[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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VITAL STATISTICS

Registered Live Births:	Male	Female	Total

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435 samples were taken, 22 of which were unsatisfactory (see Public Health Laboratory Service, page 6).

Swimming bath	Samples taken	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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No. of old people using the laundry service

On register 1 . 1 . 60	New cases	Died	Admitted to hospital	Recommenced after discharge from hospital	Discontinued	On register 31 .12.60

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Inquests held on Willesden residents

	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960

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TABLES Table 1 DEATHS

Causes:
		Males	Females	Total

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Infant Mortality Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales

Year	Population	Registered Births Willesden	Deaths under 1 year Willesden	Infant death rate Willesden	Infant death rate England and Wales	Registered Stillbirths Willesden	Stillbirth rate Willesden	Stillbirth rate England and Wales

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Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Ward	Number of deaths			Total 1958-60	Rate 1958-60
Ward	1958	1959	1960	Total 1958-60	Rate 1958-60

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Table 4 Deaths by Social Class

I	Nil

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Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1956-1960		1960
	1936-1939		1940-1945		1946-1950		1956-1960		Deaths			Rate
	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Neonatal	1-12 months	Total	Rate

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Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)

Year	Births in home	Births in hospital	Home births transferred to hospital	Total

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Table 7 Premature births by wards

Ward	Premature 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' premises					Total
	Schools (pasteurised)	Pasteurised	T.T. pasteurised		Sterilised		Total

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Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

		New cases treated			Attendances
		Scabies	Lice and nits	Total	Scabies	Lice and nits	Total

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HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

	No. visited	Total No. of talks	Subjects	Total attendances	No. of attendances

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Table 12 Mothercraft

No. of clinics	Total No. of classes	Visits by health visitors

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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Table 13 Infectious diseases

	1960 (1959 in brackets)
	Notified	Confirmed	Deaths

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Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases: Willesden and England and Wales

Year	Cases confirmed		Case rate per 1,000 population		Children vaccinated in Willesden
Year	Willesden	England & Wales	Willesden	England & Wales	Children vaccinated in Willesden

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Table 15 Poliomyelitis

	0—15 years	15 years and over	Total

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BRONCHITIS, CANCER OF LUNG AND TUBERCULOSIS Table 16 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Year	Population	New cases			Deaths			Cases on register
Year	Population	Pulmonary	Non- pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms

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Table 17 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Year	Population	New cases Rate per 100,000 population			Deaths Rate per 100,000 population
Year	Population	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms	Pulmonary	Non-pulmonary	All forms

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Table 18 Bronchitis: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 population

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Table 19 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths

Year	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 100,000 Population

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Table 20 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Age groups	New cases
	Respiratory		Non-respiratory
	Male	Female	Male	Female

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Tuberculosis 1960: Cases by wards Table 21

Ward	Pulmonary cases	Non-pulmonary cases	Pulmonary rate per 100,000	Combined rate per 100,000

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Table 22 Tuberculosis 1958—1960: Cases by yards

Ward	Pulmonary cases	Non-pulmonary cases	Pulmonary rate per 100,000	Combined rate per 100,000

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Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1960

	Children under 5 years			School children (5 years)			School leavers
	Tested	Positive	% Positive	Tested	Positive	% Positive	Tested	Positive	% Positive

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Table 24 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1960

	No. tested and found negative	No. vaccinated

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Table 25 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1955-60

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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

	Houses	Flats	Rebuilds

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Table 29 Notices served under Public Health Act, 1936 and Housing Act, 1957

	1960	1959

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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 Act	1960	1959

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Table 31 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises

	1960		1959
	No. inspected	Inspections made	No. inspected	Inspections 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

	1960	1959

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CLEAN AIR Table 34 Monthly deposits in tons per square mile.

Power Station	Acton Lane		Taylors Lane		Neasden
Site	Barretts Green Road	Minet Gardens	Ascot Park	Neasden Lane	**Press Road/ Aylesbury Street	Wembley Trading Estate	Town Hall

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Table 35 Examination of sulphur by lead peroxide method (milligrams of S0 3 per day per 100 square centimetres)

Site	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December

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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

Defects	Outstanding at 31.12.59	Found during the year	Total	Remedied during year	Outstanding at 31.12.60

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Table 40 Food premises: Registration

	Premises on register 31.12.59	Applications received	Applications granted	Applications refused	Premises removed from register during 1960	Total 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

Article	No. of samples	Unsatisfactory

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FACTORIES Table 43 On register and inspections

	No. on register	Inspections	Written notices

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Table 44 Defects found

	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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Table 45 Outworkers

Nature of work	No. of outworkers in August list	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served

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Table 46 Ante-natal Clinics

Clinic		Sessions	New cases		Attendances		Average attendance per session
Clinic		Sessions	Antenatal	Postnatal	Antenatal	Postnatal	Average attendance per session

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Table 47 Births Hospital and domiciliary

	1960	1959

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Table 48 Mothercraft

Clinic		Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 49 Relaxation Classes

Clinic		Sessions	New cases	Total attendances	Average attendance per session

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Table 50 Child Welfare Clinics

Clinic		Sessions	First attendances (Under 1 year)	Attendances			Total attendances	Seen by doctor	Average attendance per session
Clinic		Sessions	First attendances (Under 1 year)	Under 1 year	1—2 years	2—5 years	Total attendances	Seen by doctor	Average attendance per session

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MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 51 Midwives' Clinics

	Sessions	New Cases	Total attendances	Average 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 midwives				Visits made to mothers discharged from hospitals before 14th day
Dr. not booked		Dr. booked
Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery	Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery
Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery	Dr. present at delivery	Dr. not present at delivery	Mothers	Visits

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Table 54 Medical Aid

	1960	1959

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Medical Aid

For Mother		For Child

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HEALTH VISITING Table 55 Visits made by Health Visitors

Year	Expectant Mothers		Children under 1 year		Children 1—2 years	Children 2—5 years	Tuberculosis Households	General
Year	First	Total	First	Total	Total	Total	Total	Total as health visitor	Total as school nurse

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Table 56 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:—

Care of children	Care of elderly persons	Hospital admission	Home help	Home confinement

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Table 57 Establishment: Health Visitors

	Whole time equivalent as at:
	31.12.59	31.12.60

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HOME NURSING Table 58 Work: Home Nurses

		New Cases		Visits	Cases on register at end of year
		Male	Female		Male	Female

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Table 59 Establishment: Home Nurses

Nurses	1.1.60	31.12.60

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SMALLPOX Table 60 Vaccination

	Under 1 year	1 year	2—4 years	5—14 years	15 years and over	Total

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DIPHTHERIA Table 61 Immunisation

Age at 31.12.60	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5—9	10—14	Totals

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HOME HELPS Table 62 Cases: Home Helps

	Cases receiving help at		No. of new cases helped during		No. of cases receiving help at
	1.1.60	1.1.59	1960	1959	31.12.60	31.12.59

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Table 63 Staff: Home Helps

	Position at		Appointments during		Resignations during		Position at
	1.1.60	1.1.59	1960	1959	1960	1959	31.12.60	31.12.59

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DAY NURSERIES Table 64 Day Nurseries: Attendances

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Table 65 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Nursery	Measles	Scarlet Fever	Chicken Pox	Dysentery	Mumps	German Measles	Whooping Cough

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Table 66 Day Nurseries Waiting List Position at:—

Nursery	1.1.60	31.12.60

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Table 67 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Nursery	Unsupported Mothers	Medical reasons	Bad Housing	Total on Register

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Table 68 Day Nursery Staff Establishment

	Establishment	Position as at:
	Establishment	31.12.60	31.12.59

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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
			Satisfactory		Unsatisfactory
			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 inspections								Special inspections
				Entrants		Leavers		Others		Total		Special inspections
				(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 seen	No. of new cases	Placed on operation waiting list	Discharged cured		Failed to attend
Total No. of cases seen	No. of new cases	Placed on operation waiting list	Orthoptic	Cosmetic	Failed to attend

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Table 74 Audiometry: Children Tested Routine

Age group		1st Tests	Re-tests	Failures			Total
				Both ears	One ear
				Both ears	Right	Left

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Specials

All ages		1st Tests	Re-tests	Failures			Total
				Both ears	One ear
				Both ears	Right	Left

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Table 75 Summary of Failures to pass Audiometer Test

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Table 76 Speech Therapy

Clinic or School		No. of cases dealt with during the year

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Table 77 Infestation with Vermin

	1960	1959

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Table 78 County Council Day Special Schools — Admissions

County District in which Children reside	No. of new recommendations received during the year	No. of children admitted during the year		No. 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)

	1960	1959

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Table 80 Return of Handicapped Pupils (Year Ended 31st December, 1960) Ascertainment Distribution (as at last day of Year)

Category	No. of ascertained Cases known 1st day of Year		No. of New Cases ascertained during year		No. of ascertained Cases known last day of Year		In Special Day Schools		In Special Residential Schools		In Maintained Primary and Secy. Schools		In Independent Schools		Not at School		Total
Category	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 1.1.1960	Total cases seen by Psychiatrist	New cases seen by Psychiatrist	Other cases seen by Psychiatrist	New cases referred	Cases not requiring to be seen by Psychiatrist	Waiting list 31.12.1960

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Table 82

Main Symptoms	Cases

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SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE Table 83 Inspection and Treatment (a) Inspection

Age Groups	Inspected		Required Treatment		Referred for Treatment
Age Groups	1960	1959	1960	1959	1960	1959

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(b) Treatment

	1960	1959

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PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE Table 84

	Expectant and Nursing Mothers		Children under 5
	1960	1959	1960	1959

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Table 85 Chiropody—Defects

Condition		Expectant and Nursing Mothers	Boys		Girls		Total
Condition		Expectant and Nursing Mothers	0—5 yrs.	School	0—5 yrs.	School	Total

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VITAL STATISTICS

435 samples were taken, 22 of which were unsatisfactory (see Public Health Laboratory Service, page 6).

No. of old people using the laundry service

Inquests held on Willesden residents

TABLES Table 1 DEATHS

Infant Mortality Table 2 Infant Mortality and Stillbirths: Willesden and England and Wales

Table 3 Infant Mortality:—by Wards

Table 4 Deaths by Social Class

Table 5 Infant Mortality—Causes (Based on Registrar General's Figures)

Table 6 Premature births and deaths (deaths in brackets)

Table 7 Premature births by wards

Table 8 Infant Mortality: Congenital Malformations

GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES Table 9 Bacteriological examination of milk, ice cream and water Milk examinations —239

Table 10 Uncleanliness and Scabies

HEALTH EDUCATION Table 11 Talks

Table 12 Mothercraft

PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Table 13 Infectious diseases

Table 14 Whooping Cough Cases: Willesden and England and Wales

Table 15 Poliomyelitis

BRONCHITIS, CANCER OF LUNG AND TUBERCULOSIS Table 16 Tuberculosis: Notified cases and deaths

Table 17 Tuberculosis: Case rate and death rate

Table 18 Bronchitis: Deaths

Table 19 Cancer of the lung and bronchus: Deaths

Table 20 Tuberculosis: New cases and deaths by age groups (Deaths in brackets)

Tuberculosis 1960: Cases by wards Table 21

Table 22 Tuberculosis 1958—1960: Cases by yards

Table 23 Tuberculin Testing, 1953-1960

Table 24 Tuberculosis: B.C.G. vaccination of school leavers, 1953-1960

Table 25 Tuberculosis: Notification of deaths

SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 26 Demolition and Closing Orders Housing Act, 1957 (Sections 16, 17 and 18)

Table 27 Overcrowding

Table 28 New dwellings, 1960

Table 29 Notices served under Public Health Act, 1936 and Housing Act, 1957

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

Table 31 Inspection of Factories, Outworkers Premises and Food Premises

Table 32 Rent Act, 1957 Certificates of Disrepair

Table 33 Summary of nuisances abated and of improvements effected Water supply and water service

CLEAN AIR Table 34 Monthly deposits in tons per square mile.

Table 35 Examination of sulphur by lead peroxide method (milligrams of S0 3 per day per 100 square centimetres)

DISINFESTATION Table 36

Table 37 Types of food premises

Table 38

Table 39 Food premises: Defects remedied

Table 40 Food premises: Registration

Table 41 Food unit for human consumption

Table 42 Food: Samples taken

FACTORIES Table 43 On register and inspections

Table 44 Defects found

Table 45 Outworkers

Table 46 Ante-natal Clinics

Table 47 Births Hospital and domiciliary

Table 48 Mothercraft

Table 49 Relaxation Classes

Table 50 Child Welfare Clinics

MIDWIFERY SERVICE Table 51 Midwives' Clinics

Table 52 Midwives—Administration of analgesics

Table 53 Domiciliary Births

Table 54 Medical Aid

Medical Aid

HEALTH VISITING Table 55 Visits made by Health Visitors

Table 56 Special cases referred by General Practitioners for:—

Table 57 Establishment: Health Visitors

HOME NURSING Table 58 Work: Home Nurses

Table 59 Establishment: Home Nurses

SMALLPOX Table 60 Vaccination

DIPHTHERIA Table 61 Immunisation

HOME HELPS Table 62 Cases: Home Helps

Table 63 Staff: Home Helps

DAY NURSERIES Table 64 Day Nurseries: Attendances

Table 65 Day Nurseries: Infectious Diseases Number of Cases

Table 66 Day Nurseries Waiting List Position at:—

Table 67 Day Nurseries: Priorities

Table 68 Day Nursery Staff Establishment