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

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH, 1961

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The unemployment figures at the end of 1961 of young persons under 18 years of age were as follows:-

	Boys	Girls	Total

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Parks and Open Spaces controlled by the Council

	Area in Acres

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VITAL STATISTICS, 1961

Live Births	VITAL STATISTICS, 1961
Live Births	Total	Male	Female

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The principal causes of death were

	1961	1960	1959	1958	1957	1956	1955

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465 died age 60: including 184 aged 70+, 130 aged 80- and 30 aged 90+ giving a death rate for over age 60 of 8.5. Of total deaths

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The distribution of cancer deaths in sites and ages is shown below. Site of Primary Growth

	Ma1e			Fema1e
	1961	1960	1959	161	1960	1959

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In two consecutive years, one death from tuberculosis has been registered Fifty years ago, in 1912. when compulsory notification of tuberculosis began and when the population of the two districts of Brentford and Chiswick amounted to 56,808, the deaths from this cause were 73, while in the previous year of 1911, the deaths from tuberculosis were 158.

Year	Number of deaths from tuberculosis
Year	Ma1e	Female	Total

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The following information regarding vaccination against smallpox carried out in the Borough during 1961 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer.

Number of persons who during the year were	Age Groups					Total
Number of persons who during the year were	Under 1	1	2-4	5-14	15 & over	Total

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Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1961 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer, and is as follows:-

Number of children who	Age				Total
Number of children who	Under 1	1	2 4	5 - 14	Total

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During the year 123 samples were taken for bacteriological examination and the results obtained are as under:

Grade	Ice Cream			Ice Lollies			Cream Lollies
Grade	Satisfactory	Doubtful	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Doubtful	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Doubtful	Unsatisfactory

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155 contraventions of the above-named Regulations were found and 125 remedied during 1961. Details of these contraventions are as follows:-

Contravention	Found	Remedied

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13 cases were substantiated, the details of which are as follows:-

Complaint	Action taken

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By the courtesy of the Chief Officer, Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, the following details of food sampling within the Borough are available:-

Article	Total samples procured	Unsatisfactory

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The percentage of meals served to daily attendances:-

	January to December 1961
	% of Attendance taking meals	Average number taking meals	Average Attendance

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Visits The total number of visits and revisits made during the year was 5,496 and the following is a summary of these visits.

	Visits	Revisits

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Permanent Housing

	Houses	Flats	Maisonettes	Bunga1ows	Total

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Permanent Housing

	Houses	Flats	Maisonettes	Bungalows	Total

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Details of conversions in 1961 and in total are as follows:-

Conversions	Completed 1961		Total
Conversions	Houses	Flats	Houses	Flats

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Six establishments were inspected under this heading and all were found to be satisfactory for the purpose which was intended.

Purpose	Noo of Licences

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Number and classification of patients visited by the Home Nurses in the Borough during the year are as follows: -

Type of case	Unde r 5 years		5-64 years		65 years and over		Total		Grand Total
Type of case	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	Grand Total

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TABLE I PARTICULARS OF DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR - GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1961

Cause of Death	Ma1es	Fema1es

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TABLE II INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1961 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

	Under 1 day	1 day	2 days	3 days	4 days	5 days	6 days	7-14 days	14 - 21 days	21 - 28 days	1-2 months	2 months	3 months	4 months	5 months	6 months	7 months	8 months	9 months	10 months	11 - 12 months	Total under 1 year

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TABLE III NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1960 AND 1961

Disease	Total cases notified		Cases admitted to hospital		Total Deaths
Disease	1961	1960	1961	I960	1961	1960

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TABLE IV AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1961

Disease	Number of Cases Notified
	At all ages	At ages - years
	At all ages	Under	1	2	3	4	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 65	Over 65

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TABLE V CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1961 CLASSIFIED IN WARDS

Disease	Number of Cases Notified
Disease	Brentford Central	Brentford East	Brentford West	Bedford Park	Ch is wick Park	Grove Park	Gunnersbury	Old Chiswick	Turnham Green	Total Cases

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TABLE VI LABORATORY WORK

Nature of Specimen	Resu1t
Nature of Specimen	Positive	Negative	Total

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TABLE VII TUBERCULOSIS - 1961

Age Groups	New Cases				Deaths
	Respiratory		Non -Respiratory		Respiratory		Non -Respiratory
	Male	Fema1e	Male	Fema1e	Ma1e	Fema1e	Ma1e	Fema1e

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TABLE VIII TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN YEARS

Year	New Cases					Deaths
	Respiratory		Non -Respiratory		Total	Respiratory		Nonrespiratory		Total
	M	F	M	F		M	F	M	F	Total

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TABLE IX TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER - AS AT 31.12.61.

		Pu1monary		Non- PuImonary		Total
		M	F	M	F	M	F

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Cases removed from the Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows: -

Found not to be T . B .		Recovered		Lost sight of		Removed to another area		Died at home		Died at Sanatorium or other Institution		Total

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TABLE X OCCUPATIONS OF CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1959 - 1961

Occupations	1961		1 960		1959
Occupations	M	F	M	F	M	F

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TABLE XI FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Inspections

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	Inspections made	Written Notices	Occupiers Prosecuted

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TABLE XII FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Cases in which Defects were found:

Particulars	Number of Cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	to HMI	by HMI

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TABLE XIII FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Outwork (Sections 110 and 111):

Nature of Work	Section 110			Section 111
Nature of Work	Noo of out -workers in Aug. list required by Section 110(1)(c)	No. of cases of default in sending lists to Council	No. of prosecu-tions for failure to supply lists	No. of instances of work in un -who1e some premises	Notices served	Prosecu-tions

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TABLE XIV ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESULTS DURING 1961 (Expressed as Microgrammes perCubic Metre)

Month	Highest Daily Reading						Monthly Average
	Smoke			Sulphur Dioxide			Smoke			Sulphur Dioxide
	Brentford	Chiswick Heath-field Terrace	Chiswick Staveley Road	Brentford	Chiswick Heath -field Terrace	Chiswick Staveley Road	Brentford	Chiswick Heath-field Terrace	Chiswick Staveley Road	Brentford	Chiswick Heath-field Terrace	Chiswick Staveley Road

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STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE BOROUGH, 1961

The unemployment figures at the end of 1961 of young persons under 18 years of age were as follows:-

Parks and Open Spaces controlled by the Council

VITAL STATISTICS, 1961

The principal causes of death were

465 died age 60: including 184 aged 70+, 130 aged 80- and 30 aged 90+ giving a death rate for over age 60 of 8.5. Of total deaths

The distribution of cancer deaths in sites and ages is shown below. Site of Primary Growth

The following information regarding vaccination against smallpox carried out in the Borough during 1961 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer.

Information concerning immunisation against diphtheria in the Borough during 1961 has been supplied by the Area Medical Officer, and is as follows:-

During the year 123 samples were taken for bacteriological examination and the results obtained are as under:

155 contraventions of the above-named Regulations were found and 125 remedied during 1961. Details of these contraventions are as follows:-

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13 cases were substantiated, the details of which are as follows:-

By the courtesy of the Chief Officer, Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council, the following details of food sampling within the Borough are available:-

The percentage of meals served to daily attendances:-

Visits The total number of visits and revisits made during the year was 5,496 and the following is a summary of these visits.

Permanent Housing

Permanent Housing

Details of conversions in 1961 and in total are as follows:-

Six establishments were inspected under this heading and all were found to be satisfactory for the purpose which was intended.

Number and classification of patients visited by the Home Nurses in the Borough during the year are as follows: -

TABLE I PARTICULARS OF DEATHS AS SUPPLIED BY THE REGISTRAR - GENERAL FOR THE YEAR 1961

TABLE II INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1961 Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year

TABLE III NOTIFIABLE DISEASES DURING THE YEARS 1960 AND 1961

TABLE IV AGES OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1961

TABLE V CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1961 CLASSIFIED IN WARDS

TABLE VI LABORATORY WORK

TABLE VII TUBERCULOSIS - 1961

TABLE VIII TUBERCULOSIS CASES IN YEARS

TABLE IX TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER - AS AT 31.12.61.

Cases removed from the Register shown under (e) are accounted for as follows: -

TABLE X OCCUPATIONS OF CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEARS 1959 - 1961

TABLE XI FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Inspections

TABLE XII FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Cases in which Defects were found:

TABLE XIII FACTORIES ACT, 1937 Outwork (Sections 110 and 111):

TABLE XIV ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESULTS DURING 1961 (Expressed as Microgrammes perCubic Metre)