[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

Chingford 1959

Published: 1960
Pages: 48
Tables: 35

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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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See table of clinics on pages 8 and 9. Child Welfare Centres
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Ante-Natal Clinics
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Women's Welfare Clinic
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(g) School Medical Inspections

No.examined No. referred for:
(a) treatment (b) observation
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1960

Clinic Where held When held
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. 1960 (cont:)

Clinic Where held When held
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The three 24-cell Morrison Electric Trucks used in connection with street cleansing, continue to function satisfactorily. They have now been in continuous use for seven years and have fully justified their provision for the economic and efficient carrying out of this service.

Item 1959/60 (Actual) 1960/61 (Estimated)
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COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AMD TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1959/60.

Item Particulars Collection Disposal Totals Percentage of total gross expenditure
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OPERATIONAL STATISTICS
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ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH. 1960

Year ended 31.3.59
£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. S. d.
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STREET AND GULLY CLEANSING COST STATEMENT 1959/60

Item Particulars Street Sweeping and Watering Street Gully Cleansing Total Percentage of total gross expenditure
1 2 3 4 5
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OPERATIONAL STATISTICS
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TABLE 1
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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 of Factories and Other Premises Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors)

Premises No. on Register Inspections No. of written notices Occupiers Prosecuted
1 2 3 4 5
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Samples taken during the year 1959

Article Number Examined Total Result of Analysis
Formal Informal Genuine Non-genuine
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Article Number Examined Total Result of Analysis
Formal Informal Genuine Non-genuine
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Legal Proceedings Six 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-nine butchers, and the following table shows the number of animals slaughtered and inspected up to the 31st December, 1959.

Cattle Calves Sheep Pigs
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CONDEMNED FOOD TINNED & BOTTLED

Article Quantity Article Quantity
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OTHER FOODS
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Condemnation certificates were issued in respect of the undermentioned home-killed and imported meat and offal:
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Ice Cream

No. Type Colonies per ml. on Agar @ 37° C in 4.8 hours Conform Test 3 tubes Bact. Coli 3 tubes Ministry Grade
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No. Type Colonies per ml. on Agar @ 37ºC in 48 hours Coli from test 3 tubes Bact. Coll 3 Tubes Ministry Grade
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAl FOR The YEAR 1959

Causes of death Males Females Total
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959 (cont:)

Causes of death Males Females Total
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DEATHS FROM CANCER There were 89 deaths from cancer, of which 82 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 Respira tory 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	Typhoid or Paratyphoid 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

	NEW CASES				TRANSFERS				DEATHS
	Respiratory		Non Respiratory		Respiratory		Non Respiratory		Respira tory		Non Respiratory
	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	f.	M.	f.	M.	F.

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TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES

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

Ante-Natal Clinics

Women's Welfare Clinic

(g) School Medical Inspections

LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1960

LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. 1960 (cont:)

The three 24-cell Morrison Electric Trucks used in connection with street cleansing, continue to function satisfactorily. They have now been in continuous use for seven years and have fully justified their provision for the economic and efficient carrying out of this service.

COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AMD TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1959/60.

OPERATIONAL STATISTICS

ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH. 1960

STREET AND GULLY CLEANSING COST STATEMENT 1959/60

OPERATIONAL STATISTICS

TABLE 1

TABLE 2

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TABLE 3

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

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

Samples taken during the year 1959

Continued from previous page...

Legal Proceedings Six 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-nine butchers, and the following table shows the number of animals slaughtered and inspected up to the 31st December, 1959.

CONDEMNED FOOD TINNED &amp; BOTTLED

OTHER FOODS

Condemnation certificates were issued in respect of the undermentioned home-killed and imported meat and offal:

Ice Cream

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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAl FOR The YEAR 1959

CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1959 (cont:)

DEATHS FROM CANCER There were 89 deaths from cancer, of which 82 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)

CONDEMNED FOOD TINNED & BOTTLED