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Brentford and Chiswick 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brentford and Chiswick]

Published
1934
Pages
124
Tables
61

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  • Page 7
    2— EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF YEAR.
    Total.M.F.
  • Page 8
    COMPARISON OF VITAL STATISTICS.
    Birth Rate.Death Rate.Infant Mortality.
  • Page 9
    The following tables are of interest:— Mortality in Age Groups.
  • Page 9
    Further analysis of this figure shews the following:—
  • Page 10
    The following table sets out the Birth, Death and Infantile Mortality Rates since the date of amalgamation of Brentford and Chiswick.
    Year.Birth Rate.Death Rate.Infantile Mortality.
  • Page 12
    TABLE I. Causes of Death as supplied by the Registrar-General for the year 1933.
    Cause of Death.Males.Females.
  • Page 13
    Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.
    Cause of Death.Under one week.1—2 weeks.2—3 weeks.3—4 weeks.Total under 4 weeks.1—3 months3—6 months6—9 months9—12 months.Total under 1 year.
  • Page 16
    TABLE of CLINICS and TREATMENT CENTRES.
    Description.Address.WhenHeld.Provided by
  • Page 18
    SUMMARY OF WORK AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINICS, 1933.
    BRENTFORD AREA.CHISWICK AREA.Grand Totals, 1933.Grand Totals, 1932.
    Monday Clinics.*Wednesday Clinics.Total.Wednesday Clinics.Thursday Clinics.Friday Clinics.Total.
  • Page 21
    ANTE-NATAL CLINICS.
    District.Number of clinics held during year.Number of expectant mothers attending for the first time.Total number of expectant mothers attending.Number of post-natal mothers attending.Total number of attendances made.Average attendance per session.
  • Page 22
    The following cases were treated:
  • Page 23
    Treatment and advice was found to be necessary in the following cases attending the Chiswick Clinic:—
  • Page 24
    Miss M. M. Loretz, the Dental Surgeon, submits the following particulars of the work carried out:—
  • Page 26
    The following table shews the nature of the deformity or disease treated:—
    Deformity.Attended during year.Discharged.
  • Page 33
    1.—Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of inspections.Number of written notices.Number of prosecutions.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 33
    2. —Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
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    BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION DURING THE YEAR 1933.
    STREET OR ROAD.Number of Inspections.Houses let in two Tenements.Houses let in three Tenements.Houses let in four Tenements.Number of Inhabitants.Number of Living Rooms.Number of Sleeping Rooms.Average Number ofNUISANCES AND SANITARY DEFECTS.
    Defective Drains.Defective Connections.Choked Drains.Defective Soil Pipes and i Drain Ventilators.Defective Fresh Air Inlets.Absence of, and Broken Manhole Covers, etc.Absence of, and Leaky and Defective Sinks.Defective Water-closets.Water Supply to W.C.'s.Leaky Roofs.Defective Eaves Guttering.Defective Waste, Rainwater Pipes, etc.Dampness in Walls, Floors, etc.Insufficient Ashpits.Defective Paving of Yards, Outhouses, etc.Improper Situation of, or Construction of Drinking W7ater Cisterns.Premises requiring Repair- and Cleansing.Overcrowding.Nuisances from Keeping Animals, etc.Accumulations of Stagnant Water.Accumulations of Offensive Matter, Manure, etc.Other Defects.
    Adults.Children.TOTAL.Persons per House, including Children.Living and Sleeping Rooms per House.
  • Page 39
    Work under Housing Act, 1930 (included above) showing Position at 31st December, 1933.
    (1)Number of dwelling-houses demolished.Number of dwelling- houses made fit. (4)No. of persons displaced.
    Unfit houses. (2)Other houses. (3)From demolished houses. (5)To abate overcrowding (6)
  • Page 45
    A.—NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
    Disease.Total Cases notified.Cases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths.
  • Page 45
    B.—OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    notified.Cases treated at Home.Cases treated in HospitalVision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
  • Page 46
    C.—AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1933.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.
    At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
    Under 112345 and under 1010 and under 1515 and under 2020 and under 3535 and under 4545 and under 6565 and over.
  • Page 47
    D.—TUBERCULOSIS.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    MaleF'maleMaleF'malej MaleF'maleMaleF'male
  • Page 50
    The following table sets out a record of the bacteriological work, all of which, except the Widal tests, was carried out in the Council's Laboratory :
    Suspected Disease.Result.Totals.
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 53
    The nominal accommodation for children in the schools in 1933 was as follows:—
    Brentford Schools. Acxommodation
  • Page 56
    The progress made in this part of the work is shown in the following table:—
    Total number of examinations made by School Nurses.Number of individual children found to be unclean.Average number of visits per school made during the year by School Nurses.
  • Page 56
    The following table shows the exclusions from school for conditions connected with defective personal hygiene:—
    Verminous condition.ImpetigoScabies.Ringworm.
  • Page 56
    (b) Minor Ailments (vide Table II and Table IV, Group 1).—The following ailments, classified under this heading, were found during the year :—
    Ailment.Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.Total.
  • Page 57
    N on-Pulmonary.
    Localisation.Routine.Special.
    Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation.Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation.Total.
  • Page 58
    TABLE SHOWING THE CHILDREN EXCLUDED FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Month.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaChicken Pox.MeaslesWhooping Cough.M'mpsInfluenza
  • Page 59
    CHILDREN ATTENDING MINOR AILMENT CLINICS SUFFERING FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Scarlet Fever.Dip(-)t(-)eria.C(-)icken Pox.Measles.W(-)ooping Coug(-).Mumps.Influenza.German Measles.
  • Page 60
    The prevalence of infectious disease in the schools, compared with that of the five previous years, is shewn in the following table:—
    192819291930193119321933
  • Page 61
    The following table shews how these figures compare with those of the six previous years :—
    1933. Per cent.1932. Per cent.1931. Per cent.1930. Per cent.1929. Per cent.1928. Per cent.1927. Per cent.
  • Page 61
    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 9/- and less than 15/-is 15/-or more
  • Page 62
    The following table shows the scale of charges for Orthopaedic treatment:-
    Family Income,Charge to be made for treatment in Hospital.Charge to be made for treatment at School Clinic.
  • Page 62
    The income derived from these contributing fees, compared with the three previous years, is shown thus:—
    1933.1932.1931.1930.
    1s.d.f.s.d.f.s.d.f ts.d.
  • Page 62
    The work done in the Clinics during the year is indicated in the following table:—
  • Page 67
    (i) Orthopaedics : The following table of crippled children was completed with the aid of the Head Teachers:—
  • Page 68
    The following tabulated statement indicates the work that is being carried out at this clinic:—
    Deformity or Disease.School Children.m. & C. Welfare Children.
    Attended during year.Discharged .Attended during year.Discharged.
  • Page 72
    Legal Proceedings taken under the School Attendance Byelaws during the year 1933 are shewn in the following Table
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act.Fine.
  • Page 75
    Those sent to Special Schools are shown in the following Table
    Institution.Charge to Local Authority per annum.Contribution by Parents per week.
  • Page 76
    The following table is made from the data given by the Head Teachers of the Schools:—
    School.Mentally Deficient.Mentally Retarded.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
  • Page 77
    I am indebted to Dr. Laval, of the Middlesex County Council Committee for the Care of the Mentally Defective under Section 2 (2) of the Mental Deficiency Act, for the following table :—
    Initials.Sex.Date notified.Institution or Guardianship.
  • Page 79
    Legal Proceedings taken during 1933 for Offences against the employment of school children and Young Persons.
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act under which summoned.Fine.
  • Page 82
    TABLE II. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 3 1ST, 1933.
    Defect or Disease.Routine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
    Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.Tobekep. under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 83
    TABLE II.— contd.
    Defect or Disease.Routine InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    No. of Defects.No. of Defects.
    Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 84
    TABLE II. B.—NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN FOUND AT ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION TO REQUIRE TREATMENT (EXCLUDING UNCLEANLINESS AND DENTAL DISEASES).
    Group.Number of children inspected.Number of children found to require treatment.Percentage of children found to require treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 85
    TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA DURING YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1933.
  • Page 86
    TABLE III— contd.
  • Page 87
    TABLE III— contd.
  • Page 88
    Group i.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for WHICH SEE group V.)
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal.
  • Page 89
    TABLE IV.— contd. Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments—Group I.)
    Defect or Disease.Number of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Submitted to refraction by private practitioner or at Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 89
    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat.
    Received Operative TreatmentReceived other forms of TreatmentTotal number treated
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or HospitalBy Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's SchemeTotal
    (1)(2)(3)(4) •(5)
  • Page -
    The following table indicates the number of cases of the various diseases treated during the year:—
    Disease.Remaining in Hospital March 31st, 1933.Admitted during year.Discharged during year.Died during year.Remaining in Hospital March 31st, 1934.
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    The incidence of the actual cases of scarlet fever in the various age-groups was as follows:-
    1-5 yrs.5-15 yrs.15-25 yrs.25-35 yrs.35-45 yrs.Over 45 yrs
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    They were as follows:
    No.AgeSexDays in HospitalComplicationsRemarks
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    The incidence of actual cases in age-groups was as follows:—
    1-5 yrs.5-10 yrs.10-15 yrs.15-25 yrs.25-45 yrs.Over 45 yrs
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    Deaths. —There were ten deaths from diphtheria, giving a case mortality of 6.49 per cent. They are recorded as follows:—
    No.Day of Disease when AdmittedDays in Hospital before DeathRemarks
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    Continued from previous page...
    Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
    £s.d.
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    The cases admitted to the hospital in successive years since its opening have been as follows:-
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    The 509 cases admitted to hospital during the period under review came from the two districts as follows:—
    MonthBrentford
    Ealingand ChiswickTotal
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    Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
    £s.d.