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Kingston upon Thames 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]

Published
1925
Pages
52
Tables
27

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27 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    General Statistics.
  • Page 4
    Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.
    Births—
    Total.Male.Female.
  • Page 4
    Number of women dying in, or in consequence of child-birth—
  • Page 6
    Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
    Under 1 year.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545—6565 & over.Total Cases NotifiedCases admitted to HospitalUnder 1 year.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545-6565 & over.Ttal Deaths
  • Page 7
    The following table gives the number of cases notified during the last six years:—
    Year.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Total.
  • Page 11
    During the year there were the following number of attendances at the Centres:—
    Attendances.
    Meetings.New Cases.Total.
  • Page 11
    The Health Visitors paid the following number of home visits :—
    First Visits.Total Visits.
  • Page 13
    Bye-Laws relating to the following matters are in force within the Borough:—
  • Page 13
    Sanitary Administration. The Sale of Food and Drugs Acts are administered by the Surrey County Council, and the following table shows action taken in the Borough during the year:—
    ArticlesAnalysed-Adulterated or Detcriorated.ProsecutionsConvictions
    FormalIn formaTotalFormalInformalTotal
  • Page 13
    METEOROLOGY. 1924.
    Temperature of AirRainfall
    HighestLowestMean Max.Mean Min.Inches.
  • Page 14
    DEFECTS IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
    ParticularsNumber of DefectsNumber of Prosecutions
    FundRemediedReferred to H M. Inspector
  • Page 26
    The following shows the number and situation of premises redrained during 1924 :—
  • Page 27
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 27
    One hundred and fifty-one complaints were made during the year as follows :—
  • Page 35
    On January 1st, 1924, the duties of the School Nurse and the two Maternity and Child Welfare Health Visitors were combined, their time being allocated as follows :—
    School Medical Service.Maternity Child Welfare.
  • Page 36
    Parents are always warned beforehand as to the hour their children are to be medically examined at Routine Inspections, and the following table is instructive :—
    No. of Children Examined.No. of Parents presentPercentage
  • Page 40
    The following table is compiled from the Routine Medical Inspections for the year, and gives the number and percentage of children showing vaccination marks :—
    No. of Children ExaminedNo. Showing vaccination MarksPercentage
  • Page 44
    A.— Routine Medical Inspections. Number of Code Group Inspections—
  • Page 45
    TABLE II. A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DEC., 1924.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspec.Special Inspec.
    No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring Treatment.
  • Page 46
    TABLE II.— continued. B. NUMBER OF Individual Children FOUND AT Routine MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEAN LI NESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    GROUP.Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to require Treatment.
    Inspected.Found to Require Treatment.
  • Page 46
    TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA
    ———Boys.GirlsTotal.
  • Page 47
    TABLE III.— Continued.
    ———BoysGirls.Total.
  • Page 48
    TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31 st DECEMBER, 1924. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total
  • Page 48
    Group II.— Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
    Defect or Disease.No. of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
  • Page 49
    Group III.— Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat Number of Defects.
  • Page 49
    Group IV. Dental Defects. (1) Number of Children who were:— (a) Inspected by the Dentist :
  • Page 50
    Group V.— Uncleanuness and Verminous Conditions.