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Camden 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camden]
- Published
- 1969
- Pages
- 110
- Tables
- 77
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VITAL STATISTICS The Registrar General estimates that the mid-year populations were:-
Age 1966 1967 1968 -
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Analyses by age and sex were:-
Male Female Total 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968 -
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Crude birth rates and the same rates adjusted by area comparability factor-
Year Camden England and Wales Crude live birth rate per 1,000 home population Adjusted rate -
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Comparative figures for the years 1966, 1967 and 1968 were as follows:-
Age Male Female Legitimate Illegitimate Legitimate Illegitimate 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968 -
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Death rates were:-
Camden England and Wales 1965 1966 1967 1968 1968 -
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4.3.5.2 Premises registered during the period under review were as follows:-
1967 1968 -
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Dealers' licences issued in 1967 - 1968 were as follows:-
1967 1968] -
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BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF MILK 4.3.7 Bacteriological examination of samples to ensure that the milk sold under special designation complies with the standards required by the Regulations were carried out during the period with the following results:-
Designation Test Not satisfactory Satisfactory -
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REGISTRATION OF PREMISES USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE, STORAGE OR SALE OF ICE CREAM OR FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PRESERVED FOOD 4.3.8 Section 16 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, requires that premises used for the manufacture, storage or sale of ice cream, for the preparation or manufacture of sausages or potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food intended for sale shall be registered for the purpose by the local authority.
1967 1968 -
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4.5.4.1 TOTAL REGISTRATIONS MADE
Since 1st August, 1964 During 1968 -
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4.16.1
Industrial Commercial Domestic Total 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 -
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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT 1933 4.18 Applications received during the period under review for retention or entry on the Council's list of persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List were as follows:-
1967 1968 -
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4.19.1
Type of property Non-agricultural Agricultural 1967 1968 1967 1968 -
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5.1.1 SCABIES
Men Women Children Total -
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5.3.1 The following tables show the total number of persons helped during 1967 and 1968:-
Month No. of persons No. of services 1967 1968 1967 1968 -
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MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT 5.4 The following table shows the work undertaken during the period under review:-
Circumstances Post-mortem examinations Received for viewing or convenience only Total 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 -
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5.6.1
Source 1967 1968 -
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The day-to-day supervision of the midwifery service is now undertaken by a Supervisor of Midwives with one assistant. Notifications of intention to practice in Camden during 1967 and 1968 were received in respect of:-
6.2.2 1967 1968 -
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8.3 COMPARATIVE STATISTICS
Quarter Ended No. of Sessions Average attendance per session Total attendances -
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10.1 ANTE-NATAL AND POST-NATAL SESSIONS
1966 1967 1968 -
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10.2 ANTE-NATAL, MOTHERCRAFT AND RELAXATION SESSIONS
1966 1967 1968 -
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10.3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR IMMIGRANT MOTHERS English Language Classes run by the Inner London Education Authority have continued at Kentish Town Maternal and Child Welfare Centre, but the attendances have fallen:-
1967 1968 -
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10.4 CHILD HEALTH SESSIONS
Year No. of Sessions No. of Children Attending Born in Years - 1966 2, 268 1968 1967 1966 1965 1963-6 1962-5 1961-4 Total Attendances -
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10.5 OCCASIONAL CRECHE SESSIONS
1967 1968 -
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11.1.5 The following figures illustrate the extent of the register:-
Date No. of children under 5 on register No. with diagnosed handicaps -
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12.2.1 The following figures show the number of individuals visited by health visitors in 1966, 1967 and 1968:-
Year Children Born in the Year Persons Aged 65 and Over 1968 1967 1966 1965 1963-6 1962-5 1961-4 -
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15.2 The figures for the years 1965 to 1968 were as follows:- (an * denotes that no comparable figure was available)
Under 5's Mothers -
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TREATMENT 17.5 Details of use made of treatment facilities in 1968 compared with 1967 are given below:-
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PROPHYLAXIS 17.9 The percentage of children seen at routine medical inspections recorded as protected was about the average for the Inner London area and little different from last year.
17.9.1 1968 1967 -
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Applications for meals are normally received from general practitioners, hospitals, geriatric visitors, and district nurses. 21.1.2 The growth of the service is shown by the following figures:-
Year Invalid meals Meals-on-wheels Total -
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STATISTICS 22.3 Treatment figures are summarised below:-
Quarter ending Weekly No. of domiciliary sessions Weekly No. of Clinic sessions Total number of treatments -
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LOAN OF HOME NURSING EQUIPMENT 24.1 The number of items of home nursing equipment lent by the Borough during 1967 and 1968 was again higher than in previous years. Equipment lent included the following:-
Item 1967 1968 -
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26.2 The following figures illustrate the growth of the service since 1965:-
Date Number of Good Neighbours Number of persons receiving service -
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30.2.1 ESTIMATED CHILD POPULATION
Estimated child population Under 1 year old Over 1 year but under 5 years Over 5 years but under 15 years Total under 15 years -
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30.2.2 IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA
Age at 31st December Primary Courses Reinforcing doses Total -
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30.2.5 VACCINATION AGAINST POLIOMYELITIS
Age at 31st December Primary Courses Reinforcing doses Total -
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30.2.6 VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX
Age at 31st December Primary Vaccination Re- vaccination Total -
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The numbers of children vaccinated against measles were:-
Under 1 year (born 1968) Over 1 year but under 5 years (born 1964/67) Over 5 years but under 16 years (bom 1953/63) Total under 16 years -
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31.2 STATISTICS
Date Adults with children Other adults Other children under 5 years Psychiatric Schoolchildren (placed by I.L.E.A.) Adults Children Under 5 years Over 5 years -
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32.7.1 STATISTICS
Date Premises registered Bed accommodation Maternity Medical & surgical Total -
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revised version of the form was introduced by the Department of Health Security for use from 1st January 1969, differing in size and layout from version and fitting neatly into the standard N.H.S. medical record envelope. and Social the original
STATISTICS 1966 1967 1968 -
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TABLE la CAUSES OF DEATH - 1967
Cause of death Sex Total all ages Under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 1 year Age in years J - 5 - 15 - 25 - 35 - 45 - 55 - 65 - 75 and over -
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TABLE la - contd. CAUSES OF DEATH - 1967 - Contd.
Cause of death Sex Total all ages Under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 1 year Age in years 1 - 5 - 15 - 25 - 35 - 45 - 55 - 65 - 75 and over -
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TABLE lb CAUSES OF DEATH - 1968
Cause of death Sex Total all ages Under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 1 year Age in years 1 - 5 - 15 - 25 - 35 - 45 - 55 - 65 - 75 and over -
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TABLE lb - contd. CAUSES OF DEATH - 1968 - contd.
Cause of death Sex Total all ages Under 4 weeks 4 w eeks and under 1 year Age in years 1 - 5 - 15 - 25 - 35 - 45 - 55 - 65 - 75 and over -
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TABLE lb - contd. CAUSES OF DEATH - 1968 - contd.
Cause of death Sex Total all ages Under 4 weeks 4 weeks and under 1 year Age in years 1 - 5 - 15 - 25 - 35 - 45 - 55 - 65 - 75 and over -
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TABLE 2 CAUSES OF DEATH - 1950-1968
Population 264,630 261, 390 261, 250 260,080 257,950 254,270 254,320 251,360 249, 150 246,880 246,790 244,762 243,350 242, 290 243,360 240,970 239,770 238,020 231,680 Causes of Death 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 -
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SUMMARY OF NOTIFIABLE DISEASES 1967 and 1968 TABLE 3
Disease Male Female Total 1967 1968 1967 1968 1967 1968 -
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TUBERCULOSIS - 1967 TABLE 4a
Age periods New cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-Pu lmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F M F M F M F -
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER DURING 1967 TABLE 4b
Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total M F M F -
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TUBERCULOSIS - 1968 TABLE 5a
Age Ne* cases Deaths Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Pulmonary Non-pulmonary M F M F M F M F -
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SUMMARY OF CHANGES IN TUBERCULOSIS REGISTER DURING 1968 TABLE 5b
Pulmonary Non-pulmonary Total M F M F -
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following prosecutions were undertaken during 1967 under the Food and Drugs Act anc Regulations: - TABLE 6a
Offence Result of proceedings Fines Costs £. s. d £ s. d -
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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following prosecutions were undertaken during 1968 under the Food and Drugs Act and Regulations:- TARI .E 6b
Offences Fines Costs £. s. d £. s. d -
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OTHER PROSECUTIONS
Summonses Fines Costs -
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Table 7 FOOD MILK (SPECIAL DESIGNATION) REGULATIONS, 1960 The following licences were in force in accordance with these Regulations
Principal licences 1967 1968 -
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Table 8 REGISTRATION OF FOOD PREMISES The number of premises registered in accordance with sections 16-18 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1955, as being used in respect of storage and sale of foodstuffs is as follows:-
1967 1968 -
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Table 9 UNSOUND FOOD During the years 1967 and 1968 the undermentioned unsound food was surrendered and destroyed or disposed of otherwise:- 1967
Commodity Tons Cwts. Qt rs. lb. -
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TABLE 10a FACTORIES Particulars of factory and other inspections carried out by this Council's Public Health Inspectors during 1967 are given in the following table:- Number of visits:-
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Part I of the Act 1. Inspections, etc.
Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupier prosecuted -
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2. Cases in which defects were found
Particulars Found Remedied Referred Number of prosecutions To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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TABLE 10b FACTORIES ACT 1961 Factory and other inspections carried out by the Council's Public Health Inspectors during 1968. Number of visits:-
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Factories Act 1961 Inspections for purposes of provision as to health. Year 1968.
Premises No on Register Number of Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted -
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Factories in which defects were found. Year 1968.
Particulars Found Remedied Referred Number of prosecutions To H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector -
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TABLE 11a Part VIII of the Act Outwork (sections 110 and 111)
Nature of work Section 110 Section 111 No of outworkers in August list required by section 110(l)(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 premises Notices served Prosecutions (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) -
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TABLE lib OUTWORKERS - August 1968 - Returns
Type of specified work No. of outworkers in August list required by section 133(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 premises Notices served Prosecutions -
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TABLE 12a UNSATISFACTORY CHEMICAL SAMPLES - 1967
Article Nature of adulteration or irregularity Observations -
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TABLE 12a - contd. UNSATISFACTORY CHEMICAL SAMPLES - 1967 - contd.
Article Nature of adulteration or irregularity Observations -
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TABLE 12a - contd. UNSATISFACTORY CHEMICAL SAMPLES - 1967 - contd.
Article Nature of adulteration or irregularity Observations -
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TABLE 12b UNSATISFACTORY CHEMICAL SAMPLES - 1968
Article Nature of adulteration or irregularity Observations -
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TABLE 12b - contd. UNSATISFACTORY CHEMICAL SAMPLES - 1968 - contd.
Article Nature of adulteration or irregularity Observations -
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TABLE 13 WORK OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS DURING 1967 AND 1968
1967 1968 -
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GENERAL No. of visits -
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WORK BY BOROUGH COUNCIL IN DEFAULT OF OWNERS Public Health Act 1936
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INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Public Health Inspectors are given in the following table
Number of visits:- 1967 1968