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Tottenham 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
- Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 96
- Tables
- 67
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Page 5
Bronchitis and Lung Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 Population
Year Bronchitis Lung Cancer Tottenham England & Wales Tottenham England & Wales -
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Suicide cases over the past 5 years broken down for age and sex.
0-24 25-44 45-64 65-74 75- Total M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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INFANTILE DEATHS IN AGES AND SEXES
Causes of Death DAYS WEEKS Total under 4 weeks MONTHS Total Deaths under 1 Year Males Females 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3- 6- 9- -
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STATISTICS OF TOTTENHAM FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS
Year Population Deaths Death Rate Births Birth Rate Infantile Deaths Infant Death Rate Number of Cases Cancer Deaths Whooping Cough Scarlet Fever Diphtheria Tuberculosis Respiratory Other Forms -
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CLASSIFIED DEATHS OF TOTTENHAM RESIDENTS SHEWING AGE GROUP AND SEX DISTRIBUTION
DISEASE Total Under 1 year 1-4 5-14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65 - 74 75 M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Distribution of New Tuberculosis Cases and Deaths in 1963
Age Groups New Cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female -
Page 11
Ward Distribution of Cases of Tuberculosis on the Register at 31st December, 1963
Ward Estimated Population Male Female Total Rate per 1,000 population Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary -
Page 13
Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases coming to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health during the year 1963 in the Borough of Tottenham, classified according to Disease and Age.
Disease Under 1 1 2 3 4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 -34 35 - 44 45 -64 65 & up Total M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F -
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Prince of Wales's Hospital Time-table of Out-Patient Clinics
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday -
Page 20
AVERAGE RESULTS OF THE CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE WATER SUPPLIED TO THE BOROUGH OF TOTTENHAM FOR THE YEAR 1962 (Milligrams per litre (unless otherwise stated))
Description of the Sample No. of samples Ammonia Nitrogen Albuminoid Nitrogen Oxidised Nitrogen (Nitrate) Chlop= ides as Cl Oxygen abs, from Permanganate 4 brs, at 27°C Turbidity Units Colour m.m brown 2 ft Tube Burgess s Tintometer Hardness (Total) Hardness (non-carbonate) pH Value Phosphate as PO. 4 Silicate as lo2 Sulphate as SO. 4 Fluoride as F Magnesium as Mg. Surface Active Material as Manoxol Sodium as NA Potassium as K Electrical Conductivity (micro-mhos) -
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BACTERIOLOGICAL RESULTS- YEARLY AVERAGES, 1962
BEFORE TREATMENT AFTER TREATMENT Agar plate couni per ml. Collfofm count Escherichia coll count Agar plate count per ml, Coliform count Escherichia coli count Number of samples 20-24 hours at 37°C. 3 days at 22°C. Per cent samples negative in 100 ml. Count per 100ml Pe' cent samples negative in 100 ml. Count per 100 ml. Number of samples 20-24 hours at 37°C. 3 days at 22°C. Per cent samples negative In 100 ml. Per cent samples negative in 100 ml. -
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Inspections Carried out by the Public Health Inspectors (Cont'd.)
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Defects Remedied
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Defects Remedied (Coat'd.)
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Notices Served
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Work carried out in default or by agreement with owners during 1963
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PREMISES TREATED
Houses Other Premises -
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Good co-operation is maintained between the Department and H.M Factories Inspector in matters of mutual interest.
Premises No on Register No of Inspections Written Notices Occupier Prosecuted -
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Summary of defects found in factories
Particulars Number of cases in which defects were found Found Remedied Referred to Factories Inspector Referred by Factories Inspector -
Page 29
The following is a summary of the types of work undertaken by outworkers in the Borough:-
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Page 30
Shops Act, 1959 and Middlesex County Council Act, 1944
Offences Section Fine Costs Total -
Page 33
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RECORD, 1963 (Microgrammes per cubic metre)
Month North Site (Devonshire Hill Library) Central Site (Technical College) South Site (Markfield School) Smoke Sulphur Dioxide Smoke Sulphur Dioxide Smoke Sulphur Dioxide Average Highest Average Highest Average Highest Average Highest Average Highest Average Highest -
Page 36
POST-WAR CLEARANCE AREAS
Area Number of Dwellings Date Represented Inquiry Confirmation Rehousing Occupants Completed Demolition of Premises Completed -
Page 37
Premises the subject of Demolition Orders not demolished as at 31st December, 1963
Premises Date of Order -
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HOUSING ACTS 1936 & 1957 SECTIONS 9 & 10 WORK IN DEFAULT
Year Number of Houses Cost £. s. d. -
Page 40
The total number of food shops as at 31st December, 1963 was 1049, made up as follows:-
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Registered Food Premises At 31st December, 1963 the following premises were registered under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, for the manufacture, storage or sale of ice-cream, or for the preparation of sausages or preserved foods:-
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In addition the following classes of food hawkers and their storage premises are registered under section 11 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1950s-
Articles No of Hawkers Registered No of Storage Premises Registered -
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Other Articles of Food Condemned
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SUMMARY OF CARCASES INSPECTED 1963
Horses Cows Calves Sheep & Lambs Pigs exclud. Sows Sows Goats -
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The following table shows the births notified during the year compared with previous years. The number notified last year was the highest since 1947 and the percentage of hospital confinements was 80,8%.
1963 1962 1961 -
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The following table gives details of attendances at all clinics in the Area:-
Number of sessions held Total Attendances Average Attendance per session A N. P.N. -
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Midwives Ante-natal Clinics The following table shows the attendances made during the year: -
Midwives Clinics Number of sessions held Total number of attendances Average attendance per session -
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The following table of attendances at Mothercraft clinics during the year is the highest over the last four years: -
Clinics Number of sessions held Total number of attendances Average attendance per session -
Page 46
A new clinic is scheduled, but it is a matter of the greatest urgency that adequate accommodation be found to house this clinic during the interim period. The following table shows attendances at the various clinics
Name of Centre Number of sessions held Total attendances Average attendance per session Number of cases seen by M, 0. Number of cases referred elsewhere -
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The following table gives details of attendances at the individual clinics-. -
Name of Centre Number of sessions held Total attendances Number of cases seen by M.O. Average attendance per session -
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Mothers are advised to make alternative arrangements when it is considered that adequate care is not given.
1963 1962 1961 -
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The following table shows the attendances at individual nurseries during the years -
Name of Day Nursery Number of approved places at end of year Number of children on register at end of year Total number of attendances Total Average daily attendances Under 2 2 - 5 Under 2 2 - 5 Under 2 2 - 5 -
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There were no changes in the arrangements for the distribution of these foods during the year:-
Year National Dried Milk (tins) Orange Juice (bottles) Cod Liver Oil (bottles) Vit. A & D Tabs (packets) -
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The following tables give details of treatment: -
1963 1962 1961 Expectant and Nursing Mothers Children under 5 Expectant and Nursing Mothers Children under 5 Expect -ant and Nursing Mothers Children under 5 -
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A table is given below showing the work for the past three years.
1963 1962 1961 -
Page 53
The actual number of visits made by the health visitors this year was as shown in the following table -
Number of visits paid by Health Visitors working in the Area 1963 1962 1961 -
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The sex and age of patients at the time of the nurse's first visit may be classified as follows: -
Age Males Females -
Page 55
The following table records the number of persons known to have been vaccinated or re-vaccinated during the year by general practitioners and clinic medical officers.
Under 1 year 1 year 2-4 years 5-14 years 15 years and over Total -
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There is little doubt that when quadruple vaccine comes into general use the percentage of infants immunised against all four diseases will increase by reason of reducing the number of visits necessary to obtain complete protection and consequently reducing the number of parents who default before the course is finished.
Age at Date of Immunisation Number of Children who completed a full course of Primary Immunisation Diphtheria only Whooping Cough Only Tetanus only Combined Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Combined Diphtheria and Tetanus Combined Diphtheria Tetanus and Whooping Cough Combined Diphtheria Tetanus Whooping Cough and Polio -
Page 56
Oral poliomyelitis vaccine was used mainly during the year and the table below shows the number of persons vaccinated;-
Completed course of two injections using Salk vaccine Completed course of three doses of oral vaccine -
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The following table shows the treatment carried out at clinics during the year;-
Category New cases First attendance during year of old cases Re-attendances Total -
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The following table shows the domiciliary treatment carried out during the year: -
Category New cases Re attendances Total -
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Sessions and attendances were as follows: -
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Page 58
The following table shows details of the cases served during the year:-
Cases provided with help Number of new cases provided with help Number of old cases for which help was continued from 1962 Total number of cases provided with help during the year Total number of cases still being provided with help at end of year -
Page 59
The school population for the Area in 26419, as shown in the following table:-
Kornsey Tottenham -
Page 59
The following table shows the number of children inspected by years of birth and the classification of their physical condition:-
Year of Birth Number of pupils inspected Physical Condition of Pupils Inspected Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Number % Number % -
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The following table shows details of B.C.G. vaccinations during the year:-
School Children Students Total Number % Number % Number % -
Page 62
DENTAL INSPECTIONS AND TREATMENT
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ORTHODONTIC INSPECTIONS AND TREATMENT
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Page 65
Audiometer Tests - Routine
Age Groups 1st Tests sweep or gramophone Re-tests Failures both ears one ear Total % of Column 1 right left (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) -
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Audiometer Tests - Specials
Age First tests Re-Tests Failures both ears One ear Total % of Column 1 right left (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) -
Page 66
A two-day course for health visitors on the early detection of deafness was held during the year.
Number of cases seen: Age in years 0- 1- 2- 3- 4- 5- 6- 7- 8- 9- 10- 11- 12- 13- 4- 15- 164- Total -
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Handicapped Pupils Distribution as at 31st December, 1963
Category In Special Day Schools In Special Residential Schools In Maintained Primary & Secondary Schools In Independent Schools Not at School Total B G B G B G B G B G B G -
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Rheumatism Supervisory Centre Of the children under supervision, twenty made 30 attendances at Dr. I.M. Anderson's Clinic at the Prince of Wales's Hospital, Six of these were new cases, five girls and one boy, and in them the following diagnoses were established: -
Total In Tottenham In Other Areas -
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There were four removals during 1963 leaving 207 children on the register of the Supervisory Centre at the end of the year. These 207 have been classified as follows:-
Total In Tottenham In Other Areas -
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Treatment of two children at the partially-hearing unit, Devonshire Hill, has given a much-appreciated opportunity to co-operate with the teachers of the deaf, under their headmaster, Mr. Brown.
Type of speech disorder Number of children treated Number discharged Remaining Under observation for review ø Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls -
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SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE STATISTICS 19 63 PUPILS FOUND TO REQUIRE TREATMENT AT MEDICAL INSPECTION Number of Individual Pupils found at periodic medical inspections to require treatment (excluding dental diseases and infestations with vermin)
Year of Birth For defective vision (excluding squint) For any of the other conditions recorded Total Individual Pupils -
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Defect Code No. Defect or Disease Periodic Inspections Special Inspections Entrants Leavers Total including all other age groups inspected T o T o T o T o -
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TREATMENT OF PUPILS ATTENDING MAINTAINED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS (INCLUDING NURSERY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS)
Number of cases known to have been treated -
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Classification of other staff No. -
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Area health Staff (Tottenhan and Hornsey).