[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]

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GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH

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GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH— continued.

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There were no deaths from measles, The following table shows the trend of notifications during the past ten years.

Year	No. of Cases	Deaths

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1952

	Age Groups
	Under 1 year	1-2 years	2-4 years	5-14 years	15 years and over	Total

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1951

	Age Groups
	Under 1 year	1-2 years	2-4 years		5-14 years	15 years and over	Total

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The following information supplied by the County Medical Officer shows the number of children immunised against diphtheria during the year.

Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation in Southall (including Temporary Residents) during the year				Number 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 1	1-4	5-14	Total

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In the following table is shown the number of children at 31st December, 1952, who had completed a course of immunisation against diphtheria at any time before that date (i.e. since 1st January, 1938) together with the estimated mid-year population.

Age at 31.12.52:—	Under 1	1	2	3	4	5-9	10 - 14	Total under 15

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Below is set out in tabular form a classification of the cancer deaths according to the site of the primary growth and in ages.

Site	AGE GROUPS
	Male							Femals
	20-30	30-40	40-50	50-60	60-70	70-80	80+	20-30	3O-4O	4O-5O	50-60	60-70	70-80	80+

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OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE The difficulties and requirements of 35 cases of old people living in difficult circumstances were investigated during 1952, and the action taken is recorded in the following list:—

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Factories Act, 1937 The following tables give details of the work done in connection with the factories and outworkers in the Borough:— Inspections

Factory Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Factory Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted

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Defects Found

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found
	Found	Remedied	Referred		Number of cases in which Prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector	Number of cases in which Prosecutions were instituted

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Outworkers

Nature of Work	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of Work	No. of outworkers in August List required by Section 110 (1) (c)	No. of Cases of Default in sending Lists to the Council	No. of Prosecutions for failure to supply Lists	No. of Instances of Work in Unwholesome Premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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In addition to these, 22 four-bedroomed type houses have been converted into 44 fiats.

	During the Year 1952		Since the end of the War (including 1952)
	Within the Borough	Outside the Borough	Within the Borough	Outside the Borough

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This work must be regarded, however, as of constant importance in the routine of the Sanitary Inspectors, particularly to secure continued compliance with Food Byelaws.

	Total Inspected (lbs.)	Sound				Unsound
	Total Inspected (lbs.)	Total (lbs.)	Stock (lbs.)	Production (lbs.)	Consumption (lbs.)	Total (lbs.)	Animal Feeding (lbs.)	Byproducts (lbs.)	Destruction (lbs.)

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Atmospheric Pollution Estimation

1952	Sulphur Trioxide-Lead Peroxide method. Milligrams per day per 100 square centimetres		Deposit Gauge
Month of year	Jubilee Gardens	Recreation Ground	Hortus Cemetery
			Rainfall	Tons per square mile per month
			mm.	Insoluble	Soluble	Total

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EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS Table I.

	Total	Male	Female	Comparative Figures for 1951

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Causes of Deaths, 1952 Table II

	Male	Female	Total 1952	Total 1951

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Deaths in wards Table III

Ward	Male	Female	Total

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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 1952. ( Provisional Figures based on Quarterly Returns)

	England and Wales	160 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London	160 Smaller Towns (Resident Population 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)	London Administrative County	Southall

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Table V Monthly Registration of Births. The monthly registration of births classified as to Wards is given in the following table:—

	Waxlow Manor	Northcote	Ham-brough	Dormers Wells	Glebe	Norwood Green	Total

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Table VI Causes of Death Under One Year of Age.

Certified Causes of Death	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	1-3 months	3-6 months	6-9 months	9-12 months	Total deaths under1 year

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Table VII Deaths from Cancer

Year	Male	Female	Total	Estimated Population	Rate per 1,000 population

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Table VIII Age Distribution of Deaths from Cancer

	Age
	0-15	15-30	30-40	40-50	50-60	60-70	70-80	80+	Total

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Table IX Notifiable Diseases during the Year (other than Tuberculosis)

Diseases	Ages												Total cases notified	Deaths
Diseases	Under 1 year	I to 2	2 to 3	3 to 4	4 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 65	65 and over	Total cases notified	Deaths

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The number of cases of infectious diseases (including Tuberculosis) notified during the year, according to their locality, are shown below:— Table X

Diseases	Total	Waxlow Manor	North-cote	Ham-brough	Dormers Wells	Glebe	Norwood Green	Total Deaths

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Table XI Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female

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Table XII The occupations of the new cases are as follows :—

Occupation	Pulmonary		N on-Pulmonary
Occupation	Male	Female	Male	Female

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Table XIII Vermin and Scabies Clinic Attendances January to June, 1952

	First Visit	Re-attendances	Total

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Table XIV Examinations for Verminous Conditions and Children Found to be Verminous Attending Maintained Schools in Southall during 1952.

School	Total Number of Examinations	Total Number of individual pupils found to be infested for the first time during the year	Total Number of instances of infestation among pupils	Number 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)

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GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH

GENERAL STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH— continued.

There were no deaths from measles, The following table shows the trend of notifications during the past ten years.

1952

1951

The following information supplied by the County Medical Officer shows the number of children immunised against diphtheria during the year.

In the following table is shown the number of children at 31st December, 1952, who had completed a course of immunisation against diphtheria at any time before that date (i.e. since 1st January, 1938) together with the estimated mid-year population.

Below is set out in tabular form a classification of the cancer deaths according to the site of the primary growth and in ages.

OLD PEOPLE'S WELFARE The difficulties and requirements of 35 cases of old people living in difficult circumstances were investigated during 1952, and the action taken is recorded in the following list:—

Factories Act, 1937 The following tables give details of the work done in connection with the factories and outworkers in the Borough:— Inspections

Defects Found

Outworkers

In addition to these, 22 four-bedroomed type houses have been converted into 44 fiats.

This work must be regarded, however, as of constant importance in the routine of the Sanitary Inspectors, particularly to secure continued compliance with Food Byelaws.

Atmospheric Pollution Estimation

EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS Table I.

Causes of Deaths, 1952 Table II

Deaths in wards Table III

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 1952. ( Provisional Figures based on Quarterly Returns)

Table V Monthly Registration of Births. The monthly registration of births classified as to Wards is given in the following table:—

Table VI Causes of Death Under One Year of Age.

Table VII Deaths from Cancer

Table VIII Age Distribution of Deaths from Cancer

Table IX Notifiable Diseases during the Year (other than Tuberculosis)

The number of cases of infectious diseases (including Tuberculosis) notified during the year, according to their locality, are shown below:— Table X

Table XI Tuberculosis Notifications—Ages and Classifications

Table XII The occupations of the new cases are as follows :—

Table XIII Vermin and Scabies Clinic Attendances January to June, 1952

Table XIV Examinations for Verminous Conditions and Children Found to be Verminous Attending Maintained Schools in Southall during 1952.

Table XV Sanitary Inspections—Classification of Visits