[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for East Ham]

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An observation on Deaths from Cancer in East Ham

	1953	1954	1955

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TABLE 1

	Still births per 1,000 population
	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955

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The rates for East Ham per 1,000 total (live and still) births for the past five years are indicated below:-

	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955

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TABLE 2. - BIRTH RATE DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1955

	Live Birth rates per 1,000 population	Still Birth rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births	Annual Death Rates per 1,000 Population									Total Deaths under one year (rate per 1,000 Live Births)
	Live Birth rates per 1,000 population	Still Birth rates per 1,000 total (live and still) births	All Causes	Malignant Neoplasm Lung and Bronchus	Acute Poliomyelitis & Polioencephalitis	Pneumonia	Whooping Cough	Diptheria	Influenza	Coronary disease and Angina Pectoris	Tuberculosis (all forms)	Total Deaths under one year (rate per 1,000 Live Births)

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TABLE 3.-CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS 1955.

		Deaths at different periods of life of residents (including non civilians) whether occurring within or without the district																		Total deaths in Institutions		Total deaths for the years
		All	Ages	Under 1 year		1-4 Years		5-14 Years		15-24 Years		25-44 Years		45-64 Years		65-74 Years		75 years and above		Total deaths in Institutions		1955	1954	1953	1952	1951
		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	1955	1954	1953	1952	1951

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TABLE 4.-INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OP AGE, 1955

Cause of Death	AGE AND SEX																Total under 1 year.
	Under 1 week		1-2 weeks		2-3 weeks		3-4 weeks		1-3 months		3-6 months		6-9 months		9-12 months		Total under 1 year.
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE 5.- CANCER DEATHS LOCATION OP THE DISEASE

Parts of Body Affected	Ages	Under 15		15-24		25-34		35-44		45-54		55-64		65-74		75 and upwards		Total
Parts of Body Affected	Sex	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES The quarterly returns to the Registrar-General were as follows:-

	Qtr ending	Qtr. ending	Qtr ending	Qtr ending	Total
	31/3/55	30/6/55	30/9/55	31/12/55	Total

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TABLE 6.-PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE Notified Cases for Year ended 31/12/55

DISEASE	Cases notified in whole district										Ward Distribution of Cases										No. of Cases removed to Hospital	Total Deaths
	At all ages = years										Manor Park	Little Ilford	Wood-Grange	Plashet	Kensington	Castle	Central	Wall End	Greatfield	South
	At all ages	Under 1	1 to 4	5 to 9	10 to 14	15 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 64	65 and up	Manor Park	Little Ilford	Wood-Grange	Plashet	Kensington	Castle	Central	Wall End	Greatfield	South

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TABLE 7.-PUBLIC HEALTH ( TUBERCULOSIS; REGULATIONS, 1952 SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1956 TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1955

Age Periods	Formal Notifications
	Number of Primary Notifications of new cases of tuberculosis
	0-	1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total (all ages)

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NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH DURING THE YEAR OTHERWISE THAN BY FORMAL NOTIFICATION.

Source of Information			Number of cases in age Groups
Source of Information			0-	1-	2-	5-	10-	15-	20-	25-	35-	45-	55-	65-	75-	Total

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TABLE 8.-TOTAL CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1931-1955

DISEASE	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942

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TABLE 8.-TOTAL CASES OP NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1931-1955 continued.

DISEASE	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955

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The following statistics have been abstracted from copies of form V.D. (R) (1952), which have been received from the Hospitals named and total figures for 1954 and 1953 are also shewn:-

	Patients dealt with for the first time during 1955
	Syphilis	Gonorrhoea	Other Conditions	Total

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ALDERSBROOK NURSERY AND SCATTERED HOMES The statistics for the year 1955 are appended:-

	East Ham	Other Authorities	Total

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1, - INSPECTIONS for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors:

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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2. - CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE POUND (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Pound	Remedied	Referred
	Pound	Remedied	To H. M. Inspector	By H M Inspector

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PART VIII OP THE ACT OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

Nature of Work	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of Work	No. of out-workers in August List required by Sect. 110 (1) (C)	NOo of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecu tions for failure to supply lists	NOa of Instances of work in unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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TABLE 10 NUMBERS PROVIDED WITH DENTAL CARE, 1955

	Examined	Needing treatment	Treated	Made dentally fit .

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TABLE 11 FORMS OF DENTAL TREATMENT PROVIDED 1955

	Ex trac tions	General Anaesthetics	Fillings	Scalings and gum treatment	Silver Nitrate treatment	Crowns or inlays	Radio graphs	Dentures provided
	Ex trac tions	General Anaesthetics	Fillings	Scalings and gum treatment	Silver Nitrate treatment	Crowns or inlays	Radio graphs	Full upper or lower	Part-tial upper or lower

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Total premature births for the past three years:-

1953	1954	1955

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TABLE 12

Weight at Birth	PREMATURE LIVE BIRTHS															PREMATURE STILL'-BIRTHS
	Born in Hospital f			Born at home and nursed entirely at home			Born at home and transferred to hospital on or before 28th day			Born in nursing home and nursed entirely there			Born in nursing home and transferred to hospital on or be fo re 28 th day			Born in hospital	Born at home	Born in nursing home
	Total	Died within 24 hrs. of birth	Sur vived 28 days	Total	Died within 24 hrs. of birth	Sur vived 28 lays	Total	Died within 24 hrs. of birth	Sur vived 28 days	Total	Died within 24 hrs. of birth	Sur vivec 28 days	Total	Died within 2 4 hrs.of birth	Sur- vived 28 days	Born in hospital	Born at home	Born in nursing home
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)

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TABLE 13 ANTE NATAL AND POST NATAL CLINICS 1955

	No of clinics provided at end of year (whether held at Child Wei-fare Centres or other premises)	No. of sessions held at end of year per month at clinics in eluded in col (2)	No, of women in attendance		Total No of attendances made i by women included in col (4)during t he year
			No of womer who attended during the year	No. of new cases incLuded in col (4) i. e, f<5r A N. clinics women who had not previously attended any clinic during current pregnancy & for P N clinics women who had not previously attended any P N clinic after last confinement
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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TABLE 14 CHILD WELFARE CENTRES 1955

	Number of centres provided at end of year	Number of Child Welfare sessions now held per month at centres in col (2)	Number of children who first attended a centre of this Local Health Authority during the year, and who at their first attendance were under 1 year of age	Number of children who attended during the year and who were born in			Total Number of children who attended during the year	Number of attendances during the year made by children who at the date of attendance were			Total Attend-ances during the year
	Number of centres provided at end of year			1955	1954	1953-50	Total Number of children who attended during the year	Under 1 year	1 but under 2	2 but under 5	Total Attend-ances during the year
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)

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TABLE 15

Number at 31/12/55	No, of approved places		No of children on the register at the end of the year.		Average daily attendance during the year
Number at 31/12/55	0-2 years	2-5 years	0-2 years	2 5 years	0-2 years	2-5 years

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The nurseries are open from Monday to Friday each week with the exceptions of Public Holidays, and the total attendances during 1955 were as follows

Nursery	Total attendances	Average daily attendance

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TABLE 16 MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 1951

	Number of midwives practising in the area at 31st December, 1955
	Domiciliary Midwives	Midwives in Institutions	Total

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TABLE 17

NUMBER OF DELIVERIES ATTENIED BY MIDWIVES IN THE AREA DURING THE YEAR
Domiciliary Cases					Cases in Institutions
Doctor not booked		Doctor booked
Doctor present at time of delivery of child	Doctor not present at time of delivery of child	Doctor present at time of delivery of child (either the booked Doctor or another)	Doctor not present at time of delivery of child	Totals

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TABLE 18 GAS AND AIR ANALGESIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF PETHIDINE

	Number of domiciliary midwives practising in the area at end of year who were qualified to administer "inhalational analgesics in accordance with the requirements of the Central Midwives Board	Number of sets of apparatus for the administration of inhalational analgesics in use at end of year		Number of cases in which inhalational analgesics were administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year: -				Number of cases in which pethidine was administered by midwives in domiciliary practice during the year; -
				When doctor was present at time of delivery of child		When doctor was not present at time of delivery of child		When doctor was present at time of delivery of child	When doctor was not present at time of delivery of child
		Gas and air	Tri-lene"	Gas and air	Tri-lene"	Gas and air	Tri-lene"	When doctor was present at time of delivery of child	When doctor was not present at time of delivery of child

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TABLE 19

Number of children under 5 years of age visited during year	Expectant mothers		Children under 1 year of age		Children age 1 and under 2 years	Children age 2 but under 5 years	Other cases	Total nomber of families or households visited by Health Visitors	Number of attendances by health visitors at L H A. Clinics during the year
Number of children under 5 years of age visited during year	First visits	Total visits	First visits	Total visits	Total visits	Total visits	Total visits

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TABLE 20 HOME NURSING - STATISTICS 1955,

	Medical	Surgical	Infectious Diseases	Tuberculosis	Maternal Complications	Others	Totals	Patients included in (2)-(7) who were 65 or over at the time of the first visit during the year	Children included in (2)-(7) who were under 5 at the time of the first visit during the year	Patients included in (2)-(7) who have had more than 24 visits during the year
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)

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DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION TABLE 21

	Immunisation carried out by	Age at date of final injection or of reinforcihg injection as appropriate			Total
	Immunisation carried out by	Under 1 year	1 4 years	5-14 years	Total

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TABLE 22

Age on 31 12, 55 i e born in year(s)	Under 1 year 1955	1-4 years 1951-1954	5-9 years 1946-1950	10-14 years 1941-1945	Total under 15 years

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TABLE 23 SMALLPOX VACCINATION

	No of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated during 1955					Totals
	Age at date of vaccination
	Under 1 year	1 year	2 4 years	5-14 years	Over 14 years

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TABLE 24 AMBULANCE SERVICE STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1956

	AMBULANCE SERVICE				Transport by Rail	Grand Total
	Ambulances	Dual Purpose (1 stretcher) Vehicles	Sitting Case Vehicles	Total - All Vehicles	Transport by Rail	Grand Total

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TABLE 25 COST OF SERVICE

Period	Ambulance Service £	Cars from Transport Pool etc, £	Transport By Rail £	Total £

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TABLE 26 UNIT COSTS AMBULANCE SERVICE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1956

	Ambulance Service only			All Services including Hire Cars and Rail
	£	s.	d.	£	s.	d.

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TABLE 27,

Article	No. of occasions items loaned		Total
	Cupboard at
	Town Hall Annexe	Church Road Clinic

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The following is an extract from the report by the Units Medical Director, Dr. Lawless, on this survey

	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE 28 CONVALESCENT HOME TREATMENT PERIOD OF TREATMENT 1955

Age Groups	Sex	Up to 1 week	1-2 weeks	2 - 3 weeks	3 - 4 weeks	4 - 5 weeks	5 6 weeks	over 6 weeks	Total

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TABLE 29 The recommendations for this form of treatment were submitted by:-

Referred by	Children 0 - 5	School Children	Adults	Total

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For comparison the numbers of children and adults receiving this form of treatment in previous years are appended

	1952	1953	1954	1955

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TABLE 30 PARTICULARS OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES REPORTED DURING 1955

	Males	Females	Total

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TABLE 31 MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACT 1913 - 1938 PARTICULARS OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES AS ON 31/12/55

						Males	Females	Total

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All guardianship cases are supervised either directly or indirectly by the Authority,

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TABLE 32 MENTAL DEFECTIVE OCCUPATION CENTRE SESSIONS AND ATTENDANCES 1955

	Morning		Afternoon

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MENTAL PATIENTS LUNACY AND MENTAL TREATMENT ACTS

Type of patient		Number on register on 1/1/55	Admissions to institutions during the year 1955	Discharges from institutions during the year 1955	Deaths in institutions during the year 1955	Number on register on 31/12/55

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The majority of these patients were treated in Runwell Hospital as the following figures demonstrate s -

	Runwell Hospital	Other Mental Hospitals

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TABLE 34 DULY AUTHORISED OFFICERS DETAILS OF VISITS, ETC, 1955

	Ment&l Deficiency Acts 1913 - 38						Lunacy ai Treatmei		id Mental it Acts		Grand Total of visits and attend ances
	Guardianship	Statutory Supervision	Friendly Care	Home reports for patients detained in instituions	Occupation Centre	Total visits or attendances	Patients reported to be in need of treatment	After-Care	1 Park View Thera peutic Social Club	Total visits or attendances	Grand Total of visits and attend ances

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TABLE 35 HOME HELP SERVICE TABULATION OF CASES, 1955

Illness or other cause for which help provided	period of Service Provided								Total
Illness or other cause for which help provided	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	1-3 months	3-6 months	6-9 months	9-12 months	Total

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The approved establishment is 70 full time helps or their equivalent in part time help and on 31st December 1955 the staff employed comprised:-

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The hours worked by these helps are detailed below:-

Period	No of Hours

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In the year under review the Organiser and her assistant; made the following visits:-

	Organiser	Assistant Organiser	Total

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The following table shows the number of samples of all types taken for analysis or examination during the year:-

	Chemical

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Ten unsatisfactory samples represented a percentage of 3,1%. Details of samples not satisfactory

Number	Informal or formal	Article	Adulteration or Deficiency

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An observation on Deaths from Cancer in East Ham

TABLE 1

The rates for East Ham per 1,000 total (live and still) births for the past five years are indicated below:-

TABLE 2. - BIRTH RATE DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, 1955

TABLE 3.-CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS 1955.

TABLE 4.-INFANT DEATHS UNDER ONE YEAR OP AGE, 1955

TABLE 5.- CANCER DEATHS LOCATION OP THE DISEASE

INFECTIOUS DISEASES The quarterly returns to the Registrar-General were as follows:-

TABLE 6.-PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASE Notified Cases for Year ended 31/12/55

TABLE 7.-PUBLIC HEALTH ( TUBERCULOSIS; REGULATIONS, 1952 SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1956 TO THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1955

NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS COMING TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH DURING THE YEAR OTHERWISE THAN BY FORMAL NOTIFICATION.

TABLE 8.-TOTAL CASES OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES, 1931-1955

TABLE 8.-TOTAL CASES OP NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1931-1955 continued.

The following statistics have been abstracted from copies of form V.D. (R) (1952), which have been received from the Hospitals named and total figures for 1954 and 1953 are also shewn:-

ALDERSBROOK NURSERY AND SCATTERED HOMES The statistics for the year 1955 are appended:-

1, - INSPECTIONS for the purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors:

2. - CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE POUND (If defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")

PART VIII OP THE ACT OUTWORK (Sections 110 and 111)

TABLE 10 NUMBERS PROVIDED WITH DENTAL CARE, 1955

TABLE 11 FORMS OF DENTAL TREATMENT PROVIDED 1955

Total premature births for the past three years:-

TABLE 12

TABLE 13 ANTE NATAL AND POST NATAL CLINICS 1955

TABLE 14 CHILD WELFARE CENTRES 1955

TABLE 15

The nurseries are open from Monday to Friday each week with the exceptions of Public Holidays, and the total attendances during 1955 were as follows

TABLE 16 MIDWIVES ACTS, 1902 1951

TABLE 17

TABLE 18 GAS AND AIR ANALGESIA AND ADMINISTRATION OF PETHIDINE

TABLE 19

TABLE 20 HOME NURSING - STATISTICS 1955,

DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION TABLE 21

TABLE 22

TABLE 23 SMALLPOX VACCINATION

TABLE 24 AMBULANCE SERVICE STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1956

TABLE 25 COST OF SERVICE

TABLE 26 UNIT COSTS AMBULANCE SERVICE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH, 1956

TABLE 27,

The following is an extract from the report by the Units Medical Director, Dr. Lawless, on this survey

TABLE 28 CONVALESCENT HOME TREATMENT PERIOD OF TREATMENT 1955

TABLE 29 The recommendations for this form of treatment were submitted by:-

For comparison the numbers of children and adults receiving this form of treatment in previous years are appended

TABLE 30 PARTICULARS OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES REPORTED DURING 1955

TABLE 31 MENTAL DEFICIENCY ACT 1913 - 1938 PARTICULARS OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES AS ON 31/12/55

All guardianship cases are supervised either directly or indirectly by the Authority,

TABLE 32 MENTAL DEFECTIVE OCCUPATION CENTRE SESSIONS AND ATTENDANCES 1955

MENTAL PATIENTS LUNACY AND MENTAL TREATMENT ACTS

The majority of these patients were treated in Runwell Hospital as the following figures demonstrate s -

TABLE 34 DULY AUTHORISED OFFICERS DETAILS OF VISITS, ETC, 1955

TABLE 35 HOME HELP SERVICE TABULATION OF CASES, 1955

The approved establishment is 70 full time helps or their equivalent in part time help and on 31st December 1955 the staff employed comprised:-

The hours worked by these helps are detailed below:-

In the year under review the Organiser and her assistant; made the following visits:-

The following table shows the number of samples of all types taken for analysis or examination during the year:-

Ten unsatisfactory samples represented a percentage of 3,1%. Details of samples not satisfactory