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Chiswick 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chiswick]

Published
1926
Pages
114
Tables
55

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55 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    2—EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF THE YEAR.
    Total.Male.Female
  • Page 5
    Comparison of Vital Statistics.
    Birth Rate.Death Rate.Infantile Mortality.
  • Page 9
    MORTALITY IN AGE GROUPS DURING 1925.
    Deaths.
  • Page 12
    (a) Expenditure for year ended 31 st December, 1925:—
    Unemployed Relief.Ordinary Relief.Total.
  • Page 13
    TABLE I. Vital Statistics of Whole District During 1925 and Previous Years.
    Year.Population.Nett Births.Nett Deaths Belonging to the District.
    Under 1 year of Age.At all Ages.
    NumberRate.
    Number.Rate per 1,000 Nett Births.Number.Rate.
  • Page 14
    TABI.E II. CAUSES OF DEATH AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1925.
    Cause of Death.Males.Females.
  • Page 15
    TABLE III. CHISWICK URBAN DISTRICT. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1925. Net. Deaths from, stated causes at various ages under one year.
    Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1—3 months.3—6 months.6—9 months.9—12 months.Total under 1 year.
  • Page 19
    specifically with Maternity and Child Welfare Work, and the Report on the School Medical Service.
    Description.Address.When Held.Provided by
  • Page 28
    Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 29
    2—Defects Found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. i Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 37
    URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CHISWICK. House to H ouse I nspection, 1925, T able of D efects, &c., and P opulation.
    STREET OR ROAD.No. of Inspections.Houses Let in 2 Tenements.Houses Let in 3 Tenements.Houses Let in 3 or more Tenements.No. of Inhabitants.Average No. ofNUISANCES AND SANITARY DEFECTS DISCOVERED AND REMEDIED.
    Adults.Children.TOTAL.No. of Living Rooms.No. of Sleeping Rooms.Persons per House, including Children.Living and Sleeping Rooms per house.Defective Drains.Defective Connections.Choked Drains.Defective Soil Pipes and DrainDefective Inspections Cham-Defective Fresh Air Inlets.Absence of and Defective andDefective Water-Closets.Defective Water Supply toLeaky Roofs.Defective Eaves Guttering.Defective Waste, Rain-Water Pipes, etc.Dampness in Walls, Floors, etc.Insufficient Ashpits.Defective Paving of Yards, Outhouses, etc.Premises requiring Repairing and Cleansing.Improper Situation, Construction, etc., of Drinking Water Cisterns.Overcrowding.Nuisance from keeping Animals.Accumulation of Stagnant Water.Accumulation of Offensive Matter.Other Defects.
  • Page 41
    Record of Slaughterhouses in the District.
    In 1920.In January, 1925.In December, 1925.
  • Page 42
    I am indebted to Mr. E. Robinson, Chief Officer, Public Control Department for the County, for the undermentioned particulars relative to samples taken in the Urban District of Chiswick during the year 1925 :—
    Article.No. Taken.No. Adulterated.
  • Page 46
    PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY. The examinations made at the Council's Laboratory during the past year, were as under:—
    Suspected Disease.Result.Totals.
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 49
    A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
    Disease.Total Cases Notified.Cases admitted to Hospital.Total Deaths.
  • Page 50
    B .—TUBERCULOSIS.
    Ace-Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    Male.F'maleMale.F'maleMale.F'maleMale.F'male
  • Page 50
    C.—OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    Cases.Vision Unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    NotifiedTreated.
    At Home.In Hospital
  • Page 51
    D.—AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1925.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.
    At Ages—Years.
    At all Ages.under 112345 and under 1010 and under 1515 and under 2020 and under 3535 and under 4545 and under 6565 and over
  • Page 52
    E.—ANALYSIS OF DEATHS FROM NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR 1925.
    Notifiable Disease.Total Deaths.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years. f
    Under 112345 and under 1010 and under 1515 and under 2020 and under 3535 and under 4545 and under 6565 and over
  • Page 53
    F.—CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1925, CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
    Notifiable Disease.Old Chiswick.Chiswick Park.Turnham Green.Bedford Park.Gunners-bury.Grove Park.
  • Page 54
    G—TABLE SHEWING NUMBER OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE LAST TEN YEARS.
    Notifiable Disease.1916191719181919192019211922192319241925
  • Page 56
    The following table shews the treatment obtained in other Institutions for children on the register of the Clinics:—
    Chiswick Hospital.Other Hospitals.
  • Page 57
    SUMMARY OE WORK AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINICS, 1925.
    Clinics Held on Thursdays.Clinics Held on Fridays.Total.Totals in 1924.
  • Page 62
    some idea of the usefulness of the Day Nursery may be gathered from the following summary:—
    Month 1925.Number of Children.Number of Whole-Day Attendances.Number of Half-Day Attendances.
  • Page 67
    " The following table records the work done at the Clinic since its inception:—
    1919192019211922192319241925
  • Page 73
    The accommodation for children in the Schools in 1925, was as follows:—
  • Page 76
    A better idea of this condition of the children will be found in the following Table, which is made from the School Nurses' Reports at their Personal Hygiene Examinations :—
    School.No. of visits made by Nurses.No. of Examinations.Cases of U ncleanli-ness.
  • Page 80
    Crippling Defects.- The following table of children Suffring from these defects was Complied with help of the Head Teachers o f the Schools:—
    Case.Age.Disease.Remarks.
  • Page 80
    The following children are suffering from Heart Disease in a crippling degree:—
    Case.Age.Disease.
  • Page 81
    Table showing exclusions from School of children suffering from infectious and contagious diseases:—
    Disease.January.February.March.April.May.June.July.August.September.October.November.December.
  • Page 82
    Table of children attending Minor Ailment Clinic for infectious diseases:—
    January.February.March.April.May.June.July.September.October.November.December.Total.Contacts and Convalescents.
  • Page 84
    If the weekly income, exclusive of rent, insurance and travelling expenses of the wage earners to and from work, per head of the family
    is more than 9s. and less than 15s.is 15s. or more.
  • Page 84
    In September, the charge for dental treatment was reduced to one shilling. The income derived from these contributing fees, compared with that for 1923 and 1924, is shown thus:—
    1925.1923.1924.
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 84
    ( a ) Minor Ailment Clinic. —This Clinic is held in the Town Hall Buildings adjoining the Public Health Department. Sessions are held each morning (except Sunday) and on Mondays and Thursdays, special inspections are held to which parents are invited. The work done in the Clinic during the year is indicated in the following table:—•
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  • Page 86
    An analysis of the 154 cases examined by Retinoscopy is shown below:—
  • Page 87
    Continued from previous page...
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    (d) Degree of Visual Acuity (when unequal, the acuity of the worse eye):—
    Less than
    6/66/96/126/186/246/366/606/60
  • Page 87
    (e) Varieties of Refractive Errors:—
  • Page 88
    TABDE I.
    1923.1924.1925.
  • Page 89
    Table II. Referred Cases —1925.
  • Page 93
    They arrange for the attendance at the Clinic for medical examination of children who are going to a Holiday Home, and for those who are applying for Employment Cards. The Legal proceedings taken under the School Attendance Bye-laws, 1925, are shown below:—
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act Under Which Charged.Fined.
  • Page 94
    continued from previous page
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act Under Which Charged.Fined.
  • Page 95
    Blind Children.
    AgeInstitution.Charge to Local Authority.contribution by Parent.
  • Page 96
    Deaf Children.
    AgeInstitution.Charge to Local Authority.Contribution by Parent.
  • Page 96
    Mentally Defective Children. There are no Special Schools in Chiswick for the teaching of these children, but in Hogarth Senior Boys', Hogarth Girls' and Strand Boys' Schools, classes are arranged for these children together with those who are mentally retarded. In the following table some of those classified as "mentally retarded" are children who are probably "mentally deficient," but whose condition has not yet been definitely diagnosed:—
    Mentally Deficient.Mentally Retarded.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
  • Page 99
    LEGAL PROCEEDINGS DURING 1925 Re THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS.
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act Under which Charged.Pined.
  • Page 101
    TABI.E I.—RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1925.
  • Page 102
    TABLE II—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAE INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 3 1 ST DECEMBER, 1925.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    Number of Defects.Number of Defects.
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 103
    TABLE II—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31 st DECEMBER, 1925 —contd.
    Defect or Disease.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.
    Number of Defects.Number of Defects.
    Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring Treatment.Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 104
    TABLE 11(6)—NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLI-NESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    Group.Number of Children.Percentage of Children found to Require Treatment.
    Inspected.Found to Require Treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 105
    TABLE III—RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA DURING THE YEAR ENDING 3 1 ST DECEMBER, 1925.
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 106
    TABLE III— contd.
    Boys.Girls.Total.
  • Page 107
    Treatment Table. Group I.— Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group V).
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects Treated, or Under Treatment, during Year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
    (l)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 110
    TABLE IV. Group IV— continued.