[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1949

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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1949

	Total	M.	F.

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Table 1. Population 1937.1949.

Year	Population	Population trend			Migration excess
Year	Population	Total increase or decrease	Percentage proportion	Natural increase or decrease	Inward	Outward

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Table 2. Causes of Death. Registrar-General's Official Returns.

Causes of Death	Males	Females	Total

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Table 3. Zymotic Diseases Mortality. The mortality rates for this group of diseases, which includes enteric fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough and diarrhoea under two years of age, were:—

Disease	No. of Deaths			Death rate per 1,000 of the population
Disease	Male	Female	Total	Death rate per 1,000 of the population

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Table 4. Main Causes of Death. An analysis of the death returns reveals the following main causes of death:—

Disease	Percentage of total deaths	Death rate per 1,000 of the population

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Table 5. Infantile Mortality. (a) The following table, compiled from official registrations, gives details of the causes of death at various ages under one year of age:—

	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 months and under 6 months	6 months and under 9 months	9 months and under 12 months	Total deaths under 1 year

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(b) An analysis of the mortality reveals that neo-natal deaths were responsible for 73.53 per cent, of the total deaths, viz.:—

Under 24 hours	1 to 7 days	1 to 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	Percentage total infant deaths

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Table 6. Maternal Mortality.

Case No.	Cause of Death	Post Mortem held

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Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality. Provisional Figures. Table 7.

	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 and Paratyphoid fevers	Whooping Cough	Diphtheria	Tuber culosis	Influenza	Smallpox	Acute Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis	Pneumonia	Diarrhoea and Enteritis {under two years)	Total Deaths under 1 year

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Table 8. Review of the Comparative Vital and Mortality Statistics for the Borough of Twickenham, together with those for England and Wales for years 1937-1949 inclusive.

Year	Birth Rate		Death Rate		Infantile Mortality Rate
Year	Twickenham	England and Wales	Twickenham	England and Wales	Twickenham	England and Wales

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(a) Chemical. Table 9.

Description of the Sample	Number of Samples	Ammoniacal Nitrogen	Albuminoid Nitrogen	Oxidised Nitrogen	Chlorides as CI	Oxygen abs. from Permanganate 3 hrs. at 80° F.	Turbidity, in terms of Silica	Colour, m.m. brown, 2 ft. tube, Burgess's Tintometer	Hardness {total)	Hardness {permanent)	pH. Value	Phosphate as P.O.	Silica as Si.0	Conductivity

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(b) Bacteriological.

Description of the Sample	Number of Samples	Number of Microbes per ml. Colonies counted on agar after 20-24 hours at 37° C.	Bad. coli test
Description of the Sample	Number of Samples		Number of samples negative to Bact. coli in 100 ml.	Bact. coli per 100 ml.

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Table 10. Analysis of Complaints Received.

Nature of Complaint	Number Received

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Table 11. Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

		Number

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Table 11-continued

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Table 12. Sanitary Improvements Effected.

	Number

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Table 13. Housing Statistics.

I. Inspection of dwelling-houses during the year		Number

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Table 14. Notices Served. Administrative action was taken during the year to secure abatement of nuisances and to enforce the appropriate statutory enactments, as follows:—

Subject of Notice	Public Health Act	Food & Drugs Act, Sections 13 & 14

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Table 15. Offences under Food and Drugs Act, 1938.

Case No.	Section contravened	Offence	Action taken

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Table 16. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. The Infestation Order, 1943. VISITS

Initial Visits following upon Complaints or Resulting from Surveys	Re-inspections for Laying Baits, Poisoning and Trapping	Total Visits

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NUMBER OF INFESTATIONS

Food Premises	Non-food Premises	Private Dwellings	Factories	Rats only	Mice only	Rats and mice

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DEGREE OF INFESTATION

RATS			MICE
Reservoir	Major Primary 50-100	Minor Secondary 1-50	Reservoir	Major Primary 50-100	Minor Secondary 1-50

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RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919

NOTICES SERVED			NOTICES OUTSTANDING
Preliminary Notices	Statutory Notices	Final (Default) Notices	Preliminary Notices	Statutory Notices	Final (Default) Notices

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RAT DESTRUCTION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY:—

CORPORATION		OCCUPIERS
Rats	Mice	Rats	Mice

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NUMBER OF PREMISES UNDER CONTRACT WITH CORPORATION TOTAL 604

12 months	6 months	3 months	1 month	Others	Total Receipts

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Eradication of Insect Pests. D.D.T. and Other Special Treatments. Number of Infestations Treated Table 17.

Type of Premises	Ants	Beetles	Bugs	Cockroaches	Fleas	Flies	Lice	Moths	Silver Fish	Wasps	Weevils	Wood Beetles	Totals

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Table 18. Disinfections, etc.

	Number

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Table 19. Housing Act, 1936. Overcrowding. The known cases of overcrowding on the register of the department at the end of the year were as follows:—

		Number

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Table 20. Milk Supply. At the beginning of the year there were registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926-1946:—

	Number

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Table 21. Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1946. (a) During the year the following licences were granted for the sale of designated milk:—

Designation	Dealers' Licences	Supplementary Licences

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(b) As from the 1st October, 1949, the existing' legislation relating to milk supplies was repealed and the new regulations became operative. The necessary registration of persons and premises, and the issue of appropriate licences, have been effected in accordance with the following table:—

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Table 22. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Statistics.

Conditions	Food Premises
Conditions	Found	Remedied

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Table 23. Meat—Carcases Inspected and Condemned at Private Slaughterhouses in the Borough.

	Cattle, excl. Cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep and Lambs	Pigs

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Table 24. (a) Meat. Diseased and unsound conditions found in meat caused the detention and surrender for destruction of:—

	lbs.

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(b) Foodstuffs. The following foodstuffs, other than meat, being unfit for human consumption, were voluntarily surrendered for destruction:—

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Table 25. Sampling. The Middlesex County Council is the food and drugs authority for the Borough. The Chief Officer, Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following information relating to samples taken in the Borough:—

A rticle	Taken	Adullerated

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Table 26. Factories Act, 1937. Inspection for the Purposes of Provisions as to Health.

	Inspections	Written notices

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Table 27. Infectious Diseases. Incidence and Mortality. Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever. 1937.1949.

Year	Diphtheria				Scarlet Fever				Enteric Fever
Year	No. of Cases	Case Rate per 1,000 pop.	No. of Deaths	Death Rate per 1,000 pop.	No. of Cases	Case Rate per 1,000 pop.	No. of Deaths	Death Rate per 1,000 pop.	No. of Cases	Case Rate per 1,000 pop.	No. of Deaths	Death Rate per 1,000 pop.

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Table 28. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1937-1949. The following table shows the number of cases notified and result of treatment:—

Year	Cases notified	Cases Treated		Vision unimpaired	Visionimpaired	Total blindness	Deaths
Year	Cases notified	At home	In hosp.	Vision unimpaired	Visionimpaired	Total blindness	Deaths

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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1949.

DISEASE	CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS)														Total cases notified	Cases admitted Hospital	Deaths
DISEASE	Under 1 year	1-2	2-3	3-4	4-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	25-35	35-45	45-65	Over 65	Age not known	Total cases notified	Cases admitted Hospital	Deaths

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Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1949.

DISEASE	NUMBER OF CASES												TOTAL
DISEASE	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	Sept.	October	Nov.	Dec.	TOTAL

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Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1949.

Disease	Twickenham				Whitton	Hampton	Hampton Hill	Teddington		Hampton Wick	Heath-field	Total
Disease	East	Central	South	West	Whitton	Hampton	Hampton Hill	Upper	Lower	Hampton Wick	Heath-field	Total

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Table 32. Tuberculosis. The following tables have been compiled from the notifications received:— New Cases and Mortality.

Age Periods	New Cases				Deaths
	Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary		Pulmonary		Non-pulmonary
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female

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Table 33. Primary Notifications of Tuberculosis , 1937-1949 inclusive.

	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949

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Table 34. Analysis of Food Poisoning Notifications, 1949.

1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	TOTAL

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Table 35. Report on the Danger of INfection Spread by Insects

Species of Flies	Number of Times Bacteria Found on Species of Insects i
Species of Flies	Calliphora erythrocephala. M. (bluebottle)	Calliphora vomitoria. M. (bluebottle)	Drosophila funebris. Fbr. (fruit-fly)	Fannia canicularis (lesser house-fly)	Lucilia sericata. M. (greenbottle)	Lucilia caesar. M. (greenbottle)	Musca domestica. L. (house-fly)	Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis. Fin.	Wasps (Vespa vulgaris.) L.	Miscellaneous species	Total

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Table 35 (continued)

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Table 36.

Species of Flies	Number of Insects caught with Certain Baits
Species of Flies	Calliphora erythrocephala. M. (bluebottle)	Calliphora vomitoria. M. (bluebottle)	Drosophila funebris. Fbr. (fruit-fly)	Fannia canicularis (lesser house-fly)	Lucilia sericata. M. (greenbottle)	Lucilia caesar. M. (greenbottle)	Musca domestica. L. (house-fly)	Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis. Fin.	Wasps (Vespa vulgaris.) L.	Miscellaneous species	Total

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Table 36 (continued)

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Analysis of Cases.

Age	Pr. Morgani		Bac Dysentery (Shigella Sonnei)		A moebic Dysentery		Salmonella Infections (Food Poisoning)		Enteritis-origin unknown or not established		Total
Age	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	Total

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Table 38.

Ref. Nature of Bait No.	Number of Traps Laid		Number of Traps Laid Negative Result		Number of Flies Caught
Ref. Nature of Bait No.	External	Internal	External	Internal	External	Internal

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The following clinics were being held within the Borough at the end of the year:—

Clinic	A ddress	By whom provided

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STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1949

STATISTICAL SUMMARY for the Year 1949

Table 1. Population 1937.1949.

Table 2. Causes of Death. Registrar-General's Official Returns.

Table 3. Zymotic Diseases Mortality. The mortality rates for this group of diseases, which includes enteric fever, smallpox, scarlet fever, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough and diarrhoea under two years of age, were:—

Table 4. Main Causes of Death. An analysis of the death returns reveals the following main causes of death:—

Table 5. Infantile Mortality. (a) The following table, compiled from official registrations, gives details of the causes of death at various ages under one year of age:—

(b) An analysis of the mortality reveals that neo-natal deaths were responsible for 73.53 per cent, of the total deaths, viz.:—

Table 6. Maternal Mortality.

Birth Rate, Death Rate and Analysis of Mortality. Provisional Figures. Table 7.

Table 8. Review of the Comparative Vital and Mortality Statistics for the Borough of Twickenham, together with those for England and Wales for years 1937-1949 inclusive.

(a) Chemical. Table 9.

(b) Bacteriological.

Table 10. Analysis of Complaints Received.

Table 11. Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Table 11-continued

Table 12. Sanitary Improvements Effected.

Table 13. Housing Statistics.

Table 14. Notices Served. Administrative action was taken during the year to secure abatement of nuisances and to enforce the appropriate statutory enactments, as follows:—

Table 15. Offences under Food and Drugs Act, 1938.

Table 16. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. The Infestation Order, 1943. VISITS

NUMBER OF INFESTATIONS

DEGREE OF INFESTATION

RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919

RAT DESTRUCTION WORK UNDERTAKEN BY:—

NUMBER OF PREMISES UNDER CONTRACT WITH CORPORATION TOTAL 604

Eradication of Insect Pests. D.D.T. and Other Special Treatments. Number of Infestations Treated Table 17.

Table 18. Disinfections, etc.

Table 19. Housing Act, 1936. Overcrowding. The known cases of overcrowding on the register of the department at the end of the year were as follows:—

Table 20. Milk Supply. At the beginning of the year there were registered under the Milk and Dairies Regulations, 1926-1946:—

Table 21. Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1936-1946. (a) During the year the following licences were granted for the sale of designated milk:—

(b) As from the 1st October, 1949, the existing' legislation relating to milk supplies was repealed and the new regulations became operative. The necessary registration of persons and premises, and the issue of appropriate licences, have been effected in accordance with the following table:—

Table 22. Food and Drugs Act, 1938. Statistics.

Table 23. Meat—Carcases Inspected and Condemned at Private Slaughterhouses in the Borough.

Table 24. (a) Meat. Diseased and unsound conditions found in meat caused the detention and surrender for destruction of:—

(b) Foodstuffs. The following foodstuffs, other than meat, being unfit for human consumption, were voluntarily surrendered for destruction:—

Table 25. Sampling. The Middlesex County Council is the food and drugs authority for the Borough. The Chief Officer, Public Control Department, has kindly supplied the following information relating to samples taken in the Borough:—

Table 26. Factories Act, 1937. Inspection for the Purposes of Provisions as to Health.

Table 27. Infectious Diseases. Incidence and Mortality. Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Enteric Fever. 1937.1949.

Table 28. Ophthalmia Neonatorum, 1937-1949. The following table shows the number of cases notified and result of treatment:—

Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1949.

Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1949.

Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1949.

Table 32. Tuberculosis. The following tables have been compiled from the notifications received:— New Cases and Mortality.

Table 33. Primary Notifications of Tuberculosis , 1937-1949 inclusive.

Table 34. Analysis of Food Poisoning Notifications, 1949.

Table 35. Report on the Danger of INfection Spread by Insects

Table 35 (continued)

Table 36.

Table 36 (continued)

Analysis of Cases.

Table 38.

The following clinics were being held within the Borough at the end of the year:—