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591f3263-9643-46ad-a666-d4c8e3e55130 | Numbers removed from the Dispensary Register. Number on Dispensary Register 31-12-30. Died. Left District. Discharged (Non Tb.) Discharged " Cured " Transferred to another Dispensary. etc. Amended Diagnosis Total 423 22 11 108 16 9 105 271 355 At the end of the year, 341 cases on the Dispensary Register were definitely... |
0b504d8d-f55b-4dfd-a8a2-507775117401 | of the total deaths from tuberculosis. No action has been taken for wilful neglect or refusal to notify, because none of the 3 cases comes within such category. The figures in Barking in any one year are not sufficiently large for us to express any opinion as to if and whether there is evidence of any excessive inciden... |
d9d17692-6db9-4210-980d-40bc564d6bf2 | With the development of Barking some variation in our present plan of operation is necessary, and a review of the situation would not be out of the way here, particularly so in view of the fact that the situation in Barking has been interesting as an experiment. It must be remembered that a Tuberculosis Service consist... |
0f31a414-69f7-4a61-b0bc-0b592fea08a7 | In the past there has been something to be said for this. The prevention of tuberculosis has never been so seriously entertained generally throughout the country as it should have been. Nor has there been in the past evidence that any activity by a Local Authority which had for its object the prevention of tuberculosis... |
20b836a7-e4f4-44a0-b5b4-1d93c5058e30 | It is only when a Medical Officer has—as the Medical Officers of the Metropolitan Areas have—a comprehensive knowledge of the whole of the problem that this prevention can be really efficient. It is to be hoped that in the future, where Athorities responsible for prevention are able to undertake the responsibility of d... |
fe56c1c0-020f-4a3b-9f71-bf52abc44de7 | A certain amount of treatment is of course carried on, but this is a very minor function of the Dispensary. Even the association of prevention and detection will not be sufficient unless there is still closer co-operation between the various sanatoria of the country and Local Authorities. Sanatorium authorities must go... |
727be57e-b783-4acf-ade6-a27131bacc05 | There remains one more thing for me to say under this heading and that is the need there is for persons to be admitted to sanatorium much more quickly than they are at present. To those of us who are mixed up with suffering and disease the plain straightforward thing that must be done appears quite obvious, and it appe... |
47b32ec9-4209-4410-a84d-92a61b361c74 | I want to emphasize the point that, often unconsciously, many people when once they realise they are suffering from tuberculosis are in open rebellion, and this is one of the worst things which could possibly happen to them. There is only one thing which we can do to deal with these people, and that is to cut the perio... |
5bd9cf20-006f-426e-a807-968fc5a772d8 | The "after care" of tuberculosis patients is linked up inevitably with prevention and sanatorium treatment, and it would therefore appear that the provision of suitable housing accommodation for the patients would be a logical development of any Tuberculosis Service. Several Local Authorities have recognised the import... |
8509b8b6-8d09-44f1-8901-1c7220742710 | It is unnecessary for me to stress the many advantages this offers to the ex-sanatorium patient and the definite gain to public health arising from less risk of infection to the family. From this arrangement would result also the improved health of any members of the family who may be in a pre-tubeicular condition. In ... |
727259ae-8f2b-41da-925c-9a231104f028 | 31-12-30 Pulmonary— 504 71 34 10 23 101 2 170 405 Non-Pul.— 233 24 2 16 12 39 1 70 187 Totals 737 95 36 26 35 140 3 240 592 It will be seen that, whereas we started the year with 737 on the Register, we ended the year with only 592, in spite of the fact that there has been a very considerable increase in population. 85... |
cb9c7419-3e65-4929-9359-7c5d71567ef6 | (g) Enteric Fever.—Five cases of enteric fever were noticed during the year, four of which were removed to hospital. (h) Puerperal Fever.—Three cases were notified during the year; two were admitted to hospital and recovered. (i) Puerperal Pyrexia.—Ten cases were notified during the year. All of the cases recovered. (j... |
875e245f-6a7b-454f-a077-30463c37a743 | NON-NOTIFIABLE ACUTE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, (a) Measles, etc.—The most important of these are mesles, whooping cough and summer diarrhoea. There were no serious epidemics of these diseases, and the deaths registered were as follows:— Measles 19 Whooping Cough 2 Summer Diarrhoea 7 86 The teachers in the schools keep the P... |
a512d1b1-845e-4e82-859f-af630ac9e23d | Cross references are made for the use of the health visitors and school nurses, who follow up cases of whooping cough, mumps, measles and other similar nonnotifiable infectious diseases. (b) Rheumatic Fever.—It is very difficult in Barking to deal with rheumatic fever. The condition is very prevalent, and unfortunately... |
30396cde-16dd-4ea4-b0cc-81f6f90f6bb6 | In this connection it is happy to recall the painstaking endeavours of the Boots Minor Sub-Committee of the Education Committee of the Council to provide boots for the bairns, and although certain members have, I believe, incurred the possibility of disciplinary action in a court of law, they have, I am confident, done... |
b5f58ab4-e722-44e9-bfb7-552009e56cc3 | The parrot appeared to be ailing and was looked after with commendable humanity until it died on January 21st. The patient, aged 30 years, first felt ill on January 23rd, and first consulted medical opinion on January 25th, on which date another member of the same family first felt ill. Both the first and the second pa... |
62d4b1e5-7f76-400d-addb-f66352ff4093 | The patient was on this day lying in bed in a semi-unconscious condition, from which it was difficult to arouse her. During the time the patient was in Barking the condition was progressive, the temperature became higher, the vomiting continued and the catarrh of the chest became more serious, so that on January 27th, ... |
551276ae-3917-4f76-9076-8838429e3676 | Firstly, it would appear from the evidence we have gathered that some of the patients contracted the disease from the parrot, and some of them contracted it from the patients who had contracted it from the parrot—in other words, the disease is communicable not only from parrots to man but from man to man. A second line... |
130f89ce-29bb-4f3a-bd94-802fb1d20612 | (d) Cancer.—There have been 48 deaths from cancer, 25 below the age of 65 years and 23 over the age of 65. It will be seen, therefore, that over half the cases of cancer which have proved fatal this year have affected people who may be looked upon as still members of the working community and therefore still of economi... |
98b0ad50-d81c-482c-9946-6200d6acf039 | Gas workers 4 Spinsters 2 General labourers 3 Wives 15 Painters 2 Widows 9 Master Hairdresser 1 Master Builder 1 Master Mariner 1 Fisherman 1 Cooper 1 Warehouse Carman 1 Lead Burner 1 Farm Foreman 1 Schoolmaster 1 Hawker 1 Coal Porter 1 Night Watchman 1 Clerk 1 22 26 The above table shows that cancer is distributed thr... |
d1428d1c-f99d-40e8-a934-ed1a72ac2f74 | From the information available it appears that influenza was the only such non-notifiable disease of any considerable incidence, that this influenza was prevalent at various seasons throughout 90 the year, and that a large percentage of cases were really ill, but that there were relatively few deaths and these deaths o... |
664af80d-9f92-4c35-a254-bae5a99b0c44 | The helpfulness of the patients in this matter has been most disinterested and therefore all the more deserving of praise, because unfortunately there is so little that can be done for them individually when once their lungs are damaged by the inhalation of asbestos dust. We still continue to keep the dossiers of these... |
9600741a-d16b-4d9d-b11f-26cd0c0c40a9 | Scarlet Fever 22 141 3* 149 11 Diphtheria 31 337 14* 312 42 Pneumonia — 2 1 1 Puerperal Fever — — — — — Puerperal Pyrexia — 3 — 3 — Enteric Fever | - 1 — 1 — Erysipelas - — — — — Chicken-pox - 2 — 2 — •Not the primary cause of death in two cases. (b) Hospital Accommodation.—In February, 1930, a temporary building was e... |
badd8baf-2a67-420a-b5a4-0abdaca91617 | During November, 1930, in order to avoid overcrowding the hospital beyond a safety point, cases were sent by the Town to the London Fever Hospital, at an approximate cost of £350. I am asked by the Ministry of Health to refer to any action which has been taken or advised with the object of securing that the hospital ac... |
a1900fa1-e146-42c9-b2ee-73749ddbede1 | 92 I am conscious of the fact that in many towns where the social circumstances of the people are happily more fortunate than the circumstances of the majority of the people of Barking, it may be possible to treat mild cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria at home, but with such a highly industrial population as you ha... |
2d3ede91-aa65-4e18-bcdd-d207b5c020fd | McDonald, who is early notified of any persons who, in tinopinion of the Public Health Department, should be vaccinated. 49. EXAMINATION OF PATHOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, Etc. In a previous table I have shown the use that has been made of the facilities provided for the examination of pathological and bacteriological specimen... |
bc15cdd4-b6f0-4a71-b980-84260331f60e | I have already advised you along these lines, and hope that the time will soon come when you will be prepared for Schick and Dick testing to be carried out at the request of parents and for any necessary immunization to be effected. 93 50. CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION OF VERMINOUS PERSONS. In Barking there is no particul... |
c3612785-3732-44ac-8e84-0580f182bc8b | Where any serious verminous condition of premises is found as a result of inspection or complaint, the Authority arrange for the most effective disinfestation to be carried out, and for this purpose any fitments in the room which might provide habitat for the vermin are removed and the room sprayed with a suitable verm... |
dcb66e76-ece3-4209-a6b0-8e8ef08c4211 | 94 There were 161 inspections made in respect of rat infested premises and a large amount of the drainage reconstruction resulted. It is a practice of the Engineer and Surveyor to provide poison baits in the manholes of the Council's sewers and upon land within his jurisdiction. Posters are exhibited in various parts o... |
ad3c9d42-e3b0-44c7-9af5-dcf240ab3778 | It is to proper drainage that we must look for this suppression of the mosquito pest, and from this standpoint we could wish that the Essex Sewers Commissioners had much more money available and more power in order to bring about a happier state of affairs than exists on the marshes of Barking. The Natural History Soci... |
16eee1a7-cf58-426e-83e3-0329ff26f0b7 | GENERAL. The Council's Scheme under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, has been extended during the year. On December 3rd, 1930, an Infant Welfare Clinic was held in the St. Alban's Hall in the Gale Street Area, and on the same day an Ante-Natal Clinic was held in those premises. Since this date one ante-natal ... |
a55cb0a7-9cd0-43fa-8e59-d2b370c24739 | On the one hand we have a system of general practice, where medical men are available for practically the whole of the twentyfour hours and are called in as and when they are required and oftentimes at the whim of those who are responsible for the patient concerned. . On the other hand we have a system of clinics, wher... |
9389b2a1-0f6f-4aa8-84b4-12199d0c5bd4 | Every time, therefore, that a member of the public is given an appointment and does not keep it, he or she is decreasing the efficiency of the service retained by them, and it behoves everybody who is interested in the development of a sound economic clinic system to see that once appointments are made they are kept. 5... |
c1417365-c2ad-47bc-9d55-fd0778dc1d7f | By the Notification of Births Act, 1907, all live births and still-births of seven months and over are required to be notified to the Medical Officer of Health within 36 hours. Of the total live births all except 11 or 1.4 per cent. were notified. In addition 10 still births were not notified. The following table gives... |
b073d57b-49df-49ed-9508-ec735ad6cf51 | The work of the Clinics was carried on as in previous years, and one extra session was commenced at the St. Albans Clinic on the 3rd December, 1930. The attendances during the year were well maintained. The number of primary attendances was 432 compared with 386 for 1929. Reattendances numbered 1,536 in 1930, and 1,180... |
467c2b1a-095d-4ed4-ae80-5eed2740f7b6 | (b) Those engaging with the midwives of the Plaistow .Maternity Charity. (c) Patients engaging with private midwives. Thirty-three cases attended by midwives were referred by them or by the health visitors for examination at the Ante-natal Clinics owing to the presence of defects following childbirth. 98 57. MATERNITY ... |
23b6a75a-3220-4fe4-97f8-81218332b082 | with reason for requiring assistance:— Torn Perineum 14 Delayed second stage 1 Uterine Inertia 1 High Temperature 1 Complicated Breach 1 Unsatisfactory condition Heart Disease 1 of patient 1 Albuminuria 3 — Miscarriage 1 26 Collapse after Labour 1 — Delayed first stage 1 (e) Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis... |
b3a44c54-70b3-416a-a10c-8f0aa09044b3 | with reasons why they were not breast fed 5 Weakness or illness of mother 4 Deformed nipples 1 (k) Number of maternal deaths Nil 99 (I) Number of foetal deaths (i) stillborn, and (ii) within 10 days of birth, and their supposed causes— and the results of the post-mortem examination:— (i) Still-born 6 Twin presentation ... |
9c31fde2-f59e-4660-a580-08b8f6a585db | MATERNAL MORTALITY. Three maternal deaths occurred during 3930, the deaths being certified as follows:— (a) Eclampsia of pregnancy 1 (b) Rupture of Uterus 1 (c) Toxic jaundice of pregnancy 1 The following table shows the number of maternal deaths occurring in Barking during the past five years. Year. No. of Maternal De... |
1b9e9dde-50da-4747-872b-2a5ac63ec821 | to help rather than to ostracise these unmarried pregnant women, they would not be so likely to conceal their pregnancies. It is obvious that a concealed pregnancy is a more risky one both for the mother and for the child, so that this concealment, which takes place often for the want of a helping hand, becomcs a crime... |
2b174df3-290c-4cb0-b292-bd9192e22341 | Your activities in maternity and child welfare have not had the profound influence on the number of deaths of infants under the age of four weeks that they have had on the number of deaths of infants between one month and twelve months of age. It is now generally believed that these neo-natal deaths can only be materia... |
730dded2-ba93-43c0-80c5-3277a3f449c6 | Investigation of the health visitors elicited the following informs tion:— (a) Duration of pregnancy :— Less than seven months 1 More than seven months 22 Not elicited 10 (b) Presentation :— Vertex 12 Breech 5 Not elicited 15 Footling 1 (c) Supposed cause of stillbirth:— Overwork 1 Accident, etc. 4 Not known 17 111 hea... |
794016bb-f347-46e2-bc7d-137fb813431f | Total Blindness. Deaths. Treated. Notified At Home. At Hosptl. Under 3 weeks 12 11 1 12 — — The growing appreciation among midwives of the seriousness of the condition and of the value of early treatment makes for a greater readiness on their part to call in medical help to the slighter cases of discharge which previou... |
e9338604-3b2d-442c-9849-6263fd232aab | of attendances of children I to 5 years of age :— (a) New cases 46 60 59 41 206 (b) Old cases 1132 1322 905 30 3389 Average number of attendances per session 38 36 31 29 3 6 No. of sessions attended by medical officers 101 100 100 5 308 No. of children seen by medical officers :— (a) Under one year 1519 1064 1123 46 37... |
f1c12031-81cd-42c2-a1a7-6f01a33f1e31 | of ante-natal visits :— First visits 99 Subsequent visits 77 No. of first visits to children under one year 1,076 No. of subsequent visits to children under one ye?r:— (a) Attending a Centre 221 (b) Not attending a Centre 3,079 N o. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age :— (a) Attending a Centre 211 (b) Not attendi... |
da912011-6bbc-4bae-87cd-80019b2bee03 | (a) Minor Ailments.—Treatment is given at the Central Clinic and the St. Albans Clinic. (b) Dental Treatment.—Treatment is given at the Central Clinic. (See later section of this Report.) (c) Orthopaedic Treatment.—Treatment is given at the Orthopaedic Clinic at Faircross School. (See later section of this Report.) (d)... |
abcc74fb-1ad1-4548-97d9-f210e4dd36e3 | 104 (/) Eye Defects.—The Refraction Clinic for toddlers, which was established in 1929, has continued to do useful work. During the year spectacles were provided for two children under this scheme. 65. FOSTER CHILDREN. Prior to the 1st April, 1930, all cases of foster children resident in the district were reported by ... |
c3b8928d-9270-4892-8523-3a6ee1b75f07 | Fortunately, for many years accurate records have been kept in the Public Health Department of all foster children in the district, so that the work which devolved on us in 1930 under the Local Government Act, 1929, was not new to the department. 66. INFANTILE MORTALITY. The total number of deaths of infants under the ... |
031c297e-dd3a-4820-be0d-a30fec04dae0 | 105 It must, however, be remembered that for last year it was only 53.4, so that for the last two years, taking everything into consideration, I think we may say it is rather better than average. The following table shows the infant mortality figure for Barking from 1891 to 1930. Year 1 Number of . : deaths under one y... |
0c93f0b5-2a03-45f7-9574-1c50a19bb640 | 0 1896 104 148.9 1916 70 75.0 1897 138 178.0 1917 89 117.4 1898 129 178.0 1918 60 82.4 1899 137 172.0 1919 54 65.0 1900 159 203.0 1920 92 83.0 1901 155 172.0 1921 74 74.1 1902 112 134.0 1922 49 55.5 1903 97 113.0 1923 43* 49.8* 1904 129 143.0 1924 72 85.1 1905 128 142.0 1925 66 80.0 1900 143 163.0 1926 49 59.9 1907 98 ... |
1608656c-cd4d-423f-9131-5a282d75b926 | 0 1927 47 66.1 1908 110 117.0 1928 51 63.3 1909 93 107.0 1929 42 53.4 1910 88 97.7 1930 49 61.3 * Kegistrar-Ueneral s figures. In comparing the figures from this table it should be remembered that many people are agreed that it will be impossible to reduce the infant mortality rate to less than 30 per 1,000 births, so ... |
f5c23d2b-d936-4879-bf62-a3e3201b1899 | Thus in 1920 the infant mortality figure was 83, which, less 30, is 53, and in 1930 the figure was 61.3, which, less 30, is 31.3, which means to say that we have brought down the possible reduction of infant mortality by 21.7. 106 It will be clearly understood that it is the final reduction of the last remaining death ... |
6c8af1ec-6208-4aa4-9ae0-bb459d4b7578 | Twenty-two illegitimate children were born during the year, and in the same period three deaths of illegitimate infants occurred; the infantile mortality rate among these children was therefore 136.4, while that for legitimate infants was 59.2. This difference between 59.2 and 136.4 shows how hopelessly illegitimate ch... |
218437b1-9d70-4bff-9351-8b8c71d21d6b | A general increase in this branch of the work has been taking place, and during 1930 the attendances of expectant and nursing mothers and of children referred from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics were as follows:— (a) Number of treatments of children 519 107 (b) Number of mothers treated:— New cases 128 Old cas... |
eedd1b5b-59ca-44a8-9f8d-ac721d7d7ba3 | ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC. Forty-three children under school age were referred from the Infant Welfare Clinics or by the local medical practitioners for examination by the Orthopaedic Surgeon during the course of the year, and, in addition, 83 cases attended for re-examination. Eight of the children received in-patient treatm... |
cdd990bf-246a-4589-8828-efa7dfc67742 | Joints— (1) Congenital: Webbed Digits of Feet 1 (2) Acquired: Genu Varum 1 Genu Valgum 15 Bow Legs 9 26 108 (b) Muscular Deformities— (1) Congenital: Talipes 1 Torticollis 2 Haematoma-Sterno-Mastoid 5 (2) Acquired: Pes Planus 13 21 (c) Paralysis— (1) Congenital: Spastic Hemiplegia 1 Cerebellar Ataxia 1 (2) Acquired: Pa... |
77b23182-b2fa-453b-ac2a-f430c9af2da1 | Cases are referred by the medical officers in charge of the Infant Welfare Clinics, and the children attending are kept under constant medical supervision during their course of treatment. The majority of the children referred for treatment were suffering from early rickets and malnutrition. In addition, cases were ref... |
b9c14652-43e7-4bd2-aa32-cdf8557bf0c6 | During the year free baths at the Public Baths have been inaugurated for expectant mothers who have no facilities for bathing at home, and who cannot afford to pay the usual charge for the use of the Public Baths. There were 52 baths granted free of charge during 1930. 72. MEALS TO EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS. Advant... |
e31b5551-6e58-469e-bdcc-423ee693d5f2 | of pints supplied free. Total. Total cost of milk supplied. Council's liability in respect of fresh milk supplied. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3,407 10,055 13,462 197, 1 8½ 172 2 3¼ 110 74. PROVISION OF DRIED MILK, Etc. Particulars of the amount of Dried Milk, etc., supplied free and at reduced rates, are as follows :— Cost Price.... |
22c6c25a-5b49-4b26-818c-22e2f5c82663 | Glaxo (Humanised) 683 148 164 995 Ambrosia 365 93 249 707 Cow and Gate (Full Cream) 1,807 906 802 3,515 Cow and Gate (Half Cream) 106 5 68 179 Emulsion 1,430 14 42 1,486 Ostelin 2 Nil Nil 2 Lactogol 353 Nil 17 370 Virol 646 10 44 700 Parrish's 84 Nil 4 88 Paraffin 103 Nil 4 107 Malt and Oil 279 6 115 400 Vitoleum Cream... |
f11af2cf-196f-4afe-a44f-d218d2226011 | Sir, I have the honour to submit the Report on the Dental Service of the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme for the year ended December 31st, 1930. During the period under review there has been an increase in the number of treatments compared with the corresponding period last year, by 100, and of this increase 50 per ... |
d130dc76-d3cc-4c26-ad8e-0974817e274f | ♦ No cases of unique professional interest have been presented for treatment, broken appointments are few and usually due to some domestic cause. 112 Regarding " under age " children, this is rapidly becoming one of the most successful of the Dental Services in Barking, 51!) attendances being made during the year, an i... |
329b1ae9-a661-4c2b-8bdd-a6c51b8ed734 | Extractions 752 Scalings 17 Dressings 2 Inspections 49 Fillings 49 Dentures supplied 77 Anaesthetics— General 151 Local 60 Patients— Old 386 New 128 "Under age" children— Treatments 519 Number of Sessions held 76 |
7665f8b1-0266-4862-9fd7-80c6fd5a567f | BARK 72 Borongh of Barking THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE School Medical Officer For the Year 1930. C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L R.C.P., D.P.H. 116 TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages BLIND CHILDREN 148, 149 CHICKEN-POX 133 CLINIC ATTENDANCES 134,135,139, 140 CONTINUATION SCHOOLS 152 CO-ORDINATION AND CO-OPERATION 121, 147 CR... |
c7626a1e-5a39-4803-b89e-d378cb440827 | 138 EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS 152 EPILEPTIC CHILDREN 148, 149 EYE DISEASE 129, 137, 138 FAIRCROSS SCHOOL 145 FOLLOWING-UP WORK 134 HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS 129 INFECTIOUS DISEASE 132, 133 INTRODUCTION 119 MALNUTRITION 126 MEASLES 133 MEDICAL INSPECTION AND FINDINGS 124, 125, 126, 127 MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREA... |
5f451fe4-9fce-424e-ac0b-ca002df388d9 | 149 MINOR AILMENTS 129, 134, 135 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN 148 NURSERY SCHOOLS 151 OPEN-AIR EDUCATION 142, 144 OPEN-AIR SCHOOLS 144 PHYSICAL TRAINING 145, 146 117 Table of Contents.—Contd. Pages PLAISTOW CHARITY NURSES 135, 136 PLAYGROUND CLASSES 142 PNEUMOCONIOSIS 152 PROVISION OF MEAL... |
d905e342-68a0-48b5-83cf-27f275228f12 | 137 SPECIAL ENQUIRIES 152, 153 STAFF 118,121 STATISTICAL TABLES 159-169 STUDENT TEACHERS AND BURSARS 153 TONSILS AND ADENOIDS 130,136 TUBERCULOSIS 131, 136 ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT TREATMENT 137, 144 UNCLEANLINESS 127 VISION AND SQUINT 129, 130, 138 WHOOPING COUGH 133 118 SCHOOL MEDICAL STAFF, 1930 School Medical Officer : C... |
ca0286fe-2084-44e6-a1d2-3b7d30da97c9 | Orthopaedic Surgeon: B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. Radiologist: ANGUS E. KENNEDY, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L.S.A. Dental Surgeon: W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Eng.) Masseuse: Miss A. E. FINDLAY, C.S.M.M.G. Nurses: Miss L. F. SWAIN (h) and (i). Miss S. E. W. GIBSON (j). Miss G. GEDEN (Dental Nurse). Clerical Staff... |
0638da18-0900-4923-baec-0054fba7d339 | A. J. STORER. (h) Certificate of Central Midwives' Board (i) General Hospital Training. (j) General Fever Training. 119 Barking Town Urban District Council. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES, BARKING, ESSEX. May, 1931. To the Chairman and Members of the Local Education Authority. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is one of th... |
b11b32ed-1d12-4b0e-81d2-e69b3d4b55d5 | The year 1930 has been a very important one in the history of Barking, and, in addition to the importance of this report from 120 the standpoint of its being a review of the work we are presently undertaking, it is also very important in that it shows the beginning of those developments in your public .medical services... |
ff72bd26-c010-46ab-8e44-6c470989f91b | You have achieved a very real measure of co-ordination between the various public medical services administered by the Council, but there must of necessity be some difficulty in maintaining these services at maximum efficiency so long as the responsibility for running them is shared by two important Committees of the C... |
5d05d619-e11a-498c-b658-e684d2776fc4 | This may minimise cost; it will be prodigal extravagance., 122 I trust also that adequate arrangements will be made for the children's boots and clothes to be thoroughly dried whenever necessary, and that further provision will be made for habits of cleanliness, such as bathing, etc., to be enforced. It is not suggeste... |
94f88a02-e38d-4ab5-b38d-ca89ae172873 | It is difficult to over-estimate the economic loss to the country from the prevalence of rheumatism, and providing proper drying accommodation at school would not only do something of itself towards preventing the incidence of rheumatism, but it would also be a silent teacher witnessing to the need of similar provision... |
ad0146fe-bc72-4f9e-8312-a68507b90e05 | It is my duty to iterate and to reiterate that perhaps there is no department of education of more social, hygienic and economic advantage than that which deals with table manners, and that whether children congregate at the food centre or whether they partake of their meals at their own schools, these mealtimes should... |
541bfac1-25f0-4674-8281-48bbd8e222de | of children who do not return home for mid-day meal. Whether facilities exist for heating of children's meals. Whether facilities exist for the drying of children's clothes and boots. Park Modern— 40 Yes Yes C. of E. Boys — No School fires in winter only. Girls — „ „ Infants - „ „ Ripple— Boys - „ „ Girls — ,, „ Infant... |
54296d78-4375-4e56-a4ca-aa8835b483be | Faircross— All children stay at school for mid-day meal, the food being supplied from Municipal Kitchen Yes Yes Cambell— Senior Infants — No. No. — „ „ 124 This table, showing as it does how inadequate are the facilities you have provided for the drying of children's clothes and boots, makes very sorry reading. It is i... |
5e6dc664-9f6e-47c4-8cf5-d166235f9adf | Sir George Newman, in his Annual Report for the year 1929, begins by saying "The foundation of the school medical service is the systematic and routine medical inspection of all the children in attendance at public elementary schools, whether sick or well." It is only from the results of such inspection that you can kn... |
dcce6233-c1d9-4c05-8591-a9a195357c79 | 125 In Barking we visit most of the schools three times a year for the purpose of these school medical inspections, but I have stressed elsewhere the need there is for medical officers to visit schools on their own initiative and at the request of Head Teachers, apart from these routine visits, and I do hope that Head ... |
68433b04-df7c-49d3-98aa-6f2ad1825148 | of children examined 914 949 958 975 572 543 162 225 339 234 2945 2926 No. referred for treatment 129 155 156 176 76 90 51 69 14 23 426 513 No. referred for observation 251 281 198 255 104 140 67 122 1 3 621 801 Percentage of defective children 41.6 45.9 37.0 44.2 31.5 42.4 72.8 84.9 4.4 11.1 35.6 44.9 The following ta... |
16544add-d33c-4c55-80cd-d4111a3b1731 | 1925 65.5 1928 64.8 1926 60.7 1929 65.7 1927 62.7 1930 66.3 126 The number of children on the school register on 31st December, 1930, was 7,906, compared with 7,284 on 31st December, 1929. During the year, the Medical Officers paid 198 visits to 22 departments for inspection purposes, examinations being conducted throu... |
42a3ad48-d400-4d31-9ede-29fe0186a63e | Park Modern 6 54 34 34 Gascoigne 35 259 253 328 North St. 28 242 197 284 Castle 4 25 37 40 Westbury 35 259 235 351 Ripple 26 206 204 311 Faircross 21 101 133 174 St, Joseph's and SS. Mary's and Ethelburga's 14 111 85 101 Church of England 17 113 98 111 Cambell 12 140 140 206 (5) FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. Table I... |
d3c8a20b-0987-49ec-a20b-96519d4a2cec | The number of cases referred for treatment has gone down nearly 50 per cent., and I attribute the increased number 127 referred for observation to the fact that our standard has been raised. It is a happy thought that you are doing all that you are doing to feed school children wherever necessary. (b) Uncleanliness. — ... |
9f1c897a-7e07-4904-a26b-d6cc4c98e9a5 | Last year I said " I do not see why every boy with an infested head should not be excluded forthwith, and the parents proceeded against," and you in your wisdom have decided to accept this recommendation. Similarly I take it you have decided, in conformity with my recommendation of last year, that in any circumstances—... |
bfa77ec8-da50-49e8-8d0f-78dd5f65a79e | 128 The whole situation is overshadowed by the fact that a large number of people are living under circumstances which are such that only a continual warfare against infestation can possibly maintain cleanliness in this direction, and these very self-same distressing circumstances are such as to make it unlikely that t... |
6bbcb81e-286a-4988-9307-37defb78acde | Infants 982 57 1 Boys 1088 17 2 Girls 1062 84 6 Castle Infants 452 49 — Boys Girls Westbury Infants 1216 78 7 Boys 769 13 — Girls 1242 120 7 Ripple Infants 1127 61 3 Boys 793 18 1 Girls 1174 116 3 C.of E. Infants 550 81 2 Boys 420 17 1 Girls 420 112 2 St. Joseph's Infants 705 98 7 SS. |
d991c5c5-5061-4bef-9cf7-efddcccfeb23 | Mary's & Boys 668 50 1 Ethelburga's Girls Cambell Infants 939 73 21 Senior Faircross — 454 44 — Park Modern Mixed 460 5 3 129 Defective Footgear.—Cases of children with defective footgear were, as heretofore, referred to the Boots Minor Sub-Committee, who considered applications for the provision of boots in 196 cases,... |
6763b063-04f1-425c-934c-fac92aec5d53 | 1926 42.4 49.9 57.5 40.3 54.6 82.4 1927 42.2 49.3 57.1 40.6 52.5 80.1 1928 42.1 49.5 57.2 40.2 56.4 81.2 1929 41.9 50.5 5G.3 40.9 56.3 83.5 1930 43.5 49.9 57.2 42.6 57.5 82.9 Average for 5 years 42.4 49.8 57.1 40.9 55.5 82.0 (d) Minor Ailments.—The number of minor ailments found at routine medical inspection is not lar... |
cef0d5f4-42f7-450d-a3bd-eef9f21f2830 | This does not mean to say that there is not a fairly large number of cases in Barking, but that they are picked up promptly by your teachers and by your nurses and that they are dealt with at your Minor Ailment Clinics, so that when it comes to the children being examined at routine medical inspection the numbers actua... |
598d0af6-6c59-4642-8a85-097ebcab5fcd | I do not think, however, that the evidence is sufficient to warrant such an opinion being held. (h) Ear Disease.—The number of cases of ear disease, too, shows an increase on last year. This is also being watched. (i) Tonsils and Adenoids.—Last year you were advised that the number of cases of tonsils and adenoids show... |
e1688e48-c951-4375-87a9-48564db7cb2e | Our routine practice is then to send the child up for interview at the Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, where the child is examined by a specialist before an appointment is made for the operation to be carried out. In addition to this, the children are often seen by a third doctor, because a large number of children h... |
1e1842c9-d801-4f7c-838e-68973eff58c3 | Of these two were pulmonary and twelve w-ere non-pulmonary. The following table shows the position with regard to notification of tuberculosis amongst children of school age during 1930: Notified during 1930 Pulmonary 2 Non-Pulmonary 12 Total 14 De-notified (of the above) Pulmonary — Non-pulmonary — Total — As reported... |
324a3e13-16e2-4eb0-8b54-3281500d2e9a | What has to be said this year is said in the Report of the Dental Officer and a more complete statistical review will be submitted next year when owing to the increased services we shall have a fuller opportunity for inspection. (1) Crippling Defects.—Crippling defects are happily only infrequently found during routine... |
bf9fe273-0357-4cbf-91e3-beafb92fc4eb | It is pointed out that unfortunately the sanitary circumstances of school life, even where these are not what we would wish them to be, are better than those of home life, and that, even although a certain amount of infection may be spread at school, this is negligible compared with what would be spread in the homes, p... |
ae7cb319-5936-4699-9a11-4b50315874a2 | This advantage depends entirely on the relative merits of the sanitary circumstances of school life compared with home life, and if therefore the present tentative opinion in favour of keeping schools open is to be consolidated, it behoves everybody to see that school life represents a higher level of sanitation than h... |
c0d402dd-031c-40e1-ab10-d4f06d1faf49 | I have had the temerity to suggest that the senior scholars might with advantage learn to draw one another's throats and other similar organs which are likely to be the seat of disease. It is not suggested that they should learn the long, complicated Latin names of all the various parts they would draw, nor that they s... |
775cf7c5-3fd8-45ba-9146-77a52de833c2 | and in the opinion of the Medical Officer this bad attendance is directly due to the prevalence of infectious disease, the school sessions so affected are not counted in estimating the average attendance for the purpose of grant. During 1930 one certificate was granted for this purpose. The following table shows briefl... |
ff77de58-1fa9-4f55-9890-72b49aace2e3 | A summary of the "following up" work undertaken by your school nurses is given herewith:— Number of visits to schools for medical inspection 177 Total number of visits to schools 373 Number of home visits in connection with:— 1928 1929 1930 (a) Routine medical inspections 3345 3549 4759 (b) Infectious disease 571 520 6... |
9f87ed31-9f75-44b9-8fe1-66f2ecbf9bed | Clinics.—The numbers of school children attending in 1929 and 1930 were as follows:— Clinic. No. of 1st attendances of children. Total No. of attendances. 1929 1930 1929 1930 Minor Ailments (a) Central Clinic 2139 2456 10757 12068 (b) St. Alban's — 128 - 1230 Ophthalmic 139 182 482 738 Dental 951 818 2997 3138 Ringworm... |
eb2faad9-7700-4e96-a723-0242a93932d1 | of attendances 10757 12068 1230 Daily average attendance 32.5 34.6 25.1 No. of cases treated 2139 2456 128 (8) MEDICAL AND SURGICAL TREATMENT. Minor Ailment Clinic.—The arrangements for the treatment of minor ailments have remained substantially the same as for last year, except that the St. Alban's Clinic was opened o... |
7025e370-83ea-49d6-b370-1359ee60574b | Every attempt is made to conduct this work without any encroachment on private practice, and I think the evidence of our work here goes to show that the work we are carrying out promotes the financial and professional interests of private medical practitioners. This clinic in Barking meets a very real need. The number ... |
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