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532e3404-c475-423c-8a95-3e70219c30da | 284 Malt Vinegar Informal An artificial vinegar - 285 Nutmegs Informal Unsound — 301 Dried Peaches Informal Consisted of dried apricots — 313 Minced Meat Formal Contained .004 per cent. sulphur dioxide — 316 Minced Meat Formal Contained .001 per cent. sulphur dioxide - 44 TABLE No. 20.—continued. Sample No. Article. Fo... |
70016b5a-3f67-4e51-97f6-ef578d1ffa0c | 371 Dried Mint Informal Contained 65 per cent. foreign leaf — 372 Dried Mint Informal Contained 15 per cent. foreign leaf — 373 Dried Mint Formal Contained 60 per cent. foreign leaf Warranty proved Dismissed. 374 Dried Mint Informal Contained 40 per cent. foreign leaf — 375 Dried Mint Informal Contained 40 per cent. fo... |
62498a5b-360b-4804-8fb1-d552480ba3c5 | The percentage of adulterated samples is higher than it has been for some years but this is possibly due to the fact that investigations into the composition of articles not previously sampled have been made, and when an adulterated sample has been found, further samples have been taken. It will be noticed that four fo... |
7cfb866f-519f-43fb-b9c8-2cd93a48efff | • Twenty-four samples of jam in all were analysed and in 8 instances it was found that they did not comply with the description shown on the labels. After considering all the facts of the case the Committee decided not to take proceedings in the case of the formal samples. It will be noted also that 5 informal and 7 fo... |
ad988b4a-71ef-4eec-902e-e40aed979f08 | Food Poisoning.—The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1932, requires every medical practitioner in London to notify to the Medical Officer of Health every person whom he suspects or finds to be suffering from food poisoning. In his certificate he must state the name, age and sex of the person, the full postal... |
7f261ab9-c949-4420-b983-ae2c1ff5c771 | Of the 45 cases notified, only in one instance, when three people were affected, did more than one case occur. The age and sex distribution of the cases notified is shown in the following Table No. 21 46 Table No. 21. Cases of Food Poisoning Notified during 1933:— Age Periods. Male. Female. Total. |
c7569c2b-a9f5-4d73-a13a-1e736c6b3f26 | Under 1 — — — 1 and under 2 — — — 2 and under 3 — — — 3 and under 4 — — — 4 and under 5 — - — 5 and under 10 2 1 3 10 and under 15 1 — 1 15 and under 20 4 3 7 20 and under 35 9 5 14 35 and under 45 4 2 6 45 and under 65 5 7 12 65 and over 2 — 2 27 18 45 The medical practitioner notifying is required to state on his cer... |
a0bb2862-421f-4ae6-a686-11ad53ee6e90 | In two instances the medical practitioner notifying was unable to state the cause. Most of the cases were slight in character and there were no deaths. Bacteriological investigations were made in two instances :— (a) A girl, aged 17, ate some liver sausage, (purchased on the 1st February at 7.30 a.m.), on the 2nd Febru... |
7ef96817-19cd-4114-859f-1bf1038f7231 | Two hours later the elder child, a girl aged 9 years, was ill with diarrhoea and vomiting; half-an-hour later the younger child, a boy aged 5 years, had the same symptoms, and two hours later the mother became ill. When enquiries were 47 made it appeared that the ham had been in the shop since the 25th May, small porti... |
e9302640-f24f-4d53-82e0-7dfa67c168bc | Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food.—In addition to the bacteriological examination of milk already referred to, a few other samples of food, particularly in connection with the notification of food poisoning, were submitted for bacteriological examination. The results of the chemical examinations are foun... |
7ff0727b-dfa8-4fe3-b2a5-dd25dbe7a07e | At the end of the year the Public Health Committee were considering a scheme for the instruction of the wives and mothers of the tuberculous in the buying and cooking of simple, cheap and nutritious articles of food and the preparation of suitable dishes. Bye-Laws.—The power was given to the London County Council in th... |
f03d9335-e96f-4692-ab1a-c5eff20a45b8 | (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 5,583 Inspections made 14,403 (2) Number of dwelling houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925 1,293 Inspections made 3,879 (3) Nu... |
9013378d-4895-4b83-94db-bab0c8b9c4e7 | 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930: (1) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 1 49 (2) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notice :— (a) By Owners — (b) By Local Authority in default of owners — (b) Proceedings under the Public Health A... |
235aab62-8a69-4f8a-9f3b-5b9bb6d1c628 | 1930 :— (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were made 2 (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were determined, the tenement, or room having been rendered fit — (e) Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925... |
467c4479-6e93-446b-8030-b53d3201d1b4 | In all, 1,293 houses were surveyed house-to-house and their condition was recorded on special survey cards. It is the practice to secure the abatement of such nuisances as are found to exist by serving notices under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, but in certain instances demolition orders were ... |
ddba3769-9a94-43ae-9a7b-f77f470f4e9f | *Rope Yard Rails, 9 Closing Order 31st May. Beresford Street, 62a Demolition Order do. Godfrey Street, 16 do. do. *Elm Street, 123 Closing Order 4th October. *Woolwich Common, 35 Representation 11th October. †Woolwich Common, 51 do. 17th October. Church Street, 30 do. 5th December. *Rectory Place, 21 do. do. * Undergro... |
76a61228-43c0-4df6-9b50-f4aabdc27006 | Following on this, in November, I represented 69 hutments, all of which with the exception of 4 were owned by the Council, as unfit for human habitation, and subsequently the Council declared the area to be a clearance area. These hutments are in Eltham. 51 are known as the Shepherds Farm hutments, and are situated in ... |
4c8d485d-96f2-4dfe-bfd4-505ed9f10e63 | All tents and vans (which are few in number) were inspected regularly and steps were taken to ensure that the bye-laws were being observed. The total number of inspections made was 114. Houses Let in Lodgings.—No register is now kept of houses let in lodgings but as the records of this Department in respect of individu... |
c6f56e0f-c323-4637-b66d-b89ad57c5a09 | Total. West. East. 11th January 1 4 13 51 69 8th February — 1 25 10 36 8th March — — 38 21 59 5th April — 5 17 102 124 10th May 1 — 38 65 104 14th June — 4 49 30 83 6th July — 1 28 22 51 26th July — 4 31 26 61 13th September — 5 53 54 112 11th October — 7 33 42 82 8th November — 20 20 89 129 6th December 13 16 100 129 ... |
e8027759-d41a-4359-b3b9-73d40cb51e10 | At the end of the year 208 houses were in course of erection on the Middle Park Estate. Common Lodging Houses.—By the Transfer of Powers Order, 1933, the licensing of these premises was transferred from the London County Council to the Metropolitan Borough Councils. The following Table shows details of the accommodatio... |
c9b994b3-4099-45fa-bfe2-5b17bfc814fa | 60, Beresford Street 50 50, Woolwich High Street 22 93, Woolwich High Street 24 102, Woolwich High Street 22 4, Rope Yard Rails 15 7, Rope Yard Rails 24 10, Rope Yard Rails 51 10a and 11, Rope Yard Rails 62 21 and 21a, Rope Yard Rails 42 312 Bug Infestation of Houses.—In 1932 the Council decided that it would take acti... |
235f1e4b-ac27-4dde-885e-ffa556d03d5a | Many claims have been put forward by various interested persons as to the efficacy of various disinfestants for this purpose, but from a study of the literature which was available it appeared that sulphur dioxide, if used in sufficient quantity and for a sufficiently lengthy period, was likely to be the most practicab... |
e8a33340-570c-4d27-8383-0a97b22786d6 | The changes which took place in the technique related only to the method of application of the sulphur. When sulphur candles are used for disinfesting a room the diffusion takes place slowly. Immediately above the candle the sulphur gas is most dense, but the density gets less until it reaches the ceiling and it appear... |
f82be84c-3e83-41ab-a242-973bbaaaf8af | In the case of the second disinfestation, however, we do not ask the owner to co-operate ; we content ourselves with a further sulphur treatment of the room. At the beginning of 1934 every house which had been disinfested was specially inspected in order to ascertain in what percentage recurrence of infestation took pl... |
e307d75f-e19f-4efd-afe2-c833ae1a13e5 | In October my attention was drawn to a chemical used for the treatment of wood infested with the Death Watch Beetle—Ortho-dichlor-benzine—and it seemed to me that it might be possible to use this chemical for "debugging." It was accordingly tried. It is in liquid form but as it dries in a room it gives off a vapour whi... |
93f8d844-0b43-464c-b210-9876b5964270 | If the subsequent experiments substantiate the earlier work, however, this is indeed a very valuable chemical for ridding structures of bugs because of its power of bolting them from their crevices in the same way that a ferret bolts rabbits. After the rooms are opened the odour hangs about the house for a week or ten ... |
77c88545-d96a-46c1-a68b-8c9e0cc6ed9c | Couch, who is in charge of this work, was sent to Manchester to study the scheme, on which he has prepared a report. At the end of the year the report was still under consideration by the Public Health Committee. As the Council are aware, the Ministry of Health set up a Committee to study the question of bug infestatio... |
c8909148-686e-47ed-ba76-063ca6b0611d | McKenny Hughes subsequently reported as follows:— "On Tuesday, 24th October, and on the three subsequent days, I visited Woolwich for the purpose of watching the demolition of an old house known to be verminous, with a view to examining the extent to which the bed-bug will penetrate the fabric. After having pulled down... |
a52bcbc7-119f-4c99-b4db-b7afb67d3846 | (3) Bed-bugs will take advantage of cracks in the plasterwork, more especially where the moulding of a ceiling is cracked. (4) Bed-bugs are mostly found behind wallpaper which has come slightly away from the wall and woodwork. They may also be found in the supports of the mantlepiece which get nicely warm but not too h... |
c8d3ff08-881f-494e-989e-8baa01ab7b92 | This is a very valuable report and it is, I believe, the first time that such an investigation has been placed on record. In reporting on bug-infestation last year I said that people did not like their neighbours to know they had bugs, and suggested that a bug campaign might lead to a change in public opinion with rega... |
231bd930-3648-4fbb-9677-29d658330035 | In proof of this we find that bed-springs have frequently been treated, not by the useless method of sprinkling one of the so-called insecticide powders on them, but by taking them to pieces or by pouring boiling water over them. The springs look cleaner and there is much less dirt and dust about than was formerly the ... |
db7cfe00-befe-4432-abde-fffa915fab61 | One part-time medical officer takes charge of the Toddlers' examination clinic, and two consultants have been appointed—one for the Artificial Sunlight Clinic and one for consultation in connection with cases of Puerperal sepsis and difficult obstetric conditions occurring at home. The dental staff—two dentists and an ... |
e06be1e5-b78b-4107-92df-da1eddf83919 | Miss W. Adams, who was appointed consequent upon the transfer of Infant Life Protection duties from the London County Council to the Borough Councils, commenced duty on the 2nd October, 1933. Notification of Births Acts, 1907-15.—Every birth occurring in the Borough requires to be notified to the Medical Officer of Hea... |
6fad9955-8c64-4ee9-94d0-65d201a5963c | 57 The Work of the Health Visitors.—The work performed by these officers during the year, with regard to maternity and child welfare, is summarised in the following Table :— TABLE No. 26. |
a00bca1b-07a8-4d45-9d37-ed13874f55d2 | Births—First visits 1,816 „ Revisits 15,783 Infant deaths investigated 35 Still-births investigated 27 Expectant mothers—home visits 707 Infectious diseases :— Ophthalmia Neonatorum—First visits 9 „ „ Revisits 15 Measles—First visits 102 „ Revisits 23 Puerperal fever—First visits 4 „ „ Revisits 4 Puerperal Pyrexia—Firs... |
1a15db7d-15ef-4fc1-ac15-0c8d10445f0b | 58 The Work of the Welfare Centres.— These are eight in number and are now all municipal. Infant welfare sessions are held at all of them and ante-natal sessions are held at four, in three instances, twice weekly and in one instance once a month. With the addition of the monthly ante-natal session at North Woolwich, at... |
bf45989b-461c-4b02-bed9-c5aeb4f60260 | Town Hall 365 422 1,581 872 926 10,863 Plumstead 247 286 1,120 686 490 7,714 Eltham 319 232 1,109 900 541 6,422 Slade 2 97 441 3 157 3,892 New Eltham 3 57 382 3 113 4,251 St. |
a7583c31-62ed-43cc-b4a0-3a3b3de54935 | Luke's 1 41 300 1 56 2,226 North Woolwich 13 32 136 21 62 1,436 Beresford Street 29 58 141 46 129 939 Totals, 1933 979 1,225 5,210 2,532 2,474 37,743 Totals, 1932 1,076 1,302 5,182 2,624 2,609 38,562 Two important changes took place during the year:—(a) Consequent upon the alterations at the North Woolwich Baths, a por... |
c70de185-ae91-441e-bcba-3bc2bc221bd3 | It consists of a large waiting and weighing hall, a large consulting room and a commodious pram shed, and it replaces the rooms which were used for so many years at St. John's Church Hall ; (b) As Plumstead Centre had become too small for the work of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee and the School Treatment Co... |
06310ffa-1902-48e1-9f9c-5c7c73b26f3e | Thus Plumstead now comes into line with Eltham. East Ham Borough Council use the North Woolwich Centre for both services. The next Table, No. 28, shows the number of children classified by year of birth and the number of attendances made by them during the year. TABLE No. 28. Children in Attendance at Each Centre. Year... |
6e94bb41-b6af-46f5-ad92-b41b8a970dc4 | 1933 442 292 259 97 122 67 40 35 1,354 1932 477 312 268 111 133 80 41 39 1,461 1931 309 232 212 86 80 55 25 27 1,026 1930 192 155 176 44 55 51 17 20 710 1929 111 88 129 34 36 36 8 20 462 1928 50 41 65 10 15 11 5 — 197 1,581 1,120 1,109 382 441 300 136 141 5,210 Attendances. 1933 3,381 2,140 1,966 1,159 1,121 551 349 12... |
be7a8f9e-1ee1-45be-8cf7-520dd5222b0b | 661 1,007 714 398 15,671 1931 1,799 1,400 762 699 560 293 210 239 5,962 1930 796 722 713 204 359 232 112 116 3,254 1929 347 282 386 187 143 119 42 65 1,571 1928 141 72 181 22 48 24 9 — 497 10,863 7,714 6,422 4,251 3,892 2,226 1,436 939 37,743 60 These figures, which do not include attendances at the special Toddlers' C... |
f047d7ab-e96e-4cbf-8064-262b8ea5fd46 | Feeding of Infants in Woolwich.—In midsummer the usual enquiry was made, as in previous years, as to the type of feeding adopted in the case of infants attending the welfare centres. The method used was as follows :— (a) On the card of every child under one year of age attending a welfare centre between the 19th June a... |
52ad0c05-16f1-4483-bcb9-c1de7853a594 | The total number of patients treated during the year, including 164 whose course of treatment was not completed at the end of 1932, was 469. The total number of treatments given was 9,534 : of these, 6,333 were by carbon arc, 2,476 by mercury vapour lamp, and 725 by radiant heat lamp. The clinic is under the medical su... |
4f671388-21ce-4e35-aecc-bcaea86b8718 | The percentage of cases cured or improved is better, and credit for this must be given to the medical officers and to the efficiency of the staff. The clinic continues to do good work and there have been a number of instances of children brought back for further treatment after the lapse of a year or more." TABLE No. 2... |
aaf7ede1-0a65-4ee4-827f-26bedc89f016 | 0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-7 8-9 Total 9-10 10-11 11-12 Grand Total Breast 45 56 67 47 36 31 26 19 10 337 3 2 — 342 Breast and Hand 4 19 11 10 9 7 9 23 20 112 18 8 2 140 Hand 5 10 24 25 32 38 39 42 36 251 36 47 58 392 54 85 102 82 77 76 74 84 66 700 57 57 60 874 Percentages. |
5b112310-faaf-4e97-9b76-2bfe2aa733a5 | Breast 83.3 65.9 65.7 57.3 46.7 40.8 35.1 22.6 15.2 48.1 5.3 3.5 — 39.1 Breast and Hand 7.4 22.3 10.8 12.2 11.7 9.2 12.2 27.4 30.3 16.0 31.6 14.0 3.3 16.0 Hand 9.3 11.8 23.5 30.5 41.6 50.0 52.7 50.0 54.5 35.9 63.1 82.5 96.7 44.9 62 In tabular form are shown below the number and types of cases treated during the year:— ... |
8246e201-f3e3-4875-b135-b638e987adc4 | Brought forward from 1933 New Cases. Total. Much Improved or Cured Improved. I.S.Q. Ceased Treatment. Treatment not yet complete Rickets 57 94 151 46 35 7 20 43 Anaemia, |
89c56e4e-506f-4a85-8b71-3ae4d18d2719 | Debility and Malnutrition 55 111 166 38 47 7 26 48 Catarrhal Children 20 30 50 15 10 6 5 14 Septic Conditions 4 9 13 11 — 1 1 Nervous Children 6 3 9 1 2 1 2 3 Enlarged Glands 9 29 38 11 12 1 2 12 Miscellaneous Nervous Conditions 1 3 4 3 – – 1 Miscellaneous Skin Conditions 1 9 10 3 2 1 1 3 Other Conditions 8 6 14 5 3 1 ... |
7a244d08-912b-4cd0-9c0f-96c938245d39 | Children are examined in their birthday month, aged 2 years, 3 years and 4 years, and three sessions are held weekly—one at Woolwich, one at Plumstead and one at Eltham. The clinic is under the medical charge of Dr. Margaret Emslie, and she reports below on the year's working :— The figures in the appended Table are se... |
ce9f10e1-016d-42af-b824-407ed5e05ddb | As more children come under the regular observation of the clinic at an early age, it is anticipated that the number of intermediate re-inspections will decline. 63 The chief points that may be noted are as follows :— A. General. Nutritional conditions, including sub-normal nutrition and anaemia but excluding rickets, ... |
04e7264f-bdb8-49bf-8500-6c4add5543c8 | This curve shows some variation from the curve observed last year for all cases examined between 1930 and 1932, which declined steadily from infancy towards school age, but the deviation probably is of no great significance. Rickets, with its undimished showing at 30 per cent., is one of the less satisfactory condition... |
37df4888-c575-43b1-a5a8-abc4205a533b | But special methods are required and at the moment no more can be done than draw attention to this condition, known elsewhere as " the English disease," that seems to pervade our child community throughout this country, not less widely, possibly more widely than in the old days when lack of facilities allowed it someti... |
8cc5ee9e-eecd-469c-8571-731bdedecf53 | As a comment on the ultimate significance of rickets may be quoted one fact, interesting in maternity and child welfare, that the existing high rate of maternal mortality throughout the country, which has so far not yielded to treatment, has been abundantly proved to be due in a majority of cases to instrumental delive... |
2d9cbb17-a824-45b2-a5ef-75688f49d67f | for lack of perfect cleanliness, the cases showing actual flea-marks numbering only 2. Impetigo and Scabies, two highly contagious conditions associated with lack of cleanliness, were found respectively in only 7 and 1 children. To conclude the general conditions, Rheumatism was diagnosed this year in 5 children, equal... |
24465914-2799-4dc3-a574-fe3a4ef59928 | A word is said later on in this report on the possible need for orthodontic treatment for certain children. Enlarged tonsils and adenoids were observed in 48 per cent., for only a small percentage of whom operation was recommended. This condition again does not appear to show much variation. Only one per cent. of child... |
17b9adee-ba4a-430c-b73c-97292343aa8c | Such malocclusion was noted in 12 per cent. of the total children, a higher figure than the percentage in which the sucking habit was acknowledged, but sufficient evidence of the unpleasant aesthetic and other effects that may result from injudicious management on the purely "behaviour" side. The deformity produced, ex... |
5bccede1-a564-4fba-95fa-aa6e21b26ffc | Organic heart disease was noted in 9 cases= .8 per cent. Two mentally deficient children only were seen, a percentage of .18. In conclusion, no new outstanding condition has been made evident by the report this year and no special investigation has been undertaken, but the results show a very satisfactory maintenance, ... |
fd94d66d-8c35-41ed-929b-4bada2447710 | Age last Birthday. GIRLS. Age last Birthday. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total Total Children Examined — 245 159 148 — 257 158 138 1, |
07beb963-b94b-4156-8245-e795bc08e7de | 105 Nutrition — (a) Excellent — 120 52 31 — 162 72 34 471 (b) Normal — 102 73 61 — 80 69 72 457 (c) Sub-normal — 23 34 55 — 15 16 31 174 (d) Bad — — — 1 — — 1 1 3 Muscular Tone— (a) Excellent — 139 1ll 118 — 161 124 120 773 (b) Good — 103 48 29 — 96 34 17 327 (f) Sub-normal — 3 — 1 — — — 1 5 Clothing and Footgear — (a)... |
b2ae37a2-f410-4696-ab6d-845e28680008 | Disease, Defect or Condition. BOYS. Age last Birthday. GIRLS. Age last Birthday. 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total Cleanliness— (a) Excellent — 220 141 133 — 233 151 129 1,007 (b) Fair 24 17 15 — 24 7 9 96 (c) Dirty — 1 1 — — — — — 2 Anæmia — 43 22 28 — 54 20 22 189 Lungs— Bronchitis — 9 10 13 — 5 3 10 50 Asthma — — — — — — — — — ... |
d75a9e65-e437-4db2-9479-f512d91bf0a0 | 1 2 Facial Palsy — 1 1 — — 2 Epilepsy — 1 — — — 2 1 — 4 Alimentary System— — Worms — 2 2 1 — 2 2 1 10 Other Conditions — 5 1 3 — 5 2 1 17 Genito-Urinary System— Enuresis 18 8 8 — 16 10 7 67 Other Conditions — 10 4 2 — — 2 — 18 Rickets— Active 85 49 47 65 52 29 327 Healed — 1 2 2 — — — 2 7 Skin— Boils — — 1 1 2 Eczema —... |
e434b869-e235-47d5-bca6-19ba5c56526b | 1 3 1 1 6 Scabies — 1 1 Urticaria — 14 3 4 — 11 3 — 35 Eye— Blepharitis — 2 1 4 1 8 Conjunctivitis — 1 — 1 2 Corneal Scar — 1 — — 1 Nystagmus — 1 — — 1 Squint — 10 5 9 — 7 5 4 40 Ear— — Earache — 1 1 2 1 1 4 10 Otorrhœa — 1 5 3 2 2 1 14 Other Conditions — 1 2 — — — 1 4 67 Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1933—Continued.... |
73ee4b24-8ab7-4f9b-8350-d0a93fb6503b | 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Total. |
06c4b825-e49c-47a2-a0db-2ed98bde814d | Nose and Throat— Enlarged Tonsils Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids Adenoids 131 90 74 — 108 78 54 535 Teeth— Caries 23 48 75 23 42 64 275 Hypoplasia 2 10 4 4 2 1 23 Malocclusion — 42 10 8 52 16 6 134 Heart and Circulation— Heart Disease— (a) Functional 43 47 49 49 40 41 269 (b) Organic — 3 1 3 — 2 — — 9 General— Rheumatis... |
cf660f09-bb13-4f67-b8cd-3e57f6bcb45d | —In 1930 the Council agreed to supply sterilised maternity outfits for the use of necessitous mothers in order to ensure the necessary cleanliness in domestic midwifery and with a view to minimising the risks of maternity. They are supplied free, half cost, or cost price, according to the family income, the Council's e... |
dfe298ce-5366-42e1-a6cb-b6a1fa1b68fe | by way of compensation to the midwife subject to certain conditions, which are referred to in detail in my Annual Report for 1931, being complied with. During the year compensation was paid in 7 instances. Administration of the Public Health (Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926.—The Council's schem... |
5485dc3e-5986-413e-9da9-bb6f1e0d2503 | for each such case. No case was dealt with under this scheme during the year. Home Helps.—During the year 22 applications were considered by the Committee and 19 home helps were provided. The total cost of this service was £66 0s. 0d. Treatment of Minor Ailments.—Children requiring medical or surgical treatment for cer... |
a8b2b321-1ca8-4df6-9190-62b9e0d066c4 | Impetigo 12 46 1 Ear Discharge 6 32 1 Eyes 8 28 4 Miscellaneous 4 42 5 30 148 11 Dental Treatment.—Mothers and children requiring dental treatment are referred from the W elfare Centres to the School Clinics at Brewer Street, Woolwich, at Westhorne Avenue, Eltham, and at Plumstead High Street. This service has been est... |
091a4459-c359-4c00-a879-2e5215ed8140 | The number of sessions was 88, excluding anaesthetic days. TABLE No. 33. Expectant Mothers. Nursing Mothers. Children under 5. No. Attendances. No. Attendances. No. Attendances. Woolwich 88 151 42 110 219 237 Eltham — — — — 161 269 Plumstead — — — — 17 23 88 151 42 110 397 529 Dentures are provided free, at part cost, ... |
a754a325-af7a-4044-89f4-87569118eb11 | Orthopædic Treatment for Children under Five Years of Age.—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... |
8ea87f22-7f9a-42f0-b97c-f00f1893e861 | Number who completed treatment by end of year. Number with treatment not completed. |
37c25238-13ec-4b79-a3ea-956d6a90821b | Talipes (Club Foot) 2 6 8 8 — „ (Flat Foot) 1 4 5 3 2 Rickets— General 8 38 46 41 5 Genu Valgum (Knock Knee) 6 28 34 30 4 Genu Varum (Bow Leg) 8 21 29 27 2 Infantile Paralysis I — 1 1 — Erb's Paralysis 1 — 1 1 — Bad Posture 2 7 9 8 1 Muscular Weakness 1 2 3 2 1 Mouth Breathers — 4 4 3 1 Torticollis — 3 3 3 — Other Defo... |
3a052b95-b9f8-4a00-ac4e-e0dfc680e01b | — In Section 1 of the report the general scheme of nursing assistance is described in full. The extent to which these services have been made use of in respect of specific diseases is dealt with under these diseases, q.v. Day Ambulance.—In accordance with an agreement entered into with the London County Council, ambula... |
75ec0c35-172c-4225-bbbf-ea216e3f58b1 | Of these 130 were discharged cured or very much improved in health, 4 were discharged as improved, and 3 died. Two children were transferred to other hospitals, six others were discharged showing no improvement, and the number remaining in hospital at the end of the year was four. The surgical conditions for which thes... |
99863d96-f853-4d1f-95ba-bf348847e55b | At the ante-natal clinics in connection with this hospital, 7,256 attendances were made, and at the infant clinics, 2,693 attendances. In addition there were 183 extern cases. The number of mothers admitted under the Council's scheme was 142, the nett cost to the Council being £976 19s. 6d. (2) War Memorial Hospital.—T... |
8cdb6684-d7f3-4462-87e7-ebbedc1df23a | Ante-Natal Treatment and Emergencies.—The number of cases admitted for ante-natal or emergency treatment under the Council's scheme was 6. The reasons for admission were:—Albuminuria, 3; Mammary Abscess, 1; Heart Trouble, 2. Convalescent Home Treatment for Children under 5 years of Age.— The necessary arrangements for ... |
79e262ce-e834-4f6d-b5df-4da21e1a3c2f | Convalescent Home Treatment for Expectant and Nursing Mothers.— In June, 1931, the Council decided to make provision under their maternity and child welfare scheme for the convalescent treatment of expectant and nursing 72 mothers. The scheme included payment of railway fares where necessary. It was resolved also to re... |
befd2ca9-53cc-4330-aeb3-2f5951e0613e | 2d. Dinners, Nil. Collective Teaching to Expectant and Nursing Mothers.—Mothercraft classes were started in 1925 at Woolwich. They were transferred in 1926 to more suitable premises at Plumstead Centre, where they continued until 1931. In that year, owing to the Centre being required for additional clinics, the classes... |
68596014-3946-445b-bfcc-dd49f607af70 | The attendances during the part of the year the classes were open were 151. Blind Persons Act, 1920.—The Council, at the request of the London County Council, have arranged that home visiting of blind children under five years of age should be carried out by the Council's health visitors, and reports are furnished to t... |
1064ae8f-3f1f-4f51-8ec0-93f0aab53817 | In due course the powers of the Council were delegated to the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. The Council appointed two of their existing Health Visitors—Miss Campbell and Miss Frederick—to act as Infant Life Protection Visitors, and appointed another 73 Health Visitor for general work. They also, in accordance ... |
359badfa-f639-4693-a51d-bbf307899385 | Under 1 year. 1 - 2 _ 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 20 11 10 15 11 10 4 13 10 The number of visits paid by the Infant Life Protection Visitors was 421, and the number paid by the male Inspector was 187. Of his visits, 80 were made for the purpose of ascertaining the sanitary conditions of premises and 107 were made in connec... |
b582d99c-5611-491d-89f3-04331f8422dd | Keeping a nurse child without giving timeous notice 24 Change of address by foster mother without giving timeous notice 2 Infant removed from care of foster mother without giving timeous 12 Infant kept in premises or by persons prohibited from receiving same 1 Infant kept in excess of number fixed 1 Cautionary letters ... |
09a2b9f7-9f3f-4c8e-b9e8-f98e7e6f733b | Special care is taken to see that children who are weak and ailing attend the centres. During the year one nurse infant died from gastritis. No inquest was held. Under the Children's Act, 1932, general hospitals are not exempt as they were under the Children's Act of 1908. An application was received from the Managemen... |
a7f0ac79-2f25-42bb-9ec3-e590418d2eff | Services in respect of which contribution is payable. Amount of annual contribution to be paid by the London County Council. British Hospital for Mothers and Babies (a) Maternity Hospital £1,070 (b) District Midwifery and Maternity Nursing £54 (c) Infant Welfare Centre £230 SECOND SCHEDULE. Nil. 75 SECTION VII. PREVALE... |
f6979e59-f587-46de-bf09-6cc5947e8493 | In addition to food poisoning (which is reported on in Section IV) the following diseases are notifiable in the Borough :— Anthrax Ophthalmia Neonatorum Cerebrospinal Meningitis Pneumonia—Acute Primary Cholera Pneumonia—Acute Influenzal Continued Fever Poliomyelitis Diphtheria Plague Dysentery Puerperal Fever Encephali... |
9d8daf9f-d57c-48c0-91b9-608f6af9b4f0 | Woolwich cases are usually admitted to the Brook Hospital, Greenwich, the Park Hospital, Lewisham, or the Joyce Green Hospital, Dartford, but the more uncommon types of infectious disease may be admitted to any of the County Council's infectious disease hospitals. The total number of primary notifications, excluding ca... |
6b11db72-692d-4194-b8f8-fb2712749dd6 | Diphtheria 370 368 15 Scarlet Fever 1,004 952 — Enteric Fever (including Para-Typhoid Fever) 5 5 — Puerperal Fever 4 3 2 Puerperal Pyrexia 36 35 — Erysipelas 67 29 6 Smallpox 2 2 — Pneumonia 249 138 86 Malaria 2 2 — Ophthalmia Neonatorum 9 4 — Encephalitis Lethargica — — 3 Dysentery — — — Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 9 9 ... |
89a4cc97-2e94-463c-abce-9c1fc83bca5c | Notification of Infectious Diseases (Including Tuberculosis), 1901 to 1933. Year. Smallpox. Diphtheria and Mem. Croup. Erysipelas. Scarlet Fever. Enteric Fever. Continued Fever. Puerperal Fever. §Puerperal Pyrexia. Pneumonia Primary. Influenzal Pneumonia. Malaria. Dysentery. Anthrax. Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Encephalitis... |
6d4ad113-b6d6-4847-8d73-6f05ac658b02 | 1901 21 216 72 311 68 1 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 323 - 1902 228 233 98 267 50 1 11 - - - - - - - - - - - 189 - 646 301 1903 6 186 58 389 42 3 2 - - - - - - - - - - - 165 - 661 - 1904 6 163 74 472 25 1 5 - - - - - - - - - - - 186 - 1, |
52a52e7d-6988-4bb8-950e-67bf4face592 | 240 - 1905 7 273 83 513 27 1 12 - - - - - - - - - - 212 145 - 465 -- 1906 - 387 97 528 40 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - 366 176 - 825 - 1907 - 275 110 1,023 27 - 6 - - - - - - - - 1 - 93 150 - 1,453 - 1908 - 362 90 596 19 - 6 - - - - - - - - 1 - 173 154 - 519 - 1909 - 268 113 1,027 13 - 9 - - - - - - - - 149 206 - 768 - 1910... |
75e7fd4f-da64-451f-9774-937638930cd6 | 239 82 518 16 - 16 - - - - - - 8 - 1 3 866 375 - 801 - 1912 3 429 87 474 20 - 2 - - - - - - 20 - 1 3 129 689 - 775 - 1913 - 321 70 626 14 - 8 - - - - - - 14 - - 1 338 532 143 387 - 1914 - 416 107 714 18 - 7 - - - - - - 18 - 1 - 199 400 98 967 - 1915 - 286 138 601 31 - 6 - - - - - - 19 - 50 2 173 420 69 1, |
88377318-b833-433c-9ac0-c5c379072f7e | 179 - 1916 1 271 95 232 9 - 16 - - - - - - 33 - 17 - 80 392 77 1,590 - 1917 - 277 79 147 12 - 12 - - - - - - 41 - 22 1 101 448 95 1,710 - 1918 - 240 61 222 12 - 14 - - - - - - 23 - 11 3 118 563 97 800 - 1919 4 398 63 243 26 - 7 - 123 - 61 7 1 34 3 7 1 123 394 80 1,886 - 1920 1 427 82 538 6 - 13 - 136 - 29 1 - 29 3 6 - ... |
ac080b64-8204-4ec4-94fe-82da8d5a6db8 | 013 - 1921 - 592 59 1,351 11 - 14 - 187 49 10 4 - 32 9 2 - 454 285 71 481 - 1922 - 437 37 511 8 1 11 - 212 133 11 - - 26 3 2 4 31 245 60 2,698 - 1923 - 152 40 334 16 - 8 - 196 46 4 1 - 18 1 5 6 49 245 66 194 - 1924 - 195 45 440 11 - 7 - 249 105 3 1 - 27 17 12 5 13 273 69 2, |
59b05bd6-3cbe-4680-84ad-ad5193cee5ff | 679 - 1925 - 299 44 364 16 - 9 - 237 40 5 1 - 31 10 5 1 13 246 54 1,916 - 1926 - 393 46 411 8 1 4 7 259 33 5 - - 18 7 9 5 23 287 52 1,246 - 1927 - 278 65 478 9 - 8 30 280 36 3 1 - 19 6 4 3 12 269 84 457 - 1928 3 300 89 529 17 - 20 28 216 14 12 1 - 14 8 3 3 5 263 62 2, |
f09c38b6-9b5c-4a1c-8844-2c19167a6d0a | 418 - 1929 5 496 80 567 7 - 15 38 293 90 5 - 1 17 4 9 4 8 250 52 151 - 1930 10 497 77 627 8 - 5 31 262 21 2 1 - 8 - 2 2 22 241 55 2,702 597 1931 3 281 80 387 3 - 8 41 327 44 3 - - 7 2 12 6 3 229 51 113 672 1932 7 233 44 554 3 - 5 35 199 48 2 1 - 7 2 15 6 11 235 48 3,135 — 1933 2 370 67 1, |
3d95d2d1-7a15-489c-bf71-bb5063cec8dd | 004 5 - 4 36 181 68 2 - - 9 - 9 2 5 207 45 354 §Notification of Puerperal Pyrexia commenced October, 1926. † Measles notifiable from 1/1/1916 to 31/12/1919. * Voluntary notification to 1910 ; partial to 1912 ; all cases thereafter. ‡ Compulsory notification of Zymotic Enteritis commenced 1913. * Chicken Pox was again m... |
862fc3cd-5a15-4a01-b5d8-12f60765f6fd | Central. St. Nicholas. Abbey Wood. Well Hall. Avery Hill. Sherard. Diphtheria 370 15 7 22 12 10 9 9 20 7 12 49 48 13 137 Scarlet Fever 1,004 35 40 77 49 54 56 35 60 23 52 66 173 77 207 Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid Fever) 5 1 — 1 — — 1 — — 1 . — — — — 1 Puerperal Fever 4 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — 2 Puerperal Pyr... |
65010733-9801-4b99-8d93-076091eb3d84 | 6 2 7 Smallpox 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 Pneumonia 249 15 9 22 13 11 8 12 19 13 36 28 14 12 37 Malaria 2 — — 1 — — — — - - - - 1 - - Ophthalmia Neonatorum 9 2 1 1 1 — — 2 — — — — — — 2 Encephalitis Lethargica Dysentery — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 9 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 2 — — - 1 Poliomyelit... |
290bd200-1c09-42d4-8b2e-699b7098a724 | [including German Measles) 354 6 6 34 69 19 10 7 12 7 6 3 52 - 123 2,118 76 74 171 149 104 93 73 122 58 122 151 295 104 526 * Not notifiable. 79 TABLE No. 40. Cases of Infectious Diseases Notified 1933 (excluding Tuberculosis). Diseases. Number of Cases Notified. Age Groups. All Ages. Under 1 year. 1 and under 2 years.... |
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