[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

Walthamstow 1960

Published: 1961
Pages: 80
Tables: 61

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Causes of Death as given by the Registrar-General for the Year 1960

Causes of Death Males Females Total 1959
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The age distribution of Cancer deaths was as follows: Deaths from Lung Cancer are shown separately but are also included in the total age groups.

Under 1 yr. 1-4 yrs. 5-14 yrs. 15-24 yrs. 25-44 yrs. 45-64 yrs. 65-74 yrs. 75 & over
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In order to put these and other deaths in proper perspective, the following comparison is made:

Cause of Death 1959 1960
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B. - GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH Public Health Officers of the Authority The following changes in the Officers employed in the Health Department took place during the year:-

Appointments From
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Inquests and Post Mortems

Walthamstow Others Total
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C. - PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES General. - The following tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are referred to in later pages of the report.

Disease St. James Street High Street Hoe Street Wood Street Hale End Higham Hill Total
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Within the schools themselves the spread was clearly related to the presence of cases rather than carriers, as shown by the following tables:-
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The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1960:-

Age Periods NEW CASES DEATHS
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary
M F M F M F M F

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Public Health Inspection of the Area

No .of inspections made	No. of nuisances remedied	No. of complaints received	No.of Intimation Notices		No.of Statutory Notices		Total visits
No .of inspections made	No. of nuisances remedied	No. of complaints received	Servec	Complied wi th	Served	Complied wi th	Total visits

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Special Premises

Number Visits paid
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Number Visits paid
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The readings of these instruments for the year are as follows;-(the figures given are in milligrams of sulphur per day)

Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June
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Houses completed by the Local Authority 1960
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Houses completed by Private Enterprise
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Improvement Grants

Applications received from owner/occupiers
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Applications received from Warner Estate Ltd;-
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General Mr. C.W. Rayner, A.I.Hsg., the Council's Housing Manager has kindly contributed the following details of rehousing carried out by the Housing Department in 1960:-
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property under management at December 1960:-
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Rehousing - During 1960 the Lettings Sub-Committee considered reports dealing with individual cases submitted in accordance with the Conditions of the Points Scheme:-

Condition of Point Scheme
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The position at the end of 1960 was as follows:

Class I Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Total
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The following table gives details of samples of milk taken:-

Grade No. of Samples Satisfactory Result
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Licences for the sale of milk under Special Designations were granted as follows.

Dealers' Licences Supplementary Licences
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The following is a summary of food surrendered and condemned as being unfit for human consumption. Where possible, the food was salvaged
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Five samples were reported as being unsatisfactory, details respecting same are given below:-

Description of Articles Result of Analysis Action Taken
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The following summary gives details of food sampled and results of analyses:-

No. Satisfactory No. Unsatisfactory
Formal Informal Total Formal Informal Total
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No. Sat is factory No. Unsatisfactory
Formal Informal Total Formal Informal Total
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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949 Report for the year ended 31st December, 1960

Type of Property
Non-Agricultural Agricultural
Local Authority Dwel1ing houses All other (including business premises) Total
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1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, ETC. ("Including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors")

Premises No. on Register Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

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2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES. ETC.

Particulars	No of cases in which defects were found
Particulars	Pound	Remedied	Referred to H M Inspector	Referred by H M Inspector	Legal Proceedings Instituted
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED 1960
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“Fourteen children under five were referred to clinic in 1960.
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“The table below summarises our work for the year. All these are new cases, and do not include the follow-up work arising from 1959 cases. The age group of the mothers was 14-19 years.

Admi tied Adults Babies Total
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The figures of main interest are set out below. They refer, of course, to the combined attendances of Walthamstow and Chingford patients.

1959 1960

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COUNTY COUNCIL OF ESSEX WELFARE COMMITTEE RESIDENTIAL AND WELFARE SERVICES Mr. W.E. Boyce, County Welfare Officer has kindly prepared the following table and explanatory notes:-

Extent to which services provided in 1960.	Number of Walthamstow residents in accommodation provided under Section 21 (1) (a) National Assistance Act, 1948			Number admitted to Residential Accommodation during 1960.		Number admitted to Temporary Accommodation under Section (1) (a) National Assistance Act 1948.		Blind Persons, etc						Other Classes of Handicapped Persons. Registered.
								Registered			Number employed in: -
								Blind	Partially Sighted	Defective Sighted	Home Workers i Scheme Workshops		Open Industry

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General Dental Service
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Dental Laboratory

Dentures Repairs Reline Remakes Appliances Crowns Inlays
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Section 22 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Notification of Births

Domici1iary Institutional
Live Still Live Still
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Ante Natal and Post Natal attendances (Local Authority Clinics)

New Patients - Ante Natal Post Natal
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Dental Clinics Patients inspected and treated during the year

Expectant Mothers Nursing Mothers Children under school age
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Child Welfare

Brookscroft (Voluntary Scheme ) Low Hall Lane Higham Hill and Priory Court Si1verdale Road West Avenue Winchester Road Total
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Welfare Foods

DISTRIBUTION CENTRE National Dried Milk (Tins) Cod Liver Oil (Bottles) Vitamin Tablets (Packets) Orange Juice (Bottles)
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Nutrients and Medicaments

Sales Free Issue
lbs. ozs. lbs. ozs.
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There are two day nurseries in the Borough approved for training purposes each having accommodation for 60 children aged 0-5 years.

HICHAM HILL HANDSWORTH AVE: TOTAL
0-2 yrs 2-5 yrs 0-2 yrs 2-5 yrs 0-2 yrs 2-5 yrs
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PROGRAMME OF CLINICS HELD AT DATE OF PUBLICATION

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
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Section 23 MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council Midwives

MIDWIVES Total
Domici1iary Midwives Home Nurse Midwives
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Place of Confinement During the year Walthamstow Mothers were confined as follows:-
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Section 25. HOME NURSING

New cases Total visits
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Section 26 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Vaccination against Smallpox

Age at date of vaccination Persons Vaccinated Persons Re-vaccinated

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By courtesy of the Secretary of the Hospital Management Committee, information is available as to the vaccinal condition of the staffs of the two hospitals in Walthamstow. The number vaccinated was as follows: -

	No. now employed	Of those now employed No. success fully vaccinated within 3 years.	Of those now employed No. vaccinated but not within 3 years.	No. re-vaccinated during 6 mths ended 31.3.60

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Immunisation against Diphtheria

Age at date of final injection	Children who completed a full course of primary immunisation during the year	Children who were given a re in forcing injection during the year

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Immunisation against Whooping Cough

Age at time of the final injections	Children who completed a full course of immunisation during the year	Records of combined diphtheria-pertussis immunisation received

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Poliomyelitis Vaccination

Category During 1960 Total since scheme commenced (including vaccinations completed in 1960)
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3. C. G. Vaccination

Category Number Skin Tested Result of Heaf Test Vaccinated with B.C.G.
Tuberculin Positive Tuberculin Negative
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Chiropody

New cases during year Cases being treated at end of year CIinic at tendances during year Domici1iary treatments during year
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Tuberculosis Home visits and Clinics attended

Tuberculosis Visitors Health Visitors
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Health Education

Teaching to groups by Departmental Staff No of Sessions Total Attendances
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Visits by Domestic Help Organisers

Domestic Help Service Night at tendance Service
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Help provided

Maternity Acute Sick Tuber culosis Chronic Aged Sick Others Aged not sick Others Total

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Night Attendance Service

	Seriously ill patients residing alone	Inability of aged husband or wife to care for seriously ill patients at night.	Relief of relatives who have to give routine night attention to sick people.

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MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF

Category No of medical examinations

		Type of Property
		Non-Agricultural				Agricultural
		Local Authority	Dwel1ing houses	All other (including business premises)	Total	Agricultural

Age Periods	NEW CASES				DEATHS
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Causes of Death as given by the Registrar-General for the Year 1960

The age distribution of Cancer deaths was as follows: Deaths from Lung Cancer are shown separately but are also included in the total age groups.

In order to put these and other deaths in proper perspective, the following comparison is made:

B. - GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE BOROUGH Public Health Officers of the Authority The following changes in the Officers employed in the Health Department took place during the year:-

Inquests and Post Mortems

C. - PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES General. - The following tables show the age and ward incidence of the various infectious diseases which are referred to in later pages of the report.

Within the schools themselves the spread was clearly related to the presence of cases rather than carriers, as shown by the following tables:-

The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1960:-

Public Health Inspection of the Area

Special Premises

Continued from previous page...

The readings of these instruments for the year are as follows;-(the figures given are in milligrams of sulphur per day)

Houses completed by the Local Authority 1960

Houses completed by Private Enterprise

Improvement Grants

Continued from previous page...

General Mr. C.W. Rayner, A.I.Hsg., the Council's Housing Manager has kindly contributed the following details of rehousing carried out by the Housing Department in 1960:-

Continued from previous page...

Rehousing - During 1960 the Lettings Sub-Committee considered reports dealing with individual cases submitted in accordance with the Conditions of the Points Scheme:-

The position at the end of 1960 was as follows:

The following table gives details of samples of milk taken:-

Licences for the sale of milk under Special Designations were granted as follows.

The following is a summary of food surrendered and condemned as being unfit for human consumption. Where possible, the food was salvaged

Continued from previous page...

Five samples were reported as being unsatisfactory, details respecting same are given below:-

The following summary gives details of food sampled and results of analyses:-

Continued from previous page...

PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949 Report for the year ended 31st December, 1960

1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, ETC. ("Including Inspections made by Public Health Inspectors")

2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES. ETC.

NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED 1960

“Fourteen children under five were referred to clinic in 1960.

“The table below summarises our work for the year. All these are new cases, and do not include the follow-up work arising from 1959 cases. The age group of the mothers was 14-19 years.

The figures of main interest are set out below. They refer, of course, to the combined attendances of Walthamstow and Chingford patients.

COUNTY COUNCIL OF ESSEX WELFARE COMMITTEE RESIDENTIAL AND WELFARE SERVICES Mr. W.E. Boyce, County Welfare Officer has kindly prepared the following table and explanatory notes:-

General Dental Service

Dental Laboratory

Section 22 CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN Notification of Births

Ante Natal and Post Natal attendances (Local Authority Clinics)

Dental Clinics Patients inspected and treated during the year

Child Welfare

Welfare Foods

Nutrients and Medicaments

There are two day nurseries in the Borough approved for training purposes each having accommodation for 60 children aged 0-5 years.

PROGRAMME OF CLINICS HELD AT DATE OF PUBLICATION

Section 23 MIDWIFERY Cases attended by Council Midwives

Place of Confinement During the year Walthamstow Mothers were confined as follows:-

Section 25. HOME NURSING

Section 26 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Vaccination against Smallpox

By courtesy of the Secretary of the Hospital Management Committee, information is available as to the vaccinal condition of the staffs of the two hospitals in Walthamstow. The number vaccinated was as follows: -

Immunisation against Diphtheria

Immunisation against Whooping Cough

Poliomyelitis Vaccination

3. C. G. Vaccination

Chiropody

Tuberculosis Home visits and Clinics attended

Health Education

Visits by Domestic Help Organisers

Help provided

Night Attendance Service

MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF STAFF