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c7dd122f-1c31-42ce-ae80-285c92489ec4 | It was 128 in 1901 and has fallen in an uneven way since then. At no period has it been so stable as during the preceding three years. There is little doubt that the intensive work which as been done in recent years in connection with maternity and child welfare in educating young mothers in the hygiene of pregnancy an... |
025acd4c-af98-4cf2-be15-d29ecec01b1c | 1918 104 125 99 85 109 1919 86 96 82 68 92 1920 61 75 62 51 55 1921 62 59 57 64 70 1922 62 65 57 80 45 Illegitimate Deaths. The number of deaths amongst illegitimate infants was 13. A comparison of the infantile mortality rates of legitimate and illegitimate infants shows that the rate for legitimate was 60 and for ill... |
67bfed64-6824-4b0e-a1f0-b8845755acd7 | 17, shows the infantile mortality rate, the number of infant deaths, the number of deaths under 4 weeks and the proportion under 4 weeks per 1,000 births each year since 1905. 29 TABLE No. 17. Year. No. of Births. Infantile Mortality Rate. Infant Deaths. Total Number Infant Deaths under 4 weeks Total Number under 4 wee... |
5123843d-4523-40ee-809c-dcd58ec6e30e | 2876 80 229 92 32 1914 2824 84 239 97 34 1915 2815 95 268 81 30 1916 3074 70 215 104 34 1917 2698 79 214 89 33 1918 2578 104 268 109 42 1919 2737 86 235 117 43 1920 3658 61 224 101 28 1921 3197 62 197 72 23 1922 2941 62 184 87 29 Total 51190 86 4649 1854 34 As will be seen from the above table, in 1920 the number of de... |
1bb3e056-5266-4c2f-b158-7d8343de1857 | These figures seem to suggest that an improvement in the infantile mortality rate of the first four weeks is taking place and this is significant because it is well known that this is the most dangerous month in an infant's life. The chief causes of death in this period were premature birth, 46; debility and marasmus, ... |
8ddf6444-859e-44f0-9ec2-ac0b4f11d4d7 | Total under 4 weeks 1 month and under 3 months 3 months and under 6 months 6 months and under 9 months 9 months and under 12 months Total Deaths under 1 year. Small-pox . . . . . . . . . . Chicken-pox . . . . . . . . . . Measles . . . . . . . 2 2 4 Scarlet Fever . . . . . . . . . . Whooping-cough . . . . . 2 2 1 4 9 Di... |
eeccd589-3eb8-486f-9d46-826410003308 | . . . . 2 1 . 3 Convulsions 4 . . . 4 2 . . 1 7 Laryngitis . . . . . . . . . . Bronchitis 1 . . . 1 3 6 . 2 12 Pneumonia (all forms) 1 . 1 2 4 7 8 4 7 30 Diarrhœa . 1 . . 1 . . . . 1 Enteritis . . . . . . 2 3 1 6 Gastritis . . . . . . . . . . Syphilis . . . . . 2 1 . . 3 Rickets . . . . . . 1 . 1 2 Suffocation, overlyi... |
01089ea9-93bb-4ac5-beb0-c076b7459de4 | 5 1 . . . 6 Congenital Malformation 5 1 1 2 9 2 . 1 . 12 Premature Birth 40 4 2 . 46 . . . . 46 Atrophy, Debility, and Marasmus 7 2 . . 9 4 4 2 1 20 Other causes 2 1 . 1 4 1 6 1 3 15 68 9 5 5 87 24 33 16 24 184 Nett Births registered during Legitimate 2835. the calendar year Illegitimate 106. Nett Deaths registered dur... |
97c8173c-da60-4dd7-9463-7fbca1be6e4a | Poor Law Institutions 407 London General Hospitals 69 Mental Hospitals 55 Infectious Diseases Hospitals 55 Special Hospitals 45 Cottage Hospitals and Nursing Homes 21 Sanatoria and Tuberculosis Institutions 17 Provincial Hospitals 5 674 32 SECTION III.-NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. NOTIFICATIONS. The total notifications, exclud... |
4e8341a8-9b5d-43fd-9786-2bfdfc97f12a | The number of cases of pneumonia continues to increase each year. In 1921, 236 cases were notified and in 1922, 345. This increase is not entirely due to increased knowledge of notification amongst medical practitioners, but is a true increase, and is in the main due to the influenza outbreak at the beginning of the ye... |
90b3a847-ac70-4a85-8be0-719edf481b74 | 24, which follows, shows the incidence of each infectious disease each year since 1901. 33 TABLE No. 20. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Diseases. Total cases notified. Cases admitted to Hospital. Total Deaths. Diphtheria 437 432 36 Scarlet Fever 511 486 11 Enteric Fever (including Para-typhoid) 8 8 1 Puerperal Fever 11 11 3 Pneu... |
31580fd4-784b-43d9-a8fc-ab3e73ff9c00 | Ophthalmia neonatorum 26 7 - Zymotic Enteritis 31 . 9 Tuberculosis Pulmonary Males 143 162 107 Females 102 80 56 Total 245 242 163 Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary Males 30 24 15 Females 30 21 12 Total 60 45 27 †Measles 2698 11 21 4430 1340 400 †Not Notifiable—information obtained from voluntary sources. 34 TABLE No. 21. CAS... |
38bcf38d-ba94-434c-b5bb-5b573a660b6e | 15 and under 20 years. 20 and under 35 years. 35 and under 45 years. 45 and under 65 years. 65 and over. *Diphtheria 437 2 17 32 21 21 145 90 33 58 8 10 .. Scarlet Fever 511 .. 19 26 33 26 212 101 36 44 12 1 11 Enteric Fever 8 .. .. .. 1 .. 1 1 2 2 1 .. .. Puerperal Fever 11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 2 .. .. Pneumonia ... |
63ae16b3-6155-4655-9029-5f079ae1d745 | .. .. .. .. Poliomyelitis 3 .. .. .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. Acute Polio-Encephalitis. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. Encephalitis lethargica 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 1 .. 1 .. .. Malaria 11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 5 2 .. Continued fever 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. Ophthalmia neonatorum 26 26 .. .. .... |
d727a295-de98-415d-a0b6-b601c3128c74 | 102 2 2 .. 2 1 5 11 19 39 16 36 .. Total 245 3 1 1 3 1 10 16 37 99 36 37 1 Tuberculosis Non-pulmonary Males 30 1 2 1 4 1 6 2 5 4 1 3 .. Females. 30 1 1 1 2 1 7 5 4 6 1 1 .. Total 60 2 3 2 6 2 13 7 9 10 2 4 .. †Measles (including German Measles) 2698 59 124 159 163 340 1720 125 7 1 .. .. .. 4430 150 201 248 240 408 2129... |
96d89245-eb48-4201-90cd-4d7ac6044706 | †Not Notifiable—Information obtained voluntarily. No cases of Smallpox, Typhus Fever, Relapsing Fever, Cholera, Plague, Dysentery, Trench Fever, Anthrax, Glanders, Hydrophobia, were notified during the year, 35 TABLE No. 22. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified in the Borough and Parishes during the Year 1922, showing... |
9aa5c0b7-8006-4901-8000-5d55024dcd87 | 72 Scarlet Fever 511 129 155 120 107 3.70 3.96 3.73 3.39 3.73 Enteric Fever 8 2 1 5 . 0 06 0.06 0.02 0.11 0.00 Puerperal Fever 11 3 4 3 1 0.08 0.09 0.10 0.09 0.03 Pneumonia 345 145 75 56 69 2.49 4.46 1.81 1.58 2.40 Erysipelas 37 6 15 8 8 0.27 0.18 0.36 0.23 0.28 Cerebro-spinal meningitis 2 1 1 . . . 0.01 0.03 0.02 . . ... |
d2f0bd07-0a93-4738-9ce6-bed5cace686b | 1 0.02 0.06 . . 0.03 Acute Polio-Encephalitis 1 1 . . . 0.01 0.03 . . . Encephalitis lethargica 3 1 . . 2 0.02 0.03 . . 0.07 Malaria 11 1 3 1 6 0.08 0.03 0.07 0.03 0.21 Continued Fever 1 1 . . . 0.01 0.03 . . . Ophthalmia neonatorum 26 7 5 10 4 0.19 0.22 0.12 0.28 0.14 Zymotic Enteritis 31 25 3 2 1 0.22 0.77 0.07 0 06 ... |
f0a8c16c-a078-4409-9e96-665651403dab | 77 1.57 1.64 1.97 1.95 Tuberculosis (other forms) 60 13 23 16 8 0.43 0.40 0.55 0.45 0.28 Measles (including German Measles) 2698 613 904 721 460 19.52 18.84 21.76 20.34 16.02 36 TABLE 23. DEATHS OP NOTIFIED CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1922. Diseases. Number of Deaths. Age groups. All ages. Under 1 1- 2- 3- 4- 5-10 10... |
d75a096a-fa99-45f9-853b-bac11bd385ac | Scarlet Fever 11 . 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 . . 1 Enteric Fever 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . Puerperal Fever 3 . . . . . . . . 2 1 . . Pneumonia 116 30 8 3 2 1 1 2 3 8 4 19 35 Erysipelas 3 . . . . . . . . 1 . . 2 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 3 2 . . . . l . . . . . . Poliomyelitis . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acute Polio-Encephalitis 1 ... |
2dad7d20-12c5-43f2-aec3-67aefb568515 | . . . 1 . . 1 Dysentery 2 . . . . . . . . . 1 1 . Continued Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ophthalmia Neonatorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . Zymotic Enteritis 9 7 . . 1 . . . . . l . . Tuberculosis—pulmonary Males 107 . 1 . . . . 2 5 45 18 34 2 Females 56 . . . . . 1 2 14 22 6 10 1 Total 163 . . 1 .. .. .. l 4 19 67 24 ... |
5226ee96-e7bb-4106-8874-673379d1b4f6 | 2 2 2 2 .. 2 1 Females 12 1 1 .. .. 2 1 2 1 3 .. 1 .. Total 27 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 3 5 .. 3 1 Measles 21 4 6 7 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 400 46 22 17 11 6 24 17 27 86 32 69 43 37 TABLE No. 24. Notification of Infectious Diseases, 1901 to 1922. Year. Small-pox. Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. Scarlet Fever. Enteric Fever. Erysipelas... |
ccd3268b-e68a-4bd2-a49c-748248aa4257 | Anterior Poliomyelitis Ophthalmia Neonatorum Zymotic Enteritis.§ Post basic Meningitis. Anthrax. Encephalitis. Malaria. Dysentery. Pneumonia.† Measles.‡ 1901 21 216 311 68 72 8 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . 323 1902 228 233 267 50 98 11 189 1 . . . . . . . . . . 646 1903 6 186 389 42 58 2 165 3 . . . . . . . . . . 661 1904 6... |
ec001f57-8ec8-4520-830a-ba38d57c819c | . 465 1906 . 387 528 40 97 8 176 . . . . 366 . . . . . . 825 1907 . 275 1023 27 110 6 150 . 1 . . 93 . . . . . . 1453 1908 . 362 596 19 90 6 154 . l . . 173 . . . . . . 519 1909 . 268 1027 13 113 9 206 . . . . 149 . . . . . . 768 1910 1 171 524 10 89 7 196 . 1 . . 102 . . . . . . 396 1911 . 239 518 16 82 16 375 . l 3 8... |
70320c49-0607-4318-967e-e6ce6741ad17 | l 3 20 129 . . . . . . 775 1913 . 321 626 14 70 8 675 . . 1 14 338 . . . . . . 387 1914 . 416 714 18 107 7 498 . l . 18 199 . . . . . . 967 1915 . 286 601 31 138 6 489 . 50 2 19 173 . . . . . . 1179 1916 1 271 232 9 95 16 469 . 14 . 33 80 3 . . . . . 1590 1917 . 277 147 12 79 12 543 . 17 1 41 101 5 . . . . . 1710 1918 ... |
150ca5e3-0c8e-438b-a962-ac734afec01a | . . 800 1919 4 398 243 26 63 7 474 . 6 1 34 123 1 . 3 61 7 123 1886 1920 1 427 538 6 82 13 428 . 3 . 29 31 3 . 3 29 1 136 1013 1921 . 592 1351 11 59 14 356 . 1 . 32 454 1 . 9 10 4 236 481 1922 . 437 511 8 37 11 305 1 1 3 26 31 1 . 4 11 . 345 2698 *Voluntary Notification to 1910; partial to 1912; all cases thereafter, †... |
59fd8c95-c8e5-45eb-8be8-f1d2f84a3f6a | ‡ Measles compulsorily notifiable from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1919. § Compulsory notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced 1913. 38 MEASLES. Notification Statistics. The number of notifications of measles received during the year was 2,698, as compared with 481 in 1921. This is the largest number of cases coming, to the k... |
44ad3a11-449c-4bc5-83bf-e60bff934903 | The seriousness of this disease is not generally appreciated by the public, and as measles is not a notifiable disease, our efforts to minimise its effects are seriously handicapped. In most of the London Boroughs we are almost entirely dependent on the school service for information regarding its prevalence. In 1921 a... |
57d1202c-eeeb-43e5-a452-dd31a688c1f8 | It cannot be said that much advantage is gained by the original notification, because delay is inevitable, but it cannot be too strongly emphasized that the benefit of this earlier notification lies in the fact that secondary cases are under observation much earlier and the necessary steps for diminishing the severity ... |
51bf10ca-8eeb-4229-99c7-f514b2cf7d34 | Cases of Measles are received into the hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board on the certificate of your Medical Officer. During the year 11 cases were so removed. SCARLET FEVER. Notification. During the year 511 cases of scarlet fever were notified compared with 1,351 in 1921. The case rate is shown in Table No. ... |
b349705a-1826-4069-8b97-dae61879be27 | 62 12 6 16 96 1922 Do. 46 9 3 1 59 40 Home Isolation. 25 cases, or 4.9 per cent, of all cases, were isolated at home and in two instances return cases occurred. The cases were regularly inspected by your Sanitary Inspectors in order to ascertain that proper precautions for preventing the spread of infectious disease we... |
4bb6caca-6702-491b-a711-ee47d470244a | of houses in which 1 case occurred 22 15 26 33 26 19 15 36 24 65 64 345 345 2 cases occurred .. 3 3 3 5 2 2 5 2 7 11 43 86 3 ,, „ 1 2 2 .. 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 17 51 4 „ „ .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 3 6 24 5 „ „ .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 5 Total houses 23 20 31 36 33 23 18 45 27 75 81 412 511 DIPHTHERIA. Notifications... |
e3c3637d-a219-457a-9c5e-49946d192a6d | Return Cases. Below is shown in tabular form the number of return cases, the period elapsing between date .of discharge from hospital of the primary case and the date of occurrence of the secondary case for the years 1920, 1921 and 1922. 41 TABLE No. 27. Period elapsing: Total. Under 1 month. 1-2 months. 2-3 months. Ov... |
19337f9a-e16d-4b03-8870-97139e246288 | Dockyard St. Mary's River St. George's Burrage Herbert Glyndon St. Margaret's Central St. Nicholas Eltham Total houses Total Cases No. |
5ced0cb2-0b3b-4a1f-be3d-5d6577b7c51d | of houses in which 1 case occurred 6 9 11 16 16 13 30 27 16 103 48 295 295 2 cases occurred .. .. 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 14 10 39 78 3 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 2 1 1 8 2 15 45 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 2 8 5 .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 5 6 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 6 Total houses 6 9 13 17 18 16 34 31 22 126 61 353... |
bac9a64f-d4ee-4268-b8b5-3c49aae59da5 | During the year the following number of cases were notified:— Pneumonia 345 Malaria 11 Dysentery — Trench Fever — These diseases are compulsorily notifiable under the Public Health Pneumonia, Malaria, Dysentery, etc.), Regulations, 1918. The deaths from pneumonia during the past four years were:— 1919 1920 1921 1922 12... |
2b88a1bd-7726-4203-b8bc-770a23ad96f3 | I am informed by the Secretaries of the various voluntary Nursing Associations in the Borough that the following numbers of cases of pneumonia Were nursed during the year:— Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association 100 St. Luke's Parish, Eltham 22 43 Eltham Nursing Association 8 Silvertown and North Woolwich Nursing A... |
d476f859-e1ae-43e2-9545-07d9015e6053 | 19 February 31 24 55 3 6 31 15 14 March 15 15 30 10 11 3 6 21 April 28 7 35 14 11 1 9 10 May 15 11 26 13 8 1 4 14 June 9 7 16 3 7 2 4 8 July 2 2 4 — — — 4 3 August — - — — — — — 2 September 2 1 3 — 1 1 1 2 October 9 5 14 10 2 2 — 5 November 16 7 23 9 11 1 2 5 December 21 15 36 10 13 5 8 13 197 148 345 76 73 133 63 116 ... |
2dac2f73-47dd-4fc3-82f3-62a5a8ad4b93 | 30, shows the distribution of the various forms of pneumonia, as set out in the medical certificates, in each Ward of the Borough:— 44 TABLE No. 30. NOTIFICATION OF PNEUMONIA. Ward. Lobar. Broncho. Influenzal. Acute Primary. Total. Dockyard 3 4 11 4 22 St. Mary's 6 15 15 .. 36 River 21 19 34 1 75 St. George's 5 1 2 4 1... |
e1bb7250-93ad-454c-b8e9-fbe4189a7b30 | Nicholas 5 19 9 15 48 Eltham 12 2 32 23 69 76 73 133 63 345 OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. Twenty-six cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified during the year, and 7 were treated in hospital. In tabular form is shown below, as required by the Ministry of Healthy the results of each case TABLE No. 31. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.... |
03cf8d75-d9b9-4c8b-adfd-5c082613c1a8 | The number of visits paid by nurses was 190. PUERPERAL FEVER. Eleven cases of puerperal fever were notified during the year, and 11 were treated in hospital—4 being in hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, 4 in Poor Law Institutions, and 3 in voluntary hospitals. Three deaths occurred. ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS. Thirty-... |
c2e274c6-e79f-49c6-b8df-4984ca856624 | The number of cases of each of these diseases is shown in Table No. 21, and is below the average of preceding years. 46 TABLE No. 32. TUBERCULOSIS. Summary of Notifications received during year ended 31st December, 1922. Age-periods— Notifications on Form A. Notifications on Form B. Number of Notifications on Form C. N... |
cf4f8ce5-1b76-451d-9922-06a61a82bbcb | Pulmonary Males 1 2 5 5 18 21 39 20 23 8 1 143 172 .. .. .. .. 1 31 165 ,, Females 2 4 5 11 19 14 25 16 3 3 .. 102 121 .. .. .. .. .. 15 72 Non-Pulmonary Males 1 8 4 2 5 2 2 1 3 .. .. 28 29 .. 2 .. 2 4 2 16 „ Females 1 5 6 5 4 6 .. 1 .. 1 .. 29 30 .. 1 .. 1 1 7 8 5 19 20 23 46 43 66 38 29 12 1 302 352 .. 3 .. 3 6 55 26... |
89f7ed64-a7f4-45d8-bdaa-dbdae883eb2a | This part of the report, which has been prepared in the main by the Tuberculosis Officer, deals with the work of the Department under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, and under the dispensary scheme approved by the Ministry of Health and the London County Council who contribute 50 per cent, and 25 pe... |
fbc58c14-5f4c-4347-9033-0c49e6ef41ac | The increase in duplicate notifications from 16, 10 and 14 in the last three years is an indication that there is less tendency on the part of medical practitioners to assume that when they see a case of old tuberculosis that some one else must have notified it before. Notifications received on Forms "C" and "D,". i.e.... |
b9eff045-075e-4b5f-98a8-3bba60acc305 | 1918 563 6 14 41 19 6 11 660 1919 394 4 3 35 19 5 14 474 1920 359 7 5 24 17 11 5 428 1921 285 14 5 17 17 9 9 356 1922 245 8 5 16 20 5 6 305 Cases of Tuberculosis in the District. In accordance with the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1921, the register of notifications kept by the Medical Officer of Health un... |
e17e5d80-ccab-4eb5-9c20-6d5dbc2d6487 | The position at the end of the year 1922 is as follows:— Number of cases reported to be well 1278 Number of cases presumably suffering from active tuberculosis 933 Total known cases of tuberculosis in the Borough 2211 It has been impossible to trace 665 notified cases. The number of cases stated to have moved to other ... |
085ecd12-b951-4eec-93d0-1afe602b3a5e | Cases classified as "well" are those who were found to be well and working and not in need of medical treatment at the time of the visit by the Tuberculosis Visitor. It is unfortunate that over a period of years so large a proportion of patients are untraced, but it must be remembered that the European War lasted five ... |
3f7c4e5e-9a3f-4bec-b228-f638e23d33ed | 1917 215 176 39 1.63 1.34 0.20 1918 222 190 32 1.65 1.41 0.24 1919 196 171 25 1.45 1.26 019 1920 188 161 27 1.32 1.13 0.19 1921 207 168 39 1.52 1.23 0.29 1922 190 163 27 1.37 1.18 0.19 50 TABLE No. 35. Pulmonary. Percentage. Non-Pulmonary. Percentage. |
ed229d04-89c3-4f00-86c8-c21a3f81bd6c | Not Notified 15 9.2 17 63.0 0—1 Months 19 11.7 8 29.6 1-3 „ 17 10.4 — — 3-6 „ 17 10'4 — — 6—12 ,, 23 14.1 — — 1—2 years 34 20.9 1 3.7 2—5 32 19.6 — — Over 5 years 6 3.7 1 3.7 163 27 The ratio between non-notified and the total tuberculosis deaths, as will be seen from the table shown above, is therefore as one is to si... |
d7a4eda3-d85d-4f6e-960f-47aef61bea16 | The existing agreements with the Seamen's Hospital, Greenwich, and with the London Hospital for X-Ray examination of difficult cases, and for the treatment of lupus, respectively, have been continued, and arrangements were concluded whereby patients requiring artificial pneumo-thorax could receive treatment at the Brom... |
369c41ac-b2bc-4607-9e5d-6ac2790e1905 | The percentage of contacts who were examined at the Dispensary is still not as satisfactory as it might be. It must, however, be remembered that a certain proportion of contacts are examined by the family medical attendant. This is a very important part of dispensary practice, which is not always appreciated by those m... |
9f91bf96-b00f-48ed-ab58-bf145a8866f0 | Patients receive dental treatment free, but when artificial teeth are necessary, patients are assessed for payment according to their means, each case being treated on its merits. Home Nursing. The local branch of the Queen Victoria Nursing Association and other local Nursing Associations continue to render very valuab... |
a2f0e82d-604c-4576-a06f-29bc4b43b84f | During the year, gifts including a bath-chair and a spinal carriage were presented to the Dispensary for the use of patients, and have been greatly appreciated. Nursing requisites such as water-beds, air-rings, etc., have been provided, and are in constant demand. Shelters. The eleven shelters available for patients we... |
eb2d40aa-6249-406c-ab8d-599014a16938 | Insured 152 79 38 1 Uninsured 33 26 15 — Children 22 17 8 — 207 122 61 1 These admissions represent a total of 287 individual patients and the monthly admissions from January to December were as follows:— 53 January 27 July 27 February 26 August 27 March 42 September 32 April 32 October 39 May 36 November 35 June 43 De... |
26bfb867-d475-43e1-bd16-690f7023e2f2 | This is in accordance with Circular 149 issued by the Ministry of Health in December, 1920, in which it is stated:— "Patients who require treatment which can, consistently with the best interests of the patient, be properly undertaken by a general practitioner of ordinary professional competence and skill, and who are ... |
ab294ab7-9cb3-4aa7-8286-2562b789741f | Form " R " (a return as to work carried out in connection with the Dispensary during the year) is appended. 54 TABLE No. 37. Return as to work carried out in connection with the Maxey Road Tuberculosis Dispensary for the year 1922. (Form " R " (revised)). Number of Under observation at the Dispensary on Jan. 1st pendin... |
7da891aa-4d30-4ad4-9458-7144620aab37 | M. .. 299 .. 9 6 299 13 .. F. .. 278 .. 10 5 276 12 .. Total .. 1,171 .. 170 25 1,005 46 .. (b) "Contacts" (included in (a). Adults. M. .. 56 .. 11 .. 44 1 .. F. .. 80 .. 13 1 63 3 Children under 15. M. .. 109 .. 2 3 103 1 .. F. .. 117 .. 1 3 112 1 .. (c) Insured persons included in (a). M. .. 282 .. 92 5 177 8 .. F. .... |
bd1c283d-1ed7-4617-8c47-dafdf5fd2d30 | Number of patients under treatment or supervision (excluding persons under observation or domiciliary treatment) on the 31st December 650 2, . Total number of attendances of patients at the Dispensary during the year— Insured 3,884 Uninsured 4,723 3 . Number of persons placed during the year under observation at the Di... |
f9695202-5c8a-45dc-836d-9d7bc5745e21 | Number of other visits paid by Tuberculosis Officers to the homes of patients 755 10. Number of visits paid by Nurses or Health Visitors to the homes of patients for dispensary purposes 4,597 11. Number of specimens of sputum examined in connection with the work of the Dispensary 658 56 SECTION IV.—CAUSES OF SICKNESS. ... |
dc219a74-560f-40f2-bb18-72343538e3ae | It would appear from enquiries I have made among general practitioners that there has been an increase in the number of skin diseases during the year, and it is suggested that the cause of this is due to defective nutrition associated with the long spells of unemployment which unfortunately has been present in the dist... |
b4e0dbd6-ff23-4570-b00a-2821ecddcf0f | There are four nursing institutions in the district, as follows:— The Woolwich and Plumstead Nursing Association, 22 Nightingale Place, Woolwich, S.E. 18. The Eltham District Nursing Association, (Nurse) Miss M. Alexander, The Hostel, Eltham. St. Luke's Parish, Eltham, (Nurse) Miss Bloomfield, 9 Maudslay Road, Eltham. ... |
7a1b553c-bffb-4ded-9a95-8c023545d854 | There are no arrangements for nursing in that part of Eltham west of Well Hall Road and north of the railway line. All these Nursing Associations will nurse cases of certain infectious diseases, viz., measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia neonatorum and tuberculosis. They will not, however, 58 vide nursing assistance in ... |
c8ed2c37-71d6-4232-a2e2-c2e192827b9a | The Borough Council does not employ, or subsidise, practising midwives. TABLE No. 38. CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES. Situation. Nature of Accommodation. By whom provided. Sessions weekly. Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. Town Hall, Woolwich Doctor's room, Weighing room, Waiting rooms, etc. Woolwich Borough Council ... |
33a661eb-ed24-47f2-a2c7-34a84b596342 | Do. 1 Victory Club, Beresford Street Doctor's room, Weighing room, Waiting room. Voluntary Organisation 1 Day Nurseries. Nil School Clinics. Brewer Street, Woolwich Doctor's rooms, Treatment rooms, Waiting rooms. Local Medical Association Daily Plumstead Road, Plums tead Do. Do. Daily Cyril Henry Treatment Centre, St. ... |
ca60f25c-f1bb-45da-874b-e01beac27b8f | British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, Samuel Street, Woolwich (40 beds). In March, 1922, the new buildings of the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies were opened. The new Hospital is in Samuel Street and sufficient accommodation (including isolation wards) is available for 40 indoor cases. The old Hospital in Wo... |
99df3610-2ead-4332-8646-5648652c2454 | The amount paid to the Hospital was £875, making the net cost, £661 19s. 0d., fifty per cent, of which is recoverable from the Ministry of Health. With regard to the general working of the Hospital, I am informed by the Secretary, Miss Gregory, that the number of cases (including Borough Council patients) admitted duri... |
a627be2d-ffc0-43be-b61d-7c650ce26dff | (a) Number of cases in hospital on the 1st January, 1922 9 Number of cases admitted during the year 96 Number of cases remaining in on the 31st December 5 (b) Average duration of stay 45 days (c) Reasons for admission:— Malnutrition, Marasmus and Debility 53 Bronchitis and Pneumonia 5 Enteritis and Colitis 2 Vomiting, ... |
4ee64394-cca6-4983-a7c8-45a5ea3074e4 | 62 TABLE No. 39—continued. (5) Smallpox. Nil. (6) Other. There is no General Hospital in Woolwich, and in consequence considerable use is made of the London General Hospitals, but no actual figures showing the extent are available. Some information, however, can be obtained from the death returns and the following tabl... |
081b6cb8-5882-45bc-9118-d8f764dd0ff7 | Thomas's 3 Middlesex 3 Royal Waterloo 2 King's College 1 Westminster 1 69 The plans for the erection of a general Hospital in Woolwich, referred to in the Annual Reports for 1920 and 1921, are slowly maturing, and it is understood that sufficient 63 funds are now available to enable the Committee to erect the first sec... |
1c7c7855-a578-44b6-87e0-9949cbe1b1ca | Woolwich suffers from a lack of hospital accommodation and considerable delay very often takes place in the removal of acute cases from this Borough to London Hospitals. When this Hospital is in use that considerable waste of time, which is so important in the treatment of acute emergencies and accidents will be ehmina... |
89bcd49d-c1d3-40cb-805c-2abf3463b51e | Through the courtesy of the Superintendent I am able to give the following information with regard to this Home:— 64 Mothers and Babies in the Home, 1st January, 1922 4 mothers and 4 babies Mothers admitted during the year 10 Mothers with babies admitted during the year 2 Births in the Home 7 Deaths — Average duration ... |
77afbf25-c5b3-4a29-b509-2c448bb78d18 | A grant of £50 was made by the Council during the year, towards the funds of the Home. Ambulance Facilities. (a) Infectious Cases. Under the Public Health (London) Act, persons in London suffering from certain notifiable diseases may be conveyed to Hospital and treated gratuitously in a Hospital of the Metropolitan Asy... |
00935f3a-0925-48ba-be86-b476c2e04d5f | For this purpose, however, ambulances can be obtained on payment to the Metropolitan Asylums Board. The nearest ambulance station to Woolwich is situated in Lee High Road, Lewisham, nearly four miles from the thickly populated part of the Borough. The maternity service referred to above is not available for the removal... |
763681f7-bb89-4b18-937f-e334750d92e8 | At the end of the year, 3 ante-natal sessions and 12 infant consultations were being held each week. Treatment. During the year the approval of the Minister of Health was received to the Council's Dental Scheme. Under this scheme dental treatment is given to expectant and nursing mothers, and to children under school a... |
6850adeb-71ec-4497-abf0-d65297522910 | The total number of children attending this Centre during the year was 127, and the total number of attendances, including mothers, was 989. Convalescent Home, Brent Road. This Home was closed in September, 1922. The Work of Health Visitors. At the end of the year, the number of Health Visitors was 8, two of whom hold ... |
295f4d13-fca5-4b78-b144-b916229d764c | Experience gained in the last few years has shown that the younger mothers are desirous of acquiring information on the rearing of children, take instruction in these matters very kindly, and recognise that in these times more than instinct and tradition is necessary if baby is to develop as they would wish. Now-a-days... |
b7215e6d-c4b3-45f4-af4a-7971f52f72ff | As a matter of routine, as soon as a notification of a birth is received, suitable literature is sent to the mother by post and a first visit is made between the tenth and fourteenth day. It has been found as a matter of experience that it is not easy to ascertain at a first visit how much the mother knows, and how muc... |
be701381-caa7-42cc-ab38-2d22c3d9ef01 | A considerable amount of their time in the early part of the year was taken up with work in connection with the distribution of free milk under the Council's assisted milk scheme, but it was found possible, by the issue of a suitable form, to diminish their work in connection with this very considerably and so enable t... |
c1cfa17a-8672-469d-a0ad-3980dd494b33 | 1921 1922 Births—First visits 2,800 2,677 „ Re-visits 8,904 9,271 Infant deaths investigated 163 175 Still-births investigated 80 55 Expectant Mothers—home visits to 263 330 Infectious Diseases— Ophthalmia Neonatorum—First visits 31 26 „ „ Re-visits 30 40 Measles—First visits 153 2,080 „ Re-visits 79 741 Puerperal Feve... |
e05adfa7-52ed-4a13-b5a7-b28e6faed21e | In tabular form below are shown the detailed statistics for the year 1922 and the consolidated statistics for 1919, 1920 and 1921. The Slade Centre, situated at Wesley Hall, Timbercroft Lane, was opened on the 24th October, 1922. 69 TABLE No. 42. No. on Roll of Centre. No. of Attendances at Centre. Mothers : Children. ... |
597b87d7-554b-437a-b031-241327978cf7 | Town Hall 209 247 1,721 330 492 8,233 Plumstead 153 159 1,107 253 298 5,837 Eltham 150 149 934 260 241 5,236 North Woolwich .. 1 130 .. 3 687 New Eltham .. 7 112 .. 28 842 Slade .. 1 109 .. 2 240 Beresford Street (Voluntary) 8 26 127 17 59 913 Totals 1922 520 590 4,240 860 1,123 21,968 „ 1921 489 588 4,150 943 1,046 23... |
f3c46fef-0510-4cb3-9949-fbf0686b50ba | 43, shows the children attending each Centre and the number of attendances during the year. 70 TABLE No. 43. Children in attendance at each Centre. Year of Birth. Woolwich. Plumstead. Eltham. N. Woolwich. New Eltham. Slade. Beresford Street (Voluntary). Total. |
4117fa49-0fb5-4116-a18a-49e3209c2b80 | 1922 554 319 242 42 34 49 36 1276 1921 630 393 270 45 37 31 43 1449 1920 344 243 211 28 21 23 20 896 1919 138 95 113 11 14 1 16 388 1918 37 43 65 2 4 5 5 161 1917 18 14 33 2 2 — 1 70 Totals 1721 1107 934 130 112 109 127 4240 Attendances of Children at each Centre. |
391db925-e94f-4bcd-8991-bfb9f457662c | 1922 2972 2045 1694 237 313 134 257 7652 1921 3340 2385 1922 271 369 56 322 8665 1920 1391 943 927 139 92 37 219 3748 1919 429 321 368 34 50 4 98 1304 1918 65 111 210 3 15 9 16 429 1917 36 32 95 3 3 1 170 Totals 8233 5837 5216 687 842 240 913 21968 Supply of Milk, etc. to Necessitous, Expectant and Nursing Mothers and ... |
117190b8-ccc4-4648-b172-8b692f56a768 | ; Fresh Milk, £50 1s. 7d., and Dinners, £36 1s. 6d. The economic circumstances scale under which milk was distributed at cost price was as follows 71 Number in Family. Scale. s. d. One 16 0 Two 13 0 Three 10 6 Four 9 6 Five 8 6 Six (or more) 8 0 Deductions Rent. During the year, legal proceedings were instituted agains... |
b8bc10ec-0c25-4b09-a8d9-d9de986a5a9b | This table shows (a) a slight improvement in breast feeding compared with last year; and (b) a higher percentage amongst children between the age of six and nine months than one would have expected; and (c) that a mother who feeds her baby at the breast for four months is likely to do so until the end of the seventh mo... |
c48476b9-5d03-47ad-a91b-930d61a12e47 | Grand Total 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 Total 0-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 Breast 88 148 90 71 70 66 61 34 26 654 11 8 2 675 Breast and Hand 6 24 12 24 19 17 22 22 23 169 30 28 35 262 Hand 5 30 42 44 56 62 63 48 60 410 56 56 87 609 90 202 144 139 145 145 146 104 109 1233 97 92 124 1546 Percentages. |
c3e96801-e621-4038-98d9-1b0a4f125789 | Breast 88.8 73.3 62.5 51.1 48.3 45.5 41.8 32.7 23.9 53.0 11.4 8.7 1.6 43.7 Breast and Hand 6.1 11.9 8.3 17.3 13.1 11.7 15.1 21.1 21.1 13.7 30.9 30.4 28.2 16.9 Hand 5.1 14.8 29.2 31.6 38.6 42.8 43.1 46.2 55.0 33.3 57.7 60.9 70.2 39.4 73 SECTION VI.—LABORATORY WORK. Analysis of Food and Drugs. |
1df05041-631e-4b99-b4a9-9eccc166e5d1 | The Public Analyst is Sir W. R. Smith and the laboratory work in connection therewith is carried out at the Royal Institute of Public Health. The detailed results of analyses made will be found in the section dealing with the Food and Drugs Acts. Bacteriological Examinations. Bacteriological examinations are carried ou... |
ed0de504-234e-4327-bf57-f6e5a1a6e87c | Diphtheria anti-toxin is kept at the Town Hall and the Plumstead and Eltham Free Libraries, and is supplied to Medical Practitioners, on application, at cost price, or free where there is inability to pay. The amount supplied during the year was 64,000 units at a total cost of £4 16s. 0d. 74 ADOPTIVE ACTS, BY-LAWS AND ... |
ce55f9d2-edd9-4c63-9b3b-5a8e9db82c06 | Do. do. S. 39 (1) 22nd June, 1893. Do. do. S. 39 (2) 15th May, 1903. Do. do. S. 45 15th May, 1903. Do. do. S. 50 15th May, 1903. Do. do. S. 88 15th May, 1903. Do. do. S. 94* 13th August, 1895. Do. do. S. 95 15th May, 1903. London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1902 S. 53 22nd Nov., 1883. Do. do. 1903 S. 54 1st Fe... |
9089e6af-03f6-4dfc-ab09-a99ac9bf9376 | 9 17th June, 1913. Baths and Washhouses Act, 1846 15th May, 1903. Public Health (London) Act, 1875 S. 167 Do. Metropolis Management Act, Act, 1885 S. 202 30th October, 1900. 21st July, 1903. * Woolwich and Plumstead Parishes only. 75 Regulations made under- Factories and Workshops Acts and Public Health (London) Act, 1... |
9c1bcb24-cdab-40cd-8c52-1ea28f9ffc57 | 17 (7) 9th February, 1911. Section 55 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, has been applied to Zymotic Enteritis. 76 SECTION VII.—SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. This part of the Report, which has been largely prepared by the Chief Sanitary Inspector, deals statistically with the sanitary administration of the Borough. Cl... |
8c18971e-5e57-480f-812c-9e663089f97a | Offensive— Tradesmen on Books 60 Receptacles removed 6,681 Charge per Receptacle 6d. Complaints. The number of complaints received during the year was 1,865, compared with 2,064 last year. 37 of these complaints related to the non-removal of dust—8 in Woolwich, 27 in Plumstead, and 2 in Eltham. 77 Drainage. Thirty-one ... |
473e447a-580e-4b3d-8fd4-8209f968882b | This amount has been recovered from the owners of the respective houses. Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920. During the year 6 applications were made for certificates. In each case the owner of the premises was notified and notices were served for the abatement of the nuisances. These notic... |
fe30fe7b-34bc-422f-824f-8c16c9ece624 | A " rat week " was held in November, and by arrangement with the Works Department, 7,279 baits were laid in 57 old sewers likely to be infested with rats. Rag Flock Act. No samples were taken during the year. Offensive Trades. There are no offensive trades in Woolwich. Action under Public Health Acts or By-Laws. Statis... |
f88be4ce-d598-4096-9480-68cb8b90d3ea | In this Borough it is a practice of many years standing for the Town Clerk to write a letter to the owner reminding him of his neglect to comply with a statutory notice and requesting his attention forthwith, and only in the event of continued neglect is a summons issued. The number of cases reported to him during the ... |
9f1cca4e-c3f1-458d-ba4f-9dbdc4d86bcc | Premises where Food is prepared (other than above) 633 Shops and Markets re Food (estimated) 1,533 Factories, Workshops, Workplaces 512 Outworkers' Premises 180 Homes re Verminous Cases 549 Homes re Scabies Cases 324 Women's Lavatories 73 Smoke Observations 23 Tents and Vans 17 Urinals accessible to Public 241 Animals ... |
1431b064-c7f7-4c2f-820f-2879a1e10207 | Interiors cleansed 2,942 Damp conditions in houses remedied 638 Defective guttering and rain water pipes 755 Improved ventilation 193 Defective Roofs 1,013 Deficient light, windows supplied or enlarged 6 80 TABLE No. 47—continued. Nuisances, etc., abated. Total. Paving in yards and washhouses repaired 653 Underground r... |
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