[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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BIRTHS

	Total	Male	Female

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RATES *

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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 year:-

Men	Boys	Women	Girls	TOTAL

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During the year it was necessary to apply for three Removal Orders for the following persons who were aged, infirm and living in insanitary conditions and unable to devote to themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention:-

Person	Age	Removed to	Remarks

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

Conference	Held At	Attended By

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Conference	Held At	Attended By

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The undermentioned Hospitals are situated in the Borough:-

	No. of Beds

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

	Operative

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Legal Proceedings. Legal proceedings instituted by the District Public Health Inspectors during the year, showing penalties imposed, were as follows:-

	Number of Summonses	Fines			Costs
		£.	s.	d.	£.	s.	d.

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Notices Served. Notices served under the various Acts and Byelaws during the year were as follows:-

	Intimation Notices	Statutory Notices

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Outworkers. Forty-two inspections were ma.de of Outworkers' premises. There arc 731 premises on the register, an increase of 44 over last year, the trades concerned being as follows:-

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There were 19 notifications of infectious disease relating to Outworkers' premises.

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Stopped-up Drain (Section 25, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955).

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Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs. Samples of food submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 79, details of which are as follows:-

	Number of Samples	Number Unsatisfactory.	Observations

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No adverse reports were received on the following samples examined:-

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Ice Cream. Eleven samples of ice cream were subjected to the Methylene Blue reduction test with the following results:-

	Manufactured		TOTAL
	In Borough.	Outside Borough.	TOTAL

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Legal Proceedings. Summonses dealt with during the year by the Public Health Food Inspectors were as follows:-

	Number of Summonses	Fines			Costs
	Number of Summonses	£	s	d	£	s	d

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The average fat and solids-not-fat contents of milk samples analysed werw as follows:-

	Fat Content	Solids-not-Fat Contsnt.

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Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry. 308 midnight or early morning visits and 101 other visits were made to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 6,137 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the following countries:-

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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

	Tons	Cwts.	Qrs.	Lbs.

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Over 2,400 Condemnation Certificates in respect of unsound food were issued in 1957.

Improvements effected at Food Establishments.	Number

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Diphtheria. No notifications of Diphtheria were received during the year. The number of children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last four years was as follows

Completed primary course:-	1957	1956	1955	1954

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This epidemic, though not a severe type 01 lnlluenza, was very widespread involving a large number of cases and affecting the mortality from respiratory causes, as will be seen from details set out below:-

Deaths from Respiratory		Diseases: Influenz a.	Pneumonia.	Bronchitis.	Other Respiratory diseases.	TOTAL

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The numbers X-rayed at the various sites in the Borough were as follows:

SITE	MALES		FEMALES		TOTALS
SITE	Miniatures.	Large Films	Miniar tures.	Large Films	Miniatures.	Large Films

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Disinfestation (bed bucs and other insect pests). The following is a summary of work carried out by the specialist Inspector engaged on disinfestation duties:-

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Verminous Persons. The number of lice-infested persons bathed, and whose clothing was disinfested at Branch Road Cleansing Station, was as follows:-

Males	Females	Children	TOTAL

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Of the 402 samples analysed, 7 formal end 9 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows:-

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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Average composition of ordinary milk samples (excluding "Channel Islands", etc. milk) taken over the past 10 years, is as follows

Year	No. Samples Examined	Fat. per cent	Solids other thar Fat, per cent

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Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS- 1957 (Registrar-General's Return)

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

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Table 1 (contd.)

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

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Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH

YEAR	Children Under 7 years			Children 7 - l4years		Adults				TOTALS
YEAR	Killed	Injured		Killed Injured		Killed		Injured		Killed	Injured

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Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY, 1957. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

CAUSES OF DEATH	AGS PERIODS										TOTAL DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR	PER CENT. OF TOTAL
	Under 2b hours	1-6 days.	Weeks			Total under i wks.	Months
	Under 2b hours	1-6 days.	1-	2-	3-	Total under i wks.	1-	4-	7-	10-

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

YEAR	Under 2b Hours	1-6 Days	1-if Weeks	Total under *+ weeks	1-12 Months	Total under 1 year	Percentage Deaths under weeks of Total Infant Deaths

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Table 5. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

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

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Table 6. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC.HEALTH INSPECTORS

	No, of Premises	Inspections	Notices Served	Legal Proceed ings Taken

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Table 6. (contd.)

Certificates of Disrepair:	1920 Act	1954 Act	1957 Act

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Table 7. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UN HIS TIG SUPERVISION 0F DISTRICT PUBLIC H.--ALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR.

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Table 8. RODENT CONTROL (Period 1st April 1957 - 31st March 1958)

		Council Property	Dwelling Houses	Other Premises	1 TOTAL

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Table 9. AIR POLLUTION Amounts of deposited matter recorded by deposit gauges and of sulphur trioxide collected by lead peroxide method at St. George's Town Hall (Station 1) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2).

Station	Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	Aug.	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Table 10. AIR POLLUTION

Station	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June.	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.

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Table 11. SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

		No.	Visits or Inspections .	Notices	Legal Proceedings.

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Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 11 contd.) Reason for Visit.

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Table 12. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

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Table 13. HOUSING STATISTICS

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Table 13 (contd.)

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Table 1. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING TH3 YEAR 1957.

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

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Table 15. TUBERCULOSIS - New Cases' and Deaths

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Table 16. TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register

	Pulmonary		NonPulmonary		Total Cases.
	M	F	M	F

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Table 17. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

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Table 18. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 & 1948 . T . 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 found.

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

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Table 19. D.VELLINGS EJECTED DURING 1957

Address	No. of Dwellings

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Table 20. OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE EOROUGH

Location	Acreage

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BIRTHS

RATES *

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 year:-

During the year it was necessary to apply for three Removal Orders for the following persons who were aged, infirm and living in insanitary conditions and unable to devote to themselves, and not receiving from other persons, proper care and attention:-

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

Continued from previous page...

The undermentioned Hospitals are situated in the Borough:-

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

Legal Proceedings. Legal proceedings instituted by the District Public Health Inspectors during the year, showing penalties imposed, were as follows:-

Notices Served. Notices served under the various Acts and Byelaws during the year were as follows:-

Outworkers. Forty-two inspections were ma.de of Outworkers' premises. There arc 731 premises on the register, an increase of 44 over last year, the trades concerned being as follows:-

There were 19 notifications of infectious disease relating to Outworkers' premises.

Stopped-up Drain (Section 25, London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955).

Bacteriological Examination of Foodstuffs. Samples of food submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 79, details of which are as follows:-

No adverse reports were received on the following samples examined:-

Ice Cream. Eleven samples of ice cream were subjected to the Methylene Blue reduction test with the following results:-

Legal Proceedings. Summonses dealt with during the year by the Public Health Food Inspectors were as follows:-

The average fat and solids-not-fat contents of milk samples analysed werw as follows:-

Zeebrugge-Harwich Train Ferry. 308 midnight or early morning visits and 101 other visits were made to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 6,137 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the following countries:-

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

Over 2,400 Condemnation Certificates in respect of unsound food were issued in 1957.

Diphtheria. No notifications of Diphtheria were received during the year. The number of children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last four years was as follows

This epidemic, though not a severe type 01 lnlluenza, was very widespread involving a large number of cases and affecting the mortality from respiratory causes, as will be seen from details set out below:-

The numbers X-rayed at the various sites in the Borough were as follows:

Disinfestation (bed bucs and other insect pests). The following is a summary of work carried out by the specialist Inspector engaged on disinfestation duties:-

Verminous Persons. The number of lice-infested persons bathed, and whose clothing was disinfested at Branch Road Cleansing Station, was as follows:-

Of the 402 samples analysed, 7 formal end 9 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows:-

(Contd.)

Average composition of ordinary milk samples (excluding "Channel Islands", etc. milk) taken over the past 10 years, is as follows

Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS- 1957 (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1 (contd.)

Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH

Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY, 1957. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

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

Table 5. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Table 6. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC.HEALTH INSPECTORS

Table 6. (contd.)

Table 7. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &amp;c. CARRIED OUT UN HIS TIG SUPERVISION 0F DISTRICT PUBLIC H.--ALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR.

Table 8. RODENT CONTROL (Period 1st April 1957 - 31st March 1958)

Table 9. AIR POLLUTION Amounts of deposited matter recorded by deposit gauges and of sulphur trioxide collected by lead peroxide method at St. George's Town Hall (Station 1) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2).

Table 10. AIR POLLUTION

Table 11. SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 11 contd.) Reason for Visit.

Table 12. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

Table 13. HOUSING STATISTICS

Table 13 (contd.)

Table 1. NOTIFIABLE DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING TH3 YEAR 1957.

Table 15. TUBERCULOSIS - New Cases' and Deaths

Table 16. TUBERCULOSIS - Variations in Register

Table 17. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Table 18. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 &amp; 1948 . T . Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2. Cases in which defects found.

Table 19. D.VELLINGS EJECTED DURING 1957

Table 20. OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE EOROUGH

Table 21. List of Social Clubs. Lunch Clubs and ChiroDodv Clinics affiliated to The Steonev Old People's Welfare Association.

Table 7. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UN HIS TIG SUPERVISION 0F DISTRICT PUBLIC H.--ALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR.

Table 18. FACTORIES ACTS. 1937 & 1948 . T . Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.