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1e721caa-35c7-43ca-a90b-9823b556b853 | (b) Infectious Diseases.—In the event of an epidemic, the Council can provide nurses for such cases as may require to be nursed in their own homes, but, as you know (vide page 13 of my Report for 1929), I favour hospital accommodation for these cases rather than nursing in the home. 11. MIDWIFERY. By agreement, dated J... |
cc44caf1-fbd4-4620-a459-31dc6349d466 | According to information obtained from ihe County Medical Officer, at the end of 1930 there were eight midwives practising in the District, three of which were employed by you at your Maternity Ward at Upney Lane, two under the Plaistow Maternity Charity, and three practising privately. During 1930 there were 811 mater... |
c37e8db6-be42-4800-a00e-42607881f4ba | It is this circumstance which makes it very curious indeed that the Ministry have not been willing for you to become the authority for the supervision of midwives. I advise that you make further representations to the Ministry, asking them that the authority for the supervision of midwives shall be delegated to you. 12... |
ec2fbf05-4185-494f-be40-b4d041f0d658 | There is a very real spirit of co-operation, for which I am particularly indebted to my colleagues in private practice, and nowhere has this been shown more readily than in the way they have assisted me to revise the Tuberculosis Registers, which—as I have said elsewhere—were in need of revision. 13. POOR LAW MEDICAL O... |
ea1c9c3f-4b01-4cb3-a439-b7818e8d293d | The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table:— Specimen Number examined Dipht... |
721b6ab9-26f1-4cdb-99bd-c4938090c16d | It is to be noted that there is no difficulty when once the swabs are at the laboratory, because they are examined forthwith, and the reports can be sent through by telephone. 15.—LEGISLATION RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. (a) Local Acts: Barking Town Wharf Act, 1893. Barking Parish Act, 1888. (b) General Adoptive Acts : B... |
fbde71e3-cdd7-4f41-a390-0e69fbed2e23 | (c) Regulations: Regulations as to Cemetery, 1902. Barking Town (Pneumonia) Regulations, 1924. 25 (d) Bye-laws with respect to: Nuisances, 1884. Common Lodging Houses, 1884. Offensive Trades, 1907 (revised 1924). Houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family, 1924. Public Baths, 1900. Tents, Va... |
0191d2fa-9412-4238-8a11-5fcd3327ee6d | Pleasure Grounds, 1902. Mortuary, 1901. (e) Among the Special Acts and Orders in force within. the district, and important from a public health standpoint, are :— 1910.—Orders declaring the trades of fish-skin scraper, fish fryer, dealer by retail in rags, bones, skins, fat or other like articles in an offensive condit... |
c222c6a4-f666-4b24-a13a-6c28ada75108 | This arrangement with West Ham is about to terminate, and I advise you to make an arrangement with the London County Council for the admission of your cases to Joyce Green. One suggestion has been made of building, somewhere in Essex, a hospital similar to the one at Joyce Green, Dartford. I believe, however, that such... |
9b61f52c-3270-48e3-9c92-bcb024322967 | Although the actual number of beds for which there is space at the hospital is 38, if judged by the standard of 144 square feet per bed, as laid down by the Ministry of Health in Circular 1119, dated June 18th, 1930 (See Table I, Pages 27 and 28), the various wards at the hospital are designed to accommodate more beds ... |
f47b06f2-7c13-40c4-971b-b8287aa6b903 | Maternity Ward, Municipal Hospital Upney Lane, Barking, Essex Maternity — 12 — Barking Town U.D.C. 2. Municipal Hospital Upney Lane, Barking, Essex Isolation of general infectious diseases (excluding smallpox) 38 Barking Town U.D.C. Not con/rolled by the Barking Town Urban District Council 3. Brentwood Mental Hospital ... |
45dc8baf-4aeb-4400-9512-8bc32856dc90 | East London Hospital for Children Glamis Road, Shadwell, E.l Children — — 140 Voluntary 8. Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital Golden Square, Piccadilly Circus, W.l. Ear, Nose and Throat 33 32 11 Voluntary 9. Guy's Hospital London Bridge, S.E. 1 General Medical and General Surgical, etc. 299 285 64 Voluntary. 1... |
ec6b236a-02c1-48f5-a47b-22129aa59f15 | London Lock Hospital and Home 283, Harrow Road, W. 9 Maternity, Genito-Urinary and Venereal Diseases. 38 123 44 Voluntary 15. London Skin Hospital 40, Fitzroy Square, W.l Skin. (No in-patients.) — — — Voluntary 16. Orsett Joint Smallpox Hospital Stifford Long Lane, Grays, Essex. Smallpox 11 11 — West Ham County Borough... |
1178f90e-9e04-4466-8e96-6fadaebdb956 | Children — — 160 Voluntary 20. Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End Stratford, E.15 Geneial Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity. 61 111 45 Voluntary 20. Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) City Road, E.C.1 Ophthalmic 66 50 19 Voluntary 21. Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Brockley Hill... |
bc3354ff-5f2e-4f8b-93ca-f5ea4ffb638e | — 27 44 Voluntary 24. Sever??? Mental Hospital Mile End, Colchester Mental 717 1064 Essex C.C. and Colchester B. C. 25. Westminister Hospital Broad Sanotuary, minister, S.W.1. Genera! Medical and Surgical. Maternity. Ear, Nose and Tho??? 109 132 26 Voluntary 29—30 TABLE II. HOSPITAL SERVCES showing the number of beds f... |
c89d920f-2250-4d30-b422-e0ca27dcda7d | & Heart Children Chronic Sick Dental Dermatological Ear, Nose Throat General Medical General Surgical Genito-urinary Gynaccological Infectious Diseases Isolation Observation Maternity Mental Neurological Opthalmic Orthopaedic Radium Septic Smallpox 'tuberculosis Venereal Diseases Centrolled by the Barking Town U.D.C. M... |
f3f4abf4-7133-49c6-8772-289a067a27c8 | centrolled by the Barking Town U.D.C. Brentwood Mental Hospital — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1770 — — — — — — — — All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. Brookfield Orthopaedic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Operative Surgery, Ultra-violet Light, Dental, Massage. No information City of London... |
b7fb3c42-a887-4fa9-b072-f59b998885cd | Carried out at Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, E. East London for Children — — 140 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear — — — — — — 76 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophtha... |
ecacb054-7840-4dbe-b9d0-8294f53b2df9 | Joyce Green Hospital (Isolation of Smalllpox.). No information available from the London County Council.) . (No information available from the L.C.C.) No information available. King George Hospital — — 22 — — — — — 27 — — — — — — — — — — — 1 — — Operative surgery. X rays. Dental (as cav.alty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear ... |
3b5040d1-48fa-41af-abff-0668af5d3ebe | London Lock Hospital — 7 — — — — — — — 20 — — — 55 6 — — — — — — — 124 Operative surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Massage, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Own Pathologist. London Skin Hospital — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Skin diseases only. (No in-patients). Ultra-violet light. Own Laboratory. ... |
a207e40d-75f6-4b38-8997-3ea317a04877 | Public Assistance Hospital — — 100 141 — — 120 120 — — — — 30 32 — — 00 — — — 68 — All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium. Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, E.C.4. Queen's Hospital for Children — — 160 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — All specialised treatment avai... |
a826ecbf-cb1f-486a-b5bf-96db2c0d6352 | Own Laboratory. Royal National Orthopaedic — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 460 — — — — — Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet Light, Massage. Own Pathologist. St. Bartholomew's Hospital — — 16 — — 6 24 234 250 — 44 — 10 17 — — — 18 — 55 — — — All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. St. Mary's Hospital fo... |
017462fb-12ea-43a1-a55f-f01e4b9ad750 | Part-time Pathologist in conjunction with other Hospitals Severalls Mental Hospital — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1781 — — — — — — — — Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic. Own Laboratory. Westminister Hospital 10 — 13 6 — 2 7 64 88 — 10 — 8 12 — — 6 5 15 — — — — All specialised treatment avai... |
fd181b04-b5f1-41a9-b481-41ed6824df23 | 's H Number and classification of Nnno g S'aff: Matron — 1 fister 1 — \.ss:»tant Nurses.. — 6 Midwives .. 2 — Probationer Nurses 4 9 Arrangements for the emfoymcut of consultants Consultants are engaged when necessary In addition to the above Institutions, there are a number of Sanatoria to whih tuberculous persons res... |
6e1deed8-860c-40d0-9622-5cbceb95f641 | This further accommodation we hope will be provided by the King George Hospital, but if it is to be provided at the King George Hospital, the scheme which has been envisioned by those, who realise the necessity, must become an accomplished fact. There must be a unit of 400 to 500 beds, and one way or another, the money... |
6af8f177-1856-4c4f-8c7c-5c5e57c215fc | Up to December, 1930, there were r.o maternity or nursing homes in Barking, excepting of course the Maternity Ward maintained by the Council. Since the end of the year, however, one small Home has been established, and I recommend you to apply for powers to be the supervising authority for these Homes. 32 18. MATERNAL ... |
348f28d8-9a08-45e1-9840-e2804a37a67c | If necessary, cases are nursed in the infectious fever hospital, and although there have been three cases of puerperal fever and ten cases of puerperal pyrexia, there have fortunately been no fatalities. The work of the Plaistow Maternity Charity is carried out with such meticulous accuracy that I should suppose, in ar... |
3ab7628d-e4c2-4f59-a6fd-bc89ddd505ef | 33 The problem of illegitimate infants and homeless children is not a serious one in Barking, and the fact that we do not find it a serious problem indicates that the various agencies which are operating in the area meet the demands of the area. The unmarried pregnant woman is quite another problem, which is seriously ... |
84b815bd-26da-47aa-9e7a-023801d9dddd | (b) For non-infectious and accident cases, two motor ambulances are kept at the Fire Station, the ambulance and fire services being run in conjunction under the Chief Fire Officer. Last year I called your attention to the fact that it would be an advantage to have a nurse in attendance, at least sometimes, when the amb... |
70a65b24-229e-4a36-85f9-27e348b5b0fa | Name and Situation When held Nature of Accommodation By whom Provided 1 MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE— (a) Centres Clinic Premises, East Street. Tuesdays and Fridays, 2 p.m. Accommodation for consultations, weighing of babies, waiting room, etc. Local Authority. Great fields Centre, Movers Lane. Mondays, 2 p.m., and „ „ ... |
7e66733c-d7c4-4a3b-9ac9-0d2a72b3599f | Tuesdays, 2 p.m. „ „ „ „ „ *St. Albans Centre, Urswick Road. Wednesdays, 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon. „ „ „ „ „ (c) School Nurseries Nil Nil Nil Nil (d) Day Nurseries Nil Nil Nil Nil 2 SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE— (a) Inspection Clinics and treatment of minor ailments. †St. Albans Centre, Urswick Road. Daily, 8.30 a.m. to 12 noon... |
2c89f92f-f9d6-4a47-8c8c-f2734e9958b6 | to 12 noon and 2 to 4 p.m. Two rooms. „ „ (d) Orthopaedic Clinic Faircross School. Mondays, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Pitto. Fridays, Ditto. One room. „ „ 3 TUBERCULOSIS— 37, Linton Road Mondays, 3 to 5 p.m. Thursdays, 10.30 a.m. to 12 noon. Three rooms. Essex County Council. 4 VENEREAL DISEASES— L... |
e3f1fd4b-afe3-49be-99d2-07088de74ac2 | The operation of the Local Government Act, 1929, has not affected Barking very much, because, although the duties of the former Poor Law services have been transferred to the County Council, the actual position remains very much as it was before. It seems to me that much fuller co-operation and co-ordination is require... |
67d11050-1c8a-47ee-be44-74a42d82a1dc | It seems to me that there ought to be a unified system for distributing the various forms of benefit which are controlled by different authorities—not only those controlled by the Local Council and the Public Assistance Committee, but also those controlled by the Public Health Committee of the County, etc. This would d... |
bb429536-ec88-4457-a0cd-473e5efc3185 | • This disjointed state of affairs is most unsatisfactory,and means sometimes that the children do not get the medical attention thi-v need. For my part, I do not hesitate to express the view that wher.-, through your activities, you have discovered conditions requiring treatment at home, the responsibility for providi... |
bc45ec82-9d76-4e0e-9dd8-a2629210aaa1 | With the completion of the Company's scheme to bring water supplies from the River Stour, the work upon which is proceeding very rapidly, an increased quantity will be available. The Council will, of course, be aware that the increased rate for water supply in the district was in connection with the River Stour scheme.... |
77e8d567-0721-4f37-8873-61adcc8f5048 | diameter main, about 650 yards in length, to a Sedimentation Reservoir, and will flow by gravity from the reservoir, through a 40-in. diameter main about 400 yards in length, to the Primary Filters, where a preliminary process of rapid filtration will ensue. A by-pass main will be provided around the reservoir to allow... |
760f0e3b-42c1-4dcc-836f-c2628f3317af | "The water will then be pumped through a main, 32 inches in diameter and slightly over 14 miles in length, into a covered reservoir placed in close proximity to the Tiptree Pumping Station, from which it will be carried to the suction branches of the three pumping units by a short length of main of 36-in. diameter. "Th... |
d2de856d-a6d6-49ce-9f29-de817e7b92b0 | The various rivers and streams that run through the area are controlled by the Essex Sewers Commissioners, whilst of course, 41 the River Thames is a law unto itself. One of its tributaries, the River Roding, which flows through Barking, is also under the control of the Port of London Authority. We have not received an... |
da2492cf-8ab5-4144-8faa-2be7dce2752c | The new system of sewerage and sewage disposal, which will be fully in operation during the next two years, will unquestionably be an important advance in the public health services of the town. 28. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. * In the unsewered portion of the district,there remain 43 premises with cesspools, 51 premises wit... |
de00e4ab-b56d-4e88-9e88-87397c79b977 | freighters of the dustless loading type. During the year the provision of dustbins has been receiving our serious consideration. The procedure now in force is to call upon the owners of premises to provide a sufficient dustbin for the storage of domestic refuse. The enforcement of such order places considerable work up... |
d5f7a114-2e10-4b6e-b533-e6575d282804 | Complete control by the Council of the maintenance of dustbins should result in:— (1) Standard type of dustbin. (2) Definite economy in collection costs. (3) Improved storage of domestic refuse at the home. (4) No troublesome investigations,and no worrying notices to owners. (5) Cheaper dustbin maintenance for the owne... |
177c9a95-31a7-4de3-b028-eeb36361626d | There is in consequence less need for criticism than heretofore. (c) Street Cleansing.—The streets of the town are generally kept in a very satisfactory state of cleanliness, but much could be done to assist the Council and reduce the cost of cleansing services if the public and tradesmen would co-operate by greater us... |
f7c3ed6f-fcb9-427f-9b21-45ee50544aa2 | Total Houses Inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts 3,204 Total number of Inspections made 4,577 Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 659 After Infectious Disease 832 Defects Found 7,616 Notices Served (Preliminary) 2,497 Re-inspections re Notices Served 2,922 44 (2) Premises Controlled by Bye-Laws and Regulations... |
44681e5d-4b29-49dc-849f-6cad770d8508 | Notices Factories 97 32 20 Laundries 8 — — Bakehouses 35 2 2 Other Workshops 126 19 11 Other Workplaces 123 31 29 Outworkers' Rooms 13 — — Butchers' Premises 241 34 9 Fishmongers 41 13 5 Restaurants and Dining Rooms 36 2 — Stables and Stable Yards 77 12 5 Piggeries 66 1 1 45 (6) Summary of Sanitary Work Carried Out. (]... |
f12f4d8b-d15c-431d-900c-b857a5093685 | New Fixed 55 New Sink Wastepipes 128 New Gullies 54 New Sink Waste-channels 2 (4) Dampness. Roofs and Flashings 1063 Eavesgutters 533 Rainwater Pipes 143 Damp Walls Remedied 552 (6) Water Supply. Defective Water Fittings Repaired and Supply Reinstated 87 46 (6) Yard Paving. Yard paving repaired or relaid 134 (7) Dustbi... |
81d4c9d9-7e4d-4f64-814d-de4c6180b8c3 | House floors repaired 183 Windows repaired or renewed 206 Window sills repaired or renewed 187 Sashcords renewed 274 Washing coppers repaired or renewed 175 Stoves repaired or renewed 217 House doors repaired or renewed 154 Stairs repaired 37 Handrails fixed 4 Chimney pots renewed and stacks rebuilt 183 Dirty or defect... |
fad594ba-f6b8-4ce7-b486-40057e83df24 | Informal Notices 2,497 Statutory Notices 670 Section 36, Public Health Act, 1875 55 Section 94, Public Health Act, 1875 497 670 Section 41, Public Health Act, 1875 1 Section 5, Infectious Disease (Prevention) Act, 1890 — Section 3, Housing Act, 1925 Section 17, Housing Act, 1930 117 (d) Factory and Workshops Act, 1901,... |
702406e5-9e04-405b-9d01-6eead32c9804 | Number of Prosecutions. Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Ins. * Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:— Want of cleanliness 16 16 — — Want of ventilation 3 3 — — Overcrowding — — — — Want of drainage of floors. — — — — Other nuisances 13 13 — — Sanitary accommodation:— Insufficient 18 18 — Unsuitable or Defective 31 31... |
ba9e5335-9c14-41f8-aa99-6dd119219580 | (3) Home Work. Five notices were issued to the occupiers of premises in the district where outworkers are employed, who supplied lists twice during the year of 42 workpeople engaged on making wearing apparel, etc. in their homes. 49 (4) Registered workshops. Workshops on the Register (Sec. 131) at the end of the year. ... |
2b767de9-efa9-4697-9a73-22fddcde1ae4 | 101):— Certificates granted during the year In use at the end of the year — (6) Out-workers. The following list shows the nature of the homework carried out in this district by 42 outworkers:— Belt and brace maker 1 Box maker 1 Brush makers 2 Life belt covering 16 The making 3 Umbrella making 1 Wearing Apparel (various... |
2c1d21c5-eec0-4e9b-9ebd-7cc63b50d7b9 | Also, the knowledge that any offence is likely to be the subject of a notice from the Local Authority acts as a deterrent. During the year 115 smoke observations were carried out on factory chimneys and notices were served with respect to the 24 offences registered. The question of grit emission from the chimneys of th... |
2659fb93-eeb8-46c4-a615-983a76c4514d | Experiments are proceeding with a view to remedying or mitigating the nuisance. The question of gas washing is receiving consideration. In view of the difficulty of introducing to a large existing plant equipment for this purpose, the possibility of a solution on these lines is unlikely unless engineering research find... |
993b0f57-170d-4023-a1e6-7d18e766441a | Enquiries so far made have not shown that any works carried out at existing large installations for this purpose have been successful. 32. PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS WHICH CAN BE CONTROLLED BY BYE-LAWS OR REGULATIONS. (a) Houses Let in Lodgings.—Owing to the operation of the Rent Restriction Act it has been found difficu... |
26fef195-ddd5-443a-9337-5017ea076f58 | ‘Generally speaking, these vans are kept in a cleanly condition. The only complaints received were from occupiers of houses in the neighbourhood of one yard, in respect of a smoke nuisance. (d) Underground Sleeping Rooms.—There are no such occupied rooms in the district. 52 (e) Offensive Trades.—The following is a summ... |
509e5faa-2064-4423-a92b-52e9088c880e | Proceedings were instituted in respect of two contraventions of the bye-laws relating to the outbreak of fires, the offenders being fined £5 on each information. Since that date discussions between the Local Authority and the tip owners have taken place, and it is hoped that there will not be any repetition of the cond... |
936c9a26-6a39-4e98-8297-545c5608bd5e | During the year there has been added to the Longbridge Park an extension of the boating lake, a paddling pool for toddlers and a large open-air swimming bath. This latter was not ready for service at the end of the year but is expected to be completed in time for next swimming season. When open it should be the finest ... |
10a07c30-811c-4614-b1d5-2550e2e0550c | Upon complaints being made, any necessary work is usually carried out forthwith. I have previously directed attention to the absence of sufficient and suitable facilities for the drying of clothes after inclement weather and also to the absence of proper drinking fountains at the older schools. These conditions have no... |
eb73f9ce-6c2a-47ac-9b91-30a5c5cb8992 | It has not been tound necessary to close any department of the schools as a result of infectious disease, but during the year, owing to certain instances of smallpox occurring amongst the scholars at the Cambell School, there was a considerable fall in the school attendance. All necessary disinfection and other precaut... |
af4e28ba-2e7f-47ba-98b1-956be0cc0d20 | 970 (3) Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses) 35 (b) Unfit Dwelling Houses. Inspection. (1) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 4,577 (2) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Consolidated) Regula... |
7c097b32-3a94-4f4d-b9ee-f295c2c7cefa | (6) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 117 (7) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit— By owners 107 By Local Authority in default of owners 10 (8) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of declarations of ow... |
7f21edc0-6221-452f-a776-d94248940237 | (9) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 553 (10) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied:— By owners 553 By local Authority in default of owners Nil 57 Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925, and Section 19 of the... |
49f05c37-49ed-4f35-bf6d-3626255af5af | (a) General Observations.—The total number of inhabited houses in the district is 10,941, which, compared with the total of 6,762 at the census of 1921, gives an indication of the growth of the town during the past decade, the greatest increase having taken place during the immediate past two years. Of the total of 10,... |
ac517d72-7d70-4c99-bd51-a56f04f8177b | Apart from the old houses situated in the Abbey and Centra) Wards, together with a few cottages of a rural character on the outskirts of the district, the dwellings are of a vype and structure which permit of adequate lighting and ventilation, with reasonable back garden area. 58 The provision of a sufficient open spac... |
f1cd01aa-0a60-42ef-80fa-ce9d5081f13b | It is estimated that there are 7,000 houses (70 per cent.) in the district where temporary buildings have been erected in the back gardens of the premises. Many of these are used for the dumping of household litter, most are ugly and mis-shapen, and almost all are open to objection. They encroach on the limited open sp... |
b00b5eab-2ca0-4ec6-b133-a29a6239849b | 59 With the advent of a large new population to the district and the erection of so many new houses, the time appears to be opportune for the prohibition of anything but a standard type of structure, the site to be not within 15 feet distance from any window of the dwelling house. The average rent in Barking of the two... |
f9b21a6b-585c-4968-9cd5-03686e8cac9d | There does not appear to be much objection to such a practice where the occupying families are small in number, but there is a potential danger of overcrowding as the families increase. (b) Sufficiency of Supply of Houses and Overcrowding.—The sub-letting by owner-occupiers is a feature the Council should have in mind ... |
15727838-e3e8-4dff-8e26-5dea6474e7b5 | 60 Apart from the existing overcrowding, as shown by the number of current applications, the influx of new industries to the area which is expected to follow upon present activities is bound to bring new residents. These residents, after a short domicile, will expect proper housing accommodation. In view of the absence... |
93a38c44-363c-4f6d-866a-6a3e762e56ca | The following summary shows the number of dwelling houses erected during the quinquennium. HOUSES BUILT IN DISTRICT. 1926—1930. Total. . As part of Municipal Housing Scheme. Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses.) 1926 289 47 242 1927 358 30 328 1928 375 40 335 1929 700 (Barking) 206 237 (L.C.C.) 257 ... |
d4dd2b9d-4410-4276-ab93-7a250b492d0f | 61 It will be observed from those figures that the Local Authority has in the last five years provided 382 dwellings, which have been let to persons living in overcrowded conditions. As a result of people from outside the district crowding into houses situated in Barking, it was found necessary to introduce a residenti... |
fc2b1a49-f3f2-41c7-b128-f0955064abfe | It does, however, appear that a reasonable social standard can be maintained by many small families in such houses, and because this is so we favour the building of houses of this sort. It is obvious that people cannot afford to pay more than onesixth of their income as rent and rates, so that even for people earning s... |
e434fca2-c9a2-419c-8e45-aec7fe4c0429 | This work is more often the result of convincing owners of the economic advantage to be gained by the preservation of the structure than by the service of formal notice. Where owners are not financially able to carry out forthwith the required repairs it has been found necessary either to allow ample time for completio... |
22ef683e-8272-4e56-9b06-0505949a98ca | For this reason some owners have not been called upon to provide such accommodation. (d) Unhealthy Areas.—With a view to action under the Housing Act, 1930, a five-year programme of slum clearance has been prepared. In the schedule are included many of the old properties which require constant supervision because of th... |
d8c47b25-c0ad-4598-a3bb-252697cd8c6a | The following table sets out the results of the bacteriological examination of various samples, from which it will be seen that out of a total of 46, five were found to be unsatisfactory:— Type of Sample. Satisfactory. Unsatisfactory. Totals. Grade "A" (T.T.) Milk 8 — 8 Grade "A" Milk 1 — 1 Raw Milk 13 1 14 "Pasteurise... |
d4c042e0-072f-46d2-81e8-3e441a96fb73 | Of this number one sample was found to be infected. The source of infection was discovered and the animal destroyed. The bacteriological examination of all milk samples is carried out for this Authority by the Counties Public Health Laboratories of 91, Queen Victoria Street, London, whilst the examination of 64 samples... |
ed6dee62-bed8-497e-af1b-a1175dc36076 | There are in the district 46 retailers and 11 wholesale distributors of sterilised milk. One dairyman was prosecuted for bottling milk in the street. The provision during the year of steam raising equipment for the cleansing of their utensils and bottles, was an improvement for which dairymen in the district should be ... |
b0163fa1-032f-430b-9b0b-817f02a11409 | Notifications Received 109 160 126 72 64 521 Cattle 3 97 40 64 80 284 Pigs 86 204 409 137 93 929 Sheep 611 786 815 426 332 2970 Calves 156 137 71 10 11 385 Totals 856 1224 1335 637 516 4568 Diseased meat was destroyed as under:— Description. Disease. Weight. 1 beast's pluck Tuberculosis 25 lbs. |
7378df20-2a8c-4c27-bf37-21b752d4d610 | 11 beasts' lungs „ 65 ,, 2 „ lungs Pleurisy 12 „ 6 „ lungs Pneumonia 36 „ 9 „ lungs Parasites 54 „ 16 „ livers „ 224 „ 4 „ livers Distomatosis 56 ,, 1 beast's liver Tuberculosis 14 „ 4 beasts' livers Cirrhosis 56 „ 2 ,, mesenteries Tuberculosis 6 „ Hindquarters of bobby calf Necrosis 27½„ Portion of leg of veal Contusi... |
c28aa53b-8a47-48dd-ae9e-faa7bdd8feba | 66 We do not regard present legislation as being sufficiently stringent in its application to the sale of foodstuffs. Unless the condition of the food exposed for sale is so bad as to be definitely unfit within the meaning of the Public Health Act, 1875, little action can be taken. We think that legislation should be i... |
767d96d0-03fe-4dd0-9344-ed4b44b19814 | So far the only powers for control of this trade are included in local acts, national legislation being non-existent, except from the point of view of probable contamination. Unlike other and kindred products such as milk, butter, etc., no standard of chemical composition or cleanliness of the product has been set up. ... |
9e5807c4-0852-444f-ba61-a1d49cfd74c4 | It has been suggested that a minimum of 8 per cent butter fat and not less than 18 per cent total milk solids should be the standard of composition. In view of the increasing general consumption, I am of opinion the time has arrived when standards of cleanliness and chemical composition should be enacted, together with... |
7f70835d-4cab-4fc8-a8e9-9f525fe89f6d | 86 27,000 Absent in 0.1 c.c. In view ol the fact that ice-cream is prepared in a manner similar to that of pasteurised milk, I see no reason why a similar standard of cleanliness should not be instituted. Pasteurised milk should not contain more than 100,000 bacteria per cubic centimetre, with an absence B. Coli in a l... |
8fde21f2-7e46-4160-a49b-087e7307627e | Bernard Dyer, the County Analyst. Other Milk. Butter. Samples. Total. 81 86 86 253 No proceedings were instituted in relation to these samples during the period covered. 41. UNSOUND FOOD. The following list gives particulars of the unsound food destroyed during the year :— 1 ½ sheeps' livers. Part of breast of lamb. 1½... |
f2c0cc41-b564-4818-b3c9-ff7d4a22ed41 | There is no doubt that much of the money at present spent on food is spent to economic disadvantage and that those people who are least able to afford it, pay most in many cases for their food. 69 In many of the homes in Barking facilities are lacking for preparing food under suitable conditions, and it is not to be wo... |
e523267c-2ac9-4d14-bd48-63e5252f9ba4 | If good, plain, straightforward food is made available for the public at a price the public is able to pay, and if that food is as widely variable as possible, and if the public arc taught to avail themselves of these amenities, they will, without any scientific knowledge, prepare foods wnich are scientifically accurat... |
683e769d-2df4-4611-a58a-ecb0a1dbb240 | Deaths Small-pox 18 27 45 45 - Scarlet Fever 80 98 178 151 2 Diphtheria 165 193 358 350 13 Puerperal Septicaimia - 3 3 2 — Pneumonia: Acute Influenzal 16 8 Following Measles 3S 26 12 4 8 Other Forms 36 8 Erysipelas 17 23 40 6 - Ophthalmia Neonatorum 12 — 12 1 - Puerperal Pyrexia — 10 10 4 — Enteric 4 1 5 4 — Epidemic C... |
ed09b5e6-8dd4-4c37-bce6-fd90921afd3a | and 1899:— Small-pox, diphtheria, relapsing fever, cholera, erysipelas, typhus, plague, puerperal fever, enteric fever, scarlet fever and continued fever, and hy Orders or Regulations framed under Section 180, Public Health Act, 1875:— Tuberculosis (all forms), ophthalmia neonatorum, cerebro-spinal fever, acute poliomy... |
8ab14b83-5423-4dc8-9ada-e95ac09d5197 | The total notifications of infectious diseases numbered 1,004 exclusive of tuberculosis and inclusive of chicken-pox, compared with 547 the previous year. During 1930 the number of notifications of tuberculosis (all forms) was 95 compared with 64 in 1929. 73—74 TABLE II. Notifiable Disease. No. of cases notified at age... |
1a3b9d6a-b898-4eb6-a00e-26a935abeec4 | Small-pox 2 3 1 1 21 5 1 8 1 2 45 2 2 34 1 6 Scarlet Fever 1 6 12 15 17 68 30 12 12 5 — - 178 13 30 22 39 43 31 Diphtheria I 13 20 21 34 171 45 19 25 6 3 - 358 48 61 30 84 44 91 Puerperal Septicaemia — — — — — - - — 3 — — - 3 — — — 2 1 - Pneumonia (primary, influenzal and following Measles) 4 10 6 3 1 11 2 2 5 4 12 4 6... |
4b3576cd-871e-4623-8b5a-35f3e239e6e9 | 4 16 7 40 4 7 4 9 8 8 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 12 2 3 - 5 2 - Puerperal Pyrexia — - — — — — — — 9 1 — — 10 — 2 1 4 3 — Enteric Fever - - - - - 1 1 1 2 — — — 5 1 — — 1 2 1 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - 1 Chicken-pox 9 25 23 12 22 149 36 3 6 2 1 — 288 20 63 39 66 50 5... |
d09ad661-d8bd-4800-84f2-4b92568d11f0 | 100 178 106 258 164 198 75 TABLE III. Monthly summary of notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria received during 1930 :— Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Total. January 30 24 54 February 15 20 35 March 9 38 47 April 18 31 49 May 16 24 40 June 11 22 33 July 10 31 41 August 11 26 37 September 10 21 31 October 26 49 75 No... |
fb1305ea-9467-4a90-87e9-a2eedacd771c | The average stay of clinical diphtheria in hospital was 48 days, the longest stay being 253 and the shortest 7 days. Sex.—165 cases were male and 193 female. To a certain extent this number is explained by the activity of general practitioners and of your own officers, who have been at great pains to try to round up ev... |
ad240705-0e0f-494c-a4ee-51109674a180 | There were 13 deaths out of a total number of 358 cases, making a percentage death rate of 3.6. Anti-toxin is readily available for all cases. This is kept at the Fire Station and may be obtained at the hospital, but in most cases (as is shown by the table on page 71), patients requiring anti-toxin are removed to hospi... |
56e8b8e9-a83c-47c3-b42d-1e2e53a4360c | (c) Pneumonia, Malaria and Dysentery.—The following table shows the incidence during the year of pneumonia, malaria and dysentery, which are notifiable under the Public Health (Infectious Diseases) Regulations, 1927 :— Diseases. No. notified. No. of deaths. Malaria None None Dysentery None None Pneumonia 64 24 77 (d) S... |
ba7daa46-1a7b-4b21-a283-9c867ef39d57 | This case is interesting by reason of the fact no contact could be proved with any similar serious case, in which circumstance we have once more evidence for believing that the serious type of smallpox and the lesser types of smallpox are all one, the only real difference between modern epidemics and epidemics of olden... |
eace173b-8f0f-4c7e-b4a8-b8470ea7e0d4 | This man was admitted one day, we got in touch with the hospital and fouNd that they too confirmed the signs and they, with us, thought they were very suggestive, and then on the fourth day the man was discharged without even a consultation. Of course, it is quite possible that your Medical Officer would have changed h... |
3b486af3-a3e0-4c19-834d-441e2a7376ca | * You will remember I brought this matter up in my Report for the year 1929. (e) Encephalitis Lethargica.—There was one death from encephalitis during 1930, the diagnosis being made post mortem. The case was an acute one of unknown origin ; there was oedema of the brain, but microscopical sections failed to reveal anyt... |
6b963186-0540-4108-b856-411010ef3487 | Under 1 year 1 1 1 to 5 years — — 4 2 — — 1 1 5 to 10 years — — 3 3 — 1 — - 10 to 15 years 2 — 4 2 — — — - 15 to 20 years 2 5 1 2 1 6 — - 20 to 25 years 6 7 — 1 9 4 — - 25 to 35 years 7 16 — — 2 6 — - 35 to 45 years 3 7 — 1 1 4 — - 45 to 55 years 6 4 — — 2 - 1 - 55 to 65 years 3 — — — 2 - — - 65 yrs. |
8cfbdf57-75f4-41bc-b843-f7c6c3694e1b | & upwards — 2 — 1 1 1 — - Totals 30 41 12 12 12 22 2 1 No action has been takEn in any court of summary jurisdiction under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section 62 of the Public Health Act. 1925, but you have from time to time, on the representation of your officers, given i... |
fe6faa53-5436-43e6-ab75-c8f5d8d6526e | Once again I want to call attention to the large number of inward transfers. This is due in large part to the expansion and development of the district. The following are particulars of cases -notified under Forms C and D during the year :— Form C. Form D. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Male. Female... |
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