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Romford 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Romford]
- Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 42
- Tables
- 30
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Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year
Total M. F. -
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TABLE 1 BIRTH-RATES, DEATHS-RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY, and CASE-RATES for certain Infectious England and Wales, and Romford. Diseases in the year 1957. (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 M. F. Total Under 1 1 2-4 5-14 15- 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 754 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
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TABLE 8
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TABLE 9 (a) Numbers provided with Dental care:—
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TABLE 10 Nature and Number of Inspections During the Year
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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 Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector by H.M. Inspector -
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TABLE 12 CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED 1957
Cattle except Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Horses TOTAL -
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS (i) The following cases were taken under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955.
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TABLE 13 SUMMARY OF SAMPLES TAKEN FOR ANALYSIS DURING THE YEAR 1957
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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(b) Legal Proceedings. The Council authorised the following cases to be taken before the Magistrates' Court.
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4.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR, 1957. 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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(i) Tuberculosis. The scheme whereby B.C.G. is offered, with parental consent, to children at the age of 13 years was continued on the same lines as last year, with the following results. 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 1957, and HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS
Disease Cases Notified Cases Admitted to Hospital Total Deaths -
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TABLE 23 TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1957
AGE PERIODS NEW CASES DEATHS Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory