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Woolwich 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

Published
1933
Pages
140
Tables
108

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    SECTION I.— GENERAL STATISTICS. TABLE No. 1.
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    Table 2
    Ward.Acreage.Persons.Males.Females.Persons per Acre.
    19211931Increase or Decrease.19211931Increase or Decrease.19211931Increase or Decrease.
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    TABLE No. 3
    Percentage Gains or Losses.
    Natural Increase.Migration.Nett Increase or decrease.
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    TABLE No. 4.
    Age Groups (Age last Birthday).Persons.Males.Females.Persons.
    1921193119311931Increase or Decrease.Percentage Increase or Decrease.
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    TABLE No. 5
    Age last BirthdayWoolwich.London.
    Persons.Males.Females.
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    TABLE No. 6.
    Total Population.Inmates Only.
    Persons.Males.Females.Persons.Males.Females.
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    TABLE No. 7.
    Age.Sex.Single.Married.Widowed.Divorced.
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    TABLE No. 8
    WardsPopulation
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    TABLE No. 9.
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    TABLE No. 10
    Year.Population estimated to middle of each Year.Births.Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Nett.Under 1 year.At all Ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
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    TABLE No. 11.
    Wards.Population.BirthsDeaths under 1Deaths at all A ges
    NumberRate.NumberRate.NumberRate
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    TABLE No. 12.
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    TABLE No. 13.
    Year.No. of Births.No. of Live Births. Notified.No. of Still Births.Percentage of Births Notified.Birth Rate.
    Woolwich.London.England and Wales.
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    TABLE No. 14.
    Hospital or InstitutionNumber of Deaths
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    TABLE No. 15 Birth Rates, Death Rates and Analysis of Mortality in the year 1932.
    Rate per 1,000 Population.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Rate per 1,000 Live Births.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    All CausesTyphoid and Paratyphoid Fevers.Smallpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Violence.Diarrhœa and Enteritis (under 2 yrs.)Total Deaths under 1 year.Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners.Inquest Cases.Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest.Uncertified Causes of Death.
    Live BirthsStill Births
  • Page 23
    TABLE No. 16 Deaths registered during the calendar year 1932, including non-residents in institutions in the Borough.
    Causes of Death.Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District.Deaths in Public Institutions.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 5 years.5 and under 15 years.15 and under 25 years.25 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 55 years.55 and under 65 years.65 and under 75 years.75 and upwards.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    Residents.Non—Residents.
  • Page 24
    TABLE No. 17 Nett Deaths registered during 1932, classified by sex and wards.
    Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    MalesFemalesDockyardSt. Mary'sRiverSt. George'sBurrageHerbertGlyndonSt. Margaret'sCentralSt. NicholasAbbey WoodWell HallSherardAvery Hill
  • Page 25
    TABLE No. 18
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory.Total.Death Rate.Number under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
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    TABLE No. 19 Deaths from Cancer and Malignant Disease.
    Year.Males.Females.Total.Rate.Percentage of Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 20.
    Seat of Primary Disease.Males.Females.Total.Deaths in Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 21. Maternal Mortality, Woolwich, 1912-1932.
    Year.Abortion.Ectopic GestationPlacenta Prævia.Other Puerperal Hæmorrhage.Other Accidents of Child Birth.Child Birth with Secondary Causes.Puerperal EclampsiaPuerperal Phlebitis and EmbolismPuerperal Fever.Totals.
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    TABLE No. 22. Child Mortality (1—2 years). Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases
    Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 23. Child Mortality (2—5 years). Death Rates per 1,000 estimated age population from stated Groups of Diseases
    Period.Estimated mean Population.Infectious Fevers.Tuberculosis.Respiratory Diseases.Diarrhœal Diseases.All other causes.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 24.
    Births.Deaths under 1 Year.Rate.
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    TABLE No. 25.
    Hospital or InstitutionNumber of Deaths
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    TABLE No. 26. Infant Mortality, 1932. Nett Deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year of age.
    Causes of Death.Under 1 week.1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks.1 month and under 3 months.3 months and under 6 months.6 months and under 9 months.9 months and under 12 months.Total deaths under 1 year.
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    TABLE No. 27. Nett Infant Deaths, classified by sex and wards.
    Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    Males.Females.Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Sherard.Avery Hill.
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    TABLE No. 28.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 29.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 29— continued.
    Year, appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 30. RETURN to be made on or before the 9th of February, 1933, by Mr. S. G. Taylor, Vaccination Officer of all Sub-Districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Registration District, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1931, inclusive:—
    Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District.Number of Births returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st December 1931.Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1933, in Columns I., II., IV. and V. of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:—
    Col. I.Col. II.Col. IV Number in respect of whom Statutory Declaration of Conscientious Objection has been received.Col. V. Died Unvaccinated.
    Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Had Small Pox.
    1.2.3.4.5.6.7.
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    TABLE No. 31. Clinics and Treatment Centres.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By Whom Provided.Sessions Weekly.
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    TABLE No. 31— continued.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By Whom Provided.Sessions Weekly.
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    TABLE No. 32. Inspections.
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    TABLE No. 33. Nuisances Abated.
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    TABLE No. 33— continued.
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    1.—Inspection. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.— Defects Found.
    Description.Number of Defects.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.Number of Prosecutions.
  • Page 52
    3.— Outwork in Unwholesome Premises, Section 108.
    Nature of Work.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.
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    TABLE No. 35.
    Sun StreetSun Street (Infectious)Eltham.All Mortuaries.
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    TABLE No. 36.
    Number of Interments.
    193019311932
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    TABLE No. 37. Prosecutions under Public Health and Kindred Acts.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    TABLE No. 38. Results of Chemical Analyses.
    Date.Parts per 100,000.
    Albuminoid Ammonia.Oxygen absorbed in 4 hours.Free Chlorine.Nitrites.
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    TABLE No. 39. Results of Bacteriological Examinations.
    Date.No. of organisms on gelatine plates at 22° C.— 3 days.No. of organisms on agar plates at 375 C.— 2 days.Bacillus Coli.
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    TABLE No. 40.
    Premises.On Register 31st December.Number ofLegal Proceedings.
    Inspections.Notices.
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    TABLE No. 41.
    Number of dealers' licences issued to use the designation:—
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    TABLE No. 42.
    Month.Cattle.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.Calves.Total.
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    TABLE No. 43.
    Situation of Slaughterhouse.Owner.
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    TABLE No. 44.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE No. 44— (continued).
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Result.
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    TABLE No. 45.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
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    TABLE No. 45— (continued).
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
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    TABLE No. 45—( continued).
    Articles.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
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    TABLE No. 46.
    193019311932
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    TABLE No. 47.
    Sample No.Article.Formal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of Legal Proceedings or Other Action.
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    TABLE No. 48. Cases of Food Poisoning Notified during 1932.
    Age Periods.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE No. 49.
    1.—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year.
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    TABLE No. 50. Action under the Housing Acts.
    Premises.Action taken.Date.
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    TABLE No. 51.
    Date of Meeting.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.Total.
    West.East.
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    TABLE No. 52.
    Premises.Accommodation Men.
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    TABLE No. 53.
    19211931Increase or Decrease per cent.
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    TABLE No. 54. Housing Conditions in Wards.
    Ward.Private Families.Structurally Separate Dwellings Occupied.Rooms Occupied.Persons per Room.
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    TABLE No. 55. Housing of Private Families.
    Number of rooms occupied.Number of Families.Increase or Decrease.Distribution per cent.
    1921193119211931
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    TABLE No. 56.
    Number of families living in1921Per cent1931Per cent
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    TABLE No. 57. Distribution, according to size, of Private Families.
    No. of Persons in Family.Private Families.Rooms per Family.Persons per Room.
    Number 1931.Increase or Decrease 1921-1931Distribution per cent
    193119211931192119311921
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    The following tabular statement shows the population scheduled thus in each of the last three enumerations:—
    191119211931
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    TABLE No. 58. In tabular form are shown in the next five Tables statistics showing the incidence of infectious disease in the Borough in 1932 and previous years.
    Diseases.Total Cases Notified.Admissions to Hospital.Total Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 59. Notification of Infectious Diseases (Including Tuberculosis), 1901 to 1932.
    Year.Smallpox.Diphtheria and Mem. Croup.Erysipelas.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.§Puerperal Pyrexia.Pneumonia Primary.Influenzal Pneumonia.Malaria.Dysentery.Anthrax.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Encephalitis Lethargica.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Poliomyelitis.‡Zymotic Enteritis.*Pulmonary Tuberculosis.*Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary†Measles.x Chicken Pox.
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    TABLE No. 60. Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1932.
    Diseases.BoroughDockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Sherard.Avery Hill.
  • Page 86
    TABLE No. 61. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 1932 (excluding Tuberculosis).
    Diseases.Number of Cases Notified.
    Age Groups.
    All Ages.Under 1 year.1 and under 2 years.2 and under 3 years.3 and under 4 years.4 and under 5 years.5 and under 10 years.10 and under 15 years.15 and under 20 years.20 and under 35 years.35 and under 45 years.45 and under 65 years.65 and over.
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    TABLE No. 62. Deaths from Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1932.
    Diseases.All Ages.Number of Deaths.
    Age Groups.
    Under 11-2-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-
  • Page 88
    TABLE No. 63. Diphtheria: Multiple Cases.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.SherardAvery HillTotal Houses.Total Cases.
  • Page 89
    TABLE No. 64. Scarlet Fever: Multiple Cases.
    Dockyard.St. Mary'sRiver.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Sherard.Avery Hill.Total Houses.Total Cases.
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    TABLE No. 65. Scarlet Fever: Return Cases.
    No. in RegisterDate Admitted to Hospital.Date Discharged.Total Days in Hospital.Onset of Secondary Case.Remarks on Primary Case.
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    TABLE No. 66.
    No.Date Notified.Diagnosis.Final Diagnosis.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 67.
    Date Notified.Age.Sex.Ultimate Diagnosis.Remarks.
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    TABLE No. 68.
    Date Notified.Cases Treated:Vision UnimpairedVision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Home.Hospital.
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    TABLE No. 69. Monthly Incidence of Pneumonia.
    Month.Male.Female.Total.Type.No. of Deaths.
    Lobar.BronchoInfluenzal.Acute Primary (not specified)Acute Primary Pneumonia.Influenzal Pneumonia.
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    TABLE No. 70. Ward Incidence of Tuberculosis, 1932.
    Ward.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary
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    TABLE No. 71. Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1932.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 97
    TABLE No. 72.
    Year.Lungs.Meninges.Intestines and Peritoneum.Glands.Joints.Spine.Other Forms.All Causes.
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    TABLE No. 73.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Totals.
    M.F.M.F.
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    TABLE No. 74. Tuberculosis: Deaths and Death Rates.
    Year.Deaths.Death Rates.
    All Forms.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.All Forms.PulmonaryNon-Pulmonary.
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    TABLE No. 75.
    Case No.Date notified as Tuberculosis.Cause of Death.
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    TABLE No. 76.
    Pulmonary.Percentage.Non-Pulmonary.Percentage.
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    TABLE No. 77. Return showing the Work of the Dispensaries for 1932.
    Diagnosis.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Total.Grand Total.
    Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F"M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 103
    TABLE No. 78. Admissions to Hospitals, etc.
    Special Hospitals.Sanatoria.Public General Hospitals.Training Colonies.
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    These figures refer to 365 patients and the monthly admissions were as follows:—
    January34February51March48
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    TABLE No. 79.
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    The following Table shows the number of persons cleansed each year since 1928:— TABLE No. 80.
    Year.Children.Adults.Grand Total.
    Boys.Girls.Total.Males.Females.Total.
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    TABLE No. 81.
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    TABLE No. 81 —(Continued).
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    TABLE No. 82.
    Centre.No. on Roll of Centre.No. of Attendances.
    Mothers.Children.Mothers.Children.
    ExpectantNursing.ExpectantNursing
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    TABLE No. 83. Children in Attendance at each Centre.
    Year of Birth.Town Hall.Plumstead .Eltham.New Eltham.Slade.St. Luke's.N. Woolwich.Beres-ford St.Totals.
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    TABLE No. 84. Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—13th June to 22nd July, 1932.
    Method of Feeding.0-11-22-33-44-5AGE IN MONTHS.10-1111-12Grand Total
    5-66-77-88-9Total9-10
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    TABLE No. 85. Cases Treated at Sunlight Clinic, 1932.
    Brought forward from 1932New Cases.Total.Much Improved or Cured.Improved.I.S.Q.Ceased Treatment.Treatment not yet complete
  • Page 114
    TABLE No. 86. Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1932.
    Disease, Defect or Condition.BOYS. Age last BirthdayGIRLS. Age last Birthday.Total.
    12341234
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    Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1932— continued.
    Disease, Defect or Condition.BOYS. Age last Birthday.GIRLS. Age last Birthday.
    12341234Total.
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    Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1932— continued.
    Disease, Defect or Condition.BOYS Age last Birthday.GIRLS. Age last Birthday.Total.
    12341234
  • Page 118
    TABLE No. 87.
    Brewer StreetEltham Health Centre
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    TABLE No. 88.
    Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Children under 5.
    No.Attendances.No.Attendances.No.Attendances.
  • Page 119
    TABLE No. 89. Cases Treated at Orthopaedic Clinic, 1932.
    Type of Case.Number remaining over from 1931New Cases.Total Cases.Number who completed treatment by end of year.Number with treatment not completed.
  • Page 130
    Housing conditions of aneemic children. The housing accommodation of the children observed was found to be as follows:—
    Slight.No. of cases. Moderate.Severe.Percentage so living.
    Slight.Moderate.Severe.
  • Page 135
    (2) Age incidence. Of those cases (totalling 214) showing cardiac signs without anaemia or rheumatism, 89 were noted at the age of 2 ; 80 at the age of 3, and 45 at the age of 4 and upwards, but these figures show no special age incidence and no increasing liability with age (see Table).
    Age.Percentage of total children examined.Percentage of heart conditions found.
  • Page 139
    APPENDIX III. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, DURING THE YEAR 1932.
    Week ending.Temperature of the Air.Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years.Average temperature 4 feet below ground.Number of days on which rain fell.Rainfall in inches.
    Highest during week.Lowest during week.Mean temperature.
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    APPENDIX III.— continued.
    Week ending.Temperature of the Air.Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years.Average temperature 4 feet below ground.Number of days on which rain fell.Rainfall in inches.
    Highest during week.Lowest during week.Mean temperature.