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01e46818-11f0-44b6-9abe-4261cb38e6f0 | The plums were taken before the Magistrate, sitting at the Woolwich Police Court the same afternoon, who made the order for the destruction of the whole of the 52 crates, and at the same time Inspector Duck laid information, with 93 regard to the refusal to enter, and was granted an order to enter if needs be by force.... |
407063d1-94cb-4437-b78f-8717a54c3201 | In order to prevent, if possible, these being carted away and used for human food, (as suggestions had been made that they might be useful for jam making), arrangements were made to keep the premises under observation the whole of Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night. On Monday, the 1st September, the whole of the ... |
db2bd79c-5195-43bd-a66d-d392951781f5 | The whole of these plums, including those seized, were found to have come from Germany, but considerable difficulty was experienced in finding who was the actual owner of them. 94 The freightage account from Germany was paid by a Joseph Blake with a cheque signed Robert Pearce, but on enquiry of Robert Pearce he denied... |
5b8e78b0-cb28-49df-847b-7b6b428aa82e | The Magistrate, after several adjournments, dismissed the case against Blake on the grounds that he was not satisfied! on the evidence that Blake was the owner. Fresh proceedings were then instituted against (1) Joseph Blake, otherwise Thomas Carter, for being in possession of plums that were unsound and unfit for the ... |
0c3a1143-aba3-42c2-a06c-2434f5d47384 | This was conoeded and the Magistrate in giving judgment expressed the opinion that Pearce and Richard Carter appeared to be dummies in the hands of Blake. Blake, against whom there were several previous convictions in connection with unsound food, was sentenced to four months' hard labour; Pearce was fined £40 and 10 g... |
6bb0a322-652b-40fb-8390-1836ba6ac795 | Of the surrenders 8 were tuberculous pigs, 36 livers or other organs affected with parasitic disease, 225 lbs. unsound mutton, 206 unsound kidneys, and 384 tins of unsound condensed milk. A full list is given in Table 19. DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS. 12. On January 1st, 1913, there were 117 milkshops on the regist... |
324ba395-aff1-4237-bf69-2f3f318ed1a9 | An abstract of regulations was drawn up and printed in the Annual Report for 1910. This is left at every milkshop. 13. Under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908, the Council has power to refuse to register, and to remove from the register, shops which are unsuitable for the sale of milk. During 1913 on... |
1da65a00-cf5d-4088-a437-3131b2ab7423 | Tuberculosis in Cows—Order of the Board of Agriculture. The Board of Agriculture have made an Order under the Diseases of Animals Act requiring the notification of any cow suffering from tuberculosis of the udder, indurated udder, or other chronic disease of the udder, or any bovine animal suffering from tuberculosis w... |
d182667d-10c5-4c2b-be95-2d87a18968fb | The Local Authority must cause any cow or bovine animal supposed to be giving tuberculous milk, or suffering from disease of the udder, to be examined by a Veterinary Inspector, and the Inspector may, with the consent of the owner, apply the tuberculin test. A Veterinary Inspector for the purposes of the examination ma... |
3803d427-f84e-4ddc-8430-797020a56e8a | The value is to be ascertained both on the supposition that it is suffering from tuberculosis and also on the supposition that it is not so suffering. If the animal is found after slaughtering to have suffered from tuberculosis not advanced, the Local Authority shall pay compensation of a sum equal to three-quarters of... |
6975ca80-0070-4390-a7b5-92f67e3d685a | The Board, in a coveripg letter, states that— "The Order aims at securing the destruction of every cow found to be suffering from tuberculosis of the udder, or to be giving tuberculous milk, as well as of all bovine animals which are suffering from tuberculosis with emaciation, since these are known to disseminate free... |
761d08c3-f628-417d-94eb-3c59631eeb75 | The Board believe that public opinion is favourable to the adoption of concerted measures designed to check the spread of tuberculosis throughout the country, and no such action can be satisfactory which fails to make provision for dealing with the disease in the animal, but it should, the Board feel, carry with it a f... |
527c690d-78bb-434c-a0c8-bb66c5d63b16 | It behoves agriculturists, therefore, to second the efforts of the public authority by the segregation of all bovine animals which respond ,to the tuberculin test, so as to prevent tuberculosis from being spread within the herd, and the Board will be prepared to advise how this can best be done in particular cases." 1 ... |
8ec0ca94-be8d-4e5e-8279-ababc224412f | 1 of the dust complaints came from Woolwich parish, 12 from Plumstead, and 25 from Eltham. The dust in Woolwich is collected by your Council's employees, but that in Plumstead and Eltham by contractors, Messrs. Tuff & Hoar. 100 Complaints were received against Mr. A. J. Tucker, the Eltham contractor, for breach of oont... |
619e040f-54b4-42b3-89bd-e2b2ad6fd5a6 | Drains and Water-Closets. 7 defective combined drains were investigated and reported upon by the Chief Sanitary Inspector, compared with 7, 27, and 16, in the three preceding years. These drains affected 57 houses. 448 private drains, found choked and defective, were examined, cleared, and relaid, compared with 411, 31... |
24027e10-561d-4da1-8b9a-842ab778a83a | In the Annual Report for 1908, full particulars were given as to the respective responsibility for supervision of reconstructed drains of the Public Health and Works Departments. 19. Public House Urinals. The urinals attached to public 101 houses, and accessible to the public, have been regularly) inspected during the ... |
4b974ed7-8e62-4ea8-8fed-3358fca48ef2 | At 2,620 houses, interiors were cleansed, or defective roofs rapaired, compared with 2,064, 2,137, and 2,206, in the three preceding years. 629 houses with damp walls were remedied, compared with 523, 600, and 571, in the three preceding years. The increase of these figures is probably not unconnected with the diminuti... |
d3accc3c-b803-485c-9854-91ed73b93db2 | 12 inspections were made of cowsheds and 102 milkshops, 37 of bakehouses, 21 of factories and workshops, and 9 of houses registered under the by-laws. 187 inspections were on account of tuberculosis, 119 cancer, 12 diphtheria, 23 scarlet fever, 4 enteric, and 1 small-pox. Many of these visits were made by request of th... |
966465a4-be05-4908-a1aa-1a5528b4c0b3 | 101 cases of overcrowding were found and remedied, compared with 78, 97, and 91, in the three preceding years. The overcrowding was 1.8 per cent. of house-to-house inspections, compared with 1.6 per oent. in 1912. Overcrowding is increasing with the demand for houses. 24. Smoke Nuisance. 42 observations re smoke nuisan... |
c9416dda-2ed0-4497-849c-fa7c0385e4bd | At 73 houses new windows were 103 supplied or existing ones enlarged, or other work done to improve the lighting by daylight. 26. In my 1909 Report, particulars were given as to "Dark rooms in houses and failure of the Building Act,'' and the steps taken by the Borough Council and London County Council in the matter re... |
c1e1c232-4fe0-4945-aacc-8050a0c1fef2 | In the three preceding years 6,912, 5,769, and 5,866, loads respectively, were removed. In Plumstead 14,880 loads, weighing 12,359 tons were removed by the contractors, Messrs. Tuff & Hoar, and destroyed at the Plumstead Destructor. £2,864 10s. Od. was paid for collection, oompared with £2,826 15s. Od. in 1912. In Elth... |
e96b1263-7428-48a3-871b-5dcc0615a1e4 | There 104 are now 45 (47 in 1912) tradesmen on the books from whom offensive trade refuse is removed. Certain soap firms collect offensive trade refuse free of charge, and hence the fall in numbers collected by the Borough Council. The charge made for inoffensive refuse is Is. 6d. per load, and 2d. per bushel, and for ... |
d5b3fe1b-f4e7-4580-b8d5-78f57d16ee12 | 26 houses were remedied to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health without Closing Orders being made, compared with 4 and 4 in 1911 and 1912. In many of the 26 the houses were temporarily closed while the work was done. The following was the prooedure adopted: — The Public Health and Housing Committee, after ... |
fcb41367-6936-4ca7-a586-a20dc1793e78 | The following were the chief requirements demanded of the owner for putting premises into sanitary condition:— Remedying dampness, concreting sites, providing damp- proof courses and dry areas. Providing sub-soil drainage, re-roofing, improving sanitary arrangements, providing adequate water-supplies, remedying dilapid... |
c575b364-811f-4c92-bda9-ccde351accd0 | The following table summarises the action taken: — Number of houses inspected re Housing and Town Planning Act 5489 Dwelling houses considered on inspection to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation 52 Number of representations made to Borough Council under Section 17 (2) ... |
650d9980-1135-4b1a-8867-88f8777ad839 | Thomas Cottages; 20, 21, and 22, The Avenue, Sandy Hill Road; 35, Timbercroft Lane; 83 and 83a, Timbercroft Lane; 112, Sandy Hill Road; Nell Gwynn's Cottage, Well Hall Road; 83, Church Street; 45a, Brewer Street; 53 and 54, Charles Street, Woolwich; 55, St. Mary Street; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, Railway Cottages; 7 and 8, ... |
e27e8247-18c8-45de-9992-315de691444e | 33 and 35, Barnfield Road; 3, 5, 11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 29, 35, 37, 43, 45, Barge House Road; 4, Dingley Cottages. With ;regard to Nos. 1 to 8, Cooper's Place, 2, Thrift Cottages, 5 and 6, Limbrey's Buildings, 8, St. Thomas Cottages, 35, Timbercroft Lane, 45a, Brewer Street, 53 and 54, Charles Street, 2, 3, 6, and 7, Rail... |
66f649ef-8c82-4f80-aa57-3e27cf8e8aee | 4 and 8, Railway Cottages, and 3, 5, 11, 13, 19, 21, 27, 29, 35, 43, 45, Barge House Road. 107 Closing Orders were made in the following oases and determined on the satisfactory completion of the work necessary to render the houses fit for human habitation:—Nos. 20, 21, and 22, The Avenue, 83 and 83a, Timbercroft Lane,... |
2b9d93b1-1c54-473e-bd81-9300b3ab7ffa | Mary Street, and this house was voluntarily demolished by the owners-. A Closing Order was made for No. 83, Church Street, and the work necessary has been commenced. In addition to the above one house was dealt with under Section 15, viz., 4, Godfrey Street, and the work put in hand and completed by the owner. NORTH WO... |
070d51e8-7414-4d12-b49f-ca802fba051a | The following report was presented on this area:— This area comprises Stanley, Sidney, Albert, and Fore 108 Houses, in High Street, Woolwich, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Globe Lane, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, New Street, and 8, 9', 10, and 11, Market Hill. Stanley House contains 9 separate and self-oontained fiats, and Sidney, A... |
97c31c66-56b7-4d19-966a-21800b2a40b9 | The population at the Census was 242, but the Sanitary Inspector found, on recent inspection, the population to be 273 persons. I have calculated some vital statistics for the years 1910-11-12, taking an average population of 257 5 persons. Total births notified (1910-11-12) 21 Total deaths do. do. 20 „ „ under one yea... |
be282a69-1147-49c7-ae31-1f76cb6934ed | 9 Infantile death-rate (per 1,000 births) 190 85 Zymotic death-rate 5.2 0.89 109 Tuberculosis ,, ... ... 3-9 1'48 Alcoholism ,, ... ... 3-9 0-18 Phthisis notifications (1912) ... 3 689 „ „ rate (per 1,000 population) ... ... 11'7 5-6 Death-rate of Stanley, Sidney, Albert, and Fore Houses (19001902) ... ... 20:8 do. Alc... |
fb9294f6-7d24-4be4-8dc8-ac42a9bf1024 | The zymotic death-rate is six times as high; Tuberculosis death-rate more than twice as high; Death-rate from alcoholism twenty times as high. Ten years ago I calculated the death-rate of Stanley, Sidney, Albert, and Fore Houses, for 1900-1-2, and found it to be 20-8. There appears, then, to have been rather a deterior... |
6b1096e9-9029-4e8b-9704-e105cd3956ed | The chief part of the area forms a square which is Continuously built round on three sides in Market Hill, High Street, and Globe Lane, but open to some extent in New Street. The High Street flats were built about 1890, but the other houses are all old and to a large extent dilapidated. The flats are very badly arrange... |
943b5680-6a5d-42d0-b433-2f20728f614e | In the front the rooms of the two lower flats are dark owing to the narrowness of High Street, but the upper rooms are well lighted. Owing to the square above described being enclosed on three sides, there is no proper access of air to several of the houses. Most of the houses have basements, the occupation of 1ll whic... |
25706418-1d60-47ca-bc4f-f5043ed5fd4a | In addition to this the occupants of the upper flats throw their refuse down on the waste ground, and there is no caretaker, or other person to interfere with their doing so. Nuisances also frequently take place on the public staircases of the flats owing to these being under no control by a caretaker. The area has bee... |
f218af87-219b-43bb-9bf1-a501a8ed3877 | Finally the Medical Officer of Health represented the area as unhealthy under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, Part II., to the London County Council. The London County Council has refused to take action. 112 NORTH WOOLWICH DOCK EXTENSIONDEMOLITION AND DISPLACEMENT. In the last Annual Report particulars were giv... |
23829b9f-1188-4bf2-9433-69873605f97e | Under the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1903, where, under powers given by any Local Act or Provisional Order, land is acquired by any authority or persons on which are Situated working-men's dwellings, such dwellings shall not be entered on until the Local Government Board have either approved of a housing schem... |
a1c43e81-8485-4afc-bc35-7527456a2928 | The Local G pvernment Board, however, insisted that po occupants should be displaced until suitable housing provision had been found for them to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the new 113 residence was situated. The tenants have experienced great difficulty in finding new pro... |
bdf8cb45-e671-4983-9688-f3ce05c627f0 | All of the Council's 9 houses in Gossage, Park, and Parkdale Roads, which are under the care of the Health Committee, were occupied throughout the year. On June 5th, 1911, Nos. 15, 17, and 19, Gossage Road, were taken over by the Libraries Committee. HOUSES REGISTERED UNDER THE BY-LAWS. 32. The existing By-laws and the... |
095065f0-abc2-4d7e-bf65-5f5aa1fa5982 | h 114 33. These houses were inspected, some quarterly, others half-yearly, or yearly. S31 inspections were made in all, and 360 notices were served. The registered houses were under the care of Inspector Shaw. The duties consist largely in educating house wive6 in keeping their homes clean, and can therefore be best pe... |
3c700192-7e4b-46b8-828f-882a8eaf5a42 | Total number on register 432 Number of houses inspected 531 „ found unsatisfactory 433 ,, found satisfactory 98 ,, of notices served 360 ,, of nuisances, defects and offences against the by-laws, dealt with and remedied 561 ,, of cases of overcrowding remedied by tribution without notice 9 ,, of houses measured 10 115 ... |
cc2e8c7e-3645-42b4-a989-79dfd4cf14b6 | There are 18 common lodging-houses in the Borough, 16 for men and 2 for women. Total accommodation for 516 persons is available. The following is the list: — Common Lodging-House. Accommodation. Men. Women. Total. 60 Beresford Street 58 - 58 50 High Street 22 — 22 56 do. 14 - 14 57 do. 18 — 18 76 & 77 do. 25 — 25 81 & ... |
6d4c44c5-b01d-4170-9b17-59a2c8d43a72 | 62 - 62 21 & 21a do. 42 - 42 "Ship House," Rodney Street — 32 32 4 Warren Lane 31 — 31 Totals 465 51 516 h 2 116 UNDERGROUND ROOMS. 36. Three underground rooms, separately occupied, were found not in accordance with the Public Health (London) Act. 2 were in St. Mary's and Dockyard Wards, and 1 in Burrage Ward. The serv... |
e4acce01-944a-408b-93e7-ad20248cbc7b | 364 inspections of home workers' premises were made and 18 notices sent and attended to. Miss Middlebrooke devoted a large amount of her time to the inspection of workshops, factories, and houses where women are employed; 25 new workrooms were measured up and put on the register. 38. A special report on Homework was pr... |
481cc772-37bd-40e5-b31c-656cdc1eea56 | 82 ice-cream shops were on the register at the close of the year, compared with 86, 89, and 89, in the three previous years. 7 were added and 14 removed during the year. There were 164 inspections made, and 8 notices served. Regulations, embodying the provisions for premises where food is sold, contained in the London ... |
e540b9d0-f095-4854-a48f-44c6490a82bb | The disinfecting apparatus was used 1,278 times for 28,116 articles. 464 books from the Free Libraries and Public Schools were disinfected. The sum of £5 2s. 6d. was received for disinfection of rooms in special cases, on request of the occupier. A large quantity of horsehair was disinfected for the Army Ordnance Store... |
278526ba-4361-467c-a9a0-140015e01907 | They are dispensed at the Maxey Road Depot (306 persons supplied), the Sun Street Mortuary (67 persons supplied), 14, Barge House Road, 118 North Woolwich (20 persons supplied), and at 144a, High Street, Eltham (78 persons supplied). The cost of disinfectants used by the Department in J913 was £48 Is. 5d. The disinfect... |
b462426c-e058-4aab-b51a-7644bc8a805a | The Local Government Board called attention to the importance of issuing disinfectants in poison bottles, and accordingly it was decided to discontinue the practice of using' applicants' own bottles, and to purchase dark and ribbed bottles. Applicants are required to leave a deposit on the bottles. HEALTH SHELTER. 42. ... |
821c3c0f-2382-48bf-8436-7b6a9fe51879 | 3 bodies were deposited in the infectious mortuary, compared with 1, 1, and 4, in the three preceding years. 119 The Eltham Mortuary was used for 2 bodies, both for custody, compared with 3 in 1910, 3 in 1911, and 5 in 1912. CEMETERIES. 44. The two Borough Cemeteries were well maintained and no complaint was received. ... |
46e35839-6fc1-4811-8d35-a0285603b93f | The station for cleansing verminous persons was opened in November, 1906. During 1913 it was used by 651 persons, compared with 262, 408, 590, 509, and 430, in the five preceding years. The users were 132 adults (viz., 5 females and 127 males) and 519 children (viz., 297 females and 222 males). 4,557 articles were disi... |
1feeb4f2-5c01-465c-a475-0074dff914c8 | The Borough Council must properly cleanse the children and their clothes to the reasonable satisfaction of 120 the London County Council, the children cleansed not to exceed 10 in one day or 20 in one week. The London County Council pays to the Borough Council 2s. for each child cleansed, such sum to include all attend... |
17ff497c-34f7-4199-9fd7-4afa2fc7e0f8 | It was extended during 1912 by the provision of another bath, and two closets, according to plans prepared by the Borough Engineer. A box of stavesacre ointment is supplied to each bather with instructions for its use. The names and addresses of bathers are entered in a book, and the Lady Inspector calls at the homes a... |
db830331-4261-4fda-ae88-a0b62d8ad69c | A letter has been received from the National Women's Labour League with reference to Industrial Dirt, and asking that the Municipality should set an example in relation to its employees of making provision for personal cleanliness. A pamphlet has also been forwarded showing what is done both in England and abroad in th... |
90ecc44c-ea75-43c6-98dd-012c962ff2a1 | The pamphlet referred to says:— "In the better towns in the United States and Canada the democratic self-respect of the people makes the use of working overalls, and the provision of full cleansing opportunities at the works, all but universal. Citizens of New York over in this country express amazement at our national... |
7c340647-bc1f-4176-93f3-ce01a5fc3f68 | At these works large lavatory basins are provided supplied with hot and cold water, and also spray baths, and the baths are used very freely in summer, and to. an increasing extent every year. I [was informed that the Gas Company found it to their interest to make such provision. The Borough Council has provided baths ... |
82ba7920-ae80-486d-bd46-5b6f79c93e2e | Apparently the men think it necessary to be clean as to the upper half of their bodies, but disregard the lower half. It seems difficult to understand why some of them at any rate should not use the bath every day as it would be easy to take a bath during the quarter of an hour allowed. The provision of spray baths, ho... |
14835e78-3648-44d6-9293-9d0efd522f05 | 46 During the year, 42 tents, vans, and sheds were inspected (34 in 1912), and three notices served under the) by-laws for this class of dwelling. NOTICES AND PROSECUTIONS. 47. 3,285 written intimation notices, and 725 statutory notices were served. 79 of the latter, not having been complied with in the time specified,... |
eb62ccba-5959-40e8-8d71-068ae24ea67a | 1,168 bacteriological examinations were made for the Public Health Department by the Bacteriological Department of the Seamen'6 Hospital and the Lister Institute, viz.: 921 for diphtheria, 231 for phthisis, and 16 for enterio fever. The total cost was £183 3s. 2d., compared with £205 19s. 8d. in 1912. INFANT CONSULTATI... |
69c87284-3382-4794-a5fa-51c5bc6688d3 | Further particulars are given in Miss FitzGerahl's Report. WOMEN SANITARY INSPECTORS' WORK. 50. There were two Women Sajnitary Inspectors, one of whom, Miss FitzGerald, is also a Health Visitor. Miss Middlebrooke originally inspected houses registered under the by-laws, workshops where women are employed, restaurants, ... |
36f9f1a4-278d-48c3-acfc-eb64b74f0267 | Consequently she has been for some years unable to attend to houses registered under the by-laws nor to measles cases, and it is necessary to leave this work to a male inspector. The by-laws deal mainly with the habits of tenants, especially the housewife's habits, and can consequently be more effectively enforced by a... |
f2316f82-8ce7-4bcd-8a8c-d6c49da09ee3 | During the year the Committee sanctioned the employment of an unpaid Health Visitor, who, while gaining experience to fit her for a paid post, gives useful assistance in health visiting and the, infants' consultation. There is still, however, great and increasing need of an additional woman inspector. The following is ... |
d27eb2aa-673a-4f83-aa50-1d3460077fce | Total number of houses visited re Phthisis, Measles, Scabies, Whooping-cough, and Zymotic Enteritis 63 Visits paid for various causes, complaints, etc. 356 „ „ Verminous and dirty houses and bedding 836 Re-visits—estimated 1000 Cases where bedding was found to be in a dirty and verminous condition, and cleansed 250 Tot... |
e9595b6b-a4c3-42f8-b4b6-1042a0237581 | This is the day of the child; the air is thick with theories regarding the child's education and health; but how many people outside the Public Health service are aware of the constant and daily warfare being waged at London's Cleansing Stations with dirt and vermin infecting the human body, where children whose parent... |
096cc7c6-4dcf-4997-8639-57a86b2e9453 | There is at present no power to compel adults to cleanse themselves, so that the fathers, mothers, adult brothers and sisters of the children can be as verminous as they like,, and, not only can they infest the school children in the same house, but they can jostle shoulders with clean people in the street or in any pu... |
7e26b22c-5464-44c1-a0fa-7e1de54edad7 | Parents who allow them to sleep in flea-ridden beds, huddled together for warmth under some old coats, irritated all night, heavy eyed and unrested in the morning, too utterly tired to use their brains during school hours. The provisions of the Children's Act for punishing parents who neglect their children and home is... |
a30c5c42-e029-4765-8158-7f613958bead | One child protested against her clothes being removed as mother had "stitched her up for the winter," and not even at night did she have them taken off. A little girl asked if she could come every week and bring her sister. These few remarks speak volumes as to the value of the work done. It is wonderful to see the hom... |
6da9408a-c798-4650-8ec2-8e179481bd58 | Visits to houses after notification of births 1105 Re-visits 437 Visits re infant deaths 47 129 Zymotic Enteritis cases investigated 348 Re-visits 50 Tuberculous cases 119 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 27 Ophthalmia (reported by Schools) 10 Special visits 88 Infants weighed at Consultation 1408 Health Lectures given 4 Unsucces... |
d7834b5d-2c79-4bab-8d4e-7637526681df | Miss Evans (September 26th, 1913, to January 29th, 1914) paid 763 visits. As the result of the experience gained in practical work they were all successful in obtaining very satisfactory appointments. The assistance they were able to give me was chiefly (a) In connection with the work of the infant consultations; assis... |
6cfc2838-40f6-41e2-87a0-8620e3d0d28b | I am convinced that it is the intensive work which we are able to do that oounts—the frequent visiting at home and the regular attendance at the consultation. It is gratifying in this connection! to note the increasing use that is being made of the infant consultation. The total number of attendances for 1913 was 1,408... |
1acd269e-f233-4e4e-858e-3fcabe041879 | There is but a small slum area and there are many open spaces. One great advantage is that most of the houses have gardens, and the people are 131 learning to use them. A baby that sleeps all day in a garden thrives very much better than one which is kept all day in the one or two-roomed tenement used for both living a... |
6bddc7d5-0776-4aa6-a720-2b82f5dc4a2d | S. Davies, who was then in general medical practice, and had advised that the baby should sleep out of doors in the day time. The salutary practice which is now common was then so unusual as to have excited the horror of the neighbours. There is, however, one hindrance which is constantly; met with even in the better c... |
fbe5755d-b76c-4927-86f9-86a9b95a8a9a | These were usually in the kitchen and were unduly warm owing to proximity to the fireplace. In 61 cases 12 2 132 there was no provision at all and food was kept on open shelves. In 20 cases food was kept in a safe provided by the tenant; and in only 10 cases was there any efficient larder accommodation." PREVENTION OF ... |
d4003698-2b59-4abb-bfcf-82d73b33e960 | Sir Lauder Brunton laid great stress on the fact that dental caries is due to the cessation of the use of food which requires good mastication, and added that the soft foods are more apt to leave particles behind which cause decay. This view, and the aggravation that lack of cleanliness lends to the conditions of the m... |
5df6bfa6-e750-43ef-ab46-9b78f92bcefc | " 133 The Committee found that it was not poverty or the physical deterioration accompanying poverty or town life which in itself caused decay of teeth, and that the poorer children had better teeth than those of the well-to-do working people. Worse teeth were found in better class schools, no doubt because the poorer ... |
0430364b-8866-44b5-a9e4-7360f330b3bc | The Committee also expressed the belief that by instructing mothers, through the medium of Health Visitors, as to the proper food for infants, much might be done towards removing dental caries and the evil results to the general health which it produced. The recommendations of the Committee as regards teaching cleanlin... |
4ae42778-7bd6-4f7e-89ce-46e71b791f43 | Sim Wallace has systematised, in a recent work on the prevention of dental caries, the, means of prevention suggested in the evidence given by: Professor Cunningham, Sir Lauder Brunton, Mr. Dolamore, and the Admiralty and War Office Conference. These means are based on the relation between diet and decay of teeth, and ... |
024540ea-17a2-4b2a-ad22-3136ef12c887 | He gives lists of articles of diet such as new white bread, cake, milk puddings, jam, chocolate and sweets, which are found to cause decay, and of others such as fish, meat, fresh vegetables, stale bread with crust, toast, and baked bread, cheese., and fruits, which not only do not cause decay, but when, eatien after o... |
646909bf-14cf-4bf7-a614-ad0c016bcf5c | Coarse food, like brown bread and salad, promotes hpalth by increasing the action of the bowels. Decay of teeth is caused by particles of sweet and starchy foods sticking to the teeth between meals; these particles ferment and form acids which eat away at a tooth until the nerve is exposed. Sucking sweete (or eating ch... |
31ef4170-db8c-4ac8-a552-b3ed93ad9970 | As soon an infant has got any teeth it should have stale crusty bread or hard crisp toast with butter, in addition to milk. Don't soak the bread in milk. As the child takes more solid food, the milk should be mixed with water which will prevent it from sticking to the teeth. 2. Strong children over two years, and healt... |
62c5fd69-09d4-471d-8ef5-d9a2bfead865 | A meal should always be finished with a cleansing food (see over), and jam or marmalade should never be taken to finish up with. A slice of apple or other fruit, or a hard crust with butter, is the best thing at the end of a meal. 6. Mouth breathing in children is injurious to the teeth and the general health; as soon ... |
081c9bf3-7bbe-46b2-88e8-70fc533a3938 | As soon as there are any signs of decay, don't wait for the teeth to ache but go to the dentist. The first permanent teeth are big double ones which come at the back, about the age of six or seven years. It is important to watch and see that they do not decay. Examples of Food. The following foods stick to the teeth 13... |
b45c25bb-1af7-4d23-9036-f85d41f28eb7 | (N.B.—Some of these, as nuts, celery, and radishes, are not recommended for persons with weak digestion.) Sidney Davies, M.D., Medical Officer of Health. Town Hall, Woolwich." PUBLIC AMBULANCE. 54. The Public Ambulance, for accidents and non-infecr tious illness, was used 150 times, compared with 143, 123, 147, and 127... |
7c5637f0-d92d-48e0-a4f1-bc1440058d95 | Secretary for the Ambulance. An ambulance for non-infectious illness can now be obtained from the ambulance station of the Asylums Board on payment of 5s., but in spite of this there seems little diminution in the use of the Woolwich Ambulance. NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT. 55. Last year was the first during the whole of whi... |
92ff18b0-aab3-42c6-ac10-e299d7154b95 | Your Medical Officer of Health was nominated as a member of the District Insurance Committee, and has attended all the meetings of that Committee, and advised the Chairman on many matters affecting the public health. The part of the Act dealing with tuberculosis has very greatly added to the work of the Public Health D... |
4cc4f7f3-8303-4580-93ce-3560f8be1bb7 | I reported as follows:— "As regards the general question as to the healthiness of the work at the Dust Destructor, I have received no complaints as to the work being injurious or unhealthy, nor has the Secretary of the Society who calls attention, to the excessive sickness. There is no reason to think that such work is... |
9e0a80ba-34f0-4ed3-ba7d-6cdb00890ff0 | STAFF. 56. Owing to the great increase in the work of the Department caused by the Insurance Act and the notification of all forms of tuberculosis, the Public Health Committee! decided to replace the deficiency in the staff which hadl existed since the retirment of Mr. Ellis, and Herbert Prescott was appointed Boy Cler... |
8fd408ec-c534-4f22-a71a-58a532d113eb | Net Deaths at all Ages belonging to the District. Number. Rate.. Under 1 Year of Age. At all Ages. Number. Rate per 1000 Births Registd. Number. Rate.. Number. Rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1902 122505 3730 29.9 466 124 1678 13.7 278 43 208 1843 14.7 1903 123172 3691 30.0 399 106 1511 12.3 272 41 175 1637 13.3 19... |
7811e823-379e-4891-9474-10fc111ee702 | 313 50 192 1605 12.7 1906 123644 3524 28.5 396 111 1530 . 293 48 183 1666 13.5 1907 123644 3295 26.5 372 111 1479 . 296 50 184 1613 13.0 1908 123644 3082 24.9 298 95 1374 . 333 60 170 1487 12.0 1909 123644 2937 23.8 240 82 1415 . 323 51 223 1585 12.8 1910 123644 2844 23.0 241 84 1296 . 314 42 156 1410 11.4 1911 121376 ... |
befc659a-49c3-4d96-9998-fb654c3afe85 | 327 53 212 1561 12.8 1912 123311 2747 22.3 201 73 1249 . 297 42 196 1420 11.5 Average for years 1902tol912 123660 3249 26.2 339 102 1458 . 301 47 188 1599 12.9 1913 125686 2876 22.5 229 80 1378 . 298 50 252 1580 12.3 * Rates in Columns 4, 8 and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population. Note.—The deaths included ... |
622ed0ae-2fba-4633-9bc0-db3ab06a1d31 | The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 7, corrected by the subtraction of the number in Column 10 and the addition of the number in Column 11. By the term "Non-Residents" is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity and dying in Public Institutions there ; and ... |
7a3b8b24-7061-41d9-b8b3-fda7d8341945 | Area of District in Total Population at all Ages 121,376 of acres (exclusive of area covered [ 8239-7 Number of Inhabited Houses 21,463 by water) J Average Number of Persons per House 5.6 At Census of 1911 143 TABLE IA. I. II. Institutions within the District receiving Sick and Infirm Persons from outside the District.... |
d61d7bc8-127f-4e28-8082-d1b8251463d4 | Poplar do. St. Peter's do. St. John's Hospital, Lewisham Children's Hospital West London do. Northern Consumption Hospital Victoria Park Consumption Hospital Downs Sanatorium Maitland and other Sanatoria Ear and Nose Hospital Brompton do. Bethnal Green do. City Road Chest do. «/ Mount Vernon do. Miller do. Cane Hill As... |
9244d035-d67f-4e02-b362-241993e27c4d | Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis included in the preceding figures. Cases removed to Hospital. All Ages. Age—Periods. Woolwich. Plumstead. Eltham. Under 1 1—5 5—15 15—25 25—65 65 and upwards West East Small-pox . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet Fever 626 4 136 429 36 21 . 206 194 163 63 12 561 Diphtheria 321 3 62 216 24 15 ... |
32cbd78a-82fb-47d4-82af-21f36b611954 | 7 2 3 2 6 10 Erysipelas 70 1 3 6 8 42 10 21 21 21 7 . 1 Puerperal Fever 8 • • • • • • . 3 5 • • • 2 2 4 . . 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever • • • • • • • • • . . • • • . . . • • • . . . Ant. |
a76422e3-931e-4f4d-9a2b-744b74ea9138 | Polio Myelitis 1 ... 1 ... ... ... ... 1 ... ... ... ... ... Ophthalmia Neonatorum 14 14 ... ... ... ... ... 5 6 3 ... ... ... Zymotic Enteritis 338 115 138 25 23 33 4 128 86 119 5 ... ... Total 1392 137 341 681 97 121 15 541 409 346 96 95 943 145—146. TABLE III.—Causes of, and Ages at Death during the Year 1913. Disea... |
93c19aa4-6aa5-44b9-8c45-dc3d7d90993d | 5 to 10. 10 to 15. 15 to 20. 20 to 25. 25 to 35. 35 to 45. 45 to 55. 55 to 65. 65 to 75. 1 75 to 85. Over 85. West. East. Small-pox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Measles 9 4 5 2 i 4 2 . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 . 3 . 1 Scarlet Fever 8 2 6 1 2 3 2 . . . . . . . . . . 6 1 1 . 7 . Epidemic Influenza 35 21 14 ... |
b455ddc3-c277-4b18-8154-faf52dd23360 | 6 13 13 3 2 . Whooping Cough 10 3 7 5 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 3 . 1 . Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 17 6 11 . . 7 8 2 . . . . . . . . 12 3 2 14 2 Enteric Fever 1 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . 1 . Asiatic Cholera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Diarrhoea 9 8 1 7 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 6 2 ... |
36be3cef-d3b0-442f-8254-81a3855920a2 | 1 . . 16 7 16 1 2 4 Acute Anterior Polio Myelitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cerebro-spinal fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Continued Fevers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erysipelas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Puerperal Fever 3 . 3 . . . . . . 1... |
a2252f93-02eb-40a5-ba23-af63dd8bea83 | 5 2 2 1 5 1 Syphilis 9 5 4 4 1 . . . . 1 1 . 2 . . . . 3 4 2 . 3 5 Rheumatic Fever 8 1 7 . . . . 2 . 1 2 2 . 1 . . . 3 1 2 2 . 2 Gout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intermittent Fever and Malarial Cachexia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuberculosis of Meninges 14 7 7 1 2 2 4 4 1 . . . . .... |
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