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Carshalton 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]
- Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 66
- Tables
- 54
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1957. (Based on the Registrar-General's Figures.)
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TABLE 1. ESTIMATED HOME POPULATION, MID-1957, BY WARDS.
Ward Dwellings at Mid-1957 Estimated Population Mid-1957 -
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Ward Live Births Birth Rate per 1,000 Population Stillbirths Stillbirth Rate per 1,000 total births -
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Out of 721 total births, 559 took place in the following hospitals and nursing homes:—
Live Still Total -
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TABLE 2. BIRTHS, 1957—DOMICILIARY AND OTHERS—BY WARDS.
Ward Born in District Born outside District Grand Total In Hosp. and Nursing Homes In Private Dwellings Total In Hosp. and Nursing Homes In Private Dwellings Total -
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TABLE 3. BIRTH AND DEATH RATES FOR CARSHALTON, 1922-1957.
Year Population (Registrar-General's) Birth Rate Death Rate Infant Mortality Rate Maternal Mortality Rate -
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TABLE 4. COMPARATIVE STATISTICS—1957.
England and Wales Carshalton -
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COMPARATIVE HEALTH STATISTICS, 1934/57.
Year England and Wales Carshalton England and Wales Carshalton England and Wales Carshalton -
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WARD DEATH RATES AND MEAN AGE AT DEATH, 1957.
Ward Deaths Death Rate (crude) Mean Age at Death -
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CANCER DEATHS—WARD DISTRIBUTION, 1957.
Ward Cancer Deaths Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population -
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TABLE 5. CANCER DEATHS, 1957.
Group Site Affected Male Female Total -
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Only three deaths were due to this disease, a record low shared with the year 1955. The death rates from this cause for the last twenty years were as follows :—
Year Deaths from Tuberculosis Death Rate per 1,000 Population Year Deaths from Tuberculosis Death Rate per 1,000 Population -
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TABLE 6. INFANT MORTALITY—WARD DISTRIBUTION.
Ward Infant Deaths Rate per 1,000 Live Births -
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TABLE 7. INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1957. Deaths Classified as to Cause and Age at Death.
Cause of death Under 1 week 1—2 weeks 2—3 weeks 3—4 weeks Total under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 3 mths. 3 mths. and under 6 mths. 6 mths. and under 9 mths. 9 mths. and under 12 mths. Total deaths under 1 year -
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TABLE 8–CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1957 –By Age and Sex
No. Causes of Death 0 – 1 – 5 – 15 – 25 – 35 – 45 – 55 – 65 – 75 – All Ages M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. PnsH. -
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The following summary of water examinations is provided by courtesy of the Company's resident analyst.
Sample Total No. of Bacteriological Examinations Total No. of full Chemical Analyses No. and % of samples showing Coli-Aerogenes in 100 ml. (excluding B. Coli 1) No. and % of sample showing B. Coli present in 100 ml. of sample (Type 1) Total No. Coli-Aero-genes Organisms in 100 ml. of sample No. % No. % -
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During the year, sixty-eight premises were treated for the destruction of vermin and insect pests as follows :—
Infestation Property Treated by C.U.D.C. Property Treated Total C.U.D.C. Property S.C.C. Property L.C.C. Property Privately Owned Property By L.C.C. By Owners -
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Deposit Gauges
Gauge Total Rainfall (in inches) Total Solids. Tons per sq. mile Highest Monthly Reading Lowest Monthly Reading Average Monthly Reading -
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Gauge A Gauge B Gauge C Month Rainfall in ins. Total Solids (Tons per sq. mile) Rainfall in ins. Total Solids (Tons per sq. mile) Rainfall in ins. Total Solids (Tons per sq. mile) -
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Smoke and Atmospheric Sulphur Dioxide
Month Smoke (Milligrams per 100 cubic metres) S.O,2. (Parts per 100 million) Highest Daily Reading Lowest Daily Reading Average Daily Reading Highest Daily Reading Lowest Daily Reading Average Daily Reading -
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and the other in November. The results are shown in the following table, together with the three previous years :—
May Treatment November Treatment 1954 1955 1956 1957 1954 1955 1956 1957 -
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The following table gives a summary of the registers :—
Employees Premises Males Females Total -
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1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors).
Premises Number on Number of Inspec- Written Occupiers (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
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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 are reckoned as two, three or more "cases").
Premises Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Referred Found Remedied To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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outworks (section 110 and 111)
Nature of Works Section 110 Section 111 No. of outworkers in Aug. list required by Sect. 110(1) (C) 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 prem-mises Notices served Prosecutions (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) -
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Schemes in various stages of preparation were as follows :—
Site No. Site Type of Dwelling No. -
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The known position in respect of statutory overcrowding at the beginning and end of the year was as follows :—
Ward Dwellings overcrowded at 31/12/56 Dwellings found overcrowded during 1957 Dwellings de-crowded during 1957 Dwellings remaining overcrowded at 31/12/57 Overcrowded cases remedied during 1957 Formal Action Informal Action Total -
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The new cases in the last ten years and the known overcrowded dwellings at the respective year ends were as follows :—
Year New Cases Cases at Year End Year New Cases Cases at Year End -
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The number of Milk Distributors registered is 18. Designated licences issued during the year were as follows :—
Designation Number of Distributors Holding Licences No. of Licences in force on 31/12/57 -
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Classification of the milk samples and the results of the tests are as follows :—
Designation under which sold No. of samples Methylene Blue Test Phosphatase Test Turbidity Test Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Unsatisfactory -
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As will be seen the high standard is being maintained.
Year No. of samples Grade 1 2 3 4 -
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Analyses of Food and Drugs The following 303 samples of food and drugs were submitted to the Public Analyst with the results indicated:—
Article No. Aldulter-ated or otherwise irregular Article No. Aldulter-ated or otherwise irregular -
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The quality of the six poor samples was as follows:—
Milk Fat Non Fatty Solids Legal Standard -
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Inspection of Food The following quantities of food found to be unsound, diseased or unwholesome and unfit for human food were surrendered and destroyed or so disposed of as to prevent them from being used for human food :—
lbs. ozs. lbs. ozs. -
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TABLE 9. INSPECTION OF FOOD PREMISES AND ACTION TAKEN.
Nature of Business Number of premises Number of premises registered under Section 16 of Food & Drugs Act Number of inspections made Sanitary accommodation Food storage and preparation rooms Accumulations removed Repaired Cleansed and/or decorated Lighting provided Ventilation provided Wash-basins provided Water supply provided Wash your Hands Notices Repaired Cleansed and/or decorated Lighting provided Ventilation provided Washing facilities for food and equipment provided First-aid equipment provided Accommodation for clothing provided -
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The number of persons recorded as having received successful vac cination during the year was as follows:—
Age at 31st December, 1957 i.e. born in Under 1 yr 1957 1-4 yrs 1953-6 5-14 yrs 1943-52 15 yrs & over 1942 and earlier Total -
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TABLE 10. SCARLET FEVER—DISTRIBUTION OF CASES, 1957.
1957 St Helier North St. Helier South Ward Southwest Total St. Helier West North-East Northwest Central South-East -
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TABLE 11. SCARLET FEVER—MULTIPLE CASES, 1957.
Ward No. of houses in which occurred Total Houses Total Cases 1 Case 2 Cases 3 Cases -
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In 1957, 651 resident children received a primary course of treatment as follows:—
Age at 31/12/57 i.e. born in year Under 1 year 1957 1 year 1956 2 years 1955 3 years 1954 4 years 1953 5-9 years 1948-52 10-14 years 1943-47 Total under 15 yrs. -
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Number of Children at 31st December, 1957, who had completed a course of immunisation at any time before that date (i .e. at any time since 1/1/43).
Age at 31/12/57 i.e. Born in Year Under 1 1957 1-4 1953-1956 5-9 1948-1952 10-14 1943-1947 Under 15 Total -
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The following table shows the estimated percentage of children immunised at each year end since 1935, when the Council's scheme was inaugurated and the incidence of diphtheria in the resident population.
Year Percentage of Children Immunised at year end Incidence of Diphtheria 0-5 Years 5-15 Years 0-15 Years Cases Attack Rate Per 1,000 Population -
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TABLE 12.— MEASLES WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1957. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalson)
1957 Ward Total St. Helier North St. Helier South St. Helier West North-East Northwest Central South-East Southwest -
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TABLE 13. WHOOPING COUGH—WARD INCIDENCE AND MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION, 1957 (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
1957 Ward Total St. Helier North St. Helier South St. Helier West North-East Northwest Central South-East Southwest -
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All four cases were accompanied by some degree of paralysis. Details were as follows:—
Sex Age Date of Onset Notes and Resultant disability in May, 1958 -
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The number of individuals who by the end of 1957 had received two injections at any time (i.e. in 1956 or 1957) was as follows:—
Age at 31/12/57. i.e. Born in the years 0-4 yrs. 1953-57 5-9 yrs. 1948-52 10-14 yrs. 1943-47 15 yrs. & over Before 1943 Total -
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TABLE 14. CASES OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASE ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, 1957.
Disease Godstone Western Cuddington Wandle Valley Queen Mary's St. Helier Totals -
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TABLE 15. INFECTIOUS DISEASES—NOTIFICATIONS, DEATHS AND DISTRIBUTION. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
Disease Cases notified Case rate per 1,000 population Deaths Distribution by Wards No. of cases removed to Hospital Percentage of cases removed to Hospital St. Helier North St. Helier South St. Helier West North-East Northwest Central South-East Southwest -
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TABLE 16. INFECTIOUS DISEASES—Notification by Age Groups, 1957. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
Disease Total Cases Notified Total Cases at All Ages Under 1 year 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-35 35-45 45-65 65 and over -
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TABLE 17. MONTHLY INCIDENCE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1957. (Excluding hospital patients non-resident in Carshalton)
Disease Jan. Feb. Mar. April May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Total -
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TUBERCULOSIS—WARD DISTRIBUTION. Cases on Register at 31st December, 1957.
Ward Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Incidence per 1,000 population Males Females Males Females -
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The number of tuberculous persons who died during the year was 8, distributed by age groups as follows:—
Age, Years Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total Males Females Males Females -
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The deaths attributable to tuberculosis were 3, as follows:— DEATHS DUE TO TUBERCULOSIS, 1957.
Ward Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Death Rate per 1,000 population Mean age at Death Male Female Male Female -
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TABLE 18. TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases, Age and Sex Distribution and Manner of Admission to Register, 1957.
Age Group Years Primary Notifications "A" Cases transferred from other Districts Cases brought to notice other than by Notification or Transfer Total New Cases Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. -
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Meteorology The following rainfall was recorded at the Council's Pumping Station in Buckhurst Avenue.
Rainfall 1957 Amount in ins. Rainfall 1957 Amount in ins.