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Woolwich 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
- Published
- 1957
- Pages
- 58
- Tables
- 25
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TABLE No. 1 1956 1955
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TABLE No. 2. WOOLWICH DEATHS FROM CANCER (including all other specified Malignant Tumours)
Year Men Women Total Deaths Deaths in Hospitals -
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CANCER DEATHS - WOOLWICH. 1956. BY AGE (excluding specified Malignant Tumours)
Age Men Women Total Deaths in Hospital -
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TABLE No. 5. WOOLWICH DEATHS FRCM CANCER OF THE LUNG AND BRONCHUS, 1946-1956
Year Lung Bronchus Total Deaths in Hospitals Male Female Male Female -
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TABLE No. 4. CANCER DEATHS (EXCLUDING SARCOMA)- WOOLWICH 1956 - SEAT OF PRIMARY DISEASE
Male Female Total Deaths in Hospitals -
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TABLE No. 5. DEATHS UNDER 1 YEAR, 1956
Causes of Death Under 1 week 1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks Total under 4 weeks 1-3 months 3-6 months 6-9 months 9-12 months Total deaths under 1 year -
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TABLE No. 6 NETT DEATHS DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 1956.
CAUSES OF DEATH All Ages Under 1 Year 1 and under 5 years 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25 years 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years 65 and under 75 years 75 years and upwards -
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TABLE No. 7
Year Population estimated to middle of each Year BIRTHS Nett Nett Deaths of the District. Under 1 Year At all ages No. Rate No. Rate per 1,000 nett Births No. Rate -
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TABLE No. 8. INSPECTIONS
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TABLE No. 9. NUISANCES ABATED
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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 TABLE No. 10. DETAILS OF INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT DURING 1956 ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
Premises No. on Register Inspections Written Notices Occupiers prosecuted -
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CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND AND REMEDIED:-
Particulars No. of cases in which defects were found No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector Referred by H.M. Inspector -
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The nature of the outwork is as followss : -
Type of Work Number of Workers -
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The average result of examinations and tests were as followss : -
Probable No. of Bacillus Coli per 100 ml. Average PH value Average Free Chlorine Average Temperature -
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TABLE No . 11 . MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION . JANUARY -DECEMBER, 1956
STATIONS Weight of Sulphur Trioxide collected mg/lCO 3d.cm/day Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. -
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TABLE No. 12
Description No. in Borough on 31.12.1956. No. of Inspections -
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TABLE No. 13 Carcases & Offal Inspected and Condemned in Whole or in Part, 1956
Cattle excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Horses -
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TABLE No. 14
Sample Article Formal or Informal (F or I) Adulteration or Irregularity -
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Sample Article Formal or Informal (F or I) Adulteration or Irregularity -
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TABLE No. 15 NOTIFICATION OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS) 1956
DISEASES Under 1 year 1-5 years 5-10 years 10-15 years 15-35 years 35-45 years 45-65 years 65 and over Age Unknown Total Total No. admitted to Hospital -
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TABLE No. 16 The following is an extract from the Tuberculosis Register for 1956:-
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F Total M F Total -
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The following table gives the age groups of new cases notified:-
Formal Notifications Number of Primary Notifications of New Cases 0- 1 1- 5 5-15 15-25 25-35 35-45 45- 55 55-65 65-75 75 & up Total (all age -
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TABLE No. 17 - Tuberculosis Table of Notifications and Deaths compared with Population - Borough of Woolwich
Year Estimated Civilian Population excluding Army Primary Notifications Deaths from Tuberculosis Deaths per 1,000 of population Total Deaths all causes Percentage of Tuberculosis Deaths against all Deaths -
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Details are as follows:-
Pre-School Children School Children Adults Total Boys Girls Boys Girls Men Women