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

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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

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Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1950. England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)

	England and Wales	126 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London	148 Smaller Towns 'Resident populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)	London Administrative County	Borough of WANSTEAD and WOODFORD

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Maternal Mortality

	Abortion with Sepsis	Other Abortion	Complication of Pregnancy	Sepsis of Childbirth and the Pueperium	Other

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Causes of Death as given by the Kegistrar-General, 1950

Causes of Death	Males	Females	Total

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Infant Deaths, Neo-Natal Mortality and Stillbirths

			Stillbirths			Neo-Natal Deaths Infant Deaths
Year	Live Births	Birth Rate	No.	Per 1,000 Live Births	Per 1,000 Population	No.	Per 1,000 Live Births	No.	Per 1,000 Live Births

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Maternal Mortality The maternal mortality rates (per 1,000 total births) for the past five years have been as follows:—

		Deaths			Rates per 1,000 Births (Live and Still)
Year	Total Births Registered	Puerperal Sepsis	Other Maternal Causes	Total	Puerperal Sepsis	Other Maternal Causes	Total

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Maternal Mortality, Stillbirths and Neo-Natal Deaths

Rate (per 1,000 Live Births)	1950	1949	1948	1947	1946

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Comparative Statistics of Births, Mortality, etc., 1934 to 1950

		Live Births		Still Births		Deaths		Infant Deaths		Maternal Deaths
Year	Population	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate†	No.	Rate*	No.	Rate‡	No.	Rate†

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First Treatment

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Section	No. of Manholes	No. not baited	No. baited	Average Pre-bait Takes
Section	No. of Manholes	No. not baited	No. baited	Complete	Partial	Total takes	N.T.

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Second Treatment

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Section	No. of Manholes	No. not baited	No. baited	Average Pre-bait Takes
Section	No. of Manholes	No. not baited	No. baited	Complete	Partial Total takes		N.T.

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FACTORIES ACT, 1937 1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

Premises (1)	Number on Register	Number of
Premises (1)	Number on Register	Inspections	Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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2. Defects found.

Particulars.	Number of Defects			Number defects in respect ot which Prosecutions were instituted
Particulars.	Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector

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A list of food sampled is given below:—

	sample(s)

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The following is a list of foods surrendered in 1950 because of unsound conditions

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The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease during the year, together with the number and percentage of cases admitted to hospital and the number and percentage of deaths:—

Disease	Total Notified	Removed to Hospital	Per cent. Removed to Hospital	Deaths	Deaths per cent. of cases Notified

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These cases of infectious disease have been divided into age incident and set out in the accompanying table:-

Disease	All Ages	Under 1 year	1-5 yrs.	5-10 yrs.	10-15 yrs.	15-25 yrs.	25-45 yrs.	45-65 yrs.	65 and over

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POLIOMYELITIS INCIDENCE IN WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD, 1934-1950

Year	Population	No. Notified	Notification Rate	Age Group						Deaths	Death Rate
Year	Population	No. Notified	Notification Rate	V Under 1	1-5	5-10	10-15	15-25	25-45	Deaths	Death Rate

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Tuberculosis The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1950:—

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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A comparative summary over4 the past 16 years for the Brough is set out in the following table:-

Year	Notification				Total Notifications	Total Notification Rate	Deaths					Total Death Rate
	Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary				Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary		Total Deaths
	No.	Rate	No.	Rate			No.	Rate	No.	Rate	Total Deaths

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Care of Mothers and Young Children. Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Services. The following table summarises the attendances at the Ante-natal Clinic, 118 Hermon Hill, Wanstead: —

Ante-Natal	Post-natal	Gynaecolgical	Birth Control

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The deaths of infants under one year were:—

	Males	Females	Total	Rate per 1000 Live Births

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The following tables show the extent of treatment which it has been possible to provide:—

	Examined	Needing Treatment	Treated	Made Dentally Fit

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FORMS OF DENTAL TREATMENT

	Extractions	Anaesthetics		Fillings	Scalings, etc.	Silver Nitrate Treatment	Dressings	Dentures Provided
	Extractions	Local	General	Fillings	Scalings, etc.	Silver Nitrate Treatment	Dressings	Complete	Partial

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The following table shows the attendances made, together with the daily average:—

Quarter Ending	Attendances
	Under 1 year	1—2 years	2—3 years	Over 3 years	TOTAL	Days Open	Average Daily Attendance

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The following table sets out statistically the work of the Health Visitors in the Borough during 1950:—

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Home Nursing. The work of the general nurse in the Borough has continued to increase during the year, more and more visits being paid to patients being discharged from hospital and requiring injections and dressings. During the year the following visits were paid by the Home Nurses:—

Number of New Cases:	1950	1949

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The number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year 1950 were:—

	Under 1	1-4 yrs.	5-14 yrs.	15 or over	Total

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The following information shows the total number of children under 16 years of age who have at any time received a course of immunisation against diphtheria, as at 31st December, 1950:—

Year of Birth	Number	Year of Birth	Number

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I am setting out below the numbers attending: —

	ADULTS			CHILDREN

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The number of active cases of the disease discovered was very small indeed, but there were a number of other interesting abnormalities which are set out below:—

Abnormality Discovered	Male	Female	Total

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Defects found by medical examination of school children. The following table shows the defects found in school children as a result of examination by Medical Officers:—

Defect.	No. found to require treatment	No. treated at Clinic	No. to be kept under observation

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SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA

Birth-rates, Civilian Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Mortality, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year 1950. England and Wales, London, 126 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)

Maternal Mortality

Causes of Death as given by the Kegistrar-General, 1950

Infant Deaths, Neo-Natal Mortality and Stillbirths

Maternal Mortality The maternal mortality rates (per 1,000 total births) for the past five years have been as follows:—

Maternal Mortality, Stillbirths and Neo-Natal Deaths

Comparative Statistics of Births, Mortality, etc., 1934 to 1950

First Treatment

Second Treatment

FACTORIES ACT, 1937 1. Inspections for the purposes of provisions as to health (including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).

2. Defects found.

A list of food sampled is given below:—

The following is a list of foods surrendered in 1950 because of unsound conditions

Continued from previous page...

The following table shows the incidence of infectious disease during the year, together with the number and percentage of cases admitted to hospital and the number and percentage of deaths:—

These cases of infectious disease have been divided into age incident and set out in the accompanying table:-

POLIOMYELITIS INCIDENCE IN WANSTEAD AND WOODFORD, 1934-1950

Tuberculosis The following table shows particulars of new cases of tuberculosis and of deaths from the disease in the Borough during 1950:—

A comparative summary over4 the past 16 years for the Brough is set out in the following table:-

Care of Mothers and Young Children. Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Services. The following table summarises the attendances at the Ante-natal Clinic, 118 Hermon Hill, Wanstead: —

The deaths of infants under one year were:—

The following tables show the extent of treatment which it has been possible to provide:—

FORMS OF DENTAL TREATMENT

The following table shows the attendances made, together with the daily average:—

The following table sets out statistically the work of the Health Visitors in the Borough during 1950:—

Home Nursing. The work of the general nurse in the Borough has continued to increase during the year, more and more visits being paid to patients being discharged from hospital and requiring injections and dressings. During the year the following visits were paid by the Home Nurses:—

The number of persons vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year 1950 were:—

The following information shows the total number of children under 16 years of age who have at any time received a course of immunisation against diphtheria, as at 31st December, 1950:—

I am setting out below the numbers attending: —

The number of active cases of the disease discovered was very small indeed, but there were a number of other interesting abnormalities which are set out below:—

Defects found by medical examination of school children. The following table shows the defects found in school children as a result of examination by Medical Officers:—