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Southall 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
- Published
- 1954
- Pages
- 52
- Tables
- 29
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Measles Notifications of measles rose during the year 1953, being 931 as compared with 528 the previous year. There was 1 death from measles. The following table shows the trend of notifications during the past 10 vears.
Year No. of Cases Deaths -
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1953
Age Groups Under 1 year 1-2 years - 4 years 5-14 years 15 years and over Total -
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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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Diphtheria No cases of diphtheria were notified to the Department. 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 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, 1953, who had completed a course of immunisation against diphtheria at any time before that date:—
Age at 31.12.53: Under 1 1-4 5-9 10-14 Total under 15 -
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Age Groups—Male
Site total 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80+ '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 -
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age groups—female
site Total 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80 + '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 '52 '53 -
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Following the visit by volunteers to the old people of this part of the Borough, a card index system was set up in order that the information could be maintained, and renewed from time to time as further visits were paid. The number of old people covered by the canvass was 760, of whom 489 required no help, 83 asked for a further call to be made after 6 months, and 192 required help, details of the help asked for or seeming to be necessary in these cases, are as follows:—
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Inspections
Factory Premises Number on Register Number of 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 To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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Outworkers
Nature of Work Section 110 Section III 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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Built by Southall Borough Council
During the Year 1953 Since the end of the War (including 1953) Within the Borough Outside the Borough Within the Borough Outside the Borough -
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Built by Private Enterprise
During the Year 1953 Since the end of the War (including 1953) Within the Borough Outside the Borough Within the Borough Outside the Borough -
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The following table shows the quantity of food examined and the disposal of condemned food.
Total Inspected (lbs.) Sound Unsound Total (lbs.) Stock (lbs.) Production (lbs.) Consumption (lbs.) Total (lbs.) Animal Feeding (lbs.) Byproducts (lbs.) Destruction (lbs.) -
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The following table shows items of unsound food which were investigated during the year.
Article Vendor Condition Action -
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Atmospheric Pollution Estimation
Years 1953/1952 Sulphur Trioxide.Lead Peroxide method. Milligrams per day per 100 square centimetres deposit gauge hortus cemetery Month of Year Jubilee Gardens Recreation Ground Rainfall Tons per square mile per month mms. Insoluble Soluble Total -
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APPENDICES EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS Table I.
Total Male Female Comparative Figures for 1952 -
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Causes of Deaths, 1953 Table II
Male Female Total 1953 Total 1952 -
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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 1953. (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 1951 Census) London Administrative County Southall Rates per 1,000 Home Population -
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T able 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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T able V1 C auses of D eath U nder O ne Y ear of A ge.
Certified Causes of Death Under i 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 under 1 year -
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Table V11 Deaths from Cancer
Year Male Female Total Estimated Population Rate per 1,000 population -
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Table V111 Notifiable Diseases during the Year (other than Tuberculosis)
Diseases Ages Total cases notified Deaths Under i year 1 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 -
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Table IX
Diseases Total Waxlow Manor North-cote Ham-brough Dormers Wells Glebe Norwood Green Total Deaths -
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Table X 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 X1 The occupations of the new cases are as follows :—
Occupation Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Male Female Male Female -
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Table XII Examinations for Verminous Conditions and Children Found to be Verminous Attending Maintained Schools in Southall during 1952 and 1953.
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 Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing orders were issued -
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Table XV Home Accidents, 1953
Age Nature of Injury Cause of Injury Known to have Died, i.e. in hospital, at home