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Wimbledon 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wimbledon]

Published
1941
Pages
20
Tables
17

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17 tables in this report

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    Extracts from Vital Statistics of the Year 1940. (Registrar-General's Figures)
    Infantile Mortality, etc.Birth Rate
    TotalM.F.TotalM.F.
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    * Deaths from puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 of the Registrar-General's Short List)
    DeathsRate per 1,000 total (live still) births
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    (Provisional figures based on weekly and quarterly returns)
    Wim- ble-don.England & Wales126 C.B's & Great Towns including London148 Smal- ler towns (Resi- dent pop.- 25,000 - 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Adminis-trative County
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    During the year, five hundred and eight-eight births were notified by the following persons:-
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    factor. This factor, for Wimbledon is 0.84. The adjusted death rate for Wimbledon for 1940 is consequently 13.92 per thousand of the population as compared with a figure of 14.3 per thousand for England and Wales.
    CAUSES OF DEATH.MalesFemalesTotal
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    Details of the home visits carried out are given below:-
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    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.- The following table shows that three cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified. In no case did any impairment of vision occur.
    CasesVision Unimpaired.Vision ImpairedTotalDeaths
    NotifiedTreated
    At HomeHospital
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    The following table gives the maternal mortality rates for Wimbledon and also for England and Wales:-
    1 9 400Puerperal Infection.OthersTotal
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    Reason of Visit.No.
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    House Inspection.- The following table gives a summary of the nuisances abated and the sanitary 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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    FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written NoticesProsecu-tions.
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    2. Defects found.
    ParticularsNumber of Defects.Prosecutions.
    FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. Inspector
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    Outwork in Unwholesome Premises - (Section 108).
    Nature of workInstancesNotices Served.Prosecutions
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    TABLE A. - NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING 1940.
    DISEASENumber of Cases Notified in Various Age Groups.Total Cases NotifiedTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
    Under 11-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565 & over
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    TUBERCULOSIS - 1940.
    AGE GROUPSNEW CASESDEATHS
    Primary Notifications (Form A)New cases discovered otherwise than by NotificationTotal New Cases
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary .
    MalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemalesMalesFemales