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Kingston upon Thames 1933

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

Published
1934
Pages
80
Tables
34

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    SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
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    Death Rate of Infants under one year of age-
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    METEOROLOGY, 1933. The year has been an exceptionally dry one, which is illustrated in the following table from records taken by Mr. P. G. Lloyd.
    Temperature of Air.Rainfall Inches
    HighestLowestMean Max.Mean Min.
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    During the year there were the following number of attendances :—
    Attendances.
    Meetings.New Cases.Total.
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    (v) Health Visting. The Health Visitors paid the following number of home visits :—
    First Visits.Total Visits.
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    I—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
    PremisesNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers prosecuted
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    II—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOP! AND WORKPLACES.
    Particulars.Number of DefectsNumber of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
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    1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the year:—
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    The following table shows the action taken by the Surrey County Council in the Borough during the year under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 :—
    ARTICLESANALYSEDADULTORATED OR DETERIORATEDPROSECUTIONSCONVICTIONS
    FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
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    The number of animals slaughered at private slaughterhouses during the last five years is shewn in the following table:—
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    The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last fifteen years:—
    YearScarlet FeverDiphtheriaEnteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)
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    Notifiable Diseases during the Year.
    Cases.Total Cases NotifiedCases admitted to HospitalDeaths
    Under I year.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020-3535—4545-6565 & overUnder 1 year.1—22—33—44—55—1010—1515—2020—3535—4545-6565 & overTotal Deaths
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    Cases notified during 1933 :—
    TreatedVisionVisionTotal
    Notified.At Home.In Hospital.unimpaired.impaired.Blindness.Deaths.
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    The following list shows the number ot Inspections made in regard to each section of the work, and the total of all inspections.
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    WATER CLOSETS AND SANITARY FITTINGS.
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    DRAINAGE.
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    GENERAL REPAIRS.
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    MEAT REGULATIONS 1924 Summary for year ended December 31st, 1933
    Number of Notices ReceivedNumber of Animals Slaughtered
    BeastsPigsCalvesSheepGoatsTotal
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    Parents are always warned beforehand as to the hour their children are to be medically examined at Routine Inspections, and during the year attended as follows :—
    No. of Children Examined.No. of Parents Present.Per centage.
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    TABLE 1. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.
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    B—Other Inspections.
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    TABLE II. A Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1933.
    Defect or DiseaseRoutine Inspec.Special Inspec.
    No. of Defects.No. of Defcets.
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation but not requiring Treatment.
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    TABLE II.— continued. B. Number of Individual Children found at Routine Medical Inspection to Require Treatment (excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases)
    Group.Number of Children.Percentage of children found to require Treatment.
    Inspected.Found to Require Treatment,
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    TABLE III. Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area.
    Exceptional ChildrenAt Certified Special SchoolsAt Certified Special Schools for the partially blind or deafAt Public Elementary SchoolsAt other InstitutionsAt no School or InstitutionTOTAL
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    TABLE IV. Return of Defects Treated during the Year ended 31st December, 1933. Treatment Table Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
    Disease or Defect,Number of Defects treated or under treatment during the year
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total
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    Group II.—D efective 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.By private practitioner or at hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total
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    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.
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    Group IV. Orthopaedic and Postural Defects Number of Children treated under the Authority's Scheme.
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    Group V. Dental Defects
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    Group VI. —Uncleanlinsss and Verminous Conditions