[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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VITAL STATISTICS. Statistical Summary, 1937. Births:—

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Table I. \ital Statistics of the Borough of Barnes during 1937 and previous 5 Years.

Year.	Population estimated to middle of each year. R.G.	Registered Births.			Total Deaths Registered in the District		Transferable Deaths		Nett Deaths belonging to the District.
		Uncorrected Number.	Nett.		Number.	Rate.	Of nonresidents registered in the District.	Of residents not registered in the District.	Under 1 year of age.		At all	ages.
		Uncorrected Number.	Number.	Rate.	Number.	Rate.	Of nonresidents registered in the District.	Of residents not registered in the District.	Number.	Kate per 1,000 nett births	Number	Rate
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	id	11	12	13

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Table II.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1937, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 125 great towns, 148 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison. The mortality rates refer to the whole population as regards England and Wales, but only to civilians as regards London and the groups of towns.

	Birthrate per l.000 Total Popula tion.	Annual Death rate per 1,000 Population									Death rate per 1.000 Births.		Matfrnal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births
	Birthrate per l.000 Total Popula tion.	All Causes	Enteric Fever.	Small-pox	Measles.	Scarlet Fever.	Whooping Cough.	Diphtheria.	Influenza.	Violence	Disrrha and Enteritis (under 2 years).	Total Deaths under One Year.	All Causes.	Puerperal Sepsis	Other Causes.

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Table III.—Causes of Death during the Year 1937.

Causes of Death		Total Deaths	Male	Female

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Table IV.—Deaths during 1937 distributed for Sex, Age and Locality.

	Total Deaths.	Sex Distribution.		Age Distribution. Number of Deaths at subjoined ages.								Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all ages).		Deaths in Institutions.	Inquests	Certified by Coroner, No Inquest
	Total Deaths.	Male.	Female.	Under 1 year.	1 and under	2 and under 5.	5 and under 15.	15 and under 25	25 and under 45	45 and under 65.	65 and over.	Barnes. \|	Morllake.	Deaths in Institutions.	Inquests	Certified by Coroner, No Inquest

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Table V.—Principal Causes of Death: Annual Number of Deaths from these Causes during Five Years, 1932 to 1936, and during 1937.

Cause of Death	Number of Deaths in previous 5 years					D'ths in	Death Rate per 1,000 Population for 1937
Cause of Death	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	Barnes Borough	London

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Table VI.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1937.

Disease.	Barnes.	London.	England and Wales.

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Table VII.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1937, contrasted with the Death-rates for the previous Five Years.

Year.	Barnes.	London.	England and Wales.

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Table VIII.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1937. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at various Ages, under One year of Age.

Cause of Death	Under 1 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 under 1 Year	Barnes.	Mortlake.	Deaths in the Borough	Deaths outside the Borough.	\| Deaths in Institutions

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(3) CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. The Clinics provided in the Borough either by the Barnes Borough Council, or by the Surrey County Council, are given below, together with the days and hours of attendance at which the various clinics are held.

Name of Clinic, etc.	Address.	Days of attendance.	Provided by.

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Table IX.—Showing the Number and Nature of the Inspections made by the sanitary inspectors during 1937, the number of Notices Served in Respect of Defects found in the Course of Inspection, and the Number of Notices complied with.

Nature of Inspections.	Number of Premises Visited.	Number of Visits of Inspection and Re-inspection	Action taken in respect of defective conditions
			Informal Notices.		Statutory Notices
			Number issued.	Complied with.	Number issued.	Complied with.

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Table XI.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Premises.	Number of
Premises.	Inspections	Written Notices.	Prosecutions

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Table XII.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Particulars.		Number of Defects.			Number of Prosecutions.
Particulars.		Found	Remedied	Referred to H.m. Inspector.	Number of Prosecutions.

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Table XIII.—Showing the Number of Home-workers on the Register, and the Nature of the Work Undertaken by Them.

Nature of Work.	Number of Home Workers

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In the 13 public elementary school cases occurred as under:—

	Number of scholars on Register.	Number of who suffered Scarlet Fever.	scholars from:— Diphtheria

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( i ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1925—SEC. 11.

Premises.	Represented by M.O.H.	Closing Order Made.	Premises Vacated.	Closing Order Determined.	Demolition Order Made.	Demolished.

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( ii ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1930—SEC. 19.

Premises.	Represented by M.O.H.		Closing Order Made. (undertaking given)	Demolition Order Made.	Premises Vacated.	Demolished.

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( iii ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1930—SEC. 20.

Premises.	Represented by M.O.H.	Closing Order Made.	Premises Vacated.	Closing Order Determined.

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( iv ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1930—PART 1.

Clearance Area.	Represented by M.O.H.	Declared by Council.	Compulsory Purchase Order Made.	C.P. Order Confirmed.	Number of houses.	Families to be displaced.	Progress to 31 Dec., 1937.
Clearance Area.	Represented by M.O.H.	Declared by Council.	Compulsory Purchase Order Made.	C.P. Order Confirmed.	Number of houses.	Families to be displaced.	Families Re-housed.	Houses Vacated.	Houses Demolished.

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Table XIV.—Return of Samples Analysed during the Year ending 31st December, 1937.

Articles.	Analysed.			Adulterated or deteriorated.			Prosecutions.	Convictions.
Articles.	Format.	Informal.	Total	Formal	Informal	Total	Prosecutions.	Convictions.

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Table XV.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1937 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.

Four-weekly period ending	Diphtheria.	Scarlet Fever.	Measles.	Rubella.	Enteric Fever.	Pulmonary Tuberculosis.	Non-pulmonary Tuberculosis.	Pneumonia.	Erysipelas	Puerperal Pyrexia.	Opthalmia Neonatorum.	Poliomyelitis.

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Table XVI.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1937.

Diseases.	Total Cases Notified.	Ages, in years.													Parish		Removed to Hospital. ¹	Total Deaths of Residents.†
Diseases.	Total Cases Notified.	Under 1 year	1 to 2.	2 to 3.	3 to 4.	4 to 5.	5 to 10.	10 to 15.	15 to 20.	20 to 25.	25 to 25.	35 to 46.	45 to 65.	65 and over	Barnes	Mortlake.	Removed to Hospital. ¹	Total Deaths of Residents.†

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Table XVII.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1927 to 1937.

Year.	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937

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Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic. The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1937, in Respect of the 592 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1937.

					Position on 31st Dec., 1937

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Table XVIII.—Measles : Death-Rate per 1,000 of Population.

Year.	Barnes.	London.	England & Wales.

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Table XIX.—Whooping Cough : Death-Rate per 1,000 of the Population.

Year.	Barnes.	London.	England & Wales.

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Table XX.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Mortality during 1937.

Age-Periods.	New Cases.*				deaths.†
	P ulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.
	Male	Fem'le	Male	Fem'le	Male	Fem'le	Male	Fem'le

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Table XXI.—Tuberculosis Notification Register.

Form of Disease.	On Register 1st Jan. 1937.	Cases Added.			Removed from Register.				Remaining on Register 31st Dec., 1937.
Form of Disease.	On Register 1st Jan. 1937.	Primary Notif'ns	Otherwise.	Total.	Cured	Left Disirict.	Died.	Total.	Remaining on Register 31st Dec., 1937.

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The diseases under treatment at the Hospital during the year were as under :—

		Admissions.	Deaths.

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The nature of the 45 cases admitted to the Cubicle Block during the year, excluding staff, is given below :—

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The ages at which the deaths occurred and the respective causes of death at each age is set out hereunder:—

Age at Death.	No. of Deaths.	Cause of Death.

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In carrying out these duties the Health Visitors have made special home-visits in connection with various matters, in addition to their visits to all newly-born infants among the working classes, and a summary of the work performed by them during the year is given below:—

	Year 1936.	Year 1937.

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The number of new cases, the total number of infants and young children attending at the Centre, and the total attendances made by them during 1937 are given below :—

New Cases:—	Year 1936.	Year 1937.

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VITAL STATISTICS. Statistical Summary, 1937. Births:—

Table I. \ital Statistics of the Borough of Barnes during 1937 and previous 5 Years.

Table III.—Causes of Death during the Year 1937.

Table IV.—Deaths during 1937 distributed for Sex, Age and Locality.

Table V.—Principal Causes of Death: Annual Number of Deaths from these Causes during Five Years, 1932 to 1936, and during 1937.

Table VI.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1937.

Table VII.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1937, contrasted with the Death-rates for the previous Five Years.

Table VIII.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1937. Nett Deaths from stated Causes, at various Ages, under One year of Age.

(3) CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. The Clinics provided in the Borough either by the Barnes Borough Council, or by the Surrey County Council, are given below, together with the days and hours of attendance at which the various clinics are held.

Table IX.—Showing the Number and Nature of the Inspections made by the sanitary inspectors during 1937, the number of Notices Served in Respect of Defects found in the Course of Inspection, and the Number of Notices complied with.

Table XI.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Table XII.—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Table XIII.—Showing the Number of Home-workers on the Register, and the Nature of the Work Undertaken by Them.

In the 13 public elementary school cases occurred as under:—

( i ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1925—SEC. 11.

( ii ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1930—SEC. 19.

( iii ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1930—SEC. 20.

( iv ) PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE HOUSING ACT, 1930—PART 1.

Table XIV.—Return of Samples Analysed during the Year ending 31st December, 1937.

Table XV.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1937 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.

Table XVI.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1937.

Table XVII.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1927 to 1937.

Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic. The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1937, in Respect of the 592 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1937.

Table XVIII.—Measles : Death-Rate per 1,000 of Population.

Table XIX.—Whooping Cough : Death-Rate per 1,000 of the Population.

Table XX.—Tuberculosis : New Cases and Mortality during 1937.

Table XXI.—Tuberculosis Notification Register.

The diseases under treatment at the Hospital during the year were as under :—

The nature of the 45 cases admitted to the Cubicle Block during the year, excluding staff, is given below :—

The ages at which the deaths occurred and the respective causes of death at each age is set out hereunder:—

In carrying out these duties the Health Visitors have made special home-visits in connection with various matters, in addition to their visits to all newly-born infants among the working classes, and a summary of the work performed by them during the year is given below:—

The number of new cases, the total number of infants and young children attending at the Centre, and the total attendances made by them during 1937 are given below :—

The following is a summary of the cases on the Register during 1937:—