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Heston and Isleworth 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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- 1934
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- 112
- Tables
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Statistics and Social Conditions of the Area.
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Table of Causes of Deaths during 1933.
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INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1933. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
Cause of Death. Under 1 week 1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks Total under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 3 mths 3 mths and under 6 mths 6 mths and under 9 mths 9 mths. and under 12 mths Total deaths under 1 year -
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The industries are increasing, the chief being:—
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COUNCIL LABORATORY, 1933.
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CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1933.
Clinics and Treatment Centres. Address. Day. Time. Provided by. -
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Comparative figures for the years 1931, 1932 and 1933, in connection with nuisances, are submitted herewith:—
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
Premises. Number of 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. Outstanding Jan. 1st. 1933. Found during 1933. Remedied during 1933. Outstanding Dec. 31st. 1933. Referred to H.M. Inspector. Number of Prosecutions. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -
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Table shewing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation prior to the passing of the Housing Act, 1930.
Premises. No. of houses represented as unfit. 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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Table shewing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation since the passing of the Housing Act, 1939.
Premises. No. of houses represented as unfit Dates of representations. Dates houses rendered fit in accordance with undertakings. Dates undertaking accepted that houses would not be re-let for human habitation. Dates Demolition Orders made Dates Demolition Orders obeyed Dates Demolition Orders enforced. -
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Sale of Food and Drugs Act.—I am indebted to Dr. J. Tate, County Medical Officer, for the following report, as to the samples purchased in this area during 1933.
Article. Taken. Adulterated. -
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UNSOUND FOOD, 1933.
Tons. cwts. qrs. lbs. -
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Non-Notifiable Diseases.—Information respecting non-notifiable infectious diseases is usually gained through notifications by the Head Teachers and School Attendance Officers. The undermentioned table sets forth the numbers of such cases for the last six years :—
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TUBERCULOSIS, 1933.
Age Periods. New Cases. Deaths. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1933. CASES NOTIFIED.
Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Enteric Fever. Puerperal Fever. Erysipelas. Cerebrospinal Fever. Encephalitis Lethargica. Poliomyelitis. Polio- Encephalitis. Pneumonia. Respiratory Tuberculosis. Other forms of Tuberculosis. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Puerperal Pyrexia. -
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DIPHTHERIA, 1933 (including Bacterial cases, 12 in number).
Month. WARD. Elem. School Chldren Other School Chldren Other Cases Total Hstn. Houn. Cent. Houn. Hth. Houn. Sth. Houn. West Isle-wth N. Isle-wth S. Spng. Grve. -
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Notifiable Diseases during 1933.
Disease. Total Cases Notified. Total all ages. Cases admitted to Hospital. 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. 45-65 years. 65 years and over. Mog-den. Other Hospitals -
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DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1933. Age Groups.
Under 1 year. 1 yr- 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 10 yrs. 15 yrs. 20 yrs. 35 yrs. 45 yrs. 65 yrs. 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 1933:—
Enteric Fever. Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Pneumonia (all forms) Erysipelas. Puerperal Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia. Cerebro Spinal Fever. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Pulmonary Tuberculosis Other Tuberculosis. Poliomyelitis. Total. -
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The attendances of children at all the Centres during the last six years have been as follows:—
Year. No of attendances. Year. No. of attendances. -
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The number of individual mothers and children attending t he Clinics is shown hereunder:— Douglas Road, Hounslow—
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Sales at Clinics.
Quantity. Receipts. £ s. d. -
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The following are the figures of attendances at the Clinic
1931 1932 1933 -
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These dentures are paid for on the following scale, which was based on that of the National Insurance Act:—
£ s. d. £ s. d. -
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Comparative figures :—
Year. Mothers. Children. Total. -
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Details of work 1933-1932.
1933 1932 -
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OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM, Year 1933.
Cases. Vision Unimpaired. Vision. Impaired. Total Blindness. Removed from District and Deaths. Notified. Treated. At Home. In Hospital. -
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
School. Department. * Accommodation. Average. Number on *Registers. -
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The following comparative figures are interesting :—
Year. No. of individual children attending Minor Ailments Clinics. Total attendances for treatment. -
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The following figures show the increase Clinics by Medical Officers:— in the number of special examinations at School
Year. Total number of Special examinations and Re-examinations by Medical Officer. -
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excluded from the scheme. The value of the voucher varies, as shown below:—
Type and cost of spectacles. Value of voucher. -
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The scale of parents' repayments is as follows :—
Weekly family income per head, after deducting rent. Parents' contribution towards cost of operation. -
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The 1,646 are made up as follows :—
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DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT—YEAR 1933. Average number of Elementary School children on registers at middle of year, June—10,557.
Age. No. Remarks. -
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Other Operations. The figure shown in the Table—2,543—is made up as follows, and is, of course, considerably augmented by the Orthodontic scheme, as this work in statistical form cannot be shown elsewhere in the Board's Table :—
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The fees taken at the Clinic during 1933 were as follows :—
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The following table shows the infectious disease which occurred among children attending public elementary schools during 1933, and the three previous years.
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This table shows the incidence of infections disease in each school during 1933 :—
SCHOOL SCARLET FEVER DIPHTHERIA MEASLES GERMAN MEASLES MUMPS CHICKEN POX WHOOPING COUGH -
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STATISTICAL TABLES. TABLE 1.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS, 1933.
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TABLE II .A. RETURN OF DEFECTS found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1933.
Defect or Disease. 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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TABLE II.— continued.
Defect or Disease. 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 Mcdical Inspection to require treatment . ( Excluding Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases).
Group. Number of Children. Percentage of children found to require treatment. Inspected. Found to require treatment. -
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BLIND CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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PARTIALLY BLIND CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Certified Schools for the Partially Blind. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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DEAF CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN.
At Certified Schools for the Deaf. At Certified Schools for the Partially Deaf. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children.
At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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TABLE III.— continued. EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children Suffering from Severe Epilepsy.
At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. -
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Analysis of the above Total.
Diagnosis. Boys. Girls. -
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TREATMENT TABLE-GROUP I.—MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
Disease or Defect. No. of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Under the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) -
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GROUP II.—DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.).
Defect or Disease. No. of Defects Dealt with. No. of children for whom spectacles were Under the Authority's Scheme By Private Practitioner or at Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. Otherwise Total Prescribed (1) Obtained (2) (i) Under the Authority's Scheme. (ii) Otherwise (i) Under the Authority's Scheme (ii) Otherwise (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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TABLE IV.— continued. GROUP 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 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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GROUP IV.—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
Under the Authority's Scheme. 0) Otherwise. (2) Total number treated. Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment without education. Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic Residential treatment with education. Residential treatment without education. Non-residential treatment at an Orthopaedic clinic (i) (ii) (iii) (i) (ii) (iii)