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Twickenham 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]
- Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 56
- Tables
- 16
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Page 6
CAUSES OF DEATH 1944. Registrar General's Official Returns
Causes of Death. Males Females Total -
Page 7
BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE AND ANALYSIS OP MORTALITY DURING 1944 Provisional figures
Rate per 1,000 total .population Annual Death Rate per 1,000 population Rate per 1,000 live births Live Births .Still Births All Causes Typhoid & paratyphoid fevers Small pox Measles Scarlet Fever Whooping Cough Diphtheria Influenza Diarrhoea & Enteritis (under two years) Total deaths under 1 year -
Page 8
The following table gives the number of specimens examined during the year:-
Nature of Specimens No. Result. -
Page 8
The following table shows the worlc^done "by the Bonough ambulance service during the year 19M+:~ !
Year 1944. Total calls Patients carried. Milion -
Page 9
CLINICS . AND WELFARE CENTRES The ' following clinics were being held within the Borough at the end of the year:-
CLINICS ADDRESS BY WHOM' PROVIDED -
Page 10
Notified Births
Confinement dealt with by Acting as Midwives Acting as Maternity Nurses with doctor in attendance -
Page 12
DENTAL TREATMENT The following received dental treatment during the year:-
1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 -
Page 13
INFANT WELFARE CLINICS There are five infant welfare clinics; ten sessions for infant consultation are held weekly, and one breast feeding clinic.
1944 Twickenham. Whitton, Teddington Hampton Hamp. Wick. TOTAL -
Page 14
Details of authorisation during 1944 were:-
Individual foster mothers. Persons in charge of residential Nurseries etc. run for profit. TOTAL -
Page 19
FACTORIES, ACT, 1937 Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health
Inspections Written notices -
Page 19
Summary of defects found
Found Remedied -
Page 23
Ophthalmia Neonatorum The following table shows the number of cases notified and result of treatment
Year. Cases notfd. Cases at home treated in hosp. vision unimpaired vision impaired Total Blindness Deaths -
Page 24
The following table prepared from the records in the Department summarises the position.
Age Periods New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
Page 24
primary Notifications of Tuberculosis, 1937 - l944 inclusive
1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 -
Page 25
CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING- THE YEAR, 1944
DISEASE CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS) Total Cases Notfd Cases Admtd Hosp. Total Deaths Under 1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-35 35-45 45-65 Over 65 -
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MONTHLY INCIDENCE OP INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE YEAR, 1944
DISEASE NUMBER OF CASES TOTAL Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.