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4efe5d3e-9d58-4214-9b3f-7c2082a894e0 | In the first four years of the quinquennium the number of visits paid by the health visitors was as follows:—1921,16,836; 1922, 18,152; 1923, 21,073; 1924, 22,148. The following table shows the classification of visits paid by the health visitors in 1925:— 150 TABLE No. 69. |
98cb80fe-3e7a-4a3a-8276-e56d4b01635b | Births—First Visits 2,203 „ Re-visits 12,471 Infant deaths investigated 85 Still-births investigated 10 Expectant mothers—home visits 395 Infectious diseases:— Ophthalmia Neonatorum—First Visits 30 ,, „ Re-visits 41 Measles—First visits 1,413 „ Re-visits 454 Puerperal fever—First visits 8 „ Re-visits 4 Zymotic enteriti... |
18c1e4f1-f2fb-49c0-9fab-b66f36662eb5 | At these courses not only do the health visitors learn about the modem advances in infant hygiene but they meet health visitors from other districts, and in talking over their experiences they learn much that is of mutual benefit to them in their work. They come back from this course refreshed and with added zeal and z... |
44af17ef-887b-46a5-a4bc-8a7ef7ca1aa0 | At the end of the year three ante-natal and eighteen infant consultations and weighing sessions were being held each week. In tabular form are shown below statistics for the year 1925 and consolidated statistics for the previous four years. TABLE No. 70. Centre. No. on Roll of Centre. No. of Attendances. Mothers. Child... |
10be1fdf-97b8-4367-bf48-48ca57fd8e96 | Town Hall 281 369 1,486 367 610 7,743 Eltham 188 75 1,058 349 132 5,748 Plumstead 172 245 923 287 285 4,967 Slade 4 66 420 4 108 3,391 New Eltham 11 4 189 26 19 1,554 North Woolwich 2 16 127 2 20 760 Beresford Street (Voluntrary). |
7baf9a19-5e1c-42d6-8454-d368fb60b9cc | 7 41 115 9 76 671 Totals 1925 665 816 4,318 1,044 1,250 24,834 „ 1924 661 659 5,715 1,127 1,256 26,233 „ 1923 513 701 4,204 827 1,368 24,511 „ 1922 520 590 4,240 860 1,123 21,968 „ 1921 489 588 4,150 943 1,046 23,156 152 It would appear from these statistics that a fairly constant figure has now been arrived at, and an... |
8bdcf639-8ec0-4bb8-a73d-876bbaf777db | If this table is compared with similar tables published in the annual reports of previous years, it will be noticed that the attendance of children of two years and over shows a steady increase—a matter for congratulation when it is remembered that, although theoretically the health of the young child is cared for up t... |
f5219355-adbb-4f2e-b5e3-692a056b9990 | 1925 461 251 279 113 61 47 32 1,244 1924 462 256 274 124 49 45 44 1,254 1923 234 216 170 71 34 21 15 761 1922 196 140 116 51 22 11 14 550 1921 100 115 58 38 10 2 8 331 1920 33 80 26 23 13 1 2 178 1,486 1,058 923 420 189 127 115 4,318 Attendances of Children at each Centre. |
2d07a5b8-b48e-48b8-8358-bdf219e4a253 | 1925 2,598 1,945 1,787 839 589 270 225 8,253 1924 3,136 2,019 1,862 1,409 589 355 303 9,673 1923 972 792 733 607 214 93 77 3,488 1922 639 481 368 263 112 31 50 1,944 1921 302 315 154 177 26 9 14 997 1920 96 196 63 96 24 2 2 479 7,743 5,748 4,967 3,391 1,554 760 671 24,834 153 (d) Treatment of Minor Ailments. Children r... |
c630a2b9-06a0-44ff-baf8-3585d3b72a64 | During the year 22 were sent to this Clinic, and for each case the Council paid 5s. The children referred there suffered from the following conditions— Impetigo 7 Ear discharge 6 Conjunctivitis 3 Squint 2 Enlarged tonsils 2 Corneal ulcer 1 Inflamed gums 1 22 (e) Dental Treatment. The dental work is carried out at the S... |
3e976d5b-47c9-452d-8f4c-81bcaed3bfd9 | Children 114 168 Nursing mothers 57 207 Expectant mothers 48 81 219 456 Dentures are provided free, at part cost, or at cost price, according to ability to pay, but the payment is spread over many weeks. In consequence the income during the year 154 includes money received in respect of dentures supplied in 1924. Twent... |
9df2a8fc-51cf-4402-a547-7ca6608f9ad2 | It fulfilled a need in the Borough, did very good work and prevented many children from becoming cripples. Up till 1924 it had been entirely supported by voluntary funds with the exception of a yearly contribution of £40 from the London County Council. This voluntary support, practically all from one donor, was withdra... |
dca07e60-06d6-44aa-ace6-467c083d1212 | Only cases recommended by the Medical Officer of Health are included in the scheme and payment is only made for the number of attendances approved by him. The Ministry approved this scheme, but limited the expenditure in the first instance to £100 per annum, on the understanding that an application for further expendit... |
8ff23667-c096-4605-b9db-409807737c29 | In detail, the children referred to the Clinic required treatment for the following conditions:— Type of Case Number referred to Clinic. Number who completed treatment by end of year. Talipes (Club foot) 4 2 „ (Flat foot) 5 2 Rickets: General 7 3 Genu Valgum (knock-knee) 4 2 Genu Varus (bow-leg) 5 3 Injuries: Old dislo... |
a4b25da9-0a62-43a3-95de-b506325d4a3b | With the exception of eight, all these attendances were paid for at the rate of 2s. per attendance. The total cost to the Council was £113 10s., 50 per cent. of which is recoverable from the Ministry. The average number of treatments received by the completed cases was 20, and by the uncompleted 31. During the five yea... |
f3cfaf88-eb08-40b6-92c1-9e1c98e514c0 | Their attendances are regular, and so far as can be obtained, the utmost co-ordination of parents, members of the Public Health Staff, and the Remedial Clinic is provided. The earlier a child suffering from a condition which may lead to crippling receives treatment, the less likely does permanent damage result, particu... |
1d1c40f3-7ef6-4f72-bd92-444c58f9e92b | The Council do not pay a retaining fee to the District Nursing Associations, for the purposes of securing that a nurse is always available, but they pay a fee per visit, the rate being as follows: 1s. per visit for one case, 6d. a visit per case for more than one case in the house at the same time. These nursing servic... |
d8853bb5-fe0c-42d9-87d7-4503ce2bfaf4 | The following table shows certain statistical information for the vear 1925:— Table No. 73. Number of beds 21 (1) (i.) Number of cases in hospital on the 1st January, 1925 13 (ii.) Number of cases admitted during the year 85 (iii) Number remaining in on the 31st December 13 158 (2) Average duration of stay 51 days. |
a2d5b00a-da17-4828-a1f8-bf9d2f87ca0b | (3) Reasons for admission:— Malnutrition, Marasmus and Debility 40 Vomiting, Dyspepsia and Constipation 26 Bronchitis 4 Rickets 3 Diarrhœa 2 Pneumonia 1 Miscellaneous 9 85 (4) Number of cases discharged (a) In good health 60 (b) Improved 8 (c) No improvement 8 76 (5) Number of cases of infectious disease:— (a) Measles ... |
ee382733-c67f-43d6-b9e1-8841afa89c57 | Fortunately, the Home for Mothers and Babies, which was established in 1905 in Wood Street, Woolwich, was available for this purpose and so the amalgamation of these two institutions came about, and the new name—The British Hospital for Mothers and Babies—was adopted. The Hospital does excellent work in 159 the neighbo... |
1f1ff5bf-65dd-4203-91e3-fdb1066d43ea | In 1922 new buildings were opened in Samuel Street, but unfortunately sufficient funds were not available to enable the Management to provide a complete hospital and training school on one site, and so it has been necessary to keep the old hospital in Wood Street as an ante-natal clinic. The new building has been so co... |
c060fed0-4bb7-44bc-8307-64a206aeafda | Mothers admitted during the year 648 „ „ for observation and temporarily discharged 175 Number of children bom 656 Maternal deaths 4 Infant deaths 5 Extern cases 218 Ante-natal Clinic: Mothers attending 1,295 Total attendances 4,093 Post-natal Clinic: Mothers attending 10 Total attendances 11 Infant Clinic: Infants att... |
54eede3b-9a9b-4d5a-b3dd-e48139846e92 | The minimum fee has been fixed at £3 for confinement in the case of multipara and £4 in the case of primiparse. In certain cases this fee is reduced by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. The charge is based on a normal residence of 14 days, but an additional charge is made after this period of 3s. per day. The ... |
a2808cd8-2a82-4383-a291-2f8a1bef9948 | It is situated at 23, Vicarage Park, Plumstead, and provides accommodation for eight mothers and babies. As is to be expected very few Woolwich mothers enter this Home, the girls being drawn from other parts of London. The number admitted to the Home during the year was about average, and, through the courtesy of the S... |
8d613718-343f-4d57-bb86-38a6356a971e | These girls are encouraged to stay at the Home for six months, and while there carry out ordinary household work. When they leave a situation is found for them, if possible, where the child can be taken. As in previous years, a grant of £50 was made by the Borough Council towards the funds of this Home. (k) Supply of M... |
41effca9-07bf-4498-8b7f-2dff119bb747 | (c) Children up to three years of age, and, exceptionally, to children between 3 and 5 years of age on a special medical certificate. K 162 The quantity of milk must not exceed one pint per day, but in exceptional circumstances, infants between three and eighteen months may receive 1½ pints per day. A suitable scale of... |
a77ffe14-6e3f-4541-be0f-ae4c195d96db | 1 13 0 1 15 0 2 10 6 2 12 6 3 8 6 3 10 0 4 7 6 4 8 6 5 7 0 5 8 0 6 or more 6 6 6 or more 7 6 Per head, after deduction of rent. During the five years under review these services cost most in 1921, since which date the cost has been steadily falling, chiefly owing to the adoption of lower scales of income as a test of n... |
05aeca46-4d93-425b-b8d8-e1f502145b92 | Collective teaching embraces classes for sewing, home nursing, first aid, general and personal hygiene and infant care. The Council had previous experience of collective teaching, about the years 1919-1920, but the classes were not popular, possibly because of domestic difficulties and lack of interest on the part of t... |
2feda07d-67e8-4e1b-87b9-f2d7e15f571a | The mothers are encouraged to bring old garments and instructions are given in adapting these for children's use. Designs for model clothing have been provided, and advice is given in cutting out and making up the material. The actual sewing is carried out either at the classes or at home. Knitting is also encouraged. ... |
0d1fdbea-3069-432c-975b-5c45e6e0f5d4 | It serves one of the most difficult areas in the Borough and meets once a week (on Monday afternoons). The number of children attending the Centre during the year was 115, and the total number of attendances, including mothers, was 756. As in previous years, one of the Council's assistant medical officers has attended ... |
f3f07162-8c39-4c31-9bd8-45c3801f3b7d | This is part of a general system of observations being carried out in some ten or twelve areas throughout the country, and it is hoped that valuable information may be collected from this enquiry, and as a result measures may be elaborated for improving the health of the toddler. This work is being carried out at the E... |
bcc1a34a-4138-40fb-a9ef-473402585302 | (c) At the end of the period the results were summarised for the whole Borough and the appropriate percentages were worked out. The results of the enquiry are set out if the following table No. 74:— 165 TABLE No. 74. Feeding of Infants, 1st June to 11th July, 1925 (all Centres). Method of Feeding. Age in Months. Grand ... |
69938bc8-4dd3-42d3-9028-b33e06fca3b9 | Breast 45 69 44 43 21 23 21 25 13 304 7 2 1 314 Breast and Hand 7 10 17 20 14 10 3 8 12 101 13 17 6 137 Hand ]] 6 12 12 27 26 34 34 28 36 215 32 37 57 341 Total 58 91 73 90 61 67 58 61 61 620 52 56 64 792 Percentages. |
1dbccc78-1a6c-4a54-979f-db5e83f2a62e | Breast 77.6 75.8 60.3 47.8 34.4 34.3 36.2 40.9 21.3 49.0 13.5 3.6 1.5 39.6 Breast and hand 12.1 11.0 23.3 22.2 23.0 14.9 5.2 131 19.7 10.3 25.0 30.4 9.4 17.3 Hand 10.3 13.2 16.4 30.0 42.6 50.8 58.6 46.0 59.0 34.7 61.5 66.0 89.1 43.1 166 In Table No. 75 which follows, the percentages of children of varying ages, hand fe... |
df4d6476-233e-4feb-8083-d5f66891af6d | It will be noted that there is a very definite diminution in the number of children entirely hand fed in the first four months of life, an indication that the efforts of the staff to encourage and maintain breast feeding are meeting with some measure of success. TABLE No. 75. Percentages of Hand Fed Children. Age in Mo... |
24febec5-635f-4d21-b152-8639bdb84f62 | 6 5-6 42.2 42.8 44.7 53.7 50.8 6-7 48.4 43.1 51.4 35.4 58.6 7-8 48.7 46.2 58.0 50.8 45.9 8-9 47.8 55.0 50.0 44.0 59.0 9-10 67.7 57.7 55.9 59.7 61.5 10-11 71.0 60.9 63.0 73.9 66.0 11-12 83.8 70.2 71.1 63.8 73.1 (p) Maternal Mortality. |
eaf7b997-4df3-4e4a-ae72-1d1b4a3a5d34 | In England and Wales the deaths of mothers, from conditions primarily due to child bearing, approximate to four maternal deaths to every 1000 live births, and this figure has been more or less constant for over 20 years. In Woolwich, over a period of 14 years, 136 mothers 167 died from these causes, a death rate of 3.3... |
429005b7-b356-46eb-869c-9bc14f15328d | Puerperal Eclampsia. Puerperal Phlebitis and Embolism. Puerperal Fever. Totals. 1912 1 — - — - — 1 1 1 4 1913 1 — — - 1 — 1 — 2 5 1914 1 - 1 2 — 1 1 1 4 11 1915 1 1 — 1 — 2 — 3 8 1916 — 1 1 1 4 — 1 — 7 15 1917 — 1 — 2 — 2 1 7 14 1918 1 — — 2 1 — 1 1 9 15 1919 - 2 1 2 — — 2 1 5 13 1920 — 1 - — 1 — 1 3 5 11 1921 - - - - |
af1e0bf9-b43c-40fe-bd82-3c5127df4513 | - - 3 2 5 10 1922 — — — 1 — — 2 — 3 6 1923 — — — — 1 — 1 - 3 5 1924 - - 2 1 1 — 3 1 2 10 1925 - — 1 2 1 1 1 — 3 9 Total 5 6 6 13 11 3 22 11 59 136 168 INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN RELATION TO THIS WORK. Puerperal Fever.—Nine cases of puerperal fever were notified during the year, and seven of them were treated in hospital, t... |
bb33f4f3-1bc8-45fe-8acb-3188d1afb008 | This case was notified on the eighth day after confinement; the patient was then too ill for removal to hospital, and she died two days later, the death being certified as due to Puerperal Septicaemia— cardiac failure. Two cases were notified on the third day after confinement, one on the fourth and one on the fifth, t... |
22418efa-40db-454c-9cff-5cd243880669 | Treated. At Home. In Hospital. 31 23 8 28 - - 2 One of the hospital cases was discharged to another address and was untraced. It will be noticed that there were two deaths among the notified cases—one from ophthalmia 169 neonatorum and pyaemia (i.e., general infection) and one from prematurity. Nursing. During 1925, 9 ... |
78a105a7-6189-49fa-962a-d6aa41b705be | 668 of these were children under five years of age. 323 cases were discovered by the health visitors who, particularly in the last quarter of the year, spent much time in visiting children suffering from this disease and giving advice as to the precautions necessary to be taken to avoid the onset of serious complicatio... |
7af48777-deda-4867-85bb-cd4a3655d994 | 16 departments were closed by the London County Council during the year. Whooping Cough. During the year 508 cases of whooping cough came to the knowledge of the department through the school medical service. As this disease is not notifiable a knowledge of its incidence can only be obtained by the department in the ab... |
471f7bf9-1103-4b31-bc5d-2c317cef42c6 | First 2 1 Second 1 3 Third 9 4 Fourth 1 1 13 9 Anterior Poliomyelitis. Only one case of this disease— which may be desribed as the acute stage of infantile paralysis —was notified during the year. It was characterised by a very sudden acute onset and death took place within 72 hours. The following table, No. 78, shows ... |
e50e6cc7-52d9-4883-a349-bb8f63c48a57 | 1923. Mar. 18 F. 8 Gradual improvement in right leg; splint from thigh to heel; general condition good. Beceiving massage at I.C.A.A. three times a week. Under Miller Hospital. May 25 F. 3 Gradual improvement in right leg; has splint from thigh to heel; general condition good, and is attending school; a cripple. Beceiv... |
bad08c2a-84ba-41a0-a37f-5990b3ce144f | 3 Discharged from Carshalton, May, 1925. Began walking several months ago. Has no splint, but wears a night shoe. General condition fairly good. Under Guy's Hospital. Beceiving massage and electrical treatment at I.C.A.A. 1924. July 19 F. 1 Slight improvement. Still unable to crawl or walk. Left leg shorter than right.... |
d2f4d7cc-610b-49a7-8416-aef7383b8937 | In-patient at Carshalton. Oct. 25 F. 24 Bight arm almost completely recovered. Leg is better, but still drags. General condition good. No treatment now. Nov. 19 F. 3½ Present address unknown — 1925. Nov. 28 M. 6 Died 30th November - 173 METEOROLOGY. Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,... |
4fb064f9-733e-4fde-b951-b216779320fd | 10 53.4 28.1 40.8 + 2.8 45.8 2 0.08 17 54.0 27.0 40.3 + 2.2 44.6 2 0.26 24 51.3 33.7 40.6 + 1.8 44.5 0 0.00 31 54.3 34.1 43.1 + 3.6 44.2 6 0.60 Feb. 7 54.2 33.1 49.9 + 4.5 44.4 2 0.42 14 55.1 35.2 45.3 + 6.2 44.8 6 1.28 21 41.4 30.8 38.7 — 0.8 44.4 4 0.08 28 54.2 28. |
c590772a-6b5f-43c7-9292-a19d4b88ee04 | 8 40.0 — 0.0 43.4 4 0.08 March 7 54.2 35.5 43.7 + 3.0 43.2 3 0.12 14 53.0 24.0 37.6 — 3.5 43.3 4 0.25 21 55.3 26.9 41.9 — 0.0 43.1 2 0.12 28 51.0 27.3 39.2 — 3.6 43.1 3 0.16 April 4 55.6 28.1 42.5 - 2.7 43.0 3 0.27 April 11 62.6 35.4 48.8 + 2.7 43.9 5 0.57 18 61.4 35.3 47. |
759a773c-c984-43f0-83b2-2f9abf476db9 | 6 + 0.7 45.0 4 0.23 25 61.1 30.8 45.7 — 2.9 45.6 2 0.20 May 2 59.1 34.1 45.2 — 3.8 45.9 5 0.78 9 61.2 39.5 49.4 — 1.1 46.4 6 0.47 16 80.3 39.1 57.0 + 4.7 47.8 1 0.05 23 75.1 43.0 59.5 + 5.6 49.8 2 0.24 30 70.7 43.5 55.6 — 0.4 51.0 5 0.51 June 6 83.7 42.1 59.9 + 2. |
f0d2bc7d-5821-45e8-ba54-8f5aef898672 | 0 51.9 1 0.06 13 87.1 49.9 67.2 + 9.0 53.1 0 0.00 20 83.9 41.9 62.2 + 3.0 54.8 0 0.00 27 70.5 48.1 54.2 — 6.8 54.4 2 0.12 July 4 81.8 42.8 62.8 — 1.1 54.5 1 0.02 174 METEOROLOGY—continued. Week ending Temperature of the Air. Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. Average Temperature 4 feet below grou... |
a256c9cb-1c5a-4c33-9b5a-aeae6ad4f815 | July 11 81.5 51.0 62.3 — 0.1 55.1 1 0.41 „ 18 87.8 49.9 68.1 + 4.8 56.1 0 0.00 „ 25 89.5 52.0 67.4 + 4.4 57.5 6 2.21 Aug. |
66fa08ea-6c33-400c-94e7-cfc3adebf4cb | 1 71.3 50.0 58.0 — 4.3 58.1 5 1.12 „ 8 74.3 41.1 60.6 — 1.5 57.9 3 0.53 „ 15 76.4 50.2 61.6 — 0.8 58.3 5 0.37 „ 22 83.1 48.9 61.7 + 0.0 58.8 2 0.44 „ 29 75.3 46.7 60.5 — 0.1 58.6 3 0.88 Sept. |
c2685c78-c07b-47c3-9f2c-c5cad5a56ab9 | 5 80.6 40.5 57.2 — 2.5 58.7 4 0.27 „ 12 64.5 42.8 52.7 — 5.9 57.7 3 0.26 „ 19 67.5 39.1 54.2 — 3.1 56.5 2 0.41 „ 26 63.3 38.2 52.5 - 3.0 56.0 5 1.04 Oct. 3 70.6 41.1 57.1 + 2.8 55.4 1 0.04 Oct. |
f3489449-c85a-473c-b850-f9f4b532f495 | 10 70.0 36.9 52.9 + 6.7 55.7 2 0.02 „ 17 65.7 33.4 47.1 — 3.0 54.5 4 0.48 „ 24 66.1 38.1 53.8 + 5.2 53.5 7 1.76 „ 31 63.9 38.1 52.8 + 5.4 53.3 1 0.16 Nov. |
a5b19d22-9b7a-4070-8bf1-7053f8eeb0d6 | 7 61.4 40.3 51.3 + 5.0 52.8 6 1.08 „ 14 48.6 26.6 37.6 — 6.5 51.3 2 0.13 „ 21 47.4 29.1 40.6 — 1.9 49.0 0 0.00 „ 28 46.0 24.9 35.7 — 6.1 47.7 2 0.15 Dec. |
449b6933-8ba8-4017-bc32-106e01f44e99 | 5 42.0 21.4 33.0 — 8.2 46.0 3 0.08 „ 12 50.9 23.5 40.9 + 0.2 44.6 2 0.11 „ 19 45.8 23.7 34.9 — 5.5 43.7 1 0.02 „ 26 51.8 31.0 38.1 — 0.4 43.2 1 0.08 1926. Jan. 2 56.6 34.8 48.5 + 9.7 43.6 7 1.65 |
df6bfe65-e753-4785-afe9-69df8219903a | AC 4372 W0026 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Annual Report OF THE Medical Officer Of Health FOR Woolwich. BY J. MACMILLAN, D.S.O.,M.C.,M.B.,D.P.H., Medical Officer of Health. Woolwich: The "Kentish Independent" Printing Works (T.U.) 16, Wellington Street. Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Annual Report OF THE Medica... |
634d91fb-ad51-4ad0-9504-d5beaf0c17d7 | E. Dormer, J.P. (Vice-Chairman). Alderman— A. Gorman. Councillors— R. M. W. Allen, W. E. H. Narborough, E. Brown, T. H. Thompson, P. Chinnery, Miss S. Turnbull, T. Davis, H. J. Turner, A. H. Gilder, Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. W. G. McCartney, R. A. M. Walters. Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. Comprising the Members... |
e8c0b532-dcf7-499f-8f8d-6cb45a977d99 | Births:— Legitimate 2,394 Illegitimate 69 2,463 Birth Rate 17.4 Deaths 1,450 Death Bate 10.2 Number of Women dying in, or in consequence of child birth:— (a) From Sepsis 2 (b) From other causes 4 Deaths of Infants under 1 Year:— (a) Legitimate 98 (6) Illegitimate 9 Infant Mortality Rate 43 Deaths from Measles (all ages... |
3c6c3a45-2ab1-4bf1-a466-397944d33bbd | Annual Statistics 13 Births 14 Marriages 16 Deaths 16 Child Mortality 26 Infantile Mortality 27 III.—General Provisions of Health Services. Hospitals 33 Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 34 Ambulance Facilities 34 Clinics and Treatment Centres 35 Staff 36 Professional Nursing in the Home 39 Midwives 40 Chem... |
2bd40fed-c632-41d3-8206-3708464411bb | General Reference 57 Milk Supply:— Registration 58 Prosecutions 59 Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 59 Cowkeepers 59 Dairymen and Purveyors of Milk 60 Designated Milks 61 Meat Supply 62 Slaughterhouses 64 Other Food Premises:— Bakehouses 64 Fried Fish Shops 64 Ice Cream 65 Other Premises 65 Unsound Food 66 Food Poisoning 6... |
fe32eddc-a37d-4920-80bf-4d7388c5feed | Statistics 72 General Reference 74 Houses Let in Lodgings 75 Housing Act, 1925 75 Underground Sleeping Rooms 76 Tents and Vans 76 Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts 76 New Houses—Water Certificates 76 VII.—Infectious Diseases. |
89b729ea-eae5-46b6-a847-f9c9dbeac775 | Notifications 79 Small Pox 85 Scarlet Fever 85 Diphtheria 87 Enteric Fever 88 Encephalitis Lethargica 88 Cerebrospinal Meningitis 89 Pneumonia 89 Erysipelas 91 Malaria, Trench Fever and Dysentery 91 Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 91 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 92 Zymotic Enteritis 93 Whooping Cough 93 Measles 93 Anter... |
a09d1061-0a6b-4698-bd64-73f24f9889d2 | 105 Co-operation with Local Practitioners 107 Co-operation with School Medical Service 107 Home Nursing 108 Provision of Extra Nourishment 108 Dental Treatment 108 Shelters 108 Bacteriological Examinations 109 Institutional Treatment 109 Woolwich Tuberculosis Care Committee 110 VIII.—Maternity and Child Welfare. |
52367cbb-5198-42e0-912d-5d34fed2c9c4 | Staff 111 Administrative Action 111 Welfare Centres 113 Collective Teaching 115 Treatment of Minor Ailments 115 Work of the Health Visitors 116 Orthopaedic Treatment for Children under five years of age 117 Dental Treatment 119 Institutional Midwifery 119 Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers 120 Home for Ailin... |
4525e44f-ca6c-4e61-a195-2d3605a14d14 | Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit the Twenty-Sixth Annual Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich, which follows, as to contents and arrangement, the outline indicated by the Ministry of Health in Circular 743, in order to ensure uniformity in the presentation of Annual Repor... |
a122f740-de6e-498e-8af4-f8b16383eeda | The death rate, 10.2, is the second lowest in London, and is the second lowest recorded in the history of the Borough. The infantile mortality rate, 43, equals the record figure obtained in 1923, and is also the second lowest in London. The incidence of infectious disease was lower in 1926 than in 1925, mainly due to t... |
f5ff5aec-abff-4bd9-862c-a61015c650fc | As I explained in the Annual Report for last year, it is now possible to ascertain by means of a simple test (known as the Schick test) whether a child is susceptible to this disease or not, and those who are susceptible can have conferred upon them a productive immunity by inoculation of a mixture of diphtheria toxin ... |
0c6eb792-d115-42d9-89b3-bee7f40ae13a | Houses are being erected in increasing numbers each year, the number erected in 1926 being 203 by private enterprise and 170 by the Council—figures in excess of any previous post-war year, but still behind the average number erected yearly before 1914. The new houses are barely sufficient to accommodate the increase in... |
10801f1c-a9fd-4822-b498-fbf8bd2f25d3 | This marks an 10 important phase in the unification of the health services of London, it being the first instance where municipal premises have been used for the health services of the central authority. The Council's scheme for the orthopaedic treatment of children requiring such treatment has continued to expand, wor... |
06a5e839-22a6-4deb-90d1-d881fc34ad88 | In my opinion those who say this fail to appreciate that propaganda is an essential permanent adjunct to health work, that it is a movement which has come to stay and that its organisation is as much the work of the department as the supervision of infectious disease or any other established service. During the week th... |
b0119b8e-e3e0-4106-8a26-3df262ae755c | 11 Twenty-sixth Annual Report on the Health of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Year Ending 31st December, 1926. Section 1.—Natural and Social Conditions of the Area. Social Conditions. Woolwich may be described as one of the surburban working-class metropolitan boroughs. Much of it is open space. In the parish of ... |
97015b83-e826-4050-8643-3c739d3d2b02 | The area of Woolwich parish is 1,135 acres, Plumstead parish, 3,387 acres, and Eltham parish, 3,760 acres. In addition to this, the area covered by the river Thames amounts to approximately 645 acres. Population. The civilian population of the Borough is estimated by the Begistrar General to be 141,900, and the total p... |
ac300376-c81f-4fd9-9c2f-8343de5a56d2 | It must be borne in mind that whatever system the Registrar General adopts for calculating inter-censal populations it must be more or less uniform for the whole country, and cannot possibly deal with the abnormal growth which has taken place in the population of Woolwich during the past fifteen years. My own estimate ... |
8d2ec4a9-646c-4315-a8d2-92ab6de19bb6 | An extract from the vital statistics of the year, in the form requested by the Minister of Health, will be found on page 3. The chief vital statistics since 1901 are given in the following table:— TABLE No. 2. Year. Population estimated to middle of each Year. Births. Nett deaths belonging to the District. Nett. Under ... |
2eb7e043-b9e7-4957-b012-89fd8098d1db | 456 3535 29.8 477 135 1763 14.9 1905 118,589 3546 29.9 362 102 1604 13.5 1906 119,143 3549 29.8 388 109 1668 14.0 1907 119,704 3330 27.8 373 112 1616 13.5 1908 122,258 3176 26.0 300 94 1516 12.4 1909 120,227 2947 24.5 242 82 1587 13.2 1910 121,197 2842 23.6 242 85 1418 11.7 1911 121,487 2810 23.1 272 97 1566 12.9 1912 ... |
37ea09c2-73d6-4df4-bdce-5e044ea6e45a | 8 208 75 1456 11.9 1913 122,382 2833 23.1 228 80 1549 12.7 1914 122,431 2838 23.2 241 85 1706 13.9 1915 a 138,200 2839 21.9 268 94 1837 14.2 b 129,505 1916 a 141,783 3068 23.5 213 69 1704 13.1 b 130,313 1917 a 147,078 2718 20.6 216 79 1566 11.9 b 131,942 1918 a 150,650 2548 19.0 270 106 2100 15.6 b 134,453 1919 a 141,9... |
a1262c57-fd35-4f8e-a89d-85d7dc1feabb | 237 1920 a 140,000 3658 26.9 224 61 1487 10.9 b 135,904 1921 a 141,700 3197 23.2 197 62 1594 11.6 b 137,604 1922 a 142,350 2941 21.3 184 63 1603 11.6 b 138,254 1923 a 143,530 2867 20.5 123 43 1387 9.9 b 140,000 1924 a 144,400 2590 18.5 168 65 1543 11.0 b 139,980 1925 a 145,440 2582 18.3 141 55 1519 10.8 b 140,740 1926 ... |
996cf145-aec3-455d-97ba-d07c703fc7bd | 2 b 141,900 a Total population. b Civil population. 14 BIRTHS. During the year 2,570 births were registered in Woolwich, 1,285 being boys and 1,285 being girls. Corrected by outward and inward transfers these numbers become 2,463, 1,236, and 1,227 respectively. The corrected figures for the different registration distr... |
b248ac0e-5c98-410b-bf11-bdb3def6b397 | The following Table, No. 4, shows the birth rates in each registration district, after correction for outward and inward transfers, for each year since 1922. TABLE No. 4. Period Woolwich West Plumstead East Plumstead Eltham The Borough 1922 26.1 18.9 20.1 20.8 21.3 1923 25.2 18.2 18.5 20.7 20.5 1924 23.6 16.8 15.9 18.4... |
9bab3af9-7410-4e0f-9359-a11145ee9e64 | There were 21 inward transfers and 18 outward transfers, making a nett figure of 69, equivalent to 27 per 1,000 births. Natural Increase of Population. This term means the excess of births over deaths. In 1924 it was 1,047, in 1925 it was 1,063, and in 1926 it was 1,013. Notification of Births. During the year 2,442 li... |
17c93360-ab47-406a-8740-4a6f4c7b5227 | In addition to these, 56 notifications were received from the Medical Officer of Health of Lewisham, 32 from the Medical Officer of Health of Greenwich, and 36 from other Medical Officers of Health. 68 still births were notified. It is known that 821 births took place in institutions, either within or without the Borou... |
392f0856-89cf-4ca2-b0ff-d9a4c675dbec | 5, shows the number of corrected births each year since 1922, the number of live and still births notified, the percentage of notified births, and the birth rates for the same period for Woolwich, London, England, and Wales. 16 TABLE No. 5. Year. No. of births. No. of live births notified. No. of still births. Percenta... |
46911812-0b8d-4de2-95d3-d12cb0969783 | 1922 2941 2884 72 98 21.3 21.0 20.6 1923 2867 2864 93 97 20.5 20.2 19.7 1924 2590 2588 84 97 18.5 18.7 18.8 1925 2582 2612 76 99 18.3 18.0 18.3 1926 2463 2442 68 95 17.4 17.1 17.8 MARRIAGES. There were 1,136 marriages (1,096 in 1925). The marriage rate was 16.01, as compared with 16.5, 16.9, 15.7, and 15.06 in the four... |
0c4b0f97-1ff4-497e-8988-971ba4f2e1d5 | This figure includes 62 non-residents who died in the district, but does not include 323 residents who died outside the Borough. When allowance is made for inward and outward transfers, the nett figure of 1,450 is obtained. The death rate for the year was 10.2. In 1925 the corresponding rate was 10.8. The death rate, 1... |
1d019b5c-896b-4c86-ad6b-7da19d46cbb1 | Woolwich West Plumstead East Plumstead Eltham The Borough 1922 13.9 11.7 10.5 10.1 11.6 1923 12.2 10.5 9.7 6.9 9.9 1924 13.9 11.5 10.1 8.5 11.0 1925 13.6 11.6 9.7 8.2 10.8 1926 11.7 11.1 10.3 7.6 10.2 The seasonal mortality in the four quarters of the year was as follows:—First quarter, 13.0; second quarter, 9.7; third... |
72151e67-e30c-4fee-8ff4-d8ae43a767e3 | Hospitals or Institutions. Number of Deaths. Poor Law Institutions 415 London General Hospitals 88 Mental Hospitals 47 Special Hospitals 41 Infectious Diseases Hospitals 34 Tuberculosis Institutions 29 Cottage Hospitals & Nursing Homes 27 681 The following Tables are self-explanatory. 18 Table No. 8.—Birth-rate, Death-... |
5f38cdc1-be29-4bce-b302-bd50fcef6d80 | Uncertified Causes of Death. England and Wales 17.8 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.09 0.02 0.10 0.07 0.22 0.47 8.7 70 91.8 7.2 1.0 105 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. 18.2 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.02 0.10 0.10 0.22 0.43 11.8 73 92.0 7.5 0.5 158 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,000 —50,000). |
e7c423cf-240e-487b-870f-0b877dc51e43 | 17.6 10.6 0.01 0.00 0.07 0.02 0.11 0.06 0.23 0.40 6.6 67 92.6 6.3 1.1 London 17.1 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.20 0.02 0.05 0.12 0.17 0.48 11.8 64 90.6 9.4 0.0 WOOLWICH 17.4 10.2 0.01 0.00 0.08 0.03 0.02 0.07 0.23 0.28 5.3 43 89.9 10.1 0.0 19 TABLE No. 9. Deaths of Woolwich Residents Registered during the Calendar Year 1926, class... |
5c125638-8a27-4be3-825f-4e913039462b | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. All Ages. Under 1 year. 1 and under 2 years. 2 and under 5 years. 5 and under 15 years. 15 and under 25 years. 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years. 65 and under 75 years. 75 and upwards. All causes 1450 107 26 3... |
6e1b3fb1-5da5-43bb-a577-c41ab04f307e | Influenza 33 3 . 1 3 2 5 10 4 5 Encephalitis lethargica 6 . . 1 2 1 2 . . Meningococcal meningitis 1 . . 1 . . . . Tuberculosis of respiratory system 148 . . 2 1 42 81 37 5 . Other tuberculous diseases 17 4 1 2 4 2 3 1 . . Cancer, malignant disease 197 . . . . 3 12 108 46 28 Rheumatic fever 8 . . . 3 3 1 1 . . Diabetes... |
3aaf381b-aa56-4f30-8e3c-8542b9a52c25 | Nett Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring within or without the District. All Ages. Under 1 year. 1 and under 2 years. 2 and under 5 years. 5 and under 15 years. 15 and under 25 years. 25 and under 45 years 45 and under 65 years. 65 and under 75 years. 75 and upwards. |
5090ee31-b3d5-44d0-bd36-b6979a074d04 | Heart disease 191 .. .. .. 2 8 17 63 59 42 Arterio-sclerosis 41 .. .. .. .. .. 1 10 17 13 Bronchitis 103 3 3 1 .. .. 4 19 26 47 Pneumonia (all forms) 81 16 6 6 4 3 13 14 7 12 Other respiratory diseases 13 .. .. .. .. 1 1 4 2 5 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 12 .. .. .. .. 3 9 .. .. Diarrhoea, &c. 17 9 4 . 1 1 2 . . Appen... |
06b55ca7-978e-46ba-a363-b889f224ceec | 2 2 5 21 9 7 Puerperal sepsis 2 . . . . 1 1 . . . Other accidents and diseases of . . . . . . . . pregnancy and parturition 4 . . . . 1 3 . . . Congenital debility and . . . . . . . . . tion, premature birth 53 49 1 . 1 2 . . . Suicide 20 . . . . 3 5 9 3 . Other deaths from violence 40 3 1 2 4 4 7 10 3 6 Other defined ... |
f4652219-572d-416d-b255-e730651fea0f | Showing the nett deaths of Woolwich residents, all deaths occurring in Institutions in the Borough, and deaths of Woolwich residents occurring in Institutions outside the Borough, during the year 1926. Causes of Death. Male. Female. Woolwich. Plums tead. Eltham. Deaths in Public Institutions. West. East. In Borough. Ou... |
709b8973-5f50-494e-82ad-cc8d2492d92e | 10 Influenza 18 15 10 7 11 5 15 2 3 Encephalitis lethargica 4 2 2 1 1 2 2 . 1 Meningococcal meningitis 1 . . . . 1 . . 1 Tuberculosis of respiratory . . . . . . . system 101 47 38 49 33 28 37 2 46 Other tuberculous diseases 6 11 5 4 6 2 2 . 6 Cancer, malignant disease 93 104 39 69 57 32 44 1 53 Rheumatic fever 2 6 1 2 ... |
3ffbf70d-16cd-4857-a3a4-58f7666dd9d0 | 10.—continued. Causes of Death. Male. Female. Plums tead. Deaths in Public Institutions. Woolwich. West. East. Eltham. In Borough. Outlying Institutions. Residents. NonResidents. Heart disease 88 103 48 63 48 32 37 9 19 Arterio-sclerosis 25 16 8 11 4 18 3 6 Bronchitis 57 46 35 31 25 12 17 4 5 Pneumonia (all forms) 38 4... |
e2bafca1-76da-4b8a-b9f2-f729a9bf62dc | 10 7 7 4 4 2 6 2 6 Appendicitis and typhlitis 6 2 5 2 1 2 5 Cirrhosis of liver 4 2 3 2 1 1 2 Acute and chronic nephritis 19 27 17 13 7 9 13 2 6 Puerperal sepsis . 2 1 . 1 . . 2 Other accidents and diseases . . . . . . . . of pregnancy and . . . . . . . . turition . 4 3 1 . . 3 1 . Congenital debility and . . . . . . . ... |
13b0d5c3-4ba3-4955-972c-da364e8ae287 | 2 Other deaths from violence 28 12 13 11 3 13 14 8 14 Other defined diseases 139 143 67 96 84 35 98 17 70 Causes ill-defined or unknown . . . . . . . . . 23 CAUSES OF DEATH. Table No. 8 shows that there were 197 deaths from cancer, 191 from heart disease, 148 from pulmonary tuberculosis, 103 from bronchitis, 81 from ce... |
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