[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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TABLE 1.— STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1953.

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Table 2.—Vital Statistics of the Borough of Barnes during 1953 and previous 5 Years

Year.	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 registered outside the District.	Under 1 year of age		At all ages.
	Uncorrected Number.	Number.	Rate.	Number.	Rate.	Of nonresidents registered in the District.	Of residents registered outside the District.	Number.	Rate per 1,000 nett births	Number	Rate

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Table 3.— Birth.rate, Death.rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1953, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 160 great towns, 160 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison.

	Birthrate PERl.ooo Total Population.	All Causes.	Annual Death.Rate per 1,000 Population								Death rate per 1,000 Births.		maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 Total Births
	Birthrate PERl.ooo Total Population.	All Causes.	Typhoid Paratyphoid	Whooping Cough.	Diphtheria,	Tuberculosis	Influenza,	Small.pox	Poliomyelitis Enceph. ,	Pneumonia	Diarrhcea and Enteritis (under 2 years).	Total Deaths under One Year.	All Causes	Puerperal Infection.	Other Causes.

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Table 4.— Causes of Death during the Year 1953.

Causes of Death (Registrar-General's short list of causes)		Total Deaths	Male	Female

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Table 5.— Infant Mortal1ty dur1ng the Year 1953. Causes of death, at var1ous ages, of 1nfants under one year.

Cause of Death	Under 1 Week	1-2 Weeks	2-3 Weeks	3-4 Weeks	Total under 4 w'ks	1-3 Months	3-6 Months	6-9 Months	9-12 Months	Total under 1 year	Deaths 1n the Borough	Deaths outs1de Borough

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Table 6.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1953.

Disease.	Barnes	London	England and Wales

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Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1953.

Diseases.	Total Cases Notified	Ages, in years.													Parish		Removed to Hospital	Total Daths 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 35	35 to 45	45 to 65	65 and over	Barnes	Mortlake	Removed to Hospital	Total Daths of Residents†

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Table 8.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1943 to 1953.

Year	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953

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Table 9.—Schools.

	N umber of Schools attended	Number of scholars who suffered from:—
	N umber of Schools attended	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria

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Table 10.—Tuberculosis Register.

Form of Disease.	On Register 1st Jan, 1953	Cases Added.				Removed from Register.					Remaining on Register 31st Dec., 1953
Form of Disease.	On Register 1st Jan, 1953	Primary Notif ns	Otherwise.	Restored	Total	Non-Tub.	Cured	Left District	Dead	Total	Remaining on Register 31st Dec., 1953

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Table 11.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1953.

Age-Periods.	New Cases.*				Deaths.
	Pulmonary.		Non-Pulmonary.		Pulmonary		Non-Pulmonary.

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Table 12.—IMMUNISATION and VACCINATION. Diphtheria Immunisation. The following Table shows the state of Diphtheria Immunisation of the Children of Barnes:—

	Infants 0-4 inclusive	School Children 5-14 inclusive

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Table 13.—Infected Rooms and Articles (Dealt with by the Council).

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HOUSING Table 14.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1953. 1. Number of Dwellings Owned by the Local Authority:—

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Household Arrangements in Private Houses

	All Households		Houses occupied by more than one family

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Table 15.—Food Premises. The following inspections were made in respect of premises where food is prepared, handled and distributed:—

Nature of inspection	Number of premises	Number of visits	Notices issued and complied with

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Table 17.—Sampling of Other Foods and Drugs. (a) Chemical Analysis.—76 Samples procured under the provisions of the Food & Drugs Act, 1938, included:—

Foods.

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Table 18.—Unsound Food The following articles were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed as being unfit for human consumption:— Where quantities are insufficient for salvage all unsound food is collected and disposed of at the Council's Refuse Destructor, by incineration.

Meat and Meat products, etc.			Other Foods

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Table 20.—Factories.

		No. of Premises on Register.	Inspection.
		No. of Premises on Register.	Number	Written Notices Served

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Table 21.—Home Workers.

Work Undertaken	No. on Register

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Table 22.—Other Premises.

Nature of inspection	Number of premises	Number of visits	Notices issued and complied with

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Barnes 1953

21 tables in this report

TABLE 1.— STATISTICAL SUMMARY, 1953.

Table 2.—Vital Statistics of the Borough of Barnes during 1953 and previous 5 Years

Table 3.— Birth.rate, Death.rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1953, with corresponding rates for england and wales, 160 great towns, 160 smaller towns, and for the County of London for comparison.

Table 4.— Causes of Death during the Year 1953.

Table 5.— Infant Mortal1ty dur1ng the Year 1953. Causes of death, at var1ous ages, of 1nfants under one year.

Table 6.—Infectious Diseases: Incidence per 1,000 of the Population in 1953.

Table 7.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1953.

Table 8.—Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1943 to 1953.

Table 9.—Schools.

Table 10.—Tuberculosis Register.

Table 11.—Tuberculosis: New Cases and Mortality, 1953.

Table 12.—IMMUNISATION and VACCINATION. Diphtheria Immunisation. The following Table shows the state of Diphtheria Immunisation of the Children of Barnes:—

Table 13.—Infected Rooms and Articles (Dealt with by the Council).

HOUSING Table 14.—HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1953. 1. Number of Dwellings Owned by the Local Authority:—

Household Arrangements in Private Houses

Table 15.—Food Premises. The following inspections were made in respect of premises where food is prepared, handled and distributed:—

Table 17.—Sampling of Other Foods and Drugs. (a) Chemical Analysis.—76 Samples procured under the provisions of the Food &amp; Drugs Act, 1938, included:—

Table 18.—Unsound Food The following articles were voluntarily surrendered and destroyed as being unfit for human consumption:— Where quantities are insufficient for salvage all unsound food is collected and disposed of at the Council's Refuse Destructor, by incineration.

Table 20.—Factories.

Table 21.—Home Workers.

Table 22.—Other Premises.

Table 17.—Sampling of Other Foods and Drugs. (a) Chemical Analysis.—76 Samples procured under the provisions of the Food & Drugs Act, 1938, included:—