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b27c1376-b6c1-41e5-b2d0-59417b55ff23 | During 1951 the Council instituted proceedings against a man for an offence against the London County Council Bye-laws respecting the business of rag and bone dealer. He was seen by a police constable at Ealdham Square, Eltham, to exchange toys with small children for bundles of old rags. A fine of 10s. 0d. was imposed... |
161bc0be-a944-409d-989d-9387c58e356a | One application was received for the issue of a licence to manufacture rag flock and three applications for registration of premises. These applications were all approved. Regulations made under the Act prescribe tests and fix the amount of the fees which may be charged by an analyst making a test. The analyses of samp... |
9a242878-42c2-4c7b-8cbd-7fff71d8beb8 | Although during the year fewer complaints were received of mosquitoes in the marshland areas at Abbey Wood, spraying operations of stagnant ponds, marsh ditches and allotment holders' water butts were again carried out in early summer as a preventive measure. Common Lodging Houses. These are licensed annually by the Bo... |
2346bb12-fd86-43ef-9538-88c39bf12444 | Particular attention is paid to the availability of an adequate supply of hot water, and at four premises a hot water supply was supplied during the year at the instigation of the Department. Arrangements for washing glasses were improved in 18 premises during the year by the installation of automatic detergent doses, ... |
a9d9e7f9-66d2-4e4f-b382-35b9dfec2cdb | In determining whether to grant a licence, a local authority shall have regard to the need for securing that animals will at all times be kept in accommodation suitable as respects size, temperature, lighting, ventilation and cleanliness; that they will be adequately supplied with food and drink and visited as necessar... |
7c52d0b7-230d-4cbc-a2ca-c1f9cd16be06 | Of the total summonses, 12 were withdrawn, the work necessary to comply with the notices being in hand at the time of the hearing, and a further 24 summonses were adjourned. Four abatement orders were obtained and in the remaining cases fines totalling £5, with 2 guineas costs, were imposed. Persons in Need of Care and... |
2a82046b-134e-4bd8-a82f-0faeecbcd954 | Repeatedly the man had been offered accommodation in a County Council Old People's Home but he had persistently refused. An Order for his removal to Ladywell Lodge for three months was made by the magistrate. He continued to reside there without further application to the magistrate. A number of other reports were rece... |
35d50a10-869b-4d60-8bbf-31da63679849 | Where the Medical Officer of Health and another registered medical practitioner certify that in their opinion it is necessary that a person should be removed without delay (as provided for by Section 47 of the National Assistance Act, 1948), an application for a removal order may be made to the Court or to a single jus... |
d17c58f6-589c-48a2-86a0-6a86c3c2d1ef | Once again the necessary close co-operation between the Department, general practitioners, hospitals and institutions, the National Assistance Board, the Home Help service, the district nurses and others has been maintained. I should like to take this opportunity of acknowledging the unfailing help received from these ... |
c08a4d78-f160-409b-bb8f-286003ce2421 | All visitors are supplied with notes for guidance and report forms to return. The visitors call regularly and give special help when any particular need arises. Some do shopping, change library books, carry in coals, write letters, undertake repairs to wireless sets, etc., and arrangements are made with the National As... |
2e787f47-1f71-4fff-a15c-3c03552ad3d3 | This Club serves a two-course meal to old age pensioners on six days a week for a charge of 8d. per head. Since the closure during 1951 of the County Council's Pippin Restaurant on the premises, the meals have been supplied from the Borough Council's Civic Restaurant at the Plumstead Baths at a cost of 1s. 2d. per head... |
7bd8d387-c752-4b22-88c3-91a7cddff609 | This Club operates from the Woolwich Labour Party Hut in Well Hall Road. A new departure was made at Eltham by asking old people to register as members. Eighty old people registered on the opening and within a very short time the number had risen to 226. The decision to limit the number of meals served to 50 a day was ... |
09b6db1d-5038-422e-bdc8-041c6b721a52 | The Borough Council has also made a grant of £286 for the working of this Club. Certain of the office work connected with the two Clubs is carried out from the office of the Woolwich Council of Social Service, although the domestic details and day-to-day management are in the hands of the supervisors. Atmospheric Pollu... |
f8172d48-150e-48b8-88c0-9e517a4cfba0 | The matter continues to be carefully watched for any breach of the statutory provisions. However, in the view of the Council, the only complete solution to the problem appears to be for the factory to be removed from what is now a zoned residential area to an industrial area. An intimation notice was served upon the oc... |
a883fa7d-31c7-479a-bcc6-f2dbda7920a9 | Improvements in the plant used have been made, but the complaints still persist and notices have been served on the Company. Complaints of industrial smoke and grit from a factory on the riverside were also investigated. The excessive smoke was thought to be due to the removal for repair of the firm's mechanical stoker... |
f3f15a55-a5ea-43cb-a69d-89e1e48bef8c | A series of macroscopical and bacteriological tests of the water in the four paddling and boating pools carried out during the year showed that the standard of the water in the pools should be improved. At my request, the pools were emptied, cleansed and refilled with clean water more frequently, which resulted in some... |
f5a7cd57-3031-43a1-84be-cf3edb9a6e55 | A sanitary inspector attended on each occasion and all necessary precautions to safeguard the public health were observed. Burial or Cremation of the Dead. Under Section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, the Borough Council has a duty as sanitary authority to arrange for the burial or the cremation of a person w... |
885c6e85-4730-4ba1-bb02-e5566af83e27 | The following table gives details of interments during the last three years at these cemeteries:— Table No. 11. Cemetery. Number of Interments. 1949. 1950. 1951. Woolwich 416 416 503 Plumstead 586 600 641 Eltham 357 348 386 Street Cleansing and Refuse Disposal. During 1951, 44,142 tons of house and trade refuse were co... |
bf054216-ee2a-4c7b-8b9c-ed5187cc33c1 | During 1950 the Council approved a Committee recommendation that free washing facilities, in addition to the paid service, be provided at five of the largest men's public conveniences and six of the women's conveniences in the Borough. This became operative during 1951 and instructions were issued to the attendants to ... |
b04f49ad-836d-43ac-980a-af3bb6ae562a | Public Baths and Washhouses. The Council has four bathing establishments in the Borough. A full description of this service, which includes swimming baths, slipper baths, Turkish baths and massage, wash-houses and the use of the premises for social and sporting activities during the winter months, was included in my An... |
540bca56-c4ff-4b17-ae4e-e2b9de1f1d3f | Some 1,028 houses were rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Sanitary Inspectors, including the service of intimation notices. House-to-house inspections were carried out under the Housing (Consolidated) Regulations, 1925, 382 dwelling houses being inspected under these Regulations in 1951. Overcrowding... |
51f3e78d-2898-4b78-be97-a5845ca7c778 | Twenty-three houses were represented during the year as being unfit for human habitation and incapable of being made fit at reasonable expense, and formal notices were served on the owners under the provisions of the Housing Acts, 19361949. After consideration of each case Demolition Orders were made by the Council in ... |
0251f67f-e1f1-47f6-9362-3d225d023e47 | There is a number of underground rooms in the Woolwich, Plumstead and Abbey Wood areas and many of them, although used as dwellings, do not conform in all respects to the statutory requirements relating to underground rooms and they cannot, without major alterations, be made to do so. Closure on a large scale is not, h... |
1d6a3a37-fd60-4a3d-9c03-1e1ca2fe6afc | The first five-year programme consists of areas comprising houses immediately representable, with a further batch after five years and a third after the tenth year. For the first five years, the former Minister of Health approved clearance at the rate of about 3,000 houses a years being the allocation for the whole of ... |
d07bdc58-82b2-4d4e-a8b8-21bf190eb60b | There is no direct connection between this slum clearance quota and the new housing quota, although new houses erected on cleared sites will be regarded as part of the new housing quota. The detailed proposals for Woolwich are as set out below and the agency for the carrying out of the work is indicated in the brackets... |
9637b39c-5e00-43b1-be67-576e5a6da6b0 | 18 Total 215 22 Fourth year, 1954:— Marshalls Grove (W.B.C.) 4 Morris Walk (L.C.C.) 14 Corn Street (L.C.C.) 52 Pett Street (L.C.C.) 30 Perrott Street (L.C.C.) 63 Spearman Street (L.C.C.) 42 Total 205 Fifth year, 1955:— Ann Street (L.C.C.) 85 Total 85 After considering these proposals, the Health Committee was of the op... |
fec257b5-6c57-451a-afc6-72b5abacbb30 | In Boroughs where the need was greatest, the Council would hope to contribute up to 50 per cent. of the additional rehousing necessary stage by stage, or even more where the position is really serious. On the other hand, it will be expected that some Boroughs will not need any special assistance." The Health Committee ... |
aa1b76d6-3183-47e4-bf61-d1c9feaaeb85 | Again, although 85 houses are shown in Ann Street as "unfit" and programmed for clearance by the London County Council in 1955, they form only part of what will be described as the Glyndon Clearance Area, where there are already at least 250 representable houses which ought properly to be demolished at the earliest opp... |
a9c33346-2a27-42ce-9279-77d5fa241696 | Despite increasing difficulties, the proud record of the Borough of Woolwich with regard to the provision of post-war houses was maintained during the year 1951. The number of new houses built in the Borough during the year is summarised as follows:— By Woolwich Borough Council, 227; by private enterprise, 103. In addi... |
e70a7a22-bbd6-4f95-911f-d0185add152f | Number of applicants on Register at 1st January, 1951 6,520 Number of applications received during year 1,240 7,760 Number of applicants rehoused during year:— (1) By Borough Council 299 (2) By nomination to L.C.C. 41 (3) Direct by L.C.C. 122 462 7,298 Number of applications cancelled or withdrawn (applicants moved, fo... |
915035ae-8644-49b8-ac7e-01b6d2d8d58a | Properties in Possession 35 35 In requisitioned properties 1,080 1,043 In other properties 94 71 7,979 8,147 The weekly rent roll at the end of 1951 was £8,289 8s. 4d., compared with £8,024 11s. 11d. at the end of 1950. I am indebted to the Director of Housing for the above information concerning the Borough Council's ... |
2338fd18-518a-4db0-a689-56b5d29686a2 | Each programme of films lasted approximately one hour and was designed to have a general health theme; for example, personal hygiene; clean food; the spread of disease, etc. Visits were made during the year to a number of women's organisations throughout the Borough, and films dealing with cookery and diet were introdu... |
faf01bc6-bb20-4103-b4d1-ed5dde86575f | Details of Informal Talks. Details of Film Programmes. January 2 - The work of the Health Department. 3 - do., do. 4 - The spread of Disease. 5 - do., do. 8 - Local Government Services. 11 - Pest Control. 15 - Health Services. 18 - Housing and Town Planning. 19 - Health and Hygiene. 25 - do., do. February 2 The Work of... |
5409f7df-a6ab-4472-aeb5-42d82d5434d3 | 21 The work of the Health Department do., do. April 19 - Local Government Services. 26 - The spread of disease. May 9 Clean Milk Clean Milk Production and Supply. June 14 - Clean Food 14 Clean Food do. September 13 Housing and Town Planning Housing 26 - Clean Water Supply 27 Spread of Infection by Food Clean Food. Octo... |
ebe29c33-878d-4cf7-b98b-ecdfa9b4fe0e | 12 Clean Food Clean Food 13 - The Replanning of London. 17 - The Human Body. 25 Lectures to Food Handlers. On the 30th January, 1951, a course of eight lectures to local butchers and restaurant staffs was commenced. There were 45 enrolments for this course, and the syllabus included Personal Hygiene, the Spread of Infe... |
d79955b0-13be-448d-91c8-5d68b7b12765 | Both the courses were held in the Woolwich district, and in order to obtain the cooperation of employers in the Eltham area a further series of lectures was held in Eltham, in a hall kindly made available by the London Electricity Board. Certificates were issued to all food handlers who regularly attended the lectures.... |
2fc4edfc-3229-4b31-80a9-2419450f88fb | Then followed the second world war, the blitzed homes being demolished and replaced by temporary dwellings, prefabricated bungalows and the new Council estates. Under the title "The Sanitary Inspector Investigates," a model house, constructed by members of the staff, presented typical dilapidation and disrepair. The mo... |
cb0b97ee-4527-471f-b4e6-34e5f9581858 | Two eighteen-inch paper transparencies of the bed bug and the cockroach had been mounted by members of the staff between sheets of glass and placed in front of lights; four display cases containing various insects loaned by the British Natural History Museum were displayed and photographs showed the preventive measures... |
20a9a314-d32a-422e-9069-33f37404a48a | 26 The Department's large waiting room was utilised to present the Home Safety exhibit "Trouble House." This exhibit was in the form of an open-sided house, the rooms and contents being in full view. Each room was fully furnished and complete with model figures staged in a manner to demonstrate the hazards created by t... |
f4bb18ac-04c6-4d85-b003-0729b320e356 | Photographs of a horse-drawn ambulance and of the first motor ambulance to be used were on view alongside photographs of one of the latest Daimler ambulances operated by the London County Council. At the enquiry counter an attractive display of flowers and plants was presented. At the entrance to this room a coloured s... |
6e041a8a-4553-4649-8c06-f4122c7a6451 | With the assistance of photographs and illuminated photographs, the Maternity and Child Welfare work of the Council during the greater part of the present century was shown. The growth of this service from its inception until its transference in 1948 was shown by means of photographs of some of the Welfare Centres esta... |
f8fb6fe9-ca11-41fb-b542-3d20b83a995c | By means of photographs it was possible to present an interesting comparison in the advances made in hygienic practice during the last fifty years by a local firm of food dealers. An electric glass-washing machine was used to indicate the latest technique in glass-washing. A section of a bar was set up complete with sh... |
ce03bc3e-dd19-42ec-bd2a-992c623311ef | So great was the demand for leaflets dealing with the dangers of food infection that the large stock was soon exhausted. Several thousand leaflets drawing attention to the dangers of accidents in the home were distributed on the Home Safety exhibit stand. 27 As in previous years, 500 copies of the booklet Better Health... |
81ccb804-4e9c-4c51-8ae1-6dd91c9590a4 | All premises in the Borough where food is manufactured, stored or sold arc regularly visited by the Sanitary Inspectors. All the district Sanitary Inspectors are concerned with the inspection of food in shops and in the streets from stalls and barrows, and routine inspections of bakehouses, butchers' shops and fried fi... |
dd69fabe-f9c2-435a-a3c9-282154364c1a | The number of premises registered for the preparation or manufacture of sausages and potted, pressed, pickled or preserved food at the end of the year was 212. The following is a summary of the registered food premises in the Borough at the end of 1951 with the number of inspections carried out in the year:— Table No. ... |
4ec4c6b2-1ae2-4975-98a3-826a6ddd127d | One hundred and fifty-three dealer's licences and 08 supplementary licences were issued under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1949, authorising the use of special designations. 28 With the exception of one sample, all of the 228 samples of milk submitted for chemical analysis contained 3 ... |
a628c953-3239-4f02-bc7d-706db054fb56 | 1 228 The Public Analyst observes that the apparent improvement in average fat content as compared with the three preceding years is probably due mainly to the sampling, the majority of the samples having been taken in the winter months when the fat is normally at its highest level (148 in September-February compared w... |
57088c5e-7c81-4a7f-a04b-fc443e6345c7 | Seven samples of Sterilised and Tuberculin Tested Sterilised milk were submitted for the turbidity test in accordance with the Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk) Regulations, 1949, and satisfactory reports were received in each case. In accordance with the practice carried out for many years ... |
9f667e54-7101-4709-af4b-c99ba88706ac | By way of explanation the dairy company concerned stated that when the solids-not-fat of milk is at, or at times even below, the presumptive standard, the calculation of the total solids will often give results from which one would presume minute traces of added water. The company stated that the period in the early pa... |
dd174823-4964-4823-bc31-71e62ebe3557 | By the Food and Drugs (Milk, Dairies and Artificial Cream) Act, 1950, the Ministry of Food is empowered to make orders specifying areas within which the use of special designations relating to milk sold by retail becomes obligatory. Until this year the use of a special designation has been a voluntary act. Following a ... |
b3593161-b50b-4158-8380-8157793e088f | Towards the end of the year the Council's Food Inspectors attended as necessary to inspect imported food being landed from a ship at a wharf in Warspite Road, Woolwich, where a Customs Office has recently been established. As specific ministerial approval is required to enable a Metropolitan Borough Council and its off... |
aae51f6a-2193-4e03-bfbc-f29bad620b27 | However, as a general rule, imported produce does not require marking when displayed for sale in quantities exceeding 14 lbs. During the war the Marking Orders relating to eggs, bacon, butter, dried fruit, meat and poultry were suspended, but during 1951 these war-time suspensions were discontinued, except in relation ... |
5dca2c4e-8456-4c7f-9b01-9b7f827b6da1 | The report recommended that all catering establishments should be registered by the local authority as an essential prerequisite to any real effort to improving hygienic conditions in these establishments. The Working Party was divided on the exact form of registration. Some members thought that a satisfactory prior in... |
de24522a-e61e-42b4-ad37-c8209281b424 | Fifty-eight complaints relating to alleged unsound food were received and investigated. Whilst several of the items of food complained of were found to be sound, a number of complaints related to bread delivered in a dirty condition and 10 complaints concerned bread containing foreign bodies such as weevils, wire, a fl... |
dd8b2f16-906e-47d2-81a5-307e2a58b078 | I am pleased to report that the several complaints received of glass in milk bottles during 1950 were not repeated during the year under review. Most of these complaints concerned milk supplied by one of the large dairy companies, suggested alterations to the plant having apparently remedied this matter. Meat Supply. M... |
cced2c4c-0889-40bd-8ac6-61474e359ced | The following table gives details of the number of animals slaughtered during the year:— Table No. 13. Carcases Inspected and Condemned, 1951. Cattle, excluding Cows. Cows. Calves. Sheep and Lambs. Pigs. Number killed 19,024 2,973 1,901 19,200 15,612 Number Inspected 19,024 2,973 1,901 19,200 15,612 All diseases except... |
27f6922e-abb8-4207-b453-d458d25baf26 | 6 Tuberculosis only:— Whole carcases condemned 73 60 5 — 63 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 2,163 1,040 4 — 866 Percentage of the number inspected affected with Tuberculosis 11.8 37.0 .47 — 6.0 31 It will be seen from the above table that of the 19,024 cattle (excluding cows) inspected, 11.8 per cent... |
b7185773-9698-4230-94fb-0e82f86df4a5 | During 1951 the Ministry of Food asked local authorities to consider issuing a notice under the name of the Medical Officer of Health for display in food premises, pointing out that in the interests of food hygiene customers should be requested not to take their dogs into premises where food is sold. The Health Committ... |
5d04f93f-1d22-47bc-8ee7-ab57915e4a83 | New legislation amending the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933, came into operation on the 1st October, 1951, making it an obligation to water and feed animals in slaughterhouses and in knackers' yards and whilst in lairages awaiting slaughter. Unsound Food. The Council's food inspectors are required to examine food suspe... |
3ed90d3d-6dcf-4e99-920c-d43cd2130f30 | The number of ice cream premises registered in the Borough at the end of the year was 296, of which 19 were for manufacture. Most of the dealers sold only prepacked ice cream. Periodical visits were made to all premises and inspection of all new premises was carried out before registration was approved, to ensure that ... |
9b66b736-a98c-4aaa-8c90-9754db235aac | fat nil The average fat content of the samples was 9.4 per cent., which was slightly higher than last year (9.1 per cent.). 32 The Food Standards (Ice Cream) Order, 1951, provides that ice cream must contain at least 5 per cent. fat, 10 per cent. sugar and 7½ per cent. milk solids other than fat. However, at the time o... |
003bbece-d265-4a65-943a-dd488f2147cf | Guidance on the location and checking of the thermometers and on the temperatures which should be attained during the various stages of the manufacture was made available to local authorities. Sophistication of Food. During the year ended 31st December, 1951, 965 samples (i.e., 741 informal and 224 formal samples) were... |
f243afdf-9793-44f7-9a3c-a045cd867802 | Buns and Pastries 68 Cake and Pudding Mixtures 13 Cake Decorations 7 Camphorated Oil 3 Caraway Seeds 1 Castor Oil 2 Cereal (Rice Toasties) 1 Cheese 7 Cheese and Biscuits 1 Cheese, Spread 1 Cider 4 Cocoa 4 Coconut, Desiccated 3 Coconut, Shredded in Syrup 2 Cod Liver Oil Compound 2 Coffee 14 Coffee and Chicory Essence 6 ... |
0ec84b37-e8d0-4878-819e-bf44eca9f7ba | Canned 15 Fish Cakes 2 Fish Paste 12 Flavouring Essences 13 Flour (Self Raising) 2 Fruit, Bottled 2 Fruit, Canned 11 Fruit, Dried 9 Fruit, Candied and Crystallised 3 Fruit, Juice 1 Fruit, Glace 1 Ginger, |
b7615e30-9c77-4932-91c9-137fb8f2b014 | Crystallised 3 Glycerine 1 Gravy Preparations 3 Health Salts 1 Herbs (Dried) 3 33 Honey (including 1 mixture) 4 Ice Cream 37 Ice Cream Mixture 1 Ice Lollipops 18 Icing Compound 1 Infant Foods 2 Jams 13 Jelly Tablets and Crystals 17 Junket Preparations 4 Lemonade Powders 3 Lemon Curd 13 Lemon Juice 1 Macaroni 1 Magnesia... |
fbcdfb49-d7af-4d5a-bde9-e674481c843c | Rolled and Oatmeal 6 Olive Oil 1 Paraffin, Medicinal 5 Parrish's Food 3 Pastry, Uncooked 2 Peanut, Butter 1 Peas, Dried and Split 1 Pectin 1 Pepper 16 Pepper Compound 4 Pickles 13 Popcorns 1 Potato Crisps 5 Proprietary Food 3 Proprietary Medicine 1 Puddings, Christmas 2 Rice 6 Sago 2 Salad Cream 5 Salt 3 Sandwich Sprea... |
3b024302-320e-47f7-b520-ebb7e7eee1d9 | Canned 1 Tomato Puree I Treacle 1 Vegetables, Canned 21 Vinegar 10 Whisky 4 Wines, Non-Alcoholic 2 Yeast 1 34 The following Table No. 14 gives details of adulterated samples:— Table No. 14. Adulterated Samples. Sample No. Article. Formal or Informal. Result of Analysis. Result of legal proceedings or other action. 782 ... |
db5af81e-dc1f-4cfe-b69f-f03960fccfd7 | 628 Milk Formal The fat and solids not fat content corresponded to the presence of 1 per cent. of added water. Warning letter sent to Vendors. 630 Milk Formal ditto 713 Milk Informal ditto Formal samples obtained. 741 Milk Informal ditto 745 Milk Informal ditto 746 Milk Informal ditto 764 Milk Formal ditto Warning lett... |
5dc9dd39-0751-44b8-ad84-1cabcc9eb795 | Formal Consisted of coloured and flavoured balls made from sugar, but contained no seeds. No further action taken. 58 Fish Informal Contained aluminium, 220 parts per million, an excessive proportion. The surface of the fish was discoloured owing to contamination by metallic aluminium. Suppliers informed of presence of... |
779d8d0a-dd61-4566-95a9-2288fa136d96 | 17 Lemon Curd Informal Contained fat, 3.3 per cent. by weight. Communicated with vendors and manufacturers. A revised arrangement of the mixing of the curd in the boiling process has been carried out. 55 Lemon Curd Formal Contained fat 3.6 per cent. by weight. 12 Milk Formal The fat and solids not fat content correspon... |
1166e22d-3505-4583-a0ac-67c3ae0edc13 | 29 Tomato Puree Formal Contained tin, 2.8 grains per pound; copper 34 parts per million, equal to 92 parts per million calculated on the dried total solids. The proportions of tin and copper were excessive. Remaining stock withdrawn from sale. Warning letter sent to vendor. 320 Apricot Jam Informal The analysis indicat... |
0bd6b06a-83a1-423d-8b1b-96dc8a5d98e6 | Genuine meringues are made from sugar and white of egg, and since the samples contained neither, and were virtually devoid of nutritive value, the term "Meringue Mixture" was in the Public Analyst's opinion a false description. Formal sample obtained. 219 Meringue mixture Formal Communicated with Ministry of Food. 36 S... |
f55e7e0c-4d6c-46b1-a712-bde6afbfecae | 578 Biscuits, Fruit Rolls Formal In communication with manufacturers 445 "Butter Creams" (Sugar Confectionery) Informal Contained 0.4 per cent. vegetable fat and less than 0.1 per cent. butter fat. These sweets should not be sold as "Butter Creams" (or "Buttercreams") since they contain no appreciable amount of butter.... |
75ac7965-41e3-4614-8bdb-7d34b60bcb91 | 577 Dried Fruit and Sugar Mixture. Informal Contained sand, 0.15 per cent. The presence of this quantity of sand in a mixture intended for use without being washed is objectionable, since it causes grittiness in the cooked products. No further action. 611 Parrish's Food Informal Judged by the standard of the British Ph... |
258a170a-13cb-4ced-87da-27c04c9b307d | Beef Sausages should contain not less than 50 per cent. of meat. Details reported to Ministry of Food. 37 PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough: Anthrax, Cholera, Continued Fever, Diphtheria, Dysentery, Encephalitis Lethargica, Erysipelas, Enteric Fever, Food ... |
56c4a3e9-83ca-4b7c-8467-bc5124074dd0 | ), Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Pneumonia Acute Primary, Pneumonia Acute Influenzal, Poliomyelitis (Acute), Polioencephalitis (Acute), Plague, Puerperal Pyrexia, Relapsing Fever, Scabies, Scarlet Fever (or Scarlatina), Smallpox, Tuberculosis (all forms), Typhoid Fever (including Paratyphoid), Typhus Fever, Whooping Cough, Zy... |
2a5a8087-94ee-4aa2-a32a-9241eb2045ad | If the patient is an inmate of a hospital, in most cases the certificate has to be sent to the Medical Officer of Health of the district in which the usual residence of the patient is situated, but cases of malaria, dysentery and the acute pneumonias, are always notifiable to the Medical Officer of Health of the distri... |
b6f6b2a5-e5f2-421f-a3be-54efcfca31e3 | Of the 206 notified cases of scarlet fever, as many as 127, or 61 per cent. of the patients, were isolated at home. In the majority of cases the illness was of a mild nature. Frequent visits are made by the district Sanitary Inspectors to the homes of the patients in order to ensure that proper precautions are being ta... |
e88d7beb-d803-4e5d-abb5-4697cc1bbc6e | Fortunately, we did not have a repetition during the summer months of 1951 of the high incidence of cases of poliomyelitis which had occurred during 1950, when there were 53 confirmed cases. During 1951 there were only four confirmed cases. However, notifications were received in respect of a further 15 patients, of wh... |
7516e72c-d1e5-49f7-9e43-fd23dded6d3f | 45 and under 65 years. 65 and over. Total Total No. admitted to Hosp. Diphtheria — — — — — — — — — — — — Scarlet Fever 1 13 58 121 7 3 4 1 — — 208 81 Paratyphoid Fever — — — 2 — — — 1 — — 3 3 Meningococcal Infection — 2 — 1 — 2 2 — — — 7 7 Acute Poliomyelitis — — — 3 — 1 — — — — 4 4 Erysipelas — 1 — — — — — — 8 3 1Z 7 ... |
6d2d4839-1db9-4656-8d5f-3789efb4c6a6 | Pneumonia 10 13 11 7 5 2 14 14 32 23 131 11 Food Poisoning — — — 1 2 — 1 3 4 4 15 — Puerperal Pyrexia — — — — — 1 27 3 — — 31 30 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 8 — — — — — — - - - 8 2 Whooping Cough 62 144 164 147 3 — 2 1 1 — 524 49 Measles 89 702 995 1,107 32 5 7 2 1 — 2,940 106 Typhoid Fever — — — 1 — — 1 — — — 2 2 Malaria - ... |
678a1865-07ea-461a-8dd6-ed023b5c6bf3 | For the second year in succession there Were no known cases of diphtheria in the Borough. Medical practitioners notified four suspected cases, but all proved not to be diphtheria, Vincent's angina, tonsillitis and thrush being the revised diagnoses. Tuberculosis. The deaths from respiratory tuberculosis in Woolwich dur... |
833d602a-d335-47f9-ac69-d82e16a236a3 | Cases notified for the first time 135 97 232 7 7 14 Other additions to Register during the year, including transfers of patients from other areas 61 86 147 6 - 6 Cases on Register at 31st December, 1951 836 685 1,521 110 98 208 The number of primary notifications of tuberculosis (246) was an increase of 41 on the previ... |
29d1f365-053b-458a-91c4-7be4c51b161b | 8 1942 110,140 249 102 .92 1,410 7.2 1943 112,700 292 102 .90 1,558 6.5 1944 110,970 248 100 .90 1,611 6.2 1945 115,270 260 90 .70 1,478 6.0 1946 134,420 247 83 .61 1,531 5.4 1947 140,150 297 101 .72 1,626 6.2 1948 142,800 230 82 .57 1,573 5.2 1949 144,000 256 59 .41 1,572 3.7 1950 144,000 205 58 .40 1,670 3.4 1951 144... |
ccd1219f-3912-426b-a9d8-863285da06a4 | 1 Prevention of Tuberculosis. The Borough Council has statutory duties under the Public Health Acts concerned with the prevention of the spread of tuberculous infection, whilst the London County Council also carries out duties relating to the prevention of this disease, and the care and after-care of tuberculous person... |
6b89fabb-1c1d-4980-9640-2e89c6c69025 | Arrangements continued during the year for the authentication by the Medical Officer of Health of international certificates of vaccination and inoculation completed by local medical practitioners. These certificates are required by passengers proceeding abroad from this country, and the purpose of the authentication i... |
b45714a6-c348-475b-8e9a-605b4baaa2fb | During 1951, the Department carried out disinfection of 397 rooms after cases of infectious disease, and of these, 105 premises had been occupied by tuberculous persons. Some 2,454 inspections regarding verminous conditions were made and 712 rooms were disinfested for vermin. Fifty-one vanloads of furniture were fumiga... |
01b739f0-4315-4a50-bd23-050a3ed49ce3 | The personal Cleansing Stations are situated adjacent to the Turkish Baths in Plumstead High Street and at the Eltham Hill Health Centre, Sherard Road. The number of persons cleansed was 1,459 and the number treated for scabies was 98. Each case of scabies is visited by the Sanitary Inspector and wherever possible all ... |
4a4f82df-57d9-4ab1-98d5-22c78852f052 | Pre-school Children. School Children. Adults. Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Men. Women. Number of Cases 10 12 25 15 15 21 98 Number of Treatments 15 15 43 26 17 30 146 Many requests were received from residents wishing to dispose of bedding and furniture often dirty and sometimes verminous and formerly used by pers... |
1c0138c8-359e-45bb-bebd-ab197db96db5 | Over one hundred such cases were dealt with during the year, and the following articles were removed and destroyed:— Beds 50 Mattresses 70 Pillows 41 Blankets 12 Wearing Apparel 90 Bedsteads and Springs 20 Bedsteads 15 Chairs 34 Miscellaneous 30 Bolsters 15 Settees 13 Cushions 10 Overlays 11 Mats 3 Overmantels 3 Sheets... |
178bf843-2b71-4eac-be47-e0dbabcb58ba | The following summary relates to the work carried out by the laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1951:— Food (which includes animal specimens from abattoirs, etc.) 50 Ice Cream (Methylene Blue Test) 53 Milk (Methylene Blue and Phosphatase Tests) and milk bottles (Colony count) 214 Faeces 31 Blood for agglutinati... |
df8bb39f-3506-488a-9b7c-37115a1faa57 | Printing Works (T.U.) Woolwich. S.E.18 |
5b6f96c4-9c15-4719-a1d1-a2ce52ef9aad | METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOOLWICH ANNUAL REPORT on the Health of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich for the Year 1952 BY T. STANDRING, M.D.. B.S., D.P.H., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Medical Officer of Health TABLE OF CONTENTS page Health Committee 2 Preface 3 Staff 5 General Statistics 6 Vital Statistics 7 Sanitary Administra... |
e0ee15fe-cc3a-4610-83cc-21e15cf555f7 | Councillor G. E. Offord (Chairman) Councillor T. G. Blann (Vice-Chairman) Aldermen— L. A. Heath S. W. Wood Councillors— W. L. G. Austin Mrs. B. R. M. Middleton Mrs. E. Brooks D. S. Ramsey N. G. Burbridge D. F. Ritchie G. S. Dean L. Walker A. H. Gilder, m.b.e., j.p. D. P. Walsh Mrs. A. E. Maxwell 2 PREFACE To the Mayor,... |
fe6c7060-417e-4b02-aaa1-7f729e1a722b | No serious epidemic has occurred and in no infectious disease does the Woolwich mortality rate exceed the average for the administrative County of London. Details of the mortality and morbidity statistics, together with information on the varied work being carried out by the Health Department, covering an increasingly ... |
78037f3a-48a8-438c-938c-3709a773aac2 | There has been a steady increase in the survival rate of persons over the age of 65 years. Seventy-two per cent. of Woolwich people who died were aged 65 years and over, and 42 per cent. of the total deaths were 75 years of age or more. The corrected death rate was 10 4 per 1,000 of the population (compared with 117 in... |
0654ca7f-1241-4bdf-a312-dc6b6e7ebe3b | There were no deaths as a result of accidents or diseases associated with pregnancy or puerperal pyrexia. The infant mortality rate, always well under the National and London averages, reached a new low record in 1952 at 21 4, the previous lowest being 24 4 in 1950 and 27.2 in 1947. Now, for every 100 live births only ... |
b280c308-b457-414c-9028-30bff153b1a2 | During the last war years the Borough Council, who were then entirely responsible for this work, in common with other local authorities carried out an intensive campaign directed against ensuring that the vast majority of children were immunised. Whilst this work has been continued since the end of the war there is evi... |
fc03b80c-9339-45ae-967d-3d1b43c57b10 | However, only since the end of the war has it reached epidemic proportions. The disease, which as the old name of infantile paralysis implies, was popularly regarded as a disease of childhood, now claims more victims in the older age groups. Each notified case is fully investigated and preventive measures taken. There ... |
5a8852d2-21fe-4ec1-8138-ee59059fba77 | The receipt of fewer complaints, however, does not necessarily mean that there has been an improvement in the housing conditions. It is hoped that the Sanitary Inspectors will soon be able to carry out routine house-to-house inspections on a larger scale than was possible during 1952, to provide more information on thi... |
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