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Brentford and Chiswick 1934

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

Published
1935
Pages
122
Tables
70

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  • Page 8
    2.—EXTRACTS FROM VITAL STATISTICS OF YEAR.
    Live Births-TotalM.F.
  • Page 11
    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 14
    TABLE I. Causes of Death as supplied by the Registrar-General FOR THE YEAR 1934.
    Cause of Death.Males.Females.
  • Page 15
    TABLE II. Infantile Mortality during the Year 1934. Net deaths front 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 18
    TABLE of CLINICS and TREATMENT CENTRES.
    Description.Address.When Held.Provided by
  • Page 19
    SUMMARY OF WORK AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINICS, 1934.
    BRENTFORD AREA.CHISWICK AREA.Grand Totals, 1934.Grand Totals, 1933.
    Wednesday Clinics.Friday Clinics.*Total.Wednesday Clinics.Thursday Clinics.Friday Clinics.Total.
  • Page 21
    Miss M. M. Loretz, the Dental Surgeon, submits the following particulars of the work carried out:—
  • Page 22
    Continued from previous page...
  • Page 22
    There is no change from the last report in the arrangements made at this Clinic. During the year the following cases were dealt with:—
    Deformity.Attended during year.Discharged.
  • Page 24
    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 27
    An analysis of " other causes " may be made as follows :—
    Causes connected with parturition.Other.Presumably preventable by Ante-Natal care.Attended local Ante-Natal Clinic.
  • Page 30
    Number of Visits paid during the Year by all Health Visitors.
  • Page 31
    The following table sets out particulars of registration during the year :—
  • Page 38
    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 38
    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)
  • Page -
    BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK. HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSPECTION DURING THE YEAR 1934.
    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 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 Water Cisterns.Premises requiring Repairing and Cleansing.Overcrowding.Nuisances from Keeping Animals, etc.1 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 42
    Work under Housing Act, 1930 (included above) showing Position at 31st December, 1934.
    Number of dwelling-houses demolished.Number of dwelling houses made fit.No. of persons r displaced.
    From demolished . houses.To abate overcrowding
    Unfit houses.Other louses.
  • Page 48
    A.— NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEAR.
    Disease.Total Cases notified.Cases admitted to HospitalTotal Deaths.
  • Page 48
    B.— OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    Cases notified.Cases treated at Home.Cases treated in HospitalVision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
  • Page 49
    C.— AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934.
    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 50
    D.— CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934, CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
    Notifiable Disease.Number of cases notified
    Brentford EastBrentford CentralBrentford WestBedford ParkChiswick ParkGrove ParkGunners-buryOld ChiswickTurnham Green
  • Page 51
    E.— TUBERCULOSIS.
    Age Periods.New Cases.Deaths.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
  • Page 54
    Cancer: Deaths during the year classified in Age Groups.
    Age GroupsTotal
    25/35 years35/45 years45/55 years55/65 years65/75 yearsOver 75 years
  • Page 54
    Cancer: Main Seats of Disease as indicated in Deaths during 1934.
    OrganMale.FemaleTotal
  • Page 56
    The following table sets out a record of the bacteriological work during the year, all of which was carried out in the Council's Laboratory
    Suspected Disease.Result.Totals.
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 60
    The nominal accommodation for children in the schools in 1934 was as follows:—
    Brentford Schools.Accommodation
  • Page 61
    Chiswick Schools.
  • Page 63
    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 64
    The following table shows the exclusions from school for conditions connected with defective personal hygiene:—
    Verminous condition.impetigoScabies.Ringworm.
  • Page 64
    (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 65
    Non-Pulmonary.
    Localisation.Routine.Special.Total.
    Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation.Requiring treatment.To be kept under observation.
  • Page 66
    TABLE SHOWING THE EXCLUSION OF CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL ON ACCOUNT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Month.Scarlet FeverDiphtheriaChicken PoxMeaslesWhooping CoughMumpsInfluenza
  • Page 67
    CHILDREN ATTENDING MINOR AILMENT CLINICS SUFFERING FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Chicken Pox.Measles.Whooping Cough.Mumps.Influenza.German Measles.
  • Page 68
    The prevalence of infectious disease in the schools, compared with that of the six previous years, is shewn in the following table:—
    1928192919301931193219331934
  • Page 69
    The following table shews how these figures compare with those of the seven previous years and it will be noted that there has been a steady improvement.
    1927 Per cent.1928 Per cent.1929 Per cent.1930 Per cent.1931 Per cent.1932 Per cent.1933 Per cent.1934 Per cent.
  • Page 69
    If the weekly income, exclusive of expenses as set out above, per head of the family
    is more than 9/- and less is 15/-than 15/- or more
    s.d.s.d.
  • Page 70
    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 70
    The income derived from these contributing fees, com pared with the three previous years, is shown thus:—
    1934193319321931
    £s.d.£s.d.£s.d.£s.d.
  • Page 70
    The work done in the Clinics during the year is indicated in the following table:—
  • Page 71
    Dr. Forbes has kindly supplied me particulars to prepare the following table of all elementary school children from this district who attended his Clinic during 1934:—
    Initials of child.Age.Sex.Localisation of disease.Where treated.
  • Page 76
    TABLE SHOWING THE CASES TREATED AT THE ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC DURING THE YEAR.
    Deformity or Disease.School Children.M. & C. Welfare Children.
    Attended during year.Discharged.Attended during year.Discharged
  • Page 77
    The Hospital treatment obtained for the children is shown as follows:—
    In-PatientOut-Patient
    RheumatismHeart DiseaseChoreaRheumatismHeart DiseaseChorea
  • Page 80
    Legal Proceedings taken under the School Attendance Byelaws during the year are shewn in the following Table:—
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act.Fine.
  • Page 83
    Those sent to Special Schools during the year are shown in the following Table :—
    InstitutionCharge to Local Authority per annumContribution by Parents per week
  • Page 84
    The following table is made from the data given by the Head Teachers of the Schools:—
    School.MentallyDeficient.MentallyRetarded.
    Boys.Girls.Boys.Girls.
  • Page 85
    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 87
    L egal Proceedings taken during 1934 for Offences against the employment of school children and Young Persons.
    Initials of Offender.Offence.Act under which summoned.Fine.
  • Page 88
    TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS.
  • Page 89
    TABLE II. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31ST, 1934.
    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 kepi under observation, but not requiring treatment.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 90
    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
    (2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 91
    table ii. 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 92
    TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA DURING YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1934.
  • Page 93
    TABLE III — contd.
  • Page 94
    TABLE III— contd.
  • Page 95
    TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1934. TREATMENT TABLE. Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI.)
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.OtherwiseTotal.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)
  • Page 96
    TABLE IV.— contd. Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Augments—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 96
    Group III.—Treatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects. Received Operative Treatment
    Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or HospitalBy Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's SchemeTotalReceived other forms of TreatmentTotal number treated
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)
  • Page 97
    TABLE IV (continued) Group IV.—Orthopaedic and Postural Defects.
    Under the Authority's Scheme. (1)Otherwise (2)Total number treated
    Residential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Non-residential treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic.Residential treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Non-residential treatment at an Orthopaedic Clinic.
  • Page 97
    Group v.—Dental Defects.
  • Page 98
    GROUP V —contd.
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    Group VI.—Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions.
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    The following table indicates the number of cases of the various diseases treated during the year:—
    Disease.Remaining in Hospital March 31st, 1934.Admitted during year.Discharged during year.Died during year.Remaining in Hospital March 31st, 1935.
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    The following are particulars of the cases who died:—
    No.AgeSexDays ill HospitalComplicationsRemarks
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    The seven deaths from diphtheria are recorded as follows:—
    No.Day of Disease when AdmittedDays in Hospital before DeathRemarks
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    Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
    £s.d.
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    The cases admitted to the Hospital in each year since it was opened are as follows:—
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    The 508 cases admitted to the Hospital during the period under review came from the two districts as follows: —
    MonthEalingBrentford and ChiswickTotal
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    Abnormalities in Infants discharged alive.
  • Page -
    Cost of Maintenance, Etc.
    Salaries-£s.d.
  • Page -
    The net cost per patient per week in the last five years have been: -
    £s.d.