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Barnes 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

Published
1947
Pages
44
Tables
33

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33 tables in this report

  • Page 14
    TABLE 1.—STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1946.
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    Table 2.—Vital Statistics of the Borough of Barnes during 1946 and previous 5 Years
    Registered Births,Total Deaths registered in the District.Transferable DkathsNett Deaths belonging to the District.
    Year.Uncorrected Number.Nett.Number.Rate.Of nonresidents registered in the District.Of residents registered outside the District.Under 1 year of age.At all ages.
    Number.Rate.Number.Rate per 1,000 nett birthsNumberRate.
  • Page 16
    Table 3.—Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1946, with corresponding rates for England and Wales, 126 Great Towns, 148 Smaller Towns, and for the County of London for comparison.
    BIRTH RATE PER 1,000 TOTAL POPULA TION.Annual Death-rate per 1,000 Population.Death rate per, l 000 Births.Maternal Morality Hate per 1,000 Total Births
    All CausesTyphoid & ParatyphoidScarlet Fever.Whooping Cough.Diphtheria.Influenza.Small-poxMeasles.Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under 2 years).Total Deaths under One Year.All CausesPuerperal Infection.Other Causes.
  • Page 17
    Table 4.—Causes of Death during the Year 1946.
    Causes of Death (Registrar-General's short list of causes).Total DeathsMaleFemale
  • Page 18
    Table 5.—Infant Mortality during the Year 1946. Causes of death, at various ages, of infants under one year.
    Causk of Death.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks3-4 weeks.Total under 4W'ks1-3 Months3-6 Months.6 9 Months9-12 Months.Total under 1 YearD Htiis in the BoroughDeaths outside the Borough.Deaths in Institu'ns
  • Page 18
    Table 6.—Epidemic Diseases: Death-rate per 1,000 of the Population, 1946.
    Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
  • Page 19
    Table 7.—Zymotic Death-rate for 1946, contrasted with the Rates for the previous Five Years.
    Year.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
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    Table 8.—Measles: Death-Rate per 1,000 of Population.
    Year.Barnes.London.England & Wales.
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    Table 9.—Whooping Cough : Death-Rate per 1,000 of the Population.
    Year.Barnes.London.England & Wales.
  • Page 20
    HOUSING. Table 10.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1946.
  • Page 22
    Inspection, and the Number of Notices complied with.
    Nature of Inspections.Number of Premises on Register.Number of Visits of Inspection and Re-inspectionAction taken in respect of defective conditions
    Informal Notices.Statutory Notices.
    Number issued.Complied with.Number issued.Complied with.
  • Page 24
    Table 15.—Return of Samples Analysed during the Year ending 31st December, 1946.
    ARTICLESanalysed.BELOW STANDARD.ProsecutionsConvic-tions
    FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
  • Page 25
    T able 16.—S laughterhouses.
    Private.Public.Total.
  • Page 26
    GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. Table 18.—Domestic Help Scheme.
    IllnessChronic InvalidityAged & InfirmMiscellan. ReasonsTotal
    Sudden Em'eySeriousTub.
  • Page 26
    Table 19.—Borough Accident and General Purposes Ambulance Service.
    Number of CasesMileage
  • Page 26
    Table 20.—Cleansing and Disinfestation of Verminous Persons.
    Treated at Borough Cleansing Station.
    For Verminous HeadFor Verminous BodyFor ScabiesTotals
    No. of Per. onsAttendancesNo. of PersonsAttendancesNo, of PersonsAttendancesNo. of PersonsAttendances
  • Page 27
    Table 23.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1946.
    Disease.Barnes.London.England and Wales.
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    Table 24.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1946.
    Diseases.Total Cases Notified.Ages, in years.ParishRemoved to Hospital.Total Deaths of Residents.†
    Under lyear1 to 2.2 to 3.3 to 4.4 to 5.5 to 1610 to 1515 to 2020 to 25.25 to 3535 o 46.45 to 65.65 and over.BarnesMortlake.
  • Page 29
    Table 25.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1936 to 1946.
    Year.19361937193819391940194119421943194419451946
  • Page 29
    Table 26.—Showing the Notifications of Infectious Diseases Received during 1946 arranged in Four-Weekly Periods.
    Four-weekly period endingDiphtheria.Scarlet Fever.Measles.Whooping CoughPneumoniaErysipelasDysentery.Ophthalmia NeonatorumPuerperal PyrexiaParatyphoid FeverPoliomyelitisCerebrospinal Fever
  • Page 30
    Table 27.—Diphtheria Immunisation Clinic. The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1946, in Respect of the 881 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1946.
    Position on 31 Dec., 1946
  • Page 31
    Table 29.—Schools.
    Number in BoroughNumber of who suffered Scarlet Feverscholars from:— Diphtheria
  • Page 31
    Table 30.—Tuberculosis Notification Register.
    Form of Disease.On Register, 1st Jan., 1940Cases Added.Removed from Register.Remaining on Register 31st Dec., 1946
    Primary ,Notif'ns.Otherwise.RestoredTotalNon-Tub.CuredLeft DistrictDeadTotal
  • Page 32
    Table 31.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1946.
    Age-Periods.New Cases.*Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonarv.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    MaleFem'leMaleFem'leMaleFem'leMaleFem'le
  • Page 32
    Table 32.—Tuberculosis: Institutional Treatment. Admissions during 1946 were as under:—
    Form of Disease.Surrey County CouncilOther SanatoriaGeneral HospitalsTotals.
    SanatoriaHospitals
  • Page 33
    INFECTIOUS DISEASES HOSPITAL. Table 33.—Admissions and Deaths.
    ResidentsNonresidentsNon-civilians.TOTALS.
    Admit ted.Died.Admit ted.Died.Admit ted.Died.Admit ted.Died.
  • Page 36
    (c) Premature Infants. Number of births notified during the year as occurring in the Borough where the baby weighed less than 5½ lbs. at birth:—
    Place of birth.Number NotifiedNursed entirely at place of birthTransferred to HospitalWho died during first 24 hoursWho survived one month
  • Page 36
    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. Table 39.—Ante-Natal Clinic.
    Year 1945Year 1946
  • Page 36
    Table 40.—Infant-Welfare Clinics.—Attendances.
    Year 1945.Year 1946.
  • Page 37
    Number of Children attending during the year
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    Table 41.—Home Help Service.
    ConfinementsOther Maternity reasonsConditions other than MaternityTotals
  • Page 39
    Table 42.—War Time Day Nurseries.
    BARNES NURSERYMORTLAKE NURSERYBOTH NURSERIES
    Age-groups0-11—22—5Total0—11-22—5Total0—11—22—5Total
  • Page 40
    Table 45.—Voluntary Associations.
    (1) Nursing Associations.Barnes District Nursing AssociationMortlake District Nursing AssociationTotals