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Harrow 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

Published
1937
Pages
90
Tables
24

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24 tables in this report

  • Page 8
    Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year.
    Live Births :—Total.Male.Female.
  • Page 9
    Deaths and Death Rate.
  • Page 11
    The following table gives the percentage of deaths at certain age periods, with the corresponding rates for England and Wales for the year 1935 :—
    Age periods.Percentage of Total Deaths.
    Local, 1936.England and Wales, 1935.
  • Page 12
    The commonest causes of deaths are shown in the following table, in which the local rates for certain causes are compared with those of England and Wales for the year 1935, the figures representing the percentage of deaths from the particular cause of total deaths.
    Local, 1936.England and Wales, 1935.
  • Page 27
    The following table gives a list of the properties dealt with during the year and the position regarding them at the end of the year.
    Title of Order.No. of Houses.Position at End of Year.
  • Page 28
    The following statement extracted from the returns on form H.256, shows the position at the beginning and at the end of the year:
    Position at December 31 st,
    1935.1936.
  • Page 30
    The following table was submitted as showing the manner in which the overcrowding in the houses occurred and the number of the various types of houses required to provide alternative accommodation of such a nature that the transferred families would no longer be overcrowded.
    Houses not owned by Local Authority.Overcrowded by Houses required:
    Units.Bedrooms:
    ½11½1½234 and over.
  • Page 37
    The following table shows the extent to which use was mad of the hospital during the year:—
    Admitted asIn Hospital 1/1/1936A dmitted during year.T otal.DischargedDied.In Hospital 31 /12/36
  • Page 40
    PREVALENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE (other than Tuberculosis)
    Disease.Under lyr.1-4 yrs.5-9 yrs.10-14 yrs.15-19 yrs.20-24 yrs.25-34 yrs.35-44 yrs.45-54 yrs.55-64 yrs.65 & over.Total
  • Page 40
    Continued from previous page...
    Disease.Cases NotifiedAdmitted to Harrow Isolation HospitalAdmitted to other Isolation HospitalsAdmitted to other HospitalsDeaths Registered
  • Page 46
    The following is a summary of the cases notified:
    Onset.Age.Class.Last attendance.
  • Page 51
    TUBERCULOSIS. Notifications.
    New Cases.Deaths.
    Primary Notification.Brought to notice other than by Form A.
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MFMFMFMFMFMF
  • Page 51
    The following table summarizes the position with regard to the period of residence of those who contracted the disease locality:-
    Period of residence6-12 months1-2 years2-3 years3-4 years4-5 years5 years over.
  • Page 52
    Register.
    Pulmonary.N on-Pulmonary.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 53
    The following table is a summary of the cases removed from the register with the reason for their removal:
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    Male.Female.Male.Female.
  • Page 56
    The following table indicates the ages at which these deaths occurred, with the corresponding figures for England and Wales for the year 1935 for comparison:
    Local.England & Wales.
    1936.1935.
    M.F.M.F.
  • Page 57
    Below is set out an analysis of the causes of these deaths under 2 months with the corresponding figures for the country as a whole or the year 1935:—
    Local 1936.England & Wales. 1935.
    M.F.M.F.
  • Page 57
    The neonatal mortality is the death rate per 1,000 births occurring in infants at under one month. This figure was 22.2, constituting 48.9 per cent. of the total infant mortality rate. The distribution of these deaths per 1,000 births amongst infants of lifferent ages is set out below, with the corresponding figures for the country as a whole for the year 1935:
    Local. 1936.England & Wales. 1935.
  • Page 57
    The lower local rate follows much the same distribution as the national rate. The following table is an analysis of the causes of the neonatal mortality:—
    Local. 1936.England & Wales. 1935.
  • Page 58
    The following table is an analysis of the causes of death o hose infants of ages between 1 month and 1 year:—
    1—3 Mths.3-6 Mths.6-9 Mths.9-12 Mths.
  • Page 59
    The following table classifies the deaths of children between the ages of 1 and 5 years:-
    1-2 Yrs.2-3 Yrs.3-4 Yrs.4-5 Yrs.
  • Page 73
    The County Council's proposals are summarised as:—
    Present Accommodation.Future Accom-modatioinPosition in May, 1936.
  • Page 82
    The number of children on the roll at December 31st, 1936, was 16,451. The following are the particulars of children inspected during the year:—
  • Page -
    CAUSE OF DEATHUnderOver 1 and under 2Over 2 and under 5Over 5 and under 15Over 15 and under 25Over 25 and under 35Over 35 and under 45Over 45 and under 55Over 55 and under 65Over 65 and under 75Over 75TotalRegistrar-General's Allocations
    MFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMFMF