London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report tables

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Surbiton 1956

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

Published
1957
Pages
58
Tables
54

This page requires JavaScript

54 tables in this report

  • Page 3
    the Registrar general divides population into five broad groups and classes, and from the following short statement it is seen how classes I, it and III preponderate.
    Social Class (per thousand;IIIIIIIVV
  • Page 7
    VITAL STATISTICS Based, on Registrar.Generals population figure of 62,610 and on adjusted statistics supplied by the Registrar.General.
    LIVE BIRTHS:Male:Female:TOTA:
  • Page 8
    (a) The following table shows the estimated mid.year population figure for the last ten years
  • Page 8
    (b) Census Figures:
  • Page 8
    (c) 1951 Census . Ages (quinary) Sex Distribution:
    PersonsMaleFemale
  • Page 9
    The following table shows the number of live births and the birth rate over the past ten years.
    YearNumber of BirthsBirth RateBirth Rate for England and Wales
  • Page 9
    AGES AT DEATH DURING 1956. The deaths occurred at the following ages:.
    Age Group.MaleFemale
  • Page 10
    CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1956
    MaleFemale
  • Page 11
    The cause's and ages at death were as follows:-
  • Page 11
    INFANT MORTALITY RATE The following table shows the death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
    YearDeaths under 1 yearSurbitonEngland and Wales: (Smaller Towns)
  • Page 12
    The table shows the incidence of infectious diseases during the past ten years. NOTIFICATIONS
    1947194019491959195119521953195419551956
  • Page 13
    AGE GROUP'S 0? NOTIFIED OASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
    DiseaseUnder 11-23 - 1+|5-910 - 11+15 - 21+25 - kb1+5 - 61+65 and overAge unknownTOTAL
  • Page 13
    AGE GROUPS OF NOTIFIED DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    DiseaseI Under 1 '1 - 23-1+5-910 - 11+15 - 21+25 - 1+1+1+5 - 61+55 and overAge unknownTOTAL
  • Page 14
    ADMISSIONS TO TOLWORTH HOSPITAL The Kingston Group Hospital Management Committee (South West Metropolitan Region) has supplied me with the following figures giving details of patients admitted to Tolworth Hospital during 1956.
    DiphtheriaScarlet PeverOther DiseasesTotal
  • Page 15
    Appended below is a summary showing the number of children who received injections against Poliomyelitis during May and June of this year
    Girls:Boys:Total:
  • Page 17
    DIPHTHRIA IMMUNISATION The number of immunisations carried out during the year was as follows:-
    Age Group.Primary Immunisations during 1956Re-inforcement doses during 1956
  • Page 18
    The following table sets out the number of children immunised in each of the last five years:-
    YearPrimary ImmunisationsReinforcements
  • Page 18
    The number of immunisations carried out between 1st January 1942 and 31st December, 1956, is shorn below:-
    Age on 31.12.56 (i.e. born in .year)Under 1 1956- 1-4 1952-19555-9 1947-195110-14 1942-1946Under 15 Total
  • Page 19
    The number of persons who were vaccinated or re-vaccinated during 1956 was:-
    Age GroupsUnder 112-45-1415 or over.TOTAL
  • Page 21
    Apart from samples of water, milk, ice-cream and other foods (details of which are given under other headings) the undermentioned specimens were collected by the Inspectors in the course of investigating cases of-dysentery, typhoid, food poisoning etc. and taken to the Laboratory:
    YearFaecesSuspected Food.
  • Page 22
    TUBERCULOSIS At the end of the year 413 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:-
    SexPulmonaryNon-Pulmonary
  • Page 23
    Cases added to Register
    WardPrimary NotificationsTransfers,etc.Cases on Register 31st Dec. 1956.
    195419551956195419551956
  • Page 24
    On the first occasion it visited the Methodist Church, Moor Lane, Chessington, from 5th to 11th January, 1956, the result of the survey being as follows:-
    MaleFemale
  • Page 24
    The second survey was carried out at the Co-operative Hall, Broadway, Tolworth, from 19th to 27th November, 1956, the result being as under:-
    MaleFemale
  • Page 24
    MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS During the year sixty-nine medical examinations were carried out in connection with staff entering the Council's Superannuation Fund or Sick Pay Scheme; as follows:-
    Superannuation FundSick Pay SchemeSpecia1 Examination
  • Page 26
    Five hundred and twentyone visits were made to these premises, and- work was carried out to remedy contraventions found as under:-
    Particulars:No. of cases in which defects found and remedied.
  • Page 27
    FACTORIES ACTS, 1937 and 1948 (Contd). 1. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions us to health (including inspections made by Public Health Inspectors).
    PremisesNumbers on RegisterInspectionsWritten NoticesOccupiers Prosecuted
  • Page 28
    FACTORIES ,ACTS, 1937 and 1948 (Contd). 2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found.
    particularsNumber of cases in which defects were foundNumber of cases in which prosecutions were Instituted.
    FoundRemediedReferred To H.M. By H.I. Inspect-Inspector. or
  • Page 29
    COMPLAINTS. During the year 1210 complaints received with regard to the undermentioned matters were duly investigated and any necessary action taken.
  • Page 29
    The number of complaints received in the Department during the previous ten years was
  • Page 29
    VISITS MADE BY INSPECTORS
  • Page 31
    NOTICES SERVED (Cont.)
  • Page 31
    LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
  • Page 34
    HOUSING REPAIRS & RENTS ACT, Detailed "below are particulars of Certificates of Disrepair and Revocation Certificates granted (a) during the year and ("b) since the commencement of the.Act(lst August, 1954)
    Particulars:During 1956Since 1st August 1954.
  • Page 35
    The amounts granted together with works approved are detailed below
    SerialAmount GrantedApproved Works:
    No.£.s.d.
  • Page 36
    IMPROVEMENT GRANTS (Cont.)
    Serial No.Amount GrantedApproved. Works: I
    £.s.d.
  • Page 36
    The figures for previous years were:—
    YearApplications Received.Grants approvedNot taken up.
  • Page 37
    The following works were carried out to meet the requirements of the Food & Drugs Act; byelaws and other legislation:-
  • Page 39
    The following is a summary of samples taken during the year for analysis by the Public Analyst:—
    Sample Nos.ArticlesAnalysedContraventions
    FormalInformalTotalFormalInforrnaJLTotal
  • Page 40
    FOOD.& DRUGS (Cont.)
    Samples Nos.ArticlesAnalysedContraventions
    formalInformal,TotalFormalInformalTotal
  • Page 41
    POOD & DRUGS (Cont.) The Analyst's reports and details of action taken on contravening samples were as follows:—
  • Page 42
    FOOD & DRUGS (Cont.J
  • Page 43
    FOOD & DRUGS (Cont.)
  • Page 44
    Dealers' licences to sell designated milk were granted as follows:-
  • Page 44
    (iii) Eighty-five samples of milk were taken during the year and submitted to the following tests:—
    Turbidity TestT. B. Biological TestMethylene Blue TestPhosphatase Test
  • Page 45
    5 4 samples were taken, details being as follows:-
  • Page 46
    DISINFECTION. (a) During the year disinfection was carried out at forty-two premises in which the following diseases occurred:-
  • Page 47
    DISINFECTION (Cont). ("b) The total number of articles disinfected "by steam at the Tolworth Hospital, or destroyed was:—
    DisinfectedDestroyed
  • Page 47
    DISII-TFBSTATION. (a) Bed B ugs
    Council HousesOther Houses
    Found to be infestedDisinfestedFound to be infestedDisinfested
  • Page 49
    It seems that the rodent population is being kept down to as low a level as is likely to be achieved until new techniques are evolved and perhaps new poisons introduced.
    1. VISITS.Private DwellingsBusiness PremisesAgri cultural PropertyGorporat ion PropertySewersTotalsTotal Mo. of visits.
  • Page 50
    The following la a summary of the several treatments carried out since disinfestat ion of sewers commenced in 1948-
    DateDescriptionNo. of manholes ore-baitedTakes of pre-baitTakes of poison bait
  • Page 50
    Results of Initial and Annual Test Baiting-
    No.of manholes baitedTakes of baitPercentage of takes.
  • Page 51
    In December the 13th maintenance treatment of the Corporation's sewer system was carried out as follows:—
    AreaNo. of manholes pr e-baitedNo.of manholes showing takes of pre-bait and subsequently poison baited.No. of manholes showing takes of poison bait.
  • Page 52
    The number of such premises in the Borough at the end of 1956, was:—