1)Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
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    TABLE III.— contd. Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as minor Ailments.—group I.).
    Defect or Disease. (1)Number of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (2)Otherwise. (3)Total. (4)
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    TABLE III.—c ontd. Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
    Number of Defects.Received Other Forms of Treatment. (4)Total Number Treated. (5)
    Received Operative Treatment.
    Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital. (1)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total. (3)
  • Page 60
    TABLE IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment:—
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    TABLE V. Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
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    TABLE VI. Blind and Deaf Children.
    (1) At a Public Elementary School.(2) At an Institution other than a Special School(3) At no School or Institution.(4) Total not receiving suitable Education.
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    Children Found to Require Treatment.
    Group. (1)Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require treatment. (4)
    Inspected. (2)Found to require treatment. (3)
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    TABLE II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
    Age Groups.No. of Children Inspected.A. (Excellent).B. (Normal).C. (Slightly Subnormal).D. (Bad).
    No.%No.%No.%No.%
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    TABLE III.—Return of Defects Treated during the Year. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    TABLE III.— contd. Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments.—Group I.)
    Defect or Disease.Number of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    TABLE IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment.