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bd4c9430-047e-4e8c-a9fe-a212cca89b1b | Dental Treatment.—Tuberculous patients requiring dental treatment are referred to the Borough Council clinic at Brewer Street. During the year 38 cases received treatment. The number of attendances was 156. Patients requiring dentures are assessed according to their income, each case being considered on its merits by t... |
b6779aa4-083a-43fc-955e-f3faa4046a08 | Artificial Pneumothorax.—This treatment is at present the most satisfactory form of putting a diseased lung at rest. Air is introduced through a needle into the pleural cavity of the affected side or sides and as it becomes absorbed it is replaced at varying intervals. These refills have to be maintained over a lengthy... |
b70cca83-1152-4742-92b5-cc1f108554e2 | 1935 45 621 1936 51 779 1937 61 977 1938 77 1,181 Occasionally patients undergoing this treatment are also recommended for a simultaneous course of Sanocrysin. The cost to the Council for each injection given to patients recommended for it by the Tuberculosis Officer is 3s. 6d. No such injections were given during the ... |
f8e1890a-879e-4cfd-820a-929d499dfbdb | 27 2 5 — 162 123 148 11 100 These figures refer to 344 patients and the monthly admissions were as follows :— January 54 May 34 September 38 February 29 June 27 October 43 March 53 July 38 November 27 April 31 August 41 December 29 Co-operation with Maternity and Child Welfare Service.—Interchange of information betwee... |
c7481d94-4853-4a91-b0c2-c8cd11077f9d | Some unsatisfactory children are recommended for admission to the Open Air School and these children are brought to the dispensary by the school nurse for supervision and examination. Nontuberculous children found to be suffering from other complaints of a minor kind are referred to the School Clinic and others whose c... |
0032a734-8cda-4acb-a7de-ade41bfed698 | Nicholas Hospital.—In accordance with arrangements made with the London County Council in 1933 the Tuberculosis Officer continues to visit the hospital weekly, and in addition to visiting the wards is responsible for every recommendation for sanatorium treatment forwarded by the hospital. Woolwich Tuberculosis Care Com... |
0f5b8c8d-235d-4ee2-9a0f-e1542553009b | L. R- Williams. \ 101 B0dies. Representatives. London County Council Dr. H. R. Kidner, Miss C. F. Aves. London County Council (Public Assistance Mrs. R. Ashfield, Mr. R. Campbell, Mrs. B. G. Committee) Dickinson. London Insurance Committee Mr. S. H. Brown. Panel Committee for the County of London Dr. H. M. Wise. Britis... |
78cf35c5-e4df-4af2-911b-77da9ccae940 | F. J. C. Blackmore. Medical Officer of Health Dr. J. MacMillan, D.S.O., M.C. The following extract from the Annual Report of the Tuberculosis Care Committee for 1938 tells how this Committee works for the benefit of the patient and his household:— "The general aim of the Committee may be stated as follows:—To look afte... |
b880ca6b-cb04-44e8-aa91-6a7c2668d461 | It will be readily understo0d that in institutions patients require small sums of money to meet the cost of postages, newspapers, toilet requisites, etc. (3) Necessary nursing requisites when the patient is at home, e.g., air beds, bed rings, back rests, hot water bottles, bed pans, etc., and surgical aids and instrume... |
5887f72d-5d48-4b96-8879-a063f83e54f1 | (5) The interest of the employer is sought to keep the patient's job open and in other cases endeavour is made to find suitable employment for patients who have lost their posts as a result of their illness. (б) By putting the patient in touch with other organisations which may help, e.g., British Legion, British Red C... |
b2a36b84-1995-4f6e-8395-d76537eaf8e9 | (4) Clothes are provided, either new or from store, for needy members of the patient's family. (5) Where the mother of a family has to receive sanatorium treatment " Home Helps " are sent in. (6) Arrangements are made for the boarding out of children. (7) Cookery and Needlework Classes for the womenfolk. (8) Extra nour... |
9aa5d6e8-9805-48eb-8829-dad1256b6902 | Two patients have passed out into normal industry and for others the centre has met a real need in catering for the advanced ambulant patient who would otherwise be moping about at home. Bacteriological Examination of Sputum.—During the year 598 specimens were examined at the Dispensary and of these 102 were positive a... |
926cefcb-0078-4e4c-a8ad-4bb031bed05d | The Station is used for the disinfection of articles after the ordinary infectious fevers and for the disinfestation of bedding and kindred articles infested with vermin. The Station is sometimes used for special disinfection at the request of inhabitants. A small charge is made for these disinfections and during the y... |
e952e551-77f6-41e2-97a2-7143e71ad0dc | Rooms disinfected after ordinary fever 707 Rooms disinfected after tuberculosis 243 Rooms disinfected after verminous cases 1,370 Rooms disinfected for other reasons 12 Articles disinfected 42,067 Disinfestation.—In accordance with the terms of an agreement with the London County Council, disinfestation of school child... |
f183bc7a-3eb0-443f-a5e5-1eeeb4dfdd92 | 1934 611 1,715 2,326 6 1 7 2,333 1935 603 1,818 2,421 10 3 13 2,434 1936 632 1,747 2,379 4 3 7 2,386 1937 660 2,047 2,707 9 17 26 2,733 1938 924 1,892 2,816 19 30 49 28,65 104 Scabies.—The number of cases of scabies coming to the knowledge of the Department during the year was 199. In 1937 the corresponding figure was ... |
95d89fb5-9718-4c34-8e8c-b6de4046ed1f | The incidence of the disease per thousand of the population is much higher, in Eltham, as it has been consistently, in recent years. This indicates the necessity for the early establishment of a Cleansing Station in this part of the Borough and it is expected that one will be opened in the Sherard Road building some ti... |
7d22e1cb-82c2-4f2c-b0ab-5272ed298c40 | In addition, each district inspector exercises a general supervision over all food exposed for sale in the market place and in all food premises in his own district. Milk Supply.—The Borough Council is required to keep registers of all persons carrying on in the Borough the trade of cowkeeper, dairyman, or purveyor of ... |
308567a8-2893-43fc-9973-1c4c4b6c21e2 | At the end of the year the licensed cowsheds in the Borough were as set out in the following Table No. 61. TABLE No. 61. Situation of Cowhouse. No. of Sheds. No. of Cows. Licencee. Avery Hill Farm, Eltham . 3 — W. F. Fisher. Coldharbour Farm, Eltham 2 88 C. U. Fisher. Designated Milks.—Under the Milk (Special Designati... |
bbec31fb-2a01-4226-9168-62d97d6705f1 | Milk may also be sold as " Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised)," if two licences are 106 granted, and where "Tuberculin Tested" milk has been bottled at the place of pr0duction the word "Certified" may be added. Each licence automatically terminates on the last day of the year in which it is issued. In tabular form is show... |
cc5c68f6-493d-470b-8996-01fb33b7b935 | Number of pasteurisers' licences issued 2 Number of dealers' licences issued to use the designation:— (a) "Accredited" — (b) "Tuberculin Tested" 17 (c) "Pasteurised" 32 Number of supplementary licences issued to sell:— (a) "Accredited" milk — (b) "Tuberculin Tested" milk 7 (c) "Pasteurised" milk 7 Bacteriological Exami... |
12c14396-9d07-418a-a08d-c8670d101edd | January Pasteurised 61,000 do. 19,000 do. 39,000 do. 39,000 do. 16,730 do. 22,500 do. 107,000 do. 105,000 February Pasteurised 176,000 do. 37,200 do. 104,000 do. 369,000 do. 8,200 do. 23,500 March Pasteurised 101,000 do. 88,000 do. 67,000 do. 98,000 do. 6,500 do. 12,300 May Pasteurised 1,700 do. 2,200 do. 2,800 do. 2,6... |
84beaf70-fe62-43f1-932e-69383b0a3bf1 | 19,460 June Pasteurised 41,600 do. 86,000 do. 60,000 do. 39,400 do. 25,200 October Pasteurised 14,200 do. 510,000 do. 11,000 do. 25,500 do. 14,430 It will be noted that in nine instances the prescribed standard was not complied with. Washed bottles were also examined in order to test the degree of sterilisation. The fo... |
dc72e732-f08b-4e71-be31-dde26448c004 | Artificial Cream Act, 1929.—This Act has for its object the regulation of the manufacture and sale of artificial cream. The Council are required to keep a register of all premises (with certain exceptions) where artificial cream is manufactured, sold, exposed, or kept for sale. Two shops where artificial cream is sold ... |
3d86a04d-d808-4919-91ce-bd11836b360d | Cows. Calves. Sheeps and Lambs. Pigs. Number killed (if known) 3,060 15 328 22,969 16,916 Number Inspected 3,060 15 328 22,969 16,916 All diseases except Tuberculosis. Whole carcases condemned — — — 5 17 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 352 - 1 282 242 Percentage of the number inspected affected with ... |
698b7cf7-66ec-4bfc-bb52-3614308eedab | Monthly returns of inspections of carcases. Month. Cattle. Sheep and Lambs. Pigs. Calves. Total. January 278 1,377 1,775 - 3,430 February 250 1,100 1,708 - 3,058 March 270 1,044 1,590 - 2,904 April 240 1,315 1,392 1 2,948 May 264 1,700 703 20 2,687 June 210 1,942 155 155 2,462 July 247 1,979 4 122 2,352 August 209 2,57... |
97c0ef2a-936c-4d26-8398-7b9813cae7e8 | 980 2,832 — 5,121 3,075 22,969 16,916 328 43,288 Licensing of Slaughtermen.—The Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, requires that all slaughtermen shall be licensed. During the year three new licences were issued and 18 were renewed. Slaughterhouses.—There is no public slaughterhouse in the Borough. Slaughterhouses are sub... |
e0bbc72a-4754-4a6d-abf7-ab059796bf88 | 110 Registered Premises.—The Public Health (London) Act, 1936, requires the registration of premises used for the following purposes:— (a) The sale, manufacture or storage of ice cream or similar comm0dity; (b) The manufacture of sausages; (c) The preparation or manufacture of potted, pressed, pickled or preserved meat... |
2fc6747e-5d5a-47e3-a2dd-d45697bf36b2 | The register of such premises is kept in five parts, and the numbers in each part at the end of the year were as set out below:— (а) Sale, manufacture or storage of Ice Cream 278 (b) Manufacture of Sausages 96 (c) Preparation or manufacture of Potted, Pressed, Pickled or Preserved Meat 144 (d) Preparation or manufactur... |
7f4551b1-1f62-4672-b379-c0307c0c9736 | Bakehouses.—There were, at the end of the year, 34 bakehouses in the Borough of which 33 were factory and 7 underground. The inspections numbered 95 and 5 notices were served. The conditions on the whole were satisfactory. Section 54 of the Factories Act, 1937, provides:— (1) That a basement bakehouse shall not be used... |
b1442fa5-2fa8-4fe9-b56c-94f18720d526 | and— (a) if as the result of the examination the Council are not satisfied that the bakehouse is suitable for use as such as regards construction, height, light, ventilation and any hygienic respect, they shall give notice in writing that the certificate shall cease to have effect after the expiration of such period, 1... |
80c74d14-7f17-4966-accf-11153899decb | The Town Clerk was authorised to give the necessary notice in writing to the occupiers of the following premises set out below:— Premises. Occupier. 15, New Road, S.E. 18 A. Walkling, Ltd., 101-107, Chats- worth Road, E. 5. 24, St. James' Place, S.E. 18 J. A. Miles, 24, St. James' Place, S.E.18. 10, Woolwich Church Str... |
52c5a133-9951-4a0a-a0b7-68075fbae48d | 1, Waverley Road, S.E. 18 A. Werner, 1, Waverley Road, S.E. 18. 46, Hudson Road, S.E. 18 H. G. Meckiff, 46, Hudson Road, S.E. 18. The numbers of inspections made in respect of all food premises, other than those referred to above as registered premises, are shown in the following Table:— TABLE No. 67. Inspection of foo... |
2a7e5450-682f-4763-b8fb-920bdd4195cb | Bakehouses 34 95 5 — Cowsheds 5 30 — — Dairies 63 239 3 — Slaughterhouses 4 16 — — Premises where food is prepared (other than above) 198 443 — — Shops and Markets — 1,591 — — 112 Unsound food.—Included in the food surrendered were: 3 tons, 4 cwts., Beef: 1 ton, 10 cwt., Pork; 4 cwts., Mutton; 54 lbs., Veal; 16 lbs., H... |
8f1de9d9-639c-4f6b-abfa-992510d43982 | Merchandise Marks Act, 1926.—Under the provisions of Section 9 of the above Act, food and Drug Authorities have power to execute any of the provisions of the Act, other than those relating to importation, in respect of food stuffs which are subject to an Order in Council made under the Act. The Orders which so far have... |
09b163a9-34d4-4aa5-a295-e61adf614e66 | The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) Frozen or Chilled Salmon or No. 8 Order, 1931. Sea Trout. The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) Butter. No. 1 Order, 1932. The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) Bacon and Ham. No. 3 Order, 1934. The Merchandise Marks (Imported Goods) Dead Poultry. No. 5 Order, 1934. The Merchand... |
89c8321a-b934-4c41-96d3-0c88807285c7 | The term "sale" includes sale, wholesale, or sale by retail; and exposure for sale includes exposure for sale, wholesale, and exposure for sale by retail. As a general rule imported pr0duce does not require marking when sold in quantities not exceeding 14 lbs. in weight. Agricultural Pr0duce (Grading and Marking) Acts.... |
60568974-b05c-456e-b09a-a0069eb2de83 | The following is a list of pr0ducts regarding which Regulations were in force on the 31st December, 1938:— Date of Regulations. Pr0duce. 1929 Potatoes. 1930 Strawberries; Cherries. 1932 Cider. 1933 Gooseberries; Loganberries; Raspberries; Red Currants; Cheshire Cheese; Pears. 1934 Canned Fruits; Honey; Asparagus; Jam; ... |
f3bb9bab-c12f-404b-b4cb-d4a1ecbef6b8 | 1935 Apples; Glasshouse-grown Tomatoes; Cucumbers; Dressed Poultry; Canned Fruits (Amendment); Bottled Fruits; Bottled Vegetables; Black Currants; Creamery Butter; Vegetables; Perry; Caerphilly Cheese; Cheddar Cheese. 1936 Eggs; Malt Extract and Malt Flour. 1937 Wheat Flour; Eggs (Amendment); Canned tables; Plums; Leic... |
f8310f8d-635c-4a64-b7f0-0a5d7061025e | 68 gives details of the various analyses made under the food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, Public Health (Condensed Milk) Regulations, Public Health (Dried Milk) Regulations, and the Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in food) Regulations. 114 TABLE No. 68. Article. Formal Samples. Informal Samples. Number Analysed. N... |
895f2ee5-b1d8-430a-a77a-e965deb5c90a | corned — 1 1 — Meat Pies — 4 4 1 Tripe 3 2 5 — Sausages 23 4 27 — Meat Paste — 3 3 — Sild — 9 9 2 Fish, Canned — 24 24 5 Fish, bottled — 1 1 - Fish Paste — 13 13 - Arrowroot — 3 3 - Barley, pearl — 8 8 — Cornflour — 4 4 - Flour — 4 4 - Ginger, ground — 12 12 1 Ginger, crystallized — 1 1 - Peas, split — 2 2 - Peel, cand... |
7334c7d2-d647-4a9a-8946-25cea5ef3bed | Sago - 4 4 — Rice - 4 4 — Tapioca - 3 3 — Spaghetti - 1 1 — Tea - 8 8 — Vegetables, canned — 8 8 — Almonds and Ground Almonds — 4 4 — Cherries, Glace — 3 3 — Currants and Raisins — 3 3 — Fruit, dried — 16 16 — Fruit, canned — 24 24 — Pickles — 6 6 — Vinegar — 16 16 1 Spice — 4 4 — Sauce — 6 6 — Mint, |
6f758b67-bf26-44f7-b76c-8479bc252401 | dried — 4 4 — Pepper — 7 7 — Mustard — 2 2 — Salt — 3 3 — Salad Cream and Mayonnaise - 1 1 — Syrup and Treacle — 2 2 — Mincemeat — 5 5 — Jelly — 11 11 — Jam — 20 20 1 Lemon Curd — 5 5 — Honey — 3 3 — Bread — 3 3 — Biscuits — 1 1 Cakes — 9 9 — Soup, canned - 4 4 — Soup, dried 1 1 116 TABLE No. 68—continued. Article. For... |
58c35ffd-462e-4d59-b100-0ba8fef6fb9d | Coffee - 6 6 - Coffee and Chicory — 1 1 - Coffee and Chicory Essence - 2 2 - Cocoa — 5 5 - Sherbet — 1 1 - Mineral Waters - 7 7 - Lemonade — 1 1 - Lemonade, powder and crystals - 5 5 - Sugar — 3 3 - Baking Powder — 3 3 - Custard Powder — 3 3 - Egg Substitute — 3 3 - Sweets — 13 13 - Gelatine — 2 2 - Wine, Alcoholic — 4... |
5b4646d8-abaf-49e6-8e89-44cf582c08f7 | Non-alcoholic - 4 4 - Ale - 4 4 - Brandy 3 — 3 - Gin 6 - 6 - Rum 6 - 6 - Whisky 9 — 9 - Aspirin Tablets — 5 5 - Boric Ointment — 4 4 - Epsom Salts — 3 3 - Olive Oil — 7 7 - Quinine, Ammoniated Tincture — 3 3 1 Medicine — 1 1 1 Liquorice Powder - 3 3 — I0dine Tincture — 9 9 2 Tartaric Acid - 4 4 — Yellow Mercuric Oxide ... |
88b57646-5b95-4e40-89e8-e0aa7ee12abe | 1936 1937 1938 4.5 per cent. and over 4 4 9 4 per cent. and under 4.5 per cent. 11 11 9 3.5 per cent. and under 4 per cent. 145 125 90 3 per cent. and under 3.5 per cent. 113 153 173 Below 3 per cent. 4 1 7 277 294 288 Mr. |
513c957a-527e-42a5-a2ec-06e94fa9703d | Amphlett Williams makes the following observations on this analyses during the year:— "Adulterated Samples.—The percentages of samples which were reported as adulterated, not up to standard or improperly labelled, during the last five years are given below:— 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 Percentage adulterated 3.8 6.6 5.2 9... |
11ae7b1f-6630-4c31-85dc-b489570f011e | Composition of Milks.—The average percentages of fat and of solids-not-fat found in the samples of milk analysed during the past five years are given below; the averages have been calculated for each quarter as well as for the whole year, and thus show the regular seasonable variations in the quality of the milk. All t... |
125347fa-a626-4d90-b2a1-cc067f8405cb | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 January-March 3.52 3.51 3.60 3.56 3.56 April-June 3.41 3.50 3.43 3.41 3.38 July-September 3.53 3.59 3.56 3.45 3.41 October - December 3.69 3.92 3.81 3.76 3.78 Whole Year 3.54 3.59 3.59 3.56 3.54 118 Percentage of Solids-not-Fat. Quarter. |
885f1a3c-207e-4478-8310-901247106ff6 | 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 January-March 8.80 8.85 8.76 8.70 8.72 April-June 8.86 8.85 8.78 8.68 8.73 July-September 8.69 8.67 8.70 8.61 8.63 October - December 8.97 8.86 8.81 8.79 8.76 Whole Year 8.83 8.81 8.77 8.71 8.72 The results are typical of the milk supply in the Metropolitan area and show that a satisfactory sta... |
d66c09a4-3fa5-4ff3-b043-1eb5d8d4b8e0 | In solids-not-fat, the greatest variation in the five years is 1 per cent; in fat content the variations are greater, and it is probable that weather conditions may have had some effect on these figures. A prolonged dry period adversely affects the available pasture and the low fats of October-December, 1934, July-Sept... |
1c3a75d3-4cb6-466e-84ee-85c12a8d13f0 | The freezing point test for added water in milk, the applications of which were explained in the analytical notes in the 1935 Report, was again proved to be of value. A number of samples submitted in the early part of the year showed borderline figures for solids-not-fat, and the milks would have been passed as " possi... |
3c392bb2-e8ec-466a-b117-4b3f53de18e2 | were discovered in these samples; it eventually appeared that water was being intr0duced into the milk at certain times when the supply pipes were rinsed out, through careless handling of the cocks. 119 Samples from this source are now yielding normal freezing points and satisfactory solids-not-fat figures. Hot Milk.—O... |
6a6561f2-1369-4063-8d27-00261d2937d1 | deficient, and the specific gravity, freezing point and 5 other constituents were outside the normal range for fresh milk; in addition, certain other impurities, which are known to occur in tap water but not in milk, were found and on determination of the proportion of these in the sample and in a separate sample of wa... |
bd51aecb-0c52-4a67-8d02-de5882e35c31 | of water and had been made from partly skimmed milk, with a citrate emulsifier added to hold the extra water and milk sugar to correct the taste, the mixture being wrapped in tin foil and pasteurised. In view of the evident preference for this type of "prepared" cheese, it is doubtful whether the general public realise... |
4ce7fb09-9555-4144-bd4a-c2a9a4fd68da | Analysis showed that the small particles found, which certainly resembled glass in their clear, sharp, brittle, tasteless fragments, were actually crystals of hydrated lactose, or milksugar, which presumably had gradually formed as the " cheese " slowly lost water through evaporation. Correspondence with the manufactur... |
8dcd0fcc-1865-4080-87cf-65f2008073fa | The presumption was therefore raised that the ginger might consist of or might contain waste ginger, as for example, from a ginger ale manufacturer; but in view of some information that certain consignments of ginger from Nigeria had given low figures for water-soluble constituents when imported, enquiries were made by... |
31d29b5c-9a00-4fd9-b8eb-a609159bf040 | The investigation revealed quite clearly that there was nothing inherently deficient in West African ginger as grown, but that in its preparation for market a practice of prolonging the soaking and bleaching of the rhizomes had grown amongst the natives, in order to meet the demand in the trade for a nearly white ginge... |
fcd96042-5523-4be1-b523-e5c61ccdb6f9 | In these circumstances, and as no question of fraud or injury to health arises, no legal action was recommended in connection with the sample analysed. In the foregoing remarks, much of the information regarding action taken, etc., has been kindly furnished by the Inspectors, and I beg to acknowledge with thanks their ... |
2c60aa67-58c1-49ae-ab97-85d5af6e066b | — 181 Strong Tincture of Iodine. Informal Iodine 7 per cent, excess, and Potassium Iodide 10 per cent, excess. — 182 Strong Tincture of Iodine. Informal Iodine 10 per cent, excess, and Potassium Iodide 13 per cent, excess. — 186 Milk Formal Contained 1 per cent, of added water. — 190 Cheese, Cheddar Formal Was made fro... |
9dccdf3f-ce3a-452a-b8f0-ec5e1174f6fb | Stock surrendered. 291 Canned Fish, Sild Informal Contained tin, 3.64 grains per lb. Stock surrendered. 292 Canned Fish, Sild Informal Contained tin, 2.59 grains per lb. Stock surrendered. 293 Canned Fish, Sild Informal Contained tin, 3.36 grains per lb. Stock surrendered. 300 Milk Formal Contained small proportion of ... |
a7aa2410-795d-4cd5-8a6d-ea01b23950d9 | - 397 Ground Ginger Informal Soluble constituents about 30 per cent, below normal. Correspondence with Wholesaler. 449 Steak and Kidney Pie. Informal Contained no kidney Correspondence with Wholesaler. 535 English Spirit Vinegar Informal Contained at least 40 per cent. Malt Vinegar. Correspondence with Wholesaler. 592 ... |
13d90c63-b265-438d-b6b8-7d4ce6032167 | - 752 Canned Fish, Sild Informal Contained tin, 2.73 grains per lb. — 757 Cheese Informal Contained crystals of Lactose Hydrate. — 779 Milk Formal A liquid in which dried milk had been used. Was 93 per cent, deficient in milk fat. Fine £2 10s. 0d 21/- costs. 784 Milk Formal Contained 1 per cent, added water. — 800 Milk... |
95ba33e6-cb33-4c29-90e2-1b9e4462e61d | The case was dismissed, under the Probation of Offenders Act. Nutrition.—Dissemination of knowledge and instruction on matters affecting nutrition is part of the Council's general scheme of health propaganda, q.v. As part of the Council's scheme for Health Propaganda, cookery demonstration classes are held at the Tuber... |
502fbc85-59e7-4f34-89c3-f19c2fe7b7be | Food Poisoning.—The Public Health (London) Act, 1936, 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 address, and pa... |
58255fc0-a51b-4db5-a036-238d4f4be03d | Under 1 — 1 1 1 and under 5 2 1 3 5 and under 10 — 2 2 10 and under 15 - — — 15 and under 20 — 1 1 20 and under 35 5 12 17 35 and under 45 5 3 8 45 and under 65 2 1 3 65 and over 1 — 1 15 21 36 124 The medical practitioner notifying is required to state on his certificate the food he suspects. In 12 instances the food ... |
8a7aceff-979a-4b99-b4fe-6b1d81b09b2f | In two instances Bacillus Aertrycke was isolated, one of the cases being fatal. The notified food in the fatal case was believed to be duck eggs, but this could not be proved. The third investigation was negative. 125 SECTION IX. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. The Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme embraces the... |
d211f104-1295-4b8c-8ca1-83d3a34954d3 | (k) The services of a Consultant in cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia. (l) The services of a Consultant in exceptional cases of obstetric or antenatal abnormality at home. (m) Provision of Home Helps in maternity cases. (n) Boarding-out of children while expectant or nursing mother is in hospital, (o) Paym... |
719eb935-3d91-429e-83b2-908df7d3de09 | (r) An arrangement with the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association for orthopaedic treatment for children requiring such treatment, (s) Provision of nursing assistance for young children suffering from Measles, Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Zymotic Enteritis, Whooping Cough, Poliomyelitis, Pneumonia and Influenzal Pneumo... |
54d93287-47e5-4db7-9fea-707fe3b541a7 | (v) Reservation of beds, for ante-natal treatment and emergencies of midwifery, at the War Memorial Hospital, equivalent to 18 weeks' treatment per annum. 126 (w) An arrangement with the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association for the Convalescent Home treatment of children requiring such treatment. (x) Convalescen... |
0bec4ede-ff59-4ab1-9007-c5f6d7377673 | Staffing.—Three whole-time medical officers are in medical charge of the clinics, each devoting, per week, eight half-days to Maternity and Child Welfare and three half-days to Tuberculosis. Four part-time medical officers are also employed : one on three half-days, one on two half-days and two on one half-day each, th... |
b9741fd6-cb9a-4f4a-873e-230361d4883a | The health visiting staff now consists of thirteen health visitors ; two of these are part-time sanitary inspectors, and all but one, who is the Artificial Sunlight Clinic Nurse, are Infant Life Protection Visitors. It is the practice of the Council to appoint additional temporary health visitors during epidemics of me... |
ae20d78a-fdf2-4381-a333-87cbdd32b431 | The arrangements are, of course, subject to the general supervision of the medical superintendent of the hospital, and in no way affect the responsibility of the Council's medical staff for the treatment of patients. The Borough Council agreed to co-operate in this way and subsequently Dr. Proudfoot and Dr. Saunders-Ja... |
f027e3e6-ed07-418b-8559-12534d413c34 | Children are visited at least once a year until they go to school and special attention is paid at such visits to the toddler to the early recognition of physical defects. The Work of the Health Visitors.—The importance of home visiting and the supervision of the health of the mother and child is now fully recognised a... |
a86aa055-92e5-42c4-be97-742745155933 | Births—First visits 2,096 Births—Revisits 19,069 Infant deaths investigated 21 Still-births investigated 14 Expectant mothers—home visits 1,002 Infectious diseases:— Opthalmia Neonatorum—First visits 29 Opthalmia Neonatorum—Revisits 9 Measles—First visits 2,896 Measles—Revisits 949 Puerperal Fever—First visits 13 Puerp... |
8016b429-f1ae-4560-9bd0-c9d4900fc816 | 128 Infant Life Protection.—The Council are responsible for Infant Life Protection work and all the Health Visitors have been appointed Infant Life Protection Visitors for their particular districts. When evasion of the law is suspected any necessary investigations are made by one of the male sanitary inspectors. The h... |
1449a5c6-43d4-40ba-b232-9a0e97504d73 | 73 shows the ages of the children under supervision on the 31st December, 1938:— TABLE No. 73. Under 1 year. 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 16 9 11 6 4 8 4 4 5 The number of visits paid by Infant Life Protection Visitors was 733. The number of visits made by the male inspector in connection with infringements and kind... |
c842e3d2-0ada-48b5-b20d-c9b97e1cb32e | Keeping a nurse child without giving timeous notice 12 Change of address by foster mother without giving timeous notice 1 Infant removed from care of foster mothing without giving timeous notice 1 Keeping nurse children in excess of permitted number 1 Cautionary letters either from the Medical Officer of Health or from... |
f1a04b53-a205-4bb2-9286-4dd297ff9794 | The Work of the Welfare Centres.—These are eight in number and are all municipal. Infant Welfare sessions are held at all of them ; ante-natal sessions are held at four—in two instances twice weekly, in one instance thrice weekly, and in one instance once a month. With the inclusion of the fortnightly antenatal session... |
86a66c9d-d946-4c6a-b7c8-98dda6dbc6f2 | Town Hall 470 200 1,289 1,023 340 9,355 Plumstead 347 370 1,172 914 702 7,835 Eltham 541 188 1,034 1,735 313 7,217 Slade — 136 564 — 193 5,377 New Eltham — 48 561 — 58 6,647 St. Luke's — 60 370 — 61 4,169 North Woolwich 35 20 132 142 29 1,280 Beresford Street 34 80 84 16 99 758 Totals, 1938 1,427 1,102 5,206 3,830 1,79... |
1f7cf458-3d0a-4150-8212-a03a4834bc55 | 76, shows the number of children attending each centre and the number of attendances made by them during the year. It should be noted that children are classified in the table by year of birth, so that the figures cannot be read as under one year, under two years and so on. They illustrate, however, quite definitely th... |
a796dfff-54bc-4a3b-a5b3-4b40d52bc918 | 1938 395 20 41 395 180 255 104 137 1,527 1937 449 21 48 376 164 293 114 156 1,621 1936 220 16 21 205 94 212 74 109 951 1935 111 15 11 114 58 137 35 76 557 1934 82 9 9 58 46 87 26 51 368 1933 32 3 2 24 22 50 17 32 182 Totals 1,289 84 132 1,172 564 1,034 370 561 5,206 Attendances. Year of Birth. Town Hall. Beresford St. ... |
dace4a12-03bc-45ae-bcaa-2da40821fc7b | 216 2,046 2,425 1,337 1,810 14,579 1937 4,267 302 819 3,294 2,075 2,816 1,888 2,956 18,417 1936 1,066 126 150 857 707 1,046 577 1,016 5,545 1935 382 145 41 284 318 564 213 559 2,506 1934 201 45 22 123 183 263 95 228 1,160 1933 74 6 2 61 48 103 59 78 431 Totals 9,355 758 1,280 7,835 5,377 7,217 4,169 6,647 42, |
e3c05a58-a9fe-44e5-9b16-41aa5c90b2a6 | 638 Year 1937 8589 735 1109 8750 4307 7057 3065 5771 39,383 Feeding of Infants in Woolwich. —In raid-summer 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 ... |
081c46d5-0a32-4f60-adee-c05ad6154a85 | Feeding of Infants attending Welfare Centres—20th June to 13th August, 1938. Method of Feeding. AGE IN MONTHS. Grand Total. 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 Breast 78 90 60 38 33 43 22 8 8 380 — — — 380 Breast and Hand 5 15 15 8 11 13 8 17 16 108 8 4 1 121 Hand 17 33 39 35 55 44 77 48 73 421 ... |
94725aaa-b393-4879-94a3-fc695090fcfe | Breast 78.0 65.2 52.6 46.9 33.3 43.0 20.6 11.0 8.2 41.8 — — — 33.1 Breast and hand 5.0 10.9 13.2 9.9 11.1 13.0 7.5 23 .3 16.5 11.9 12.1 4.4 1.2 10.5 Hand 17.0 23.9 34.2 43.2 55.6 44.0 71.9 65.7 75.3 46.3 87.9 95.6 98.8 56.4 132 The new Centre at Market Street, Woolwich, to be known as the Woolwich Central Health Centre... |
0105fc5c-6e67-458c-8f85-7ff7e2901741 | It replaces the Old Town Hall Infant Welfare Centre and Artificial Sunlight Clinic and the School Treatment Centre at Brewer Street. The following is taken from the Booklet prepared for the opening ceremony : "In 1931 the Woolwich Borough Council opened, at Eltham, the first municipal centre in London which provided ac... |
cf3e9097-a737-4fbd-88d9-68c3f36d4dec | A solid building in keeping with its predecessors, yet thoroughly modern and up-to-date in its planning, it is one which is eminently suitable for the ever-increasing health services of a metropolitan borough. The forecourt, protected by a dwarf wall and iron railings, affords a pleasing approach to its entrances. 134 ... |
db143931-54bd-47e3-96bf-1cc0465ade60 | On the right of the staircase are sited the rooms of the foot clinic and of the dental suite in which there are two dental surgeries, a rinsing room and two waiting rooms. Modern equipment is provided in the dental rooms, and in the rinsing room which serves both, a range of specially designed basins at varying heights... |
93a8d562-72c9-4f4e-9752-5cff5451eaaf | Toddlers Clinics.-—Toddlers clinics have been a well-established part of the Council's health services for many years and there is certainly no occasion in Woolwich for the often heard complaint of the neglect of the child between the ages of two and five. Two sessions a week are held at each of the Council's main cent... |
fbbbb3cd-fc62-4307-bf97-3c87d80dd05e | 135 It is planned round, a central court. In front and at the sides it is of two storeys, but at the rear, where a lofty main waiting hall is provided, it is but one storey high ; use has been made of these features to provide a pleasant roof court approached by short staircases from the upper corridors. The central co... |
95ca5e4b-65d4-4b02-a238-24475e1a3717 | The floors with the exception of the entrance hall, stairs and lavatories, are covered with ¼-inch rubber flooring. In planning the building care has been taken to ensure that every room and every passageway is not only well lighted and ventilated, but also easily cleaned. The windows are of the hospital type and consi... |
8550d01a-b793-4550-a6db-5b8f6eb4c157 | The building has been designed to provide (a) a maternity and child welfare section, (b) an orthopaedic clinic, a massage clinic and an electro-therapy clinic, (c) a school clinic, (d) a dental clinic and (e) a foot clinic. On the ground floor are the maternity and child welfare rooms and the orthopaedic, massage, and ... |
84a58e66-5025-4104-9613-e18e6e134184 | It has been necessary to construct a Faraday cage in the walls, ceiling and floor of one of these rooms in order to prevent intereference with television and wireless sets in the neighbourhood through the use of short wave machines. 136 TABLE No. 78. Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1938. Disease, Defect or Condition. B... |
22726f5d-9ad9-4ada-bedb-9cd782160a8d | 162 (6) Normal 117 94 122 105 101 101 640 (c) Sub-normal 13 16 40 3 20 25 117 (d) Bad — - - - - 1 1 Muscular Tone (a) Excellent 231 225 186 263 201 202 1,308 (6) Good 164 64 76 143 87 50 584 (c) Poor 9 6 - 7 3 3 28 Clothing and Footgear— (a) Good 380 278 252 388 276 248 1,822 (b) Fair 24 17 10 25 15 7 98 Cleanliness— (... |
c73ddcf8-2339-40a6-ac30-c7b885f5cb30 | Functional " Conditions 69 51 45 55 82 52 354 (b) Organic and Congenital Heart Disease 1 2 - - 2 1 6 Anaemia 59 40 38 68 35 31 271 Respiratory System— Bronchitis 3 8 8 1 15 6 41 Asthma - 1 2 - — 1 4 Nervous System— Behaviour Symptoms 69 54 41 84 51 29 328 Minor Retardation 39 7 3 25 6 5 85 Organic Nervous Disease — 1 -... |
2f3d6a05-da93-46ce-99f5-e9c093f7ee7f | 1 1 2 1 - — 5 Constipation 4 4 1 4 2 3 18 Genito-Urinary System— Enuresis and Frequency 18 25 7 14 18 12 94 Other Conditions 16 13 1 1 — — 31 Skin Conditions— Infective Skin Conditions 16 4 10 6 4 7 47 Urticaria, Eczema, etc 21 12 5 38 16 6 98 Ichthyosis — 1 1 - 2 — 4 137 Medical Inspection of Toddlers, 1938—continued.... |
1b639a95-0b16-4efd-b941-2baf6bc3af0d | Age last Birthday 2 3 4 2 3 4 Total Eye Defects and Infections— Slight Squint 7 2 2 4 6 8 29 Blepharitis 1 4 — 5 4 4 18 Conjunctivitis — 3 3 1 1 1 9 Ear Conditions— Otorrhoea, etc. 4 7 2 4 8 6 31 Teeth— Caries 21 85 133 26 92 117 474 Extractions or Fillings 3 14 54 1 15 50 137 Hypoplasia 14 4 1 4 2 — 25 Malocclusion 25... |
ce99db04-c97a-4ca5-85f6-2188c11d6d25 | and Throat— Enlarged Tonsils 67 40 41 56 49 47 300 Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids Adenoids Enlarged Glands— Tonsillar 44 39 52 34 32 41 242 Posterior Cervical 12 12 22 12 9 14 81 Others 1 — 1 — — — 2 Other Diseases and Defects Rheumatism 2 3 3 1 5 5 19 Jaundice - — — — 1 — 1 Fractured Tuberculous Ankle 1 — — — 1 Abscess... |
a12928db-ecf4-4b25-8fa0-e2b8f8abeafe | — An artificial sunlight clinic is held in part of the Town Hall Infant Welfare Centre. The total number of patients treated during the year, including 161 whose course of treatment was not completed at the end of 1937, was 686. The total number of treatments given was 13,109, of these 10,354 were by carbon arc, 1,774 ... |
cd77a065-b810-4662-b22c-0c4f359621a6 | It is noteworthy that this increase has been mainly in the group "Debility and Malnutrition" and it is becoming accepted that these children derive great benefit from artificial sunlight. The number of cases of rickets is considerably reduced, whilst the proportion of those cured or improved has relatively increased. T... |
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