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d0791435-bbb5-404c-81e8-1048162d617d | The following table gives details of the notifications received::β By whom notified. Live Births. Still-Births. Medical Practitioners 116 3 Certified Midwives 678 18 Parents and Others 84 2 0f the total live births within the district during the year, 634 or 70.05 per cent, were attended by midwives, the remainder being attended by medic al practitioners. 74 55. BIRTH RATE. The birth rate for the year was 18.3, compared Math 15.8 for England and Wales. 56. ANTE-NATAL CLINICS. The work of the Clinics was carried on as in previous years. The attendances during the year were well maintained. The number of primary attendances was 527, compared with 432 for 1930. Re-attendances numbered 1,840 in 1931, and 1,536 during 1930. |
e6830ac6-cca9-4722-ac12-4f2281424a06 | Two hundred and six sessions were held during the year, making an average attendance of 11.5 mothers per session. The total number of births including transfers was 975 and the number of first attendances at the Ante-Natal Clinics was 527. It would therefore appear that 54 per cent. of these cases availed themselves of our Ante-Natal Service. Twenty-seven 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. 57. MATERNITY WARD. The admissions to the Maternity Ward of the Municipal Hospital numbered 196, compared with 202 in 1930. Of these, 27 cases M ere admitted for ante-natal treatment, and 169 for confinement. Corresponding figures for 1930 were 27 cases for ante-natal treatment, and 175 for confinement. |
5bc002cd-a10c-4163-bd76-2a2ace1319d3 | (a) Number of eases admitted 196 (27 of which were Ante-natal) (b) Average duration of stay 14.5 days (c) Number of cases delivered by :β Midwives 163 Doctors 6 (d) Number of cases in which medical assistance was sought by the midwife, with reason for requiring assistance :β Torn Perineum 18 High Temperature . . 2 Uterine Inertia 1 Slight Inflammation of Breast 1 Heart Attack 1 Patient strange in manner 1 Prolonged Labour 3 Ante-natal 2 29 75 (e) Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis, with result of treatment in each case Nil (f) Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia, |
2b86487f-dc14-43f0-a49d-ecd0986554d3 | with result of treatment in each case (recovered) 2 (g) Number of cases of pemphigus neonatorum Nil (h) Number of cases notified as ophthalmia neonatorum with result of treatment in each case Nil (i) Number of infants not entirely breast fed while in the Institution 3 (J) Number of maternal deaths Nil (k) Number of foetal deaths (i) still-born, and (ii) within 10 days of birth, and their supposed causesβand the results of the postmortem examination :β (i) Still-born 9 (ii) Within 10 days of birth 3 Twins monthsβFeebleβ12 hours old 2 Prematureβ9 days old 1 I know how difficult it is to assess fees for admission to the Maternity Ward months before the expected date of confinement, the more so in view of the present economic situation, but I do hope we shall be able to expedite advising women of the proposed charges for such hospital treatment. |
9160cf01-0dad-4741-83a1-25fef9160e7f | It is not unnatural that the expectant mother wants to have everything ready and prepared months beforehand, so that she may have this weight off her mind, the more so because she feels that if she is not going into Upney she must be busy making alternative arrangements. A suggestion which has occurred to me and which might commend itself to the Council is that the Chairman be authorised, as and when these cases arise, to fix a charge, which chargc will be made on the assumption that the man will be in his normal employment at the date of the confinement, that the woman be advised of this charge and that only cases where some extra concession is wanted be brought individually before the Committee. At the present time there must in some cases be four or five weeks between the application being received and the woman being informed as to what the charge will be. These four or five weeks are a long time to wait, and the method I have suggested would get over this difficulty in a number of cases. 76 58. |
3a66c83b-553b-4b71-a9f0-5147a9c13243 | PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA. Three cases of puerperal fever were notified as compared with three in 1930. Two cases were admitted to hospital. In addition to the cases of puerperal sepsis, 7 cases of puerperal pyrexia were notified, the confinement in 4 cases being attended by a midwife. All the patients recovered. 59. MATERNAL MORTALITY. Four maternal deaths occurred during 1931, the deaths being certified as follows :β (a) Adherent Placenta (with complications) 1 (b) Placenta Praevia 2 (c) Hyperemesis Gravidarum 1 The number of these deaths is still too high. The figures compare favourably with those for the rest of England, but then the figures for the whole country are too high. 60. INFANTILE MORTALITY. |
b9f6b289-a2bf-4be3-9a4c-bdc6f1d53283 | The total number of deaths of infants under the age of one year during the year was 61, giving an infant mortality rate of 64.4 per thousand registered births, compared with 61.32 per thousand for 1930. The average infant mortality rate for the whole of the country for 1931 was 66, for London 65, and for the 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London, of over 50,000 inhabitants, the infant mortality rate was 71. It will therefore be seen that our infant mortality figure for this year was not above the average. The following table shows the number of maternal deaths occurring in Barking during the past six years Year. No. of Maternal Deaths. 1926 1 1927 3 1928 2 1929 2 1930 3 1931 4 77 The following table shows the infant mortality figure for Barking from 1891 to 1931:β Year. |
ff0f80db-e231-4a8b-8795-4d4efc114ab0 | Number of deaths under one year. Infantile Mortality Rate per 1000 live births. Year. Number of deaths under one year. Infantile Mortality Rate per 1000 live births. 1891 96 150.0 1911 158 157.0 1892 99 151.8 1912 90 95.1 1893 98 156.6 1913 116 113.3 1894 85 122.4 1914 104 106.4 1895 112 162.6 1915 108 115.0 1898 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. |
970c0e1e-e0d3-490f-9ceb-3f1a3ef07288 | 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 1906 143 163.0 1926 49 59.9 1907 98 112.0 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 1931 61 64. |
53b7d27f-1f82-4623-a09d-c846bf41ad68 | 4 * Registrar-General'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 that we should really use these figures comparatively by taking away 30 from each one. The result in each case then more clearly indicates the value of the work which has been done. Thus in 1920 the infant mortality figure was 83, which, less 30, is 53, and in 1931 the figure was 64.4 which, less 30, is 34.4, which means to say that we have brought down the possible reduction of infant mortality by 35 per cent. It will be clearly understood that it is the final reduction of the last remaining death it is possible to prevent which is going to be the most difficult. Of the 61 deaths of infants under the age of one year, none was due to bronchopneumonia following measles. |
65999f0e-733c-451d-859b-7aa4a8f0a8ac | 78 61. NEO-NATAL MORTALITY. Of the 61 children who died under the age of one year, no less than 31 of these died under the age of one monthβi.e., 50.8 per cent. Of these 31 children, 14 were female and 17 male. Of the 31 deaths, 20 were due to premature birth and debility and 4 were due to congenital malformations, the remaining 7 being due to various causes. Giving approximate figures, it may be said that the neo-natal mortality rate for 1930βi.e., the number of children dying under the age of four weeks per 1,000 birthsβwas 30 and for 1931, 32.5. The corresponding figure for the whole of England for the five years ending December, 1930, was 31.8. It will therefore be seen that Barking has an average figure. |
95813f0b-3e1e-4e16-a8fc-d7f8dea15147 | The Barking figure is higher than the average for London, which is 25, and lower than that for County Boroughs, which is nearly 34. As I said last year, it is now generally believed that these neo-natal deaths can only be materially influenced by more intensive and efficient ante-natal work, and these 31 deaths show you that you have realms to conquer in this direction. 62. STILL-BIRTHS. Of the total notifications received under the Notification of Births Act, 23 related to still-born children. In addition, 5 still-births were not notified, making a total of 28. The Registrar-General expresses this figure as a ratio between the number of still-births and the number of live births, per 1,000 live births. In this way we get a rate of 26.5 for 1931. This is a very low figure compared with the figure of 41 for all England and Wales. |
ac3791bc-2901-4065-85ac-7a8b854f233d | Investigation of the health visitors elicited the following information .β (a) Duration of pregnancy :β Less than seven months 2 More than seven months 21 Not elicited 5 79 (b) Presentation:β Vertex 12 Breech 5 Footling 1 Anencephalus 1 Not elicited 9 (c) Supposed cause of still-birth :β Overwork 1 Accident, etc. 1 Strain 2 Shock 2 Mal-developed 1 Difficulties during labour and delivery 3 Extended breech 1 Not known17 (d) Occupation of mother:β Household duties at home 25 Shop worker 1 Unknown 2 53. OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM. There was an increase in the number of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum, notifications being 17, compared with 12 in 1930. Six of the cases "occurred in the practice of midwives, the remainder being attended by medical practitioners. Age Group. |
118c35ef-03eb-433b-88b1-3ae7317c5a13 | Cases. Vision unimpaired. Vision impaired. Total Blindness. Deaths. Notified. Treated. At Home. At Hospital. under 3 weeks 17 16 1 17 β β β I do not look upon this small increase as significant, especially in view of the fact that in no case has the vision been impaired. 80 64. WORK OF THE HEALTH VISITORS AND THE INFANT CLINICS. An analysis of the attendance at the Infant Welfare Centres is given in the following table:β Infant Welfare Centres. Clinic Premises. Alex. Centre. Movers Lane. St. Albans. Totals. No. of sessions 102 100 100 91 393 No. |
cc9e3915-2f61-4769-a535-c73edc0b1c3a | of attendances of children under one year:β (a) New cases 226 152 127 249 754 (b) old cases 2676 2009 1449 2319 8453 No. of attendances of children 1 to 5 years of age :β (a) new cases 61 37 26 238 362 (b) old cases 1216 1471 876 1532 5095 Average number of attendances per session 41 37 25 48 37 No. of sessions attended by medical officers 101 100 100 91 392 No. |
c10f8283-09b2-42a9-ae40-30bcc07a3719 | of children seen by medical officers :β (a) Under one year 1528 1063 869 1098 4558 (b) Over one year 760 721 680 915 3076 Average number of children seen by medical officer per session 23 18 15 22 19 The total attendances during the year were 14,664 as compared with 10,717 in 1930. Particulars of the home visits paid by the health visitors are given in the following table :β No. of ante-natal visits :β First visits 143 Subsequent visits 41 No. of first visits to children under one year 1,417 No. of subsequent visits to children under one year :β (a) Attending a Centre 225 (b) Not attending a Centre 2,788 No. |
a52500d5-1cab-412d-8091-502f1e94327a | of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age :β (a) Attending a Centre 119 (b) Not attending a Centre 4,908 No. of special visits in connection with Ophthalmia Neonatorum 20 Ditto Deaths of children up to 3 years of age 49 Ditto Still-births 20 Ditto Puerperal Sepsis and Puerperal Pyrexia 4 Ditto Foster Children 57 Other visits (re infectious diseases) 178 Total home visits of all kinds 9,969 81 65. FACILITIES FOR TREATMENT. (a) Minor Ailments.βTreatment is given at the Central Clinic and the St. Albans Clinic. (b) Dental Treatment.βTreatment is given at the Central Clinic. (See later section of this Report.) (c) Orthopaedic Treatment.βTreatment is given at the Orthopaedic Clinic at Faircross School. (See later section of this Report.) |
1b81e598-9678-403d-9b56-db944fa6a831 | (d) Tonsils and Adenoids.βOperative. treatment is undertaken at the Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, and the St. Maiy's Hospital, Plaistow, under the Council's scheme. During the year 95 such operations were carried out in respect of children under the age of five years. (e) Convalescent Treatment.βThis is provided under the Council's scheme, and, during the year, seven toddlers and three mothers and babies received treatment in various convalescent homes. (f) Eye Defects.βThe Refraction Clinic for toddlers, which was established in 1929, has continued to do useful work. During the year spectacles were provided for twelve children under this scheme. 66. FOSTER CHILDREN. |
47e4d326-34db-4dd7-b1d7-7ade22911bb0 | The following is an abstract of a table compiled and returned to the Ministry of Health by the 30th January, 1932, relating to the administration of Part 1 of the Children Act, 1908, during the year 1931 :β 1. Notification:β (i) Number of foster parents on the Register:β (a) at the beginning of the year 36 (b) at the end of the year 41 (ii) Number of children on the Register:β (a) at the beginning of the year 47 (b) at the end of the year 52 (c) who died during the year 3 (d) on whom inquests were held during the yearβ 82 2. Visiting:β (i) Number of Visitors holding appointments under section 2 (2) at the end of the year:β (a) Health Visitors 4 (b) Female, other than Health Visitors β (c) Male 1 67. |
7190d760-7f26-4f48-99b4-856bf581d675 | ILLEGITIMACY. Twenty-one illegitimate children were born during the year, and in the same period two deaths of illegitimate infants occurred ; the infantile mortality rate among these children was therefore 95.2, while that for legitimate infants was 63.7. 68. DENTAL CLINIC. A general increase in this branch of the work has been taking place, and during 1931 the attendances of expectant and nursing mothers and of children referred from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics were as follows:β (Π°) Number of treatments of children 714 (b) Number of mothers treated:β New cases 152 Old cases 539 (c) Number of dentures supplied 80 (d) Sessions held 97 69. ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC. |
c4b9fc24-fb20-44b2-8115-81942586867c | Ninety-five 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, 106 cases attended for re-examination. 88 Seven of the children received in-patient treatment at Orthopaedic Hospitals. |
17d8564b-8dfe-4188-b620-bc1d510635e1 | The eases dealt with for the first time during 1931 were referred for the following conditions; some children having more than one defect:β (a) DeformitiesβBones and Jointsβ (1) Congenital : Multiple Deformities 1 (2) Acquired : Genu Varum 2 Genu Valgum 45 Bowed Tibiae 23 Bowed Femora 2 73 (b) Muscular Deformitiesβ (1) Congenital: Talipes 2 Torticollis and Haematoma-Sterno-Mastoid 9 Webbed Digits 1 (2) Acquired : Pes Piano Valgus 36 Scars (following scalds) 1 Rachitic Gait 1 50 (c) Paralysisβ (1) Congenital : Hemiplegia 2 Tetraplegia 1 (2) Acquired : Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 β 4 Total defects found 127 84 70. |
6b2c752d-b63d-4210-8d5a-2228a684a370 | ARTIFICIAL SUNLIGHT CLINIC. The treatment of infants and children under five years of age at the Artificial Sunlight Clinic was continued during 1931. 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 referred for the following conditionsβchilblains, prematurity, general debility and anΓ¦mia. In all, 99 children received treatment during 1931. One session per week was devoted to these cases, and 691 treatments were given. The Committee have had under their consideration certain alterations in the provision of amenities for ultra violet light treatment, and I hope it will soon be possible for work of a wider scope than at present undertaken to be carried out in premises more suitable than those at present used for this work. 71. |
0287b725-2d09-432b-b4a2-5ed59461ffe3 | BATHS FOR EXPECTANT MOTHERS. During the year, free baths at the Public Baths have been continued 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 sixteen baths granted free of charge during 1931. 72. MEALS TO EXPECTANT AND NURSING MOTHERS. Advantage has been taken during 1931 of this provision under the Act. The total number of dinners supplied was 168. The nutrition of the mother during pregnancy and in the lying-in period has a very important bearing on the wellbeing of the infant, and it is at these times that necessitous mothers are particularly encouraged to avail themselves of the Council's scheme. It is obvious that this service is not being used to the extent that one would expect, and after consultation with my colleagues I am of opinion that the main difficulties militating against mothers availing themselves of the amenities you have provided are:β 1. |
fb6e5ca1-f606-4cff-b692-4b5410dad32c | That, where the conditions at home are bad, no doubt the father is out of work, and then the mother prefers to remain at home to get her husband's dinner and have her own dinner with her family. 85 2. That mothers generally who have two or three children under school age find it difficult to come up for the dinners. 3. That, although everything is done to ensure the comfort of these mothers at the Restaurant, they do not feel at ease there unless they have changed into their walking clothes, which oftentimes they find it difficult to do. 4. That unfortunately many of the women whom one would wish to have dinners are not breast feeding their babies and are therefore not eligible for free dinners. 5. That, with reference to persons in the Gale Street area, it is not practicable for them to attend at the Municipal Restaurant for dinners. |
70c6d4a1-bda3-408a-8273-5addbb615251 | My own opinion is that a nursing or expectant mother requires looking after more than an ordinary woman, and that this might most economically be met by some special co-ordination between the Local Authority and the Public Assistance Committee of the County Council. It would be an advantage in these cases if automatically, where the Medical Officer of Health to the Municipal Borough said it was neccssai-y, the normal scale of relief to which any family is entitled were augmented by half-a-crown a week or by special grants in kindβparticularly vegetables and so forthβto the value of this sum of money. This would, I believe, do away with a great part of the difficulties we encounter, and we could, in the light of our experience of such an arrangement, come forward later with any necessary further proposals. 73. PROVISION OF FRESH MILK. Particulars of the amounts of wet milk supplied free and at reduced rates to necessitous mothers and children are given in the following table:β No. |
4168a314-bda0-4aa9-9fe5-f2c6ab945770 | of pints supplied at reduced price. No. of pints supplied free. Total. Total cost of milk supplied. Council's liability in respect of fresh milk supplied. 5,761 15,010 20,771 Β£ s. d. Β£ s. d. 316 4 7Β½ 272 4 4Β½ 86 74. PROVISION OF DRIED MILK, ETC. Particulars of the amount of Dried Milk, etc., supplied free and at reduced rates, are as follows:β Cost Price Reduced. Free. Total. Ostermilk 616 322 164 1,102 Ambrosia (Half-Cream) 8 2 β 10 Ambrosia 650 478 619 1,747 Cow and Gate 1,975 560 1,031 3, |
1d04c049-811a-4341-894c-e79e1cbe784e | 566 Cow and Gate (Half-Cream) 157 45 28 230 Ostelin β β β β Lactogal 330 8 54 392 Virol 619 8 73 700 Parrish's Food 216 β 15 231 Liquid Paraffin 177 β 10 187 Malt and Oil 234 11 96 341 Vitoleum Cream 82 β 12 94 Pure Cod Liver Oil 131 β 10 141 Trufood 5 β 1 6 Cod Liver Oil Emulsion 1,813 12 171 1,996 Colactogal 8 β 8 11 Totals 7,021 1,446 2,287 10,754 87 SERVICES PROVIDED FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE YEARS. Service. Provided for. Provision of Milk:β (a) Grade A (T.T.), free and at Expectant and nursing mothers and half-price. |
05593c18-f4f4-4c45-a73d-2c6edfffbc69 | babies. (b) Dried milk, free, at half-price Babies, and at cost price. Provision of free dinners. Expectant and nursing mothers and toddlers. Provision of free baths. Expectant and nursing mothers. Convalescent treatment. Mothers and children under the age of five years. Orthopaedic treatment. Children under the age of five years. Ultra violet light treatment. ditto. Provision of spectacles. ditto. Surgical treatment for tonsils and ditto, adenoids. Treatment for minor ailments. ditto. Dental treatment. Expectant and nursing mothers and children under the age of five years. |
d1f0666c-708c-48a8-b6c2-ea8026ee6511 | The way in which anyone can avail herself of any of these services is to ask the Health Visitor for the district, or to attend at an Infant Welfare Centre, or, where this is not practicable or there is any emergency, to make an enquiry at the offices of the Public Health DepartmentβCentral Hall Chambers, East Street, Barking. 88 RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH IN HIS REPORTS FOR THE YEARS 1927-1931 INCLUSIVE. Subject. Page Reference. |
5b8dd3af-4a33-41bc-9ffd-6071502951fb | Ambulance Service: 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 That it is desirable arrangements should be made for a nurse to accompany the ambulance β β 18 33 29 Cleansing Station: That the Council might well entertain the possibility of setting up a Cleansing Station at the lower end of the infectious diseases hospital site β β β β 70 Clinics: That arrangements should be made for Clinics to be housed in suitable buildings β β β 34 95 30 73 Co-ordination: That there is need for greater measure of cooperation and co-ordination between the County activities and those of the Local Authority β β β 37 β Dustbin Maintenance: That it is suggested the Council should accept the responsibility of dustbin maintenance __ β 42 34 Food Supplies: That legislation should be introduced which would provide the Local Authority with power to exercise fuller control over the display, etc. |
fbe67a91-1028-4e49-b4f2-2a8de0294df1 | of food supplies β β β 66 β Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs: That regulations be drawn up and enforced to prevent the fouling of footpaths by dogs β β β 43 35 89 Subject. Page Reference. 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 Ice-cream: That legislation should be introduced to provide for the registration of producers and distributors of ice-cream and that standards of cleanliness and chemical composition should be enacted β β β 67 53 Infectious Diseases : That arrangements should be made for Schick and Dick testing to be carried out at the request of parents and for any necessary immunization to be effected β β β 92 70 Laboratory Facilities: That consideration be given to the question of the establishment of a laboratory at the new hospital β β 19 24 β Maternity Hospital: That a new maternity hospital be built, with a separate ward for the treatment of ailing infants β β β 26 27 Midwives, |
15d04aad-cb0e-4e31-bf62-f6f655790f57 | Supervision of: That further representations be made to the Ministry, asking for the authority for the supervision of midwives to be delegated to the Local Authority β β β 22 β Milk: That endeavours be made to promote legislation to enforce that milk which has been pasteurised shall be sold as such β β 38 63 52 Nursing Homes, Supervision of: That the Local Authority apply for powers to be the supervising authority for Nursing Homes β β β 31 28 90 Subject. Page Reference. 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 Overcrowding: That housing schemes be extended in order to abate overcrowding β β 47 20 49 Provision of Free Meals: That it is suggested this matter might most economically be dealt with by some special co-ordination between the Local Authority and the Public Assistance Committee of the County Council β β β β 85 Sale of Second-hand Clothing: (a) That it is suggested the Council should entertain the possibility of promoting legislation to enforce the |
e6e762c4-3388-4817-8926-f6b34e1b31d2 | disinfection of all second-hand clothing sold in Barking β β β β 44 (b) That it is suggested the Council should immediately take steps to see that no one should be afforded an opportunity of selling old clothes in the Corporation market unless such clothing has been disinfected β β β β 44 Schools: That spring bib fountain jets be provided in all schools 33 42 β 53 β Sheds in Back Gardens: That greater use be made by the Council of powers for the control of temporary buildings β β β 58 47 59 Street Cleansing: That it is suggested the Council should eritertain introducing mechanical means for cleansing street gullies, to replace the present inefficient methods β β β β 35 91 Subject. Page Reference. |
aa275599-0a19-4a63-86f7-83c770b38d7e | Tuberculosis: 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 That consideration be given to the question of providing suitable housing accommodation for tuberculous patients β β β 83 β 84 Ultra Violet Light Therapy: That it is hoped it will soon be possible for work of a wider scope than that at present undertaken to be carried out in premises more suitable than those at present used for this work β β β β /' 84 92 May, 1932. To the Medical Officer of Health, Barking. From the Public Dental Officer. Sir, I have the honour to present the Report of the Dental Service under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme for the year ended .31 st December, 1931. In all branches there has been an increase of work, due to the development at the outer areas of the Borough, for the most part, and also doubtless to the popularity of a service so advantageous to mothers attending the various clinics under the control of the Health Services. |
e3646a18-28bb-4659-bbea-c060e1b93be4 | Conservative work has been more than doubled and the number of patients increased by over a hundi'ed, a very fine increase indeed for a service maintained on a basis of two sessions a week. Most commendable of all, however, has been the increase of children under school age attending for treatment, the number having risen from 519 last year to 714 this year. With the advent of branch clinics to overcome the inconvenience and expense of travelling to a central clinic, it seems assured that the growth of the service will reach proportions that will not be gratifying only to the Borough but exemplary wherever a similar service be maintained. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S. (ENG.). 93 DENTAL CLINIC. Maternity and Under Age Cases. |
777eabc8-8b91-4aa2-bea3-e6a821874a26 | Extractions 1,226 Scalings 22 Dressings 14 Inspections 68 Fillings 110 Dentures supplied 80 Anaestheticsβ General 259 Local 23 Patientsβ Old 539 New 152 "Under age" childrenβ Treatments 714 Number of Sessions held 97 |
3578d518-1ff6-43d3-813c-396be69ef145 | BARK 26 BOROUGH OF BARKING REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the Year 1932 C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc. Hons. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Camb.) 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page STAFF 8 INTRODUCTION Administration 10, 11 Disposal of the Dead 9, 10 Office Accommodation 10, 11 Population Estimates , 9 SECTION 1.βSTATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. |
2f44d392-9f42-4530-b289-dda7f06f4f22 | Age Mortality 15 Births 12-14,18 Births, Notification of 18 Deaths 12-17 Deaths, Causes of (Table) 15-17 General Statistics 12 Grit Emission 18 Illegitimate Births 12, 18 Industries 18 Infantile Mortality 12-14, 17 Infantile Mortality (Table) 17 Inquests, 16 Marriages 17 Measles 19 Measles and Pneumonia 19 Obnoxious Odours 18 Rheumatic Affections 19 Sickness, Causes of 19 Social Conditions 18 Still-births 12-14, 18 Travelling Facilities 19 Typhoid Fever 19 Vialls Disease 19 Vital Statistics 12-14 Zymotic Diseases, Deaths from 15 SECTION 2.βGENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. Adoptive Acts 22 Ambulance Facilities 29 Barking Corporation Bill 23 Barking (Infectious Diseases) Hospital 24, |
68f947d5-c4f8-452f-a01f-e4691024b702 | 28 3 SECTION 2βContinued Page Bye-Laws 23 Clinic and Treatment Centres 30-32 Counties' Laboratory 22 Homeless Children, Institutional provision for 29 Hospital Services '24-28 Hospital Services, Tables of 25-28 Infectious Diseases Nursing 21, 24 Illegitimate Infants, Institutional provision for 29 Laboratory Facilities 22 Legislation Relating to Public Health 22, 23 Local Acts 22 Local Government Act, 1929 30 Maternal Mortality 29 Maternity Cases 21 Maternity Homes' 24 Mental Defectives, Institutional provision for 29 Midwifery 21 Midwives, Supervision of 21 National Health Insurance 22 Nursing Homes 24 Nursing in the Home 21 Plaistow Maternity Charity 21 Private Medical Practitioners, |
c816282f-eaa7-4570-a60b-141aeedef50c | Co-operation of 22 Public Assistance Committee 22 Public Assistance Medical Out-Relief 22 Public Hospital Services 25-28 Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 29 Regulations 23 Smallpox Hospital Arrangements 24 Special Acts and Orders 23 Specimens submitted to Laboratory for Examination 22 Unmarried Mothers, Institutional provision for 29 Upney (Maternity) Hospital 21, 24-28 Voluntary Hospital Services 25-28 SECTION 3.βSANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Bathing in the River Roding 33, 34 Cesspools 35 Closet Accommodation 35,38 Common Lodging Houses 43 Creckmouth Generating Station 42 Dampness 38 Defects found uuder the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 40 Drainage and Sewerage 35,37 Dustbin Maintenance 35, 38 Dwelling Houses, Inspection of 36 Enteric Fever 33, |
9e595bf3-2711-42cc-b78b-9da7ee6b771b | 34 4 SECTION 3βContinued Page Factories, Inspection of 37, 39 Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 39-41 Home Work 40 Houses Let in Lodgings 43 Miscellaneous Sanitary Inspections 37 Miscellaneous Sanitary Work carried out 39 Northern Outfall Sewage Works 35 Notices Served 39 Offensive Trades 43 Out-workers 41 Pail Closets 35 Parks and Open Spaces 44 Piggeries 43 Pollution of the River Roding 33, 34 Port of London Authority 33 Premises and Occupations controlled by Bye-laws and Regulations 36,43, 44 Privies 35 Public Cleansing 35, 36 Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928 44 Rainfall 34 Refuse Disposal 35, 36 Refuse Storage and Collection 35, 36 Refuse Tips 86, 43 Registered Workshops 41 Repairs, General 38, |
1458764c-d84c-467a-9047-ac0fbc08199d | 39 Rivers and Streams 33 Sanitary Inspection of the Area 36-41 Sanitary Work, Summary of 37-39 Schools 44 School Closure 44 Schools, Sanitary Inspection of 44 Sinks 38 Smoke Abatement 42 Stables 44 Street Cleansing 36 Tents, Vans and Sheds 43 Trade Refuse 36 Typhoid Fever 33, 34 Ultra Violet Light Radiation 34, 35 Underground Sleeping-rooms 43 Water Supply 33,38 Workplaces, Inspection of 37, 39 Workshops, Inspection of 37, 39 Yard Paving 38 SECTION 4.βHOUSING. |
ad4b0dcc-0e20-4667-b13e-5a0441eb9d8a | Clearance Areas 49 Closing and Demolition Orders 46, 47, 49 5 SECTION 4.βContinued Page Houses Built in the District, 1920-1932 48 Houses Erected during the Year 45 Housing Conditions 47-49 Housing Defects Remedied 45, 46 Housing Inspections 45 Housing Statistics 45-49 Housing Supply and Demand 48, 49 Individual Unfit Houses 49 Inhabited Houses, Number of 47 Proceedings under Public Health Acts 46 Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1925 46, 47 Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1930 46 Rehousing 49 Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 47 Temporary Buildings 47, 48 Unfit Dwelling Houses 45, 49 SECTION 5.βINSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. |
f2a92df2-b92d-42c2-b58e-098a3d0b202d | Adulteration of Food 55 Animals Slaughtered 53 Bacteriological Examination of Ice-cream 53 Bacteriological Examination of Milk 51, 52 Bottling of Milk 52 Chemical Examination of Food 55 Diseased Meat Destroyed 54 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 55 Graded Milk Licences Granted 52 Ice-cream 53 Meat and Other Foods 53, 54 Milk and Dairies Order, 1926 52 Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 52 Milk Supply 51, 52 Nutrition 55 Prosecutions 52, 55 Slaughter-houses 53 Tuberculous Milk 51, 52 Unsound Food Destroyed 54 SECTION 6.βPREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. Admissions to Barking (Isolation) Hospital (Table) 68 Barking (Isolation) Hospital 68, 69 Cancer 66, 67 Cancer, |
05ca786f-02f8-489e-8247-a3922e3942ec | Occupations of Fatal Cases (Table) 66 Cancer, Organs affected in Fatal Cases of (Table) 66, 67 Chicken-pox 58, 65 Diphtheria 61 6 SECTION 6βContinued Page Diphtheria Notifications (Monthly Summary Table) 61 Diseases Notifiable 58 Dysentery 02 Encephalitis Lethargica 62 Enteric Fever 64 Erysipelas 65 Hospital Accommodation for Infectious Diseases 69 Infectious Diseases 57-69 Infectious Diseases (Tables) 57, 59-62 Influenza 67 Malaria 62 Measles 65 Measles and Pneumonia 58,62,65 Mosquitoes 70 Non-notifiable Acute Infectious Diseases 65-68 Notifiable Infectious Diseases 57-65 Notifications classified according to Wards (Table) 59, 60 Pathological Specimens, |
e5085043-ea56-41aa-9d42-d4509d7724f1 | Examination of 69 Pneumonia 62 Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 62,64,65 Rat Repression 70 Rheumatic Fever 65 Scabies 68 Scarlet Fever 62 Scarlet Fever Notifications (Monthly Summary Table) 61 Smallpox 62 Summer Diarrhoea 65 Tuberculosis 58,63,64 Tuberculosis Register 64 Tuberculosis, New Cases and Deaths (Table) 63 Unnotified Fatal Cases of Tuberculosis 63, 64 Vaccination 69 Verminous Persons, Cleansing and Disinfection of 69 Whooping Cough 65 SECTION 7.βMATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Ante-Natal Clinics 72, 83 Artificial Sunlight Clinic 81 Baths for Expectant Mothers 81, 83 Birth Notifications 71 Birth Rate 71 Children Act, 1908, Part 1 78 Clinic Accommodation 71 Convalescent Treatment 83 Dental Service 79,83,86,87 Dental Surgeon, |
668f9f68-ff69-4b98-8581-8316510113fa | Report of 86 Eye Defects 84 7 SECTION 7.βContinued Page Foster Children 78 Health Visitors, Work of 77,78,85 Illegitimacy 79 Infantile Mortality 74 Infantile Mortality, Years 1891-1932 (Table) 74 Infant Welfare Clinics, Work of 77,83 Maternal Mortality 73 Maternal Mortality, Years 1926-1932 73 Meals to Expectant and Nursing Mothers 81, 83 Minor Ailments 84 Neo-Natal Mortality 75 Non-notified Births 71 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 76 Ophthalmia Neonatorum (Table) 76 Ophthalmic Service 84 OrthopΓ¦dic Service 79-81,84 Provision of Dried Milk, etc. |
98d28477-9356-49db-819f-5dc2fab650fb | 82, 84 Provision of Fresh Milk 82, 84 Provision of Spectacles 84 Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 73 Registration and Notification of Births 71 Services provided and Facilities for Treatment 83-85 Still-births 75, 76 Tonsils and Adenoids 84 Ultra Violet Light Treatment 84 Upney (Maternity) Hospital 72,73, 83 Visiting in the Home 77, 78, 85 X-Ray Treatment for Ringworm 85 8 STAFF, 1932. Medical Officer of Health, School Medical Officer, Medical Superintendent, Isolation Hospital. C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc. Hons. (Lond.), M.R.C.S. (Eng.), L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Camb.). Asst. Medical Officers of Health and Asst. School Medical Officers : HILDA C. DEAN, M.B.. |
134dfcdb-67e5-4910-a401-c2ffe1a7af92 | B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. EDITH A. WHITNEY, M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. Ortliopædic Surgeon (Part Time) : 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. Denial Surgeons : W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Eng.). H. IIAZELL, L.D.S.. R.C.S. (Eng.). (Resigned 14th February, 1932.) R. N. HINES, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Eng.). (Commenced 1st November, 1032.) |
110952a5-0e89-4808-82f7-22f16c1a2430 | Sanitary Inspectors: N. BASTABLE (Chief Sanitary Inspector) (6, c, d and f). H. CARR (Sanitary Inspector) (b, c, e and m). C. S. COOK (Sanitary Inspector) (b and c). R. H. WIGMORE (Sanitary Inspector) (o and c). Health Visitors : Mrs. G. STOKES (g and i). Mrs. M. W. WALTON (a, h and I). Miss G. ELLIOTT (o, h and I). Miss E. M. CROSS (b, g, h and i). (Resigned loth February, 1932.) *Miss C. COURT (h, i and n). (Commenced 29th February, 1932.) *Miss W. PARKER (h, i and Β»). (Commenced 29th February, 1932.) |
42817f46-998a-4b29-9155-ed8b3d1b0b9e | Miss G. GEDEN (Dental Nurse). Miss R. LLEWELLYN (Dental Nurse) (h and i). Matron, Isolation Hospital: Miss M. W. HEDGCOCK (A, i and j). Masseuse, Orthopædic Clinic (Part Time): Miss A. E. FINDLAY, C.S.M.M.G. (k). Clerical Staff: Chief Clerk. F. READ. C. G. EAGLESFIELD. D. G. TONKIN. Miss V. SHEAD. .Miss II. NUNN. Miss H. KING. A. J. STORER. E. A. ELLIS. Dixinfeclor and Mortuary Attendant: H. LONG. (a) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Board. (b) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. |
cace4f06-948a-4687-9854-b8c4e5ba8a06 | (c) Meat, etc., Inspector's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (d) Smoke Inspector's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (e) Building Inspector's Certificate of Worshipful Company of Carpenters. (/) Sanitary Science Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (g) Health Visitor's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (h) Certificate of Central Midwives' Board. (i) General Hospital Training. (j) General Fever Training. (k) Certificate M.E. and S.Ii.E. (l) Health Visitor's Diploma of Board of Education. (m) Smoke Inspector's Certificate, L.C.C. School of Engineering. (n) Health Visitor's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (o) Sanitary Inspectors' Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Joint Board. (*) Combined pppointmentβHealth Visitor and School Nurse. |
aee701ef-f08f-4f7d-b517-844d2a0d9b79 | 9 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Barking, in the County of Essex, for the Year ended 31st December, 1932. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES, BARKING, ESSEX. July, 1933. To the Mayor. Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Jackson and Gentlemen, Herewith I beg to submit for your favourable consideration my Report as Medical Officer of Health for the year ended 31st December, 1932. This Report is drawn* up in accordance with Circular 1269, 1932, from the Ministry of Health. With reference to the population of Barking, I would like to say that the Registrar-General estimates the population at mid-year 1932 as 60,330. Our estimate for 30th June, 1932, is 63,852. |
d33ff9fd-e92b-4191-83dd-205f837beac8 | It is very difficult to estimate the population of Barking at any one date. Possibly the true figure is somewhere between the two estimates, but I have confidence that our figure is not far wrong. One of the greatest problems you have before you at the present time is that of slum clearance. It must, however, be remembered that man hunted his food long before he built cities, and to the end of the chapter what he eats will be of more importance to him than where he lives. You will, I know, have always in front of you that it is of no use for people to live in houses they cannot afford at the cost of proper food, without which they cannot live. 10 With the extension of London to Barking and miles beyond, the question of the disposal of the dead has become a very serious matter. Cremation is, of course, the most hygienic method. |
71957f3a-5d43-4111-ba0b-9775770eb250 | I hesitate to advocate cremation so insistently as some people do, because I value highly the sentimental attachments of so many people to our national method of burial. It cannot, however, be too widely known that cremation can be undertaken at the Garden of Rest, the crematorium maintained by the City of London at Little Ilford. The question of office accommodation for your staff is at the moment one of your pressing problems. In May, 1931, the staff of the Public Health Department moved from offices over Barclay's Bank at 41, East Street, to a suite of offices in the Central Hall, but, such has been the development of the work, that these new offices are already inadequate for the present staff. I know that you have under your consideration the whole question of accommodation for the Council and its staff, and I would like to say, with reference to the staff of the Public Health Department, that it would be desirable not only to have accommodation at the centre of the town but also on the Becontree Estate. |
2d016436-96d7-4624-afce-846582465ef4 | The Council will immediately see that there would be an economy in sanitary inspectors, health visitors, school nurses, etc., having a centre on the Becontree Estate. Working from such a centre would be more economical of time than working from the main offices. In the same way the Council have already decided that a dental officer shall operate on the Becontree Estate. This, of course, will entail some accommodation for the dental officer, for the dental nurse, for the records necessary in this work, and for the necessary clerical assistance. It will not be so immediately obvious, but it will, I think, be found by those who enquire closely into it, that similarly a saving of time will accrue from medical records and statistics of the children on the Becontree Estate being housed in that part of the town. 11 It is not, of course, suggested that the administration should in any wise be split. |
e62fda28-670a-4a5c-9544-4334a1161e94 | It is suggested that there is a good deal of medical, dental and clerical work which can most economically be conducted from a second office, situated where tie work is actually being carried on. I am, Mr. Mayor, Mrs. Jackson and Gentlemen. Your obedient servant, C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, Medical Officer of Health. 12 SECTION 1. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. 1. General Statistics. Area (acres) 4,106 Ward areas 3,806 Tidal Water H.W.M. Thames 240 Roding 58 Loxford Water 2 300 4,106 Population (1931 Census) 51,277 Population (June, 1932) (Registrar.General's Estimate) 60,330 Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1933, according to Rate Books :β Houses 15,183 Shops 1,049 Total 16,232 Population Density, i.e., No. |
b8b42f0d-e525-44f0-a121-07dc1ce8b99a | of persons per acre 14.7 Rateable ValueβGeneral Β£498,931 0 0 Sum represented by a penny rate .. Β£1,950 0 0 Education rates Elementary Included in General Rate Figure 3 8ΒΌ Secondary 6ΒΌ General Rate 13 8 2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. Live Births :β Total Males. Females. Birth Rate. Legitimate 1,085 563 522 18.0 Illegitimate 20 11 9 0.3 Totals 1,105 574 531 18.3 Still Births :β Rate per 1,000 total births :β Legitimate 30 15 IS j. 27.3 Illegitimate 1 1 Deaths 505 (506) 267 (209) 238 (237) β Death Rate 8.4. Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 47.3. |
ea46b909-afde-4379-aa19-cf3159cba4fd | Number of women dying in, or in consequence of, childbirth :β From sepsis. From other causes. Total. β β (1) β (1) Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :β Total Infantile Death Rate. Death Rate. Males Females. Total. Legitimate 28 25 53 48.8 (47.0) 53.4 (51.6) Illegitimate 4 2 6 300.0 Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 15 β β Whooping Cough (all ages) 9 β β DiarrhΕa (under 2 years of age) 11 (10) (N.B.βWhere the Registrar.General's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally, the former are shown separately in brackets.) IV/ 4 3. BIRTH. |
bbc9c1f2-a335-4bf1-94c5-f92fb4abe483 | RATE, DEATH.DEATH.RATE, AND ANALYIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1932 (England & Wales, 118 County Boroughs, 126 smaller Towns, and BARKING.) The rates for England and Wales and Harking have been calculated on a population estimated to the middle of 1932, have been calculated on populations estimated to the middle of 1931. The mortality rates for England and Wales refer to the whole population, but for London and the Towns to Civilians only.) Rate per 1,000 Total Population Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Live Births. Percentage of Total Deaths. Live Births. Still.births. All Causes. Enteric Fever. Small.pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Violence. |
8261bd4e-9e14-4b8d-adfa-5e7409505f03 | Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). Total Deaths under one year. Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. Inquest Cases. Certified by Coroner after P.M. Xo Inquest. Uncertified Causes of Death. England and Wales 15.3 0.66 12.0 0.01 0.00 0.08 0.01 0.07 0.06 0.32 0.53 6.6 6.5 91.1 6.2 1.8 0.9 118 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London 15 .4 0.70 11.8 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.01 0.08 0.07 0.28 0.48 8.9 69 91.3 5.9 2.3 0. |
811276f3-3770-49e1-bfc0-d9bbee9999af | 5 126 Smaller Towns (Estimated resident populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) 15 .4 0.69 10.8 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.06 0.03 0.31 0.42 4.5 58 91.9 5.8 1.3 1.0 London 14.2 0.51 12.3 0.00 0.00 0.19 0.02 0.08 0.07 0.27 0.53 12.6 66 89.4 6.2 4.4 0.0 BARKING 18.3 0.51 8.4 0.07 0.00 0.25 0.02 0.03 0.08 0.23 0.46 9. |
832af3da-6ec7-45da-ad17-0648d0b73264 | 95 53 86.73 8.32 4.95 0.00 Puerperal Sepsis. Others. Total. The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows : per 1,000 Live Births 1 .61 2 .63 4.24 β β Total Births 1 .54 2.52 4.06 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1925 TO 1932. Year. Population estimated to Middle of each Year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in the District. Transferable Deaths Net Deaths belonging to the District. Nett. Of Nonresidents registered in the District. Of residents registered out of the District. Under One year of age. At all Ages. Number. Rate. Number. Rate. Number. Rate per 1,000 Net Number. Rate. |
237d4da2-74db-4660-9892-63086a2b4eeb | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1925 38,450 825 21.1 287 7.4 8 107 66 80.0 386 10.0 1926 39,920 818 21.0 259 6.6 11 118 49 59.9 366 9.4 1927 39,900 710 17.7 251 6.2 7 162 47 66.1 406 10.1 1928 40,370 805 10.7 270 0.7 6 144 51 63.3 414 10.1 1929 42,160 787 18.7 291 6.9 8 152 42 53.4 435 10.3 1930 45,000 799 17. |
9e6e2f31-c817-4417-9404-d76b2d635218 | 7 256 5.7 7 186 49 61.3 435 9.7 1931 51,830 947 19.3 328 6.3 7 215 61 64.4 536 10.3 1992 60,330 1105 18.3 283 4.7 17 239 39 53.1 505 8.4 15 5. DEATHS. (a) General.βThere were 283 deaths registered in Barking in 1932. Of these 17 were deaths of non-residents. Barking residents to the number of 239 died elsewhere during the year. Including the latter and excluding the deaths of visitors, the net number of deaths was as follows :β Males. Females. Total. |
94adc015-95fc-4caf-8dd7-a71b9326b487 | 267 238 505 The death rate for 1932 was 8.4 per 1,000, compared with 10.3 in 1931, 12.0 for England and Wales, 11.8 for the hundred and eighteen County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London, 10.8 for the one hundred and twenty-six smaller towns, and 12.3 for London. (b) Age Mortality.βThe deaths in various age groups, according to the figures obtained locally, were as follows :β Age Group. No. of Deaths. Under 1 year 59 1 to 2 years 21 2 to 5 years 21 5 to 15 years 20 15 to 25 years 27 25 to 45 years 71 45 to 65 years 112 Over 65 years 174 (c) Causes of death in 1932.-βThe table on the next page shows the principal causes of death at various ages. |
ce9d55a1-3d28-41e1-a229-c5eced695176 | Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths or important from a Public Health aspect were as follows :β Disease. No. of Deaths. Percentage of total net deaths registered. Cardio-vascular system 129 23.8 Cancer 59 11.7 Tuberculosis (all forms) 55 10.9 Pulmonary affections (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis 19 3.8 Pneumonia (all forms) 36 7.1 Other respiratory diseases 8 1.6 Zvmotic Diseases 38 7.5 (d) Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.βThese diseases caused 7.5 per cent. of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following proportions :β Enteric Fever 4 Measles 15 Whooping Cough 2 Scarlet Fever 1 Diphtheria 5 DiarrhΕa 11 Smallpox β 16 (e) Inquests.βCoroner's inquests were held on 50 deaths. |
18874e0a-7359-40de-852b-1a931132fce5 | (f) Causes of and ages of death during the year 1032. (Net Deaths.) Causes of Death. Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the district. Registrar-General's Figures. Under one year 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and upwards Total Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers β β β 2 1 1 β 4 3 Measles 1 12 2 β β β β 15 15 Scarlet Fever β 1 β β β β β 1 1 Whooping Cough 1 1 β β β β β 2 2 Diphtheria 1 3 1 β β β β 5 5 Influenza 3 β β β β 5 6 14 14 Encephalitis Lethargica β β β β β β β β |
3cc85c26-f48f-4568-ba87-d60f4c8263e4 | 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever β β β β β β β β β Tuberculosis of Respiratory System 2 1 1 10 22 9 β 45 46 Other Tuberculous Diseases 1 5 2 1 1 β β 10 10 Syphilis β β β β β 1 β 1 1 General Paralysis of the Insane, etc. |
95a6ae16-b7ce-48d7-9f9f-8fef85844cb0 | β β β β 1 8 β 4 4 Cancer β 4 β β 8 20 27 59 60 Diabetes β β β β 1 1 2 4 4 Cerebral Haemorrhage β β 1 β 3 5 6 15 16 Heart Disease β β 3 2 10 19 69 103 103 Aneurysm β β β β I β 1 2 3 Other Circulatory Diseases β β β β 1 7 9 17 16 Bronchitis β β β β ' β 2 17 19 19 Pneumonia 11 5 3 3 3 5 7 36 37 Other Respiratory Diseases β β β 1 1 2 4 8 6 Peptic Ulcer β β β 1 2 2 β 5 6 Diarrhoea, etc. |
17914ef5-c91a-49ae-88cf-a2622788b102 | (under two years) 8 3 β β β β β 11 10 Appendicitis β β 1 β 1 2 β 4 6 Cirrhosis of Liver β β β β β 1 β 1 1 Other Diseases of Liver β β β β β 1 β 1 1 Other Digestive Diseases β β β 3 1 2 6 4 Acute and Chronic Nephritis β β β β 2 5 7 14 14 Puerperal Sepsis β β β β β β β β Other Puerperal Causes β β β β β β β β 1 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, etc. |
c1639d70-d92f-40fd-97c1-3a95277daf94 | 28 β β β β β β 28 25 Senility β β β β β β 5 5 5 Suicide β β β 1 1 3 1 6 6 Other Violence 3 β 4 5 3 5 2 22 22 Other Defined Diseases β 8 2 1 6 12 8 37 38 Causes ill-defined or unknown β β β β β β 1 1 1 Totals 59 42 20 27 71 112 174 505 506 17 (g) Infant mortality during the year 1932. The following table gives the actual causes of death of children dying under one year of age. Net deaths from stated causes at various ages under one year :β Causes of Death. (All causes certified.) Under 1 week. 1β2 weeks. 2β3 weeks. 3β4 weeks. Total under 4 weeks. 4 weeks and under 3 months. |
303e5c37-7302-4afa-9fe3-5f0548094b21 | 3 months and under 6 months 0 months and under 9 months. 9 months and under 12 months. Total under one year. Accidental Asphyxia 1 β β β 1 β β β β 1 Accidental Burns β β β β β β 1 β β 1 Congenital Debility 3 2 β β 5 β 1 β β 6 Congenital Heart Disease β 1 1 β 2 β β β β 2 Congenital Malformation 1 β β β 1 β β β β 1 DiarrhΕa β β β l β β 5 1 2 8 Diphtheria β β β β β β 1 β 1 Inanition β β β β β 1 β β β 1 Influenza β β β β β 1 1 1 β 3 Injury at Birth 2 β 1 β 3 β β β β 3 Marasmus 1 1 1 β |
98fbbc0a-3fc7-4cae-baf1-44c26ab17c94 | 3 2 β β β 5 Measles β β β β β β β β 1 1 Pneumonia β β 2 1 3 1 5 1 1 11 Premature Birth 7 β 1 1 9 β β β β 9 Pyloric Stenosis β β β β β 1 β β β 1 Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) β β β β β β β 2 β 2 T.B. |
0fd7ca3e-7382-4370-a0bf-8b0175626505 | Meningitis β β β β β β β 1 β ] Want of Attention at Birth 1 β β β β β β β β 1 Whooping Cough β β β β β β 1 β β l Totals 16 4 6 2 28 6 14 7 4 59 Net Births in the year :β Legitimate 1085 Illegitimate 20 1105 Net Deaths in the year:β Legitimate 53 Illegitimate 6 59 6. MARRIAGES. The following table shows the number of marriages registered in the district and the marriage rate per 1,000 population for the years 1923 to 1932. Year. No. of Marriages. Rate per 1,000 Population. |
4580e840-b904-419c-bfee-f0cac9ee4a4e | 1923 219 5.9 1924 208 5.4 1925 258 6.7 1926 249 6.3 1927 304 7.6 1928 311 7.6 1929 276 6.5 1930 287 6.4 1931 338 6.5 1932 334 5.5 18 7. BIRTHS. The net number of births registered in 1932 was 1,105, affording an annual birth rate of 18.3 per 1,000 population, compared with 18.3 in 1931, 17.8 in 1930, 18.7 in 1929 and 19.7 in 1928. Of all births, 20 were illegitimate, giving a percentage of 1.8 of the total births. |
e544b95a-ea3b-4161-bc42-a057f7caa9bf | Notification of Births Acts, 1907-1915.-βDuring 1932 there were 1,095 live births notified, excluding 35 cases transferred from the district. In addition, notifications of stillbirths belonging to the district totalled 29. Eighteen live births and two stillbirths were not notified, and these cases are not included in the totals of notified births given above. 8. SOCIAL CONDITIONS. Some of the chief industries carried on in the area are as follows :β The production of electricity and gas. The manufacture of asbestos goods, ice-cream, letter files, mineral waters, marine lights, disinfectants, printing ink, oil fuel, sausage skins, cabinets, nautical instruments, paint, iron goods, tin boxes, lifebelts, etc., and rubber goods. The storage of petrol and timber. Electrical welding and structural engineering. The Ministry's circular on the compilation of this report instructs me to discuss the influence of any particular occupation on public health. |
834c88a7-1d2b-47e9-9e72-ff86cad45fbc | Grit emission from factory chimneys, obnoxious odours and other matters have had my consideration during the year. The population of Barking is almost entirely industrial. Barking is becoming a dormitory. 19 9. CAUSES OF SICKNESS. In my previous reports I have told you of the incidence of rheumatism in Barking, and I have also told you the dangers attending travelling in the overcrowded carriages of the District Railway. This year I would particularly call your attention to typhoid. For many years we have known the Roding is a dirty river ; this year we have reason to know that its waters have been impregnated with typhoid and people who bathed in it have contractcd this disease. I would wish also to speak of measles, because this year fifteen children died of measles and its complications. It is unfortunate that even now people do not take measles sufficiently seriously. |
a10b2b9b-5055-4e13-b0ca-e3a2e71ead86 | It cannot be too widely known that you are prepared to admit to your isolation hospital cases of measles complicated by broncho-pneumonia. Late in the year a considerable number of young persons complained of abdominal pain and vomiting, followed at varying intervals by jaundice. In the absence of notification I was not able to follow up these cases, which I believe to have been Vialls Disease. Although in many eases the symptoms were severe, we know of no case where there was any real permanent disability. 21 SECTION 2. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA. 10. NURSING IN THE HOME. (a) General.βThe Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses' Home carry out general district nursing in a part of Barking. Last year I called your attention to the fact that nursing in the home is equally important as other branches of nursing, particularly when all our hospitals have long waiting lists. This matter is presently engaging your attention. |
a573ce7f-b200-4ff8-9c13-aa3a7146d43c | (b) Infectious Diseases.βIn the event of an epidemic, the Council can provide nurses for such cases as may require to be nursed in their own homes. 11. MIDWIFERY. By agreement, dated January 1st, 1924, with the Plaistow Maternity Charity, the Council annually subsidise the Charity on any deficit from Β£300 in respect of 300 District Midwifery cases attended by the Charity reckoned at the rate of β€1 per case. The takings of the Charity for the year ended December, 31st 1932, in respect of 196 cases, amounted to Β£201 9s. 6d. leaving a balance due to the Charity from the Council of Β£98 10s. 6d. |
09752ca9-7fd3-4538-94b1-9506798e166e | According to information obtained from the County Medical Officer, at the end of 1932 there were twelve midwives practising in the district, four of which were employed by you at your Upney (Maternity) Hospital, two under the Plaistow Maternity Charity, and six practising privately. During 1932 there were 1,105 maternity cases. 179 of these were conducted by the Plaistow Maternity Charity, 214 of them were conducted by your own midwives at Upney (Maternity) Hospital, leaving 712 which were dealt with by medical practitioners, private midwives or otherwise. It will be seen, therefore, that roughly forty per cent of the midwifery is already under your supervision, because not only is your Medical Officer of Health, Medical Superintendent of the Upney (Maternity) Hospital, but he is also on the Committee of Management of the Plaistow Maternity Charity. 22 12. NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. You. |
ee2d6134-aaa5-47b2-a993-b1a30d9197f1 | as a Council, have nothing to do with National Health Insurance, but your Medical Officer is in personal touch with almost every medical practitioner in Barking, and this promotes a spirit of co-operation between the work of the National Health Insurance Commissioners and other departments of public medicine. 13. PUBLIC ASSISTANCE MEDICAL OUT-RELIEF. Similarly, your Medical Officer is in touch with the medical services maintained by the Public Assistance Committee, and once again I wish to thank Dr. O'Loughlin for the very courteous way in which he has co-operated with me on many occasions. 14. LABORATORY FACILITIES. 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, P2.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table Specimen. Number examined. |
90501f79-9cca-418c-80be-d43bb244be0e | Diphtheria 1,222 Sputa 264 Typhoid 59 Ringworm 2 Miscellaneous 20 Total 1,567 In addition there were 3 biological examinations. 15. LEGISLATION RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. (a) Local Acts: Barking Town Wharf Act, 1893. Barking Parish Act, 1888. (b) General Adoptive Acts : Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1847, etc. Infections Diseases (Notification) Act, 1889. Public Health Acts (Amendment Act), 1890, Parts 2, 3 and 5. Public Health Acts (Amendment Act), 1907, Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, and section 95 of Part 10. Local Government and Other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922. Public Health Act, 1925. |
2e096d17-f766-4721-a2c1-ca21f557c6e5 | 23 (c) Regulations : Regulations as to Cemetery, 1902. Barking Town (Pneumonia) Regulations, 1924. (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. Vans, Sheds and similar structures, 1909. Paving of Open Spaces, 1901. Nuisances in connection with the removal of offensive matter, 1908. Employment of Children and Young Persons, 1921 (revised 1924). New Streets and Buildings, 1926. Slaughter Houses, 1890. Hospitals, 1897. Sanitary Conveniences, 1924. |
e1297347-6506-4da3-85b8-ab20c561932f | 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 :β 1910.βOrders declaring the trades of fish-skin scraper, fish fryer, dealer by retail in rags, bones, skins, fat or other like articles in an offensive condition, blood drier, tanner, leather dresser, fat melter or fat extractor, glue maker, size maker, gut scraper, and oil boiler to be offensive trades, the last being so declared in 1925. (f) Barking Corporation Bill.βThe Barking Corporation Bill promoted by the Council, to be heard in Session 1932-33, deals with many health matters. 24 16. HOSPITALS. Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority. |
bfe532d3-7879-48dc-b0fb-fff873d9ea2d | (a) Smallpox.βThe arrangement with West Ham having terminated, a new agreement was made with the Orsett Joint Hospital Board. The Joint Board have a smallpox hospital of 22 beds at Grays, and the agreement provides that so long as accommodation is available, patients from this area suffering with smallpox shall be admitted to the hospital. The contracting authorities to the agreement pay to the Joint Board a retaining fee, of which the Barking quota (based on population) is Β£30 per annum, and in addition a charge of 18s. 0d. per day per patient is made to the authority concerned. Arrangements have also now been made for the use of the Joint Board ambulance for the conveyance of patients to and from the hospital. From the inception of the agreement to the end of the year, no Barking cases were admitted, but one man normally resident in Barking was admitted from the Romford district. |
9badb6e0-5636-49fc-a329-3b744b0cf141 | (b) Infectious Fever Hospital.βBarking Hospital in Upney Lane provides accommodation for fifty-eight patients. This Hospital is one of the most up-todate hospitals in the country. It was opened on the 29th September, 1932, by Councillor A. Blake, the Chairman of the Public Health and Maternity Committee., (c) Maternity Home.βUpney Hospital consists of two galvanised iron buildings. You are contemplating replacing these with a permanent hospital. (d) General Provision of Hospital Services for the District.βA. special report has been prepared, and is here included, which shows in tabular form the hospital services available, public and voluntary, for the people of Barking. 17. MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES. With the exception of Upney Hospital, there is only one house in Barking used as a nursing home. During 1932, six births have been notified from this address. |
a51349af-8e77-40db-9ed0-16eb2203918f | 25-26 HOSPITAL SERVICES, public or voluntary, within or without the District, which are used by the inhabitants of the Borough of Barking. Name of Hospital. Situation. Purpose. Total number of beds available. Management. Men Women Children Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Harking 1 Upney (Maternity) Hospital Upney Lane, Barking, Essex Maternity β 20 β Borough of Barking 2 Harking (Isolation) Hospital Upney Lane, Barking, Essex Isolation of general infectious diseases (excluding smallpox) 58 Borough of Barking Not controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking 3 Brentwood Mental Hospital Brentwood, Essex Mental 764 1037 β Essex County Council 4 Brookfield OrthopΓ¦dic Hospital Hale End, Woodford Green, OrthopΓ¦dic β β 30 Voluntary 5 City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs Victoria Park, E. |
08d20727-4566-4ed2-a564-e0a45997f3b9 | 2 Heart and Lung Diseases 85 88 8 Voluntary 6 East Ham Memorial Hospital Shrewsbury Road, E.7 General Medical and General 34 84 20 Voluntary 7 Golden Square Throat, Nose and liar Hospital Golden Square, Piccadilly Circus, W.1 Surgical Ear, Nose and Throat . 30 87 11 Voluntary 8 Guy's Hospital London Bridge, S.E.1 General Medical and General Surgical, etc. 299 287 03 Voluntary 9 Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, W.C.1. |
f6f07124-ef53-4aed-b9ab-23caa360c4b9 | General Medical and General Surgical and Isolation (Children only) β β 252 Voluntary 10 Joyce Green Hospital Hartford, Kent Isolation of Smallpox ... (Information not avaiiable) London County Council 11 King George Hospital Ilford, Essex General Medical and General 41 61 22 Voluntary 12 London Hospital Wliitechapel Road, E.l Surgical General Medical and General 379 375 89 Voluntary 13 London Lock Hospital and Home 283, Harrow Road, W.9 Surgical Maternity and Venereal Diseases 10 30 16 Voluntary 14 London Skin Hospital 40, Fitzrov Square, W.l Skin. (No in-patients) β β β Voluntary 15 Orsett Joint Smallpox Hospital Stifford Long Lane, Grays, Essex Smallpox 11 11 Orsett Joint Hospital Board 16 Poplar Hospital for Accidents East India Dock Road, E. |
d3767372-1ff5-461b-a58a-8762462c0441 | 14 General Medical and General 56 30 26 Voluntary 17 Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children Glamis Boad, Shadwell, E.l . Surgical Children . . . . β β 135 Voluntary 18 Public Assistance Hospital . Oldehurch Road, Bomford, Essex General Medical, General Surgical, Children, Maternity, Tuberculosis, Chronic Sick, Mental and Orthopaedic 288 302 124 Essex County Council 19 Queen's Hospital for Children Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, E.2 Children β β 160 Voluntary 20 Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End Stratford, E.15 General Medical and Surgical, 54 106 47 Voluntary 21 Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) City Road, E.C.I Children, Maternity Ophthalmic 66 50 19 Voluntary 22 Royal National OrthopΓ¦dic Hospital Broekley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex Orthopaedic 45 70 . |
83b71029-b1d9-4b8c-9038-57ede779cd49 | 345 Voluntary 23 St. Raitholomew's Hospital Smithfield, E.C.I General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity, etc., Ophthalmic, Orthopiedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, and Septic, 287 344 65 Voluntary 24 St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children Upper Boad, Plaistow, E.13 etc. General Medical and Surgical, Children, etc. β 33 38 Voluntary 25 Sevralls Mental Hospital Mile End, Colchester Mental 717 1109 Essex C.C. and Colchester B.C. 26 Westminster Hospital Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. S.W.1 Cenaiul Medical and Surgical. Maternity, Ear, Nose and Throst. etc. 92 128 22 Voluntary ??? at the instance of the Latex County Council, under their scheme for the ??? ??? of 144 square feet per bed. |
dedb9243-f89d-4d30-9303-6aec6982cbf8 | 27β28 TABLE II. HOSPITAL SERVICES, showing the number of beds for each purpose, and other facilities available. Name of Hospital Accident Chest (nontub.) 8c Heart Children Chronic Sick Dental Dermatological Ear, Nose 8c Throat General Medical General Surgical Genito-urinary Gynaecological Infectious Diseases Isolation & Observation Maternity Mental Neurological Ophthalmic Orthopedic Radium Septic Small-pox Tuberculosis Venereal Diseases Other facilities available Arrangements for pathological work 1β Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking. Upney (Maternity) Hospital β β β β β β β β β β β β β 26 β β β β β β β β β Operative surgery, Dental, Nursing of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia. Carried out at the Counties' 2β Barking (Isolation) Hospital Not controlled by the Council of the Borough of Burking. |
9f501383-7393-46ec-a277-b78ecae1c5df | β β β β β β β β β β β 58 β β β β β β β β β β Operative surgery, Dental, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopedic, Maternity, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. tory, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.4. 3 Brentwood Mental Hospital β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 1801 β β β β β β β β Allspecialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 4 Brookfield Orthopaedic β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 30 β β β β β Operative Surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Massage, X-rays, Ophthalmic. No information. |
66580676-00dc-42ea-8d66-55ed1333271d | 5 City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs β 72 8 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 101 β Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium. Own Laboratory. 8 East Ham Memorial β β β β β 3 4 37 30 β 8 β β β β β 4 4 β β β β β Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Electrical, Massage. Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Radium. Own Laboratory. 7 Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear β β β β β β 84 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Carried out by a Pathologist outside the Institution. |
9efb5be9-5db3-4a07-b682-278ff235348d | 8 Guy's 58 β 14 β 4 6 33 179 150 10 24 β 40 21 4 9 21 19 8 β β β 9 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. 9 Hospital for Sick Children β β β β β β 18 100 121 β β β β β β β β β β β β β 7 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 10 Joyce Green Hospital (Isolation of Smallpox). No informatioln available from the London County Council. (No information available from the L.C.C.) No information available. 11 King George Hospital β β 22 β β β β 34 08 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Operative surgery, X-rays, Dental (as casualty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gynecological, Neurological, Dermatological. Own Laboratory. |
ad3f4e6d-4930-4cf2-9fb0-ac92fbb731f9 | 12 London Hospital β β β β β β 28 300 338 β 28 β 97 22 β β 24 β β β β β β All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. 13 London Lock Hospital β β 15 β β β β β β β β β β 6 2 β 2 β β β β β 31 Operative surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Massage, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Own Pathologist. 14 London Skin Hospital β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Skin diseases only. (No in-patients.) Ultra-violet light, X-rays. Own Laboratory. 15 Orsett Joint Smallpox β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 22 β β Small-pox only. |
12d09c41-1fc8-4c86-afce-962a3409dcd9 | β 16 Poplar Hospital for Accidents β β β β β β β 34 78 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Radium by arrangement with the London Hospital. Own Laboratory. 17 Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children β β 135 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 18 Public Assistance Hospital β β 124 160 β β β 120 120 β β β β 30 32 β β 60 β β β 68 β All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium. Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, E.C.4. 19 Queen's Hospital for Children β β 160 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β All specialised treatment available with the exception of Radium. |
155be4de-804c-4355-b08c-1176d7aa69e0 | Own Laboratory. 20 Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End β β 47 β β β 2 46 54 β 3 β β 50 β β 3 2 β β β β β All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 21 Royal London Ophthalmic (Moorfields Eye Hospital) β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 135 β β β β β All specialised treatment available with the exception of Operative surgery, Massage and Radium. Own Laboratory. 22 Royal National Orthopa-dic β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 400 β β β β β Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light Massage. Own Pathologist. 23 St. Bartholomew's Hospital β β 18 β β 6 24 232 250 β 44 β 10 17 β β 22 18 β 55 β β β All specialised treatment available. |
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