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Willesden 1960

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

Published
1961
Pages
64
Tables
92

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92 tables in this report

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    VITAL STATISTICS
    Registered Live Births:MaleFemaleTotal
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    435 samples were taken, 22 of which were unsatisfactory (see Public Health Laboratory Service, page 6).
    Swimming bathSamples takenSatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
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    No. of old people using the laundry service
    On register 1 . 1 . 60New casesDiedAdmitted to hospitalRecommenced after discharge from hospitalDiscontinuedOn register 31 .12.60
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    Inquests held on Willesden residents
    1951195219531954195519561957195819591960
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    TABLES Table 1 DEATHS
    Causes:
    MalesFemalesTotal
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    Infant Mortality Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales
    YearPopulationRegistered Births WillesdenDeaths under 1 year WillesdenInfant death rate WillesdenInfant death rate England and WalesRegistered Stillbirths WillesdenStillbirth rate WillesdenStillbirth rate England and Wales
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    Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards
    WardNumber of deathsTotal 1958-60Rate 1958-60
    195819591960
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    Table 4 Deaths by Social Class
    INil
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    Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)
    1936-19391940-19451946-19501956-19601960
    DeathsRate
    DeathsRateDeathsRateDeathsRateDeathsRateNeonatal1-12 monthsTotal
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    Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)
    YearBirths in homeBirths in hospitalHome births transferred to hospitalTotal
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    Table 7 Premature births by wards
    WardPremature births notified Percentage of live births in brackets
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    Table 8 Infant Mortality: Congenital Malformations
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    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES Table 9 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations —239
    Schools (pasteurised)Dealers' premisesTotal
    PasteurisedT.T. pasteurisedSterilised
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    Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies
    New cases treatedAttendances
    ScabiesLice and nitsTotalScabiesLice and nitsTotal
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    HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks
    No. visitedTotal No. of talksSubjectsTotal attendancesNo. of attendances
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    Table 12 Mothercraft
    No. of clinicsTotal No. of classesVisits by health visitors
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    PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Table 13 Infectious diseases
    1960 (1959 in brackets)
    NotifiedConfirmedDeaths
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    Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases: Willesden and England and Wales
    YearCases confirmedCase rate per 1,000 populationChildren vaccinated in Willesden
    WillesdenEngland & WalesWillesdenEngland & Wales
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    Table 15 Poliomyelitis
    0—15 years15 years and overTotal
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    BRONCHITIS, CANCER OF LUNG AND TUBERCULOSIS Table 16 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths
    YearPopulationNew casesDeathsCases on register
    PulmonaryNon- pulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll forms
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    Table 17 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate
    YearPopulationNew cases Rate per 100,000 populationDeaths Rate per 100,000 population
    PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll forms
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    Table 18 Bronchitis: Deaths
    YearMalesFemalesTotalRate per 100,000 population
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    Table 19 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths
    YearMalesFemalesTotalRate per 100,000 Population
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    Table 20 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)
    Age groupsNew cases
    RespiratoryNon-respiratory
    MaleFemaleMaleFemale
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    Tuberculosis 1960: Cases by wards Table 21
    WardPulmonary casesNon-pulmonary casesPulmonary rate per 100,000Combined rate per 100,000
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    Table 22 Tuberculosis 1958—1960: Cases by yards
    WardPulmonary casesNon-pulmonary casesPulmonary rate per 100,000Combined rate per 100,000
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    Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1960
    Children under 5 yearsSchool children (5 years)School leavers
    TestedPositive% PositiveTestedPositive% PositiveTestedPositive% Positive
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    Table 24 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1960
    No. tested and found negativeNo. vaccinated
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    Table 25 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths
    1955195619571958195919601955-60
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    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 26 Demolition and Closing Orders Housing Act, 1957 (Sections 16, 17 and 18)
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    Table 27 Overcrowding
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    Table 28 New dwellings, 1960
    HousesFlatsRebuilds
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    Table 29 Notices served under Public Health Act, 1936 and Housing Act, 1957
    19601959
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    Table 30 Inspections carried out under Public Health Act, 1936, Housing Act, 1957, Rent Act, 1957, Clean Air Act, 1956, Infectious Diseases and Miscellaneous Inspections
    Public Health Act19601959
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    Table 31 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises
    19601959
    No. inspectedInspections madeNo. inspectedInspections made
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    Table 32 Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair
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    Table 33 Summary of nuisances abated and of improvements effected Water supply and water service
    19601959
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    CLEAN AIR Table 34 Monthly deposits in tons per square mile.
    Power StationActon LaneTaylors LaneNeasden
    SiteBarretts Green RoadMinet GardensAscot ParkNeasden Lane**Press Road/ Aylesbury StreetWembley Trading EstateTown Hall
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    Table 35 Examination of sulphur by lead peroxide method (milligrams of S0 3 per day per 100 square centimetres)
    SiteJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
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    DISINFESTATION Table 36
    (a)Verminous premises:
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    Table 37 Types of food premises
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    Table 38
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    Table 39 Food premises: Defects remedied
    DefectsOutstanding at 31.12.59Found during the yearTotalRemedied during yearOutstanding at 31.12.60
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    Table 40 Food premises: Registration
    Premises on register 31.12.59Applications receivedApplications grantedApplications refusedPremises removed from register during 1960Total on register at 31.12.60
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    Table 41 Food unit for human consumption
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    Table 42 Food: Samples taken
    ArticleNo. of samplesUnsatisfactory
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    FACTORIES Table 43 On register and inspections
    No. on registerInspectionsWritten notices
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    Table 44 Defects found
    FoundRemediedReferred
    To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
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    Table 45 Outworkers
    Nature of workNo. of outworkers in August listNo. of instances of work in unwholesome premisesNotices served
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    Table 46 Ante-natal Clinics
    ClinicSessionsNew casesAttendancesAverage attendance per session
    AntenatalPostnatalAntenatalPostnatal
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    Table 47 Births Hospital and domiciliary
    19601959
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    Table 48 Mothercraft
    ClinicSessionsNew casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
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    Table 49 Relaxation Classes
    ClinicSessionsNew casesTotal attendancesAverage attendance per session
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    Table 50 Child Welfare Clinics
    ClinicSessionsFirst attendances (Under 1 year)AttendancesTotal attendancesSeen by doctorAverage attendance per session
    Under 1 year1—2 years2—5 years
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    MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 51 Midwives' Clinics
    SessionsNew CasesTotal attendancesAverage attendance
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    Table 52 Midwives—Administration of analgesics
    Domiciliary midwives employed by local health authority
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    Table 53 Domiciliary Births
    Attended by midwivesVisitsVisits made to mothers discharged from hospitals before 14th dayDomiciliary cases where infant wholly breast fed at 14th day
    Dr. not bookedDr. booked
    Dr. present at deliveryDr. not present at deliveryDr. present at deliveryDr. not present at delivery
    MothersVisits
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    Table 54 Medical Aid
    19601959
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    Medical Aid
    For MotherFor Child
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    HEALTH VISITING Table 55 Visits made by Health Visitors
    YearExpectant MothersChildren under 1 yearChildren 1—2 yearsChildren 2—5 yearsTuberculosis HouseholdsGeneral
    FirstTotalFirstTotalTotalTotalTotalTotal as health visitorTotal as school nurse
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    Table 56 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:—
    Care of childrenCare of elderly personsHospital admissionHome helpHome confinement
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    Table 57 Establishment: Health Visitors
    Whole time equivalent as at:
    31.12.5931.12.60
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    HOME NURSING Table 58 Work: Home Nurses
    New CasesVisitsCases on register at end of year
    MaleFemaleMaleFemale
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    Table 59 Establishment: Home Nurses
    Nurses1.1.6031.12.60
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    SMALLPOX Table 60 Vaccination
    Under 1 year1 year2—4 years5—14 years15 years and overTotal
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    DIPHTHERIA Table 61 Immunisation
    Age at 31.12.60Under 112345—910—14Totals
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    HOME HELPS Table 62 Cases: Home Helps
    Cases receiving help atNo. of new cases helped duringNo. of cases receiving help at
    1.1.601.1.591960195931.12.6031.12.59
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    Table 63 Staff: Home Helps
    Position atAppointments duringResignations duringPosition at
    1.1.601.1.59196019591960195931.12.6031.12.59
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    DAY NURSERIES Table 64 Day Nurseries: Attendances
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    Table 65 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases
    NurseryMeaslesScarlet FeverChicken PoxDysenteryMumpsGerman MeaslesWhooping Cough
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    Table 66 Day Nurseries Waiting List Position at:—
    Nursery1.1.6031.12.60
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    Table 67 Day Nurseries: Priorities
    NurseryUnsupported MothersMedical reasonsBad HousingTotal on Register
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    Table 68 Day Nursery Staff Establishment
    EstablishmentPosition as at:
    31.12.6031.12.59
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    SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE Table 69 Medical Inspection of Pupils attending Maintained Primary Schools and Secondary Schools (including Nursery and Special Schools)
    Year of birth (1)Number of pupils inspected (2)Physical condition of pupils inspected
    SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
    Number (3)% of column 2 (4)Number (5)% of column 2 (6)
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    Table 70 Individual Pupils found at periodical Medical Inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
    Year of birth (1)For defective vision (Excluding squint) (2)For any of the other conditions in table (3)Total individual pupils (4)
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    Table 71 Defects Found by Medical Inspection
    *Periodic inspectionsSpecial inspections
    EntrantsLeaversOthersTotal
    (a)(b)(a)(b)(a)(b)(a)(b)(a)(b)
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    Table 72 Treatments: School Health Service
    Number of cases known to have been dealt with
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    Table 73 Orthoptics—Cases seen at Pound Lane Clinic
    Total No. of cases seenNo. of new casesPlaced on operation waiting listDischarged curedFailed to attend
    OrthopticCosmetic
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    Table 74 Audiometry: Children Tested Routine
    Age group1st TestsRe-testsFailuresTotal
    Both earsOne ear
    RightLeft
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    Specials
    All ages1st TestsRe-testsFailuresTotal
    Both earsOne ear
    RightLeft
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    Table 75 Summary of Failures to pass Audiometer Test
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    Table 76 Speech Therapy
    Clinic or SchoolNo. of cases dealt with during the year
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    Table 77 Infestation with Vermin
    19601959
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    Table 78 County Council Day Special Schools — Admissions
    County District in which Children resideNo. of new recommendations received during the yearNo. of children admitted during the yearNo. of children on waiting list at 31.12.60
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    Table 79 The Educational Sub-Normal Education Act, 1944 — Sections 57 (3), 57 (4) and 57 (5)
    19601959
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    Table 80 Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ended 31st December, 1960) Ascertainment Distribution (as at last day of Year)
    CategoryNo. of ascertained Cases known 1st day of YearNo. of New Cases ascertained during yearNo. of ascertained Cases known last day of YearIn Special Day SchoolsIn Special Residential SchoolsIn Maintained Primary and Secy. SchoolsIn Independent SchoolsNot at SchoolTotal
    B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.B.G.
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    CHILD GUIDANCE Table 81
    Waiting list at 1.1.1960Total cases seen by PsychiatristNew cases seen by PsychiatristOther cases seen by PsychiatristNew cases referredCases not requiring to be seen by PsychiatristWaiting list 31.12.1960
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    Table 82
    Main SymptomsCases
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    SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Table 83 Inspection and Treatment (a) Inspection
    Age GroupsInspectedRequired TreatmentReferred for Treatment
    196019591960195919601959
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    (b) Treatment
    19601959
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    PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE Table 84
    Expectant and Nursing MothersChildren under 5
    1960195919601959
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    Table 85 Chiropody—Defects
    ConditionExpectant and Nursing MothersBoysGirlsTotal
    0—5 yrs.School0—5 yrs.School