London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wanstead and Woodford 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

Published
1941
Pages
24
Tables
11

This page requires JavaScript

11 tables in this report

  • Page 4
    (b) for calculating infantile and maternal mortalities.
  • Page 5
    Birth-rates. Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1940. England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)
    England and Wales126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London148 Smaller Towns (Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)London Administrative CountyBorough of WANSTEAD and WOODFORD
  • Page 10
    Summary of the various inspections made by the Sanitary Inspectors: — Dwelling Houses—
  • Page 13
    FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901, AND THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937. 1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    PremisesNumber of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Occupiers Prosecuted
  • Page 13
    2. Defects found.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of defects in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H M. Inspector.
  • Page 14
    "Designated" Milk.—The number of licences granted for the sale of designated milk under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936, and the results of samples taken, are as follows:—
    Designation.LicencesSupplementary Licences.Samples.Results.
    Satisfactory.Unsatisfactory.
  • Page 15
    Examination of Ordinary Milk.- The following table shows the results of four samples of ordinary milk subjected to bacteriological examination and animal inoculation test for tubercle bacilli:—
    No.No. of Bacteria per 1 ml.Presence o' Bacillus Coliform in 0.01 ml.Presence of Tubercle Bacilli.Remarks
  • Page 17
    2. (a) Disinfection and Disinfestation.—The disinfection of bedding and similar articles is done by the saturated steam process in a cylindrical horizontal steel " thresh " disinfector; infected premises are sprayed with formalin and fumigated by burning formalin tablets.
  • Page 17
    (b) Laboratory Work.—The following specimens from Wanstead and Woodford were dealt with by the Counties Public Health Laboratories:—
  • Page 19
    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Small PoxScarlet FeverDiphtheriaTyphoid including ParatyphoidErysipelasTuberculosisPuerperal FeverPuerperal PyrexiaOphthalmia NeonatorumPneumoniaCerebro-spinal FeverAeute PoliomyelitisMeaslesWhooping CoughOther diseases
    PulmonaryOther Form*
  • Page 20
    VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING PREVIOUS YEARS.
    Year.Population.Births.DeathsInfantile Mortality.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1000 Births.