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Heston and Isleworth 1935

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

Published
1936
Pages
86
Tables
86

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    SUMMARY OF COMPARABLE STATISTICS.
    England and Wales.121 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London.140 Smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census).London Administrative County.Heston and Isleworth.Notes.
    Rates per 1,000 Population.
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    Live Births-
    TotalM.F.
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    Table of Couses of Deaths during 1935.
    Causes of Death.Civil Residents. all ages.
    Male.Female
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    INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1935. Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under 1 Year of Age.
    Cause of Death.Under 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks4 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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    Now that it takes substantially longer to obtain reports on materials sent to the Laboratory the local Practitioners are realising what the advantage is to them of a Municipal Laboratory whereby when a swab is sent in one day they have the report first thing th'e following morning.
    Total.Positive
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    CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1935.
    Clinics and Treatment Centres.Address.Day.Time.Provided by
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    Comparative figures for the years 1933, 1934 and 1935, in connection with nuisances, are submitted herewith :—
    193319341935
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    FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number on Register.Number of
    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, 1935.Found during 1935.Remedied during 1935.Outstanding Dec. 31st. 1935.Referred to H.M. Inspector.Number of Prosecutions.
    1234567
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    Number of Inspections, etc. :—
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    Nature of Contraventions, etc.:—
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    1. Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year.
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Table showing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation since the passing of the Housing Act, 1930.
    Premises.No. of houses represented as unfit.Dates of representations.Dates houses rendered fit in accordance with undertakings.Dates undertakings 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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    Continuation of Table showing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation since the passing of the Housing Act, 1930.
    Premises.No. of houses represented as unfit.Dates of representations.Dates houses rendered fit in accordance with undertakings.Dates undertakings 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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    Continuation of Table showing dwelling-houses represented as unfit for human habitation since the passing of the Housing Act, 1930.
    Premises.No. of houses represented as unfit.Dates of representations.Dates houses rendered fit in accordance with undertakings.Dates undertakings 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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    The following is the record of inspection of food premises :—
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    Number of firms in the district licensed to sell :—
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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 1935.
    Article.Taken.Adulterated.
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    UNSOUND FOOD, 1935.
    Tons.cwts.qrs.lbs.
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    Scarlet Fever.—The following table shows the number of cases which have been notified, and the number and percentage of cases which have been removed to Hospital :—
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    Diphtheria.—The following table shows the number of notifications received and the percentage of cases of Diphtheria removed to Hospital:—
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    It is interesting to note that the incidence of Diphtheria in the District compares with the rest of the Country as follows :—
    Rates per 1,000 of Population.
    Cases.Deaths.
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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 :—
    193019311932193319341935
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    The following Table gives further particulars of new cases notified and deaths in 1935.
    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, 1935. CASES NOTIFIED.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cerebro-Spinal Fever.Encephalitis Lethargica.Poliomyelitis.Pneumonia.Respiratory Tuberculosis.Other forms of Tuberculosis.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Puerperal Pyrexia.
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    DIPHTHERIA, 1935 (including Bacterial cases, 10 in number).
    MonthWARD.Elem. School ChldrenOther School ChldrenOther Cases
    TotalHstn.Houn. Cent.Houn. Hth.Houn. Sth.Houn. WestIsle-wth N.Isle-wth S.Spng. Grve.
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    Notifiable Diseases during 1935.
    Disease.Total Cases Notified.Total all ages.Cases admitted to Hospital.
    Under 1 year1-2 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.Joint Board HospitalsOther Hospitals
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    DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1935. 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 1935 :—
    Enteric FeverScarlet FeverDiphtheriaPneumonia (all forms)ErysipelasPuerperal FeverPuerperal PyrexiaCerebro-Spinal FeverOphthalmia NeonatorumPulmonary TuberculosisOther TuberculosisEncephalitis LethargicaTotal
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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 average attendances per session during the year 1935 were as follows :—
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    The number of individual mothers and children attending the Clinics is shown hereunder :—
    19311932193319341935
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    Sales at Clinics.
    Quantity.Receipts.
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    The following figures of attendances at the Clinic:—
    193319341935
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    The rate for 1935 was 4.66, which is higher than for 1934 but lower than for 1933. Seven deaths were recorded; five of these took place in Institutions. The causes of death were as follows:—
    Cause of Death.Institution or Private.
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    Comparative figures :—
    Year.Mothers.Children.Total
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Dentures supplied to mothers.
    Year.Upper.Lower.
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    Details of other work, years 1934 and 1935.
    19341935
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    Notification of Births.
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    Home Visiting.—The visits by the Health Visitors in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Work were as follows :—
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    Summary of Nurses' Visits.
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    OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM, Year 1935.
    Cases.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Removed from District and Deaths.
    Notified.Treated.
    At Home.In Hospital.
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    Clerical Staff—
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    ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
    School.Department.*Accommodation.Number on *Registers.
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    Summary of School Nurses' work during 1935.
    Attendances.
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    ( b ). Uncleanliness. The Cleanliness Survey is a most important factor in maintaining cleanliness amongst school children, and although it was not found possible during the year to attain the standard of one cleanliness survey per term at each school, it has been possible to increase the number of examinations to 11,240, compared with 10,175 in 1934.
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    During 1935 it was found necessary to take legal proceedings in 10 cases, with the following results:—
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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 in the number of examinations at School Clinics by Medical Officers:—
    Year.Total number of Special examinations and Re-examinations by Medical Officer.
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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 2,219 are made up of the following types of cases :—
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    DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT—YEAR 1935. Number of Elementary School children on registers at middle of year, June—11,284.
    Age.No.Remarks.
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    No.Remarks.
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    Staff responsible for the above work :—
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    Other Operations. The figure shown in the Table—6109—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 following table shows the infectious disease which occurred among children attending public elementary schools during 1935 and the five previous years.
    193519341933193219311930
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    This table shows the incidence of infectious disease in each school during 1934:—
    school.scarlet feverdiphtheria.measlesgerman measlesmumpschicken poxwhooping cough
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    Dinners—Summer.
    First Week.Second Week.
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    Continued from previous page...
    First Week.Second Week.
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    Dinners—W inter.
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    TABLE I—MEDICAL INSPECTIONS OF CHILDREN ATTENDING PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
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    TABLE 11. A. RETURN OF DEFECTS found by Medical Inspection in the Year ended 31st December, 1935.
    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.
    12345
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    TABLE II.— continued.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    No. of Defects.No. ofDefects.
    Requiring treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatmentRequiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    12345
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    B. CLASSIFICATION OF THE NUTRITION OF CHILDREN INSPECTED DURING THE YEAR IN THE ROUTINE AGE GROUPS.
    Age-groupsNumber of Children InspectedA (Excellent)B (Normal)C (Slightly subnormal)D (Bad)
    No.%No.%No.%No.%
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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 SIGHTED CHILDREN.
    At Certified Schools for the Blind.At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted.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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    TABLE III. — continued. 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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    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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    PHYSICALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. A. Tuberculous Children. I.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    II.—CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    B. Delicate Children.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    TABLE III. — continued. C. Crippled Children.
    At Certified Special Schools.At Public Elementary Schools.At Other Institutions.At no School or Institution.Total.
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    Children Suffering from Multiple Defects:—
    Combination of Defect.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.OtherwiseTotal.
    (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 (i)No. of defects dealt withNo. of children for whom spectacles were
    Under the Authority's Scheme (2)Otherwise (3)Total (4)Prescribed (1)Obtained (2)
    (i) Under the Authority's Scheme(ii) Otherwise(i) Under the Authority's Scheme(ii) Otherwise
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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 (4)Total Number Treated (5)
    Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital (i)By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme. (2)Total (3)
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    GROUP IV—ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise (2)Total number treated.
    Residential treatment with education. (i)Residential treatment without education. (ii)Non-residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic (iii)Residential treatment with education. (i)Residential treatment without education. (ii)Non-residential treatment at an Orthopaedic clinic. (iii)
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    (a.) Routine age-groups.
    AGE56789101112131415TOTAL
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    GROUP II. DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments).
    No. of Defects Dealt with.
    Under the Authority's SchemeOtherwiseTotal
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    (a) Routine age-groups
    AGE101112131415TOTAL