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Woolwich 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]

Published
1939
Pages
154
Tables
103

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103 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    TABLE No. 1.
    Wards.Population.
  • Page 12
    TABLE No. 2.
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    The chief Vital Statistics since 1911 are given in the following Tables. TABLE No. 3.
    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)
  • Page 14
    TABLE No. 4.
    Wards.Population.Births.Deaths under 1.Deaths at all ages
    NumberRate.NumberRate.NumberRate.
  • Page 15
    TABLE No. 5.
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    TABLE No. 6.
    Year.No. of Births.No. of Live Births. Notified.No. of Still-Births Notified.Percentage of Births Notified.Birth Rate.
    Woolwich.London.England and Wales.
  • Page 17
    TABLE No. 7.
    Hospitals or Institutions.Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 8. Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1938, 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 years and upwards.In Borough.Outlying Institutions.
    Residents.Non-Resid'ts.
  • Page 19
    Nett Deaths during 1938, classified by Sex and Wards.
    Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    Males.Females.Dockyard.St. Mary'sRiver.St. George'sBurrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey WoodWell Hall.Avery Hill.Sherard.
  • Page 20
    TABLE No. 10.
    Year.Bronchitis.Pneumonia.Other Respiratory.Total.Death-Rate.Number under 5 years.Percentage under 5 years.
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    TABLE No. 11.
    Year.Males.Females.Total.Rate.Percentage of Total Deaths.
  • Page 21
    TABLE No. 12.
    Seat of Primary Disease.Males.Females.Total.Deaths in Hospital.
  • Page 22
    TABLE No. 13. Maternal Mortality, Woolwich, 1912-1938.
    Year.Abortion.Ectopic GestationPlacenta Praevia.Other Puerperal Haemorrhage.Other Accidents of Child-Birth.Child-Birth with Secondary Causes.Puerperal EclampsiaPuerperal Phlebitis and EmbolismPuerperal Fever.Totals.
  • Page 23
    TABLE No. 14. 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.Diarr-hoeal Diseases.All other Causes.All Causes.
  • Page 23
    TABLE No. 15. 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.Diarrhoeal Diseases.All other causes.All Causes.
  • Page 24
    TABLE No. 16.
    Births.Deaths under 1 year.Rate.
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    TABLE No. 17.
    Hospitals or Institutions.Number of Deaths.
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    TABLE No. 18. Infant Mortality, 1938. 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 weeks1 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.
  • Page 26
    TABLE No. 19. Nett Infant Deaths, classified by Sex and Wards.
    Causes of Death.The Borough.Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.
    Males.Females.Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.1 St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey WoodWell Hall.Avery Hill.Sherard.
  • Page 27
    TABLE No. 20.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No 20—continued..
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 21.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 21—continued.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 21—continued.
    Year appointed.Name.Qualifications.Appointment.
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    TABLE No. 22. Clinics and Treatment Centres.
    Situation.Nature of Accommodation.By Whom Provided.Sessions Weekly.
  • Page 33
    TABLE No. 22—continued.
    Situation.Nature of AccommodationBy Whom Provided.Sessions Weekly.
  • Page 37
    TABLE No. 23. RETURN to be made on or before 14th February, 1939, 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, 1937, inclusive :—
    Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. 1.Number of Births returned in the "Birth List Sheets" as registered from 1st January to 31st December, 1937. 2.Number of these Births duly entered by 31st January, 1939, in Columns I., II., IV., and V. of the "Vaccination Register" (Birth List Sheets), viz.:—
    Col. I. Successfully Vaccinated. 3.Col. II.Col. IV. Number in respect of whom Statutory Declaration of Conscientious Objection has been received. 6.Col. V. Died Unvaceinated. 7.
    Insusceptible of Vaccination. 4.Had Small Pox. 5.
  • Page 38
    TABLE No. 23— continued.
    Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1939, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by " Report Book ") of :—Number of these Births remaining on 31st January, 1939, neither duly entered in the "Vaccination Register" (Columns 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this Return) nor temporarily accounted for in the "Report Book" (Columns 8, 9 and 10 of this Return). 11.*Total Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the Calendar Year 1938. 12.Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the Calendar Year 1938. 13.
    Postponement by Medical Certificate. 8.Removal to Districts the Vaccination Officers of which have been duly apprised. 9.Removal to places unknown or which cannot be reached; and cases not having been found. 10.
  • Page 40
    TABLE No. 24 (P art I.). Examination of Elementary School Children in Woolwich, 1938. Numbers Examined and Defects Found.
    Number examinedBoys.Girls.
    Entrants.Age 7.Age 11.Age 14.Entrants.Age 7.Age 11.Age 14.
    1,150 Cases *888 Cases *964 Cases *947 Cases *1,155 Cases *902 Cases *940 Cases *912 Cases *
  • Page 41
    TABLE No. 24 (Part II.).
    Age Groups.Number examined.Clothing and Boots.Nutrition.Cleanliness of Head.Cleanliness of Body.Teeth.Vision.
    GoodFairPoor.GoodAverageBelow normalBadCleanNitsPediculiCleanDirtyPediculiAll soundLess than 4 decayed.4 or more decayed.6/6 in both eyes.6/9 in either or both eyes.6/12 or worse in either or both eyes.
  • Page 47
    TABLE No. 25. Inspections.
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    TABLE No. 25—continued.
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    TABLE No. 26. Nuisances Abated.
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    TABLE No. 26—continued.
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    TABLE No. 27. Factories and Workplaces. 1.—Inspection.
    Premises. (1)Number of
    Inspections. (2)Written Notices. (3)Occupiers Prosecuted. (4)
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    2.— Defects Found.
    Particulars. (1)Number of Defects.Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were Instituted. (5)
    Found. (2)Remedied. (3)Referred to H.M. Inspector. (4)
  • Page 55
    3.— Outwork in Unwholesome Premises.
    Nature of Work. (1)Instances. (2)Notices Served. (3)Prosecutions. (4)
  • Page 56
    TABLE No. 28.
    Sunbury Street.Sunbury Street (Infectious).All Mortuaries.
    19381937
  • Page 57
    TABLE No. 29.
    Number of Interments.
    193619371938
  • Page 58
    TABLE No. 30. Prosecutions under Public Health and Kindred Acts.
    No.Date of Hearing.Offence.Situation.Result.
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    TABLE No. 31. 1.—Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    TABLE No. 32. Action under the Housing Acts.
    Premises.Action Taken.Date.
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    TABLE No. 32— continued.
    Premises.Action Taken.Date.
  • Page 63
    TABLE No. 33.
    Date of Meeting.Woolwich.Plumstead :Eltham.Total.
    West.East.
  • Page 64
    TABLE No. 34.
    Premises.Accommodation Men.
  • Page 76
    TABLE No. 35. Notifications of Infectious Disease (excluding Tuberculosis), 1938.
    Diseases.Total Cases Notified.Admissions to Hospital.Total Deaths.
  • Page 77
    TABLE No. 36. Notification of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1938.
    Diseases.Number of Cases Notified.
    All Ages.Age Groups.
    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.
  • Page 78
    TABLE No. 37. Ward Incidence of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1938.
    Disease.BoroughDockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's,Bur rage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Avery Hill.Sherard.
  • Page 79
    TABLE No. 38. Deaths from Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1938.
    Diseases.Number of Deaths.
    All Ages.Age Groups.
    Under 11-2-5-15-25-35-45-55-65-75-
  • Page 80
    TABLE No. 39. Notification of Infectious Diseases (including Tuberculosis), 1916 to 1938.
    Year.SmallpoxDiphtheria and Mem. Croup.ErysipelasScarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Continued Fever.Puerperal Fever.§ Puerperal Pyrexia.Primary Pneumonia.Influenzal Pneumonia.Malaria.Dysentery.Anthrax.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Encephalitis Lethargica.Cerebro-spinal Meningitis.Poliomyelitis and Polio -encephal it is.‡ Zymotic Enteritis.Pulmonary Tuberculosis.Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary.†Measlesx Chicken Pox.
  • Page 81
    TABLE No. 40. Diphtheria—Multiple Cases, 1938.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Avery Hill.Sherard.Total Houses.Total Cases.
  • Page 83
    TABLE No. 41. Scarlet Fever—Multiple Cases, 1938.
    Dockyard.St. Mary's.River.St. George's.Burrage.Herbert.Glyndon.St. Margaret's.Central.St. Nicholas.Abbey Wood.Well Hall.Avery Hill.Sherard.Total Houses.Total Cases.
  • Page 83
    TABLE No. 42. Scarlet Fever—Return Cases, 1938.
    No in Register.Date Admitted to Hospital.Date Discharged.Total Days in Hospital.Onset of Secondary Case.Remarks on Primary Case.
  • Page 84
    TABLE No. 42— continued.
    No in Register.Date Admitted to Hospital.Date Discharged.Total Days in Hospital.Onset of Secondary Case.Remarks on Primary Case.
  • Page 85
    TABLE No. 43. Enteric Fever, 1938.
    No.Date Notified.Sex.Age.Diagnosis.Final Diagnosis.Remarks.
  • Page 86
    TABLE No. 44. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis, 1938.
    No.Date Notified.Sex.Age.Ultimate Diagnosis.Remarks.
  • Page 87
    TABLE No. 45. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1938.
    Notified Date.Cases TreatedVision Impaired.Vision Unimpaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    At Home.In Hospital.
  • Page 89
    TABLE No. 46. Monthly Incidence of Pneumonia, 1938.
    Month.Male.Female.Total.Type.No. of Deaths.
    Lobar.Broncho.Influenzal.Acute Primary (not specified)Acute Primary Pneumonia.Influenzal Pneumonia.
  • Page 90
    TABLE No. 47. Tuberculosis—Deaths and Death Rates.
    Year.Deaths.Death-rates.
    All Forms.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.All Forms.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
  • Page 91
    TABLE No. 48.
    Case No.Date Notified as Tuberculosis.Cause of Death.
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    TABLE No. 49.
    Period between Notification and Death.Pulmonary.Percentage.Non-Pulmonary.Percentage.
  • Page 92
    TABLE No. 50.
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotals.
    M.F.M.F.
  • Page 92
    TABLE No. 51.
    Woolwich.Plumstead.Eltham.The Borough.
  • Page 93
    TABLE No. 52. Tuberculosis—New Cases and Mortality, 1938.
    Age Periods.New Casks.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 93
    TABLE No. 53.
    Year.Lungs.Meninges.Intestines and Peritoneum.Glands.Joints.Spine.Other Forms.All Causes.
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    TABLE No. 54. Return showing the work of the dispensaries for 1938.
    Diagnosis.pulmonaby.non -pulmon ary.Total.Grand Total.
    Adults.Children.Adults.Children.Adults.Children.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 97
    TABLE No. 54— continued. Return showing the work of the Dispensaries for 1938.
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    TABLE No. 55.
    Contacts.0-5 years.5-10 years.10-15 years.Total.Percentage.
  • Page 99
    TABLE No. 56. Pneumothorax Refills.
    Year.Patients.Refills.
  • Page 99
    TABLE No. 57. Admissions to Hospitals, etc.
    Special Hospitals.Sanatoria.Public General Hospitals.Training Colonies.
  • Page 103
    TABLE No. 58.
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    The following Table No. 59 shows the number of persons cleansed each year since 1934. TABLE No. 59.
    Year.Children.Adults.Grand Total.
    Boys.Girls.Total.Males.Females.Total.
  • Page 105
    TABLE No. 60.
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    TABLE No. 61.
    Situation of Cowhouse.No. of Sheds.No. of Cows.Licencee.
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    TABLE No. 62.
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    TABLE No. 63.
    Month.Type of Milk.Number of Bacteria per m.l.
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    Continued from previous page...
    Month.Type of Milk.Number of Bacteria per m.l.
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    TABLE No. 64. Carcases Inspected and Condemned.
    Cattle, excluding Cows.Cows.Calves.Sheeps and Lambs.Pigs.
  • Page 109
    TABLE No. 65. Monthly returns of inspections of carcases.
    Month.Cattle.Sheep and Lambs.Pigs.Calves.Total.
  • Page 109
    TABLE No. 66.
    Situation of Slaughterhouse.Owner.
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    TABLE No. 67. Inspection of food Premises.
    Premises.On Register 31st DecemberNumber ofLegal Proceedings.
    Inspections.Notices.
  • Page 114
    TABLE No. 68.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
  • Page 115
    TABLE No. 68— continued.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
  • Page 116
    TABLE No. 68— continued.
    Article.Formal Samples.Informal Samples.Number Analysed.Number Adulterated.
  • Page 121
    TABLE No. 70.
    Sample No.Article.Formal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action.
  • Page 122
    TABLE No. 70— continued.
    Sample No.Article.Formal or Informal.Result of Analysis.Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action.
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    TABLE No. 71. Food Poisoning, 1938.
    Age Periods.Male.Female.Total.
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    TABLE No. 72.
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    TABLE No. 73.
    Under 1 year.1 -2 -3 -4 -5 -6 -7 -8 -
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    TABLE No. 74.
    Nature of Infringement.No.
  • Page 129
    TABLE No. 75.
    Centre.Number on Roll of Centre.Number of Attendances.
    Mothers.Children.Mothers.Children.
    Expectant.Nursing.Expectant.Nursing.
  • Page 130
    TABLE No. 76. Children in Attendance at Each Centre.
    Year of Birth.Town Hall.Beresford St.N. Woolwich.Plum-stead.Slade.Eltham.St. Luke's.New Eltham.Totals.
  • Page 131
    TABLE No. 77. Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—20th June to 13th August, 1938.
    Method of Feeding.AGE IN MONTHS.Grand Total.
    0-11-22-33-44-55-66-77-88-9Total.9-1010-1111-12
  • Page 136
    TABLE No. 78. Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1938.
    Disease, Defect or Condition.BOYS. Age last Birthday.GIRLS. Age last Birthday.
    234234Total.
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    Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1938— continued.
    Disease, Defect or Condition.BOYS. Age last Birthday.GIRLS. Age last Birthday
    234234Total
  • Page 138
    TABLE No. 79. Cases treated at Sunlight Clinic during 1938.
    Brought forward from 1937.New Cases.Total.Much Improved or Cured.Improved.I.S.Q.Ceased Attending.Treatment not yet completed
  • Page 140
    TABLE No. 80.
    Condition.No. of Cases.TreatmentDischarged.Still attending.Ceased attending.
    Broug't forwardNewConservative.Operation.None requir'dCured.Much improved.Improved.I.S.Q.
  • Page 142
    TABLE No. 81.
    Brewer Street.Eltham.Plumstead.
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    TABLE No. 82.
    Expectant Mothers.Nursing Mothers.Childrenunder 5.
    No.Attendances.No.Attendances.No.Attendances.
  • Page 144
    TABLE No. 83.
    Type of Case.Number remaining over from 1937.New Cases.Total Cases.Number who completed treatment by end of year.Number with treatment not completed.
  • Page 147
    APPENDIX.
    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— 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.