[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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Principal Assistant: S.J.Carr.

District Sanitary Inspectors	Disinfestation Inspectors	Clerical Staff

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For the purpose of calculating "loss" rates, working life is taken as the period between 15 and 64 years, and the age of natural death as at 85 years.

Cause of Death	Death Rate per 10,000 Population			Years of Life Lost per 10,000 Population. Ages 15-64 Total to age 85
	Sterpnefy		Eng.& Wales	Step-M.	Eqr.& Wales	Stepney	EC1K.& Wales

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Unemployment. The Ministry of Labour has kindly supplied me with the following information as to the estimated number of persons residing in the Borough registered as unemployed at the end of the yesir : -

Men	Boys	Women	Girls

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In addition to living in insanitary conditions and being unable to devote to themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention, the persons removed were also either -

Person	Age	Reason for Action *	Removed to -	Remarks

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A register of old people so visited is kept in the Department. Amendments made to the register during the year are as follows:-

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Infant Welfare Centres.

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Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics (exclusive of Hospital Ante-Natal Clinics).

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Health Visitors.

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Infant Life Protection.

No. on Register - 1st Jan. 1954	Ust Dec. 1954

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However; the number of cases in which help was provided in the "southern"* district (which comprises the Borough of Stepney less the area east of the Canal and two areas north of the east-west line Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel Road and Mile End .Road) was as follows:-

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HOSPITAL FACILITIES. The undermentioned hospitals are situated in the Boroughs:

	No. of Beds

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CONFERENCES. The Council was officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences during the year:

Conference	Held at	Attended by

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LEGISLATION. The following Acts, Orders and Regulations affecting the Department were made during the year:

Act, Order or Regulation.	Date Operative from

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Analysis of Enquiries, 1954.

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Legal Proceedings. A summary of legal proceedings instituted during the year, showing penalties imposed, is as follows:-

	No. of Summonses	Fines	Costs

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Lodging Houses - Common. There are five Common Lodging Houses in the Borough, providing accommodation for 1,111 persons, as follows:-

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There are now six such pranises in the Borough, providing accommodation for 499 seamen, as follows:-

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Notices Served. Informal notices served under the various Acts during the year were as follows:-

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Outworkers. Forty-four inspections were made of Outworkers' premises. There are 475 premises on the register, a reduction of 78 on last year, the trades concerned being as follows:-

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There were no notifications of infectious disease relating to Outworkers' premises.

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Summary of Inspections made by the Housing Inspector,

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During the third quinquennial period in 1953/54, I made a survey of the Borough, and found that, compared with the pre-war period of 1938/39, the bakehouse position was as shown in the table below:

	No. of Bakehouses			Population of Borough	Concentration Rate of Bakehouses in the Borough.
	Basement	Surface	Total	Population of Borough	Concentration Rate of Bakehouses in the Borough.

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A list of the basement bakehouses closed so far "under the Factories Act 1937 or otherwise since 1938/39 is appended below, showing the position at each quinquennial examination except that for 1953/54 :

	1938/9.	1943/4.	1948/9.

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Eighty-six samples were submitted for bacteriological examination, as follows;

	No. of Samples.	Unsatis-factory	Observations

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Twenty-three samples of ice-cream were submitted for bacteriological examination, with the following results:

Manufactured			Total
	In Borough	Outside. Borough	Total

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Unsound Food. The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were disposed of during the year under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937-1948, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:-

Premises.	Tons	Cwts.	qrs.	lbs.

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Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry. 309 special midnight or early morning and 46 other visits were made to Bishcpsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 6.135 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the following countries

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A Summary of the analysis of the results is as follows:-

Examinations.	Male	Female	TOTAL

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Of these 299 samples 21, or 7.0 per cent, were adulterated, details of which follow:-

Article	Formal or Informal	Nature of Irregularity	Remarks

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(Contd. )

Article	Formal or Informal	Nature of Irregularity	Remarks

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The average composition of milk samples taken over the past 10 years is as follows:-

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Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AMD AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1954 (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSES OF DEATH	ALL AGES			Age Groups
CAUSES OF DEATH	Total	M	F	-1	1-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65-	75-

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Table 1 (contd.) _______

CAUSES OF DEATH	ALL AGES.			Age Groups
CAUSES OF DEATH	Total	M	F	-1	1-	5-	15-	25-	45-	65-	75-

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Table 2. INFANT MORTALITY. 1954 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

CAUSES OF DEATH	AGE PERIODS										TOTAL DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR	PERCENT OF TOTAL.
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days.	V/eeks			T.otal under 4 wks .	Months
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days.	1-	2-	3-	T.otal under 4 wks .	1-	4-	7-	10-

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Table 3. Comparative Table showing Deaths of Infants at Various Ages under 1 year.

YEAR	Under 24 Hours	1-6 Days	1-4 Weeks	Total under 4 weeks	1-12 Months	Total under 1- year	Percentage Deaths under 4 weeks of Total Infant Deaths

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Table 4. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS.

Year	Population	Live Births		Deaths		Deaths under 1 Year		Maternal Deaths		Cancer Deaths		Tuberculosis Deaths (all forms)
Year	Population	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate	No.	Rate

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Table 5. atmospheric pollution SUMMARY OF MONTHLY READINGS AT TWO STATIONS IN the BOROUGH OF IMPURE TEES DEPOSITED DURING 1954, TOGETHER WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST READINGS IN THE COUNTY.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

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Table 6. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS, VISITS AND ACTION-TAKEN BY DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

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Table 7. SUMMARY OF WORK CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

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Table 8. FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 & 1948 1. INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH.

Type of Factory.	No. on Register	Inspections	Written Notices

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2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred -
			to H.M. Inspector	by H.M. Inspector

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Table 9. RODENT CONTROL (Period 1st April 1954 - 31st March 1955)

	Council Property	Dwelling Houses	Business Premises	TOTAL

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Table 11. HOUSING STATISTICS

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Table 11 (Contd. )

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Table 12. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS & VISITS BY THE SPECIALIST INSPECTORS ENGAGED IN THE SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD

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Table 13.

Type and Number of Food Premises in the Borough		Premises registered under more than one category.
Type and Number of Food Premises in the Borough		Bakers Shops	Butter & Marg. Factories	Restaurants, Cafes. &c.	Canteens, &c.	Chemists	Confectioners	Fish Shops	Fruit & Vegetables	Grocers (Retail)	Grocers (Wholesale)	Ice Cream	Milkshops	Poultry	Prepared Food	Wholesale Marg. Dealers
Type of Premises	Number,	Bakers Shops	Butter & Marg. Factories	Restaurants, Cafes. &c.	Canteens, &c.	Chemists	Confectioners	Fish Shops	Fruit & Vegetables	Grocers (Retail)	Grocers (Wholesale)	Ice Cream	Milkshops	Poultry	Prepared Food	Wholesale Marg. Dealers

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Table 14. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED.DURING THE YEAR 1954

DISEASE	CASES NOTIFIED. In Age Groups												Notifications	Corrected Total	Admitted Hospital
DISEASE	-1	1-	2-	3-	4-	5-	10-	15-	20-	35-	45-	65—	Notifications	Corrected Total	Admitted Hospital

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Table 15 • DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Disease	Authority for Notification

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Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows

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Table 17. TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total Cases

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Stepney 1954

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Principal Assistant: S.J.Carr.

For the purpose of calculating "loss" rates, working life is taken as the period between 15 and 64 years, and the age of natural death as at 85 years.

Unemployment. The Ministry of Labour has kindly supplied me with the following information as to the estimated number of persons residing in the Borough registered as unemployed at the end of the yesir : -

In addition to living in insanitary conditions and being unable to devote to themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention, the persons removed were also either -

Continued from previous page...

A register of old people so visited is kept in the Department. Amendments made to the register during the year are as follows:-

Infant Welfare Centres.

Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics (exclusive of Hospital Ante-Natal Clinics).

Health Visitors.

Infant Life Protection.

However; the number of cases in which help was provided in the "southern"* district (which comprises the Borough of Stepney less the area east of the Canal and two areas north of the east-west line Whitechapel High Street, Whitechapel Road and Mile End .Road) was as follows:-

HOSPITAL FACILITIES. The undermentioned hospitals are situated in the Boroughs:

CONFERENCES. The Council was officially represented at the undermentioned Conferences during the year:

LEGISLATION. The following Acts, Orders and Regulations affecting the Department were made during the year:

Analysis of Enquiries, 1954.

Legal Proceedings. A summary of legal proceedings instituted during the year, showing penalties imposed, is as follows:-

Lodging Houses - Common. There are five Common Lodging Houses in the Borough, providing accommodation for 1,111 persons, as follows:-

There are now six such pranises in the Borough, providing accommodation for 499 seamen, as follows:-

Notices Served. Informal notices served under the various Acts during the year were as follows:-

Outworkers. Forty-four inspections were made of Outworkers' premises. There are 475 premises on the register, a reduction of 78 on last year, the trades concerned being as follows:-

There were no notifications of infectious disease relating to Outworkers' premises.

Summary of Inspections made by the Housing Inspector,

During the third quinquennial period in 1953/54, I made a survey of the Borough, and found that, compared with the pre-war period of 1938/39, the bakehouse position was as shown in the table below:

A list of the basement bakehouses closed so far "under the Factories Act 1937 or otherwise since 1938/39 is appended below, showing the position at each quinquennial examination except that for 1953/54 :

Eighty-six samples were submitted for bacteriological examination, as follows;

Twenty-three samples of ice-cream were submitted for bacteriological examination, with the following results:

Unsound Food. The following quantities of unsound foodstuffs were disposed of during the year under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, 1937-1948, and the Public Health (London) Act, 1936:-

Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry. 309 special midnight or early morning and 46 other visits were made to Bishcpsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 6.135 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the following countries

A Summary of the analysis of the results is as follows:-

Of these 299 samples 21, or 7.0 per cent, were adulterated, details of which follow:-

(Contd. )

The average composition of milk samples taken over the past 10 years is as follows:-

Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AMD AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1954 (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1 (contd.) _______

Table 2. INFANT MORTALITY. 1954 Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

Table 3. Comparative Table showing Deaths of Infants at Various Ages under 1 year.

Table 4. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS.

Table 5. atmospheric pollution SUMMARY OF MONTHLY READINGS AT TWO STATIONS IN the BOROUGH OF IMPURE TEES DEPOSITED DURING 1954, TOGETHER WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST READINGS IN THE COUNTY.

Table 6. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS, VISITS AND ACTION-TAKEN BY DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 7. SUMMARY OF WORK CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT SANITARY INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 8. FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 &amp; 1948 1. INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH.

2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

Table 9. RODENT CONTROL (Period 1st April 1954 - 31st March 1955)

Table 11. HOUSING STATISTICS

Table 11 (Contd. )

Table 12. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS &amp; VISITS BY THE SPECIALIST INSPECTORS ENGAGED IN THE SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD

Table 13.

Table 14. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED.DURING THE YEAR 1954

Table 15 • DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows

Table 17. TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register

Table 8. FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 & 1948 1. INSPECTIONS FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH.

Table 12. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS & VISITS BY THE SPECIALIST INSPECTORS ENGAGED IN THE SUPERVISION AND INSPECTION OF FOOD