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Barnet 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

Published
1961
Pages
32
Tables
20

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20 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
  • Page 2
    EXTRACT FROM VITAL AM) MORTAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
    Total.M.F.
  • Page 3
    Continued from previous page...
    Total.M.F.
  • Page 8
    Measles 1; Meningococcal Infection 2; Dysentery 12; Puerperal Pyrexia 4; Food Poisoning 2; Erysipelas 4.
    DISEASENOTIFIEDREMOVED TO HOSPITAL
  • Page 8
    AGE INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
    DISEASENUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED
    YEARS OF AGE
    0-1-2-3-4-5-10-15-25-45-65-75-Total
  • Page 9
    FOOD POISONING. Annual Return of Food Poisoning Notifications.
    1st Quarter.2nd Quarter.3rd Quarter.4th Quarter.Total.Deaths.
  • Page 9
    TUBERCULOSIS. NEW CASES AND MORTALITY DURING 1960.
    YEARS OF AGENEW CASESDEATHS
    PulmonaryN on-PulmonaryPulmonaryN on-Pulmonary
    MFMFMFMF
  • Page 13
    SANITARY INSPECTION OF AREA. The following is a list of the number and nature of visits and inspections:-
  • Page 13
    NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED DURING YEAR.
  • Page 14
    SANITARY WORK AND REPAIRS. The following is a list of repairs effected as a result of informal and formal notices served:-
  • Page 15
    There follows a brief summary of the certificates etc., issued or refused:-
  • Page 15
    FOOD PREMISES IN THE DISTRICT.
  • Page 18
    Twenty-four samples of milk have been taken, in course of delivery to the consumer, and submitted to the appropriate tests with the following results
    DesignationSamples TakenSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
  • Page 18
    Ten Dealer's Licences and twenty-one Supplementary Licences were granted for the retail sale of milk under the Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk) Regulations 1949 and 1950, and the Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949 and 1950, viz:-
    DesignationDealer's Licences.Supplementary Licences.
  • Page 19
    POOD MD DRUGS ACT „ 1955. The Council acquired these powers under the Act concerning the adulteration and sophistication of food as from 1st October 1955. The summary on the next page contains the results of seventy-six samples taken by this Department.
    ArticleNo. ExaminedNo, Adulterated Etc0
    Formal— InformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
  • Page 23
    CARCASES AND OFFAL INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED IN WHOLE OR IN PART.
    Cattle excluding CowsCowsCalvesSheep and LambsPigs
  • Page 24
    This improvement in the disease rate in bovines is a direct result of the Government's eradication scheme and is shown even more dramatically when the total weights of carcase meat condemned over the past five years is considered.
    Year.Carcase Meat.Offals.
  • Page 24
    REPORT REQUIRED BY SECTION 128(3) OF THE FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 to 1959. Inspection for purposes of provision as to health.
    Number on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
  • Page 24
    Outworkers (Sections 110 and 111)
    Section 110Section 111
  • Page 28
    The cost of treatments at all other premises is recoverable.
    Type of Property
    Local AuthorityDwelling HousesAgriculturalAll other (including Business Premises)Total