[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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During the year, it was necessary to apply for six Removal Orders and three Extension Orders under this enactment in respect of the following persons:-

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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The following staff changes took place during the year:-

Ceased Duty:

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2. Services Provided

Infant Consultation.	Afternoons

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Legal proceedings instituted (other than those relating to food premises) during the year, showing penalties imposed, were as followss-

	No. of Summonses	Fines			Costs

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

	Intimation Notices	Statutory Notices

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

	£.	s.	d.

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An order by the court was made for payment and for costs to the council

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Samples of food submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 72, details of which are as fallows:-

	No, of Samples	No.Unsatisfactory	Observations

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Ten 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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Summonses dealt with by the Public Health Inspectors (Food) during the year, were as follows:-

	No. of Summonses	Fines			Costs

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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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The number of children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last 4 years, was as follows:-

	1959	1958	1957	1956

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The cases are summarised belows-

Date of Onset, Sex and Age	Organism found	Food suspected

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Of the samples analysed, 1 formal and 31 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows:-

Article	Formal or Informal	Nature of Irregularity	Remarks

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Article	Formal or Informal	Nature of Irregularity	Remarks

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

Year	No. Samples Examined		Milk Fat, per cent. (Legal minimum standard - 3.0)	Non-Fat Solids, per cent. (Legal minimum standard - 8.50)

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Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1959. (Registrar-General's Return)

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

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Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH

YEAR	Children Under 7 years			Children 7-14 years		Adults				TOTALS
YEAR	Killed	Injured		Killed	Injured	Killed		Injured		Killed	Injured

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Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY. 1959. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

CAUSE OF DEATH	AGE PERIODS											Total Deaths under 1 Year	Per Cent. of Total
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	Total under 1 wk.	Weeks			Total under 4 wks.	Months
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	Total under 1 wk.	1-	2-	3-	Total under 4 wks.	1-	4-	7-	10-

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Table 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 5. HOME ACCIDENT CASES REPORTED BY THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE

Accidents due to Falls.	1956		1957		1958		1959
Accidents due to Falls.	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5

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Table 7. 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 8. AIR POLLUTION Amounts of deposited matter recorded by deposit causes and of sulphur trioxide collected by lead peroxide method at St. George's Town Hall (Station l) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2).

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

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Table 9. AIR POLLUTION Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during 1959.

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

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Table 10. Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke & Factories)

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Table 11, PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACTS. 1937-1959. Part I of the Act. 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 -
Particulars	Found	Remedied	to H.M. Inspector	by H.M. Inspector

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Table 11 (contd.) Part VIII of the Act Outwork Section 110.

Nature of Work	No. outworkers in August list	No. cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. Prosecutions for failure to supply lists.

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Table 12. RODENT CONTROL (1st April, 1959 - 31st December, 1959.)

	Council Property	Dwelling Houses	Other Premises	TOTAL

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Table 13. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

	No. of Premises	Inspections .	Notices Served	Legal Proceedings taken

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Table 13 (contd.)

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Table 14. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

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Table 15. DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1959

Address	No. of Dwellings

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. Table 16. HOUSING STATISTICS

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Table 1& (contd.)

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Table 17. 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 17 contd.)

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Table 18 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

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Table 19. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DISEASE	1959			1949-1958 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
	Notifications	Admitted to Hospital	Corrected Total	1949-1958 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
	Notifications	Admitted to Hospital	Corrected Total	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950	1949

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Table 20. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Disease	Authority for Notification

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Table 21. TUBERCULOSIS - NEW CASES AND DEATHS

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Table 22. TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total Cases
	M	F	M	F

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Table 23. OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Location	Acreage

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During the year, it was necessary to apply for six Removal Orders and three Extension Orders under this enactment in respect of the following persons:-

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

The following staff changes took place during the year:-

2. Services Provided

Legal proceedings instituted (other than those relating to food premises) during the year, showing penalties imposed, were as followss-

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

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

An order by the court was made for payment and for costs to the council

Samples of food submitted for bacteriological examination numbered 72, details of which are as fallows:-

Ten samples of ice-cream were subjected to the methylene blue reduction test, with the following results:-

Summonses dealt with by the Public Health Inspectors (Food) during the year, were as follows:-

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:-

The number of children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last 4 years, was as follows:-

The cases are summarised belows-

Of the samples analysed, 1 formal and 31 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows:-

Continued from previous page...

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

Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1959. (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1 (contd.)

Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE BOROUGH

Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY. 1959. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

Table Comparative Table showing Deaths of Infants at Various ages under 1 Year.

Table 5. HOME ACCIDENT CASES REPORTED BY THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE

Table 7. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Table 8. AIR POLLUTION Amounts of deposited matter recorded by deposit causes and of sulphur trioxide collected by lead peroxide method at St. George's Town Hall (Station l) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2).

Table 9. AIR POLLUTION Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during 1959.

Table 10. Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke &amp; Factories)

Table 11, PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACTS. 1937-1959. Part I of the Act. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2, Cases in which defects were found.

Table 11 (contd.) Part VIII of the Act Outwork Section 110.

Table 12. RODENT CONTROL (1st April, 1959 - 31st December, 1959.)

Table 13. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Table 13 (contd.)

Table 14. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &amp;c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 15. DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1959

. Table 16. HOUSING STATISTICS

Table 1&amp; (contd.)

Table 17. SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 17 contd.)

Table 18 SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

Table 19. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Table 20. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Table 21. TUBERCULOSIS - NEW CASES AND DEATHS

Table 22. TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Table 23. OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Table 24. Social Clubs, Lunch Clubs and Chiropody Clinics affiliated to The Stepney Old People's Welfare Association.

Table 10. Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke & Factories)

Table 14. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 1& (contd.)