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Surbiton 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

Published
1926
Pages
68
Tables
31

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31 tables in this report

  • Page 10
    The Rateable Value and the sum represented by a Penny Rate during the past five years was as under:—
    Year ended 31st December.Rateable Value.Sum represented by a Penny Rate.
    £s.d.£sd.
  • Page 14
    Extracts From Vital Statistics of the Year 1925.
    Births:—TotalM.F.
  • Page 15
    Causes of Death During 1925. (Civilians only).
    Male.Female.
  • Page 16
    The various rates compared with those for England and Wales (Smaller Towns) are given in the table below:—
    Per 1,000 Living.Per 1,000 Births.
    Births.Deaths.Diarrhoea under 2 years.Under 1 year.
  • Page 17
    houses erected in the district during the past five years:—
    year.Estimated Population.Number of New Houses Erected.
  • Page 26
    The following table shows the number of new houses erected in the district during the past live years:—
    By the Local Authority.By Private Enterprise.TOTAL.
  • Page 27
    The Sale of Food and Drugs Acts in this District are administered by an Inspector acting under the direction of the Surrey County Council, and the County Medical Officer of Health has kindly furnished the following particulars for 1925:-
    ARTICLES.ANALYSED.ADULTERATED OR DETERIORATED.PROSECUTIONS.CONVICTIONS.
    FormalInformalTotalFormalInformalTotal
  • Page 29
    NOTIFICATION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES DURING THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
    Year.Diphtheria.Scarlet Fever.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Pneumonia.Erysipelas.Encephalitis LethargicaCerebrospinal MeningitisOphthalmia Neonatorum.Acute Poliomyelitis.
  • Page 30
    During 1925 the following examinations were carried out:—
    Disease Suspected.Nature of Specimen.Result.TOTAL.
    Positive.Negative.
  • Page 30
    The death rates from Influenza and Cancer have been as follows:—
    1921.1922.1923.1924.1925.
  • Page 31
    NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBER CULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR 1925.
    Disease.Total Cases Notified.Cases admitted to Hospital.Total Deaths.
  • Page 32
    The number of cases of Tuberculosis is on the increase, but this is accounted for by the fact that previously cases were not always notified.
    TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED DURING 1925.TOTAL DEATHS.
    at ages.at ages
    Under 1 Year.1-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565 and overUnder 1 Year1-22-33-44-55-1010-1515-2020-3535-4545-6565 and over
  • Page 33
    TUBERCULOSIS.
    Age-Periods.NEW CASES.DEATHS.
    Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.Pulmonary.Non-Pulmonary.
    M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.
  • Page 33
    MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
    Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Cases.Vision unimpaired.Vision Impaired.Total Blindness.Deaths.
    Notified.Treated.
    At Home.In Hospital.
  • Page 34
    1.— INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
  • Page 35
    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
  • Page 36
    3.—HOME WORK.
    NATURE OF WORK.OUTWORKERS LISTS, SECTION 107.Number of Inspections of Outworkers premisesOUTWORK IN UNWHOLESOME PREMISES, SEC. 108.
    Lists received from Employers.Notices served on Occu. piers as to keeping or sending lists.Prosecutions.In stancesNotices servedProsecutions
    Sending twice in the year.Sending once in the year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists.Failing to send lists.
    Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
    Con-tract'rsWorkmen.Contract'rsWorkmen.
  • Page 37
    4 —REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
    Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the Year.Number.
  • Page 37
    5.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
  • Page 38
    COMPLAINTS. During the year, one hundred and eighty-nine complaints were received with respect to the following matters, viz:-
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  • Page 40
    The following table shows the number and nature of such inspections:—
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  • Page 43
    The following table contains particulars of such proceedings:—
    No.Nature of Offence.Result of Proceedings.
  • Page 52
    As requested by the Ministry of Health, I append a list shewing the number of houses provided with portable galvanized iron dust bins during the past five years : —
    192119-22192319241925Total
  • Page 56
    The businesses carried on at the respective premises are as follows :—
  • Page 56
    Visits from time to time have been paid, and as a result the following nuisances have been dealt with :—
  • Page 57
    The number of private slaughterhouses in use in the district at the dates mentioned hereunder was as follows:—
    Type of Slaughter House.In 1920.In January, 1926.In December 1925.
  • Page 58
    There are now 44 persons registered in accordance with the Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922, as follows :—
  • Page 59
    The following is a summary of the Bacteriologists' reports:—
    No. of Sample.Temperature on arrival at Laboratory.Number of Bacteria per 1 cubic centimetre.Presence of Bacillus Coli. in 48 hours and 3 days.
  • Page 61
    The following foodstuffs found to be unfit for human food were surrendered by the owners, and subsequently destroyed: —