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

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(iii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Live Births—

	Total.	Male.	Female.

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Still Births—

	Total.	Male.	Female.

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Deaths—

	Total.	Male. Female.

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Deaths from puerperal causes—

Deaths	Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births

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Deaths from puerperal causes—

	Birth Rate	Death Rate	Rate per 1,000 Births Diarrhoea Total Deaths
			Under 2 years	Under 1 year

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(iv) Causes of Death.

	Causes of Death.	Male	Female

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METEOROLOGY, 1937 The following table is compiled from records taken by Mr. P. G. Lloyd.

	Highest	Lowest	Mean Max.	Mean Min.	Rainfall Inches

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(d) Clinics and Treatment Centres.

Clinic or Dispensary.	Where held.	When held.

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During the year there were the following number of attendances :—

Attendances.
Meetings.		New Cases.	Total

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The Health Visitors paid the following number of home visits :—

	First Visits.	Total Visits.

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(5) Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. The work carried out in connection with the inspection of factories and workshops is summarised in tabular form below. I—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Premises	Inspections	Written Notices.	Occupiers prosecuted

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II—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.		Number of Defects.			Number of offences in respect to which Prosecutions were instituted.
Particulars.		Found.	Remedied	Referred to . H.M. Inspector.

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Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts—

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CLEARANCE AREAS

Clearance Area	No. of bouses in area	Date of represent ation	Date of Clearance Order		Date of Compulsory Purchase Order		No. of houses vacated at end of 1936	No. of houses demolished at end of 1936	Remarks
Clearance Area	No. of bouses in area	Date of represent ation	Made by Council	Confirmed by Minister of Health	Made by Counc il	Confirmed by Minister of Health	No. of houses vacated at end of 1936	No. of houses demolished at end of 1936	Remarks

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INDIVIDUAL HOUSES, SEPARATE TENEMENTS AND UNDERGROUND ROOMS

Year(s)	No. of dwelling houses found to be unfit for human habitation	No. of dwelling houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made	No. of dwelling houses in respect of which "undertakings" were given by owners	No. of dwelling houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders made	No. of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made.	No. of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which "undertakings" were given by owners	Remarks.

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(c) Adulteration. 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:—

ARTICLES	ANALYSED			ADULTERATED OK DETERIORATED			PROSECUTIONS	CONVICTIONS
ARTICLES	Formal	Informal	Total	Formal	Informal	Total

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SECTION F INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last nineteen years:—

Year	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid)

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Notifiable Diseases during the Year.

Cases.														Deaths
	Under 1 year.	1—2	2—3	3—4	4—5	5—10	10—15	15—20	20—35	35—45	45—65	65 & over.	Total Cases Notified	Cases admitted to Hospital	Under 1 year.	1—2	2—3	3—4	4—5	5—10	10—15	I5 — 20	20—35	35—45	45—65	65 & over	Total Deaths

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Twenty-one such houses were reported upon during 1937 as set out below.

Situation	No.	Action Taken

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The following table, that has been prepared in the form suggested in the Ministry of Health circular, shows the numbers of carcases inspected and condemned, and follows very closely the manner of presentation of such statistics in previous reports.

	Cattle exclling Cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep & Lambs	Pigs

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PORK—

1 Carcase & Offal	Suffocation	Inspected & Condemned

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MISCELLANEOUS—

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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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STATISTICAL TABLES. TABLE 1. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

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TABLE II. A Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31st december, 1937.

Defect ok Disease		Routine Inspec. No. of Defects.		Special Inspec. No. of Defects.
Defect ok Disease		Requiring Treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment.	Requiring Treatment.	Requiting to be kept undtr observation but not requiring Treatment.

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TABLE II.— continued.

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B. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

Age-groups	Number of Children Inspected	A Excellent		B Normal		C Slightly Subnormal		D Bad
Age-groups	Number of Children Inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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TABLE III. Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. Children suffering from multiple defects, i.e. any combination of the following types of defect:-blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis, crippling, heart disease Nil

Exceptional Children	At Certified Special Schools	At Certified Schools for the partially sighted or deaf	At Public Elementary Schools	At other Institutions	At no School or Institution	TOTAL

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TABLE IV. Return of Defects Treated During the Year Ended 31 st December, 1937 Treatment Tables. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VII

Disease or Defect.	Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Disease or Defect.	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total.

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Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

Disease or Defect.	Number of Defects dealt with.
Disease or Defect.	Under the Authority's Scheme	Otherwise	Total.

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Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Received Operative Treatment.												Received other forms of Treatment.	Total number treated.
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.				By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.				Total.				Received other forms of Treatment.	Total number treated.
(1)				(2)				(3)				(4)	(5)

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Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

	Under the Authority's Scheme (1)			Otherwise. (2)			Total number treated
	Residential treatment with education. (i)	Residential treatment without education. (ii)	Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (iii)	Residential treatment with education. (i)	Residential treatment without education. (ii)	Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic. (iii)	Total number treated

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(iii) Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year. Live Births—

Still Births—

Deaths—

Deaths from puerperal causes—

Deaths from puerperal causes—

(iv) Causes of Death.

METEOROLOGY, 1937 The following table is compiled from records taken by Mr. P. G. Lloyd.

(d) Clinics and Treatment Centres.

During the year there were the following number of attendances :—

The Health Visitors paid the following number of home visits :—

(5) Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. The work carried out in connection with the inspection of factories and workshops is summarised in tabular form below. I—INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

II—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Offences under Factory and Workshop Acts—

CLEARANCE AREAS

INDIVIDUAL HOUSES, SEPARATE TENEMENTS AND UNDERGROUND ROOMS

(c) Adulteration. 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:—

SECTION F INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last nineteen years:—

Notifiable Diseases during the Year.

Twenty-one such houses were reported upon during 1937 as set out below.

The following table, that has been prepared in the form suggested in the Ministry of Health circular, shows the numbers of carcases inspected and condemned, and follows very closely the manner of presentation of such statistics in previous reports.

PORK—

MISCELLANEOUS—

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 :—

STATISTICAL TABLES. TABLE 1. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. A.—Routine Medical Inspections.

TABLE II. A Return of Defects found by Medical Inspection in the year ended 31st december, 1937.

TABLE II.— continued.

B. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in the Routine Age Groups.

TABLE III. Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. Children suffering from multiple defects, i.e. any combination of the following types of defect:-blindness, deafness, mental defect, epilepsy, active tuberculosis, crippling, heart disease Nil

TABLE IV. Return of Defects Treated During the Year Ended 31 st December, 1937 Treatment Tables. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VII

Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).

Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.

Table V. Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of Children who were inspected by the Dentist

Table VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions