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2e763034-dcac-41ba-8312-5c6ce6d9463a | Compaints investigated 2,026 Water sampling and testing 92 Complaints reinspected 5,835 Rodent Control 2,856 Outworkers' premises 305 Smoke Observations 88 Houses re overcrowding 195 Theatres and cinemas 6 New houses re water supply 492 Men's lavatories 74 Houses re infectious disease 740 Women's lavatories 63 Houses r... |
50ba0207-9909-4e0d-8bed-0ded3c980839 | 379 Houses re scabies 28 Houses re slum clearance and Houses re Housing Act 317 development 261 16 House-to-house inspections 618 Drainage inspections 911 Houses re Rent Restrictions Acts 4 Houses re verminous persons 125 Rag Flock premises 14 Aged and Infirm persons 2,520 Pet Animals premises 31 Common Lodging Houses ... |
8cd22dbd-c4f2-4772-8d8f-c60bfde7b61e | 76 Food premises 4,153 Itinerant vendors 39 Stables 22 Complaints re food 67 Miscellaneous visits 639 Shops re Pharmacy and Poisons 7 Non-effectual visits 4,270 National Assistance Act re burial of deceased persons 4 Exhumations 1 Atmospheric Pollution 38 Table No. 12. Nuisances Abated. Dirty conditions remedied 487 Li... |
adb6a996-675e-4ac8-8aee-8c66d7045689 | repaired or renewed 204 Water closets cleansed and repaired 230 Floors, skirting and other woodwork 240 Water closet pans and traps fixed 55 Windows repaired or renewed 552 Water closet seats renewed 27 Ceilings repaired or renewed 286 Water supply defects remedied 151 Walls repaired or renewed 1,124 Dustbins provided ... |
9a37c35d-e041-4efa-9162-544cae03a88e | The condition of the water supply locally during the year was satisfactory, both in regard to quality and quantity and no complaint regarding the quality of the water was received. All the eight active wells in the Borough are used for trade purposes. Drainage. A total of 441 drainage defects were discovered during the... |
f90e2b47-1af2-4101-a6d2-017f44e17f69 | In five cases, after the service of the necessary notices under Section 40 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, the Borough Engineer carried out the work of repair or reconstruction, the cost being apportioned among the responsible owners. Shops Act, 1950. The provisions of the Shops Act, 1950, relating to the suit... |
043e451f-5f24-45c8-937b-85ece4244a4d | The Committee also considered two applications for revocation of existing certificates of unfitness, and approved one such revocation on being satisfied that the necessary repairs to put the house concerned in a reasonable state of fitness had been executed. Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933. This Act places upon the Coun... |
cdda0d6f-7bc8-4c7b-9895-a87d51c69aed | The total number of properties found to be infested by rats or mice or both was 1,402, which included 209 business and industrial premises. All infestations found are systematically treated and where the cause of the trouble appears to be due to defective drains or other defects in the building the owner is requested t... |
75be4e44-2edc-4c4b-a64e-703fda106f8c | The areas were surveyed and a systematic poisoning campaign carried out using Zinc Phosphide, Arsenious Oxide and Warfarin, in that order. The areas were cleared of rats and some 185 bodies were recovered. It is usual for rats to move from infested sewers to the surface by means of defects in the sewers or drains, but ... |
bb8dc7ac-85bc-45e4-8118-4d420f4b06fe | The 18 sewer treatment in June was carried out with the use of Zinc Phosphide and in the December treatment Arsenious Oxide was used. Factories Act, 1937. Table No. 13. Details of Inspections carried out during 1953 are as follows:- Premises. No. on Register. Number of Inspections. Written Notices. Occupiers prosecuted... |
a39f1c2c-5009-4efc-8d1a-f63100b3aa6b | Number of Cases in which defects were found Number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. Found. Remedied. Referred To H.M. Inspector. By H.M. Inspector. Want of cleanliness 12 12 - 6 - Overcrowding - - - - - Inadequate ventilation 1 1 - - - Ineffective drainage of floors 5 5 - - - Sanitary Conveniences:— (a) ... |
d9a31560-9323-443b-9d28-0843a40f0f58 | There were 257 outworkers in the list prepared in August, 1953, compared with 126 in 1952. The nature of their work was as follows: Lampshades, 120; Wearing Apparel (making, etc.), 115; Household linen, etc., 17; Artificial Flowers, 2; Feather Sorting, 3. The woman Sanitary Inspector visits the homes of outworkers peri... |
ab031b11-0bd2-4ffd-a08f-27e67ed9f7f0 | Satisfactory reports were received from the Public Analyst on a sample of woollen mixed felt and a sample of unused felt sent to him for analysis. The Analyst reported, however, that a formal sample of unused cotton felt failed to satisfy the requirements laid down for this material in the Rag Flock and Other Filling M... |
31a9f515-3ce4-4f47-91fd-252f36f2871f | A fine of 10s. 0d. was imposed. Provision of Dustbins. Since decisions in the Courts in 1947 and 1948 on the liability to provide a dustbin, difficulties have arisen because these decisions did not establish any guiding principle which would assist local authorities to exercise what has been held to be a judicial discr... |
7ae23dad-f2aa-4ad8-87d3-9ce0df26e8aa | Each of these cases was carefully considered by the Health Committee, and in 14 cases it was decided that the owner ought properly to be required to provide the new dustbin. Notices were accordingly served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, on these persons. It was necessary in four instances to institute lega... |
a817a971-f6a9-430a-871f-4ccbfccf55e6 | During the year an application was received for the extension of the existing Establishment Order in respect of the business of slaughterer of poultry, and the Council decided to renew this Order. The Council also approved an application for the annual renewal of the licence relating to the tripe boiler premises. Pet S... |
51597ccb-255c-470b-9cc5-c69bf7536500 | Two difficult infestations were dealt with during the year, one being an infestation of cockroaches in a large hospital in the Borough and the other of Pharoah's ants in one of the Council's establishments. Several treatments were necessary in respect of these infestations before the insects were destroyed. Charges tot... |
bd8f6ddb-5e80-4f2b-b51c-028788d96f1a | The flooding seriously affected a house in Sewell Road, and three houses in Harrow Manorway and the works of four factories in Harrow Manorway. Twenty-six houses or caravans in that area were also flooded, together with cellars of two shop premises and the ground floors of five houses in Abbey Terrace. There was also f... |
89cddfe1-7ba7-4392-9e02-bd35095fde5c | When the flood water receded, soap and disinfectant were supplied for use in the work of making the houses fit for occupation again. The Council made arrangements with the Air Ministry for heaters to be supplied to enable people to dry out their homes, and four Air Force vans were sent from Northampton and Norfolk for ... |
fc97e826-1c75-48c8-9e84-59bfc51e57b4 | There are 148 licensed premises in the Borough, 45 of which also serve main meals. 319 inspections were made during the year, and as a result 80 defects were found requiring the service of 20 informal notices and four formal notices. All these defects were subsequently remedied. During the year many improvements were c... |
d0c072db-ea62-4bc4-9d4e-41a934f5562f | 21 The pool attendants add chloride of lime to the pools each evening in quantities prescribed, to give an estimated free chlorine content of 0.15 p.p.m. Sufficient washing soda is also added to maintain a pH reaction of 8.0. In addition, the pools are scrubbed out weekly with chloride of lime paste. The results of the... |
5234b384-38c6-4496-b916-39b56ad698d0 | Amongst the bodies represented on the Committee are the Women's Voluntary Service, the British Red Cross Society, Toc H, the Rotary Club, the Soroptimists Club, the National Federation of Old Age Pensions Association, local Church organisations, the Borough Council, the London County Council, the National Assistance Bo... |
81be79b4-a675-4517-a45a-96480107af50 | There are two lunch clubs for old people, the Plumstead and Eltham Lunch Clubs, serving a total of approximately 500 meals per week. At the Plumstead Lunch Club meals are supplied by the Borough Council restaurant at the Plumstead Baths and taken in containers to the lunch club where voluntary workers serve the food an... |
9a237d05-86fb-41f6-859a-07954539a63a | During 1953, additional money was made available for the purpose of providing holidays for old people, and 43 old persons were able to enjoy a holiday at seaside resorts. The Borough Council's Health Committee have general oversight over the holiday scheme, but the detailed arrangements are left entirely to the Old Peo... |
56f96c20-fdb1-4c56-a07c-d5fc2d5aac7e | for each week's stay towards the charges, and in some cases the cost of the fares also. Letters of appreciation have been received from several people who went away. It is anticipated that during 1954 several more old people will be able to have a holiday under these arrangements. Visiting Service. There exists in the ... |
414896f3-8036-486c-af9c-08f6fca26b47 | During 1953, the setting up of five stations for the measurement and recording of atmospheric pollution was carried out in the Borough. Each station consists of a deposit gauge which collects grit, ash, etc., and a lead peroxide instrument which measures the activity of sulphurous gases. Monthly readings are taken and ... |
77ddaee2-1d30-4fa5-a0d2-a624b8bb0e24 | Measurement and Recording of Atmospheric Pollution—August-December, 1953. Station. Weight of SO3 Collected mg/100 sq. cm./day. Total Solid Matter Collected. Monthly deposit in tons per sq. mile. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. No. 1 Woolwich Dockyard 1.76 1.93 2.77 2.42 3.53 38.38 36.28 52.60 21.04 ... |
02634957-31e9-4f25-a304-47a0930ba19f | 4 Shooters Hill Golf Club 1.35 1.64 2.60 2.91 3.62 12.58 24.28 18.58 8.14 20.01 No. 5 Eltham High Street Area 0.51 0.59 1.28 1.27 2.04 7.73 10.20 13.68 5.41 17.77 Other Stations in County or London Highest 4.31 5.16 5.22 8.64 7.95 73.03 169.66 647.63 569.81 100.71 Lowest 0.36 0.42 0.70 1.24 1.75 7.65 9.94 13.68 5.17 13... |
1a6e8cf4-f03e-484b-a4c7-d3e3b83a56d0 | A total of 292 observations were made on factory premises during the year to detect smoke nuisances and nuisances from grit, dust, etc., being emitted from premises within the Borough. Following observations at a factory on the riverside which was found to be emitting smoke, including grit particles, a formal notice wa... |
fbe954a7-4618-4fcb-8bff-c291f636ba43 | Frequent observations were necessary during the year at factory premises in the Abbey Wood area, complaints having been received from time to time of smoke and fumes being emitted from this factory, particularly in the evening. Complaints of smell and fumes from rubber being burnt at this factory were also investigated... |
914299b9-286c-4dc9-ba93-b859afe97039 | In endeavouring to bring about improvements, the firm have made several modifications to the boiler, and it is thought they have now reached a satisfactory method of overcoming their difficulties which have caused considerable technical trouble in production at the factory. The firm were also asked to raise the height ... |
9c03a720-52a7-4971-9b68-b681564040b0 | The attention of the Council has been drawn to the following resolutions passed at the last annual Conference of the Society:— "That the Conference views with alarm the menace of fumes caused by the extension of the use of Diesel oil engines and faulty maintenance of these, and that all local authorities and the police... |
d00b5445-d189-47ad-abeb-a8163ad61c93 | The latter recommendation is included along with numerous other recommendations relating to smokeless fuel and smokeless zones in a memorandum prepared by the Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee for submission to the Government Committee of Inquiry on Air Pollution. The Borough Council are reviewing the who... |
91dd09ec-d69d-44fd-b25f-79fb2a832cec | 24 Representations were made on behalf of the Council to the local Members of Parliament, and to the local authorities concerned. The general question of this nuisance was raised in the House of Commons. A Committee, comprised of interested local authorities, on which representatives of the management of the cement fac... |
9ae03f84-0a93-4069-a4b1-3a7eb7c381f7 | 9d., of which £24 was recovered. Mortuary Facilities. The public mortuary at Sunbury Street is an old building, and, although adequate for the accommodation of a few bodies in an emergency, is not suitable for larger numbers without improvement. On the instruction of the Coroner all post-portem cases are sent to the pu... |
ed4da139-a644-430b-8779-48ffcb4d47c6 | During the year a conference was held at the Ministry when it was pointed out that the Council were extremely anxious to secure crematorium facilities locally, the nearest crematorium on the east being at Charing in Kent, and on the west at Honor Oak, this crematorium at the present time working to capacity. It is unde... |
14e1116b-57c7-4cf7-9f06-cf34c75d33e1 | During the year under review 46,087 tons of refuse were collected by the Council's vehicles and 55,630 tons disposed of at the Council's Refuse Destructor. The difference between the two weights is largely the quantity of refuse delivered to the Destructor from the Royal Arsenal and from the Army Barracks. Material sal... |
f7d1bcb6-9072-4a98-a838-6970d349c8d9 | Fourteen conveniences for men and a similar number for women are maintained throughout the area, hours of opening and closing varying with local requirements. In the town centre, for example, the conveniences are open from 5.30 a.m. Normally, however, this service is available between the hours of 6.30 a.m. and 11 p.m.... |
ab5b628c-6a9a-41da-9ff2-93d122695fdb | Beresford Square 400 300 Nile Street 250 200 Eltham Church Convenience 200 100 North Woolwich 150 200 The Slade 100 20 New Eltham — 50 The information regarding Street Cleansing, Refuse Disposal and Public Conveniences has been kindly supplied by the Borough Engineer. Swimming Bath Water. During 1953 fifty samples of s... |
525707fb-15e6-4e87-b897-7e51e96c2e18 | Woolwich 18 0 7.36 1.51 75.5° Plumstead 14 0 7m25 1m49 76° Eltham 18 0 7.2 0.93 75.5° HOUSING At the end of 1953 there were estimated to be 40,227 houses in the Borough The number inspected for housing defects under the Public Health or Housing Acts was 8,579, compared with 9,046 in 1952. The number found not to be in ... |
e32e6579-b0f4-446d-888b-bdab0025a9e6 | During the year a total of 40 families were found to be living in overcrowded conditions, and overcrowding reports were made to the London County Council on behalf of these persons. In thirteen cases the County Council provided other accommodation. A further 195 families were visited after complaints of 26 crowding, or... |
f185471b-a716-44d2-8ee8-d0c9efc30caf | During 1953 new legislation—the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953—was passed, permitting a local authority, if they consider it inexpedient to make a demolition order in respect of an individual unfit house, to make a closing order, having regard to the effect the demolition might have on adjoining ... |
37973c1d-ec6a-4a7e-a902-a7050c6c86ce | Twenty-three houses (compared with 11 in 1952) were represented during the year as being unfit for human habitation, and incapable of being made fit at reasonable expense. Formal notices were served on the owners under the provisions of the Housing Acts. After consideration of each case, demolition orders were made by ... |
81c8a849-3b97-42c2-9eb0-a79991bc18db | Woolwich High Street Demolition Order 28th May, 1953 1, Elizabeth Terrace Undertaking 29th May, 1953 7, Limbrey's Buildings Demolition Order 26th June, 1953 20, Chapel Hill Demolition Order 26th June, 1953 19, Abbey Terrace Undertaking 10th July, 1953 79, Villas Road Demolition Order 22nd July, 1953 81, Villas Road Dem... |
b1847840-01b8-43cf-9d67-5ba40780f495 | 8, Samuel Street Demolition Order 24th November, 1953 10, Samuel Street Demolition Order 24th November, 1953 9, Purrett Road Demolition Order 23rd December, 1953 97, Raglan Road Closing Order— 23rd December, 1953 whole house. In March, 1951, following my official representation that the premises were unfit, the owner o... |
1e706585-eba3-4367-b2f6-7fdea768e221 | However, as the condition of the premises at the time of the application for revocation of the undertaking was substantially the same as when the undertaking was accepted in 1948, the Council decided not to revoke the undertaking. During the year the Council made Closing Orders in respect of unfit rooms at a further te... |
36fd07f6-4d77-4d86-ad8e-0afc15f86389 | 15, Nightingale Place Basement front and back rooms—Closing Order dated 23rd July, 1953. 30, Pattison Road Basement front room. Closing Order dated 23rd July, 1953. 272, Woolwich Church Street First floor front room—Closing Order dated 21st October, 1953. 106, Eltham Road The four basement rooms—Closing Order dated 20t... |
c7a135cb-33b2-4e3a-91e1-28dad16453aa | This Bill, which was presented to Parliament in November, 1953, will give substantial new powers and duties to local authorities with regard to slum clearance and the maintenance of unfit properties. Most of these powers will be of an inspectorial or supervisory nature, which will give considerably increased duties to ... |
31595906-bf11-4327-bc9a-a141f35931be | The number of new dwellings built in the Borough during 1953 is summarised as follows:— By Woolwich Borough Council 216 By private enterprise 33 In addition, 21 dwellings were erected by the London County Council at Campbell House, Shooters Hill, 153 on their Milne Estate, Woolwich, and 78 on their Avery Hill Estate, E... |
e6f4bec9-3772-4fce-af18-541e9e38fc64 | 1,379 Number of applicants on "live" Register at 31st December, 1953 4,642 Properties under the Council's control:— 1952. 1953. At 31st December, tenancies totalled:— In pre-war houses 4,317 4,317 In rebuilt houses 147 147 In new post-war houses 1,834 2,050 In temporary dwellings 986 986 In requisitioned properties 1,0... |
b7c99878-4a74-41d9-a3a4-50099115218b | HEALTH EDUCATION The Department's Health Education Unit was again very popular with local organisations during 1953, and the demand for programmes was as heavy as in the previous year. With regard to the film programmes, a slight falling off in the number of visits to mixed adult audiences was balanced by an increase i... |
e2113999-b240-4eb1-8e0e-04820f3d598e | Usually each programme includes a film of general interest, and a large proportion of the general interest films are loaned without cost to the Council by the Gas Council, the Metropolitan Water Board and from one of the large firms of milk distributors. I am indebted to these bodies for their valuable help in making t... |
6b27b4b6-1a3c-44c2-8512-995691109df6 | At the time of the Coronation Celebrations a film was made by the staff of the Council as a permanent record of the Coronation Celebrations in Woolwich. The film has been shown on the Council's film projector on a number of occasions to local audiences, which have included old people, Civil Defence volunteers and sever... |
d55f4c77-bfb3-4bed-848e-bd2b40865a86 | The Council again made a subscription to the Home Safety Section of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. Photographs and Slides. A number of photographs illustrating the various public services in operation in the Borough have now been produced and made into slides, the showing of which will augment the f... |
b6062b51-de28-46e2-b26d-87e03b83d296 | Several hundred bookmarks dealing with this subject were also distributed from the Council's libraries. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD Premises where Food is Prepared or Offered for Sale. A total of 4,192 inspections of food premises was carried out during the year. 30 Details of the registered food premises at the... |
46281712-30fb-4b55-bee6-a98adcbe5c75 | Dairies 4 28 Distributors of Milk 100 308 Ice Cream Premises 342 1,023 Premises where Meat is Potted, Pickled, Pressed and Preserved 123 291 Premises where Sausages are Manufactured 104 145 Premises where Fish is Cured or Prepared for Frying 52 125 Restaurants, Cafes and Snack Bars 272 1,044 Industrial Canteens and Sch... |
56f85545-7154-4ef8-91ab-2bb10cf0bf55 | One hundred and seventy dealers' licences and 64 supplementary licences have been issued under the provisions of the Milk (Special Designations) Regulations, 1949, authorising the use of the special designations "Pasteurised," "Tuberculin Tested," and" Sterilised." Two hundred and sixteen samples of milk were submitted... |
166feaef-0b4e-452e-9a43-12cbadf72fc6 | 2 During 1953, 270 samples of "pasteurised" or "tuberculin tested pasteurised" milk were subjected to the Methylene Blue test at the Park Hospital Laboratory, Hither Green, to assess the keeping quality of the milk. All the samples were reported to be satisfactory. A further 270 samples of "pasteurised" or "tuberculin ... |
9bfb161e-0229-40b0-a555-d8ac96e8cb3f | 31 Continuing the practice carried out for many years in this Borough, 58 samples of milk were obtained from milk roundsmen in the early hours of the morning (luring deliveries to schools, hospitals and institutions in the Borough. Twenty-two of the samples were submitted for the Phosphatase test, 22 for the Methylene ... |
e4b613a3-0d69-494d-b78b-99224eb7508a | The satisfactory work of the previous year towards securing the improvement of conditions prevailing in restaurants, cafes and canteens in the Borough was continued, and much valuable work has been done to improve the standard prevailing, particularly with regard to the kitchen accommodation. A total of 1,044 inspectio... |
f0ef4fc7-b2e6-47c4-a551-76d2b3c23d6c | Co-operation was maintained between the Health Department and the local office of the Ministry of Food. Details of all new applications for catering licences were forwarded by the Ministry of Food in order that the premises might be inspected by the officers of the Council to ensure that they comply with the Council's ... |
07112c03-61b4-4753-91a9-1345b74502cd | During the year 34 samples of ice cream were submitted to the Laboratory for grading by the Methylene Blue test, and the results were as follows:— Grade. Grade. I 15 III 14 II 5 IV nil In addition, four samples were submitted to the Public Analyst for chemical analysis and to ascertain the fat content. All the samples ... |
b5e724d5-c0d5-41e7-ba0b-7516cfaf16c8 | All the applications, with one exception, related to persons who were employed at the Plumstead Abattoir. Basement Bakehouses. During 1953 a special survey on the occasion of the quinquennial examination as prescribed by the Factories Act, 1937 was carried out on basement bakehouses in the Borough. On the occasion of t... |
5c0de544-fd83-45b0-9a4e-fb45a8b132d1 | In January, 1952, imported food was being landed from ships at a wharf in Warspite Road, Woolwich, where a customs' office has been established, and one of the Council's Food Inspectors has since that time attended as necessary to inspect the food being imported. As specific Ministerial approval is required to undertak... |
c1976e7f-380f-4a7e-ad2f-4076c8227998 | The Council's food inspectors are required to examine food suspected of being unsound and if considered unfit for human consumption the food is surrendered and a certificate of condemnation issued. A large number of such certificates were issued during the year. Whilst no food was seized and formally condemned during t... |
e3b8cded-b06e-467a-8872-6f27390199dd | Far more pigs are now arriving at the Abattoir for slaughter than ever before, and the total number of pigs inspected comprises two-thirds of the total number of animals killed. 33 The following table gives details of the number of animals slaughtered during the year:— Table No. 16. Carcases Inspected and Condemned, 19... |
1e6464a8-3cac-4079-88b9-a686c2612c19 | Number killed 9,927 1,812 1,833 17,552 65,168 Number Inspected 9,927 1,812 1,833 17,552 65,168 All diseases except Tuberculosis:— Whole carcases condemned 6 6 1 18 152 Carcases of which some part or organ was condemned 2,054 480 9 1,506 14,138 Percentage of number inspected affected with disease other than Tuberculosis... |
eda4c57d-9d22-48d0-b86b-9c912031b5ef | The number of animals passing through the Abattoir daily has placed a heavy strain on the Council's Food Inspectors as each animal must be inspected before and within a very short period after slaughter. The Food Inspectors are required to pass judgment upon the fitness of large quantities of meat, the value of which r... |
99175bbc-8b71-4afe-87e2-882fedcad919 | with £5 5s. 0d. costs was imposed. The bakers of a loaf of bread which was found to contain a metal rod were severely warned of the serious view taken of this matter by the Council. On investigation of the complaint of "string" in bread it was found that the object thought to be string was dough. With regard to one com... |
d2936a5d-2586-4f78-a472-6626d51f07ab | 34 Of the other complaints received during the year the more serious related to maggots in ham (5 cases); string in beef sausages; an insect in a packet of tea; unsound brawn; dirty butter (2 cases); metal in sausages; and four complaints of alleged unsound meat. A number of the samples were submitted for laboratory ex... |
93727656-2b76-4d1c-9195-8b94692396ff | Of these 11 formal and 14 informal samples were reported to be adulterated or otherwise not complying with the statutory requirements, giving a percentage of 3•2 compared with 6.6 in 1952 and 4.0 in 1951. No private samples were examined during the year. The following table gives details of the adulterated samples:— Ta... |
730a6216-6927-40d0-a610-12c47de6f1fd | Suppliers cautioned and requested to revise their labels. 655 Milk Formal Contained 1 per cent. of added water. Supplier cautioned. 800 Milk Formal Contained 1 per cent. of added water. Suppliers asked for their observations. 628 Mixed Peel Formal Contained glucose. The peel was stated to contain sugar but not glucose.... |
098b5d12-fdb5-48f0-91af-f19b7c07f96f | 778 Condensed Tomato, Canned (Tomato Puree). Informal Tin excessive Formal sample obtained. Remaining stocks of commodity withdrawn. 801 Condensed Tomato Formal Tin excessive 115 Condensed Full Cream Milk, Sweetened Informal The type used on the label was too small. Formal sample obtained. 139 do. Formal do., do. Commu... |
9e91b62d-bcf3-469e-a9c8-b3e102cb376b | Informal The jellies had an objectionable taste and smell due to rancidity in the coconut oil owing to a growth of fungus on the sweets. Samples unfit for human consumption. Consignment condemned. 236 do., do. Informal 501 Devon Butters Informal Contained edible fat 0•6 per cent. Should contain at 542 do. Formal least ... |
230aa201-4c3b-4839-ab48-ca041ea3dfed | Cream, 14; Ice Cream, 13; Canned Soups, 13; Canned Vegetables, 11; Suet, 11; Jams, 9; Canned Tomatoes, 9; Rice, 8; Flour, 8; Proprietary Foods, 7; Jelly Tablets, 7; Fruit Curd, 7; Gravy Preparations, 7; Proprietary Medicines, 6; Sugar, 5; Tapioco, 5; Almonds, 5; Cheese, 5; Oatmeal, 4; Wines, 4; Beverages, 4; Cornflour,... |
db61b5c4-eb00-408d-afdd-a0abb32cc306 | 3; Stuffing Mixture, 3; Pearl Barley, 2; Aspirin Tablets, 2; Treacle, 2; Glycerine, 2; Honey, 2; Canned Milk Puddings, 2; Spices, 2; Semolina, 2; Saccharine Tablets, 2; Marzipan, 2; Soup Preparations, 2; Others, 49. PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE The following diseases are notifiable in the Borough: Anthr... |
761980f9-d47c-4f8d-8cf2-ea55cb31aaff | ), 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 and... |
11bfb481-5965-43f6-8fc3-7e3329e4f85c | 18. Notification of Infectious Diseases (excluding Tuberculosis), 1953. Diseases. Number of Cases (after correction of diagnosis). Age Groups. Under 1 year. 1 and under 3 years. 3 and under 5 years. 5 and under 10 years. 10 and under 15 years. 15 and under 25 years. 25 and under 35 years. 35 and under 45 years. 45 and ... |
c528c707-a343-44ff-98ae-b175bf14352b | Poliomyelitis (Paralytic) - 3 2 4 - - 1 - — — — 10 9 Acute Poliomyelitis (Non-paralytic) - - - 3 - - - - - — - 3 2 Erysipelas — — 1 — — — 4 3 5 2 — 15 4 Dysentery — 9 4 11 2 1 2 1 — — 1 31 8 Zymotic Enteritis 18 10 4 3 — 2 2 1 4 3 — 47 28 Scabies — — — 1 1 1 2 1 1 — 1 8 — Acute Pneumonia 9 14 8 19 — 5 10 15 45 30 2 157... |
4a48762c-2d12-4690-a6df-426169726474 | 4 Puerperal Pyrexia — — — — — 30 36 8 — — 3 77 76 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 Whooping Cough 31 75 96 153 5 2 2 1 — — 10 375 35 Measles 42 261 289 403 16 17 7 2 — — 14 1,051 84 Typhoid Fever — — — — — — — — — — — — — Malaria — — — — — 9 2 1 — — 1 13 12 Acute Encephalitis — — — — — — — — 1 — — 1 1 37... |
a50467e3-4723-4414-a890-e810e14f3f9d | Eleven of the notifications related to members of the Forces stationed in the Borough. Dysentery. Of the 31 notified cases, four were subsequently withdrawn. Eight patients were removed to hospital. Four cases concerned members of the same family, and 21 cases related to school children. Visits were made by the Sanitar... |
b072b779-86b0-4b5d-9488-ffa821d79cd5 | The 13 confirmed cases, three of which were non-paralytic, were distributed evenly throughout the Borough. All except one of the confirmed cases related to children under the age of ten years. Typhoid Fever. For the second year in succession there were no cases of typhoid fever. Diphtheria. It is now four years since t... |
ed9d74fc-11d4-4a0c-8a37-f7c5be77f616 | Forty-two cases occurred in children under the age of one, 540 between the ages of 1 and 5 years, and 419 between the ages of 5 and 15 years. Eighty-four of the patients were removed to hospital. There were no fatal cases. Scarlet Fever. During the year, 215 cases were notified, compared with 259 during the previous ye... |
df378842-01da-4536-bf4c-13f9acf600b1 | The revised definition contained in Regulations made in 1951, together with the fact that notifications are now sent to the Medical Officer of Health in the district in which the patient is confined, fully accounts for the increase in notifications. All except two of the notifications were from the three large maternit... |
86b5384f-7b5d-4b40-927b-16fa269a873c | Another member of the family, who had partaken of the food, was slightly ill, and the remaining member suffered no ill effects. Tinned oranges which had been purchased in Scotland over two months before consumption was the food suspected as causing another small outbreak. It was not possible to obtain for examination s... |
1473c494-792c-4dc1-8f10-6a5fe5fa9756 | In the other case, that of a girl aged four, the laboratory examination also disclosed that the illness was due to salmonella typhimurium. Investigation failed to disclose what food might have caused the food poisoning. Public Health (Infectious Disease) Regulations, 1953. These Regulations supersede Regulations made i... |
e65ae0dd-bb07-4d00-9e61-b430864c2221 | Their preventive powers have now been widened in order to prevent any person connected with the preparation or handling of food or drink, who is shown to be a carrier of the disease, from continuing in such occupation. Sufferers and carriers can now be prevented not only from continuing to work as food handlers, but al... |
b3079fd3-64e5-4206-9c73-c6527aae113c | The Borough Council has authorised me (or a Medical Officer acting on my behalf) to take any such urgent action under these powers, subject to report to the Council of any case dealt with under this authorisation. Tuberculosis. The number of primary notifications of tuberculosis (156) was a decrease of 39 on the previo... |
a94535d8-a62e-41ca-b8e3-e68892e54b93 | 01 1- 2 25 510 1015 1520 2025 2535 3545 45- 55 5565 6575 75& up. Total (all age) Pulmonary- Males — — 7 3 4 6 7 14 8 9 16 9 3 86 Females — — 3 1 — 8 12 13 8 4 1 4 2 56 Non-Pulmonary— Males — — — — 1 — 1 1 1 — 1 — — 5 Females — — 1 — — 2 3 2 — 1 — — — 9 Total — — 11 4 5 16 23 30 17 14 18 13 5 156 The following is an ext... |
77311885-5ef1-4b2b-b0a8-74e0c26f2202 | Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary . M. F. Total. M. F. Total. Cases notified for the first time 86 56 142 5 9 14 Other additions to Register during the year, including transfers of patients from other areas 48 56 104 3 5 8 Cases on Register at 31st December, 1953 874 724 1,598 120 108 228 Table No. 21. Table of Notifications an... |
0674ae82-bbc7-4809-bf39-5a5438f8f421 | 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 144,000 246 57 .39 1,838 3.1 1952 146,000 195 39 .26 1,667 2.3 1953 146,000 156 29 .20 1,569 1.8 40 The Public Health Department is... |
912b70e5-d7fb-4457-b3b7-fe7c8d23e9b4 | and to enable these duties to be performed Medical Practitioners notify all new cases coming to their knowledge. The Department carries out the disinfection of the patient's rooms and possessions. The two Chest Clinics in the Borough which are at Maxey Road, Plumstead, and Carnecke Gardens, Eltham, are administered by ... |
b5c9a294-b5f3-409e-8eda-0277d6a8b45c | The work of reconstruction of the Disinfecting Station at White Hart Road, Plumstead, which was damaged during the war, was commenced in September, 1952, and continued during the whole of 1953, the cost of this work being recoverable from the War Damage Commission. In addition to the external repairs to the building be... |
4be0f8d9-566b-4322-9a37-1ddab3612d45 | During the year many requests were again received from residents in the Borough wishing to dispose of bedding and furniture, which was often in a dirty and sometimes verminous condition. Bedding and furniture was in the main that formerly used by persons removed to hospitals or institutions or deceased. The articles we... |
3b90e811-ee51-44df-838d-dd88488a101f | Where a suspected carrier or contact of a case of infectious disease is excluded from work to prevent the risk of infection, National Health Service sickness benefit may be claimed on production of a certificate issued by the Medical Officer of Health. One such certificate was issued by me during the year and concerned... |
f7fc18be-d3bc-4618-9994-13d56db38b84 | Adults. Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Men. Women. Number of Cases 8 23 198 661 27 69 986 Number of Treatments 9 24 209 704 27 79 1,052 Treatment of Scabies. Pre-school Children. School Children. Adults. Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Men. Women. Number of Cases 4 5 42 121 8 25 205 Number of Treatments 5 7 50 134... |
e79614ca-1b9c-4ad1-8806-fb88d9014d47 | During the year, 274 certificates were authenticated by me. Of these, 218 were in relation to smallpox, 43 to cholera, and 13 to typhoid fever. LABORATORY FACILITIES A large part of the Council's pathological and allied work in relation to the diagnosis, prevention and control of infectious diseases is undertaken at th... |
b1d0a804-c8c9-4500-9659-bfc05e7dfc17 | The following summary relates to the work carried out by the laboratory on behalf of the Council during 1953:— Food (which includes animal specimens from abattoirs, whole bovine blood and blood plasma) 73 Ice Cream (Methylene blue test) 25 Milk (Methylene blue, phosphatase and turbidity tests) 313 Milk bottles (colony ... |
c1160054-2cd2-4b81-a0a8-176771b298b7 | One hundred and twenty-two nasal and throat swabs were referred to the hospital by general practitioners for examination and 7 other specimens. This laboratory also carried out the examination of 108 faecal specimens. 42 |
5880c90d-620c-4e2c-af31-39a3e87ba2c4 | I\C M 1-> METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF WOOLWICH ANNUAL REPORT on the Health of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich for the Year 1954 BY T. STANDRING, M.D., B.S., D.P.H., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., F.R.San. I. Medical Officer of Health THORN'S, WOOLWICH TABLE OF CONTENTS page Health Committee 2 Preface 3 Staff 6 General Statistics... |
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