[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]

Chingford 1960

Published: 1961
Pages: 66
Tables: 35

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TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES

										Infant Mortality
Year	Pop'n	Births	Crude rate per 1,000 pop'n	Rate ad jd. by area comparability , factor	Sate for England and Wales	Deaths	Crude rate per 1,000 pop'n	Bate ad jd. 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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Child Welfare Centres
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(g) School Medical Inspections

No. referred for:
No. examined (a) treatment (b) observation
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1961

Clinic Where held When held
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LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1961 (cont:)

Clinic Where held When held
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They have now been in continuous use for eight years and have fully justified their provision for the economic and efficient carrying out of this service.

Item 1960/61 (Actual) 1961/62 (Estimated)
£ £
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COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1960/61

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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20, Salvage, Analysis of income and tonnage;

Income (included in item 2) Tonnage Collected (included in item 12)
£ Tons
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ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH. 1961

Year ended 31.3.60
£. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d.
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STREET AND GULLY CLEANSING COST STATEMENT 1960/61

Item Particulars Street Sweeping jand Watering Street Gully Cleansing Total Percentage of total gross expenditure
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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
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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 No. of
Inspections written notices Occupiers Prosecuted
1 2 3 4 5

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Cases in which defects were found (if defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)

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OUTWORK

Nature of Work	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of Work	No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 110(l)(c)	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in unwhole some premises	Notices Served	Prosecutions
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)

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Samples taken during the year 1960

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

Offence Section Result
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Ice Cream

Grade I Grade II Grade III Grade IV
28 2 - -
No. Type Colonies per ml. on Agar @ 37°C in 48 hours Coliform Test 3 tubes Bact. Coli 3 Tubes Ministry Grade
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No. Type Colonies per ml. on Agar @ 37º in 48 hours Colifrom 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 percentage of cases removed to hospital:-

1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
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The declining prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the borough is indicated by the following table of new cases for the past 15 years:-

Year: 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953
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Mass Radiography The mass radiography unit visited the borough during September. The following chart gives the full details of this survey:-

Total number X-rayed Male Female Total
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AMONG- OTHER ABNORMALITIES DISCOVERED WERE:
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1960

Causes of death Males Females Total
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CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR I960 ( conts)

Causes of death Males Females Total
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DEATHS FROM CANCER There were 86 deaths from cancer, of which 80 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. 11. 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	Acute Infective Encephalitis
YEAR	Scarlet Fever	Erysipelas	Measles	Whooping Cough	Pulmonary	Other forms	Dysentery	Puerperal Pyrexia	Pneumonia	Meningococcal Infection	Acute Poliomyelitis	Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever	Food Poisoning	Malaria	Acute Infective Encephalitis

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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

Premises	No. on Register	No. of
Premises	No. on Register	Inspections	written notices	Occupiers Prosecuted
1	2	3	4	5

	Grade I	Grade II	Grade III	Grade IV
	28	2	-	-
No.	Type	Colonies per ml. on Agar @ 37°C in 48 hours	Coliform 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.	11.	F.

		No. referred for:
	No. examined	(a) treatment	(b) observation

Item	Particulars	Collection		Disposal		Totals		Percentage of total gross expenditure
	1	2		3		4		5
		£		£		£		%

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TABLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH RATES

Child Welfare Centres

(g) School Medical Inspections

LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1961

LOCAL CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES, 1961 (cont:)

They have now been in continuous use for eight years and have fully justified their provision for the economic and efficient carrying out of this service.

COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL OF HOUSE AND TRADE REFUSE COST STATEMENT 1960/61

OPERATIONAL STATISTICS

20, Salvage, Analysis of income and tonnage;

ANALYSIS OF INCOME FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH. 1961

STREET AND GULLY CLEANSING COST STATEMENT 1960/61

TABLE 1

TABLE 2

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TABLE 3

TABLE 4

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

Cases in which defects were found (if defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")

OUTWORK

Samples taken during the year 1960

Continued from previous page...

Legal Proceedings Seven cases were taken before the Magistrates under the Act in relation to the following offences:

Ice Cream

Continued from previous page...

The following table indicates the cases notified during the past five years and the percentage of cases removed to hospital:-

The declining prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the borough is indicated by the following table of new cases for the past 15 years:-

Mass Radiography The mass radiography unit visited the borough during September. The following chart gives the full details of this survey:-

AMONG- OTHER ABNORMALITIES DISCOVERED WERE:

CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1960

CAUSES OF DEATH AS GIVEN BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR I960 ( conts)

DEATHS FROM CANCER There were 86 deaths from cancer, of which 80 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)