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bb40b96e-ef0f-4442-a6d9-07f25a4bd6fd | The air so introduced becomes absorbed, and has to be replaced at varying intervals. These refills have to be maintained over a period varying from two to five years. In 1921 the Council agreed to pay the Brompton Hospital for this work. Patients are recommended by the Tuberculosis Officer and a fee of 10s. 6d. per ref... |
5ab8c890-47bc-433f-ac5a-0b622f2819a2 | It is true that only a proportion of patients, viz., in the main those with one-sided disease, are suitable for this treatment ; but, notwithstanding this fact, it would seem that an insufficient number of patients are being treated in this way when one considers the total number of admissions to institutions. The esse... |
8059bcc4-b99c-4afd-94e0-27ebe9939b51 | In the early stages of most tuberculosis schemes of Local Authorities attention was concentrated mainly on the treatment aspect, less so on the preventive aspect, and very little or not at all on the necessity for making provision for meeting these economic problems which arise of necessity in practically every family ... |
dec56db1-3e38-498c-b15e-da2953dd934f | Can the wife go out to work if a job can be found? Can the children be cared for or boarded out if the wife works? Is the patient an ex-service man or the dependent of an ex-service man? (2) Has the patient sufficient suitable clothing for institutional treatment? (3) Can his wife afford fares to visit him whilst he is... |
eed8b383-aa4a-41d0-bb39-659274066b5f | (7) Can a rest or change of air be arranged for the over-worked wife? It cannot be denied that this is a most important side of the work, and these duties devolve upon the Tuberculosis Care Committee which is constituted as follows in Woolwich:— Bodies. Woolwich Borough Council Trade Unions Employers Friendly Societies... |
b8d62de2-0ecb-470e-9742-5cf06e7b52b8 | A. J. Rourke, Mr. F. Smyth. Dr. H. R. Kidner, Miss E. Faulkner. Miss C. K. Lambeth, Mrs. E. M. Newman, Mrs. J. Wood. Mr. W. Edwards. Dr. H. M. Wise. Mr. J. O'Connell. Alderman A. R. Loader. Mrs. J. B. Great Rex. Mr. W. Dashwood, Mr. E. G. Dixon, JP (Vacant). Ex-Officio: Voluntary Visitors Miss L. Bloxam, Miss L. MacDer... |
8b3ceb16-7990-4725-a5ea-348b049dd54a | 95 The amount of help that can be rendered by a Care Committee depends on its ability to get in touch with organisations which can assist the family, and failing such organisations, upon the funds at its disposal. These funds have to be raised by voluntary effort. This is no easy matter, and one of the prime necessitie... |
82199e8b-2cd4-47f7-bad6-a9343226d8c1 | Arrangements were made for the boarding-out of the three younger children, who have since been admitted to the Royal Victoria Patriotic School, where they will remain until they are 16 years of age. On the father's return from hospital he was found to be fit for light work only, but his firm could not give him any, and... |
bc5a3c49-97de-47c3-b2b4-9071c2d7354c | (2) A month's rest at Hastings was arranged, and paid for by the Committee, for a mother who had been nursing an advanced case, and where there were four cases of tuberculosis in the family. (q) Institutional Treatment through the London County Council.—The following Table, No. 70, shows the number of admissions to hos... |
6ee8782a-3282-4f52-9208-0f07679f90d2 | Insured 130 56 123 - Uninsured 49 22 50 1 Children 59 7 11 - 238 85 184 1 96 These figures refer to 391 patients, and the monthly admissions were as follows:— January 50 July 45 February 31 August 50 March 59 September 35 April 40 October 46 May 34 November 39 June 48 December 31 ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISINFECTION AND DISIN... |
5ba3c99a-25e1-44c1-beef-eedfaf8e7cc0 | Practically all cases of Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever are removed to hospital, although in epidemic periods the hospital accommodation of the London County Council is sometimes taxed to such an extent that cases which should go to hospital have to be left at home. If the case is removed to hospital, infected articles, ... |
05f50695-42fc-4f7e-a3b6-88d58f418d73 | Periodical visits are made by the district sanitary inspector to ensure that isolation is being carried out. Contacts are excluded from school in accordance with the regulations of the London County Council. In the case of Diphtheria, contacts attend at the Town Hall for swabbing, when, in the opinion of the Medical Of... |
49cbf0a5-b943-421a-ae05-d71e3e27e6e3 | Rooms disinfected after ordinary fevers 835 „ „ „ tuberculosis 282 „ „ „ verminous cases 41 Rooms disinfected for other reasons 26 Articles disinfected 30,629 97 During the year it became apparent that repairs and additions to the apparatus at the Council's disinfecting station were necessary, in the first place owing ... |
57e47e0e-0b55-4fe3-b2b4-6a51404eb411 | In considering what changes should be made the Council took the view that the station should be capable of dealing more speedily and effectively with the different methods of disinfection than would be possible by the provision of another high-pressure Manlove & Alliott disinfector similar to the two already installed.... |
0b446c4f-9474-4873-a05d-9a6acd8cea34 | (2) The following new apparatus was installed:— (а) A rotary washing machine. (b) A soap boiler. (c) A hydro-extractor. (d) A continuous drying room. (e) A mangle. (f) Accessories such as trestles, racks, etc. (3) A brick-built formalin chamber with openings into both sides of the station was provided. The total cost o... |
8f0c8b10-9b27-4e29-a732-bf4353b45ca6 | Disinfestation.—In accordance with the terms of an agreement with the London County Council, disinfestation of school children has been arranged for at the Cleansing Station, White Hart Road. In recent years the number of children so sent has fallen considerably. Disinfestation of adults is carried out at times when th... |
85e464e6-9383-4ef5-bd81-b000e36da352 | 1926 427 1934 2361 24 2 26 2387 1927 379 1852 2231 34 20 54 2285 1928 377 1584 1961 22 17 39 2000 1929 416 1451 1867 26 32 58 1925 1930 477 1386 1863 11 10 21 1884 99 SECTION IX.—MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. The Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme embraces the following services :— (а) Administration of the No... |
6fb857b7-3c92-4320-aace-d78a5215a5f4 | (g) An arrangement with the School Medical Treatment Committee for the treatment of minor ailments in young children. (h) An arrangement with the School Medical Treatment Committee for the provision of dental treatment to young children and to expectant and nursing mothers. (i) An arrangement with the Woolwich Invalid ... |
5680a7a9-ce2d-4acf-8a15-f267f773b8ad | (l) Provision of beds for the institutional treatment of midwifery for 144 cases per annum at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, and for 66 cases at the War Memorial Hospital. (m) Reservation of beds, for ante-natal treatment and emergencies of midwifery, at the War Memorial Hospital, equivalent to 18 weeks' ... |
7e1c9795-7111-4a78-9946-8b56040ca62d | 100 In addition to these services the Council have, at the request of the London County Council, undertaken to do such work as is necessary in the case of children under five years of age (r) Under the Blind Persons Act, 1920; and (s) Under Section 6 of the Widows', Orphans' and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925.... |
c91d7a84-6b33-4937-8368-a343837fedd1 | The following account, which was written in connection with the opening of the Eltham Health Centre, presents it in a simple and concise manner:— "Oaks out of little acorns grow" is a truism than can be applied very aptly to this service, and the opening of this Health Centre—the latest branch of this sturdy tree—provi... |
3b318809-8f2b-49ef-ba85-800823218dcb | Growth was slow at first, but an impetus was given to it by the Notification of Births Act, which was adopted in 1907. This Act required a birth to be notified direct to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours of birth, thus enabling the department to get in touch with the parent soon after the birth of the child... |
8cc99d05-dfe8-46bf-8b33-bf5750c952ee | Authorities were urged to inaugurate complete schemes for dealing with the whole period of childlife, from birth to school age, and grants-in-aid were made available for this purpose. The Council submitted a scheme, embracing the provision of an ante-natal clinic, the appointment of a medical officer for infant consult... |
8238a2f1-f2a4-43c3-825e-cdbd25f98f80 | In 1919, a Home for Ailing Babies, with accommodation for twenty-one cases, was taken over for the treatment of such conditions as malnutrition, marasmus and debility. Arrangements were made with the London County Council for surgical and dental treatment at the School Treatment Centre, and by the end of the year, four... |
f56766a8-6b2a-4518-a6de-d221d5c1ff2e | During the year, the home nursing service was extended to include certain cases of infectious diseases. 103 The Home for Ailing Babies was closed in 1926, but an agreement was entered into with the War Memorial Hospital for the reservation of twelve beds, and the original scheme was enlarged to include all children und... |
b2182d33-4dd7-4f82-8a1c-c508b56bde18 | The scheme for the convalescent treatment of children under 5 years of age was completed with the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association during the following year, and in 1929, the Council approved a scheme for the provision of home helps to carry on the domestic duties of mothers during confinement. In May last, ... |
23e94cb7-a5c8-4dcc-ae8d-45d568a3d509 | As soon as a notification is received pamphlets dealing with the care and comfort of mothers and infants are sent by post to every mother. Subsequently, between the tenth and fourteenth day, a visit is paid to the home by the Health Visitor who decides on her first visit the necessity for subsequent visits. It may be s... |
4584bd5f-0dc4-491f-93c3-a0369fa478ce | The duties of health visitor include the visiting of newly-born infants, children under school age, and expectant mothers who have attended at the ante-natal clinics or to whom visits are desirable; the investigation of a limited number of still births and the deaths of young children; the visiting and reporting upon a... |
8cc5edce-0750-412a-8788-32bbeb52d31b | Births—First visits 2,308 „ Revisits 15,413 Infant deaths investigated 55 Still-births investigated 25 Expectant mothers—home visits 680 Infectious diseases:— Ophthalmia Neonatorum—First visits 8 „ „ Revisits 7 Measles—First visits 2,444 „ Revisits 1,766 Puerperal fever—First visits 5 „ „ Revisits — Puerperal Pyrexia—F... |
8d7985d4-3734-41f1-8d59-4a3624cf9815 | (c) The Work of the Welfare Centres.—Ath the beginning of the year there were six municipal centres in the Borough and one voluntary centre, but in April the Council became directly responsible for the voluntary centre. At all the centres infant consultations are held and at three of them ante-natal clinics as well. Th... |
83b94d5f-e012-4902-b0a5-e28decb61643 | Town Hall 493 535 1,475 1135 1216 10,669 Eltham 330 328 1,320 614 624 8,055 Plumstead 356 434 1,058 909 1128 7,686 Slade 14 109 406 17 231 3,949 New Eltham 8 55 281 13 122 3,244 North Woolwich 9 8 104 16 15 782 Beresford Street 8 44 84 10 117 835 Totals 1930 1,218 1,513 4,728 2,714 3,453 35,220 „ 1929 1,021 1,168 4,669... |
5c02e8e8-2b21-446a-b775-376d13faca55 | 75. Children in Attendance at each Centre. Year of Birth. Town Hall. Eltham. Plumstead. Slade. New Eltham. North Woolch. Beresford St. Totals. 1930 443 333 315 114 97 31 27 1,360 1929 452 357 314 126 83 28 17 1,377 1928 249 209 177 70 51 25 16 797 1927 176 162 123 51 26 14 13 565 1926 111 160 96 32 15 5 9 428 1925 44 9... |
cef32f7e-7f20-41c8-9081-815db6db76d7 | 1930 3,429 3,036 2,571 1,001 1,069 272 291 11,669 1929 4,522 2,980 3,032 1,705 1,487 279 240 14,245 1928 1,360 805 1,046 630 408 158 174 4,581 1927 777 567 542 353 192 54 99 2,584 1926 463 451 386 205 65 17 28 1,615 1925 118 216 109 55 23 2 3 526 10,669 8,055 7,686 3,949 3,244 782 835 35,220 These figures, which do not... |
f7829adf-2e68-49a0-b2c0-9144b6e33b53 | It is interesting to point out also, that of these attendances 24,067 were made by children under one year of age, and 11,153 by children over one year, figures which demonstrate quite clearly the relatively small attendance made by children over one year. Feeding of Infants in Woolwich. In midsummer the usual enquiry ... |
f35fa762-719d-479a-bb07-bbc77702a239 | 107 The results of the enquiry are set out in the following Table, No 76:— TABLE No. 76. Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres. 16th June—25th July, 1930. Method of Feeding. AGE IN MONTHS. 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 8-9 Total 9-10 10-11 11-12 Grand Total. |
337e1539-29f4-48ec-8b25-8d23029ad631 | Breast 49 103 79 50 48 45 33 21 14 442 8 2 — 452 Breast and Hand 1 9 15 16 9 7 8 5 13 83 15 11 3 112 Hand 13 23 28 38 32 34 38 33 48 287 34 47 63 431 63 135 122 104 89 86 79 59 75 812 57 60 66 995 Percentages: Breast 77.8 76.3 64.8 48.1 53.9 52.3 41.8 35.6 18.7 54.4 14.0 3.3 - 45.4 Breast and Hand 1.6 6.7 12.3 15.4 10.... |
a6403dfd-3cc5-41a9-83a5-88f1d5b1d5ae | 3 10.2 26.3 18.3 4.5 11.3 Hand 20.6 17.0 22.9 36.5 36.0 39.6 48.1 55.9 64.0 35.4 59.7 78.4 95.5 43.3 New Health Centre. It had been apparent for some time that additional provision would have to be made in Eltham, where there had been a great increase in the population. Practically all the new houses which have been bu... |
406e479e-790a-49a2-ad90-d6b096cae9ae | The Council had accordingly under consideration how best to make provision for the necessary health services for this part of the Borough, and ultimately decided that an effort should be made to provide a centre which would be capable of dealing with all children up to the school leaving age, and so negotiations were e... |
4c9eed4f-7d95-492a-af88-4c3e4438b0f9 | 108 The centre is ideally situated in an open part of the Council's Housing Estate, the main entrances facing Westhorne Avenue, with a pleasant outlook on the Polytechnic playing fields. There are surrounding lawns with evergreens, flowering shrubs and trees. The structure is a one-storey building of the quadrangle typ... |
d135c57a-24b7-4607-a737-fc7d31d90d05 | The sanitary fittings are of white glazed fireclay of British manufacture, and the accessories are of white metal, chromium finished. The estimated cost of the centre is £5,500. A plan of the accommodation is given on page 109, but special attention may be called to one or two points of interest. Perhaps the most impor... |
0f329e59-63a3-4407-9afa-1674b62aec83 | By closing the folding partition in the middle, the hall is divided into the two waiting rooms one for mothers and children and the other for school children. The first-mentioned waiting room will contain show cases for exhibiting sterilised maternity outfits, supplied under the Council's scheme, and model garments for... |
a8ca2361-1af4-454e-bef7-b1d1cebd3c6d | The corridor, which runs round the quadrangle, gives access to all the rooms, and is provided with wood and glass folding partitions to enable it to be entirely closed in bad weather." The Quadrangle—Eltham Health Centre. (d) Artificial Sunlight Clinic.—This clinic was opened in October, 1927. The total number of patie... |
2dbc889c-25f4-48c8-85ac-c7c519a36b3c | The total number of patients in attendance has decreased, this being due chiefly to the opening of other centres. 111 Some slight alterations were made in technique, for instance, coredcarbons have been adopted, and the time of individual treatments shortened; also the number of attendances has been reduced from three ... |
9dc057a2-d83b-4110-a178-857869c1f0e2 | It is constantly borne in mind that actino-therapy is in itself but one item in the rationale of treatment in many instances. Apart from the actual figures, the parents of many of the children constantly assure the staff of the benefits derived from attendance at the clinic." In tabular form are shewn below the number ... |
fafbadba-0a38-4c37-ae78-286b01018d11 | Debility and Malnutrition 36 100 136 53 25 11 25 22 Catarrhal Children 7 39 46 10 11 6 7 12 Septic Conditions — 36 36 31 2 1 2 — Nervous Children 5 7 12 4 2 2 3 1 Enlarged Glands 3 5 8 4 1 1 — 2 Miscellaneous Nervous Conditions 2 2 4 — 1 1 — 2 Miscellaneous Skins 3 22 25 10 5 3 3 4 Others 2 15 17 5 3 1 1 7 Mothers 4 7 ... |
99432f6d-f450-4430-b644-40d0f8c5e6b6 | the Minister of Health and the President of the Board of Education issued a combined circular on the care of the toddler. It was pointed out in this circular that considerable provision had been made for the supervision of the health of babies during the first year or two of life under the provisions of the Maternity a... |
d05253aa-7153-42a9-a32e-c71cdea94ddf | The main aspects of the problem were, therefore, the discovery of defects which existed and the securing of treatment when necessary. In the circular it was suggested that more Nursery Schools might be provided by Education Authorities and more Day Nurseries by Maternity and Child Welfare Authorities. Woolwich had had ... |
0dd30999-ebec-4b60-bfe0-4f16988323a4 | With regard to treatment, the Council was in a very fortunate position, because experience has shown that parents were very ready to take their children to medical practitioners for such treatment as was necessary when it became known to them, and under the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare scheme the channel is al... |
4491ded1-503d-4a67-a1eb-afbeb7580b02 | The method of procedure at the Clinic was as follows:—After registering, weighing, and measuring, the child was brought to the Medical Officer, who enquired of the mother regarding its previous history, illnesses and the health of the family. 113 The ages of walking, talking, cleanliness as regards habits, hours of sle... |
bd1131c1-27ca-4bcb-b7c4-1a97cbe8bb05 | Following the examination, children with certain abnormalities were referred for observation and others for treatment. The health visitor advised the mother regarding clothing during the dressing and undressing of the child, and, when necessary, she visited the home. In Table No. 78 are shewn the results of the examina... |
90157e95-7cf7-45bf-a43d-da0f30c39391 | Tone— (a) Excellent 1 68 43 10 4 43 44 17 230 (b) Good 9 78 34 8 9 64 23 9 234 (c) Sub-normal 1 3 1 — — 3 — — 8 Clothing and Footgear— (a) Satisfactory 8 109 59 13 9 84 54 21 357 (b) Unsatisfactory 1 17 10 5 2 13 7 3 58 (c) Not recorded 2 23 9 — 2 13 6 2 57 Cleanliness— (a) Excellent 9 116 62 14 11 82 55 22 371 (b) Fai... |
02d9ca60-b536-4d7f-8054-62bfd0add1a2 | 4 2 - - 4 1 - 11 Urticaria - 10 5 - 1 11 6 1 34 Other Skin Conditions — - - 1 - 3 - — 4 Era- External Diseases 1 - 2 - - 3 2 - 8 Squint - 7 2 2 — 1 1 1 14 Ear— Otitis Media — 4 5 1 — 3 — 2 15 114 TABLE No. 78—continued. Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1930. Disease, Defect or Condition. Boys. Girls. Total. Age last Bir... |
0bcda4c5-b704-4c64-bad5-9580d42c6fa0 | Adenoids Enlarged Cervical Glands — 5 9 2 — 3 4 3 26 Teeth— Caries 1 12 27 8 — 10 18 13 89 Hypoplasia — 3 — — 1 — 1 — 5 Heart and Circulation— Heart Disease—Organic and Functional 1 16 9 2 2 9 9 3 51 Anaemia 1 23 18 3 5 21 17 7 95 Lungs— Bronchitis 1 8 2 — 1 6 4 — 22 Other Diseases — — 1 — — — — — 1 Nervous System- "Ne... |
79abd1fa-022b-44a2-96a1-3315c19bb8ba | 4 2 27 5 5 Rheumatism — — 1 1 — 1 1 1 5 Deformities — 4 — 1 — 2 1 — 8 8 Defective Speech — 1 4 1 — 1 — 1 Others — 3 — — — 3 1 — 7 Total Children Examined 11 149 78 18 13 110 67 26 472 The numbers examined do not permit of more than a very general survey. Nutrition.—The nutrition of the children appeared, on the whole, ... |
de1dc8cc-c73b-497e-addc-bd6ccef5cdd3 | Including cases of thinness as well as true malnutrition, of which there were few, the percentages of 'below average' cases were 24 in the case of boys, and 28 in the case of girls. The figures do not indicate ill-health, and are not to be considered incompatible with the London County Council's figures, namely, 6 per ... |
3c3f8de1-8f1f-455d-8e1b-8870c1cff7e1 | from entrants' age onwards, in London County Council reports). Rickets.—Rickets must also be considered as a general nutritional condition. Evidence of rickets was commoner in boys than in girls, 25 per cent. as compared with 18 per cent., but these must not be taken to be active cases at the moment of examination sinc... |
e4ed4340-1d21-49d2-bb14-59863ead782f | Dental Conditions.—Dental caries, often rachitic in origin, is a sign that has been widely complained of in this country in children entering school. The Report of the School Medical Officer of the London County Council for the year 1929 shews dental defects in 68 per cent. of children of all ages examined, and notes '... |
b59af435-c442-428d-aa45-6c3ba0b9315e | These figures are much smaller than the figures for London as a whole, but they would seem to indicate two things:—(a) that further work is necessary in instructing parents as to the manner of development of, and the measures necessary for, conserving the teeth, and (b) that periodic dental examination of children befo... |
726f9fe3-6e59-4f6d-92d7-8c4621765bde | 116 respiratory disease of any sort was carefully recorded in all cases examined, and a special look-out was kept for intercurrent conditions of disease, e.g., tonsils and adenoids, naso-pharygeal catarrh, or bronchitis, etc., since a high rate of mortality would appear to indicate the likelihood of an even higher rate... |
be7db043-f130-4039-ae1a-73ca1601509b | Schools, and the much higher percentage of those examined at the school entrants' age, namely, 10 per cent. Fifteen otorrhoea cases were referred to the minor ailments clinic of the London County Council for treatment. Nervous Conditions.—Another type of defect was sufficiently evident to call for some remark. Signs of... |
9ef79267-f0eb-42d4-a822-f693e709763f | In a majority of the cases in which the symptoms occurred, the child was an only child or appeared after a long interval, say five, seven, or more years after the rest of the family were born, and the nervousness seemed to be definitely related to these particular circumstances. Nervous symptoms were noted in 46 per ce... |
469c068b-1382-401a-a09e-a7ccb4900e83 | There was a good deal of too late going to bed, spending too many hours in bed during the day, and very late getting up. The two latter were often found in conjunction, so that some children seemed to be spending as little as a couple of hours of the total daylight period out of bed. The fault of too long mid-day lying... |
ea324d9b-2c14-494e-9fa4-56423d23b329 | The fact that children of the age of 3 to 4 years, were found to receive an average total of 13½ hours' sleep, and at the age of 4 years, an average of 12 hours' sleep per day, compared with an average of only 10 hours at the age of 2 years, bears out this observation. In the case of the younger children the loss of at... |
522142c2-8684-4510-a02e-4cbc1ce34938 | Where such deformity was obvious, advice was given on walking, simple exercises and the correction of shoes, while a few cases were referred for plastic operation, or for massage and remedial treatment at the Invalid Children's Aid Association's Clinic. Numbers per Session.—The number of cases examined per session was ... |
6945271d-7920-4f4b-81ca-b665270736ff | Conclusions.—In conclusion, the purposes served by the Toddlers' Clinic may perhaps be said to have evolved as follows:— (1) As a purely inspection clinic providing information as to general physique and fitness of children at the ages chosen for examination. (2) As a means of providing a certain amount of general inst... |
7c626c3c-351d-470b-b349-e124480626d8 | 118 Amongst these were several cases of cerebral diplegia associated with minor "backwardness," a case of brain tumour, a number of cases of mongolism and definite amentia, and others of endocrine deficiency or congenital heart diesase, in which the conditions had hitherto not been noticed. Cases of this sort were not ... |
0d49e54f-5da9-4663-949e-ab5e212ca9a8 | (g) Treatment of Minor Ailments.—Children requiring medical or surgical treatment for certain minor ailments are referred to the School Clinics at Brewer Street, Woolwich, or Park Place, Eltham, to a private practitioner, or to a hospital. During the year, 109 were sent to these clinics, and for each case the Council p... |
d27cfc9a-533a-4a21-ba92-89db404aac2b | Attendances. Expectant mothers 82 155 Nursing mothers 41 113 Children under 5 216 273 339 541 119 Dentures are provided free, at part cost, or at cost price, according to ability to pay, and payment is spread over many weeks. In consequence, the income received during the year includes money received in respect of dent... |
54e56a4a-293e-45fe-a1ea-dc1bb515d7bc | Children requiring orthopaedic treatment are sent to the remedial clinic of the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association in accordance with the scheme adopted in 1925 The Council pay for children under five years of age sent by their medical officers to the Clinic, 2s per attendance for cases requiring massage or el... |
4c7a2438-c98d-42fb-bafd-8e5ecb955096 | Talipes (Club Foot) 5 7 12 10 2 „ (Flat Foot) 2 4 6 5 1 Rickets— General 1 13 14 10 4 Genu Valgum (Knock Knee) 3 11 14 9 5 Genu Varum (Bow Leg) 1 3 4 3 1 Paralysis, etc. |
f41a0b65-80ff-4bfc-8034-15656b7ba69e | — Infantile — 1 1 - 1 Erb's 1 2 3 1 2 Muscular Weakness 2 5 7 2 5 Congenital 1 1 2 1 1 Miscellaneous— Injuries — 1 1 1 - Torticollis 1 — 1 1 - Constipation 1 1 2 2 - Mouth Breathers — 5 5 1 4 Flat Chest — 2 2 2 — 18 56 74 48 26 (j) Provision of Nursing Assistance for Certain Diseases.—In Section III. of the report the ... |
016e4ef3-7557-4f44-a7e2-9192ed70624c | Twelve beds have been reserved by the Council in the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital for the treatment of children under five years of age suffering from such conditions as are usually admitted to general or children's hospitals. The Council pay the Governors of the Hospital £1,524 per annum for the use of these beds, b... |
079c4c9c-9952-49f3-884c-727d2290abff | Three children were transferred to other hospitals, two others were discharged 121 shewing no improvement, and the number remaining in hospital at the end of the year was two. The surgical conditions for which these children were admitted included enlarged tonsils and adenoids, phimosis, intussusception, pyloric stenos... |
62f9dbbd-7eac-4a28-94b1-45c7e6324403 | The number of mothers admitted under the Council's scheme was 141, the nett cost to the Council being £936 9s. 6d. (2) War Memorial Hospital—Seven Maternity Beds.—I am indebted to Mr. Edwin Radford, J.P., the Secretary Superintendent of the Hospital, for the following information regarding the admissions to the materni... |
368f8749-2e4d-4870-aeb4-6fd4d9519d47 | The reasons for admission were:—one each of threatened abortion, varicose veins, haemorrhage, and albuminuria, and two on account of tuberculosis. (n) Convalescent Home Treatment for Children under Five Years of Age.—In 1928, the Council resolved to give grants-in-aid to the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association ... |
5c062af8-6039-4a02-aed6-6d5634e6b7b1 | (o) Supply of Milk, etc., to Necessitous Mothers and Children.—Under the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, milk, etc., is provided by the Council for necessitous expectant and nursing mothers, and children under the age of five years, under the conditions laid down in Circular 185, issued by the ... |
c8135aec-b69c-4a79-ad7f-49e3a6e5396e | (q) Administration of the Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.—The Council's scheme under these regulations was fully described in the Annual Report for 1928. The extent to which they were made use of is reported on fully in that part of the Infectious Disease Section of the report w... |
cf324c33-d3ff-4f0e-832d-e6d524a2d701 | (g) Widows', Orphans', and Old Age Contributory Pensions Act, 1925.— The local authority may, in case of desertion of a child who is an orphan, administer the payments on behalf of the child. No case under the provisions of this Act was dealt with during the year. Local Government Act, 1929.—In the Annual Report for 19... |
babe3f00-d694-4d3f-9989-6f8861008ce7 | The Council were desirous that they should be the supervising authority for the infant welfare centre at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies, but the Minister of Health was of opinion that, as this centre is attached to a maternity hospital and its work intimately related to the work of the hospital, it would b... |
f1f67eec-f542-42e7-8092-6ee49b9e77ac | £54 (c) Infant Welfare Centre. £230 SECOND SCHEDULE. Nil. 124 METEOROLOGY. Meteorological Observations taken at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, during the year 1930. Week ending. Temperature of the Air. Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. Average temperature 4 feet below ground. Number of days o... |
d16bd7f6-a206-4683-954d-0f20905ee629 | 4 53.9 32.0 45.4 + 6.8 45.2 4 0.60 „ 11 48.7 31.6 42.4 + 4.4 45.3 5 0.97 „ 18 55.4 33.0 46.0 + 7.8 45.0 3 0.30 „ 25 58.6 28.4 44.8 + 5.9 45.0 3 0.40 Feb. |
589a9027-6d68-4adf-9538-41339e402a33 | 1 50.6 30.8 41.0 + 1.4 45.0 5 0.90 „ 8 46.0 31.8 38.9 - 0.6 44.5 3 0.29 „ 15 47.3 31.1 37.7 — 1.3 43.8 2 0.19 ,, 22 43.8 30.8 36.1 — 3.5 43.2 — — Mar. 1 51.9 31.3 39.6 — 06 42.8 - - „ 8 42.9 33.2 45.6 + 4.8 43.1 1 0.12 „ 15 53.6 29.0 40.5 — 0.7 43.5 6 0.75 „ 22 51.0 25. |
9c23f8f6-0dca-450c-85df-3fe0f7e9a057 | 4 40.2 — 1.8 43.4 4 0.46 „ 29 62.5 28.0 46.2 + 3.2 43.4 1 0.11 April 5 65.4 39.1 48.4 + 2.8 44.4 4 0.67 „ 12 62.2 35.6 46.9 + 0.8 45.1 3 0.10 „ 19 54.9 36.1 43.6 — 3.6 45.5 6 0.51 „ 26 71.9 30.1 49.1 + 0.5 45.6 3 0.10 May 3 67.9 39.1 51.5 + 2.3 46.8 2 0.19 „ 10 68.7 38. |
e6c710e4-4631-463f-b34e-59bb1eb138f3 | 7 49.8 — 0.9 45.0 5 0.69 „ 17 69.2 44.0 55.0 + 2.4 48.5 4 0.32 „ 24 66.4 42.1 52.5 — 1.7 49.5 5 0.38 „ 31 74.3 44.0 57.6 + 1.4 50.4 4 1.28 June 7 76.3 47.7 59.2 + 1.1 51.6 2 0.55 „ 14 76.2 40.5 59.4 + 1.2 52.8 — — „ 21 82.9 50.2 64.1 + 4.8 54.0 2 2.85 „ 28 76.2 45.2 61. |
d9359200-34f2-4389-a595-b4bbc9905f82 | 6 + 0.3 55.3 3 0.35 July 5 83.0 46.6 66.2 + 4.4 56.0 1 0.01 , 12 83.9 51.1 64.0 + 1.5 56.9 — — „ 19 76.5 47.5 60.5 — 2.8 57.0 4 0.73 „ 26 68.7 47.6 57.0 — 6.0 56.8 5 0.68 Aug. |
7b1642db-b3b7-436a-834c-a0d9ed225a2c | 2 „ 9 75.4 51.7 61.9 — 0.3 56.8 4 0.40 71.5 49.0 58.7 — 3.5 57.1 6 0.80 „ 16 72.1 48.7 60.7 — 1.7 57.4 5 0.44 „ 23 76.1 47.7 60.2 — 1.3 57.6 3 0.64 „ 30 92.2 47.7 70.6 + 10.1 57.9 2 0.89 Sept. |
5b370b07-19f2-42ac-8b59-a1623000d232 | 6 81.5 44.0 61.7 + 2.1 58.8 2 0.50 „ 13 73.3 50.7 60.1 + 1.8 58.5 5 0.62 „ 20 66.4 44.7 56.9 — 0.2 58.1 6 0.91 „ 27 70.3 47.2 56.9 + 1.5 57.8 5 0.59 125 METEOROLOGY—continued. Week ending. Temperature of the Air. Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. Average temperature 4 feet below ground. Number o... |
5ac0726c-8a87-44a7-8331-92d35792ecfe | 4 66.9 44.8 54.5 + 0.4 57.1 4 0.59 „ 11 62.6 36.1 51.0 — 0.9 56.3 3 0.19 „ 18 69.9 37.2 57.0 + 7.1 55.2 2 0.24 „ 25 63.1 39.5 49.2 + 0.9 54.8 3 0.39 Nov. |
34f08642-93eb-464d-aa10-54085d4449c7 | 1 63.7 30.2 50.7 + 3.4 53.4 3 0.14 ,, 8 57.1 26.3 43.7 — 2.3 52.7 5 1.05 „ 15 58.0 30.0 47.1 + 3.4 51.3 3 0.20 „ 22 58.8 23.0 44.5 + 2.2 50.2 5 1.44 „ 29 55.9 33.6 45.2 + 3.4 49.6 5 1.60 Dec. |
555c4c0f-02a2-4545-8486-2b088b5a0751 | 6 48.7 27.8 41.1 — 0.1 49.0 2 0.02 „13 50.1 29.8 39.4 — 1.2 48.2 4 0.69 ., 20 50.4 29.0 40.6 + 0.4 47.1 1 0.02 „ 27 52.8 39.8 40.0 + 1.5 46.6 5 0.60 Jan. 3 (1931). 49.8 29.5 40.3 + 1.6 46.1 4 0.45 |
25413740-da7e-4da3-bf1f-8211995d6395 | W0031 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR WOOLWICH 1931 BY J. MACMILLAN, D.S.O., M.C., M.B., D.P.H. Medical Officer of Health WOOLWICH: The KAtish Independent Printing Works (T.U.). 16, Wellington Street, S.E. 18. PUBLIC HEALTH AND HOUSING COMMITTEE. At 31st December, 193... |
f267924b-19a0-44ad-8799-3d371979f365 | E. L. Reeves Miss M. Crout, J.P. Rev. H. Stebbings Mrs. L. E. Driver Miss S. Turnbull A. H. Gilder Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE. Comprising the Members of the Public Health and Housing Committee. Councillor H. Vaughan (Chairman). Councillor Miss C. K. Lambeth (Vice-Chairman). 3 TABLE O... |
1a79cac7-7ec0-469c-ba73-cde852c1aa98 | Annual Statistics (including those of Wards) 11 Births 13 Marriages 15 Deaths 15 Deaths from Cancer 19 Maternal Mortality 21 Child Mortality 22 Infantile Mortality 23 III. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES. Public Health Officers 26 Professional Nursing in the Home 29 Midwives 29 Laboratory Facilities 29 Adoptive Ac... |
c4d0ca45-26f5-4c65-b0a3-6b72c75a2690 | Staff 41 Water Supply 41 Removal and Disposal of Refuse 41 Drainage 41 Smoke Abatement 42 Complaints 42 Sanitary Inspection of Area 42 Factory and Workshops Act 44 Rats 46 Offensive Trades 46 Rag Flock Act 46 Mortuaries 46 Cemeteries 47 Removal of Infirm and Diseased Persons 47 Legal Proceedings 48 Public Baths and Was... |
3fa4919a-eada-49a9-8db7-8eafe6bef381 | Statistics 58 Inspection of Houses 60 Rent Restrictions Acts 61 Tents and Vans 61 Houses Let in Lodgings 61 New Houses 62 Council's Housing Scheme 63 Common Lodging Houses 63 VIII.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES. |
5fea4504-70d1-4dcb-bf37-af4fa8b8db10 | Notifications 64 Diphtheria 69 Scarlet Fever 70 Enteric Fever 71 Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 72 Erysipelas, Malaria and Dysentery 72 Smallpox 72 Chicken Pox 72 5 page 73 Cerebro spinal Meningitis Anterior Poliomyelitis 73 Zymotic Enteritis 73 Whooping Cough 73 Measles 73 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 74 Pneumonia 74 ... |
f1f75a2c-7418-4d7d-953d-742b9dd187fc | General Reference 89 Staff 89 Notification of Births Act 89 The Work of the Health Visitors 90 The Work of the Welfare Centres 90 Feeding of Infants 92 Artificial Sunlight Clinic 93 Toddlers Clinic 95 Home Helps 95 Treatment of Minor Ailments 95 Dental Treatment 95 Orthopaedic Treatment 96 Provision of Nursing Assistan... |
0e9bedb6-c668-4b7a-9246-aac3ca2f716e | 1925 99 appendices. I. Report on the Medical Inspection of Toddlers 100 H. Meteorological Tables 110 6 PREFACE. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, I have the honour to submit, in accordance with the instructions of the Ministry of Health, the... |
ded6291c-1180-4ed6-9648-03e5ca1e15ff | The increase in the inter-censal period amounted to 4p6 per cent. At the middle of the year the Registrar General estimated the total population to be 147,400, of whom 4,800 were military. The civil figure of 142,600 is that which is used throughout the report for calculating rates, and the population of the separate W... |
070004f3-9402-49b7-9e5f-e28565c00e4e | The Council's scheme of health propaganda is fully described in Section IV. During the year a Health Services booklet, giving details of the Council's health services was issued. It may be obtained, free of charge, by any inhabitant of the Borough. 7 The incidence of infectious diseases was notably lower than in 1931. ... |
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