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Bromley 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

Published
1938
Pages
174
Tables
80

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80 tables in this report

  • Page 16
    Vital Statistics. The following extracts from the statistics for the year relate to the net births and deaths after correction for inward and outward transfers, as furnished by the Registrar General:— Live Births.
    Total.Male.Female
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    Continued from previous page...
    Deaths from Puerperal Causes:No. of Deaths.Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births:
  • Page 18
    The following- table shows that 490 acres of land have been secured for public recreation within the Borough without taking- into account the 103 acres recently secured in reservation for the Bromley Common area.
    Acres.Roods.Poles.Acres.Roods.Poles.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Acres.Roods.Poles.Acres.Roods.Poles.
  • Page 19
    Meteorology. I am indebted to the Borough Engineer for the following details extracted from the records kept by his Department at the Climatological Station at Church House Grounds for the year 1937:—
  • Page 22
    The following table gives a comparison of birth rates during the immediate past decennial period:—
    Year.Bromley.Birth Rates. England and Wales.
  • Page 22
    Stillbirths. The following tabulation gives the number of stillbirths occurring in Bromley, together with the rates per 1,000 births, during the past ten years:—
    Year.No. of Stillbirths.Rate per 1,000 Births.
  • Page 23
    In the following table the crude death rates for Bromley are set down in comparison with the death rates published for England and Wales during the past ten years:—
    Year.Bromley Crude Death Rates.England and Wales Death Rates.
  • Page 24
    170 and Cancer 88. In the following table, which covers the past five years, it will be seen that these two diseases stand out as pre-eminent causes of death:—
    Rates per 1,000 population.
    19331934193519301937
  • Page 26
    Maternal Mortality.
    Quinquennial periods :Sepsis.Accidents of pregnancy, etc.Rate per 1,000 births
  • Page 31
    Treatment Centres and Clinics provided by the Local Authority.
    Medical ClinicsSituation of Clinic or Centre.
    School Clinic, Station Road, Bromley North.School Clinic, Princes Plain, Bromley Common.
    Days and Times.Days and Times.
  • Page 34
    Continued from previous page...
    Address.Total No of Beds.Vlatern-ty BedsPatients received 1937.Nursing Staff.Type of case taken
    Maternity-Surgical MedicalTotal.ResidentLiving Out.Qualifications.
  • Page 39
    The following table indicates in quinquennial periods, 1926-1935, together with the past two years separately, the progress of work carried out at the Ante-Natal Clinics:—
    Quinquennial periods.Individual Attendances.Total Attendances.Medical Consultations.Clinic Sessions held.
  • Page 52
    Table XIII. in the Appendix gives statistical details of the work of the centres. The following extracts of figures relate to work at the centres during 1937:—
  • Page 53
    (a) Children under 5 years :—
  • Page 61
    Particulars of Contraventions found under the Shops Acts.
  • Page 68
    Housing Act, 1936—Overcrowding. Particulars up to 31st December, 1937.
  • Page 74
    Table A. Carcases Inspected and Condemned.
    Total.Cattle (excluding Cows).Cows.Calves.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs
  • Page 74
    Table B. Total number of slaughterings, carcases inspected, and found affected with various diseases.
    Total No. known to have been slaughtered.Total No. of animals inspected.Carcases affected with Tuberculosis.Carcases affected with other diseases.Total No. of carcases affected (all diseases).
  • Page 75
    Table C. Total weight of carcases, parts of carcases, offal, etc. rejected for all diseases.
    Tons.Cots.Qrs.lbs.Total in lbs.
  • Page 75
    Table D. Carcases, parts of carcases and offal, inspected at request of butchers.
    Inspected.Condemned.DiseaseWeight in lbs.
    Carcases.Parts and/or OrgansCarcases.Parts.OrgansTuberculosisOther than Tuberculosis
  • Page 76
    Unsound and Unwholesome Food Surrendered.
  • Page 76
    RETURN OF SAMPLES TAKEN IN THE BOROUGH OF BROMLEY. Year ended 31st December, 1937.
  • Page 83
    Continued from previous page...
    Total of both types.Respiratory Tuberculosis.Other forms of Tuberculosis.
  • Page 83
    The following table of incidence rates and death rates of tuberculosis since 1928:—
    Year.New cases Incidence per 1,000 population.Death Rate.
    Pulm.Non-Pulm.Pulm.Non-Pulm.
  • Page 84
    BOROUGH OF BROMLEY. New Cases attending the Dispensary for the first time for Examination during 1937.
    Adults.Children.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 85
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 88
    DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACTS. The Chief Sanitary Inspector acts as Inspector under the Diseases of Animals Acts for the Borough.
  • Page 89
    PETROLEUM ACTS.
  • Page 89
    The following figures show the increase in licenced storage since 1926:—
    Year.Petroleum Spirit. (in gallons).Licences issued. (Petrol only).
  • Page 90
    The receipts are £16 in excess of the total for t he previous year, and the average per month lias advanced from £44 to £45 7s. fid.
    Total amount of Tolls and Storage Fees collected during 1937.
    £s.d.
  • Page 92
    TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF STATISTICS, 1937.
  • Page 93
    TABLE II. Birth Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death Rates, and Case-Rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1937 (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
    Bromley.England and Wales.125 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London.148 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative County.
  • Page 94
    TABLE III. Causes of Death, 1937.
    Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 95
    TABLE IV. Infant Mortality, 1937. (Compiled from Local Returns).
    CAUSES OF DEATHS.Under 1 week.1 and under 2 weeks.2 and under 3 weeks.3 and under 4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1 month and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total deaths under 1 year
  • Page 96
    TABLE V. Analysis of Causes of Infant Deaths, 1933-1937.
    19331931193519361937Total
    No. of Births598706758780778
    Infantile Mortality Kale4143273747
  • Page 97
    Four quinquennial periods are taken — Pre-War, 1910-1914. five years to 1925. five years to 1930, five year to 1935, and the years 1936-1937
    YearsTotal BirthsInfant Mortality RateTotal Infant DeathsAge at Death.Maternal Deaths.
    Deaths under 1 weekDeaths 1 week to 4 weeksDeaths 4 weeks to 1 yearSepsisOther
  • Page 98
    TABLE VII. Summary of Work of Sanitary Inspectors for the Year 1937.
    TYPE OF INSPECTIONS.No. of Inspections.
    Nuisances and Defects found.On Complaint.Routine Inspections.Re- Inspections.Total. Inspections.
  • Page 99
    Continued from previous page...
    TYPF. OF INSPECTIONS.Nuisances and Defects found.No of Inspections.
    On Complaint.Routine Inspections.Re- Inspections.Total Inspections.
  • Page 100
    TABLE VIII. Nuisances Abated, 1937.
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    Entrance hall and staircase 43
  • Page 102
    Shops Acts—contraventions—
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    NOTICES ISSUED:
    Housing.Others.
  • Page 103
    TABLE IX
  • Page 104
    TABLE IXa. Notifiable Infectious Disease, 1937. Age Groups.
    DiseaseTotal0-11 22 33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6665 & over
  • Page 105
    TABLE X. Tuberculosis. New Cases and Mortality during tlie Year 1937.
    Age Periods.New cases notified or otherwise revealed.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.MF.
  • Page 105
    TABLE XI. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1937.
    Cases.Vision un-impairedVision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated.
    At Home.In Hospital.
  • Page 106
    TABLE XII. Summary of Health Visitors' Work, 1937.
    Areas.Total.Ineffectual Visits.Under one year.Revisits over one year.Expectant Mothers.School Children.Baby Deaths.StillbirthsTuberculosisSpecial Visits.M'wives Acts enquiriesBoarded out Children.
    PrimaryRevisits
  • Page 107
    TABLE XIII. Welfare Centres, Attendances, 1937.
    CENTRE.No. of Babies on the Rolls at the end of the Year, 1937.Total Attendances.No. of Sessions held.Medical Consultations.Total No of Weighings.
    Babies.Mothers.Total Examined.No. of Sessions held.
  • Page 107
    Ante-Natal Clinics, 1937.
    Total Attendances.Medical Consultations.Sessions held.
  • Page 107
    Dental Clinic, 1937.
    Children.Mothers.
  • Page 108
    TABLE XIV. Factories, Workshops and Workplaces, 1937. 1.—I nspections.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers prosecuted.
  • Page 108
    II.—Defects.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 109
    TABLE XV. Housing Statistics for the Year, 1937.
  • Page 110
    3. Action itwdv.r Statutory Powers during the Year:—
  • Page 111
    (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit
  • Page 138
    Summary of Dental Statistics for the year 1937, giving Comparisons with the Years 1935 and 1936.
    Inspections.193519361937Remarks.
  • Page 141
    The following tabulation summarises the returns of infectious disease received from Head Teachers during 1937:—
    Schools.Diph theria.Scarlet Fever.Measles.Whoop-Cough.Mumps.Chicken PoxOther.
  • Page 142
    Conditions for which Medical Certificates of Exclusion from School were issued by General Practitioners during 1937.
  • Page 151
    During the year -232 cases were referred by the School Medical Officer for assistance of one kind or another, as follows:—
  • Page 152
    Statement of Accounts, 1937.
  • Page 154
    TABLE 1.—MEDICAL INSPECTION RETURNS for the Year ended 31st December, 1937. A.—ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. Number of inspections in the prescribed Groups:—
  • Page 154
    C.—CHILDREN FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT Number of indimdwiI children found at Routine Medica Inspection to require treatment (excluding Defects o Nutrition, Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
    Group.For defective vision (excluding squint).For all other conditions recorded in Table IIA.Total.
  • Page 155
    TABLE II. A.—Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1937.
    Defect or DiseaseRoutine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of DefectsNo. of Defects
    Requiring TreatmentRequiring observationRequiring TreatmentRequiring observation
  • Page 156
    TABLE II.— Continued.
    Defect or DiseaseRoutine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of DefectsNo. of Defects
    Requiring TreatmentRequiring observationRequiring TreatmentRequiring observation
  • Page 157
    B.—Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.
    Age-Groups.No. of Children Inspected.A (Excellent).B (Normal).C (Slightly Sub-normal).D (Bad).
    No.Per cent.No.Per cent.No.Per cent.No.Per cent.
  • Page 157
    TABLE III.—Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area, 1937.
  • Page 157
    PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN.
  • Page 158
    DEAF CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Deaf.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 158
    PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
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    MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children.
  • Page 159
    EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children Suffering from Severe Epilepsy.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 159
    PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other Institutions.At no School or InstitutionTotal.
  • Page 159
    CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE DEFECTS.
    Combination of Defect.At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At other InstitutionsAt no School or Institution.Total.
  • Page 160
    TABLE IV.—Group 1. Minor Ailments treated during Year 1937.
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under Treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 161
    TABLE IV.—Group II. Defective Vision and Squint
    No. of Defects dealt with.No. of Children for whom Spectacles were
    Under the Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal.(a) Prescribed.(b) Obtained.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 162
    TABLE IV.—Group III. Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
    Received operative Treatment.Received other forms of Treatment.Total Number treated.
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Total.
  • Page 163
    TABLE IV.—Group IV. Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total Number Treated.
    Residential treatment with Education.Residential treatment without Education.Nonresidential treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic.Residential treatment with Education.Residential treatment without Education.Nonresidential treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic.
  • Page 164
    TABLE V.—Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of Children Inspected by the Dentist:— (a) Routine age-groups:—
    Age.567891011121314 260Total
  • Page 165
    (9) Other Operations:—