[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Twickenham]

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The usual arrangements continued during the year and worked satisfactorily.

Type of Sample or Specimen	NO. Taken	Result

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Table 1 Summary

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Table 2 Population 1938-1962

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

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Distribution of Deaths by Age and Cause Registrar General's Official Returns, 1962

Cause of Death		Age Group																Total		Grand Total
		Under 1		1-4		5-14		15-24		25-44		45-64		65-74		75 and over		Total
		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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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 pet 1,000 of the population

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Table 5

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

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AVERAGE RESULTS OP THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF WATER SUPPLIED TO THE BOROUGH OP TWICKENHAM FOR THE YEAR 1962 Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated)

Description of the Sample	No. of Samples	Ammoniacal Nitrogen	Albuminoid Nitrogen	Nitrate Nitrogen	Chlorides as Cl.	Oxygen abs, from KMnO4 4 hrs. at 27·C.	Turbidity units	Colour (Burgess) scale	Hardness (total)	Hardness (non-carbonate)	pH value	Phosphate as PO4	Silicate as SiO2	Sulphate as SO4	Magnesium as Mg.	Fluoride as F.	Surface active material as Manoxol OT	Electrical Conductivity (micromhos)

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BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS - YEARLY AVERAGES, 1962

Source of Supply	Number of Samples	After Treatment
		Agar plate count per ml.		Coliform count	E.coli count
		20-24 hours at 37°C	3 days at 22°C	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.	Per cent. samples negative in 100 ml.

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Table 7 Analysis of Complaints Received

Nature of Complaint	Number Received

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Table 8 Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

	Number

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Table 8 continued

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Table 9 Sanitary Improvements Effected

	Number

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Table 10 Housing Statistics

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Table 10 continued

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Table 11 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 and Drugs Act

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Table 12 Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 Report for 12 months ended 31st December, 1962

Type of Property
Non-Agricultural
1	2	3	4	5
Local Authority	Dwelling Houses (incl, Council Houses)	All other (incl. Business Premises)	Total of cols 1.2 & 3	Agricultural

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Table 12 continued

Type of Property
Non-Agricultural				5
1	2	3	4	5
Local Authority	Dwelling Houses (incl, Council Houses)	All other (incl. Business Premises)	Total of cols 1,2 & 3	Agricultural

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Number of Infestations Treated

Type of Premises	Ants	Bugs	Cockroaches	Fleas	Wasps	Miscellaneous	Totals

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Table 14 Disinfections, etc.

	Number

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Table 17 Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 Public Health Act, 1936, Section 89 Public Health Act, 1961, Section 80 INSANITARY CONDITIONS IN POOD PREMISES

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Table 18 (a) Meat®Carcases Inspected and Findings at Private Slaughter* houses in the Borough

	Cattle excls. cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep and Lambs	Pigs	Horses

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Table 19 (a) Meat Diseased and unsound conditions found in meat caused the detention and surrender for destruction of:

	lbs

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'(b) Other Foodstuffs The following other foodstuffs, being unfit for human consumption„were voluntarily surrendered for destruction*.

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Table 20 Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Sampling

Article	Total Samples Taken	Unsatisfactory

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Table 21 Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959, Part I of the Act. 1. INSPECTIONS, FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	lnspections	Written Notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were institut
	Found	Remedied	Referred
			To Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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Part VIII of the Act, Outwork

Nature of the Work	Lamp shades	Wearing apparel		Electric Fuse Makers

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Table 22 Infectious Diseases, Incidence and Mortality DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER AND ENTERIC FEVER 1938-1962

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

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Tatjle 23 Ophthalmia Neonatorum, years 1938"1962 The following table shows the number of cases notified and result of treatment:

Year	Cases not ified	Cases Treated		Vision unimpaired	Vision impaired	Total blindness	Deaths
Year	Cases not ified	At home	In hosp.	Vision unimpaired	Vision impaired	Total blindness	Deaths

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Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1962

Diseases	CASES NOTIFIED AT VARIOUS AGES (YEARS)														Total cases noti fied	Deaths
Diseases	Under 1 Year	1-2	2-3	3-4	4-5	5-10	10-15	15-20	20-25	2 5-35	35-45	45-65	Over 65	Age nOt Known	Total cases noti fied	Deaths

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Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1962

Diseases	NUMBER OF CASES												TOTAL
Diseases	Jan.	Feb.	March	April	May	June	July	August	Sept.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	TOTAL

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Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1962

Diseases	Heath-field	Whitton	West Twickenham	Ventral Twickenham	South Twickenham	East Twickenham	Hampton	Hampton Hill	Upper Tedd ington	Lower Teddington	Hampton Wick	Total

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PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS 1938-1962 INCLUSIVE

Pulmonary	1938 100	1939 106	194C 114	1941 127	1942 112	194E 119	1944 133	194! 118	194C 120	1947 132	1948 117	194! 115	1950 96	1951 107	1952 79	195J 105	195"! 88	1955 70	B5( 58	1957 57	1958 54	195S 31	1960 45	1961 35	1962 32

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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 29 Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning Notifications:
1st Quarter	2nd Quarter		3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	Total

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The usual arrangements continued during the year and worked satisfactorily.

Table 1 Summary

Table 2 Population 1938-1962

Distribution of Deaths by Age and Cause Registrar General's Official Returns, 1962

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

Table 5

AVERAGE RESULTS OP THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF WATER SUPPLIED TO THE BOROUGH OP TWICKENHAM FOR THE YEAR 1962 Milligrammes per litre (unless otherwise stated)

BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS - YEARLY AVERAGES, 1962

Table 7 Analysis of Complaints Received

Table 8 Summary of Visits, Inspections, etc.

Table 8 continued

Table 9 Sanitary Improvements Effected

Table 10 Housing Statistics

Table 10 continued

Table 11 Notices Served Administrative action was taken during the year to secure abatement of nuisances and to enforce the appropriate statutory enactments, as follows

Table 12 Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 Report for 12 months ended 31st December, 1962

Table 12 continued

Number of Infestations Treated

Table 14 Disinfections, etc.

Table 17 Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Food Hygiene (General) Regulations 1960 Public Health Act, 1936, Section 89 Public Health Act, 1961, Section 80 INSANITARY CONDITIONS IN POOD PREMISES

Table 18 (a) Meat®Carcases Inspected and Findings at Private Slaughter* houses in the Borough

Table 19 (a) Meat Diseased and unsound conditions found in meat caused the detention and surrender for destruction of:

'(b) Other Foodstuffs The following other foodstuffs, being unfit for human consumption„were voluntarily surrendered for destruction*.

Table 20 Food and Drugs Act, 1955 Sampling

Table 21 Factories Acts, 1937 to 1959, Part I of the Act. 1. INSPECTIONS, FOR PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH

2. CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND

Part VIII of the Act, Outwork

Table 22 Infectious Diseases, Incidence and Mortality DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER AND ENTERIC FEVER 1938-1962

Tatjle 23 Ophthalmia Neonatorum, years 1938"1962 The following table shows the number of cases notified and result of treatment:

Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1962

Monthly Incidence of Infectious Diseases during the Year 1962

Ward Distribution of Infectious Diseases Notified during the Year 1962

PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS OF TUBERCULOSIS 1938-1962 INCLUSIVE

Tuberculosis The following tables have been compiled from the notifications received. NEW CASES AND MORTALITY

Table 29 Food Poisoning

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