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Southall 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

Published
1952
Pages
44
Tables
27

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27 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH— continued.
  • Page 13
    The Regional Officer of the Ministry of National Insurance kindly arranged for regular figures of local sickness certificates to be supplied for a time, and
    YearNo. of CasesDeaths
  • Page 13
    The information now available concerning the cases left with residual paralysis in the years 1949 and 1950 is as follows:—
  • Page 14
    The figures for vaccination carried out in Southall during 1951 were obtained from the County Medical Officer and are as follows:—
    Age Groups
    Under 1 year1—2 years2—4 years5—14 years15 years and overTotal
  • Page 15
    The following table shows the number of children immunised against diphtheria during the year.
    Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation in the Authority's Area (including Temporary Residents) during the yearNumber of Children who were given Secondary or Reinforcing Injection during the year {i.e. having in a previous year received a complete full course)
    Age at Date of Final Injection
    Under 11—45—14Total
  • Page 15
    In the following table is shown the number of children at 31st December, 1951, who had completed a course of immunisation against diphtheria at any time before that date {i.e. since January 1st, 1937) together with the estimated mid-year child population.
    Age at 31.12.51:—Under 112345—910—14Total under 15
  • Page 20
    Seven establishments were inspected for licence under this heading and all were found satisfactory for the purpose which was intended. Details are as follows:—
    PurposeNo. of Licences
  • Page 22
    Inspections
    Factory PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
  • Page 22
    Defects Found
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were found
    FoundRemediedReferredNumber of cases in which Prosecutions were instituted
    To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
  • Page 23
    Outworkers
    Nature of WorkSection 110Section 111
    No. of outworkers in August List required by Section no (1) (c)No. of Cases of Default in sending Lists to the CouncilNo. of Prosecutions for failure to supply ListsNo. of Instances of Work in Unwholesome PremisesNotices servedProsecutions
  • Page 26
    Atmospheric Pollution Estimation
    1951Sulphur Trioxide.Lead Peroxide method. Milligrams per day per 100 square centimetresDeposit Gauge
    Month of yearJubilee GardensRecreation GroundHortus Cemetery
    RainfallTons per square mile per month
    mm.InsolubleSolubleTotal
  • Page 29
    EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS Table I.
    TotalMalefemaleComparative Figures for 1950
  • Page 30
    Causes of Deaths, 1951 Table II
    MaleFemaleTotal 1951Total 1950
  • Page 30
    Deaths in Wards Table III
    WardMaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 31
    Table IV Vital Statistics compared with other Areas BIRTH RATES, DEATH RATES, ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY, MATERNAL MORTALITY AND CASE.RATES FOR CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN THE YEAR 1951. (Provisional Figures based on Quarterly Returns)
    England and Wales126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative CountySouthall
    Rates per 1,000 Home Population
  • Page 32
    The monthly registration of births classified as to Wards is given in the following table:-
    Waxlow ManorNorthcoteHambroughDormers WellsGlebeNorwood GreenTotal
  • Page 32
    Table VI Causes of Death Under One Year of Age.
    Certified Causes of DeathUnder 1 week1-2 weeks2-3 weeks3-4 weeksTotal under 4 weeks1-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 monthsTotal deaths under 1 year
  • Page 33
    Table VII Deaths from Cancer
    YearMaleFemaleTotalEstimated PopulationRate per 1,000 population
  • Page 33
    Table VIII Ages at Death of Cancer Cases
    Age
    0-1515-3030-4040-5050-6060-7070-8080 †Total
  • Page 34
    Table IX Notifiable Diseases during the Year (other than Tuberculosis)
    DiseasesAgesTotal cases notifiedDeaths
    Under year1 to 22 to 33 to 44 to 55 to 1010 to 1515 to 2525 to 3535 to 4545 to 6565 and over
  • Page 34
    Table X
    DiseasesTotalWaxlow ManorNorthcoteHambroughDormers WellsGlebeNorwood GreenTotal Deaths
  • Page 35
    Table XI Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications
    Age PeriodsNew CasesDeaths
    PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
  • Page 35
    Table XII The occupations of the new cases are as follows:-
    OccupationPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
    MaleFemaleMaleFemale
  • Page 36
    Table XIII Vermin and Scabies Clinic Attendances
    First VisitReattendancesTotal
  • Page 36
    Table XIV Examinations for Verminous Conditions and Children Found to be Verminous Attending Maintained Schools in Southall during 1950.
    SchoolTotal Number of ExaminationsTotal Number of Pupils found to be infestedTotal number of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during the yearNumber of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Sec. 54/2 Educ. Act, 1944)Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued. (Sec. 54 (3) Educ. Act, 1944)
  • Page 37
    Table XV Sanitary Inspections—Classification of Visits.
  • Page 38
    Table XVI HOUSING—GENERAL
    statistics