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Leyton 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

Published
1946
Pages
86
Tables
72

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72 tables in this report

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    Extract from Vital Statistics for the year 1945.
    Live Births:—
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    TABLE 1. Registered Births, 1945.
    Leyton.Lea Bridge.Central North.Central South.Forest.Leyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.Total.
  • Page 10
    TABLE 2. CAUSES OF DEATH AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF LIFE IN THE BOROUGH OF LEYTON, 1945.
    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 years.25 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, 1945.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.LeytonLea Bridge.Central North.Central South.ForestLeyton-stone.Grove Green.Harrow Green.Cann Hall.Wanstead Slip.Ward Not Known.
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    TABLE 4. Vital Statistics of Whole District during 1945 and Previous Years.
    Births.Total Deaths Registered in the Borough.Transferable DeathsNett Deaths belonging to the Borough.
    Year.Inward TransferableNett.Number.Rate.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.
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    TABLE 5. Birth-rate, Death-rate and Analysis of Mortality During the Year 1945.
    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 Fever.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.
  • Page 16
    TABLE 6. Comparative Statistics of Births, Mortality, Etc. LEYTON, 1892-1945.
    Year.Population.Births.Birth Rate.Deaths.Death Rate.Deaths under 1 year.Infantile Death Rate.
  • Page 17
    Summary of Attendances and Treatment. During the year 6,035 attendances for treatment were made.
    First Attendances (new cases).Subsequent Attendances.Total Attendances.
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    During the year the number of persons who received free treatment was 49 (11.2 per cent. of the total number of new cases). The following figures show the attendances of patients who received free treatment.
    First Attendances (new cases).Subsequent Attendances.Total Attendances.
    Males.Females.Males.Females.Males.Females.
  • Page 18
    Road School in the early part of 1942. The following figures show the work done at that Clinic since then.
    YearCases TreatedTotal attendances for treatment
    ChildrenAdultsTotal
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    Number of patients who had
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    Source of New Cases:—
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    The following table gives particulars of the cases transported in Council ambulances during the year:—
  • Page 23
    In 57 instances no inquest was considered necessary in view of the post-mortem findings that death was due to natural causes. The causes of death in these cases were certified as follows:—
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    Inquests. The following verdicts on Leyton residents were recorded at inquests held during the year:—
    Accidental.
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    Inspections. The table below gives a summary of the Inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors:—
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    Designated Milk.
    Licenses.No. Granted.No. of Samples taken.Result.
    Phosphatase Reaction.Methylene Blue Test.
    Satisfactory.Unsat.Satisfactory.Unsat.
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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 67.
    Samples analysed.Samples unsatisfactory.
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    Samples analysed.Samples unsatisfactory.
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    1. INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH. Including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers Prosecuted.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    2. DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
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    OUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES. (Section 111 of Act of 1937.)
    Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 35
    TABLE 7. ATTENDANCES, EXAMINATIONS, etc ., 1945.
    Leyton Green.Park House.All Centres.
  • Page 37
    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 two five-year periods (a) the five years preceding the war; and (b) the last five war years.
    Year.Births.Deaths underMortality Rate.Stillbirths.
    No.Rate per 1000 (live and still) Births.
    1 year.4 weeks.Infantile.Neonatal.
  • Page 38
    TABLE 8 Infantile Mortality, Year 1945—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 M ortality D uring the Y ear 1945—W ards.
    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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    Summary, Year 1945.
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    Post-Natal and Gynaecological Clinic.
    Leyton Green Health Centre.
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    Record of Cases attended by Council Midwives, 1945.
    Midwives employed byTotal
    CouncilE.C.N.A. Midwives employed by the E.C.N.A. under arrangement made with the Local Supervising Authority in pursuance of Sec. 1 of the Midwives' Act, 1936.
  • Page 49
    TABLE No. 10. WAR-TIME DAY NURSERIES — AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE, 1945.
    Month.Knotts Green Nursery.Ellingham Road Nursery.
    Mondays to FridaysSaturdaysAverage total attendances.Mondays to Fridays.SaturdaysAverage total attendances.
    Under 2 years.Over 2 years.Under 2 years.Over 2 years.Mon. to Fri.Sats.Under 2 years.Over 2 years.Under 2 years.Over 2 years.Mon. to Fri.Sats.
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    The periods during which these children attended were:—
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    The following figures show the periods of attendance of these 308 children:—
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    The average gain in weight of children between 1-2 years is 5-7 lbs., so that these gains appear to be at the lower limit of normality.
    Gain in weight during stay in Nursery.
    Age on Admission.0-3 months.3-6 months.0-12 months.
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    SCARLET FEVER.
    Year.Cases Notified.Deaths.Case Fatality per cent.
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    RETURN FOR THE YEAR 1945.
    Age 0-5 years.Age 5-15 years.Total.
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    The following table gives in summary form the information regarding these cases.
    Age.Sex.Date of Immunisation.Date of Notification.Swab Results T=Throat. N=Nose. E =Ear.Diagnosis.
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    TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications.— One hundred and twenty-two patients were notified for the first time in 1945 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, 1945:—
    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 1945 the following Ley ton 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. 11. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1945.
    DISEASE.At At.l AqesUnder 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565 and up
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    TABLE 12. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAH 1945.
    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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    Numbers of children evacuated during:—
    Accompanied.Unaccompanied.Medical Examination.
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    It is therefore now possible to resume the submission of information regarding school population and attendances in the form in which it was presented before the war; and the figures set out below relate to the financial year ended 31st March, 1946.
    NumberRollAverage AttendancePercentage of Attendance
  • Page 63
    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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    Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1945.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    Number requiring Treatment.Observation.Number requiring Treatment.Observation.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 67
    Findings of Dental Inspection. The following table shows in statistical form the results of school dental inspection in individual schools and over the whole area.
    School.Number inspected.Number referred for treatment.Number accepting treatment.Percentage of acceptances.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.GLtIb.
  • Page 69
    Orthopaedic Clinic. The following figures show the number of school children examined and treated during the year.
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    The findings at the primary examination were as follows:— Deformities— Bones and Joints.
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    Surgical Appliances and Boots. The following have been supplied—
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    As the result of examination these 79 children were classified as follows:—
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    PROVISION OF MEALS. The number of individual children fed under the Authority's arrangements during 1945 was:—
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    *Estimated. Number of meals supplied:—
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    PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. STATISTICAL APPENDIX. TABLE I.—Returns of Medical Inspections, a. Routine Medical 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 ConditionsTotal.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, 1945. 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)
  • Page 77
    TABLE III .— contd. 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 Hoipital. (1)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total. (3)
  • Page 78
    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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    SECONDARY SCHOOLS. STATISTICAL APPENDIX. TABLE I.—Returns of Medical Inspections.
    A. Routine Medical Inspections.
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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 Uncleanlineas).
    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 IV. Dental Inspection and Treatment.