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Chigwell 1963

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chigwell]

Published
1964
Pages
44
Tables
24

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24 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    110 requests for priority for re-housing on medical grounds were referred to me for assessment, usually supported by a doctor's written certificate. Each case was fully investigated and my recommendations were as follows:-
    Diseases or ConditionTotal ApplicantsPriority RecommendedPriority Not Recommended
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    The following is a list of some of the disabilities involved:-
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    CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1963
    MaleFemaleTotal
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    PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
    No, of Cases.Admission to Hospitals.Deaths
  • Page 9
    30 new cases of tuberculosis were notified among residents in the District during the year with the following distribution:-
    RespiratoryNon-Respiratory
  • Page 10
    The Unit visited this District during the year with the following results:- LOUGHTON AND BUCKHURST HILL.
    LOCATIONMALEFEMALETOTAL[
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    Continued from previous page...
    PULMONARY TUBERCULOSISMALEFEMALETOTAL
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    CHIGWELL.
    MANFORD WAYMALEFEMALETOTAL
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    (b) Summary of complaints:
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    (c) Summary of visits and inspections
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    (d) Summary of notices served and complied with.
    ServedCompiled
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    8. INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND FOOD POISONING. 179 enquiries and revisits were made during the year regarding notifications of the following infectious diseases;
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    4. SUMMARY OF HOUSING VISITS AND INSPECTIONS.
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    FOOD CONTROL. 1. FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AND VENDORS.
    TypeNumber of PremisesInspections
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    5. UNSOUND FOOD. Foodstuffs as listed below were examined during the year and found to be unfit for human consumption. The food was condenned and disposed of by burial at the Council's refuse tip:-
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    6. FOOD SAMPLES. (a) Chemical Analysis: 143 samples of foodstuffs were submitted to the Public Analyst for examination, who reported on these samples, as follows:-
    SubmittedUnsatisfactory
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    Continued from previous page...
    SubmittedUnsatisfactory
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    Continued from previous page...
    SubmittedUnsatisfactory
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    7. FOOD COMPLAINTS. 29 complaints regarding the quality, nature and substance of food were received during 1963, as follows:-
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    Legal proceedings were instituted in the following cases:-
    ContraventionsResult of Proceedings:
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    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
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    2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND.
    ParticularsNumber of cases in which defects were found.Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted.
    FoundRemediedReferred to H.M. InspectorReferred by H.M. Inspector
  • Page 38
    APPENDIX. RAINFALL IN INCHES FOR. YEAR 1963.
    Metropolitan Water BoardChigwell U. D. C.
    High BeechBuckhurst HillLuxborough S.D. Works.Loughton Depot.
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    AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.