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Romford 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
- Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 42
- Tables
- 31
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Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year
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TABLE 1 BIRTH-RATES, DEATH-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY, and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1956. England and Wales, and Romford. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly 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 i M. F. Total Under 1 1 2-4 5-14 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 upward -
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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
(a) To Expectant Mothers:— -
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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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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 No. of Cases in which defects were found No. of Cases in which prosecutions instituted Found Referred Remedied to H.M. Inspector by H.M. Inspector -
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3. Outwork.
Nature 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 1956
Cattle except Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Horses TOTAL -
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(i) The following cases were taken under the Food and Drugs Acts 1938.
Offence Section Result -
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SUMMARY OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS DURING THE YEAR 1956
Article Number examined Result of Analysis Formal Informal Total Genuine Not Genuine -
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Table 13—continued
Article Number examined Result of Analysis Formal Informal Total Genuine Not Genuine -
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Table 13—continued
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.
Offence Section Result -
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TABLE 14
Number of houses erected during the year: — -
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TABLE 15
Under 5 years 5-15 years -
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TABLE 16
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TABLE 17
Vaccinated: -
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TABLE 18
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TABLE 19
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TABLE 20 MONTHLY NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Month Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Enteric Fever Puerperal Pyrexia Pneumonia Dysentery Encephalitis Acute Infective | Erysipelas Malaria contracted abroad Measles Meningococcal Infection Ophthalmia Neonatorum Poliomyelitis Paralytic Poliomyelitis Non-Paralytic Whooping Cough Infective Hepatitis Food Poisoning Tuberculosis Total Resp. Non-Resp. -
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TABLE 21 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 22. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING YEAR 1956, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease Cases Notified Cases Admitted to Hospital Total Deaths -
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TABLE 23 TUBERCULOSIS : NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1956
AGE PERIODS NEW CASES DEATHS Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory N on-Respiratory M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.