[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hounslow]

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The Research and Intelligence Unit of the Greater London Council has provided estimated populations of all London Boroughs by age groups and those for Hounslow are

Age	Number	Percentage of total

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The number of corrected notifications of infectious diseases received during the year compared with previous years are summarised below

Disease	1968	1967	1966

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The following table shows the percentage vaccinated in this borough together with the equivalent national figures

	Whooping cough	Diphtheria	Poliomyelitis	Smallpox (children under 2)

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South West Middlesex Group Hospital Management Committee West Middlesex Hospital Isleworth

The following are the main hospitals -	Cases Admitted	Approximate No of available staffed beds

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	Cases Admitted	Approximate No of available staffed beds

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The type of case to which service was given is as follows -

	1968	1967

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Attendances at local authority chiropody clinics

Category of patient	F irst attendances			Total

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Domiciliary visits made under the Council s directly-provided chiropody service

Category of patient	First visits		Subsequent	Total
	New cases	Old Cases	visits	visits

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The following statistics relate to women examined at the councils clinics

	1968	1967

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Bedfont F P A clinic

	1968	1967	1966

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	Brentford F P A . clinic				Hounslow F P A. clinic (contde)
		1968	1967	1966*		1968	1967	1966

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The examinations carried out during the year were as follows:-

	Special examinations	Re examinations

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Normal deployment of speech therapists Sessions per week

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TABLE 1 Closed Figures, Percentage of Children Moving the Left (L) or Right (R) Hands Clockwise (C) or Anticlockwise (A) When Moving the Hands Singly or Simultaneously

		Normal n=45	Brain damaged n =26
L R	Circle	Angular	Circle	Angular

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TABLE 2 Horizontal Lines Percentage of Children Moving the Left (L) or Right (R) Hand Dextrad (D) or Sinistrad (S) When Moving the Hands Singly or Simultaneously

L R	Normal n=45	Brain damaged n=26

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TABLE 3 Oblique Lines Numbers of Children Making Errors of Direction Single Simultaneous

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Tables are shown which give details of the number of referrals types of problem and action taken on the children referred in 1968 The overall total is less than in 1967 as shown in the table be low

Year	No. of referrals

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The policy for the year has been to greatly extend communication, liaison and co-operation among all who deal with problem children by holding regular meetings at the child guidance centre. It is hoped to further develop this coordination between teachers, psychologists and social workers. Grateful thanks are due to Mr P J Lee and the education department and Dr. R L Lindon and the medical department for all the help and encouragement the service has received

No. of Referrals	Source		Problem		Disposal

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Handicapped Pupils requiring education at Special Schools approved under Section 9 (5) of th; Education Act 1944 or Boarded in Boarding Homes

During the calendar year ended 31st December 1968			Blind	Partially sighted	Deaf	Partially hearing	Physicallyhandicaped	Delicate	Malad]usted	EducationaIly sub-normaI	Epileptic	Speech defects	Total

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			Blind	PartiaIly sighted	Deaf	Partially hearing	Physically handicapped	Delicate	Maladjusted	EducationaIly sub-normal	Epi leptic	Speech defects	Total

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In December 1968 there were 49 delicate children and 51 maladjusted children in the school These came from the following boroughs.

	Boys	Girls	Total

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Martindaie School for the Physically Handicapped

	1965	1966	1967	1968

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Children with spina bifida At 31 st December

	1965	1966	1967	1968

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This day school for educationally sub normal children aged 5-16 years now has accommodation for 200 children. In December there were 187 children and they came from the following authorities,

	Boys	Girls	Total

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The results as recorded by each of the two observers are shown in Table 1. TABLE 1

Number of Children
	No change	Better	Worse

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During the vear the following examinations and assessments were made

MedicalIy assessed	1963	1967

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Present and Future Building Projects

Project	Probable Year of Completion

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STATISTICAL TABLES Table 1 Causes of death at different periods of life for 1968.

Cause of death	Age group Total Under all ages 4 weeks				4 weeks and under 1 year		Age group
	Age group Total Under all ages 4 weeks				4 weeks and under 1 year		1-4		5-14		15-24		25-34		35-44		45-54		55-64		65-74		75 and over
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 1 Continued.

Cause of death	Total all ages		Age group Under 4 weeks		4 weeks and under 1 year		1-4		Age group 5-44		45-24		25-54		35-44		45-54		55-64		65-74		75 and over
Cause of death	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 2 Infant deaths according to age and cause 1968

Cause of death	Age in days Under										Age in months
Cause of death	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7-13	44-20	21-28	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total

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Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious disease 1968

Disease	Total	Age in years Under											65 and over	Age unknown	Cases admitted to hospital
Disease	Total	1	1	2	3	4	5-9	10-14	15-19	20-34	35-44	45-64	65 and over	Age unknown	Cases admitted to hospital

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Table 4 Venereal disease patients treated at West Middlesex Hospital

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Table 5 Ophthalmia Neonatorum

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Table 6 Vaccination and immunisation

	Year of birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of vaccine	1968	1967	1966	1965	1961-64	Others under age 16	Total

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Reinforcing doses - number of persons under age 16

Type of vaccine	Year of birth					Others under age 16	Total
Type of vaccine	1968	1967	1966	1965	1961-64	Others under age 16	Total

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Table 7 Smallpox vaccination of persons aged under 16

Age at date of vaccination	Number of persons vaccinated or revaccinated during 1968
Age at date of vaccination	Number vaccinated	Number revaccinated

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Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1968

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Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1968

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Table 10 Health Visiting

Number of visits paid by Health Visitors during 1968	First visits	Total visits

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Table 11 Home Nursing

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Table 12 Home Help

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Table 13 New cases of Tuberculosis notified formally or otherwise to the Medical Officer of Health and Deaths ascribed to Tuberculosis during 1968

Age in years	New cases				Deaths
	PuImonary		Non-puImonary		PuImonary		Non-puImonary
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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Table 14 Tuberculosis Summary of the work of chest clinics

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Table 15 Ante-natal and post-natal clinics

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Table 16 Ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes

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Table 18 Child welfare centres

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Table 17 Care of premature infants

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Table 19 Day nurseries provided by the Borough Council as at 31st December 1968

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Table 20 Mother and Baby Homes Provided by Voluntary Organisations with which the Borough Council made arrangements under Section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1946

Name and address of Home	Number of beds
Name and address of Home	Total	Cots

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Table 21 Priority Dental Service Expectant and nursing mothers and pre-school children

Number of cases			Number of persons examined during the year

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Admissions				Average length of stay in weeks
Total number of women admitted'		Number of admissions for which the Council accepted financial responsibility		Ante-natal		Post-natal	Shelter

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Table 22 Mentally disordered patients under the care of the Borough at 31st December 1968

Mentally ill						Sub-normal and severely sub-normal
Under age 16				Aged 16 and over		Under age 16			Aged 16 and over
M			F	M	F	Total	M	F	M	F	Total

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Table 23 Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December 1968

Mentally ill					Sub-normal and severely sub-normal
Referred by	Under age 16		Aged 16 and over			Under age 16		Aged 16 and over
Referred by	M	F	M	F	Total	M	F	M	F	Total

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Table 24 Work of mental health social workers during 1968

Mental illness		Mental subnormality

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Table 25 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 -Report for 12 months ended 31st December 1968

Properties other than sewers	Type of property Non-AgricuItural	Agricultural

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Table A. Registration and General Inspections

Class of Premises	Number of premises newly registered during the year		Total number of registered premises at end of yeir	Number of registered premises receiving one or more general inspections during the year

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Table 26 Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 - Annual Report for 1968 Continued

Premises			Number on Register	Inspections	Number of Written notices	Occupiers prosecuted

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Table 27 continued Outwork - Part VIII of the Act

Nature of work			Section 133		Section 134
No. of Outworkers in August list required by Section 133 (1) 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 unwholesome premises	Notices served	Prosecutions

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Table 28 Meteorology Extract from records supplied by the Chief Engineer, Mogden Sewage Works

Week ending 1968		Barometer Highest	Lowest	Temperature (C°)		Days with rainfalI	Total painfull (inches)
Week ending 1968		Barometer Highest	Lowest	Max	Min	Days with rainfalI	Total painfull (inches)

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Table 28 continued

Week ending 1968	Barometer Highest	Lowest	Temperature (C^o)		Days with rainfa11	Total rainfall (inches)
Week ending 1968	Barometer Highest	Lowest	Max	Min	Days with rainfa11	Total rainfall (inches)

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Table 29 Wind direction

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Table 30 Medical inspection of pupils attending maintained primary and secondary schools (including nursery and special schools) Periodic medical inspections

Age groups inspected (by year of birth)	No. of pupils who have received a full medical examination		Physical condition of pupils inspected
			Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

For defective vision (excluding squint)	For any other condition	Total individual pupiIs	Age groups inspected (by year of birth)

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Table 32 Treatment known to have been provided by the Council at HospitaLs, etc.

Condition	No. of cases known to have been dealt with

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Table 33 Infestation with Vermin

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Table 34 Dental Inspection and Treatment

	Number of Age 5-9	pupiIs Age 10-14	Age 15 and over	Total

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List of Clinics held in the Borough at 31st December, 1968 Except for child health and minor ailments attendance at all clinics is by appointment

Promiacs	Child Heallh	Antenatal	Cervical Cytslogy	Immunisation	Chiropody	DentaI	SchooI	Minor Ai Iments	Ophthalmic & orthoptic	Or tho- paedic	Physio-therapy	Speech Allergy Therapy	MentaI Health CounseIline	Child Otology Psych- ia try	CerebraI Palsy

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List of Clinics held in the Borough at 31st December, 1968 - continued

Premises	Child Health	Antena tal	Cervical Cytology	Immunisation	Chiropody	Dental	School Minor AiIments	OphthaImic & orthoptic	Orthopaedic	Physiotherapy	Speech Therapy	Allergy	Mental HeaIth Couns-eIling	Child Psychiatry	Otology	CerebraI PaIsy

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Hounslow 1968

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The Research and Intelligence Unit of the Greater London Council has provided estimated populations of all London Boroughs by age groups and those for Hounslow are

The number of corrected notifications of infectious diseases received during the year compared with previous years are summarised below

The following table shows the percentage vaccinated in this borough together with the equivalent national figures

South West Middlesex Group Hospital Management Committee West Middlesex Hospital Isleworth

Continued from previous page...

The type of case to which service was given is as follows -

Attendances at local authority chiropody clinics

Domiciliary visits made under the Council s directly-provided chiropody service

The following statistics relate to women examined at the councils clinics

Bedfont F P A clinic

Continued from previous page...

The examinations carried out during the year were as follows:-

Normal deployment of speech therapists Sessions per week

TABLE 1 Closed Figures, Percentage of Children Moving the Left (L) or Right (R) Hands Clockwise (C) or Anticlockwise (A) When Moving the Hands Singly or Simultaneously

TABLE 2 Horizontal Lines Percentage of Children Moving the Left (L) or Right (R) Hand Dextrad (D) or Sinistrad (S) When Moving the Hands Singly or Simultaneously

TABLE 3 Oblique Lines Numbers of Children Making Errors of Direction Single Simultaneous

Tables are shown which give details of the number of referrals types of problem and action taken on the children referred in 1968 The overall total is less than in 1967 as shown in the table be low

Handicapped Pupils requiring education at Special Schools approved under Section 9 (5) of th; Education Act 1944 or Boarded in Boarding Homes

Continued from previous page...

In December 1968 there were 49 delicate children and 51 maladjusted children in the school These came from the following boroughs.

Martindaie School for the Physically Handicapped

Children with spina bifida At 31 st December

This day school for educationally sub normal children aged 5-16 years now has accommodation for 200 children. In December there were 187 children and they came from the following authorities,

The results as recorded by each of the two observers are shown in Table 1. TABLE 1

During the vear the following examinations and assessments were made

Present and Future Building Projects

STATISTICAL TABLES Table 1 Causes of death at different periods of life for 1968.

Table 1 Continued.

Table 2 Infant deaths according to age and cause 1968

Table 3 Corrected notifications of infectious disease 1968

Table 4 Venereal disease patients treated at West Middlesex Hospital

Table 5 Ophthalmia Neonatorum

Table 6 Vaccination and immunisation

Reinforcing doses - number of persons under age 16

Table 7 Smallpox vaccination of persons aged under 16

Table 9 Deliveries attended by domiciliary midwives during 1968

Table 8 Midwives who notified their intention to practise within the London Borough of Hounslow during the year 1968

Table 10 Health Visiting

Table 11 Home Nursing

Table 12 Home Help

Table 13 New cases of Tuberculosis notified formally or otherwise to the Medical Officer of Health and Deaths ascribed to Tuberculosis during 1968

Table 14 Tuberculosis Summary of the work of chest clinics

Table 15 Ante-natal and post-natal clinics

Table 16 Ante-natal mothercraft and relaxation classes

Table 18 Child welfare centres

Table 17 Care of premature infants

Table 19 Day nurseries provided by the Borough Council as at 31st December 1968

Table 20 Mother and Baby Homes Provided by Voluntary Organisations with which the Borough Council made arrangements under Section 22 of the National Health Service Act 1946

Table 21 Priority Dental Service Expectant and nursing mothers and pre-school children

Continued from previous page...

Table 22 Mentally disordered patients under the care of the Borough at 31st December 1968

Table 23 Number of patients referred during year ended 31st December 1968

Table 24 Work of mental health social workers during 1968

Table 25 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 -Report for 12 months ended 31st December 1968

Table A. Registration and General Inspections

Table 26 Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963 - Annual Report for 1968 Continued

Table 27 continued Outwork - Part VIII of the Act

Table 28 Meteorology Extract from records supplied by the Chief Engineer, Mogden Sewage Works

Table 28 continued

Table 29 Wind direction

Table 30 Medical inspection of pupils attending maintained primary and secondary schools (including nursery and special schools) Periodic medical inspections

Pupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)

Table 32 Treatment known to have been provided by the Council at HospitaLs, etc.

Table 33 Infestation with Vermin

Table 34 Dental Inspection and Treatment

List of Clinics held in the Borough at 31st December, 1968 Except for child health and minor ailments attendance at all clinics is by appointment

List of Clinics held in the Borough at 31st December, 1968 - continued