[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

Stepney 1961

Published: 1962
Pages: 90
Tables: 37

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

Age Removed to Remarks
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Legal proceedings instituted during the year (other than those relating to food premises), showing penalties imposed, were as follows

No. of Summonses Fines Costs
£ s. d. £ s. d.
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Notices Served. Notices served during the year under the various Acts and Byelaws, were as follows

Intimation Notices Statutory Notices
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Twenty-two 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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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 number of Stepney children immunised at London County Council clinics during the last five years, was as follows :-

1961 1960 1959 1958 1957
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Of the samples analysed, 5 formal and 21 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows :-

Article Formal or Informal Nature of Irregularity Remarks
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The average composition of 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-1961. (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 4 (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. 1961 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 a wks.	Months
	Under 24 hours	1-6 days	Total under 1 wk.	1-	2-	3-	Total under a wks.	1-	4-	7-	10-

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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 a weeks 1-12 months Total under 1 Year Percentage Deaths under4 weeks of Total Infant Deaths
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Table 5 HOME ACCIDENT CASES REPORTED BY THE LONDON AMBULANCE SERVICE

Accidents due to Falls. 1961 1960 1959 1958
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.)

Rent Act, 1957-Certificates of Disrepair.
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Table 9 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR
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Table 10 Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke & Factories) and Technical Assistant

Clean Air Act. 1956.
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Table 11 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 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 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) during 1959-1961

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 1961. Measured in milligrams per 1000 cubic metres.

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.)
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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 1961 1951-1960 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
Notifications Admitted to Hospital Corrected Total 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951
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Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-

-1 1- 2- 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 35- 45- 55- 65- 75- Total (all ages)
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Table 19 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Cases
M F M F
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Table 20 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Disease Authority for Notification
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Table 21 DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1961

Address No. of Dwellings
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Table 22 OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Location Acreage
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Table 23 Social Clubs. Lunch Clubs and Chiropodv Clinics affiliated to the Stepney Old People's Welfare Association.

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

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

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

Of the samples analysed, 5 formal and 21 informal were found to be unsatisfactory, as follows :-

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

Table 1. TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS-1961. (Registrar-General ' s Return)

Table 4 (Contd.)

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

Table 3 INFANT MORTALITY. 1961 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 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &amp;c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

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

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

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 1) and London Jewish Hospital (Station 2) during 1959-1961

Table 13 AIR POLLUTION Concentration of Smoke and Sulphur Dioxide recorded by the Volumetric Method at two Stations in the Borough during 1961. Measured in milligrams per 1000 cubic metres.

Table 14 HOUSING STATISTICS

Table 14 (Contd.)

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

Age Distribution of new cases and deaths is as follows:-

Table 19 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Table 20 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN LONDON

Table 21 DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1961

Table 22 OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Table 23 Social Clubs. Lunch Clubs and Chiropodv Clinics affiliated to the Stepney Old People's Welfare Association.

Table 9 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS &c. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING THE YEAR

Table 10 Summary of Work of the Public Health Inspector (Smoke & Factories) and Technical Assistant