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f53f68fb-4074-4c3f-a8ae-9fb17ead60a1 | The following Table No. 79 shows the number of cases and conditions treated during the year:— TABLE No. 79. Cases treated at Sunlight Clinic during 1938. Brought forward from 1937. New Cases. Total. Much Improved or Cured. Improved. I.S.Q. Ceased Attending. Treatment not yet completed Rickets 26 95 121 37 37 4 25 18 An... |
73dc3bdc-1cb5-4d9e-ad20-d0c6f957e7d0 | Debility and Malnutrition 74 254 328 113 88 11 72 44 Catarrhal Children 22 76 98 29 26 4 20 19 Septic Conditions 2 6 8 1 4 — 2 1 Nervous Conditions 4 14 18 3 7 — 6 2 Enlarged Glands 10 24 34 9 11 2 8 4 Miscellaneous Nervous Conditions 7 7 1 - 1 4 1 Miscellaneous Skin Conditions 5 9 14 9 2 — 1 2 Other Conditions 14 26 4... |
2a5e3e66-da4a-45ee-9c91-f03f85634999 | under the charge of Mr. Myles Formby, Consultant and Laryngologist to the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital, as Consultant. Dr. F. Smith, one of the Council's assistant medical officers, took charge of the routine work of the clinic. The total number of sessions held during the year was 52, the total number of attendances... |
e1f9ed0f-dcd1-41a9-a639-084248b26794 | The Table illustrates the great importance of careful examination of the whole of the upper respiratory tract before deciding on the removal of tonsils and adenoids in children. Out of a total of 364 cases with upper respiratory tract infections, it was considered advisable to remove the tonsils and adenoids in only 85... |
b0d795e0-457a-482b-bfeb-50a72b180440 | During the year 120 applications were received and 119 outfits were supplied The total cost to the Council was £35 14s. Od. 140 TABLE No. 80. Condition. No. of Cases. Treatment Discharged. Still attending. Ceased attending. Broug't forward New Conservative. Operation. None requir'd Cured. Much improved. Improved. I.S.Q... |
2993edc2-f833-482d-a82a-69e8280c9237 | 1 Epistaxis - 6 6 - — 2 - - - 4 - Asthma - 2 2 - - - 1 - — 1 - Injury — 1 1 - - 1 - - - - - Laryngeal stridor 1 1 1 - 1 1 — - 1 - - Furunculosis - 1 1 - — 1 — — — - - Cervical Lymphadenitis — 4 4 - - - - - - - 4 Wax in ea 1 6 7 — — 5 1 — - — 1 TOTAL 111 358 359 101 9 125 33 9 9 175 118 Compensation to Midwives.—Wheneve... |
322ec359-0b78-4802-9901-1d4c1da521f2 | the midwife loses her patient if the mother accepts the advice of the medical officer and is admitted to hospital. In these cases the Council make a payment of 10s. by way of compensation to the midwife subject to certain conditions, which were given in detail in my Annual Report for 1937, being complied with. During t... |
d94db18e-e055-429f-91c1-587bb018ccdb | H. G. Taylor, 141 F.R.C.S.—for the provision of nursing assistance, for hospital treatment in the County Council's hospitals, and for bacteriological examination where necessary. The extent to which it has been made use of has been reported on in that part of the infectious diseases section of the Report which deals wi... |
2c570b42-6a33-4052-9b60-98fee9e33978 | London, or Area E of the L.C.C. Scheme, if they were agreeable to be so included. All were agreeable and so a panel of consultants is now available. Those who have agreed to act in addition to Mr. Harold Taylor are:—Mr. J. B. Blaikley, F.R.C.S.; Mr. A. L. Gunn, F.R.C.S.; Mr. A. L. Walker, F.R.C.S. In one ease only duri... |
51ec0f0a-5280-4002-9565-e471288b1723 | Boarding out of Children.—In appropriate circumstances, instead of providing a home help, the Council arranges for the boarding out of children with suitable foster mothers, at the Council's expense. Children were boarded out on four occasions during the year. Expenses of Mothers Breast-Feeding Their Babies in Hospital... |
9a818c5e-99da-4d7f-ab15-0a670e8d167c | 81. Brewer Street. Eltham. Plumstead. Impetigo 30 50 51 Ear Discharge 7 16 28 Eyes 26 50 47 Miscellaneous 9 16 27 72 132 153 The corresponding totals for 1937 were respectively 65, 122 and 145. Dental Treatment.—Mothers and children requiring dental treatment are referred from the Welfare Centres to the School Clinics ... |
37aaabe4-b910-4235-868d-3cebe2d165d2 | Attendances. Woolwich.. 129 362 21 88 23 24 Plumstead 121 226 20 51 298 628 Eltham — — — — 177 421 250 588 41 139 498 1,073 All Centres, 1937 167 374 39 118 395 768 The figures of the toddler clinics in this connection are full of interest. In 1938 47 children aged 2 had defective teeth, 177 aged 3, and 250 aged 4. The... |
c7d54f37-7057-458e-a86b-78b8c07f5b46 | Dentures are provided free, at part cost, or at cost price, according to the ability to pay, and payment is spread over many weeks. In consequence, the income received during the year includes money received in respect of dentures 143 supplied in previous years. Fifty sets (complete or partial) of artificial teeth were... |
442508ad-fc4d-4a3b-a971-68c6c4d3d4b4 | The Council pay for children under five years of age sent by their medical officers to the clinic, 2s. Od. per attendance for cases requiring massage or electrical treatment and is. 6d. per attendance for any other form of treatment. The cost of these services for the year was £223 2s. 6d. Only cases recommended by the... |
05fc1182-db72-46c0-a61c-24b0f56a3238 | The Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association's main clinic is in Thomas Street, Woolwich, but arrangements were made during the year for the treatment of Eltham children on two half days per week at the Health Centre, Westhorne Avenue. The Association found that the attendance of Eltham children at Woolwich was a ve... |
9b0a7a51-4491-4dc6-b69c-66f7961d2d3e | Talipes (Club Foot) 1 11 12 12 Talipes (Flat Foot) 2 22 24 17 7 Rickets— General 1 11 12 10 2 Genu Valgum (Knock Knee) 9 110 119 112 7 Genu Varum (Bow Leg) 10 122 132 120 12 Infantile Paralysis 1 5 6 4 2 Erb's Paralysis 1 1 1 Bad Posture 2 7 9 6 3 Muscular Weakness 7 28 35 33 2 Mouth Breathing 1 1 2 2 Torticollis I 8 9... |
646beb05-956d-4df1-a54a-a932daf92dc4 | The extent to which this service has been made use of in respect of specific diseases is fully reported on in the appropriate portions of the Infectious Diseases' Section of the Report. In addition grants were made to the nursing associations in respect of 50 children treated for threadworms at one shilling per visit, ... |
71e98a10-5cef-4bbb-8751-ec94051ce87f | The surgical conditions for which these children were treated included:—phimosis, prolapse of rectum, enlarged tonsils 145 and adenoids, umbilical hernia, hypospadias, mastoiditis, inguinal hernia, pyloric stenosis, vulvo-vaginitis, otitis media, cervical abscess. Those admitted for medical treatment included children ... |
7d46dcca-a0d9-4b8c-ab21-693abd2d8317 | The number of mothers admitted under the Council's scheme was 142, the nett cost to the Council being £887 9s. Od. (2) War Memorial Hospital.—There are 8 maternity beds in this general hospital, and I am indebted to Mr. R. S. G. Hutchings, the Secretary, for the following information regarding the admissions to the mat... |
c0768ee9-c179-47d5-b518-45f664bcecab | Convalescent Home Treatment for Children under Five Years of Age.— The necessary arrangements for this are made by the Woolwich Invalid Children's Aid Association, to whom the Council give grants-in-aid for this purpose. During the year grants totalling £330 were made in respect of 119 children. The children were sent ... |
170d3c14-cfe8-4676-984b-a9f645b5e581 | The approximate cost of this service during the year was as follows :—Dried milk, £1,161 6s. 9d.; Fresh milk, nil ; Dinners, nil. 146 In 1934 the Council agreed to co-operate with the London County Council with regard to the supply of extra nourishment to maternity cases where domiciliary relief was being granted by th... |
930ac0c4-0c81-491b-a10b-7a30e0e16e7a | During the year no new cases came to the knowledge of the department. (2) 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 Aot was dealt with duri... |
2f45f949-54e8-4bd6-8c29-63d145d897bf | 18 .. Woolwich 2918 Vaughan, Mrs. L., 24, The Slade, S.E. 18 .. Woolwich 2926 Weeks, Mrs. M., 105, Gregory Crescent, Eltham, S.E. 9 .. .. .. .. Eltham 2313 Woods, Mrs. E. J., 10, Openshaw Road, S.E. 2 Woolwich 2922 The Borough Council agreed to co-operate whole-heartedly with the County Council in this matter and the B... |
a1bf1252-6777-4030-9067-e9c0d2e8b42d | Midwives are authorised to obtain nursing assistance from the district nursing associations at the expense of the Borough Council. 147 APPENDIX. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, DURING THE YEAR 1938. Week ending. Temperature of the Air. Departure from average mean air temperature f... |
ff0b54a2-299d-4ce7-9c24-537a732d8718 | 8 46.1 32.3 39.8 + 1.7 44.9 6 0.13 ,, 15 53.9 32.0 44.4 + 6.4 44.7 7 1.06 „ 22 53.6 34.2 45.7 + 7.1 45.1 4 0.28 ,, 29 54.8 33.7 44.5 + 5.2 45.3 4 0.60 Feb. |
d16746fb-3af1-4a02-9723-c9bb221d3d32 | 5 53.9 36.9 45.0 + 5.4 45.0 3 0.35 ,, 12 51.8 33.6 42.2 + 30 44.8 2 0.10 ,, 19 49.5 30.7 35.6 —3.8 44.1 5 0.31 „ 26 55.7 30.5 39.9 + 01 43.1 1 0.16 Mar. |
7528a55a-d067-4b22-a756-9fc35fd2b5e3 | 5 61.8 34.6 47.2 + 6.7 43.7 3 008 ,, 12 64.4 31.7 48.1 + 7.1 44.1 - 0.00 ,, 19 64.0 34.5 48.9 + 7.2 44.9 - 000 ,, 26 66.4 36.5 49.6 + 7.3 45.9 3 0.28 Apr. 2 66.6 41 . 7 53.4 + 8.9 47.0 1 002 , 9 63.2 31.8 46.9 + 0.8 47.7 1 0.08 , 16 60.9 28.9 45.7 —0.6 47.8 - 0.00 , 23 53.9 33.0 45. |
923db738-c68b-4d64-b0d6-38e4e025a2e6 | 0 — 3.4 47.9 — 0.00 , „ 30 56.7 37.1 46.0 —2.8 47.9 2 0.02 May 7 59.5 37.1 47.6 —2.4 48.0 3 0.35 14 76.1 32.1 53.9 + 2.1 48.8 1 0.19 , 21 66.9 40.5 51.6 — 1.7 50.1 4 0.39 , 28 70.3 41.2 53.5 —2.0 51.0 4 0.54 Juae 4 69.2 44.2 54.6 —2.8 51.5 4 0.32 , 11 72.2 47.1 59.6 + 1.4 52. |
71327691-c226-4914-a484-696d609079bf | 7 1 0.02 , 18 78.4 47.0 61.6 + 2.8 54.0 - 0.00 , 25 80.9 48.9 65.9 + 5.3 55.4 1 0.01 July 2 74.1 45.7 59.0 — 2.6 56.5 5 0.30 , 9 74.9 47.2 57.5 —4.7 56.6 6 0.99 , 16 74.4 50.8 60.4 — 2.7 56.8 2 0.08 , 23 77.4 54.0 64.0 + 0.8 57.4 1 0.01 , 30 78.7 51.2 64.0 + 1.5 58.4 2 0. |
3913cafe-7bd8-4aa4-9b7b-45946ea776f5 | 21 Aug. 6 84.0 55.5 58.9 + 7.6 59.2 1 0.01 ,, 13 81.6 55.6 59.0 + 2.8 60.2 4 1.69 ,, 20 74.4 52.5 61.4 —0.7 60.3 2 0.07 ,, 27 78.3 46.1 60.3 -0.5 59.9 3 0.12 Sep. |
892235fb-2139-42d8-a06e-16d0574c7f22 | 3 67.6 40.0 55.3 —4.7 59.3 4 0.32 ,, 10 65.7 43.9 56.7 —2.3 58.5 3 0.26 ,, 17 79.4 430 60.6 + 2.9 58.3 2 0.06 „ 24 79.7 50.9 61.3 + 5.3 58.4 6 1.47 148 APPENDIX—continued. Week ending. Temperature of the Air. Departure from average mean air temperature for 65 years. Average temperature 4 feet below ground. Number of da... |
cfa0799f-b607-43c7-878d-456721146135 | 1 68.4 47.0 56.8 + 20 58.3 6 1.14 ,, 8 59.8 43.0 52.3 -0.5 57.4 5 0.05 ,, 15 64.7 44.2 54.8 + 4.1 56.3 3 0.34 ,, 22 63.7 38.7 52.6 + 3.6 55.7 2 0.48 ,, 29 56.1 31.0 44.3 —3.4 54.1 2 0.29 Nov. |
93386cd7-2e4c-46ae-a5e0-fd226eea53b1 | 5 68.1 39.3 52.4 + 5.7 52.8 3 0.17 ,, 12 62.3 40.4 53.5 + 8.9 52.9 2 0.13 ,, 19 61.9 43.2 52.3 + 9.5 53.1 5 0.45 ,, 26 57.1 35.5 45.0 + 3.0 52.2 5 2.11 Dec. |
2551733c-f301-43a3-b653-e7c9dd5c0781 | 3 520 30.1 43.2 + 2.0 50.6 5 0.48 ,, 10 55.1 29.7 45.8 + 4.7 49.2 5 0.56 ,, 17 55.2 27.7 46.3 + 5.8 48.9 6 0.63 ,, 24 34.0 20.4 27.8 — 11.0 47.6 5 0.43 „ 31 47.2 28.0 37.9 —0.8 45.6 4 0.56 - |
023773aa-2076-40d9-9f1d-872ad3f1bef0 | ??? AC4372 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR WOOLWICH 1939 BY J. MACMILLAN, D.S.O., M.C., M B., D.P.H. Medical Officer of Health WOOLWICH: The Kentish Independent Printing Works (T.U.) 41, Wellington Street, S.E.18 65723 HEALTH COMMITTEE. At 31st December, 1939. The Wor... |
36a9cd44-b0f2-4312-9738-9a75ecd2aa3c | L. E. Driver G. E. Greenwood C. J. Keedy D. B. Lister S. W. Lister Mrs. E. L. Reeves E. G. Stevenson H. Vaughan Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE. Comprising the Members of the Health Committee. Alderman Mrs. E. Brooks (Chairman). Councillor Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. (Vice-Chairman). PREFACE... |
943171ed-c4f7-4873-a0f8-714efded2d1e | Since my last report, the following staff changes have taken place:— Mr. J. Sainsbury, B.A., M.B., B.Ch., appointed as Consultant to Rheumatism Clinic, as from 14th January. Mr. R. J. Furlong, F.R.C.S., appointed as Consultant to the Orthopaedic Clinic as from 14th January. Miss M. Tyers, Woman Sanitary Inspector, appo... |
e6ff5072-56d6-49ca-894b-28a0f4fef0d1 | C. Reddington, F.R.C.S., appointed Obstetric Consultant on the 1st February. Miss B. Bryant, Clerk, Grade "A," commenced duty on the 6th February. Miss A. J. Challinor, Nurse-Masseuse, commenced duty on the 13th February. Miss M. Thomas, Woman Sanitary Inspector, commenced duty on the 20th February. Dr. R. V. Brews, Pu... |
17751301-afe8-4445-87d0-7466adaa09f5 | W. Tedham, Sanitary Inspector, retired on superannuation on the 27th May. Mr. D. Buck, Clerk, Grade "A," commenced duty on the 1st June. Mr. H. Ridler, Sanitary Inspector, commenced duty on the 1st June. 4 Dr. N. J. Lawler, appointed Public Vaccinator on the 1st July. Miss E. Macintosh, Health Visitor, commenced duty o... |
aa1433e4-bcec-4220-bd8e-d700f92be026 | C. J. Couch, Sanitary Inspector, appointed Chief Sanitary Inspector, as from the 11th September. Mr. G. Simpson, Sanitary Inspector, commenced duty on the 11th September. Mr. H. M. Collyer, Committee Clerk, retired on superannuation on the 1st December. Miss D. O'Connor, Clerk, Grade "A," commenced duty on the 11th Dec... |
4b56e6c3-dcab-4534-a4d3-f52d15ff8d33 | In presenting this Report I desire specially to acknowledge the continued confidence and support which I have received from the Chairman and members of the Committees on Health, and from the Chairman and members of the Emergency Committee in dealing with medical problems of the war, and indeed from all members of the C... |
e13300c2-d123-48ef-8e8d-fc526339d387 | Registrar-General's Estimate of— (a) Resident population, middle of 1939 150,800 (b) Average population appropriate to the calculation of death rates 143,400 Live Births—Legitimate 2,067 Live Births—Illegitimate 66 2,133 Birth Rate per 1,000 population 14.1 Still-births 56 Still-births—Rate per 1,000 total births 26.2 ... |
61cc5d4a-ad1f-4b74-94ea-6e6b09691886 | After correction by inward and outward transfers the total number of Woolwich live births notified was 2,045. Of this number it is known that 1,295 took place in institutions. Deaths. The total number of deaths of Woolwich residents from all causes was 1,592. The classification by age under causes of death is shown in ... |
bb3e9083-2692-457b-aa11-8ebf3ae79f7a | 75 years and upwards. All Causes 1592 103 12 12 23 44 67 66 153 260 411 441 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . Measles . . . . . . . . . . . . Scarlet Fever 1 . . . . . . . . 1 . . Whooping Cough 8 . . 1 . . . . . . . . Diphtheria 7 . . 3 3 1 . . . . . . Influenza 15 . . . 1 1 . 1 3 . 3 4 Encephalit... |
612d9c78-bf22-4c26-890d-2be0cbe10d72 | 2 12 25 12 19 17 8 2 Other Tuberculous diseases 10 . 1 . 2 4 . 1 1 . . 1 Syphilis 4 . . . . . . . 1 2 1 . General Paralysis of the Insane, Tabes Dorsalis 5 . . . . 1 . . . 4 . . Cancer 245 . . . . 1 . 9 40 55 87 48 Diabetes 22 . . . . . . 2 2 7 4 5 Cerebral Haemorrhage, etc. 85 . . . . . . 1 5 15 31 33 Heart Disease 44... |
fda84194-45ae-472d-9b37-9808566058ab | 1 2 14 27 20 Bronchitis 45 2 1 . 2 . 1 1 . 10 10 18 Pneumonia. 82 22 2 2 . 6 4 3 9 10 16 8 Other Respiratory diseases 6 . . . . . . 1 1 1 1 2 Peptic Ulcer 24 . . . . . 1 2 5 8 6 2 Diarrhoea, under 2 years 18 12 2 . . 1 l . . . 2 . Appendicitis 8 . . . . 1 l 1 1 2 2 . Cirrhosis of Liver 2 . . . . . . . . 2 . . Other Liv... |
cd6b9f3d-60c7-4b3d-9349-5369c8cf9ecf | 2 4 8 5 Acute and Chronic Nephritis 44 1 . . . . 2 6 7 4 13 11 Puerperal Sepsis . . . . . . . . . . . . Other Puerperal Causes 3 . . . . . 2 1 . . . . Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, etc. |
5564f9cd-7d3b-4225-90dc-1d98bae0d44a | 51 51 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Senility 37 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 31 Suicide 12 .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 3 1 4 1 Violence 86 3 .. 1 4 9 8 4 7 6 18 26 Other defined Diseases 113 4 .. 2 7 4 5 10 10 22 21 27 Causes ill-defined or unknown .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN TH... |
23d5f1fc-a6fb-445c-8241-cccf3e6374ab | The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre at the Old Town Hall, Woolwich, was closed on the opening of the new Central Health Centre, Market Street, Woolwich, on the 14th January. The new Centre is a combined maternity and child welfare centre and school treatment centre and provides also accommodation for the treatment o... |
d02d2593-af06-4701-b702-cfc5a3f75f0f | The London County Council provide an ambulance service, full details of which are set out in my Annual Report for 1938. Professional Nursing in the Home. The arrangements with the six nursing associations for the nursing of cases of measles, ophthalmia neonatorum, zymotic enteritis, whooping cough and poliomyelitis, in... |
0bc173bf-a8dc-4f1e-9011-667e41003c10 | At the outbreak of War, the War Memorial Hospital, the Military Families' Hospital and St. Nicholas' Hospital closed their maternity wards, and consequently a greater demand was made on the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies. 8 Health Visiting. The arrangements made for the visiting of children between the ages of... |
cd748e93-5cec-4b4a-9d3a-6fd825686643 | The number of mothers and children attending the dental clinics was 575, and the number of tuberculous persons attending was 37. Laboratory Facilities. The bacteriological work of the Council is carried out at the Woolwich War Memorial Hospital. Supply of Insulin to Persons Suffering from Diabetes. The Council's scheme... |
f6691cc9-4482-4f4a-a522-3de69431c088 | S. G. Taylor, Vaccination Officer of all Sub-Districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Registration District, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered from 1st January, to 31st December, 1938, inclusive:— Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. Number o... |
13a6d5e6-ff46-48c5-8e4a-50032adc3b1f | 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. Plttmstead 637 230 2 - 296 32 2. Woolwich † 1237 561 2 - 508 32 3. Eltham 442 238 - - 148 19 Total 2316 1029 4 - 952 83 9 TABLE No. 3—continued. Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1940, remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by "Report Book") of:— Number of... |
320d9920-446c-42d3-aee1-fac6cdd0180a | *Total Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the Calendar Year 1939. Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the Calend... |
585e4357-0dee-4c68-81be-a4a9d74dd2c0 | NOTE.—(a) The total of the figures in columns 3 to 11 should agree with the figures in column 2. Any cases of children successfully vaccinated after the declaration of conscientious objection had been made should be included in column 6 above and not in column 3. The number of such cases should be inserted here:—1. (b)... |
f08e3e50-f34f-4a00-b4b4-8bf2cea70a12 | flncludes the Burrage and Herbert Wards in Plumstead Parish. (Signature; S. G. TAYLOR, Vaccination Officer. Date—13/A February, 1940. During the year ended 30th September, 1939, the number of persons successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates was 936. This figure includes 717 primary vaccinations... |
d4eb8e7f-c2e9-4c71-ade2-5e0e3c1a1b8c | Included in this number are the inspections on complaint of nuisances, and 622 with reference to infectious disease. The number of inspections of factories, workshops and work places was 518. Defects were found and remedied in 9 instances. The number of intimation notices served was 993 and the number of statutory noti... |
b7620e93-467b-4164-ad85-8510917f8ff9 | The number of inspections of rat infested premises made during 1939 was 387. In 114 instances it was necessary to secure the repair of defective drains. Fifty-one premises were made rat-proof and other effective measures were taken in 22 instances. During National Rat Week held from 6th to 11th November, action similar... |
9d2ead2e-2bad-45fc-b600-4e2a52a656fa | Of these, 12 were re-housed by the Woolwich Borough Council as part of their general housing policy, and 12 by the London County Council as part of their abatement of overcrowding policy. 11 New Houses. Certificates of a proper and sufficient supply of water were issued for 836 new houses. Of these 107 were in respect ... |
b60ab980-df0e-4bf8-9f46-69482b7b43a2 | 2 (4 houses); Sidney Cottages, Reidhaven Road (2 houses); Foreland Street, No. 1 (8 houses); Foreland Street, No. 2 (7 houses). Orders were confirmed also in respect of two areas where no objection was made, viz., Frances Street (3 houses), Inverary Place (8 houses). INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk. The number... |
88bac068-7c54-46d0-b6bb-994d20609f78 | The number of animals slaughtered and inspected at the slaughterhouses in the Borough was 49,344 compared with 43,288 in 1938. Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered for Sale. All such premises, including those registered under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, are kept under frequent observat... |
f112cb86-750f-4fab-8447-06e4ab05071b | Formal or Informal. Result of Analysis. Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. 593 Camphorated Oil Informal Contained water, 1 per cent. — 602 Cheddar Cheese Informal Fat deficient, being only 33.9 per cent, of the dry substance of the cheese. — 649 Peppercorns Informal Contained pimento (allspice), 3.7 per cent.... |
74dd127c-b656-441c-9883-d2242ae70ce0 | Other descriptive matter and a coupon were also printed on the halfwrapper. — 802 Margarine Informal Incorrectly labelled. In addition to the word "Margarine,"other descriptive matter was printed on the wrapper. 802 Margarine Informal Incorrectly labelled. In addition to the word "Margarine," other descriptive matter w... |
8b116423-4ce4-4965-9e6f-dda40e76ce6d | Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. 57 Margarino Informal Incorrectly labelled. Other descriptive matter in addition to the word "Margarine "was printed on the wrapper. — 68 Milk Formal 5 per cent, of the milk fat abstracted. Ordered to pay 12s. 0d. costs. 92 Blackcurrant Jam— Full Fruit Standard. Informal Con... |
a85b597c-a0ac-4fe1-82a8-00dbbf1adb02 | — 105 Celery Cheese Informal Contained 12.1 per cent, of Fat, corresponding to a deficiency of 51 per cent. — 120 Glauber's Salt Informal Consisted of effloresced Glauber's Salt, equivalent to 116-2 per cent, or crystalline sodium sulphate. — 121 Glauber's Salt Informal Consisted of effloresced Glauber's Salt, equivale... |
380306d5-7e9b-4cd6-b8a9-7d6cbe4312c1 | — 198 Grey Powders (3 years) Informal Consisted of 12 powders of an average weight of 1.90 grains, containing:— Mercury, 6 per cent.; Chalk, 16 per cent.; Milk Sugar, 78 per cent. — 14 TABLE No. 4—continued Sample No. Article. Formal or or Informal. Result of Analysis. Result of Legal Proceedings or other Action. 201 G... |
23dc5a6d-6726-4153-8fc4-03e89bc8881c | costs. 242 Hum and Butter Lumps. Informal The sample contained: Ruinflavoured toffee (fat-free), 96.9 per cent. Margarine, 3 .1 per cent. — 260 Sausages Informal Contained sulphur dioxide:— 280 parts per million. — 288 Jam, Red Plum, Full Fruit Standard. Informal Contained not more than 37 per cent, of red plum fruit. ... |
a1ade6d1-19ee-4a01-ac7c-6c8da2b7d98c | — 347 Lard Informal Consisted of a mixture of edible oils and fats of vegetable and animal origin. — 355 Butter Informal Contained water—16.1 per cent. — 358 Luncheon Sausage Informal Contained sulphur dioxide:— 230 parts per million. — 359 Liver Sausage Informal Contained sulphur dioxide:— 85 parts per million. — 360 ... |
4b24f916-16df-48a1-87b4-061243b47db9 | — 460 Glace Fruits Informal Consisted of coloured, fruitflavoured Jellies, coated with sugar. — 467 Glace Fruits Informal Consisted of sugared jellies, coloured, flavoured and moulded to resemblo glace fruits. — 472 Meat Pie Informal Contained boric acid: 0.015 per cent. — 483 Glace Fruits Formal Consisted of coloured,... |
4aeb5f86-2434-4a8a-82d1-4b2c30523800 | Diphtheria 123 Ophthalmia neonatorum 43 Scarlet Fever 374 Encephalitis Lethargica 1 Enteric Fever (including Paratyphoid) 8 Dysentery 21 Cerebrospinal Meningitis 9 Puerperal Fever 6 Poliomyelitis 4 Puerperal Pyrexia 42 Polio-encephalitis 1 Erysipelas 51 Zymotic Enteritis 56 Smallpox — Measles 43 Pneumonia 265 Whooping ... |
5a8dfcd5-ebbd-4c97-9d05-778be485dc80 | Tuberculosis. The number of new cases examined was 1,025. Of these 190 were definitely tuberculous. 389 contacts were examined, of which 24 were definitely tuberculous. The total number of attendances at the Dispensaries was 4,937, and 3,724 visits were made by nurses to homes of patients. 181 domiciliary visits were p... |
097e04c0-56b8-4cdd-bc4d-1c53c0712cbf | The Tuberculosis Care Committee continued their meetings and rendered valuable assistance in various ways to the needy tuberculous and their families. Disinfection and Disinfestation . The number of rooms disinfected after cases of infectious disease, etc., was 1,886. Of these 324 were rooms which had been occupied by ... |
0172c72a-af1f-461c-ace4-d298b3953a5c | TABLE OF CONTENTS, page Health Committee 2 Maternity and Child Welfare Committee 2 Preface 3 Vital Statistics 5 General Provision of Health Services in the Area 7 Sanitary Administration 10 Housing 10 Inspection and Supervision of Food 11 Prevalence and Control of Infectious Diseases 15 |
371304fa-a7ad-49ae-8dba-e0c8e1e041fb | WOO 40 Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR WOOLWICH 1940 BY J. MACMILLAN, D.S.O., M.C., M B., Ch.B., D.P.H. Medical Officer of Health WOOLWICH : The Kentish Independent Printing Works (T.U.) 41, Wellington Street, S.E.18 HEALTH COMMITTEE. At 31st December, 1940. The Worsh... |
3adc95b1-5ecf-4fda-a7bd-25cd565b078d | K. M. Rance Mrs. E. L. Reeves E. G. Stevenson H. Vaughan Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE. Comprising the Members of the Health Committee Councillor Mrs. E. L. Reeves (Chairman) Councillor Miss G. E. Walters, J.P. (Vice-Chairman). TABLE OF CONTENTS. page Preface 3 Vital Statistics 5 Genera... |
e01d7abd-2a67-49a2-85b1-075d840e5c29 | It is, on account of the war, like its immediate predecessor, shorter than usual, but it is hoped that it contains sufficient statistics and other material as is necessary to enable readers to appraise generally the health of the population and the maintenance of health services under war conditions. Since my last repo... |
5d54e40e-b466-4d2f-b002-162c99bb8da1 | F. E. Smith, Assistant Medical Officer, resigned her appointment on the 3rd December. Miss A. Klue, Health Visitor, resigned her appointment on the 31st December. In accordance with expectations, the war altered the work of the Department in many ways. Most services were maintained; some were reduced; some ceased; some... |
7edaa83b-aec1-4519-9b31-315021ec15e8 | The closing of private slaughterhouses and the concentration of slaughter in large slaughterhouses, brought much additional work in Woolwich, the number of animals slaughtered at the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society's abattoir rising from 49,344 in 1939 to 89,509 in 1940. The raids damaged drains, as well as building... |
2e51291a-7a50-43d2-9663-3ff5324583ff | House to house inspection was discontinued, and slum clearance work wholly ceased. Of maternity and child welfare it can be said that the basic preventive services were maintained on a slightly reduced scale but probably little short of the pre-war standard because of the fall in the number of the population. It was on... |
175e9b3a-3242-4cde-8d05-6248f0722c47 | Although the number of births in Woolwich fell from 2,133 in 1939 to 1,840 in 1940, the Registrar General estimated that the population fell from 150,800 to 124,340, and as a result the birth rate rose from 14.1 per thousand to 14.8. The number of deaths increased from 1,592 to 1,854, and as a result the death rate ros... |
0ebe4827-9706-4c36-a789-6a2f669dc68d | Other notifiable diseases were similarly reduced in number with two notable exceptions ; the incidence of pneumonia was average, while the number of cases of cerebrospinal meningitis rose from 9 to 32. In conclusion, it gives me great pleasure to be able to say that the Department met more than adequately the demands m... |
17c766ac-3706-437a-b141-26e9e8085ae9 | Registrar-General's Estimate of 124,340 Live Births—Legitimate 1,781 Live Births—Illegitimate 65 1,846 Birth Rate per 1,000 population 14.8 Still-births 55 Still-births—Rate per 1,000 total births 28.9 Deaths 1,854 Death Rate per 1,000 population 14.9 Deaths from puerperal causes:— (a) From Sepsis — (b) From other caus... |
36f5e15d-03fc-4440-a8c7-20b400e10656 | Of this number it is known that 930 took place in institutions. Deaths. The total number of deaths of Woolwich residents from all causes was 1,854. The classification by age under causes of death is shown in the following Table No. 2. 6 TABLE No. 2. Nett Deaths during the calendar year 1940. Causes of Death. Nett Death... |
042e911a-db9c-4351-9c6f-89aab001ff6b | . . Whooping cough . . . . . . . Diphtheria 3 . 2 . . . . Tuberculosis of the respiratory system 103 - 2 . 67 29 5 Other forms of tuberculosis 12 . 2 . 4 2 1 Syphilitic diseases 16 1 . . . 8 7 Influenza 22 . . . 2 9 11 Measles . . . . . . . Acute polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis 1 . . . . . 1 Acute infective encep... |
a0c89e2c-c623-453b-a762-f2b251a69314 | 1 1 8 36 70 Diabetes 21 . . . 6 4 11 Intracranial vascular lesions 113 . . . 2 26 85 Heart disease 449 . . 1 23 96 329 Other diseases of the circulatory system 59 . . . 1 17 41 Bronchitis 142 1 1 2 5 34 99 Pneumonia 92 9 5 1 7 34 36 Other respiratory diseases 14 . 1 . . 5 8 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum 32 . . . 5 13 14... |
4d6eae1e-35b9-4dbf-b75e-b6809888ce63 | 7 11 20 Puerperal and post-abortive sepsis . . . . . . . Other maternal causes 1 . . . 1 . . Premature birth 16 16 . . . . . Congenital malformation, birth injury, infantile diseases 28 25 1 . 2 . . Suicide 12 . . . 3 8 1 Road traffic accidents 25 . 1 1 11 3 9 Other violent causes 241 3 10 12 87 69 60 All other causes ... |
88eedd64-9f24-42b3-8f77-c79a60a532ff | In use as a first aid post but maternity and child welfare and ante-natal clinics held throughout the year. Plumstead Health Centre In use as a first aid post throughout the year. Emergency arrangements made for holding clinics in the Juvenile Library of the Plumstead Library, which adjoins this Centre. Eltham Health C... |
148f7f81-b356-4908-828e-e3095e306660 | Clinics were then held at the Storey Street School, by arrangement with East Ham Borough Council. Horn Park Open throughout the whole year for ante-natal and infant welfare clinics. The attendances at the maternity and child welfare centres during the year were : expectant mothers, 2,797; nursing mothers, 773; children... |
b4ef90f1-a4b2-4a06-9c06-8a5b58cecde4 | 8 Toddlers' Clinics. The Council's scheme for the medical inspection of toddlers was not in being during the year. Artificial Sunlight Clinic. Towards the end of the year daily sessions were instituted in the Town Hall Shelter. Midwifery Services. There are no whole-time midwives employed by the Council, the Domiciliar... |
d7a4de2b-9c44-40b4-ad08-6176fcf68ea4 | Treatment of Minor Ailments. The number of children referred to the school clinics for treatment during the year was 140. Dental Treatment. The number of mothers and children attending the dental clinics was 167, and the number of tuberculous persons attending was 14. Clinic for Physical Medicine. This clinic was not o... |
05a514ea-a3c4-4095-a2dd-b05b02fcab6f | The arrangements with the six nursing associations for the nursing of cases of measles, ophthalmia neonatorum, zymotic enteritis, whooping cough and poliomyelitis, in children under five, and pneumonia puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia and tuberculosis were continued during 1940. The total number of visits paid by the... |
eaa56f71-f51b-4dd3-ad82-8b8180ea920b | S. G. Taylor, Vaccination Officer of all Sub-Districts of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich Registration District, respecting the Vaccination of Children whose Births were registered from 1st January, to 31st December, 1939, inclusive:— Registration Sub-Districts comprised in Vaccination Officer's District. Number o... |
e7279abc-9b21-4167-8b9b-3d987287e38c | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. Plumstead 555 210 - - 228 15 2. Woolwich 1189 467 6 - 449 27 3. Eltham 397 199 1 - 144 15 Total 2141 876 7 - 821 57 Number of these Births which on 31st January, 1941 remained unentered in the "Vaccination Register" on account (as shown by "Report Book") of Number of these Births remaining on 31... |
7425c2df-1a7f-477c-9f26-c83993db6fa4 | Total Number of Certificates of Successful Primary Vaccination of Children under 14 received during the Calendar Year 1940. Number of Statutory Declarations of Conscientious Objection actually received by the Vaccination Officer irrespective of the dates of birth of the children to which they relate, during the Calenda... |
a56bd62f-9ab2-429c-8cea-187d7bcbc594 | Vaccination Officer. During the year ended 30th September, 1940, the number of persons successfully vaccinated or re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates was 693. This figure includes 652 primary vaccinations of persons under one year of age, 35 over one year of age, and 6 re-vaccinations. 10 SANITARY ADMINISTRATION. Co... |
9eb04753-8b6c-4ac2-8ab5-7cd9a662c0ee | Defects were found and remedied in 11 instances. The number of intimation notices served was 955 and the number of statutory notices 300. Only in 58 instances, where the owners did not comply with the statutory notices, was the Town Clerk asked to institute proceedings. It was, however, necessary to issue summonses in ... |
f51bfa25-3dc9-4d08-9a47-5ecefa8f3b09 | As a result the bed bug problem in these furniture stores did not arise. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919. The number of inspections of rat infested premises made during 1940 was 535. In 96 instances it was necessary to secure the repair of defective drains. Fifty-eight premises were made rat-proof and other effec... |
f1e09487-61a3-472c-9dc6-efa042c9008f | Of these 23 were in respect of houses built by the Council. 11 INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. Milk. The number of milk premises on the register on the 31st December was 63, and 74 inspections were made. Two pasteuriser's licences, 9 dealer's licences and 6 supplementary licences were issued under the provisions of... |
1d26ac3b-2301-4d7a-b6b5-97f54ebb72ba | All such premises, including those registered under the provisions of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, are kept under frequent observation. The number of inspections carried out during the year was 2,810. The total weight of food surrendered including carcases and parts of carcases found to be unsound at the slaug... |
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