[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]

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STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1952

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VARIOUS DISEASES: Cases and Deaths.

	Cases	Case rate per 1,000 population	Deaths	Death rate per 1,000 populatior

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The age distribution of cases was as follows:-

Age	Male	Female	Age	Male	Female

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FOOD POISONING. Corrected notifications - Quarterly.

1st Quarter	2nd Quarter	3rd Quarter	4th Quarter	TOTAL

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Notifications of Tuberculosis.

Resniratorv			Non-Respiratory
Year	Number	Rate per 1000 population	Number	Rate per 1000 population

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Particulars are given below regarding the various types of heat treated milk which were sampled during the year and submitted to the appropriate tests.

Type of Milk	Number sampled	Results of Examination
	Number sampled	Phosphatase Test		Methylene Blue Test		Turbidity Test
		Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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BIOLOGICAL TESTS

Type of Milk	Number examined	Result
Type of Milk	Number examined	Positive	Negative

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The adulteration in the Borough for the past five years was as follows:-

Year.	Number of Samples.	Percentage Adulteration

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The milk adulteration in the Borough for the past five years was as follows:-

Year.	Number of Samples.	Percentage Adulteration

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ACTION TAKEN ON ADULTERATED SAMPLES.

Unofficial

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Carcases Inspected and Condemned.

	Cattle excluding cows	Cows	Calves	Sheep and Lambs	Pigs	Horses	Goats

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1.-INSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH MADE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS.

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

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2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND. (if defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")

Particulars	Number of cases in which defects were found				Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted
	Found	Remedied	Referred
	Found	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector	By H.M. Inspector

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FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 19^8, Sections 110 and 111. Part VIII of the Act OUTWORK.

Nature of Work	No. of outworkers in August list required by Section 110.	No. of cases of default in sending lists to the Council.	No. of prosecutions for failure to supply lists.	No. of instances of work in unwholesome premises.	Notices served.	Prosecutions.

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CONDEMNED POODS.

Item	Quantity	Item	Quantity

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Continued from previous page...

Item	Quantity	Item	Quantity

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Ice Cream Two hundred and five samples of ice cream were taken by the Sanitary Inspectors for bacteriological examination during the year, with the following result.

Grade	Number of Samples

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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 19 4 9 . STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1952.

	Type of Property.
	Local Authority (1)	Dwelling Houses (2)	Agricultural. (3)	All others (including business premises (4)	Total (5)

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FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926. Particulars are given below of 5 official and 10 unofficial samples which were taken during the year.

Type of sample	No. of samples taken	Analysis agreed	Analysis disagreed

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The classification of defect is based on the one prescribed by the Ministry of Education for School Children (in order to enable comparisons to be made).

Defect	No. of children in which found

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Attendances at all the Child Welfare Sessions (including the Toddlers' Clinics) are set out below for the period 1949-1952:-

	Children under 1 Year				Children 1-5 Years
	1949	1950	1951	1952	1949	1950	1951	1952

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Children under 5 Years.

	Sunlight	Massage	Exercises

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Place of Birth and Deaths under 1 month.

	Number of Infants				Number died within 24 hours				Number died within 28 days				Number survived 28 days
	1949	1950	1951	1952	1949	1950	1951	1952	1949	1950	1951	1952	1949	1950	1951	1952

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STATISTICS (a) Numbers provided with dental care.

	Examined	Needing Treatment	Treated	Made dentally fit

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(b) Forms of dental treatment provided.

	Extractions	Anaesthet ics		Fillings	Scallngs or Scaling and gum treatment.	Silver Nitrate treatment.	Dressings	Radiographs	Dentures provided
		Loc.	Gen.						Dentures provided
		Loc.	Gen.						Complete	Partial

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The following table shows the average attendance at the Day Nurseries during the year:-

Nursery	No. of Approved Places	Average Daily Attendance
Nursery	No. of Approved Places	Under 2 yrs.	Over 2 yrs.	Total

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(b) Convalescence. The following are comDarative fieures of the cases sent for convalescence luring the period 1949/1952:-

Children under 5 years.	1949	1950	1951	1952

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The following are the statistics for 1952 which have been published by the Registrar General:-

	For West Ham	For England & Wales

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Number of Live Births in Maternity Units in the Borough.

Hospital	West Ham Residents	Total Live Births

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Midwives attending at Domiciliary Confinements.

Source	Number (or equivalent number) of midwives on 31.12.52.	Number of Live Births

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The home visits paid by the Health Visitors during the past year are set out below:-

	First Visits 1952.	Total Visits 1952.

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Summary of work carried out by all Home Nurses within the Borough.

Total Cases attended.	Total number of visits paid.	Average number of visits per case.

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The progress made in building up the service can be seen from the comparative annual figures:-

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Statistics relating to the types and proportions of cases treated are set out below:-

	1949		1950			1951			1952
	Total Cases	Total Visits	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Visits	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Visits	Total Cases	New Cases	Total Visits

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Number of persons vaccinated (or re-vaccinated).

Age at date of vaccination	Under 1	1	2-4	5-14	15 or over	Total

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(b) Immunisation.

Age	Completed Full Course		Refresher Doses
Age	Diphtheria only	Combined Whooping Cough & Diphtheria	Diphtheria only	Combined Whopping Cough & Diphtheria

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The following comparative table shows the work carried out by the Service during the years 1951 and 1952:-

Vehicles used	Number of Journeys		Number of patients		Number of accidents and other emergency journeys (included in col. 2)		Mileage
(1)	(2)		(3)		(4)		(5)
	1951	1952	1951	1952	1951	1952	1951	1952

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The following table shows the work done by the Tuberculosis Visitors during the years 1949 to 1952:-

Year	Home Visits	Clinic Sessions attended

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Statistics.

Referrals.			1952	1951

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Sources of Referral (Contd.)

	1952	1951

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During the year 1952, officers were called upon on 307 occasions with the following results:-

Disposal of Cases	M.	F.	Total

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The following table shows the type of care which was received by all defectives remaining on the register at 31st December, 1952:-

	Under age 16		Aged 16 and over		Total
	M.	F.	M.	F.	Total

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Classification of the General Condition of Children assessed at periodic inspections during the years 1950, 1951 and 1952.

Year 1950	No.of children inspected	A		B		C
		(Good)		(Fair)		(Poor)
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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There is a good deal of evidence to show that ringworm of the scalp is a declining disease. The figures for previous years are given for comparison:-

Year	Total number treated	Received x-ray treatment

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The incidence at the present time is 0.01 per cent. It Is interesting to compare this incidence with that of twenty-four to twenty-six years ago.

Year	Number of cases	School Population	Incidence

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At the examinations held at the Grammar and Technical Schools and in connection with the examination of boys for Sea Scholarships, the following results were obtained:-

	Number Examined	Defective	Percentage Defective

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The following is a summary of the children tested and referred for further Investigation:-

	Number Tested	Number Re-tested	Number Defective

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The following figures relate to treatment given to school children during the year:-

	Number Treated	Total Number of treatments given

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Statistics relating to the work of the clinic is as follows:-

	Rheumatic		Nutritional		General Consultative
	School children	M .& C.W.	School children	M.& C.W.	School children	M.& C.W.

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Previous annual reports have shown the steady decline of this infestation from the wartime peak of 2,750 cases in 1942: it is interesting to compare the present incidence with that of the middle years between the wars when the rates were also low. To this end the following table has been compiled:-

Year	Number of cases	School Population	Incidence %

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The results of the repeated failure to obtain an adequate number of full-time dentists and the harmful effects of a depleted service is well shown in the annual returns, which can be given here briefly for comparison year by year:-

	No. of Dentists	Total Attendances	No. of Fillings	No. of Extractions

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APPENDIX I. CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS - 1952. (as supplied by Registrar-General).

Causes of Death.	All Ages		Deaths at different periods of life of residents (civilians) whether occurring within or without the district.
	All Ages		Under 1 Year		1-5 Years		5-15 Years		15^5 Years		25-45 Years		45-65 Years		65-75 Years		75 and upwards
	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F

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APPENDIX II PARTICULARS OF BODIES RECEIVED INTO THE MORTUARY DURING 1952.

Month	Number Received	Males	Females	Over 5 years	Under 5 years	Sent in by Coroner	Sent in by Police	Sent in for Sanitary Reasons	Number of Post-Mortem Examinations	Number of Inquests held

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Number of cases dealt with

TYPE OF WORK	1950	1951	1952

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TABLE I. Return of Medical Inspection

A. Periodic medical inspections
Code Group	No. examined

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TABLE II Classification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age Groups.

Number of	A		B		C
children	(Good)		(Fair)		(Poor)
inspected	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%

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STATISTICAL SUMMARY 1952

VARIOUS DISEASES: Cases and Deaths.

The age distribution of cases was as follows:-

FOOD POISONING. Corrected notifications - Quarterly.

Notifications of Tuberculosis.

Particulars are given below regarding the various types of heat treated milk which were sampled during the year and submitted to the appropriate tests.

BIOLOGICAL TESTS

The adulteration in the Borough for the past five years was as follows:-

The milk adulteration in the Borough for the past five years was as follows:-

ACTION TAKEN ON ADULTERATED SAMPLES.

Carcases Inspected and Condemned.

1.-INSPECTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVISIONS AS TO HEALTH MADE BY SANITARY INSPECTORS.

2.- CASES IN WHICH DEFECTS WERE FOUND. (if defects are discovered at the premises on two, three or more separate occasions they should be reckoned as two, three or more "cases")

FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 19^8, Sections 110 and 111. Part VIII of the Act OUTWORK.

CONDEMNED POODS.

Continued from previous page...

Ice Cream Two hundred and five samples of ice cream were taken by the Sanitary Inspectors for bacteriological examination during the year, with the following result.

PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 19 4 9 . STATISTICS FOR YEAR ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1952.

FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926. Particulars are given below of 5 official and 10 unofficial samples which were taken during the year.

The classification of defect is based on the one prescribed by the Ministry of Education for School Children (in order to enable comparisons to be made).

Attendances at all the Child Welfare Sessions (including the Toddlers' Clinics) are set out below for the period 1949-1952:-

Children under 5 Years.

Place of Birth and Deaths under 1 month.

STATISTICS (a) Numbers provided with dental care.

(b) Forms of dental treatment provided.

The following table shows the average attendance at the Day Nurseries during the year:-

(b) Convalescence. The following are comDarative fieures of the cases sent for convalescence luring the period 1949/1952:-

The following are the statistics for 1952 which have been published by the Registrar General:-

Number of Live Births in Maternity Units in the Borough.

Midwives attending at Domiciliary Confinements.

The home visits paid by the Health Visitors during the past year are set out below:-

Summary of work carried out by all Home Nurses within the Borough.

The progress made in building up the service can be seen from the comparative annual figures:-

Statistics relating to the types and proportions of cases treated are set out below:-

Number of persons vaccinated (or re-vaccinated).

(b) Immunisation.

The following comparative table shows the work carried out by the Service during the years 1951 and 1952:-

The following table shows the work done by the Tuberculosis Visitors during the years 1949 to 1952:-

Statistics.

Sources of Referral (Contd.)

During the year 1952, officers were called upon on 307 occasions with the following results:-

The following table shows the type of care which was received by all defectives remaining on the register at 31st December, 1952:-

Classification of the General Condition of Children assessed at periodic inspections during the years 1950, 1951 and 1952.

There is a good deal of evidence to show that ringworm of the scalp is a declining disease. The figures for previous years are given for comparison:-

The incidence at the present time is 0.01 per cent. It Is interesting to compare this incidence with that of twenty-four to twenty-six years ago.

At the examinations held at the Grammar and Technical Schools and in connection with the examination of boys for Sea Scholarships, the following results were obtained:-

The following is a summary of the children tested and referred for further Investigation:-

The following figures relate to treatment given to school children during the year:-

Statistics relating to the work of the clinic is as follows:-

Previous annual reports have shown the steady decline of this infestation from the wartime peak of 2,750 cases in 1942: it is interesting to compare the present incidence with that of the middle years between the wars when the rates were also low. To this end the following table has been compiled:-

The results of the repeated failure to obtain an adequate number of full-time dentists and the harmful effects of a depleted service is well shown in the annual returns, which can be given here briefly for comparison year by year:-

APPENDIX I. CAUSES OF DEATH IN AGE GROUPS - 1952. (as supplied by Registrar-General).

APPENDIX II PARTICULARS OF BODIES RECEIVED INTO THE MORTUARY DURING 1952.

Number of cases dealt with

TABLE I. Return of Medical Inspection

TABLE II Classification of the General Condition of children inspected during the year in the Periodic Age Groups.

TABLE III Verminous Conditions

TABLE IV. Defects Treated

Group 2. Defective Vision and Squint (excluding minor defects):

TABLE V. Dental Inspection and Treatment