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Chingford 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

Published
1957
Pages
48
Tables
33

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33 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    VITAL STATISTICS
    M.F.
  • Page 4
    TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES
    YearPopulationBirthsRate per 1,000 populationDeathsRate per 1,000 populationInfant Mortality
    DeathsRate per 1,000 live births
  • Page 8
    LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMEMT CENTRES, 1957
    ClinicWhere heldWhen held
  • Page 9
    LOCAL CLINICS & TREATMENT CENTRES. 1957 (cont:)
    ClinicWhere heldWhen held
  • Page 11
    the ones previously installed, will be guaranteed for four years
    Item1956/57 (Actual)1957/58 (Estimated)
  • Page 12
    collection and disposal of house and trade refuse cost statement 1956/57
    ItemParticulars 1Collection 2Disposal 3Totals 4Percentage of total gross expenditure 5
  • Page 13
    20, Salvage. Analysis of income and tonnage:
    Income (included in item 2.) £Tonnage Collected (included in item 12.) Tons
  • Page 14
    ANALYSIS OP INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3lst MARCH. 1957
    Year ended 31.3.56.£.s.d.£.s.d.£.s.d.
    £s.d.
  • Page 15
    STREET AND GULLY CLEANSING COST STATEMENT 1956/57
    ItemParticulars 1Street Sweeping and Watering 2Street Gully Cleansing3Total 4Percentage of total gross expenditure 5
  • Page 17
    TABLE 1.
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    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 18
    TABLE 2.
    Visits SaidNuisances or Defects found and dealt with
  • Page 19
    Continued from previous page...
    Visits PaidNuisances or Defects found and dealt with
  • Page 20
    TABLE 3.
  • Page 20
    TABLE 4. Letters sent out and notices served in connection with the work of the Health Department.
  • Page 21
    Housing Act:
  • Page 21
    Inspections of Factories and Other Premises Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)
    Premises 1No. on register 2Inspections 3No. of written notices, 4Occupiers Prosecuted 5
  • Page 23
    NUMBER AND TRADE OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED DURING 1956.
  • Page 28
    Samples taken during the year 1956.
    ArticleNumber ExaminedTotalResult of Analysis
    FormalInformalGenuineNon-genuine
  • Page 29
    Continued from previous page...
    ArticleNumber ExaminedTotalResult of Analysis
    FormalInformalGenuineNon-genuine
  • Page 29
    Legal Proceedings, Four cases were taken before the Magistrates under the Act in relation to the following offences:-
    OffenceSectionResult
  • Page 31
    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, 1956.
    CattleCalvesSheepPigs
  • Page 32
    CONDEMNED FOOD TINNED AND BOTTLED
    ArticleQuantity
  • Page 33
    Ice Cream.
  • Page 34
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 35
    The following table indicates the cases notified during the past five years and the percentage of cases removed to hospital:-
    l9521953195419551956
  • Page 37
    CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR -GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1956
    Causes of death .MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 38
    Continued from previous page...
    Causes of death (continued)MalesFemalesTotal
  • Page 38
    DEATHS FROM CANCER There were 78 deaths from cancer, of which 70 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years. The following chart tabulates the sites, age and sex groups.
    Site0-44 years45 years and oversTotal
    M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 39
    TUBERCULOSIS
    NEW CASESTRANSFERSDEATHS
    RespiratoryNon-RespiratoryRespiratoryNon-RespiratoryRespiratoryNon-Respiratory
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 40
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (after correction)
    YearScarlet FeverErysipelasMeaslesWhooping CoughTuberculosisDysenteryPuerperal PyrexiaPneumoniaMeningococcal InfectionAcute PoliomyelitisAcute Infective EncephalitisTyphoid or Para-Typhoid FeverFood PoisoningMalaria
    PulmonaryOther forms
  • Page 41
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASES TABULATED ACCORDING TO AGE (after correction)
    DiseasesUnder 1 year12345-910 - 1415 - 1920 - 3435-4445 - 6465 & overTotals
  • Page 41
    ANALYSIS OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (after correction)
    DiseasesTotal casesTotal admitted to hospital