[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]

Romford 1954

Published: 1955
Pages: 42
Tables: 27

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TABLE 1 BIRTH-BATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, England and Wales, London, 160 County Boroughs and MATERNAL MORTALITY, and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Great Towns, and 160 Smaller Towns. Diseases in the year 1954. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Nuarterly Returns)

	RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION		DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 POPULATION									RATE PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS
	Live Births	Still Births	All Causes	Typhoid and paratyphoid Fevers	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Tuberculosis	Influenza	Small-pox	Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis	Pneumonia	Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years)	Total Deaths under 1 year

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TABLE 2.

Causes of Death	All Ages			Deaths at the subjoined ages of Residents, after correction for Inward and Outward transfers
Causes of Death	M.	F.	Total	Under 1	1	2-4	5-14	15-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75 & upwards

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TABLE 3
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TABLE 4
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TABLE 5
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TABLE 6
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TABLE 7
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TABLE 8
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TABLE 9 (a) Numbers provided with Dental care: —

Examined Needing Treatment Treated Made Dentally Fit

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(b) Forms of Dental Treatment provided:—

	Extractions	Anaesthetics		Fillings.	Scalings or Scalings and Gum Treatment	Silver Nitrate Treatment	Dressings	Radiographs	Dentures provided
		Local	General						Dentures provided
		Local	General						Complete	Partial

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TABLE 10 Nature and Number of Inspections During the Year
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TABLE 11 1. Inspections Premises.

Number on Register Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted
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2. Cases in which Defects were Found Particulars m

No. of Cases in which defects were found No. of Cases in which prosecu-cutions instituted
Found Remedied Referred
to H.M. Inspector by H.M. Inspector

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3. Outwork.

e of Work	No. of Out-Workers in August List	No. of Cases of default in sending List	No. of Prosecutions for failure to supply Lists	No. of Instances of Work in Unwholesome Premises	Notices Served	Prosecutions

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TABLE 12 CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED 1954

Cattle except Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Horses TOTAL
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following cases under the Food and Drugs Act were taken before the Magistrates Court during the year.

Offence Section Result
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Cases taken under the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950

Offence Section Result
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TABLE 13 SUMMARY OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS DURING THE YEAR 1954

Article Number examined Result of Analysis
Formal Informal Total Genuine Not Genuine
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The Council authorised the following cases to be taken before the Magistrates' Court in respect of contraventions under the Shops Act, 1950.

Offence Section Result
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TABLE 15

Under 5 years 5-15 years
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The following table sets out the details, as required by the Ministry of Health. TABLE 16
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Table 17 gives the statistics relative to Vaccination, as recorded by the General Practitioners. TABLE 17
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TABLE 18

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TABLE 19 MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Month	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Paratyphoid Fever	Puerperal Pyrexia	Pneumonia	Dysentery	\| Erysipelas	Measles	Meningococcal Infection	Ophthalmia Neonatorum	Poliomyelitis Paralytic	Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic	Whoopng Cough	Infective Hepatitis	Food Poisoning	Tuberculosis		Total
Month	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Paratyphoid Fever	Puerperal Pyrexia	Pneumonia	Dysentery	\| Erysipelas	Measles	Meningococcal Infection	Ophthalmia Neonatorum	Poliomyelitis Paralytic	Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic	Whoopng Cough	Infective Hepatitis	Food Poisoning	Resp.	Non-Resp.	Total

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TABLE 20 DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS

Disease Under 1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-35 35-45 45-65 Over 65 Total
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TABLE 21. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1954, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

Disease Cases Notified Cases Admitted to Hospital Total Dsaths
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TABLE 22 TUBERCULOSIS : NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1954

AGE PERIODS NEW CASES DEATHS
Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non- Respiratory

	No. of Cases in which defects were found				No. of Cases in which prosecu-cutions instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			to H.M. Inspector	by H.M. Inspector

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TABLE 1 BIRTH-BATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, England and Wales, London, 160 County Boroughs and MATERNAL MORTALITY, and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Great Towns, and 160 Smaller Towns. Diseases in the year 1954. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Nuarterly Returns)

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TABLE 8

TABLE 9 (a) Numbers provided with Dental care: —

(b) Forms of Dental Treatment provided:—

TABLE 10 Nature and Number of Inspections During the Year

TABLE 11 1. Inspections Premises.

2. Cases in which Defects were Found Particulars m

3. Outwork.

TABLE 12 CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED 1954

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following cases under the Food and Drugs Act were taken before the Magistrates Court during the year.

Cases taken under the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950

TABLE 13 SUMMARY OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS DURING THE YEAR 1954

The Council authorised the following cases to be taken before the Magistrates' Court in respect of contraventions under the Shops Act, 1950.

TABLE 15

The following table sets out the details, as required by the Ministry of Health. TABLE 16

Table 17 gives the statistics relative to Vaccination, as recorded by the General Practitioners. TABLE 17

TABLE 18

TABLE 19 MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

TABLE 20 DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, DIVIDED INTO AGE GROUPS

TABLE 21. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1954, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS

TABLE 22 TUBERCULOSIS : NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1954