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Chingford 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
- Published
- 1956
- Pages
- 50
- Tables
- 29
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TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
Year Population Births Rate per 1,000 population Deaths Rate per 1,000 population Infant Mortality Deaths Rate per 1,000 live births -
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1956
Clinic Where held When held -
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. 1956 (cont:)
Clinic Where held When held -
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Maintenance costs were again low as indicated in the following table:-
Item 1955/56 (Actual) 1956/57 (Estimated) -
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COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1955/56
Item Particulars Collection Disposal Totals Percentage of total gross expenditure 1 2 3 4 5 -
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COST STATEMENT 1955-56
Item Particulars Street Sweeping and Watering Street Gully Cleansing Total Percentage of total grosa expenditure 1 2 3 4 5 -
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TABLE 1.
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TABLE 2.
Visits Paid Nuisance or Defects found & dealt with. -
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Visits Paid. Nuisances or Defects found & Dealt with. -
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TABLE 3.
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TABLE 4.
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Inspections of Factories and Other Premises . Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health, (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors).
Premises Number on register Inspections Number of Written Notices. Occupiers Prosecuted. 1 2 3 4 5 -
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Graded Milks - The following table shows the licenses granted during the year for the sale of milk under the special designations, as provided by the above Regulations,
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Samples taken during the Year 1955.
Article Number Examined Total Result of Analysis Formal Informal. Genuine Non-Genuine. -
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Articles Number Examined Total Result of analysis Formal Informal Genuine Non-Genuine -
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Five cases were taken before the Magistrates under the Act in relation to the following offences:-
Offence Section Result -
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There is one private licensed slaughterhouse in the Borough and twenty-six butchers, and the following table shows the number of animals slaughtered and inspected up to the 31st December, 1955.
Cattle Calves Sheep Pigs. -
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The results are itemised below and it is pleasing to note that the majority of the samples were in Grade 1.
Grade 1. Grade 11. Grade 111. 29 4 2 No. Type. Colonies per ml.on Agar @ 37°C in 48 hours Coli-form Test 3 Tubes Bact. Coli 3 Tubes Ministry Grade. -
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The following table indicates the cases notified during the past five years and the precentage of cases removed to hospital
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 -
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1955
Causes of death Males Females Total -
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CAUSES OF DEATH (continued)
Causes of death Males Females Total -
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The following chart tabulates the sites, age and sex groups.
Site 0-44 years 45 years and over Total M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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TUBERCULOSIS
NEW CASES TRANSFERS DEATHS Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory Respiratory Non-Respiratory M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (after correction)
Year Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Erysipelas Measles Whooping Cough Tuberculosis Dysentery Puerperal Pyrexia Pneumonia Meningococcal Infection Acute Poliomyelitis Acute Polio-Encephalitis Acute Infective Encephalitis Typhoid or Para-Typhoid Fever Food Poisoning Malaria Pulmonary Other forms -
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NOTIFIABLE DISEASES TABULATED ACCORDING TO AGE (after correction)
Diseases Under 1 year 1 2 3 4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 34 35-44 45-64 65 & over Totals -
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ANALYSIS OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (after correction)
Diseases Total cases Total admitted to hospital