[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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GENERAL STATISTICS

	1951	1952

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The proportion of stillbirths per 1,000 total (live and still) births in recent years is shown below:—

	No. of Stillbirths	Rate per 1,000 total births

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A progressive change is taking place in the percentage age distribution of deaths and this is shown in the following table:—

	1910-14	1945-19	1950	1951	1952

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The following table shows the age distribution of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and cancer of the lung during the ten years 1943-52:—

Age at Death	Pulmonary Tuberculosis		Cancer of the lung
Age at Death	Male	Female	Male	Female

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The number of deaths from road traffic accidents and other accidents in Borough residents during the last ten years is shown below:—

Year	Road Traffic				All ages	Other Accidents
	Age in years					Age in years				All ages
	0-4	5-14	15-64	65 +		0-4	5-14	15-64	65 +	All ages

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In the following table the change in the local infant mortality rate over 5-year periods from 1898 is shown:—

	No. of live births	No. of deaths under 1 year	Infant Mortality Rate

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	Under 1 week	1-4 weeks	1-3 months	3-12 months

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Maternal deaths per 1,000 total (live and still) births.

	Sepsis	Other Causes	Total

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Incidence of Notifiable Diseases. —The number of cases notified during the last ten years are shown below:—

	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952

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Tuberculosis Death Rate per 100,000 population

	Pulmonary	N on-pulmonary	Total

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FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952

Outbreak No.	Date of onset	Date of notification or other information	No. of persons at risk	No. of persons affected	No. of deaths oi affected persons	Organisms causing outbreak	Food transmitting infection	Food suspected of transmitting infection	Place of infection	Remarks

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FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952 —(Continued)

Outbreak No.	Date of onset	Date of notification or other information	No. of persons at risk	No. of persons affected	No. of deaths of affected persons	Organisms causing outbreak	Food transmitting infection	Food suspected of transmitting infection	Place of infection	Remarks

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FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952 —{Continued)

Outbreak No.	Date of onset	Date of notification or other information	No. of persons at risk	No. of persons affected	No. of deaths of affected persons	Organisms causing outbreak	Food transmitting infection	Food suspected of transmitting infection	Place of infection	Remarks

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FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952— (Continued)

Outbreak No.	Date of onset	Date of notification or other information	No. of persons at risk	No. of persons affected	No. of deaths of affected persons	Organisms causing outbreak	Food transmitting infection	Food suspected of transmitting infection	Place of infection	Remarks

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	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952

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In 1950 the Council agreed to co-operate with the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research by installing apparatus for measuring atmospheric pollution. Two sets of apparatus are in use; one on the roof of the Health Department in Bath Road, Hounslow, and the other on the roof of Heath House, London Road, Isleworth. The detailed monthly analyses are forwarded for record and study to the Central Department but the main features are recorded below:—

	Health Department			Heath House
	Rainfall (inches)	Deposit (tons per sq. mile)	Sulphur (Mgms. S0₃ per day per 100 sq. cm.)	Rainfall (inches)	Deposit (tons per sq. mile	Sulphur (Mgms. S0₃ per day per 100 sq. cm.)

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Swimming Baths. —Three swimming baths are provided by the Council and one private swimming bath was in operation in the Borough. The size and extent of usage of the three municipal baths are shown below:—

		Hounslow	Heston	Isleworth

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Food and Drugs Sampling. —During 1952 the following samples for analysis were taken in the Borough by the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council:—

	No. of Samples	No. found unsatisfactory

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was taken of the scheme. The actual issues in the Borough, expressed as a percentage of the possible issue, during certain periods of 1952 are shown below:—

	Orange Juice	Cod Liver Oil	A and D Tablets

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Milk is available free to all school children. Meals at a low cost, or free if the family circumstances warrant it, are provided at all schools maintained by the Education Authority. Checks made by the Education Department at various times show, as under, the extent to which advantage is taken of this p[rovision of milk and meals:—

	No. of pupils present	% taking milk	% taking meals

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The following information is extracted from Ministry of Food Bulletin No. 691 and shows the meat consumption in Great Britain during the years 1946-1952:—

	Carcase Meat		Canned Coined Meat (tons)	Total (tons)
	Ration Quality (tons)	Manufacturing Quality (tons)	Canned Coined Meat (tons)	Total (tons)

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In Ministry of Food Bulletin No. 701 a table shows the sources from which supplies of the main foods and feeding stuffs in the United Kingdom were derived before the war, in 1951 and 1952. The following information has been extracted from that table:—

	Supplies Available ('000 tons)
	Pre-war	1951	1952

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rearing of children difficult for the married. The numbers of new houses erected in the Borough in recent years are shown below:—

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952

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At the end of the year the following 51 houses subject to Demolition Orders or undertakings not to relet till rendered fit were still occupied:—

Situation	Date of Demolition Order or undertaking

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TABLE I Summary of Vital Statistics 1895-1952

	Estimated Civilian population (mid-year)	Birth Rate per 1,000 populalation	Rate Death Rate per 1,000 populalation	Infant Mortality Rate	Neo-natal Mortality Rate	Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live and still births	Still Birth Rate per 1,000 live and still births	Tuberculosis Death Rate per 1,000 population
	Estimated Civilian population (mid-year)	Birth Rate per 1,000 populalation	Rate Death Rate per 1,000 populalation	Deaths under 1 yr. per 1,000 live births	Deaths under 1 mth. per 1,000 live births	Maternal Mortality Rate per 1,000 live and still births	Still Birth Rate per 1,000 live and still births	Tuberculosis Death Rate per 1,000 population

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TABLE II REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURN OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1952

Abridged List No.	Cause of Death	Male	Female	Total

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TABLE III INFANTS' DEATHS ACCORDING TO AGE AND CAUSE, 1952

Cause of Death	Age																					Total
	Days										Months
	under 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7-13	14-20	21-28	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11

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TABLE IV. CAUSES OF DEATH ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX, 1952

Abbrev. List No.	Cause Groups	All Ages		Age in Years
		All Ages		Under 1		1-2		2-3		3-4		4-5		5-9		10-14		15-19		20-24		25-29		30-34		35-39		40-44		45-49		50-54		55-59		60-64		65-69		70-74		75-79		80-84		85 & over
		M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	M	F	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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TABLE V INFECTIOUS DISEASES—1952—AGE DISTRIBUTION

Disease	Total	Under 1 yr.	lyr.	2 yrs.	3 yrs.	4 yrs.	5-9 yrs.	10-14 yrs.	15-19 yrs.	20-34 yrs.	35-44 yrs.	45-64 yrs.	65 yrs. +	Cases admitted to hospital

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NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES TABLE VI HESTON AND ISLEWORTH, 1933-1952

Year	Smallpox		Scarlet Fever		Diphtheria		Erysipelas		. Pneumonia		Meningococcal Infection		Epidemic Encephalitis		Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis		*Typhoid Fever		Paratyphoid 'Fever		Dysentery		. Measles		Whooping Cough		Influenza		Tuberculosis
Year	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Death	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths

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TABLE VII COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 1952

	England and Wales Rate per 1,000 Civilian	Heston and Isleworth Population.

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TABLE VIII FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948 PART I OF THE ACT 1. Inspections for 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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GENERAL STATISTICS

The proportion of stillbirths per 1,000 total (live and still) births in recent years is shown below:—

A progressive change is taking place in the percentage age distribution of deaths and this is shown in the following table:—

The following table shows the age distribution of deaths from pulmonary tuberculosis and cancer of the lung during the ten years 1943-52:—

The number of deaths from road traffic accidents and other accidents in Borough residents during the last ten years is shown below:—

In the following table the change in the local infant mortality rate over 5-year periods from 1898 is shown:—

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Maternal deaths per 1,000 total (live and still) births.

Incidence of Notifiable Diseases. —The number of cases notified during the last ten years are shown below:—

Tuberculosis Death Rate per 100,000 population

FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952

FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952 —(Continued)

FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952 —{Continued)

FOOD POISONING OUTBREAKS 1952— (Continued)

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Swimming Baths. —Three swimming baths are provided by the Council and one private swimming bath was in operation in the Borough. The size and extent of usage of the three municipal baths are shown below:—

Food and Drugs Sampling. —During 1952 the following samples for analysis were taken in the Borough by the Public Control Department of the Middlesex County Council:—

was taken of the scheme. The actual issues in the Borough, expressed as a percentage of the possible issue, during certain periods of 1952 are shown below:—

The following information is extracted from Ministry of Food Bulletin No. 691 and shows the meat consumption in Great Britain during the years 1946-1952:—

In Ministry of Food Bulletin No. 701 a table shows the sources from which supplies of the main foods and feeding stuffs in the United Kingdom were derived before the war, in 1951 and 1952. The following information has been extracted from that table:—

rearing of children difficult for the married. The numbers of new houses erected in the Borough in recent years are shown below:—

At the end of the year the following 51 houses subject to Demolition Orders or undertakings not to relet till rendered fit were still occupied:—

TABLE I Summary of Vital Statistics 1895-1952

TABLE II REGISTRAR-GENERAL'S RETURN OF CAUSES OF DEATH, 1952

TABLE III INFANTS' DEATHS ACCORDING TO AGE AND CAUSE, 1952

TABLE IV. CAUSES OF DEATH ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX, 1952

TABLE V INFECTIOUS DISEASES—1952—AGE DISTRIBUTION

NOTIFICATIONS AND DEATHS FROM CERTAIN INFECTIOUS DISEASES TABLE VI HESTON AND ISLEWORTH, 1933-1952

TABLE VII COMPARATIVE STATISTICS 1952

TABLE VIII FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948 PART I OF THE ACT 1. Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health made by Sanitary Inspectors