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Bromley 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bromley]

Published
1946
Pages
64
Tables
48

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48 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    No. of valuation assessments of habitable premises at the close of the year 1945 :
    (a) Bromley (old Bromley Area)(b) Hayes & Keston
  • Page 10
    Vital Statistics. Live Births:
    TotalMaleFemale
  • Page 11
    Deaths of Infants under I year of age:
    TotalMaleFemale
  • Page 12
    Comparative birth rates per 1,000 population are as follows:
    BromleyEngland & WalesGreat Towns (incl. London)London County
  • Page 12
    Comparative Death Rates per 1,000 population are as follows :—
    BromleyEngland & WalesGreat Towns (incl. London)London County
  • Page 12
    Main causes of deaths in Bromley during the past five years:—
    19451944194319421947
  • Page 13
    These figures bring up-to-date on a five-yearly basis the findings in my previous report of 1944.
    1926-19301931-19351936-19401941-1945
  • Page 13
    Based on these figures, a truer infantile mortality rate per
    1926-19301931-19351936-19401941-1945
  • Page 17
    No. of confinements attended:—
    DomiciliaryInstitutionalTotal
  • Page 18
    Administration of Analgesics. Number of midwives in practice in the area qualified to administer analgesics :—
  • Page 19
    The following is a tabulation of all visits during 1945 :—
  • Page 20
    Figures for 1945 are as follows
  • Page 22
    The following figures give some indication of the work involved :— Total No. of helpers engaged during 1945 :
  • Page 23
    Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations, 1945.
    Bacteriological.No. of samplesColony Count on Agar at 37° C.Bact. coli Test
  • Page 23
    Chemical.
    OrpingtonWest WickhamThames-derived filtered water
    Shortlands(Walton)
  • Page 24
    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA. Sanitary Inspectors' statistics for 1945 :—
    Type of InspectionOn ComplaintRoutineRe inspns.Total No. of Inspection?Defects Found
  • Page 24
    Notices Issued.
  • Page 24
    Factories.
    Factory PremisesInspectionsWritten Notices
  • Page 25
    Medical inspections and treatments by the School Medical Officers for 1945 are recorded as follows:—
    Inspections.Total No. of At School Clinics.Treatments. Home, or own Doctor.
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring Observation.
  • Page 26
    Rats and Mice Destruction.
    On ComplaintRoutineRe-inspectionsTotal
  • Page 27
    The foregoing figures are amplified in the following tabulation which gives total figures relative to housing visits of all kinds including figures not falling under the preceding headings.
    Housing Inspections.On Complaint. IioutineRe-InspectionsTotal.
  • Page 28
    Licenses have been issued for graded milks under the Milk (Special Designations), Regulations as follows:—
  • Page 28
    Food and Drugs Act. Samples taken by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1945, and results:—
    Formal.Informal.Adulteration or Irregularity.
  • Page 29
    Continued from previous page...
    Formal.Informal.Adulteration or Irregularity
  • Page 30
    Continued from previous page...
    Formal.InformalAdulteration or Irregularity.
  • Page 30
    Particulars of adulteration or irregularity in above samples:
    ArticleFormal InformalAdulteration or Irregularity
  • Page 31
    796 food condemnation certificates were issued by the Sanitary Inspectors during 1945 in connection with the disposal of the following articles of food surrendered as unfit.
    Article of FoodQuantityApprox. weight (in lbs.)
  • Page 33
    Infectious Disease. Sex and Age Grouping:. (Civil Population only)
    Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaWhooping CoughMeaslesAcute PoliomyelitisAcute PolioencephalitisEnteric or Typhoid FeverParatyphoid Fevers
    AgesM.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.AgesM.F.M.F.
  • Page 35
    INFECTIOUS DISEASE-1940-1945 (CIVILIAN ONLY). Attack Rates and Mortality Kates per 1,000 Population (Registrar General).
    Estimated Population (Civilian)56,58050 43050,48051,30049,73052,310
    Year1940.19411942.1943.1944.1945.
    Attack and Mortality RatesAttack RateMortality RateAttack RateMortality RateAttack RateMortality RateAttack RateMortality RateAttack RateMortality RateAttack RateMortality Rate
  • Page 35
    Attack Rates and Mortality Rates per 1,000 Births.
  • Page 36
    Tuberculosis. Recordings in the register during 1945 were as follows:—
    RespiratoryOther FormsTot. No. of Cases
  • Page 36
    New Cases and Mortality, 1945.
    New cases notified or otherwise revealedDeaths
    Age GroupsRespiratoryNonRespiratoryRespiratoryNonRespirator
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 41
    SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
  • Page 43
    In comparison with the five-year pre-war period 1934-1938 there is some leeway to make up, but in spite of enemy activities and the stress and strain of war it is to me remarkable that we were able to maintain and provide such a high level of service.
    PeriodRoutine Medical InspectionTotalSpecial Inspections and re-inspectionsInspections by Specialists
    Entrants2nd Age Group3rd Age GroupOther Routine
  • Page 44
    TABLE B.
    Age GroupDefective visionTotal
    No. inspected(excluding squint)Other Conditions
  • Page 44
    TABLE C.
    Defect or DiseaseRoutine Inspections requiringSpecial Inspections requiring
    TreatmentObservationTreatmentObservation
  • Page 45
    This tabulation gives an indication of the nutritional stand ard of the 1,372 routine medical examinations at schools during 1945
    Age GroupsNo. InspectedClassification of Nutrition
    Excellent Per Cent.Normal Per Cent.Sub-normal Per Cent.Bad Per Cent.
  • Page 45
    TABLE E. Comparative tabulation of Nutritional Standards of Pre-war and War -Time periods with 1945.
  • Page 46
    Treatments under the Authority's scheme in 1945, compared with 1944, were as follows :—
    19451944
  • Page 48
    Tabulation of new cases seen by the Surgeon, 1941
  • Page 50
    Statistical Report of the various Dental Schemes.
    Grand Total (all schemes).19441945
  • Page 51
    REPORT FOR THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION 1945. 1. Number of children inspected ^>y the School Dental Officer.
  • Page 51
    1944 1945
  • Page 51
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 58
    Number of children in attendance at Primary and Modern Schools receiving milk :—
    l/3rd pt.2/3rd pt.
  • Page 59
    SECTION D. Handicapped Children. The following table shows the number and classification of handicapped children in the records.
    At Residential SchoolsAt Special Day SchoolsAt Ordinary Day SchoolsPrivate SchoolsAt no School or InstitutionTotal
  • Page 62
    Cash Statement-Year ended 31.12.1945.
    RECEIPTS.
    £s.d.
  • Page 62
    PAYMENTS.