[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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The numbers of claims made for sickness benefit to the local office of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, covering the E.l postal district, are given below for each month of the year, with comparisons for 1961 and 1962:

	1963	1962	1961

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Conferences The Council was represented at the undermentioned Conferences during the years:-

Conference	Held At	Attended By

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Conference	Held At	Attended By

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

	Date Operative

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The following staff changes took place during the year:-

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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
		£	s	d	£	s	d

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7 samples were subjected to the Methylene Blue reduction test, with the following results:-

	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 1937-48 and the Public Health (London) Act 1936:-

	Tons	Cwts.

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255 midnight or early morning visits and 79 other visits were made to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 5,944 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the following countries:-

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One notification of diphtheria was received but was not confirmed. The number of Stepney children immunised at London County Council clinics, during the last 5 years, is as follows:-

	1262	1962	1961	1960	1959

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New patients attending the clinic in the Borough for treatment during the last threequarters of 1963, with comparative figures for .1962, are given in the following Table:-

	MALES			FEMALES
Age	April-December		%	April-December		%
Groups	1963	1962	Increase	1963	1962	Increase

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During the year, 380 samples were submitted for analysis, 36 of which were purchased or taken formally and 344 informally. The samples are classified as follows:-

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Of the samples analysed, 5 formal and 25 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. of Samples Examined	Milk Fat % (Legal minimum standard 3.00)	Non-fat Solids % (Legal minimum standard 8.50)

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Table I TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1963 (Registrar-General's Return)

CAUSE OF DEATH	ALL AGES			Age Groups
CAUSE OF DEATH	Total	M	F	-1	1-	5-	15-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-

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Table X (Continued)

CAUSE OF DEATH	all ages			Age Groups
CAUSE OF DEATH	Total	M	F	-1	1-	5-	15-	25-	35-	45-	55-	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
YEAR	Killed	Injured		Killed	Injured	Killed		Injured	Killed	Injured

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Table 3 INFANT MORTALITY, 1963 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 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

Accidents due to Falls	1963		1962		1961		1960
Accidents due to Falls	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5	London	Divn.5

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Table 6 RODENT CONTROL

		TYPE OF PROPERTY			TOTAL
		Local Authority	Duelling Houses (inc.Council Houses)	All Other (including Business Premises)	TOTAL

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Table 6 (Contd.)

	Local Authority	Dwelling Houses (inc.Council Houses)	All Other (including Business Premises)	TOTAL

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Sewers - Maintenance Treatments Two complete treatments, comprising pre-baiting and poison baiting, using fluoroacetamide, were given to all sewer manholes and side entrances between 1st April and 11th November. Details are as follows:-

Period	Pre-Bait			Poison Bait
Period	No. of Manholes	Complete ‘Takes’	Partial ‘Takes’	No. of Manholes	Complete ‘Takes’	Partial ‘Takes’

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Table 7 SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

	No. of Premises	Inspections	Notices Served	Legal Proceedings Taken

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Other Visits and Inspections

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Table 7 (Contd.) Rent Act. 1957: Certificates of Disrepair

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Table 9 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS Etc. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

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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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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 12 (Contd.) Part VIII of the Act - OUTWORK Section 133.

Nature of Work	No. of 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 13 HOUSING STATISTICS

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Table 13 (Contd.)

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Table 14. SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

Type of Premises	No.	Visits or Inspections	Notices	Legal Proceedings

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Table 14 (Contd.)

Reasons for Visits or Inspections

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Table 15 NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

DISEASE	1963			1953-62 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
	Notifications	Admitted to Hospital	Corrected Total	1953-62 CORRECTED NOTIFICATIONS
	Notifications	Admitted to Hospital	Corrected Total	1962	1961	I960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955	1954	1953

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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 17 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total Cases
	M.	F.	M.	F.	Total Cases

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Table 18 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN STEPNEY

Disease	Authority for Notification

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Table 19 DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1963

Address	No. of Dwellings

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Table 20 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 21 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Location	Acreage

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The numbers of claims made for sickness benefit to the local office of the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, covering the E.l postal district, are given below for each month of the year, with comparisons for 1961 and 1962:

Conferences The Council was represented at the undermentioned Conferences during the years:-

Continued from previous page...

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

The following staff changes took place during the year:-

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

7 samples 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 1937-48 and the Public Health (London) Act 1936:-

255 midnight or early morning visits and 79 other visits were made to Bishopsgate Goods Station for the purpose of examining 5,944 trucks of foodstuffs arriving from the following countries:-

One notification of diphtheria was received but was not confirmed. The number of Stepney children immunised at London County Council clinics, during the last 5 years, is as follows:-

New patients attending the clinic in the Borough for treatment during the last threequarters of 1963, with comparative figures for .1962, are given in the following Table:-

During the year, 380 samples were submitted for analysis, 36 of which were purchased or taken formally and 344 informally. The samples are classified as follows:-

Of the samples analysed, 5 formal and 25 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 I TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE AND AGE OF STEPNEY RESIDENTS - 1963 (Registrar-General's Return)

Table X (Continued)

Table 2 COMPARATIVE TABLE OF ROAD ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN THE BOROUGH

Table 3 INFANT MORTALITY, 1963 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 RODENT CONTROL

Table 6 (Contd.)

Sewers - Maintenance Treatments Two complete treatments, comprising pre-baiting and poison baiting, using fluoroacetamide, were given to all sewer manholes and side entrances between 1st April and 11th November. Details are as follows:-

Table 7 SUMMARY OF WORK OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Other Visits and Inspections

Table 7 (Contd.) Rent Act. 1957: Certificates of Disrepair

Table 9 SUMMARY OF REPAIRS Etc. CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF DISTRICT PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS

Table 10 SUMMARY OF WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR (SMOKE &amp; FACTORIES) AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT

1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health

2. Cases in which Defects were found

Table 12 (Contd.) Part VIII of the Act - OUTWORK Section 133.

Table 13 HOUSING STATISTICS

Table 13 (Contd.)

Table 14. SUMMARY OF WORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS (FOOD)

Table 14 (Contd.)

Table 15 NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

Table 17 TUBERCULOSIS - VARIATIONS IN REGISTER

Table 18 DISEASES NOTIFIABLE IN STEPNEY

Table 19 DWELLINGS ERECTED DURING 1963

Table 20 COMPARATIVE VITAL STATISTICS

Table 21 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES WITHIN THE BOROUGH

Table 22 Social Clubs (including 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) AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANT