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

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3. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

(a) Live Births -	Total	Male	Female

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The approximate infant mortality rate for 1950 and the rates since 1945 are shown for purposes of comparison.

	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950

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It will he seen, from the following figures, that since the war ended, the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate has been more than halved.

Period	Infant	Mortality Rate.

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The following are the numbers of Kingston Children who died during 1950 in the Borough before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death and ages-

Age	Total Deaths	Hypostatic pneumonia -spina bifida	An63SGephaly - prematurity	Gonp^nital atelectasis	Gastro Enteritis	Erythroblastosis Foetalis	Prematurity	iSubdural haemorrhage -birth injury	Infective hepatitis	Asphyxia by overlaying	Bronch Pneumonia	Broncho Pneumonia,Myelocele	Asphyxia by inhalation of stomach contents	Asphyxia by inhalation of vomit at operation	Superior Longitudinal sinus thrombosis, It.lateral sinus thrombosis, otitis media, broncho pneumonia

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The result of this large number of deaths of children under 12 months, during 1950, and the considerable drop in the number of births in the same period (i.e. from 729 births in 1949 to 619 in 1950) is that the infant mortality rate is artificially high at 30.69, when compared with 15 deaths and a rate of 20.58 for 1949.

(iv) Other Deaths.	No. of Deaths

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Extracts from Vital Statistics for Years 1946 - 1950 inclusive. TABLE I

LIVE BIRTHS.	1946			1947			1948			1949			1950
	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.	Total	M.	F.

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TABLE II Comparison of Vital Statistics 1921 - 1950.

Year	Estimated Population	Live Births	Birth Rate per 1,000 population	Deaths	Death rate per 1,000 population	Infantile Mortality Rate per 1,000 Live Births
Year	Estimated Population	Live Births	Birth Rate per 1,000 population	Deaths	Death rate per 1,000 population	Kingston upon Thames	England and Vales	London Area

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Birth-rates, Death rates, and Case-rates for certain infectious diseases, in the Year, 1950, Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns.

	England and Wales	126 C.Bs. and Great Towns including London	148 Smaller towns Resident Pop.25,000 -50,000 at 1931 Census	London Adm. County	Kingston upon Thames.

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TABLE IV Causes of Death Registrar General's Tables

	1946		1947		1948		1949		1950
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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1. INSPECTIONS

Premises	No. on Register	Number of
Premises	No. on Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Prosecutions .

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2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

Particulars	No. of cases in which defects found. •
Particulars	Found	Remedied	Referred by H.M. Inspector	No. of Prosecutions

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Outwork.

Nature of Work	No. of Out-workers.

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TABLE A.

CANBURY GARDENS	Deposit in Tons per Sq. mile.			Wind Direction.		Rainfall in inches.
	Insoluble Solids	Soluble Solids	Total Sol- ids.	No. of observations.	No. of times wind from SEo to SWo

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TABLE B.

	CANBURY GARDENS. Deposit (Tons per Sq.Mile)
	1949		1950
	Quarterly Total	Cumulative Total	Quarterly Total	Cumulative Total

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TABLE C.

CEMETERY	Deposit in Tons per sq.mile			Rainfall in Inches.
CEMETERY	Insoluble Solids.	Soluble Solids	Total Solids	Rainfall in Inches.

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TABLE D.

TIFFIN GIRLS'SCHOOL.	Deposit in Tons per		sq. mile.	Rainfall
TIFFIN GIRLS'SCHOOL.	Insoluble Solids.	Soluble Solids	Total Solids	in Inches

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The following is a brief tabulated list of causes for complaints received during 1950:-

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Rodent Control-Statistical Statement-1950.

Private Dwellings.	Rats	Mice	Total

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Continued from previous page...

Business Premises.	Rats	Mice	Total

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SUMMARY.

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Total number of working class permanent dwellings erected by the Corporation since March 1924 to 31st December, 1950.

	New Construction	War Damaged.

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The following table shows the number and type of licences issued by your Corporation during 1950, under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations. All the licences were in force at the end of the year.

	Tuberculin Tested & TT.Pasteurised.	Pasteurised	Sterilised

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Bacteriological Examinations. There was a slight increase in the number of samples sent to the Public Health Laboratory during 1950-157 compared with 145 sent during the previous year. The samples were placed in the provisional Grades as set out below:-

	GRADE
	I	II	III	IV	Total

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Tabulated List of Condemned Foodstuffs showing cause for Condemnation and the Weights.

Article of Food.	Reasons for Action.	Weight lbs.

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Continued from previous page...

Article of Food.	Reasons for Action.	Weight, lbs.

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Tabulated Statement of Samples taken during 1950.

Article	NO.Of Samples.		Genuine		Not Genuine		Remarks
Article	Formal	Informal	Formal	Informal	Formal	Informal	Remarks

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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1950 TABLE V

	CASES														DEATHS
	Age Groups														Age Groups
	Under 1 year	1-2	2-3	3 - 4	4-5	5-10	10 - 15	15 - 20	20 - 35	135 - 45	45 - 65	65 & over	Total cases notified	Cases admitted to Hosp.	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

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The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last thirty years, in respect of certain infectious disease s:- TABLE VI

Year	Enteric Fever ('Including Para-typhoid)	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Puerperal Pyrexia	Ophthalmia Neonatorum	Measles	Whooping Cough	Acute Infective Encephalitis	Poliomyelitis

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TABLE VII DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION, Comparative Statement for the Years 1948,1949. and 1950 . (Provided by Dr.W.H.Kinstrie)

Year of Birth.	No. completely immunised.
Year of Birth.	1948	1949	1950

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Twenty-three cases were notified during 1950 and an analysis is shown "below, together with figures for the years 1946 — 1949 for purposes of comparison. Only eight of the cases were Kingston residents,, and the total shows an improvement over last year.

Cases		1946	1947	1948	1949	1950

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The following table shows comparative figures of notified cases and deaths for the years 1940 - 1950 (inclusive ) :-

Year	Cases Notified			Deaths
Year	Respiratory	Non Respiratory	Total	Respiratory	Non Respiratory	Total

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NOTIFIED CASES OF. AND DEATHS FROM. TUBERCULOSIS ^25°• TABLE VIII

		NEW CASES										DEATHS
		Under 1 yeai	1-5	5-15	15 - 25	25 - 35	35 - 45	45 - 55	55 - 65	65 & over	Total	Under 1 year	1-5	5-15	15 - 25	25 - 35	35 - 45	45 - 55	55 - 65	65 & over	Total

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Cases of Scabies and Contacts Treated

Year	No. Treated		Total oases and contacts treated
Year	Cases _	Contacts	Total oases and contacts treated

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Analysis into A g e Grou p s of Cases and Contacts Treated

Year	Males			Females
Year	Under 5 Years	5 yrs. to 14yrs.	Over 14 Years	Under 5 Years	5 yrs. to 14 yrs.	Over 14 Years

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3. Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year.

The approximate infant mortality rate for 1950 and the rates since 1945 are shown for purposes of comparison.

It will he seen, from the following figures, that since the war ended, the Quinquennial Infant Mortality Rate has been more than halved.

The following are the numbers of Kingston Children who died during 1950 in the Borough before reaching the age of one year, together with the cause of death and ages-

Extracts from Vital Statistics for Years 1946 - 1950 inclusive. TABLE I

TABLE II Comparison of Vital Statistics 1921 - 1950.

Birth-rates, Death rates, and Case-rates for certain infectious diseases, in the Year, 1950, Provisional figures based on Quarterly Returns.

TABLE IV Causes of Death Registrar General's Tables

1. INSPECTIONS

2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.

Outwork.

TABLE A.

TABLE B.

TABLE C.

TABLE D.

The following is a brief tabulated list of causes for complaints received during 1950:-

Rodent Control-Statistical Statement-1950.

Continued from previous page...

SUMMARY.

Total number of working class permanent dwellings erected by the Corporation since March 1924 to 31st December, 1950.

The following table shows the number and type of licences issued by your Corporation during 1950, under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations. All the licences were in force at the end of the year.

Bacteriological Examinations. There was a slight increase in the number of samples sent to the Public Health Laboratory during 1950-157 compared with 145 sent during the previous year. The samples were placed in the provisional Grades as set out below:-

Tabulated List of Condemned Foodstuffs showing cause for Condemnation and the Weights.

Continued from previous page...

Tabulated Statement of Samples taken during 1950.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1950 TABLE V

The following table gives a comparative statement of notifications received during the last thirty years, in respect of certain infectious disease s:- TABLE VI

TABLE VII DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION, Comparative Statement for the Years 1948,1949. and 1950 . (Provided by Dr.W.H.Kinstrie)

Twenty-three cases were notified during 1950 and an analysis is shown "below, together with figures for the years 1946 — 1949 for purposes of comparison. Only eight of the cases were Kingston residents,, and the total shows an improvement over last year.

The following table shows comparative figures of notified cases and deaths for the years 1940 - 1950 (inclusive ) :-

NOTIFIED CASES OF. AND DEATHS FROM. TUBERCULOSIS ^25°• TABLE VIII

Cases of Scabies and Contacts Treated

Analysis into A g e Grou p s of Cases and Contacts Treated