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Ilford 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
- Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 86
- Tables
- 58
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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA.
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The following figures as to unemployment were supplied by the Ministry of Labour:—
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Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List):—
Deaths. Rate per 1,000 total (live and still) births. 1945 1944 1945 1944 -
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The number of deaths of Ilford residents registered as having died in other districts during the year was as follows, and includes deaths at the following Institutions:—
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The ages at death were as follows:—
Under 1 year 1-2 Years 2-5 years 5-15 years 15-25 years 25-45 years 45-65 years 65 years and upwards -
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The following Table shows the death-rates tor 1945 lor lltord, compared with the provisional death-rates for England and Wales for the same period, per 1,000 population; the figures having been supplied by the Registrar-General :—
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TABLE I.— Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1945 and Previous Years.
Year Gross Population, estimated to middle of each Year. Net Population estimated to middle of each Year. Births Total Deaths Registered in the District Transferable Deaths Net Deaths Belonging to the District Uncorrected Number Net (6) | of Non - Residents registered in the District of Residents not registered in the District Under 1 Year of Age At all Ages Number Rate (c) Number Rate (d) Number Rate per 1,000 Net Births Number Rate (e) 1 2 2 a 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -
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TABLE 1A Table showing comparison between the Birth-rate, Death-rate, etc., of Ilford, other Towns, and of England and Wales for the Year 1945 (Provisional figures).
Rate per 1,000 Total Population Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population Rate per 1,000 Live Births All Causes Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers Smallpox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 Yrs.) Total Deaths under 1 Year Live Births Stillbirths -
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Registrar-General's Short List of Deaths and Causes:— TABLE II Causes of, and Ages at, Death during the Year 1945
Causes of Death Net Deaths at the subjoined ages of "Residents," whether occurring within or without the District All Ages Under 1 year 1 and under 2 years 2 and under 5 years 5 and under 15 years 15 and under 25 years 25 and under 35 years 35 and under 45 years 45 and under 55 years 55 and under 65 years 65 and under 75 years 75 years and upwards -
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King George Hospital. —This is a voluntary Hospital. The following is a return in respect of bed accommodation:—
Total number of Beds at 31st December, 1945. Private Patients. Other Patients. Children. Medical. Surgical. Male. Female. Male. Female. -
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(ii) Drainage and Sewerage .—The Borough Engineer regrets that owing to shortage of staff he is unable to supply the usual information regarding (a) Drainage and Sewerage and (b) Closet Accommodation, but has kindly supplied me with the following statement as regards Refuse and Salvage Collection:—
Collection and Disposal of Refuse:— Tons Cwts. -
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* Includes 405 nuisances detected before 1st January, 1945.
Notices served:— Served Complied with Statutory:— -
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The following results were obtained:—
Grade of Milk or Ice Cream Total Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Remarks on unsatisfactory results -
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The following medical examinations were carried out during 1945:—
Officers Teachers Servants -
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TABLE III—Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1945
NOTIFIABLE DISEASE At all Ages Number of Cases Notified At Ages—years Total Cases Notified in each Ward Total Cases Admitted to Hospital Under 1 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and upwards Cranbrook Park Seven Kings Barkingside North Hainault Loxford Clementswood South Hainault Goodmayes -
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Of the cases notified, the following table shows the percentage treated in institutions, including those who were treated in the institutions from which they were notified:—
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The total number of deaths of Ilford residents from the following infectious diseases during 1945 was 163 as against 168 in 1944.
1944 1945 -
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The following "return" cases have occurred during the past five years, a "return" case being one which arises within 28 days of the freedom of the primary case from isolation:—
Year Cases notified (including Institutions) Admitted to Ilford Isolation Hospital "Return'' Hospital Cases Per Cent. Home Cases Cases arising in same house Per Cent. -
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Diphtheria Immunisation.— Tabular Statement as to Number of Children Schick Tested and Immunised at the Diphtheria Clinics from 1st January, 1945, to 31st December, 1945.
Valentines Clinic Mayesbrook Clinic Grand Totals Both Clinics School Children (Various Schools) Children under 5 years of age Total School Children (Various Schools) Children under 5 years of age Total -
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Table showing I ncidence of I nfectious D isease , 1945, in aqe groups; and total D eaths.
Disease Total cases notified Under 1 year 1—2 2—3 3—4 4—5 5—10 10—15 15—20 20—35 35—45 45—65 Over 65 *Cases admitted to Hospital Total Deaths -
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The incidence of influenza and its fatality rate is shown by the following table, which shows the number of notifications of pneumonia with the percentage death rates according to where the cases were nursed, covering a period of 17 weeks from December, 1945, to March, 1946:—
Week ending No. of Notifications of Pneumonia. Admissions to Hospitals. Cases Nursed at Home Ilford Isolation Hospital Oldchurch Hospital, Romford. Essex County Hospital, Wanstead. King George Hospital, Ilford. Other Hospitals. -
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Notifications and Deaths from Tuberculosis of Ilford residents during 1945:
Age Periods New Cases Deaths. Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory M F M F M F M F -
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The number of patients from Ilford sent to Institutions under the Essex County Tuberculosis Scheme during 1945 was as follows:—
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4. Venereal Diseases .—In the following table are classified the deaths notified as due to (1) Syphilis; (2) Locomotor Ataxy and General Paralysis of the Insane, which are certainly due to Syphilis; and (3) Aortic Aneurysm, which is very frequently caused by this disease:—
Ilford Residents—Ages Non-Residents in Institutions Total 0—1 1—5 5—15 15—25 25—35 35—45 45—55 55—65 65—75 75—85 85 up -
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1— INSPECTION OF FACTORIES AND OTHER PREMISES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors .
Premises (1) Number of Inspections (2) Written Notices (3) Occupiers prosecuted (4) -
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2.—DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES.
Particulars. Number of Defects No. of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector -
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The 964 patients admitted during the year suffered from the following complaints:—
Ilford Barking Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths -
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Ilford Barking Admissions Deaths Admissions Deaths -
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Number of patients in Hospital on 1st January, 1945 and 1946. respectively:—
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Infant Mortality.
Cause of Death Under 1 week 1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks Total under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 3 months 3 months and under 6 months 6 months and under 9 months 9 months and under 12 months Total Deaths under 1 year -
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The comparative figures for the past 10 years are as follows:—
Year. No. of Deaths under 1 year. Rate per 1,000 Registered Live Births. -
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The following table shows the comparison for Ilford, England and Wales, London and Towns having a population exceeding 50,000 for the past 10 years:—
Year. ILford. England and Wales. London. Towns with population over 50,000. -
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The infant mortality rate of illegitimate children was 58.8 per 1,000, compared with the infant mortality rate of 31.2 for legitimate children. The following table shows the death-rate of illegitimate and legitimate infants for the past five years:—
Year. Illegitimate Infants. Legitimate Infants. Live Births. Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate Live Births. Live Births. Deaths. Rate per 1,000 Legitimate Live Births. -
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War-time Day Nurseries .—The following War-time Day Nurseries for children under 5 years of age, whose mothers are in employment, have been opened:—
Situation. Date of Opening Accommodation (Children) Average Daily Attendance during 1945 Including Excluding Saturday Saturday No. of Days in Quarantine Reasons for Quarantine -
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The following is a comparison of the attendances at the Infant Welfare Centres for the past five years:—
Total No. of attendances of infants. First attendances. Total No. of children on roll on 31st December. -
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The following are the figures for each Centre:—
Sessions. Average attendance. -
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The following is a summary of the work carried out for the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee during the vear:—
(a)Treatment of Mothers: Valentines Clinic. Mayesbrook Clinic. -
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The following are the figures for the past 5 years:—
1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1945. -
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The 105 cases were admitted for the following reasons:—
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Infectious Disease .—The following table shows the incidence of infectious diseases in the Ilford schools since 1940:—
Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria Measlee and German Measles Chicken Pox. Mumps. Whooping Cough. -
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Diphtheria Prevention Clinics.—The following shows the work carried out at Valentines Mansion (75 sessions) and Mayesbrook (52 sessions) Clinics for children of school age during 1945:—
Valentines. Mayesbrook. -
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Special Clinics .—Attendances at the various Clinics during 1945, are set out in the following table:—
Number of Sessions. Attendances Individual Children. Total Attendances. Clinic. A. B. C. A. B. C. A. B. C. -
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The amount of dental disease present in children at various ages is shown by the following table relating to school children inspected by the school Dentists:—
Age groups {in years) No. of inspection of children No. referred for treatment. Percentage. -
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Summary of Handicapped Pupils at end of 1945:—
Blind Partially Sighted Deaf Partially Deaf Epileptic Diabetic Delicate Crippling Defect Speech Defect Major Minor -
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Summary of Children with Disability of Mind at end of 1945:—
Maladjusted Educationally Subnormal Uneducable -
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Infection at the Camp Schools in 1945.
Kennylands. Finnamore Wood Elmbridge. -
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Table Showing the Principal Causes of Death among Children of School Age (i.e., from 5—15 years) in Ilford for 1943 and 1944. The Table also gives a Comparative Percentage of Deaths Registered at all Ages From 5—15 Years.
Disease. Ilford, Percentage of total deaths (all ages). Ilford, Percentage of total deaths at ages 5—15 -
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Table II. Classification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during th e Year in the Routine Age Groups.
Age Groups No. of Children Inspected A. (Excellent) B. (Normal) C. (Slightly Subnormal) D. (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % -
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Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I).
Defect or Disease (1) No. of Defects dealt with Under the Authority's Scheme (2) Otherwise (3) Total (4) -
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Group III. — Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
Received Operative Treatment. Received other forms of Treatment. Total Number treated. -
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Table IV.— Dental Inspection and Treatment. (1) Number of Children inspected by the Dentists:—
(a) Routine Age Groups— Age 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Total. -
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Table VI. Blind and Deaf Children.
(1) At a Public Elementary School (2) At an Institution other than a Special School (3) At no School or Institution (4) Total not receiving suitable Education -
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Table VII. School Medical and Dental Staff.
Name of Officer Proportion of whole School Medical Service time devoted to— Public Health -
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School Nursing Staff. (excluding specialist Nurses, such as Orthopaedic Nurses).
Number of Officers Aggregate of time given to S.M.S. work in terms of whole-time officers -
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Table VI B.—Table Showing the Average Heights and Weights of the GIRLS Examined. (Primary and Secondary Schools.)
School 5—6 Years 6—7 Years 7—8 Years 8—9 Years 9—10 Years 10—11 Years 11—12 Years 12 —13 Years 13—14 Years 14—15 Years Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in kilogrammes) Number of Children Examine^ Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centime tree) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average WeightJ((in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centime toes) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) -
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Table VI C. Table showing the Average Heights and Weights of Grammar School BOYS.
School 10—11 Years 11—12 Years 12—13 Years 13—14 Years 14—15 Years 15—16 Years 16—17 Years 17—-18 Years 18—19 Years Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight 1 (in Kilogrammes) 1 Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) -
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Table VI D. Table showing the Average Heights and Weights of Grammar School GIRLS.
School 10—11 Years 11—12 Years 12—13 Years 13—14 Years 14—15 Years 15—16 Years 16—17 Years 17—18 Years Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined ~ Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) Number of Children Examined Average Height (in Centimetres) Average Weight (in Kilogrammes) -
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Table VII.- Summary of Cases of Infectious Diseases Among School Children, and of Contacts of such Cases , Excluded DISEASES AND CONTACTS
SCHOOLS No. on Roll Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Measles & German Measles Chicken-pox Whooping Cough Mumps Totals, 1945 Totals, 1944 Cases Contacts Cases Contacts Cases Contacts Cases Cases Contacts Cases Cases Contacts Cases Contacts