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Surbiton 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 116
- Tables
- 52
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The following table shows the relevant figures for the past six years in respect of Surbiton residents. The Registrar-General couples cancer of the lung with cancer of the bronchus in his abbreviated list of causes of death.
1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 -
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VITAL STATISTICS Based on Registrar General's population figure of 63,550 and on adjusted statistics supplied by the Registrar General.
LIVE BIRTHS: Male Female TOTAL -
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POPULATION (a) The following table shows the estimated mid-year Population figure for the last ten years
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(c) 1951 Census - Ages (quinary) Sex Distribution:-
Male Female Persons -
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BIRTHS The following table shows the number of live births and the birth rate over the past ten years.
Year Number of Births Birth Rate Birth Rate for England and Wales. -
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AGES AT DEATH DURING 1958 The deaths occurred at the following ages:-
Age Group Male Female -
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CAUSES OF DEATH DURING 1958
Male Female -
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The causes and ages at death were as follows:—
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INFANT MORTALITY RATE The following table shows the death rate of infants under one year of age per 1,000 live births.
Year Deaths under 1 year Surbiton England and Wales (Smaller Towns) -
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The table shows the incidence of infectious diseases during the past ten years. NOTIFICATIONS
1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 -
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AGE GROUPS OF NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Disease Under 1 1 - 2 3-4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 55 and over Age unknown TOTAL -
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AGE GROUPS OF NOTIFIED DEATHS FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Disease Under 1 1-2 3-4 5 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 24 25 - 44 45 - 64 65 and over Age unknown TOTAL -
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The number of immunisations carried out during the year was as follows:-
Age Group Primary Immunisations during 1958. Reinforcement doses during 1958. -
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The following table sets out the number of children immunised in each of the last five years:-
Year Primary Immunisations Reinforcements. -
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The number of immunisations carried out between 1st January, 1944 and 31st December, 1958, is shown below:-
Under 1 1958 1-4 1954-1957 5-9 1949-1953 10-14 1944-1948 Under 15 Total. -
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The number of persons who were vaccinated or re-vaccinated during 1958 was:-
Age Groups Under 1 1 2-4 5-14 15 or over. Total -
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The following table shows the number of cases occurring during the past nine years since first recognition of this disease in Surbiton:-
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Figures since 1949 are given below:-
Year No. of cases. Deaths. -
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The ages of the twenty persons were as follows:-
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Apart from samples of water, milk, ice-cream and other food (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 Laboratorys:-
Year Faeces Suspected Food. -
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At the end of the year 349 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:
Sex Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary -
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At the end of the year 349 persons were shown to be suffering from tuberculosis and living within the district:
Age Periods NEW CASES DEATHS Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary M F M F M F M F -
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Cases added to Register.
Ward Primary Notifications Transfers, etc, Cases on Register 31st Dec. 1958 1956 1957 1958 1956 1957 1958 -
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The table below shows the number of cases on the register at the end of the year for the past ten years.
Ward 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 -
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During the year 73 persons were medically examined for the Council in connection with staff entering the Superannuation Fund or Sick Pay Scheme, or about to go on pension, as follows:-
Superannuation Fund. Sick Pay Scheme Special Examinations -
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Exactly five hundred 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; -
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1. INSPECTIONS for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by the Public Health Inspectors.)
Premises. Numbers on Register. Inspections Written Notices Occupiers Prosecuted. -
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factories acts ,1937 and 198 (cont.) 2. Cases in which DEFECTS were found-
Particulars Number of cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Inspector By H.M. Inspector. -
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3. Outwork (Sections 110 and 111)
Nature of Work Number of outworkers in August list required by section 110(1)(c) Number of cases of default in sending lists to the Council. Number of prosecutions for failure to supply lists. Number of instances of work in unwholesome premises Notices served. Prosecutions. -
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During the year 1,251 complaints were received with regard to the undermentioned matters, were duly investigated, and any necessary action taken.
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The number of complaints received in the Department during the previous ten years was:-
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VISITS MADE BY INSPECTORS.
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NOTICES SERVED. LICENCES AND CERTIFICATES ISSUED (Cont.)
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The amounts granted together with works approved are detailed below:-
Serial No. Amount Granted: Approved works: £ s d -
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IMPROVEMENT GRANTS .(Cont.)
Serial No. Amount Granted: Approved Works: £. s. d. -
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IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.(Cont.)
Serial No. Amount Granted: Approved Works. £ s d -
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The figures for previous years were:-
Year: Applications received: Grants approved: Not taken up: -
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The position up to the end of the year is shown in the following summary:-
Year 1958 Period 6th July to 31st Dec. 1957. -
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The following works were carried out to meet the requirements of the Food & Drugs Act, byelaws and other legislation:-
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FOOD & DRUGS. The following is a summary of samples taken during the year for analysis "by the Public Analyst:-
Sample Nos. Articles Analysed Total Contraventions Formal Informal Formal Informal Total -
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FOOD & DRUGS (CONT.)
Sample. Nos. Articles Analysed Total Contraventions Formal Informal Formal Informal Total -
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FOOD & DRUGS (Cont.)
Sample Nos. Articles Analysed Total Contraventions Formal Informal Formal Informal Total -
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(iii) Ninety-six samples of milk were taken during the year and submitted to the following tests:-
Turbidity Test T.B. Biological Test Methylene Blue Test Phosphatase Test -
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(i) Registration: 173 premises are registered by the Corporation under Section 16, Pood & Drugs Act, 1955, as under:-
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(ii) Samples: 68 samples were taken, details being as follows:-
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DISINFECTION. (a) During the year disinfection was carried out at forty-three premises in which the following diseases occurred:-
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(b) The total number of articles disinfected by steam at the Tolworth Hospital, or destroyed was:-
Disinfected Destroyed. -
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DISINFESTATION. (a) Bed Bugs, etc.
Council Houses Other Houses Found to be infested Disinfested Found to be infested Disinfested -
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The number of such premises in the Borough at the end of 1958 was:-
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ANNUAL TEST BAITING;
No. of Manholes baited. Takes of bait Percentage of takes -
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VISITS Private Dwellings Business Premises Agricultural Property Corporation Property Sewers Totals Total No. of visits -
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The following is a summary of the several treatments carried out since disinfestation of Sewers coinmonced in 1948;-
Date Description No. of Manholes Pre-baited. Takes of Pre-bait No. of Manholes Poison baited. Takes of Poison bait.