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Wimbledon 1939

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

Published
1940
Pages
22
Tables
16

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16 tables in this report

  • Page 2
    Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1939. (Registrar-General's Figures).
    For Calculation of
    Infantile Mortality, etc.Birth Rate
    TotalM.F.TotalM.F.
  • Page 3
    Birth. Rates, Death Rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death Rates, ana Case Rates for Certain Infectious Diseases in the Year 1939. (Provisional Figures based, on Weekly and Quarterly Returns).
    Wimbledon.England & Wales126 C.B's & Great Towns including London148 Smaller 'Towns (Resident pop. 25,000 -50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative County
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  • Page 5
    CAUSES OF DEATH.
    MalesFemaleTotal
  • Page 6
    Details of the homo visits carried out are given below:-
  • Page 8
    In no case did any impairment of vision occur.
    CASE SVision Unim-paired.Vision ImpairedTotal BlindnessDeaths
    NotifiedTreated
    At HomeHospital
  • Page 8
    The following table gives the maternal mortality rates for Wimbledon and also for England and Wales:-
    19 3 9Puerperal SepsisOthersTotal
  • Page 9
    Sanitary Inspection of District.- The following is a statement showing the number and nature of "inspections made for the year 1939:-
    Reason of Visit.No.
  • Page 9
    House Inspection.- The following table p;ives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitar improvements carried out, together with the defects remedied, as a result of house-to-house inspection under the supervision of the Sanitary Inspectors:-
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  • Page 10
    FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections .Written NoticesPro secu-tions.
  • Page 10
    2. Defects found.–
    ParticularsNumber of Defects.Prosecu tions
    FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
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  • Page 11
    Outwork in Unwholesome Premises - (Section 108).
    Nature of workInstancesNotices Served.Pro se cu~ tions
  • Page 14
    TABLE A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1939.
    DISEASENumber of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups.Total Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
    Under 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6555 & over
  • Page 15
    TUBERCULOSIS 1939.
    AGS GROUPSNEW CASESDEATHS
    Primary Notificationnew Cases discovered otherwise than by NotificationTotal New Cases
    PulmonaryNon PulmonaryPulmonaryNon PulmonaryPulmonaryNon PulmonaryPulmonaryNon Pulmonary.
    MalesRelatesMalesfemalesMalesFemalesmalesFemalesMalesFemalesmalesfemalesMalesfemalesMalesfemales