[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

Chingford 1958

Published: 1959
Pages: 50
Tables: 33

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SECTION A STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA
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VITAL STATISTICS

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TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES

Year	Pop'n.	Births	Crude rate per 1,000 pop'n	Rate adjd. by area comparability factor	Rate for England and Wales	Deaths	Crude rate per 1,000 pop'n	Rate adjd. by area comparability factor	Rate for England and Wales	Infant Mortality
Year	Pop'n.	Births	Crude rate per 1,000 pop'n	Rate adjd. by area comparability factor	Rate for England and Wales	Deaths	Crude rate per 1,000 pop'n	Rate adjd. by area comparability factor	Rate for England and Wales	Deaths	Rate per 1,000 live births	Rate for England and Wales

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The Home Nursing Services are administered by the Essex County Council. Maternity nursing and midwifery cases, in addition to a large number of general nursing visits, have been undertaken.
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See table of clinics on pages 8 and 9. Child Welfare Centres
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LOCAL CLINICS JLND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1959

Clinic Where held When held
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1959 fcont:)

Clinic Where held When held
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Repairs items for the year 1958/59 show a decrease due to the fact that repainting of the three vehicles was not carried out.

Item 1958/59 (Actual) 1959/60 (Estimated)
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COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1958/59

Item Particulars Collection Disposal Totals Percentage of total gross expenditure
1 2 3 4 5
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^ • OPERATIONAL STATISTICS
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Year ended 31.3.58 ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 1959

£. s. d. £. s. d. £. S. d.
£. s. d.
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STREET AND GULLY GLflAIglJNG COST STATEMENT 1958/59

Item Particulars Street Sweeping and Watering Street Gully Cleansing Total Percentage of total gross expenditure
1 2 3 4 5
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TABLE 1
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The visits numbered 7669 as compared with 7300 in the previous year, and the defects dealt with numbered 1060 as compared with 1232 in 1957. TABLE 2.

Visits Paid Nuisances or Defects found and dealt with
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Visits Paid Nuisances or Defects found and dealt with
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TABLE 3
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TABLE 4 Letters sent out and notices served in connection with the work of the Health Department.
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Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)

Premises No, on Register Inspections No, of written notices OccupiersProsecuted
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The following table gives information as to the applications which were received for Certificates of disrepair up to the 31st December 1958. It will be seen that the number of applications was small and that in all cases but three the appropriate Undertakings were given by the landlords.
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Samples taken during the year 1958

Article Number Examined Total Result of Analysis
Formal Informal Genuine Non-genuine
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Artiole Number Examined Total Result of Analysis
Formal Informal Genuine Non-genuine
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Three cases were taken before the Magistrates under the Act in relation to the following offences:-

Offence Section Result
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Inspection of Meat and Other Foods, Public Health (Meat) Regulations 1924-52. 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 1958,

Cattle Calves Sheep Pigs
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During the year thirty-three samples of ice cream, as set out below, 6 samples of water from the swimming pool and 4 samples of milk weresubmitted to the Laboratory.

Ice Cream
Grade 1 Grade 11
32 1
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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No. Type Colonies per ml. on Agar @ 37°C in 48 hours Colifarm Test 3 tubes Bact. Coli 3 tubes Ministry Grade
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1958

Causes of death Males Females Total
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DEATHS from CANCER There were 91 deaths from cancer, of which 84 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years. 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	Erysipelas	Measles	Whooping Cough	Tuberculosis		Dysentery	Puerperal Pyrexia	Pneumonia	Meningococcal Infection	Acute Poliomyelitis	Acute Infective Encephalitis	Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever	Food Poisoning	Malaria
Year	Scarlet Fever	Erysipelas	Measles	Whooping Cough	Pulmonary	Other forms	Dysentery	Puerperal Pyrexia	Pneumonia	Meningococcal Infection	Acute Poliomyelitis	Acute Infective Encephalitis	Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever	Food Poisoning	Malaria

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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

Ice Cream
Grade 1			Grade 11
32			1
No.	Type	Colonies per ml, on Agar @ 37°C in 48 hours	Coli form Test 3 tubes	Bact, Coli 3 tubes	Ministry Grade

	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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SECTION A STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OP THE AREA

VITAL STATISTICS

TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES

The Home Nursing Services are administered by the Essex County Council. Maternity nursing and midwifery cases, in addition to a large number of general nursing visits, have been undertaken.

See table of clinics on pages 8 and 9. Child Welfare Centres

LOCAL CLINICS JLND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1959

LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1959 fcont:)

Repairs items for the year 1958/59 show a decrease due to the fact that repainting of the three vehicles was not carried out.

COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1958/59

^ • OPERATIONAL STATISTICS

Year ended 31.3.58 ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 1959

STREET AND GULLY GLflAIglJNG COST STATEMENT 1958/59

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TABLE 1

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The visits numbered 7669 as compared with 7300 in the previous year, and the defects dealt with numbered 1060 as compared with 1232 in 1957. TABLE 2.

Continued from previous page...

TABLE 3

TABLE 4 Letters sent out and notices served in connection with the work of the Health Department.

Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)

The following table gives information as to the applications which were received for Certificates of disrepair up to the 31st December 1958. It will be seen that the number of applications was small and that in all cases but three the appropriate Undertakings were given by the landlords.

Samples taken during the year 1958

Continued from previous page...

Three cases were taken before the Magistrates under the Act in relation to the following offences:-

Inspection of Meat and Other Foods, Public Health (Meat) Regulations 1924-52. 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 1958,

During the year thirty-three samples of ice cream, as set out below, 6 samples of water from the swimming pool and 4 samples of milk weresubmitted to the Laboratory.

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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1958

DEATHS from CANCER There were 91 deaths from cancer, of which 84 occurred in persons over the age of 45 years. The following chart tabulates the sites, age and sex groups.

TUBERCULOSIS

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (after correction)

NOTIFIABLE DISEASES TABULATED ACCORDING TO AGE (after correction)

ANALYSIS OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (after correction)