[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

Chingford 1937

Published: 1938
Pages: 40
Tables: 26

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Vital Statistics

Live Births Total M. ^F Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 16.3
Legitimate 574 306 268
Illegitimate 16 10 6
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Table of Birth and Death Rates

Year. Population. Births. Rate per 1,000 Deaths. Rate per 1,000 infant mortality
Deaths. Rate per 1,000
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The number of specimens examined at the laboratory was as follows:—
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Clinics and Treatment Centres.

Clinic or Dispensary. Where held. When held. By whom provided.

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Item.	Particulars.	I.—Collection.			II.—Disposal.
Item.	Particulars.	Including Depreciation or Loan charges	Excluding Loan charges etc.		Including Depreciation or Loan charges		Excluding Loan charges etc.				Excluing Loan charges etc.
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)		(5)		(6)				(8)

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ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1938.

Year ended 31-3-37 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
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Table 1.
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Table 2.

Visits Paid Nuisances or Defects found
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Table 3.
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Table 4. Letters sent out and notices served in connection with Sanitary Matters.
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(a) The following table gives information on the action taken for the eradication of bed bugs: —

Council Houses. Other Houses.
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Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

Premises. (i) Number of
Inspections (2) Written Notices. (3) Occupiers Prosecuted. (4)

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2.— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Particulars		Number of Defects.			No. of offences in respect of which Prosecutions were instituted.
Particulars		Found	Remedied	Referred to H.M. Inspector
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)

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Phosphatase Test. During the year the following samples were subjected to Test A, with the results as shown: —

No. Designation. Result.
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CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED.

Cattle excluding cows Cows. Calves. Sheep and Lambs Pigs
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Immunisation 1937.
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The following table shows the percentage of notified cases of scarlet fever removed to hospital during the last five years: —

1933 1934 1935 1936 1937
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local tuberculosis service. There is little doubt that both these factors are tending in Chingford to increase the number of notifications and there seems no reason for supposing that changes in the social conditions of the district, such as overcrowding or poverty, have played any part in the increase.

Age periods. NEW CASES. DEATHS.
Respiratory. Non-Respiratory. Respiratory. Non-Respiratory.
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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Cancer. Deaths from Cancer.

Site. 0-25 25-35 35-45 45-55 55- Totals
M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F.
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200 Sublet Houses (400 flats) in South Chingford. Analysis of Occupants.

Actual No. of Children.
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Deaths at Various Ages.

Age. No. of Deaths.
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Attendances at Child Welfare Centres.

Year. New Children. Total Attendances.

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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.

Year	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Erysipelas	Tuberculosis		Dysentery	Encephalitis Lethargica	Puerperal Fever	Puerperal Pyrexia	Ophthalmia Neonatorum	Pneumonia	Cerebro-Spinal Fever	Enteric Fever	Acute Poliomyelitis	Smallpox
Year	Scarlet Fever	Diphtheria	Erysipelas	Pulmonary	Other Forms	Dysentery	Encephalitis Lethargica	Puerperal Fever	Puerperal Pyrexia	Ophthalmia Neonatorum	Pneumonia	Cerebro-Spinal Fever	Enteric Fever	Acute Poliomyelitis	Smallpox

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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES TABULATED ACCORDING TO AGE.

Under I year. i 2 3 4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-34 35-44 45-64 65 and over.
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ANALYSIS OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND DEATHS.

Diseases. Total cases notified. Cases admitted to Hospital. Total Deaths.

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Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year, 1937. England and Wales, London 125 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)

	England and Wales	125 County Boro's and Great Towns including London	148 smaller Towns (Resident Populations 25,000 to 50,000 at 1931 Census)	London Administrative County	Chingford

Age periods.	NEW CASES.				DEATHS.
	Respiratory.		Non-Respiratory.		Respiratory.		Non-Respiratory.
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

Live Births		Total	M.	^F	Birth Rate per 1,000 of estimated resident population: 16.3
	Legitimate	574	306	268
	Illegitimate	16	10	6

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Vital Statistics

Table of Birth and Death Rates

The number of specimens examined at the laboratory was as follows:—

Clinics and Treatment Centres.

ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1938.

Table 1.

Table 2.

Table 3.

Table 4. Letters sent out and notices served in connection with Sanitary Matters.

(a) The following table gives information on the action taken for the eradication of bed bugs: —

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.

2.— DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.

Phosphatase Test. During the year the following samples were subjected to Test A, with the results as shown: —

CARCASES INSPECTED AND CONDEMNED.

Immunisation 1937.

The following table shows the percentage of notified cases of scarlet fever removed to hospital during the last five years: —

Cancer. Deaths from Cancer.

200 Sublet Houses (400 flats) in South Chingford. Analysis of Occupants.

Deaths at Various Ages.

Attendances at Child Welfare Centres.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES.

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES TABULATED ACCORDING TO AGE.

ANALYSIS OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES AND DEATHS.

Birth-rates, Death-rates, Analysis of Mortality, Maternal Death-rates, and Case-rates for certain Infectious Diseases in the year, 1937. England and Wales, London 125 Great Towns and 148 Smaller Towns. (Provisional Figures based on Weekly and Quarterly Returns)