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Chigwell 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

Published
1963
Pages
40
Tables
18

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18 tables in this report

  • Page 7
    CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1962.
    MaleFemaleTotal
  • Page 8
    PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. (See also page 3).
    No. of Cases.Admission to Hospitals.Deaths.
  • Page 9
    Eighteen new cases of tuberculosis were notified among residents in the District during the year with the following distribution:-
    RespiratoryNon-Respiratory
  • Page 19
    Number of Septic Installations:-
  • Page 22
    (d) Summary of notices served and complied with:
    ServedComplied
  • Page 25
    3. INSPECTION OF DWELLING HOUSES.
  • Page 25
    4. SUMMARY OF HOUSING VISITS AND INSPECTIONS.
  • Page 27
    8. RE-HOUSING PRIORITY ON MEDICAL GROUNDS. 86 requests for priority for re-housing on medical grounds were referred to the Medical Officer of Health for assessment, usually supported by a doctor's written certificate. Each case was fully investigated by the Medical Officer of Health and recommendations made were as follows:-
    Disease or ConditionTotal ApplicantsPriority RecommendedPriority Not Recommended
  • Page 28
    1. FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND VENDORS.
    TypeNumber of PremisesInspections
  • Page 29
    5. UNSOUND FOOD. Foodstuffs as listed below were examined during the year and found to be unfit for human consumption. The food was condemned and disposed of by burial at the Council's refuse tip:-
  • Page 29
    6. FOOD SAMPLES. (a) Chemical Analysis: 133 samples of foodstuffs were submitted to the Public Analyst for examination, who reported on these samples, as follows:-
    SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
  • Page 30
    Continued from previous page...
    SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
  • Page 31
    Continued from previous page...
    SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
  • Page 31
    (b) Bacteriological Examination:
  • Page 33
    FACTORIES ACT. 1961. 1. INSPECTION for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
    PremisesNumber on RegisterNumber of
    InspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
  • Page 34
    FACTORIES ACT. 1961. 2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.
    ParticularsNumber or cases in which defects were found.Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted.
    FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. InspectorReferred by H.M. Inspector
  • Page 35
    APPENDIX. RAINFALL IN INCHES FOR YEAR 1962.
    Metropolitan Water Board.Chigwell U. D. C.
    High BeechBuckhurst Hill.Luxborough S.D.Works.Loughton Depot.
  • Page 35
    AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.