[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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The following figures give the number of births:—

Legitimate.
Male.	Female.	Total.

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Table of Causes of Deaths during 1929.

Causes of Death.	Civil Residents all ages.
	Male.	Female.

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Infantile Mortality during the year 1929. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

Cause of Death.	Under week	1-2 weeks	I 2-3 week	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks.	4 weeks and under 3 mts.	3 mts. and under 6 mts.	6 mts and under 9 mts.	9 mts. and under 12 mts.	Total Deaths under 1 year.

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Comparative figures for the years 1927, 1928 and 1929, in connection with nuisances, are submitted herewith:—

	1927	1928	1929

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Report on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. I ncluding I nspection made by S anitary I nspectors.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Number on Register.	Inspections.	Written Notices.	Prosecutions.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars.	Number of Defects.					Number of Prosecutions
	Outstanding Jan. 1st. 1929.	Found during 1929.	Remedied during 1929.	Outstanding Deo. 31st, 1929.	Referred to H M. inspecto r	Number of Prosecutions
	2	3	4	6	6	7

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Table shewing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation.

Premises.	No. of houses represented by M.O.H.	Date of representation.	Date Closing Order made.	Date Closing Order determined.	Date Demolition Order made.	Date Demolition Order obeyed.	Date Demolition Order enforced.

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Promises	No. of houm repre-tented by M.O.H.	Date of representation.	Dale Closing Order made	Date Closing Order determined.	Date Demolition Order made.	Date Demolition Order oboyed.	Date Demolition Order anforood.

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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

	No. of Inspections made.

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5. The following is a tabular statement on slaughter-house:

	1920	In January 1929	In December, 1929

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The additional work thrown on the staff by the public health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, has been considerable and is best shown by the number of inspections as compared with previous years:-

Number of Inspections, etc., made.	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929

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I am indebted to Dr. J.Tate, County Medical Officer, for the following report prepared by the chief officer of the public control Department, as to the samples purchased in this area during 1929:

Article	Taken	Adulterated

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UNSOUND FOOD, 1929.

	Tons.	Cwts.	Qrs.	lbs.

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The deaths occurred in the following age groups :—

Age.	No. of deaths.

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DIPHTHERIA YEAR, 1929 (including Bacterial cases, 52 in November).

Month.	WARD.						Elem. School Children.	Other School Children.	Other Cases.
Month.	Total.	Heston.	Hounslow Nth.	Hounslow Sth	Isleworth N.	Isleworth S.	Elem. School Children.	Other School Children.	Other Cases.

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The undermentioned table sets forth the numbers of such cases for the last five years:-

	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929

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Notifiable Diseases during 1929.

DISEASE.	TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED.												TOTAL ALL AGES	CASES ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL.
DISEASE.	under 1 year.	1-2 years	2-3 years	3-4 years	4-5 years	5-10 years	10-15 years	15-20 years	20-35 years	35-45 years	15-65 years	65 years and over.	TOTAL ALL AGES	MOGDEN.	OTHER HOSPITALS

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CASES OF DIPHTHERIA OCCURRING IN THIS DISTRICT DURING-1930.

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Infectious Diseases, 1929. Cases Notified.

	Scarlet Fever.	Diphtheria.	Enteric Fever.	Puerperal Fever	Erysipelas.	Cerebro-spinal Fever.	Encephalitis Lethargica.	Poliomyelitis.	Pneumonia.	Malaria.	Respiratory Tuberculosis.	Other forms of Tuberculosis.	Ophthalmia Neonatorum.	Dysentery.	Puerperal Pyrexia.	Small-pox.

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Deaths from Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1929. Age Groups.

	Under 1 year.	1 year.	2 years.	3 years.	4 years.	5 years.	10 years.	15 years.	20 years.	35 years.	45 years.	65 years and over	Total All Ages.

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The table hereunder gives the number of cases of infectious diseases that were notified from the several Institutions in the district during 1929:—

	SMALLPOX.	ENTERIC FEVER.	SCARLET FEVER,	DIPHTHERIA.	PNEUMONIA (all forms).	ERYSIPELAS.	PUERPERAL FEVER.	PUERPERAL PYREXIA	CEREBRO SPINAL FEVER.	OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.	ENCEPHALITIS LETHARGICA.	PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.	OTHER TUBERCULOSIS.	POLIOMYELITIS.	TOTAL.

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COUNCIL LABORATORY, 1929.

	Total	Positive

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Other Specimens—

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TUBERCULOSIS 1929.

Age Periods.	New Cases.				Deaths.
	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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The average attendances were as follows:—

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The number of individual mothers and children attending the Clinics is shewn hereunder:—

	1926	1927	1928	1929

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As soon as circumstances permit it is proposed to have a third session a week, on Wednesday afternoons, at Hounslow—Douglas Road Centre.

Sales at Clinics.	Quantity	Receipts.
Sales at Clinics.	Quantity	£	s.	d.

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The attendances during 1929 were as follows:—

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Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Clinic. Report for Year 1929. The Dental Surgeon's report on the scheme for the year is as follows:—

Visits to the Clinic—	Mothers.	Boys	Girls.	Total.

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Revised Scale of Charges for Provision of Dentures.

	£	s.	d.		£	s.	d.

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Notification of Births.

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The visits by the health visitors in connection with the Mater nity and Child Welfare Work are shown in the following table:-

	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929

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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM year 1929.

Cases.			Vision Unimpaired.	Vision Impaired.	Total Blindness.	Deaths.
Notified.	Treated.
Notified.	At Home.	In Hospital.

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Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929. TABLE 1.

	Total number examined.	Total number -equiring treatment or observation	Percentage requiring treatment or observation	Percentage analysed according to age.
	Total number examined.	Total number -equiring treatment or observation	Percentage requiring treatment or observation	6	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16

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Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929. TABLE II. GIRLS.

School.	No. Inspected.	No. requiring Treatment or for Observation.	Percentage requiring treatment or Observation.	Percentage analysed according to age.
School.	No. Inspected.	No. requiring Treatment or for Observation.	Percentage requiring treatment or Observation.	6	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16

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Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929. TABLE II. BOYS.

School.	No. Inspected.	No. requiring Treatment or for Observation.	Percentage requiring treatment or Observation.	Percentage analysed according to age.
School.	No. Inspected.	No. requiring Treatment or for Observation.	Percentage requiring treatment or Observation.	6	8	9	11	12	13	14	15	16

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The following table shows the infectious disease which occurred among children attending public elementary schools, during 1929, and the two previous years.

	1929	1928	1927

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Cases of infectious disease have occurred during the year among school children as follows: —

SCHOOL	SCARLET FEVER	DIPHTHERIA	MEASLES	GERMAN MEASLES	MUMPS	CHICKEN POX	WHOOPING COUGH

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CLEANLINESS SURVEYS, 1929.

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TABLE 1___RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS A. —Routine Medical Inspections.

Number of Code Group Inspections—

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4. RETURN OF DEFECTS found by Medical Inspection In the Year ended 31st December, 1929.

Defects or Diseases.	Routine Inspections.		Special Inspections.
	No. of Defect*.		No. of Defects.
	Requiring treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.	Requiring treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
i	a	1	4	5

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TABLE II.— Continued.

Defects or Diseases.	Routine Inspections.		Special Inspections.
	No. of Defects.		No. of Defects.
	Requiring treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.	Requiring treatment.	Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
1	2	3	4	5

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B.— Number of individual children found at Routine Medic: Inspection to require treatment. (Excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

Group.	Number of Children.		Percentage of childres found to require treatment.
Group.	Inspected.	Found to require treatment.	Percentage of childres found to require treatment.

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TABLE III.—RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area.

			Boys	Girls	Total

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TABLE III.— Continued.

			Boys	Girls	Total

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TABLE IV. Return of Defects treated during the year ended 31st December, 1929. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for whic see Croup V.)-

Diseases or Defects.	Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
Diseases or Defects.	Under the Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
1	2	3	4

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TABLE IV.— Continued. Group II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1).

Defect or Disease.	Number of defects dealt with.
Defect or Disease.	Under the Authority's Scheme.	Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme.	Otherwise.	Total.
1	2	3	4	5

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TABLE IV.— Continued. Croup III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

Received Operative Treatment.			Received other forms of Treatment.	Total number treated.
Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital.	By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.	Total.	Received other forms of Treatment.	Total number treated.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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TABLE IV.— Continued. Croup IV__DENTAL DEFECTS. (i). Number of children who were : (a) Inspected by the Dentist:

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INSPECTIONS FOR THE YEAR, 1929 .

Age last Birthday.	No. Examined	No. Requiring Treatment.	% Requiring Treatment

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THE INSPECTION RESULTS (TOTALS ONLY) FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS -1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929.

(Age Groups).												Specials.	Total

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Derived from the School Inspections in each of the past seven fears.

Year.	Percentage Required treatment.	Percentage actually treated.

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FILLINGS. Teeth Filled.

Year	Permanent	Temporary	TotaJ.

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EXTRACTIONS. Teeth Extracted.

Year.	Perm.	Temp.	Total Extracts	Administration		Ethyl Chloride & Gas	No. of Gas Sessions
				Gas	Local Anaesthetic

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FINANCE.

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PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCES FOR TREATMENT OF THOSE CHILDREN FOR WHOM APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE.

School	Departments.				Percentage for whole School.
	INFANTS.		UPPER.
	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.

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	INFANTS.		UPPER.
	Boys.	Girls.	Boys.	Girls.

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The following figures give the number of births:—

Table of Causes of Deaths during 1929.

Infantile Mortality during the year 1929. Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.

Comparative figures for the years 1927, 1928 and 1929, in connection with nuisances, are submitted herewith:—

Report on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. I ncluding I nspection made by S anitary I nspectors.

DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Table shewing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation.

INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.

5. The following is a tabular statement on slaughter-house:

The additional work thrown on the staff by the public health (Meat) Regulations, 1924, has been considerable and is best shown by the number of inspections as compared with previous years:-

I am indebted to Dr. J.Tate, County Medical Officer, for the following report prepared by the chief officer of the public control Department, as to the samples purchased in this area during 1929:

UNSOUND FOOD, 1929.

The deaths occurred in the following age groups :—

DIPHTHERIA YEAR, 1929 (including Bacterial cases, 52 in November).

The undermentioned table sets forth the numbers of such cases for the last five years:-

Notifiable Diseases during 1929.

CASES OF DIPHTHERIA OCCURRING IN THIS DISTRICT DURING-1930.

Infectious Diseases, 1929. Cases Notified.

Deaths from Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1929. Age Groups.

The table hereunder gives the number of cases of infectious diseases that were notified from the several Institutions in the district during 1929:—

COUNCIL LABORATORY, 1929.

Other Specimens—

TUBERCULOSIS 1929.

The average attendances were as follows:—

The number of individual mothers and children attending the Clinics is shewn hereunder:—

As soon as circumstances permit it is proposed to have a third session a week, on Wednesday afternoons, at Hounslow—Douglas Road Centre.

The attendances during 1929 were as follows:—

Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Clinic. Report for Year 1929. The Dental Surgeon's report on the scheme for the year is as follows:—

Revised Scale of Charges for Provision of Dentures.

Notification of Births.

The visits by the health visitors in connection with the Mater nity and Child Welfare Work are shown in the following table:-

OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM year 1929.

Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929. TABLE 1.

Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929. TABLE II. GIRLS.

Results of Vision Testing done at the Routine Medical Inspection in 1929. TABLE II. BOYS.

The following table shows the infectious disease which occurred among children attending public elementary schools, during 1929, and the two previous years.

Cases of infectious disease have occurred during the year among school children as follows: —

CLEANLINESS SURVEYS, 1929.

TABLE 1___RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS A. —Routine Medical Inspections.

4. RETURN OF DEFECTS found by Medical Inspection In the Year ended 31st December, 1929.

TABLE II.— Continued.

B.— Number of individual children found at Routine Medic: Inspection to require treatment. (Excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).

TABLE III.—RETURN of all Exceptional Children in the area.

TABLE III.— Continued.

TABLE IV. Return of Defects treated during the year ended 31st December, 1929. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for whic see Croup V.)-

TABLE IV.— Continued. Group II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group 1).

TABLE IV.— Continued. Croup III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects.

TABLE IV.— Continued. Croup IV__DENTAL DEFECTS. (i). Number of children who were : (a) Inspected by the Dentist:

INSPECTIONS FOR THE YEAR, 1929 .

THE INSPECTION RESULTS (TOTALS ONLY) FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS -1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928 and 1929.

Derived from the School Inspections in each of the past seven fears.

FILLINGS. Teeth Filled.

EXTRACTIONS. Teeth Extracted.

FINANCE.

PERCENTAGE OF ATTENDANCES FOR TREATMENT OF THOSE CHILDREN FOR WHOM APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE.

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