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Brent 1970

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

Published
1971
Pages
92
Tables
100

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100 tables in this report

  • Page 5
    SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS
  • Page 11
    Child Health Clinics
    Clinic sessionsTotal AttendancesSeen by doctorReferred elsewhereAverage attendance per session
  • Page 11
    Ante-natal Clinics
    SessionsAttendancesAverage attendance per session
    Ante-natalPost-natal
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    Clinic Sessions
    SessionsNew CasesTotal AttendancesAverage Attendance Per Session
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    The increase in the number of child minders has placed a considerable burden upon the staff, in time taken in follow-up visits, enquiries and investigations.
    First Effective VisitsTotal Effective VisitsTotal No. AccessTotal Visits as School Nurse
  • Page 18
    The following table illustrates the rapid increase in the number of patients attending the Special Clinic. As can be seen, over the past 5 years, the numbers have doubled.
    YearNumbers Attending
  • Page 18
    The following table shows growth in the number of younger patients (under the age of 24) attending the Special Clinic for the treatment of gonorrhoea.
    Age Years1965196819691970
  • Page 18
    The next table gives a detailed break-down of patients suffering from gonorrhoea who attended the Special Clinic at Central Middlesex Hospital during the year.
    MaleFemale
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    TABLES Table 1
    CAUSES OF DEATHMalesFemalesTotal
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    Continued from previous page...
    MalesFemalesTotal
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    Table 2 MAIN CAUSES OF DEATH AND RATES PER 1,000 POPULATION
    CauseNo.Rate per 1,000 population
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    Table 3 INFANT MORTALITY — CAUSES
    Neonatal1-12 monthsTotal
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    Table 4 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    1970 (1969 in brackets)
    NotifiedConfirmed
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    Table 5 PRIORITY DENTAL SERVICE
    Expectant and Nursing MothersChildren under 5
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    Table 6 DAY NURSERIES: ATTENDANCES
    NurseryApproved placesChildren on register at 31.12.70Attendances for the yearAverage daily attendances
    0—2 years2—5 years0—2 years2—5 years0—2 years2—5 years
  • Page 39
    Table 7 DAY NURSERIES: WAITING LIST
    Nursery1.1.7031.12.70
  • Page 39
    Table 8 MOTHER AND BABY HOME — "BELLEVUE", WILLESDEN LANE
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    Table 9
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    Table 10 Analysis of Malformations Notified
    Code No.ClassificationNumber of casesCode No.ClassificationNumber of cases
  • Page 40
    Table 11 MIDWIFERY SERVICE
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    Table 12 CHIROPODY SERVICE
    By Local AuthorityBy British Red Cross SocietyTotal
  • Page 41
    Number of treatments given during the year.
    By Local AuthorityBy British Red Cross SocietyTotal
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    Table 13 TUBERCULOSIS: NEW CASES AND DEATHS BY AGE GROUPS (Deaths in brackets—figures under respiratory include deaths from late effects)
    Age groupsNew Cases
    RespiratoryNon-respiratory
    MaleFemaleMaleFemale
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    Table 14 TUBERCULOSIS: SUMMARY OF WORK OF WILLESDEN CHEST CLINIC
    PulmonaryNonpulmonaryTotal
    MFMFMF
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    Table 15 TUBERCULOSIS: NOTIFIED CASES AND DEATHS
    YearPopulationNew CasesDeathsCases on Register
    PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll formsPulmonary including late effectsOther TuberculosisAll formsPulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll forms
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    Table 16 TUBERCULOSIS: CASE RATE AND DEATH RATE
    YearPopulationNew Cases Rate per 100,000 PopulationDeaths Rate per 100,000 Population
    PulmonaryNon-pulmonaryAll formsPulmonary including late effectsOther TuberculosisAll forms
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    Table 17 VENEREAL DISEASE Number of New Cases in 1970
    Treatment CentreTotals all Venereal ConditionsSyphilisGonorrhoeaOther Venerea] Conditions
    Primary and SecondaryOther
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    Table 18 MENTAL HEALTH Patients under Local Authority Care at 31st December, 1970
    Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
    Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
    MI-MFMFMF
  • Page 45
    Table 19 Number of Patients Referred During Year Ended 31st December, 1970
    Mentally illSub-normal and severely sub-normal
    Under age 16Aged 16 and overTotalUnder age 16Aged 16 and overTotal
    MFMFMFMF
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    Table 20 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers
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    WELFARE OF THE BLIND Table 21
    Age GroupNo.
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    Table 22 Analysis of Occupations of Blind Persons
    OccupationNo.
  • Page 47
    WELFARE OF THE HANDICAPPED Table 23 Registrations
    AgeSexNumber of persons on register at 31st December, 1970Number of persons whose names were added to the register during the year ended 31st December, 1970
    Deaf with speechDeaf without speechHard of hearingGeneral ClassesTotalDeaf with speechDeaf without speechHard of hearingGeneral ClassesTotal
  • Page 48
    Table 24 General Classes—Analysis of Disabilities
    DisabilityAgeTotal
    Under 1616-2930-4950-6465 and over
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    Table 25 General Classes—Occupational Grouping
    GroupsAgeTotal
    Under 1616-2930-4950-6465 and over
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    SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA Table 26 Inspections and Visits by Public Health Inspectors
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Table 27 Overcrowding
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    Table 28 New Dwellings 1970
    Houses & BungalowsFlats & M's'n'tt's
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    Table 29 Notices Served
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    Table 30 Nuisances Abated and Improvements Effected
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    Continued from previous page...
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    Table 31 Rent Act 1957 Certificates of Disrepair
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    Table 32 CLEAN AIR
    Area No.Date of operationAcreageNo. of dwellingsNo. of other premises
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    Table 33 INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND FOOD PREMISES
    Types of Food PremisesNo.Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960
    No. fitted to comply with Reg. 16 (provision of wash-hand basins)No. to which Reg. 19 applies (facilities for washing food and equipment)No. fitted to comply with Reg. 19
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    Table 34
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    Table 35 FOOD PREMISES: DEFECTS REMEDIED
    DefectsOutstanding at 31.12.69Found during the yearTotalRemedied during yearOutstanding at 31.12.70
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    Table 36 FOOD PREMISES: REGISTRATION
    Premises on register 31.12.69Applications receivedApplications grantedApplications refusedPremises removed from register during 1970Total on register at 31.12.70
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    Table 37 SLAUGHTERHOUSE Carcases Inspected and Condemned
    Cattle excluding CowsCowsCalvesSheep and LambsPigs
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    Table 38 CONTAMINATED FOOD COMPLAINTS
    FoodstuffDirt or Foreign BodiesInsectsMouldSouring or other unfitness
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    Table 39 SAMPLING OF FOOD AND DRUGS
    ArticlesTotal procuredUnsatisfactory
    LabellingComposition
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    Table 40 BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK, ICE CREAM AND WATER Milk examinations —26
    SchoolsDealers' premisesTotal
    PasteurisedPasteurisedSterilisedU.H.T.
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    Table 41 On Register and Inspections
    No. on registerInspectionsWritten noticesOccupiers prosecuted
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    Table 42 Defects Found
    FoundRemediedReferredNo. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
    To H.M. InspectorBy H.M. Inspector
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    Table 43 Outworkers
    Nature of WorkNo. of outworkers in August listNo. of instances of work in unwholesome premisesNotices served
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    Table 44 Registration of Premises and Analysis of Persons Employed
    ClassNo. of premises registered during the yearTotal No. of registered premises at end of yearNo. of persons employed
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    Table 45 Inspections and Visits
    ClassNo. of registered premises receiving general inspection during the yearNumber of visits of all kinds
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    Table 46 Defects and Unsatisfactory Conditions Found and Remedied
    SectionUnsatisfactory conditions or defectsOutstanding 1969Found 1970Remedied during the year
  • Page 60
    Table 47 Accidents Reported 1970
    Class of PremisesTotal
    OfficesRetail ShopsWholesale Shops and WarehousesCatering Establishments and Canteens
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    Table 48 UNCLEANLINESS AND SCABIES
    New cases treatedAttendances
    ScabiesLice and nitsTotalScabiesLice and nitsTotal
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    Table 49 DISINFESTATION
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    Details of illness and length of stay are given below:—
    DiagnosisNo. of ChildrenLength of Stay
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    Audiometry: Children Tested Routine
    Age Group1st TestsRetestsFailuresTotals
    Both EarsOne Ear
    RightLeft
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    Specials
    All Ages1st TestsRetestsFailuresTotals
    Both EarsOne Ear
    RightLeft
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    Chiropody—School Children Treated 1970
    School or ClinicNew Cases1st Attendance this year of old casesRe-attendanceTotal
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    Handicapped Pupils for Year Ended
    19651970
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    RETURN OF HANDICAPPED PUPILS, YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1970 Ascertainment
    CategoryNo. of ascertained Cases known 1st day of yearNo. of New Cases ascertained during yearNo. of ascertained Cases known last day of year
    BGBGBG
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    RETURN OF HANDICAPPED PUPILS, YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1970 Distribution
    CategoryIn Special Day SchoolsIn Special Residential SchoolsIn maintained Primary and Secondary SchoolsIn Independent SchoolsNot at SchoolTotals
    BGBGBGBGBGBG
  • Page 76
    There were 943 children referred to the whole Service in 1970 (compared with 1,000 in 1969 and 919 in 19681. and these can be sub-divided as follows:—
    KingsburyKilburnTotal
  • Page 76
    During 1970 there were 37 formal exclusions from Brent schools compared with 31 in 1969 and 23 in 1968. The numbers were made up as follows:—
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    CHILD GUIDANCE CENTRES Table 1. Referrals
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    Table 2. Sources of Referrals
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    Table 3. Reasons for Referral
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    Table 4. Age Distribution of Referrals
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    SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE Table 5. Reason for Referral to Psychologist
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    Table 6. Disposal of School Psychological Service Cases
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    Table 7. Waiting List for Psychologists at 31.12.70
  • Page 79
    Table 8. Unattached Classes Numbers Attending Remedial Reading Classes in 1970 Bridge Remedial Teacher: Mrs. Zurawski until 31.8.70 Mr. Burden from 1.9.70
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    Granville Remedial Teacher: Mr. Lovell until 13.4.70 Mr. Johnson from 14.4.70
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    Mora Remedial Teacher: Miss Kiverstein
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    Lower Place Remedial Teacher: Mrs. Richmond
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    Sudbury Remedial Teacher: Mrs. Scott
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    Kingsbury Green Remedial Teachers: Mrs. Hyams (Half-time) & Mrs. Chaleb (Half-time)
    BoysGirlsTotal
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    Table A.— Periodic Medical Inspections
    Age Groups inspected (by year of birth)No. of Pupils who have received a full medical examinationPhysical Condition of Pupils InspectedPupils found to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestation with vermin)
    for defective vision (excluding squint)for any other condition recorded at Part IITotal individual pupils
    SatisfactoryUnsatisfactory
    No.No.
    (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)
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    Table B. Other Inspections Notes: —A special inspection is one that is carried out at the special request of a parent, doctor, nurse, teacher or other person. Are-inspection is an inspection arising out of one of the periodic medical inspections or out of a special inspection.
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    Table C. Infestation with Vermin Notes: —All cases of infestation, however slight, are included in Table C. The numbers recorded at (b), (c) and (d) relate to individual pupils, and not to instances of infestation.
  • Page 83
    Table A. Eye Diseases, Defective Vision and Squint
    Number of cases known to have been dealt with
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    Table B. Diseases and Defects of Ear, Nose and Throat
    Number of cases known to have been dealt with
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    Table C. Orthopaedic and Postural Defects
    Number known to have been treated
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    Table D. Diseases of the Skin
    Number of pupils known to have been treated
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    Table E. Child Guidance Treatment
    Number known to have been treated
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    Table F. Speech Therapy
    Number known to have been treated
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    Table G. Other Treatment Given
    Number known to have been dealt with
  • Page 85
    Part II. Defects found by Periodic and Special Medical Inspections during the year
    Defect Code No.Defect or DiseasePeriodic InspectionsSpecial Inspections
    (1)(2)EntrantsLeaversOthersTotal
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    SCHOOL DENTAL SERVICE
    Ages 5 to 9Ages 10 to 14Ages 15 and overTotal
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    Orthodontics
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    Orthodontics
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    Prosthetics
    5 to 910 to 1415 and overTotal
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    inspections
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    Sessions