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Brentford and Chiswick 1939

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

Published
1940
Pages
94
Tables
33

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33 tables in this report

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    VOLUNTARY LADY HELPERS AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINIC (CONTD )
    Chiswick Clinics
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    The following sets out the Birth, Death and Infantile Mortality Rates during the past ten years:-
    YearBirth Rate.Death Rate.Infantile Mortality Rate.
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    TABLE 1. PARTICULARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1939.
    Cause of Death. MalesFemales.
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    Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year.
    CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 week.1-2 weeks.2-3 weeks3-4 weeks.I Total under 4 weeks.1-3 months.3 - 6 months.6-9 months.9-12 months.Total under 1 year.
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    TABLE OF CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
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    SUMMARY OR WORK AT THE MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CLINICS, 1939.
    BRENTFORD AREACHISWICK AREAGrand Totals 1939Grand Totals 1938
    Monday ClinicsWednesday ClinicsTotalWednesday ClinicsThursday ClinicsFriday ClinicsTotal
  • Page 12
    Miss Loretz, the Dental Surgeon, gives the following table of work done for mothers and children attending the Maternity and Child Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinics:-
    ChiswickBrentfordTotal
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    ANTE-NATAL CLINICS
    districtNumber 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.
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    MATERNAL MORTALITY, The following two deaths connected with pregnancy were reported during the year, as under:
    Age.Where died.Cause of Death.If attended Ante-Natal Clinic.
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    The following table shows the number of deaths connected with pregnancy during the last ten years:-
    YearDied from Sepsis.Died from other causes connected with pregnancy.
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    A brief summary of their work during the year is shown in the following Table:-
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    FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. 1. INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors,
    Premises.Number of inspections.Number of written notices.Number of prosecutions.
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    2. DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of prosecutions.
    found.Re-medied.Referred-to H.M. Inspector,
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    WORK UNDER THE HOUSING ACTS, 1930 AND I936 (COPT OP OFFICIAL RETURN) SHOWING POSITION aT 31ST DECEMBER 1939
    Number of dwelling-houses demolishedNumber of persons displaced up to 31st Dec.1939.Number of dwelling-houses made fit
    Unfit HousesOther Houses
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    BOROUGH OF BRENTFORD AND CHISWICK HOUSE-TO-HOUSE INSFECTION DURING THE YEAR 1939
    STREET OR ROADNumber of Inspections.Houses let in two Tenements.Houses let in three Tenements.Houses let in four Tenements. ,Number of InhabitantsNumber 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,Insufficient Ashpits.Defective Paving of Yards, Outhouses, etc,Improper Situation of, or Construction of Drinking Water Cisterns.Premises requiring Repairing and CleanslnegOvercrowding.Nuisances from Keeping Animals, ect.Accsingulations of stagnant WaterAccuma Lations of off enslve Matter Manual, ect.Other Defeecits
    AdultsChildrenTOTALPersons Per House,including Children..Living and Sleeping Rooms per House.
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    A. - NOTIFIABLE DISUSES DURING THE YEAR.
    Disease.Total Cases notified.Cases admitted to Hospitals.Total Deaths.
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    B. - OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
    Cases notified.Cases treated at Home.Cases treated in Hospital.Vision unimpaired.Vision impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
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    C.- AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939.
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED - At Ages - Years.
    At All Ages.Under 1123;45 and under 1010 and under 1515 and under 2020 and under 3535 and under 4545 and under 6565 and over.
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    D.- CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1939. CLASSIFIED IN WARDS.
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASE.NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED
    Brentford East.Brentford Central.Brentford West.Bedford Park.Chiswick Park.Grove Park.Gunners-bury.Old ChiswickTurnham Green.
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    E. - TUBERCULOSIS.
    AGE PERIODSNEW CASESDEATHS.
    Respiratorydon RespiratoryRespiratory 1Non 1 Respiratory
    Male.Female.Male.Female.Male.Female.MaleFemale
  • Page 34
    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.
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    Minor Ailments. The following ailments requiring treatment, classified under this heading were found during the year:-
    Routine Inspections.Special Inspections.Total
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    The health of the children seen, is of a very high standard as can be gauged by the very low incidence of Phlyctenular Conjunctivitis (4 cases), a disease chiefly of malnutrition. The only other case of interest was a pair of male twins with exactly similar eye defeats, such that their glasses were interchangeable. Orthopaedic Report.
    1. Congenital- Defects.SchoolWelfare.
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    TABLE III BLIND CHILDREN. Children who are totally, or almost totally, blind and can only be appropriately taught in a school for blind children.
    Name.AgeAddress.At a Public Elementary School.At another InstitutionAt no School or Institution.
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    DEAF CHILDREN. Children whose hearing is so defective and whose speech and language are so little developed that they require education by methods used by deaf children without naturally acquired speech or language.
    NameAge.Address.At a Public Elementary School.At another InstitutionAt no School or Institution.
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    BOARD OF -EDUCATION. MEDI-CAL INSPECTION RETURNS. TABLE IV. TREATMENT TABLES. IV GROUP IV - MINOR AILMENTS (excluding Uncleanliness for which see Table VI.)
    Disease or Defect.Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
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    GROUP II DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments - Group II)
    Number of Defects dealt with.
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total
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    GROUP 11 (continued)
    Under the Authority's Scheme.Otherwise.Total.
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    GROUP 111 - TRSATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. NUMBER OF DEFECTS.
    Under the Authority's Scheme in Clinic or Hospital.By Private Practitioner or Hospital apart from the Authority's Scheme.TotalReceived other forms of treatment.Total Number Treated.
    12.3.4.1.2.3.4.1.2.13.4.
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    GROUP IV - ORTHOPAEDIC AND POSTURAL DEFECTS.
    Under the Authority's Schemeotherwisetotal number treated
    Residential treatment with education.Residential treatiaent without education.Nonresidential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.Resideatial treatment with education.Residential treatment without education.Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic.
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    TABLE V - DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT.
    (1) Number of children (inspected by the Dentist:- a) Routine age-groups:-
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    TABLE V (continued).
    (5)Half-days devoted to:-Extractions:-
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    TABLE VI - UN CLEAN LINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS.