[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

Stepney 1960

Published: 1961
Pages: 100
Tables: 42

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1. Statistics
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Legal Proceedings. Legal proceedings instituted during the year (other than those relating to food premises), showing penalties imposed, were as follows:-

No. of Summonses Fines Costs
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Notices Served. Notices served during the year under the various Acts and Byelaws, were as follows
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Defective Drains repaired or re-laid (Section AO, Public Health (London) Act. 1936).

£ s d
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Stopped-up Drains cleared (Section 25(1), London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955).

£ s d
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Ice Cream. Twenty- t wo samples of ice cream were subjected to the Methylene Blue reduction test, with the following results :-

Manufactured Total
in Borough: outside Borough
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L e g al Proceedings. 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 average fat and solids-not-fat content of milk samples analysed were as follows:-

Fat Content Solids-not-Fat Content
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The number of Stepney children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last five years, was as follows :-

1960 1959 1958 1957 1956
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Of the samples analysed, 2 formal and 38 infernal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows :-

Article Formal or Informal Nature of Irregularity Remarks
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The average composition of ordinary m ilk 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 - 1960. (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSE OF DEATH ALL AGES Age Groups
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
Total M F -1 1- 5- 15- 25- 45- 65- 75-
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Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

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

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Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY. 1960. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

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

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Table 4. 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

1960 1959 1958 1957
Accidents due to Falls. London Divn.5 London Divn.5 London Divn.5 London Divn.5

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Table 6. 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 7. RODENT CONTROL

Council Property Dwelling Houses Other Premises TOTAL
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Table 8. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

No. of Premises Inspections Notices Served. Legal Proceedings taken
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Table 8. (contd.)
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Table 9. PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACTS. 1937-1959. 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 (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 10. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DIS1RICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR
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Table 11. Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke &.Factories) Clean-Air Act. -1956.
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Factories Acts. 1937-59.
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Table 12. 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 l) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2) during 1960.

Station Jan. Feb. March April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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Table 13. AIR POLLUTION Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during I960.

Station Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July,Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec.
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Table 14. HOUSING STATISTICS
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Table 14. (contd.) (c) Proceedings under Section 17 of Housing Act, 1957 -
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Table 15. 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 15 contd.) Reason for Visit.
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Table 16. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR
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Table 17. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DISEASE 1960 1950-1959 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications Admitted to Hospital Corrected Total
1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950
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Table 18. TUBERCULOSIS - NEW CASES AND DEATHS New Cases. 111 pulmonary cases were notified, being 110 nrinarv notifications and 1 posthumous notification. 9 non-pulmonary cases were notified, all being primary notifications. Deaths. 8 persons died from pulmonary tuberculosis. There were no deaths from non-pulmonary tuberculosis. Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-

-1 1- 2- 3- 4¹ 5- 10- 15- 20- 35- 45- 65- Total (all ages)
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Table 19. TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Cases
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Table 20. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Disease Authority for Notification
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Table 21. DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING I960

Address No. of Dwelling's
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Table 22. OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Location Acreage
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MAINTAINED BY LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

DISEASE	1960			1950-1959 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
	Notifications	Admitted to Hospital	Corrected Total	1950-1959 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
	Notifications	Admitted to Hospital	Corrected Total	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951	1950

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1. Statistics

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

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

Defective Drains repaired or re-laid (Section AO, Public Health (London) Act. 1936).

Stopped-up Drains cleared (Section 25(1), London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1955).

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

L e g al Proceedings. Summonses dealt with by the Public Health Inspectors (Food) during the year, were as follows :-

The average fat and solids-not-fat content of milk samples analysed were as follows:-

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

Of the samples analysed, 2 formal and 38 infernal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows :-

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

Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1960. (Registrar-General's Return)

Table 1 (contd.)

Table 2. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

Table 3. INFANT MORTALITY. 1960. Deaths from stated causes at various ages under 1 year. (Compiled from Local Death Returns)

Table 4. Comparative Table showing Deaths of Infants at Various Ages under 1 Year.

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

Table 6. COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Table 7. RODENT CONTROL

Table 8. SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Table 8. (contd.)

Table 9. PRESCRIBED PARTICULARS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FACTORIES ACTS. 1937-1959. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.

2. Cases in which defects were found.

Table 9 (contd.) Part VIII of the Act Outwork Section 110.

Table 10. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &amp;c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DIS1RICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 11. Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke &amp;.Factories) Clean-Air Act. -1956.

Factories Acts. 1937-59.

Table 12. 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 l) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2) during 1960.

Table 13. AIR POLLUTION Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during I960.

Table 14. HOUSING STATISTICS

Table 14. (contd.) (c) Proceedings under Section 17 of Housing Act, 1957 -

Table 15. SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

Summary of Work of Public Health Inspectors (Food). (Table 15 contd.) Reason for Visit.

Table 16. SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE BY THE HOUSING INSPECTOR

Table 17. NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Table 19. TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Table 20. DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Table 21. DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING I960

Table 22. OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

MAINTAINED BY LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Table 10. SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DIS1RICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 11. Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke &.Factories) Clean-Air Act. -1956.