[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southgate]

Southgate 1958

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR

Male Female Total
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The births and birth rates for the past five years were as follows :

Year No. of Births Birth Rates
Southgate England and Wales
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TABLE I. Causes of Death during the year 1958

Causes of Death Male Female Total Rates per 1,000 of population
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1958

FEMALES MALES TOTALS
Age No. %of total deaths Rate per 1,000 No. % of total deaths Rate per 1,000 No. % of total deaths Rate per 1,000
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TABLE III. INFANTILE MORTALITY 1958 : Nett deaths from stated causes at various periods under 1 year of age.

Causes of Death Under 1 week 1—2 weeks 2—3 weeks 3—4 weeks Total under 1 month 1—3 months 3—6 months 6—9 months 9 -12 months Total under 1 year

Year	Population estimated at Middle of each Year	Nett Births belonging to District		Nett Deaths belonging to the District
		Nett Births belonging to District		At all ages		Under 1 year of age
		Number	Rate per 1,000 population	Number	Rate per 1,000 population	Number	Rate per 1,000 population

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Summary of work carried out at the Central Public Health Laboratories for the year :

Positive Negative
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Ice-Cream Sampling. During the year under review, 61 samples of ice-cream were obtained and submitted for bacteriological examination. The results were :
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Swimming Bath. The figures for attendances at the Barrowell Green Open Air Swimming Bath for the last two years were :

1957 1958
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Sale of salvage recovered from the refuse during the year realised an income of £9,719. The following table gives the tonnages of the materials sold :

Tons
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Premises M/c. line No. Number on Register Number of M/c line No.
Inspections Written Notices Owners Prosecuted.

Particulars	M/c. line No.	No. of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted	M/c. line No.
		Found	Remedied	Referred
				To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

Nature of Work	Section 110			Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	Section 111
Nature of Work	M/c Line No.	Number of Outworkers in August list required by Section 110(1)(c)	Number of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	Number of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions	M/c Line No.

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Distribution of cases notified among the various wards was as follows :

North-east North-west Middle South
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A broad classification of the cases notified during the past five years in relation to employment was :

1954 1955 1956 1957 1958
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Set out below is a summary of the results obtained. These figures were kindly supplied by Dr. Brett, to whom and to whose staff I would here record my grateful thanks.
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NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1958

Disease Jan.— March April— June July-Sept. Oct.— Dec. Totals
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REGISTER OF TUBERCULOSIS CASES

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Totals
M. F. M. F.
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TUBERCULOSIS—

*New Cases Deaths
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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APPENDIX 1 MISCELLANEOUS (a) Letters to Doctors. Letters on the following subjects were circulated to Southgate practitioners in 1958, some under my signature as Medical Officer of Health and others either as Area Medical Officer or District School Medical Officer :

	*New Cases				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.