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Orpington 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Orpington]
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 74
- Tables
- 44
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GENERAL STATISTICS
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Mileage of Roads as at 1st April, 1958.
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VITAL STATISTICS
Male Female Total -
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Stillbirths.
Male Female Total -
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Infant Mortality.
Male Female Total -
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Deaths.
Male Female Total -
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This increase continues the healthy trend noted in previous years, which is illustrated in the figures below showing the growth of the population during the last decade.
Year Population -
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Death rates for Orpington for the past ten years are as under:
Year Rate (Crude) -
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The following is an analysis of the ages at death:
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Full details of the causes of death will be found in Table II in the appendix, but the following table, which gives details of certain causes of death in the Urban District during the past ten years, may be of interest:
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 -
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Local Sickness. The following is a summary of the weekly details received from the Ministry of National Insurance during 1958:
Four weeks ending Number of First certificates of incapacity received -
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Parks and Recreation Grounds.
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Disinfection. The disinfecting station is situate at the Council Offices and details of the work carried out during 1958 are as under: —
Disinfections— -
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Laboratory Service. Routine medical and Food and Drugs samples are forwarded to the Public Health Laboratory at Maidstone, and the following is a summary of the work carried out on behalf of the Council during 1958: —
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The following is a summary of the cases assisted during 1958:—
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LOCAL CLINIC SERVICES
Child Welfare Centres. -
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1. Inspection for purposes of provisions as to health:
Premises No. on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted -
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2. Cases in which defects were found.
Number of cases in which defects were Number of cases in which prosecutions were Instituted Referred Found Remedied to H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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Outworkers. Seventeen lists of Outworkers were received during the year, and the following are details of the trades involved, together with the number of persons employed.
Trade No. of outworkers employed -
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Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
Total number of Inspections and visits No of premises at which defects or contraventions were found -
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The total of 43 premises still dependent upon underground tank or well supply is made up as follows: —
Ward Number of premises with Stored Rainwater Wells -
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Result of the Bacteriological Examination of the Water Supplied to Orpington during the Year 1958. Parts per million (unless otherwise stated) BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS
Before Chlorination After Chlorination (Water Passing into Supply) Plate Count (Average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar Conform Test Percentage samples negative in 100 ml. Coliform E. Coli Plate Count (Average per ml.) Colonies counted on agar Coliform Test Percentage samples negative in 100 ml. Coliform E. Coli 37 °C (20-24 hrs.) 22°C. (3 days) 37°C. (20-24 hrs.) 22°C. (3 days) -
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Average Results of the Chemical Examination of the Water supplied to Orpington during the Year 1958. Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated)
Description of the Sample Ammonia Nitrogen Albuminoid Nitrogen Oxidised Nitrogen Chlorides as CI. Oxygen abs. from Permanganate 4 hrs. at 27°C. Turbidity in terms of Silica Colour, m.m. brown 2 ft. Tube Burgess's Tintometer Nitrite Nitrate -
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Description of the Sample Hardness (Total) Hardness (non-carbonate) pH. Value Phosphate as PO4 Silicate as SiO4 Sulphate as so4 Fluoride as F Magnesium as Mg. B.O.D. 5 days at 20°C. Electrical Conductivity (gemmhos) -
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Food Sampling. Details of the 216 Informal Samples of food and drugs taken for analysis are as follow: — Food and Drugs Sampling.
Number examined Number unsatisfactory Formal Informal Formal Informal -
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Number examined Number unsatisfactory Formal Informal Formal Informal -
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Serial No. Article Formal or Informal Nature of adulteration Observations -
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Food Complaints. Eighteen complaints of unsound condition and/or contamination of foodstuffs were received from the public during the year as under:—
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The following is an analysis of the results obtained during the past three years: —
Year No. of Samples taken Result Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV -
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Food Premises.
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The following table gives details of the ante and post-mortem inspection of animals during 1958: — Carcases Inspected and Condemned.
Cattle excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep & Lambs Pig -
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The following figures, which have been supplied by the County Medical Officer, show the numbers of Orpington residents who were vaccinated against this disease in 1958: —
Year of Birth Given two injections Given third injection -
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Year of Birth Given two injections Given third injection -
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The following is a copy of the recordings in the register at 31st December, 1958: —
Respiratory. Other Forms. Total No. of cases. M. F. M. F. -
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New Cases and Mortality, 1958.
Age Groups New Cases notified or otherwise revealed. (Not including Inward Transfers)* Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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TABLE I.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1958 -
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TABLE II. CAUSES OF DEATH.
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TABLE III. INFANT MORTALITY, 1958. (Compiled locally from Registrar's Death Returns.)
CAUSES OF DEATH Under 1 Week 1 and under 2 Weeks 2 and under 3 Weeks 3 and under 4 Weeks Total under 4 Weeks 1 month 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 IV. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1958. Sex and Age Distribution.
Disease Totals Under 1 1-2 3-4 5-9 10-14 15-24 25 and over Age Unknown -
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TABLE V. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1958. Ward Distribution. Attack and Mortality Rates.
Diseases Total WARDS Cases removed to Hospital Attack rate per 1,000 population No. of Deaths Death rate per 1,000 population Biggin Hill Crofton South Crofton North Chelsfield Cudham Downe Farnborough Green-Street-Green Goddington North J Goddington South Knockholt Knoll Leaves Green Petts Wood Poverest St. Mary Cray -
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TABLE VI. NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1958. Seasonal Incidence.
Disease Jan. Feb. March Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total -
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TABLE VII SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS.
No. of Inspections at which defects or contraventions were found -
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Miscellaneous.
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TABLE VIII. NUISANCES, DEFECTS, CONTRAVENTIONS, ETC., ABATED OR REMEDIED IN 1958.