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6316fb30-4f71-40bf-8392-8e7ef2fa3b17 | Total No. of Children Notified 7 Analysis of the above Total. Diagnosis Boys. Girls. 1. (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School : (a) Idiots โ โ (b) Imbeciles โ โ (c) Others โ 1 (ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children : (a) Moral defectives โ โ (b) Others 1 โ 2. Feeble-minded children notified on leaving a Special School on or before attaining the age of 16 2 3 3. Feeble-minded children notified under Article 3, i.e., " special circumstances " cases โ โ 4. Children who in addition to being mentally defective were blind or deaf โ โ GRAND TOTALS 3 4 134 TABLE IV. RETURN OF DEFECTS TREATED DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1934. |
99946e8f-fb29-4b74-befa-58ad6ec42a41 | GROUP I.โMinor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Group VI). Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year. Disease or Defect. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Totals (1) (2) (3) (4) Skinโ RingwormโScalp : (i) X-Ray Treatment 8 โ 8 (ii) Other 39 โ 39 RingwormโBody 2 โ 2 Scabies ... 11 โ 11 Impetigo 107 1 108 Other skin disease 180 5 185 Minor Eye Defects (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) 338 1 339 Minor Ear Defects 238 5 243 Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.). 1,687 41 1,728 Totals 2,610 53 2,663 185 TABLE IV.โcontinued. |
2d08a625-2695-4f42-84ee-6c1ce3bb77f2 | GROUP II.โDefective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor AilmentsโGroup I). Defect or Disease Number of Defects dealt with Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Totals (1) (2) (3) (4) Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 384 77 461 Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) Totals 384 77 461 Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed :โ (a) Under the Authority's Scheme 349 (b) Otherwise 77 Number of children who obtained spectacles :โ (a) Under the Authority's scheme 335 (b) Otherwise 49 136 TABLE IV.โcontinued. GROUP III.โTreatment of Defects of Nose and Throat. Number of Defects. |
71514097-1826-4ad1-ac7c-7ff654ce07a8 | Defect (1) Received Operative Treatment Received other forms of Treatment (5) Total number treated (6) Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital (2) By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme (3) Totals (4) Tonsils only 196 18 214 259 562 Adenoids only 14 โ 14 T's and A's 65 5 70 Other 3 2 5 Totals 278 25 303 259 562 GROUP IV.โOrthopaedic and Postural Defects. Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Total number treated Residential treatment with education Residential treatment without education Non-Residential treatment at an orthopedic clinic Residential treatment with education Residential treatment without education Non-Residential treatment at an orthopaedic clinic Number of children treated 10 132 1 143 137 TABLE IV.โcontinued. GROUP V.โDental Defects. |
5d28a82f-5df5-46f7-afad-b1ccd9629f32 | (1) Number of Children who were :โ (i) Inspected by the Dentist: Routine Age Groups Aged : 5 126 6 192 7 158 8 180 9 175 10 346 11 326 12 281 13 259 14 2 Total 2,045 Specials 1,865 Grand Total 3,910 (ii) Found to require treatment 3,363 (iii) Actually treated 2,671 (2) Half-days devoted to :โ Inspection 18 Treatment 799 Total 817 (3) Attendances made by children for treatment 7,220 138 TABLE IV.โcontinued. (5) ExtractionsโPermanent teeth 1,283 Temporary teeth 6,276 Total 7,559 (6) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions 3,152 (7) Other OperationsโPermanent teeth 3,460 Temporary teeth GROUP VI. Uncleanliness and Verminous Conditions. |
bf45b895-c3ca-4b21-aa23-cf47fb777eed | (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 3 (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 41,499 (iii) Number of individual children found unclean 1,583 (iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority 5 (v) Number of cases in which legal proceedings were taken :โ (a) Under the Education Act, 1921 7 (b) Under School Attendance Byelaws |
9e97034b-d20d-4ac1-beb2-f4b865d6a77e | AC 4411 (1) BARRING Esser BARK 29 M BOROUGH OF BARKING REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health AND School Medical Officer For the Year 1935 C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. BARK 29 BOROUGH OF BARKING REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health For the Year 1935 C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page STAFF 7, 8 INTRODUCTION 9 SECTION A.โSTATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. |
83b6e187-e94e-40b8-b81a-233f27d0b5c5 | Age Mortality 18 Area 10 Births 10-12, 17 Births, Notification of 17 Deaths 10-17 Deaths, Causes of (Table) 13-16 General Statistics Housing 19 Illegitimate Births 10, 17 Industries Infant Mortality 10-12, 15-17 Infant Mortality (Table) Inhabited Houses 10 Inquests 14 Malnutrition Neo-Natal Mortality 15โ17 Population Rateable Value 10 Social Conditions 17โ19 Still-births 10-12, 17 Travelling Facilities 10 Unemployment 1ยฎ> 10 Vital Statistics 10-12 Zymotic Diseases, Deaths from 18 SECTION B.โGENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. |
436bdbe3-c80f-4622-895f-8b04ef807267 | Ambulance Facilities 21 Ante-Natal Clinics 27, 28, 32, 33 Ante-Natal Supervision 32, 33 Artificial Immunisation 27, 28, 41, 45โ47 Artificial Sunlight Clinic 41, 45 Barking (Infectious Diseases) Hospital 23-26 Baths for Expectant and Nursing Mothers 45 Children Act. 1908, Part I 42 Children and Young Persons Act, 1932 42 Clinics and Treatment Centres 22,27-31,32 Convalescent Treatment 40, 45 Dental Surgeon, Report of 54 Dental Treatment 41, 45โ47, 55 Difficult Labour, Consultations in 46 Eye Defects 41, 46, 48-49 Foster Children 42 Gynaecological Clinic 27-28, 36, 45 Home Nursing 22, 32 Hospital Services 21, 23-26 Hospital Services, |
3372ab31-2482-4d98-8ed9-837a0192e283 | Tables of 23-26 Illegitimate Children 40 Infant Life Protection 42 Infant Welfare Clinics 27, 28, 43, 46 Laboratory Facilities 21 4 SECTION BโContinued Page Maternal Mortality 38, 30 Maternity and Child Welfare Services 32-55 Maternity Homes 42, 46 Midwifery 33-35 Minor Ailments 27, 28, 41-42 Nursing Homes 42 Obstetrics and Gyna:cology, Consultations in 45 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 40 Ophthalmic Service 41,48-49 Orthopaedic Clinic, Report of Work Done 50-53 Pemphigus Neonatorum 36 Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses'Home 35 Post-Natal Care 35 Provision of Dinners 45 Provision of Dried Milk, etc. |
da864ff6-e5cd-43e6-bdb3-d62fee6df30a | 44 Provision of Fresh Milk 44 Provision of Spectacles 46 Public Hospital Services 21, 22, 23-26 Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia, Consultations in 46 Senior Health Visitor 32 Services Provided and Facilities for Treatment 45-47 Specialist-Consultant Ante-Natal Clinic 27-28, 45 Specimens Submitted to Laboratory for Examination 21 Still-births 33 Supervision of Midwives 33-35 Tonsils and Adenoids 40, 47 Ultra Violet Light Clinic 41, 47 Upney (Maternity) Hospital 35, 37, 38 Visiting in the Home 43-44 Voluntary Hospital Services 21-22, 23-26 X-ray Treatment for Ringworm 47 SECTION C.โSANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Cesspools 58 Closet Accommodation 58,62 Common Lodging Houses. |
a31a32cd-0a28-45e4-bbc4-c688a69ab796 | 66 Creeksmouth Generating Station 67 Dampness 62 Defects found under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 64 Drainage and Sewerage 57, 62 Dustbin Maintenance 62 Dwelling Houses, Inspection of 60 Factories, Inspection of 61 Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 64โ65 Home Work 65 Houses Let in Lodgings 66 Miscellaneous Sanitary Inspections 61 Miscellaneous Sanitary Work carried out 63 Notices Served 63 Offensive Trades 66 Out-workers 65 Pail Closets 58 Parks and Open Spaces 70 Piggeries 66 Port of London Authority 57 Premises and Occupations controlled by Byelaws and Regulations 60, 66 Public Cleansing 59 Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928 67 Rainfall 57 Refuse Disposal 59, 60 Refuse Storage and Collection 59 5 SECTION CโContinued Page Refuse Tips 60 Registered Workshops 65 Repairs, |
293ed8da-6d54-4a07-a4a0-68a474891da1 | General 63 Rivers and Streams 57โ58 Sanitary Inspection of the Area 60-67 Sanitary Work, Summary of 62-63 Schools 70 School Closure 70 Schools, Sanitary Inspection of 70 Shops Act, 1934 67 Sinks 62 Smoke Abatement 67-68 Stables 67 Street Cleansing 59 Swimming Baths 68-69 Tents, Vans and Sheds 66 Trade Refuse 59 Ultra Violet Light Radiation 69-70 Underground Sleeping-rooms 66 Water Supply 57, 62 Workplaces, Inspection of 61,64 Workshops, Inspection of 61, 64 Yard Paving 62 SECTION D.โHOUSING. |
e4c7fd89-f5d7-44e3-8470-6ac3af954b8c | Clearance Areas 75 Houses Built in the District, 1926-1935 73โ74 Houses Erected during the Year 71 Housing Act, 1930 75-76 Housing Act, 1935 74-75 Housing Conditions 72-76 Housing Defects Remedied 71-72 Housing Inspections 71 Inhabited Houses, Number of 72 Overcrowding 74โ75 Proceedings under Public Health Acts 72 Proceedings under the Housing Act, 1930 72 Redevelopment 76 Rehousing 75, 76 Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 73 Temporary Buildings 73 Unfit Dwelling Houses 71-72 SECTION EโINSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. |
8942c692-9d3e-478e-b1f0-e50f947444b6 | Adulteration of Food 80 Animals Slaughtered 78 Bacteriological Examination of Ice-Cream 78, 80 Bacteriological Examination of Milk 77,80 Barking Corporation Act, 1933 78 Bottling of Milk 78 Chemical Examination of Food 80 Diseased Meat Destroyed 78โ79 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 80 Graded Milk Licences Granted 77 Ice-Cream 78 Meat and Other Foods 78-80 Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923 77 Milk Supply 77-78 Nutrition 81 Prosecutions 80 Slaughter-houses 78 Unsound Food Destroyed 80 6 SECTION F.โPREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. |
29f92a14-ed6b-4b5f-95b7-76878bed2cef | Page Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 84-86 Acute Polio-Encephalitis 84-86 Admissions to Barking (Isolation) Hospital (Table) 88 Artificial Immunisation 88-89 Barking (Isolation) Hospital 88 Cancer 89-90 Cerebro-spinal Fever 83 Diphtheria 84โ88 Diphtheria Notifications (Monthly Summary Table) 87 Encephalitis Lethargica 85-86 Enteric Fever 84-86, 88 Erysipelas 84-86, 88 Food Poisoning 84โ86 Infectious Diseases (Tables) 84โ88 Influenza 87 Measles 87 Measles and Pneumonia 84โ86 Non-Notifiable Acute Infectious Diseases 87-88 Notifiable Infectious Diseases 83-87 Notifications classified according to Wards (Table) 85-86 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 84-86, 88, |
daa270f0-ad90-40cd-a746-f42890bb9787 | 90-91 Pemphigus Neonatorum 84โ86 Pneumonia 84โ86, 88 Prevention of Blindness 90-91 Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 84โ86, 88 Rheumatic Fever 87 Scabies 88 Scarlet Fever 84โ88 Scarlet Fever Notifications (Monthly Summary Table) 87 Smallpox 83-87 Summer Diarrhoea 87 Tuberculosis 91-92 Tuberculosis, New Cases and Deaths (Table) 91 Unnotified Fatal Cases of Tuberculosis 91 Whooping Cough 87 SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE. Table of Contents will be found on Pages 96โ97. 7 STAFF, 1935. Medical Officer of Health, School Medical Officer, Medical Superintendent, Harking and Upney Hospitals : C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Se., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. |
791eb034-aed0-4b1f-9c56-4a280755f3c7 | Deputy Medical Officer of Health and Deputy School Medical Officer : PATRICK J. O'CONNELL. M.D., B.Hy., B.S., D.P.H. Asst. Medical Officers of Health and Asst. School Medical Officers : R. H. CLAYTON, M.B., B.S., B.Hy., D.P.H. CATHERINE B. McARTHUR, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Commenced 2nd January, 1935.) Ophthalmic Surgeon : WILLIAM ADAMSON GRAY, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Ph.D. (Commenced 14th May, 1935.) Orthopaedic Surgeon : B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. |
7759f864-7ec4-439e-a6c3-610407895962 | Specialist Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynecology : ALAN BREWS, M.D., M.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., M.S. Dental Surgeons : W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S. R. N. HINES, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Resigned 9th February, 1935.) H. S. SARSON, H.D.D., R.C.S., L.D.S., R.C.S. (Commenced 20th May, 1935.) Sanitary Inspectors : N. BASTABLE (Chief Sanitary Inspector) (b, c, d and /). H. CARR (b, c, e and m). C. S. COOK (b and c). W. E. COLSTON (c and n). (Resigned 13th May, 1935.) W. CUE (m and n). |
17fed029-ae91-4db8-ac57-3619792dabb2 | (Resigned 1st November, 1935.) E. G. TWEEDY (a and c). (Commenced 23rd July, 1935.) Matron, Barking and Upney HospitalsโInspector of Midtcives : Miss M. W. HEDGCOCK (h, i and j). 8 Health Visitors : Miss P. M. FAWCETT (Senior Health Visitor and School Nurse) (g, ft and i). (Commenced 1st December, 1935.) *Miss M. BAERLOCHER (g, A and n). *Miss C. COURT (g, ft and i). Miss G. ELLIOTT (a, ft and I). Miss G. GEDEN (Dental Nurse) (r). Miss S. E. W. GIBSON (j). *Miss G. JONES (g, ft and i). (Commenced 12th August, 1935.) |
677a2cf5-0850-455d-94fd-56c1e926ef13 | Miss R. LLEWELLYN (Dental Nurse) (ft and i). *Miss W. PARKER (g, ft and i). Miss A. K. ROE (Masseuse) (o). (Commenced 1st April, 1935). *Miss F. G. ROXBURGH (g, A and i). (Resigned 10th August, 1935.) Mrs. G. STOKES (g and i). Miss L. F. SWAIN (ft and i). Mrs. W. WALTON (a, ft and I). Clerical Staff : Chief ClerkโF. READ. C. G. EAGLESFIELD (Senior Assistant). D. G. TONKIN (n). (Resigned 4th February, 1935.) H. C. DAVIS. (Commenced 1st May, 1935.) A. J. STORER (ยซ). |
b1ceae30-8462-4b92-898a-ee995b6dd91e | I'. YATES (q). (Commenced 1st May, 1935.) E. A. ELLIS. G. H. RUFF. D. W. OSMOND. (Resigned 17th May, 1935.) E. INGS (p). (Commenced 12th August, 1935.) Miss H. NUNN. Miss H. KING. Miss A. LIGGINS. Miss D. FOULSHAM. (Commenced 1st April, 1935.) Miss I. CAST. (Commenced 13th May, 1935.) Miss G. COOPER. (Commenced 4th December, 1935.) Disinfector and Mortuary Attendant: H. LONG. (ะฐ) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Board. (ะฑ) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. |
6bec299f-3599-4bc1-9317-7eb05fc699ca | (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. (ft) Certificate of Central Midwives Board. (i) General Hospital Training. (j) General Fever Training. (I;) Certificate of Medical Electricity and Swedish Remedial Exercises. (I) Health Visitor's Diploma of Board of Education. (m) Smoke Inspector's Certificate, L.C.C. School of Engineering. (n) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute and Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Joint Board. (o) Certificate of Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics, Medical Electricity, Light and Electro-Therapy. (p) Inter. B.Sc., University of London. (</) Final Examination of the National Association of Local Government Officers. |
68bc96b6-2a7c-4f67-92ad-f58a8eb14c64 | (r) Registered Sick Children's Nurse. (*) Combined appointmentโHealth Visitor and School Nurse. 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, 1935. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES, BARKING, ESSEX. June, 1936. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Herewith I beg to submit, for your favourable consideration, my Report as Medical Officer of Health for the year ended 31st December, 1935. I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, Medical Officer of Health. 10 SECTION A. STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. 1. General Statistics. Area (acres) 4,174 Ward areas 3,874 Tidal Water H.W.M. |
e349e858-429a-4f8f-b2b8-a10990db049d | Thames 240 Roding 58 Loxford Water 2 300 4,174 Population (1931 Census) 51,277 Population (June, 1935) (Registrar-General's Estimate) 72,650 Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1936, according to Rate Books:โ Houses 17,235 Shoos 1.202 Total 18,497 Population Density, i.e., No. of persons per acre 17 -4 Rateable ValueโGeneral ยฃ651,458 0 0 Sum represented by a penny rate ยฃ2,038 5 10 Education rates :โ Elementary Included in General Rate Figure 3 6 Secondary General Rate 13 6 2. Extracts from Vital Statistics for the Year. Live Births:โ Total. Males. Females. Birth Rate. |
a989565b-7c68-470a-9df8-d8003df5367c | Legitimate 1,214 634 580 16.7 Illegitimate 12 7 5 0.2 Totals 1,226 641 585 16.9 Still-births :โ Rate per 1,000 total births :โ Legitimate 29 14 15 23.9 Illegitimate 1 1 - Deaths 558 (563) 284 (288) 274(275) Death Rate 7.7 Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 54.3. Deaths from puerperal causes :โ Deaths. Rate per 1.000 total (live and still) births. Puerperal sepsis 3 2 -39 Other puerperal causes 1 0-79 Totals 4 3 18 Number of deaths of infants under one year of age :โ Total Infantile Death Death Males. Females. Total. Rate. Rate. |
9b564d35-5e43-4d4d-81a6-4e8585e8b407 | Legitimate 31 30 61 50.2 52.2 Illegitimate 1 2 3 250.0 Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 1 โ โ Whooping Cough (all ages) 2 โ โ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 7(5) (N.B.โWhere the Registrar-General's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally, the former are shown separately in brackets.) 11โ12 3. BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1935. (England & Wales, London, 121 Great Towns, and 140 Smaller Towns and BARKING.) Rate per 1,000 Total Population. Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Live Births. Live Births. Still-births. All Causes. Enteric Fever. Small-pox. |
dd29387d-0afe-4f21-b1ce-e5e33a07dc6f | Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Violence. Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). Total Deaths under one year. England and Wales 14.7 0.02 11.7 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.01 0.04 0.08 0.18 0.52 5.7 57 121 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London 14.8 0.08 11.8 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.09 0.10 0.45 7.9 02 140 Smaller Towns (Estimated resident populations, 25,000 to 50,000 at Census, 1931) 14.8 0.04 11.2 0.00 0.00 0. |
48f9a3a8-ef0c-4f25-bb82-a44bc64a7272 | 03 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.17 0.41 3.8 55 London 13.3 0.52 11.4 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.04 0.00 0.11 0.51 11.2 58 BARKING 10.9 0.41 7.7 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.19 0.12 0.28 5.71 54.2 The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows : per 1,000 Live Births โ โ Total Births Puerperal Sepsis. 1.08 1.01 Others. 2.42 2.32 Total. 1.10 3.93 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1925 TO 1935. Year. |
4e8a75fa-155d-476b-ae22-06793ed2a09a | 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 Births. Number. Rate. 1 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9 10 11 12 1925 38,450 825 21.4 287 7.4 8 107 66 80.0 386 10.0 1926 38,920 818 21.0 259 6.6 11 118 49 59.9 366 9.4 1927 39,900 710 17.7 251 6. |
0136d2aa-37b0-41f1-a2be-eae8950a6355 | 2 7 162 47 66.1 406 10.1 1928 40,870 805 19.7 276 6.7 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 17.7 256 5.7 7 186 49 61.3 435 9.7 1931 51,830 947 18.3 328 6.3 7 215 61 64.4 536 10.3 1932 60,330 1105 18.3 283 4.7 17 239 59 53.4 505 8.4 1933 68,840 1204 17.4 290 4. |
e5cdd9bf-376c-4119-af42-86770a9e6bfd | 2 13 247 67 55.6 524 7.6 1934 72,290 1252 17.4 311 4.3 9 288 71 56.7 590 8.2 1935 72,650 1226 16.9 270 3.7 13 301 64 52.2 558 7.7 13 5. DEATHS. (a) General.โThere were 270 deaths registered in Barking in 1935. Of these 13 were deaths of non-residents. Barking residents to the number of 301 died elsewhere during the year. Including the latter and excluding the deaths of visitors, the net nurpber of deaths was as follows :โ Males. Females. Total. |
9d8dcc20-26ff-4cb6-a6a0-b4beb9e3c897 | 284 274 558 The death rate for 1935 was 7.7 per 1,000, compared with 8.2 in 1934, 11.7 for England and Wales, 11.8 for the hundred and twenty-one County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London, 11.2 for the one hundred and forty Smaller Towns, and 11.4 for London. (b) Age Mortality.โThe deaths in various age groups, according to the figures obtained locally, were as follows :โ Age Group. No. of Deaths. Under 1 year 64 1 to 2 years 7 2 to 5 years 7 5 to 15 years 29 15 to 25 years 26 25 to 45 years 97 45 to 65 years 127 Over 65 years 201 (c) Causes of death in 1935.โThe table on the next page shows the principal causes of death at various ages. |
553ba016-cf81-4dc7-bc78-98dc1452042c | Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths or important from a public health aspect were as follows :โ Disease. No. of Deaths. Percentage of total net deaths registered. Cardio-vascular system 135 24.2 Cancer 71 12.7 Tuberculosis (all forms) 45 8.1 Pulmonary affections (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis 16 2.9 Pneumonia (all forms) 45 8.1 Other respiratory diseases 9 1.6 Zymotic Diseases 25 4.5 (d) Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.โThese diseases caused 4.5 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following proportions :โ Enteric Fever โ Measles 1 Whooping Cough 2 Scarlet Fever 1 Diphtheria 14 Diarrhoea 7 Smallpox โ 14 (e) Inquests.โCoroner's inquests were held on 43 deaths. |
1d7a9259-0f59-434c-ba33-3c242dc2163a | (f) Causes of and ages of death during the year 1935. (Net Deaths). Causes of Death. Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the district. RegistrarGeneral'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 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Measles 1 โ โ โ โ โ โ 1 1 Scarlet Fever โ โ โ โ 1 โ โ 1 1 Whooping Cough 1 1 โ โ โ โ โ 2 2 Diphtheria โ 4 9 1 โ โ โ 14 15 Influenza โ 1 โ โ โ 2 6 9 13 Encephalitis Lethargiea โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Cerebro-Spinal Fever โ โ โ |
71099469-dff4-454c-8e97-cfa901e7a062 | โ 1 โ โ 1 1 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System โ 5 24 11 1 41 40 Other Tuberculous Diseases โ โ โ 2 1 1 โ 4 6 Syphilis 1 โ 1 โ โ 1 โ 3 3 General Paralysis of the Insane, etc. โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Cancer โ โ โ โ 10 27 34 71 73 Diabetes โ โ 1 โ โ 2 3 6 7 Cerebral Haemorrhage 1 โ โ โ 1 4 18 24 19 Heart Disease โ โ 1 2 15 25 75 118 120 Aneurysm โ โ โ โ โ 2 โ 2 1 Other Circulatory Diseases โ โ 1 โ 1 4 9 15 20 Bronchitis 2 โ โ โ โ 5 9 16 13 Pneumonia 11 2 3 2 |
7f93e7a8-84ee-431d-a6f3-e57f4b05da63 | 10 7 10 45 43 Other Respiratory Diseases 1 1 1 โ 3 1 2 9 9 Peptic Ulcer โ โ โ โ โ 2 2 4 5 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 7 โ โ โ โ โ โ 7 5 Appendicitis โ โ 1 1 1 โ 1 4 7 Cirrhosis of Liver โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Other Diseases of Liver โ โ โ โ โ 1 1 2 3 Other Digestive Diseases 1 โ 1 โ 6 4 2 14 15 Acute and Chronic Nephritis โ โ โ 1 โ 3 10 14 11 Puerperal Sepsis โ โ โ โ 3 โ โ 3 3 Other Puerperal Causes โ โ โ 1 โ โ โ 1 1 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, etc. |
93587057-9e19-4bdb-9713-5bc61c34a3cf | 31 1 1 โ โ โ โ 33 38 Senility โ โ โ โ โ โ 10 10 10 Suicide โ โ โ 1 2 4 1 8 8 Other Violence 1 1 4 3 5 5 1 20 28 Other Defined Diseases 6 3 5 7 13 16 6 56 42 Causes ill-defined or unknown โ โ โ . โ โ โ โ โ โ Totals 64 14 29 26 97 127 201 558 568 15 (g) Infant Mortality during the year 1935. The following table gives the actual causes of death of children dying under one year of age. Causes of deaths under 1 year of age, year 1935 :โ 0-1 month. 1-3 months. 3-0 months. 6-9 months. 9 12 months. Total under 1 year. Atelectasis of Lung 3 3 |
314a4ac6-dbeb-48eb-b233-0f0a2254e6a0 | Bronchitis โ 1 1 โ โ 2 Cerebral Cyst โ โ โ 1 โ 1 Cerebral Haemorrhage 1 โ โ โ โ 1 Congenital Heart Disease 4 โ 1 โ โ 5 Enteritis โ 2 โ โ โ 2 Fractured Skull 1 โ โ โ โ 1 Gastritis โ 3 2 1 โ 8 Hydrocephalus โ โ โ 1 โ 1 Haemorrhage into Spinal Cord โ 1 โ โ โ 1 Insufficient Inherent Vitality 2 โ โ โ โ 2 Laryngitis โ 1 โ โ โ 1 Marasmus 2 โ 2 โ โ 4 Measles โ โ โ 1 โ 1 Paralytic Ileus 1 โ โ โ โ 1 Pneumonia 4 4 1 2 โ 11 Prematurity 15 1 โ โ โ 16 Septicaemia 1 โ โ โ โ 1 Specific 1 โ โ |
2e4b05bb-2bbb-4144-b6ce-d9ca5f7efeed | โ โ 1 Toxaemia โ โ โ 1 1 2 Whooping Cough โ โ โ โ 1 1 Totals 35 13 7 7 2 64 Net Iiirths in the year : Legitimate 1214 Illegitimate 12 1226 Net Deaths in the year :โ Legitimate 61 Illegitimate 3 64 16 (h) Neo-Natal Mortality during the year 1935. Causes of Neo-Natal deaths:โ Under 1 week. 1โ2 weeks. 2โ3 weeks. 3โ4 weeks. Total under 4 weeks. Atelectasis of Lung 3 3 Bronchitis โ โ โ โ Cerebral Cyst โ โ โ Cerebral Haemorrhage 1 โ โ โ 1 Congenital Heart Disease 3 1 โ โ 4 Enteritis โ โ โ โ โ Fractured Skull 1 โ โ 1 Gastritis โ โ โ โ โ Hydrocephalus |
dac7aa7b-1020-4c82-99e5-f90ec4f622a8 | โ โ โ โ โ Haemorrhage into Spinal Cord โ โ โ โ โ Insuflicient Inherent Vitality 2 โ โ โ 2 Laryngitis โ โ โ โ โ Marasmus 1 โ โ 1 2 Measles โ โ โ โ โ Paralytic Ileus โ โ โ 1 1 Pneumonia โ โ 1 3 4 Prematurity 14 โ 1 โ 15 Septicaemia โ โ 1 โ 1 Specific โ โ โ 1 1 Toxaemia โ โ โ โ โ Whooping Cough โ โ โ โ โ Totals 25 1 3 6 35 It will be seen from the tables that of the sixty-four deaths under the age of one year, no less than thirty-five were four weeks of age or under, and prematurity is given as the cause of death in the cases of fifteen babies, who died within the first four weeks of life. |
fffba774-812b-4a96-9ec6-428f234cbee9 | The fact that thirty-five died within the first month, leaving only twenty-nine deaths for the remaining eleven months of the first year of life, shows that our chief problem at the present time is the mortality among the newly born. Out of the thirty-five babies who died under the age of one month, no less than twenty-five died within the first week. This would seem to indicate to me that your chief means of dealing with this problem must lie along the lines of increasing care and attention to the lying-in period and the ante-natal period. Your activities in this direction, which will be considerably strengthened by pending legislation, would seem to me to be a direct approach to this problem. In the year 1933 there were no less than seventeen deaths from gastro-enteritis (summer diarrhoea), but during 1935 we have continued with the relatively favourable position established in 1934. 17 The following table shows the comparative figures of infant mortality and neo-natal mortality for the past nine years :โ Year. |
214390fa-22b8-4978-a937-5ec3326cbfbb | Infantile Mortality Infantile Mortality Rate Neo-natal Mortality Neo-natal Mortality Rate 1927 47 66.1 18 12.8 1928 51 63 24 19.3 1929 42 53.4 28 18.9 1930 49 61 24 19.2 1931 61 64 31 29.4 1932 59 53 28 25 1933 67 55.6 29 24 1934 71 56.7 39 31.15 1935 64 52.2 35 28.5 6. BIRTHS. |
8891895d-f591-4452-9437-b9a6b59cca90 | The net number of births registered in 1935 was 1,226, affording an annual birth rate of 16.9 per 1,000 population, compared with 17.4 in 1934, 17.4 in 1933, 18.3 in 1932, 18.3 in 1931, 17.8 in 1930, 18.7 in 1929 and 19.7 in 1928. Of all births, 12 were illegitimate, giving a percentage of 0.98 of the total births. Notification of Births Acts, 1907-1915.โDuring 1935 there were 1,201 live births notified, excluding 11 cases transferred from the district. In addition, notifications of still-births belonging to the district totalled 29. Twelve live births and 3 still-births were not notified, and these cases are not included in the totals of notified births given above. 7. SOCIAL CONDITIONS. |
37ac9225-1038-44ad-88a5-a58d428381d5 | (a) Industries.โSome of the chief industries carried on in the area are as follows :โ The production of electricity, gas, benzole, naphtha and zinc oxide. The manufacture of asbestos goods, joinery, ice-cream, letter files, mineral waters, marine lights, disinfectants, printing ink, sausage skins, cabinets and furniture, nautical instruments, paint, iron goods, tin boxes, lifebelts, rubber goods, wireless equipment and batteries, matches, soap, chemical manure, wood-paving and concrete paving and food products. The storage of petrol, oil, fuel and timber. Electrical welding, structural engineering and saw-milling. 18 The population of Barking is almost entirely industrial. Barking is becoming a dormitory. (b) Unemployment.โThe following table is compiled from information kindly supplied by the Manager of the Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange, Barking :โ Copy of comparative statement of local unemployed by industries, as at December, 1934 and December, 1935 :โ Men. |
5fccfa16-6a33-44f4-9cfc-0f3506477c6d | Women. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. |
aad1163f-a706-41e6-bdf6-2f1fa152f513 | 1934 1935 1934 1985 Building 305 226 Constructional Work 151 69 โ โ General Engineering 39 19 3 3 Electrical Engineering 2 1 โ โ Motor Engineering 22 21 3 1 Cabinet Making 9 5 3 1 Electrical Apparatus 39 54 28 42 Hotel Service 30 20 33 41 Commercial 4 1 3 2 Road Transport 31 23 โ โ Dock Workers 171 84 โ โ Paper Making 1 โ โ 1 Printing 20 18 6 6 Tailoring 12 8 16 11 Dressmaking and Millinery 4 6 9 14 Hat and Cap Manufacture 3 3 10 5 Blouse and Underclothing Manufacture 2 1 7 6 Boots and Shoes 1 1 โ โ Distributive 149 107 21 38 Miscellaneous (including unskilled) 1, |
0314752b-aaa2-46a0-831d-c30d0a31dc2c | 076 896 219 133 Stationery and Cardboard Box Manufacture . 4 3 2 2 2,075 1,566 363 301 Members of the Council will want to know if there is any evidence, statistical or otherwise, that unemployment has exercised any significant influence on the health or physique of children or adults. It is my duty to report there is no statistical evidence available. My personal opinion is that the level of nutrition is higher than it has been for many years, but this does not mean to say I am satisfied with the present situation. Personally, I believe that a very good index of nutrition is the number of cases of external eye disease found among the child population. Such statistical evidence as we have, and this is shown in my Annual Reports as your School Medical Officer, would appear to indicate that there is no ground for alarm. |
903d8b23-9a26-42d2-862e-02d0dd424a9a | At the same time, as I have shown elsewhere, we know that the children of English parentage, born under favourable circumstances in the Colonies, do develop in a way which is uncommon in England, showing that the conditions under which children are reared in the home country can be improved upon. 19 Last year I pointed out that I looked forward to the time when the nutrition of people who were unemployed and their dependants would be completely co-ordinated, when the amount of relief would be adequate and be dispensed by one authority only and when it would be only necessary for your special services to call the attention of that authority to any special circumstances for a sufficient financial adjustment to be made. Food supplies may now enter our houses from several different channelsโ from different authorities who have little or no opportunity of co-ordinating their efforts. If this leads to overlapping it is of course bad, but if it leads to a deficiency in the service it must of course be even worse. |
a9dd5ff3-f048-4960-81b3-4869b09a40b7 | (c) Housing.โIn previous years I have called attention to the considerable programmes which you have designed and carried out to overcome your housing problems, and I know that you are at the present time addressing yourselves to the possibility of dealing with overcrowding under the powers you have under the Housing Act, 1935. I have, however, to point out that only a limited number of people can live in Barking, and I do sincerely hope and trust that in re-housing people you will see that so far as is practicable twelve houses to the acre will be looked upon as standard. Barking is largely a dormitory and in a dormitory town there is not the excuse for overcrowding that obtains in some places where local industry requires a large number of the industrial population to be housed in a relatively small area. (d) Travelling Facilities.โYear after year I criticize adversely the conditions under which your dormitory population travel to and from work. |
6c912675-b0a6-418d-8542-033204f8870e | The overcrowded condition of the trains and the long queues wait ing in the rain for busesโthese would be bad enough for a holiday population, but for people, tired and weary, at the end of a day's work, they represent a condition of affairs which can only be detrimental to the health of the public. Dr. C. F. Fenton, who preceded me as medical officer of health, tells of having found and diagnosed a case of smallpox in a train travelling to Barking. How many people there must be who, if not suffering with smallpox, are suffering with other conditions, particularly catarrhal conditions of the nose and throat, and who stand in overcrowded trains, cheek by jowl with other people ! 20 There is a suggestion to improve travelling facilities to districts north of Barking. So far as I know, no evidence has been brought forward that these improved facilities will in turn improve the conditions at Barking. |
4e44d177-c277-45af-9139-4a1f1ade5ee1 | (e) Malnutrition.โWith reference to malnutrition our statistics only deal with school-children and are as follows :โ Of 6,895 children examined by routine at school medical inspection, 24 were found to be suffering from malnutrition, 192 were found to have slightly sub-normal nutrition, 4,390 normal nutrition, and 2,289 with excellent nutrition. 21 SECTION B. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. 1. GENERAL HEALTH SERVICES. (a) Laboratory Facilities.โ'The following table shows the routine work which has been carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Public Health Laboratories, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4 :โ Specimen. Number examined. Diphtheria ... 2,792 Sputa 186 Typhoid 21 Ringworm ... 2 Miscellaneous 35 Total 3,036 In addition to the above, 20 biological tests were carried out to test the virulence or otherwise of germs of the diphtheria group. |
3def6447-63d4-4467-be06-b381d11dea36 | In another section of the Report mention is made of similar biological work carried out in respect of the presence of tubercle baccilli in milk. (b) Ambulance Facilities.โDuring the year the old Infectious Disease Ambulance has been relegated to carry any infected clothing, etc., and whilst it is so retained it will serve as a stand-by for emergency work. A new ambulance has been obtained for the transport of patients. It is an Austin 16 and the specifications were carefully thought out. The whole of the interior arrangements have been made as simple as possible to help necessary disinfection which takes place between its use for different cases. You have, therefore, two ambulances, one ambulance for infectious disease cases and one as a stand-by for such cases. (c) Hospitals (Public and Voluntary).โAt the end of 1935 the larger part of the Second Portion of the Barking Hospital was entered into occupation. |
6794edc2-a709-43e0-a6bc-9fc79c908fcc | This added an extra 38 permanent beds to the Hospital and as you know a further 12 beds are contemplated in the immediate future. The provision of these 12 cubicles will complete the Second Portion of the Barking Hospital. These portions are not additions in the ordinary sense of the word. The Barking Hospital has been planned for 150 beds and the work which has been completed during 1035 is an important step towards the completion of the Hospital. Last year I commented on the question of financial assistance to voluntary hospitals and I advised you that I would recommend that a sum of money should be distributed according to work carried out for Barking residents. You did set aside a sum of ยฃ200 for the year in question, which has been distributed in accordance with this suggestion. 22 The following Hospitals benefited under this scheme :โ City of London Maternity Hospital. East Ham Memorial Hospital. King George Hospital, Ilford. Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, Shad well. Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford. |
02eb4ba2-c859-4713-b47b-0c8442fefaed | St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow. Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street. London Hospital. Poplar Hospital. (d) Clinics and Treatment Centres.โThe table on pages 27-30 shows the various out-patient departments under the control of the Local Authority. The Woodward Clinic was opened to the public on the 12th October, 1935. This clinic has been built of just sufficient size to meet the requirements of the population on the Becontree Estate, south of the railway line. At the time this clinic was being built there was some talk of making it larger so that it might cater for the population on the whole of the Becontree Estate in Barking, that is, both north and south of the railway line, but after hearing evidence you decided to build one clinic of the present size and to leave to the future the building of a similar clinic on the Northern Section. By the courtesy of the Architects, Messrs. H. H. Dawson and H. YV. |
9bd57b12-c896-41f9-bcc5-ca60a866f221 | Allardyce, I am privileged to include in this report a plan of this building. The fact that the main entrance is at the right-hand side of the building and that the windows of the waiting hall are large means that the waiting hall is well lit and cheerful. The position of the Medical Officers' rooms and dental rooms is such that a measure of quiet and privacy is obtained, whilst the fact that there are doorways opening out from both wings on to a garden at the back of the building means that the staff of different departments have access to one another and to the office, without of necessity using the waiting hall. (e) Nursing in the Home.โNursing is still a pressing problem in Barking. The East Barking District Nursing Association has had an uphill fight and I am happy to record it has obtained a measure of success. The funds of this Association, however,only make it possible for them to avail themselves of the services of one permanent nurse, with some occasional extra and relief service. |
716deda9-3214-46cc-b432-d85eaa8431de | I myself am of the opinion that if the district is to be served adequately it would warrant the appointment of four nurses. The Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses' Home have still continued to undertake their work, as they have done in the past, in Barking. This work however is not self-supporting and I hope that notwithstanding this the work will be continued. 23โ24 TABLE 1. 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. |
6f9885f9-ba4e-45c3-b30b-85a525cc422e | Men Women Children Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barkingโ 1 Upney (Maternity) Hospital Upney Lane, Barking, Essex Maternity โ 18 โ Borough of Barking 2 Barking (Isolation) Hospital Upney Lane, Barking, Essex Isolation of general infectious diseases (excluding smallpox) 96 Borough of Barking Not controlled \nj the Council of the Borough of Barkingโ 3 Brentwood Mental Hospital Brentwood, Essex Mental 764 1037 โ Essex County Council 4 Brookfield Orthopaedic Hospital Hale End, Woodford Green, Essex. |
0b8a9b67-c859-4241-9aa8-e1a3adb1a057 | Orthopaedic โ โ 30 Voluntary 5 City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs Victoria Park, E.2 Heart and Lung Diseases 85 88 8 Voluntary 6 City of London Maternity Hospital 102, City Road, E.C.I Maternity โ 79 โ Voluntary 7 East Ham Memorial Hospital Shrewsbury Road, E.7 General Medical and General Surgical 34 34 20 Voluntary 8 Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital Golden Square, Piccadilly Circus, W.l Ear, Nose and Throat 36 37 11 Voluntary 9 Guy's Hospital London Bridge, S.E.I General Medical and General Surgical, etc. |
c198907e-cd0b-4c2a-be23-06b4507af516 | 299 287 63 Voluntary 10 Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, W.C.I General Medical and General Surgical and Isolation (Children only) 252 Voluntary 11 Joyce Green Hospital Dartford, Kent Isolation of Smallpox ... In formatio n not available) London County Council 12 King George Hospital Ilford, Essex General Medical and General Surgical 41 61 22 Voluntary 13 London Hospital Whitechapel Road, E.l General Medical and General Surgical 379 375 89 Voluntary 14 London Lock Hospital and Home 283. Harrow Road, W.9 Maternity and Venereal Diseases 10 30 16 Voluntary 15 London Skin Hospital 40, Fitzroy Square, W.l Skin. |
7122f96d-7f81-4a63-989b-daffa31d4b4b | (No in-patients) โ โ โ Voluntary 16 Orsett Joint Smallpox Hospital ... Stifford Long Lane, Grays, Essex Smallpox 11 11 โ Orsett Joint Hospital Board 17 Poplar Hospital for Accidents East India Dock Road, E.14 General Medical and General Surgical 56 30 26 Voluntary 18 Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children Glamis Road, Shadwell, E.l Children โ โ 135 Voluntary 19 Public Assistance Hospital Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex General Medical, General Surgical, Children, Maternity, Tuberculosis, Chronic Sick, Mental and Orthopaedic 288 302 124 Essex County Council 20 Queen's Hospital for Children Hackney Road, Bethnal Green, E.2 Children ... โ โ 160 Voluntary 21 Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End Stratford, E. |
64f64118-d816-43f9-9d90-3437fa0470a8 | 15 General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity ... 54 106 47 Voluntary 22 Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) City Road, E.C.I Ophthalmic 66 50 19 Voluntary 23 Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital ... Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex Orthopaedic 45 70 345 Voluntary 24 St. Bartholomew's Hospital Smithfield, E.C.I General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity, etc., Ophthalmic, Orthopaedic, Ear, Nose and Throat, and Septic, etc. 287 344 65 Voluntary 25 St. Mary's Hospital for Women and Children Upper Road, Plaistow, E.13 General Medical and Surgical, Children, etc. โ 33 38 Voluntary 26 Severalls Mental Hospital Mile End, Colchester Mental ... 717 1169 โ Essex C.C. and Colchester B.C. |
1da04737-71c5-4c8c-bb19-230aec72a50b | 27 Westminster Hospital Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, S.W.I General Medical and Surgical, Maternity, Ear, Nose and Throat, etc. 92 128 22 Voluntary In addition to the above Institutions, there are a number of Sanatoria to which tuberculous persons resident in Barking are admitted at the instance of the Essex County Council, under their scheme for the treatment of tuberculosis. In the case of isolation and smallpox hospitals, the bed accommodation has been given on the basis of 144 square feet per bed. 25โ26 TABLE II. HOSPITAL SERVICES, showing the number of beds for each purpose, and other facilities available. Number of beds for the following purposes Name of Hospital. Accident Chest (nontub.) |
9c9f1441-a436-4312-8d7b-bf31ec912733 | & Heart Children Chronic Sick Dental Dermatological Ear, Nose & Throat General Medical General Surgical Genito-urinary Gynaecological Infectious Diseases Isolation & Observation Maternity Mental Neurological Ophthalmic Orthopaedic Radium Septic Small-pox Tuberculosis Venereal Diseases Other facilities available Arrangements for pathological work Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking. 1โ Upney (Maternity) Hospital โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 18 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, Dental, Nursing of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia. Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.4. 2t Barking (Isolation) Hospital Not controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking. |
59268421-f7c0-439e-9aeb-6bd07a9a7c22 | โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 96 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, Dental, Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic, Maternity, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. 3 Brentwood Mental Hospital โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 1801 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 4 Brookfield Orthopaedic โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 30 โ โ โ โ โ Operative Surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental,Massage,X-rays,Ophthalmic. No information available. 5 City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs โ 72 8 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 101 โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium. |
a9d26565-f1dc-43d1-ac34-a59cbcb6d59f | Own Laboratory. 6 City of London Maternity Hospital โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 79 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative Surgery, Dental. Nursing of Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia. Own Pathologist. 7 East Ham Memorial โ โ โ โ โ 3 4 37 36 โ 8 โ โ โ โ โ 4 4 โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Electrical, Massage. Own Laboratory. 8 Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear โ โ โ โ โ โ 84 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Radium. Carried out by a Pathologist outside the Institution. |
2eb0048c-eee5-4628-b544-9a5adff7ab44 | 9 Guy's 58 โ 14 4 6 33 179 150 10 24 โ 40 21 4 9 24 19 8 โ โ โ 9 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. 10 Hospital for Sick Children โ โ โ โ โ โ 18 106 121 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 7 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 11 Joyce Green Hospital (Isolation of Smallp ox) No information ava ilable from the Lond on County Cou ncil. (No information available from the L.C.C.) No information available. 12 King George Hospital โ โ 22 โ โ โ โ 34 68 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Dental (as casualty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gynaecological, Neurological, Dermatological. Own Laboratory. |
9ca53c7a-20ba-4a36-a449-ae851929291b | 13 London Hospital 28 306 338 28 โ 97 22 โ โ 24 โ โ โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. 14 London Lock Hospital โ โ 15 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 6 2 โ 2 โ โ โ โ โ 31 Operative surgery, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Massage, Ophthalmia Neonatorum. Own Pathologist. 15 London Skin Hospital โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Skin diseases only. (No in-patients.) Ultra-violet light, X-rays. Own Laboratory. 16 Orsett Joint Smallpox โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 22 โ โ Small-pox only. |
6a25da3a-d585-4aae-bce1-3bbc5f7de15e | - 17 Poplar Hospital for Accidents โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 34 78 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Radium by arrangement with the London Hospital. Own Laboratory. 18 Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children โ โ 135 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 19 Public Assistance Hospital โ โ 124 160 โ โ โ 120 120 โ โ โ โ 30 32 โ โ 60 โ โ โ 68 โ All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium. Carried out at the Counties' Laboratory, E.C.4. 20 Queen's Hospital for Children โ โ 160 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available with the exception of Radium. Own Laboratory. |
543a5490-c488-4292-bec4-16089f49f6fb | 21 Queen Mary's Hospital for the East End โ โ 47 โ โ โ 2 46 54 โ 3 โ โ 50 โ โ 3 2 โ โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 22 Royal London Ophthalmic (Moorfields Eye Hospital) โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 135 โ โ โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available with the exception of Operative surgery, Massage and Radium. Own Laboratory. 23 Royal National Orthopaedic โ โ โ โ โ 460 โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Massage. Own Pathologist. 24 St. Bartholomew's Hospital โ โ 18 โ โ 6 24 232 250 โ 44 โ 10 17 22 18 55 โ โ All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. 25 St. |
2b6c0be5-d397-45e6-b115-e92da623879b | Mary's Hospital for Women & Children โ โ โ โ โ โ 22 37 โ 8 โ โ โ โ โ 4 โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultraviolet light, Dental, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Ophthalmic. Part-time Pathologist in conjunction with other Hospitals. 26 Severalls Mental Hospital โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ 1886 โ โ โ โ โ โ โ โ Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultra- violet light, Dental OPhthalmic. Own Laboratory. 27 Westminster Hospital 10 โ 13 5 โ 2 7 64 85 โ 10 โ 8 12 โ โ 6 4 16 โ โ โ โ All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. |
de340ab3-8700-4c1d-a503-d22728a75e63 | โ In the case of Hospitals under the control of the Borough of Barking :โ Number and classification of Medical Staff Number and classification of Nursing Staff : Matron Sisters Assistant Nurses Mid wives Probationer Nurses Arrangements for the employment of consultants Upney (Maternity) Barking (Isolation) Hospital Hospital The Medical Officer of Health is also the Medical Supt. and is assisted in this work by the Medical Staff. 1 4 โ 6 4 โ 4 18 Consultants are engaged when necessary. 27โ28 CLINIC AND TREATMENT CENTRES. Name and Situation. When Held. Nature of Accommodation. By Whom Provided. 1. Maternity and Child Welfare. (a) Infant Welfare Centres :โ Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Tuesdays and Fridays, 2 p.m. Modern clinic premises with accommodation for consultations, weighing of babies, waiting rooms, etc. Local Authority. |
1c779e2a-e313-4a54-88ce-516357841ae8 | Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 2 p.m. do. do. Greatfields Centre, Movers Lane Mondays and Thursdays, 2 p.m. Accommodation for consultations, weighing of babies, waiting rooms, etc. do. Alexandra Centre, St. Paul's Road do. do. do. Porters Avenue Centre, Porters Avenue Mondays and Wednesdays, 2 p.m. do. do. (b) Ante-Natal Clinics :โ Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Wednesdays, 2 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. Modern clinic premises with accommodation for consultations, etc. do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Wednesdays, 10 a.m. do. do. *Alexandra Centre, St. Paul's Road Tuesdays, 2 p.m. Accommodation for consultations, etc. do. |
7d9b6a39-b721-4c17-808a-f63235fa80fb | Porters Avenue Centre, Porters Avenue Thursdays, 9.30 a.m. do. do. โ Specialist-Consultant Clinic at Alexandra Centre, St. Paul's Road Last Friday in each month, 3.30 p.m., except August and December. do. do. (c) Gynaecological Clinics :โ Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road ... As and when required. Modern clinic premises with accommodation for consultations, etc. do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road do. do. do. (d) School Nurseries :โNil Nil Nil Nil (e) Day Nurseries :โNil Nil Nil Nil N.B.โ*Since the end of 1935 this Clinic has been transferred to the Central Clinic Premises, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road. |
a7e576b4-a74f-4b2a-80f8-9109686749ba | โ Since the end of 1935 this Specialist-Consultant Clinic has been transferred to the Central Clinic Premises, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road, and is held on the third Tuesday in each month at 3.30 p.m. (except August and December.) 29โ30 CLINIC AND TREATMENT CENTRES. Name and Situation. When Held. Nature of Accommodation. By Whom Provided. 2. School Medical Service. (a) Inspection Clinics and Treatment of Minor Ailments :โ Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Daily, 8.30 a.m. Modern clinic premises with inspection, waiting and treatment rooms, etc. Local Authority. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road do. do. do. (b) Ophthalmic Clinic :โ Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. Modern Clinic premises do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Thursdays, 2 p.m. |
758be771-e600-4fde-9860-4e5781e3b3a2 | do. do. (c) Dental Clinics :โ Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Daily, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Modern clinic premises with waiting and treatment rooms, etc. do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road do. do. do. (d) Orthopaedic Clinic :โFaircross School:โ (i) Specialist's Clinic First Thursday in each month, 9 a.m. One Room do. (ii) Remedial Exercises Clinic, Ultra Violet Light Therapy, etc. Daily, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. do. do. 3. Diphtheria Prevention Immunisation Clinic. Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Mondays, 10 a.m. Modern clinic premises with waiting and treatment rooms. Local Authority. 4. Tuberculosis. 37, Linton Road Mondays, 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. |
1e7147c6-eef7-489b-a638-e092a329d2a9 | Thursdays, 10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Three rooms Essex County Council. 5. Venereal Diseases. London hospitals, etc. - By arrangement with Essex County Council. 31 32 Towards the end of 1935 the Council made it possible for a sum of 1s. 6d. per visit to be paid to both these Associations, when they undertook the nursing of acute primary and acute influenzal pneumonia in the home in cases where the Medical Officer of Health, in consultation with the general practitioner concerned, is of the opinion that domiciliary nursing represents the best hope of recovery for the patient. 2. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. The work in connection with Maternity and Child Welfare is carried on under powers given in the following Acts :โ Notification of Births Act, 1907. Notification of Births (Extension) Act, 1915. Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918. |
37bf040e-0123-4268-b1c7-f58387e675f8 | Part I of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by Part V of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932. Midwives Acts 1902-1926. Maternity and Child Welfare work has been carried on in Barking these many years. It began in quite a small way and it has grown to the proportions outlined in this Report. In this connection I am very happy to state that in December, 1935, Miss P. M. Fawcett was appointed as senior health visitor and also as senior school nurse. This appointment will in my opinion lead to a fuller measure of cohesion within the section itself and will co-ordinate the work of this section and the work of the other sections of the Public Health Department. During 1935 the Woodward Clinic was opened, and in the new building the Clinics, formerly held at the Shaftesbury Centre, Stamford Road, run smoothly and are growing in size. |
baca4d48-aa7e-46c6-95b9-70567b2d9d12 | The other Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics are held at the Alexandra, Central, Greatfields and Porters Avenue (Methodist Church) Centres. (a) Ante-Natal Supervision.โAnte-Natal Clinics are held at four centresโtwo sessions weekly at the Central Clinic, and one session weekly at the Alexandra, Woodward and Porters Avenue Clinics. The following table shows the work carried out at these clinics during the year :โ 33 Central Clinic. Woodward Clinic. No. of Sessions. First attendances. Reattend- ances. Total attendances. No. of Sessions. First attendances. Reattend ances. Total attendances. 102 351 1823 2174 51 186 808 994 Alexandra Clinic. Porters Avenue Clinic. No. of Sessions. First Attendances. ReAttend ances. Total Attendances. No. of Sessions. First Attendances. ReAttend ances. |
5c6a1811-13c3-4284-b1b2-1a0aa5ac8d05 | Total Attendances. 53 110 711 821 26 62 350 412 Total first Attendances 709 โ Re-Attendances 3,692 โ Attendances 4,401* ,, Sessions 232 * In addition there were 38 Post-Natal, and 96 Gynaecological Attendances. It is by no means unsatisfactory that out of about 1,200 births, somewhat over 700 women attended at your Ante-Natal centres, but in the absence of evidence that the remaining 500 cases were under adequate supervision, the figure of 709 first attendances must be regarded as one on which to improve. My opinion is that the Midwives Bill at present before Parliament will lead to a fuller measure of co-ordination and co-operation in this work, and this figure will improve. It is, however, satisfying to note that a large number of the women who avail themselves of the facilities offered at ante-natal clinics are approaching their first pregnancy, and that these women on the whole attend regularly. |
0b0b1e44-f56f-4d14-8442-67e18a5d42fe | Details of the milk and meals supplied to expectant mothers are given on pages 14-16. (b) Still-births.โLast year I was in the unhappy position to state that there were no less than 56 still-births. This year I am happy to be able to say the figure has dropped to 30, but even this, is in my opinion, too high. In no less than 19 of these cases the cause of death was definitely stated to be unknown. It is of course a very difficult task indeed to get reliable information on which to base an opinion which would justify me in advising you of the steps necessary to deal with the difficulty. (c) Midwifery.โThe Council became the Local Supervising Authority for Midwives as from the 1st April, 1935. |
3e746c4b-b916-44da-9c6b-ee3919ef1e10 | 34 Thirty-four midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of their intention to practise within the Borough during the period 1st April, 1935 to the 31st December, 1935, and the number who were engaged in practice in the Borough at the end of the year was as follows :โ At Upney Hospital 5 At the District Nurses' Home of the Plaistow Maternity Hospital 2 In private practice 10 The number of visits of inspection paid by the Inspector of Midwives was 51. The following is a summary of notifications received from midwives :โ Medical Help 178 Deaths of Mother or Child 9 Laying out the Dead 5 Still-births 9 Liability to be a source of Infection 9 Artificial Feeding . 5 215* * Of these, 58 notifications were received from the Upney Maternity Hospital. |
a54857a8-2eef-478d-83ed-4b0c760579f8 | The following is a summary of the 178 cases in which medical help was sought:โ Mother :โ Anaesthetic 13 Fit 2 HaemorrhageโAnte-partum 6 Post-partum 5 Malpresentations 7 Miscarriage 1 Prolonged labour 22 Rise of temperature 12 Retained placenta 4 Ruptured perineum 36 Uterine inertia 5 Miscellaneous causes 15 128 35 Child :โ Convulsions 4 Discharging eyes 30 Miscellaneous causes 6 Pustular rash 1 Spina bifida 1 Unsatisfactory condition of infant 8 50 By agreement, dated 1st January, 1924, with the Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses' Home, the Council annually subsidise the Hospital on any deficit from ยฃ300 in respect of 300 District Midwifery cases attended by their midwives, reckoned at the rate of ยฃ1 per case. |
62819941-55bd-49e9-ac6c-eff22c3d2db2 | The takings of the Hospital for 1935 in respect of 161 cases amounted to ยฃ203 9s. 0d., leaving a balance payable to the Hospital by the Council of ยฃ96 l1s. 0d. During the year 1935 there were 1,135 maternity cases in the district. 146 of these were conducted by the Plaistow Maternity Charity, 350 of them were conducted by your own midwives at Upney Hospital, 178 were conducted by the midwives of the Salvation Army Organisation, leaving 461 which were dealt with by medical practitioners, private midwives or otherwise. (d) Upney Hospital.โThe admissions to the Maternity Home during 1935 numbered 373 of which 23 were admitted for ante-natal treatment. During the past year the daily average number of beds occupied was fourteen. The total number of bed-days was 5,132. |
9afad7d4-4f79-44fe-bf4b-82c3b61afe34 | It was hoped to have replaced the temporary maternity home in the year under review, but owing to several circumstances this was impracticable. It is opportune here, however, to lay before you a sketch plan of the New Maternity Pavilion, supplied by courtesy of the Architects, Messrs. H. H. Dawson and II. W. Allardyce. Some interesting features of this building are that the greater part of the ordinary nursing is congregated at one end, that no ward has more than four beds and that there are a number of single bed wards for the reception of patients just after they have been delivered of their babies. The Labour Suite is an entity of its own and so also is the Admission Wing. (e) Post-Natal Care.โIn this connection I feel that more use should be made of the gynรฆcological clinics and that it should be a rule of all women to be examined say six weeks after their confinements. |
b2308a55-88d9-4c59-be3d-3befb0659e1f | 36 (f) Gynaecological Clinics.โThe primary object of these clinics is, as I pointed out last year, to enable ordinary women who believe themselves to be in ordinary health to have a complete overhaul so that they may rest assured that there are no signs of commencement of any serious conditions from which women suffer. These conditions are often only apparent to the ordinary average person in the later stages, but can be detected by a trained person in the early stages when they are usually easily dealt with. It is unfortunate that so far the primary object of this clinic has not been sufficiently recognised. It is of course uphill work to get ordinary people who believe themselves to be in ordinary health to consult a doctor, but the small beginnings which have been made in this direction will I hope grow. It is I am sure a step in the right direction. |
6de9bf0b-2029-4fe1-ae75-ddd95eefc09c | (g) Pemphigus Neonatorum.โPemphigus Neonatorum is in Barking an infectious disease within the meaning of the Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, and six such notifications were received during the year. (h) Maternal Mortality.โAccording to the return of the Registrar-General there were during the year 1935 four deaths from puerperal causesโthree deaths from puerperal sepsis and one death from other puerperal causes. This gives a rate of 3.18 per 1,000 total births. The following table gives you similar information for the last twelve years :โ โข Maternal MortalityโStatistics. Barking. England and Wales Year. Deaths from Rate per 1,000 births. Rate per 1,000 births. Puerperal Sepsis. Other Puerperal Causes. |
64f43c59-535d-43a7-a37d-6c21c5792bb4 | 1924 1 2 3.66 *3.90 1925 โ 1 1.21 *4.08 1926 โ 1 1.22 *4.12 1927 2 1 4.23 *4.11 1928 โ 2 2.48 4.25 1929 โ 2 2.54 4.16 1930 โ 3 3.72 4.22 1931 1 3 4.08 3.95 1932 โ 1 0.88 4.06 1933 4 โ 3.2 4.23 1934 1 4 3.82 4.41 1935 3 1 3.18 3.93 *Rate per thousand live birthsโfigure not available in respect of rate per thousand total births. |
44a5b3e0-0907-4142-8402-b28d6fe90da0 | 39 Whenever there is a case of maternal mortality, and even in cases where the death is following abortion or where death is associated with pregnancy or childbirth but primarily due to intercurrent diseases such as nephritis, tuberculosis, heart disease, etc., full investigations are carried out and confidential reports communicated to the Ministry of Health. After many years experience I cannot very well but hold the opinion that maternal mortality is a term very difficult to define, and that its interpretation may vary in different areas. This of course invalidates statistical information so far as its value for comparison is concerned. The problem of maternal mortality continues to be one which, though tackled from many sides, has not been solved. It is indeed complex, and though each advance in knowledge is in turn applied in the effort to reduce the unfortunately large number of maternal deaths the level remains approximately unchanged, Is it possible that the "advance" of civilisation also undermines in one way or another the constitution of those who "enjoy" its benefits? |
63f308bc-dcf7-4e61-a515-21eb1e7d6b0f | And can the Great War, with the inevitable nervous strain and the shortage of some essential foods, be held to contribute to the mortality of those young mothers who were born or who were young children during these years ? That some accidents are inevitable is accepted by all, and in analysing the cause of deaths, just under 60 per cent, have been classed as "avoidable" (Scottish Enquiry): the term avoidable is here used in a wide sense and represents a probability rather than a certainty. One-third of these cases are attributed to negligence or ignorance of the patient. Nearly half the avoidable deaths were attributed to lack of care or to not seeking, or ignoring advice given during pregnancy, and half to faults arising during delivery. The proportion of deaths attributed to midwives and doctors cannot be used in general condemnationโ a proportion of the patients are accident-prone. |
921da3c3-946b-429c-b8f8-4cd3245a9401 | It is regrettable that there still are women who do not avail themselves of the facilities provided, who only seek help when they find that some abnormal condition has arisen, or who will not act upon advice given. The maternal mortality rate includes deaths due to causes associated with pregnancy, parturition or the puerperium but not directly due to this state, and so may prove at first sight misleading. The risk to mothers varies widely with age and the number of previous pregnancies : adverse home conditions seem to have a definite association with the death rate. Puerperal sepsis accounts for about half the cases of maternal mortality, and is very little lower since aseptic technique has been introduced. Epidemic puerperal sepsis is on the wane, but sporadic cases continue to arise. 40 (i) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.โDuring the year fifteen cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum were notified. All of these cases recovered with unimpaired vision. |
b454d4d6-3fe5-4c86-a5d6-2a212a1e4b79 | (j) Illegitimate Children.โSpecial attention is paid by the Health Visitors to all illegitimate children. Twelve illegitimate children were born during the year, and three died. The illegitimate mortality rate is more than four times the mortality rate for legitimate children. Last year I pointed out that the illegitimate mortality rate was higher throughout the country than the mortality rate among legitimate children. This is a social question of the first magnitude. Indeed, I feel it is social rather than medical, and I do hope that together with other authorities you may be able to examine the question and to make any necessary recommendations. (k) Tonsils and Adenoids.โIn previous years I have pointed out the desirability of looking upon the surgical treatment of tonsils and adenoids as more than a minor operation. It is my opinion that where practicable the child should be admitted to hospital a day before the operation so as to settle down and be retained at least two or three or even four days after the operation. |
96939927-a6d1-4b07-a415-840d7d9867b8 | I think also the whole question of the treatment of tonsils and adenoids should be reviewed and that a special out-patient department should be set up for ear, nose and throat conditions, where these can be studied intensively and where by means of special treatment it may be possible to prevent what may be termed the wholesale slaughter of tonsils and adenoids which goes on at the present time. May I make it quite clear that before any child is sent to a hospital, it is seen by one or even two doctors and even then it is not referred for the operation to be performed, but for the independent opinion of the surgeon concerned. (1) Convalescent Treatment.โDuring 1935 a number of mothers and children were recommended for convalescent treatment. The following table shows the number of mothers and children who have been treated :โ No. treated. Mothers and toddlers 10 Toddlers (under 5 years of age) 3 41 (m) Ophthalmic Clinic.โIn May, 1935, Mr.W. |
b293f79b-29cf-4e87-8a80-c5cb5004dd16 | Gray, of Queen Mary's Hospital, was appointed Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon, and with this appointment the treatment of eye conditions is now placed on a thoroughly satisfactory basis. It is possible to say that all out-patient treatment which is and which can be conducted at a special eye hospital or in the special department of a general hospital is now available at your clinic. (n) Ultra-Violet Light Clinic.โVery useful work is done at this clinic, because as I pointed out last year it is possible by means of artificial light to graduate the doses according to the individual need of each person. The chief problem here is one of accommodation and the time has come when the classroom at Faircross School cannot be regarded as suitable for ultra-violet light work and the other remedial work which is carried on in the classroom. (o) Dental Treatment.โLast year I was able to report favourably, not only of the facilities you have provided for infants and toddlers, but also upon the interest which many parents are showing in this work. |
c128e352-feb1-4a0d-a7a7-a60189dce4f5 | There used to be, particularly on the part of mothers, apprehension that dental work among toddlers was not suitable for their tender years. Although it is too early to say this apprehension does not exist, we can say mothers and fathers are much more ready than they were in the past to avail themselves of your dental service on behalf of their young children. (p) Diphtheria Immunisation.โLast year I pointed out that too small a number had been immunised to influence the number of cases of diphtheria in Barking. A considerable proportion of the child population, particularly toddlers, would have to be immunised before there would be any appreciable falling off in the number of cases of diphtheria. Rapid and safely produced immunity can be induced by means of injections, and 192 children were immunised during the year. (q) Minor Ailments.โYour Minor Ailments Clinics have been held at two centres and here babies and toddlers have been treated whenever necessary; so also have certain conditions in nursing mothers. |
b8668dcb-255c-47bc-87f8-bb686aaeac41 | 42 The following table shows the work which has been carried out at your Minor Ailments Clinics :โ No. of cases seen by medical officers :โ Central Clinic. Woodward Clinic. (a) New cases 276 619 (b) Old cases 828 1,804 No. of attendances for treatment 1,380 1,857 It will be seen that the total number of medical inspections has grown from 728 in 1934 to 895 in 1935, and the total number of attendances for treatment from 2,664 to 3,237. (r) Infant Life Protection (under Part I of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by Part V of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932).โYour Health Visitors and Chief Sanitary Inspector are all Infant Life Protection Visitors, and regular visits are paid to all children coming within the meaning of the Act. I am not satisfied that present legislation is sufficient to enable you to carry out all the work which you would like to do. |
80d0dad0-9653-4e03-a904-f956665f85fb | There is relatively little difficulty with the foster mother who is approved and who receives a foster child for a period of time, but there is difficulty with foster children who are constantly moving from one foster parent to another and from one local sanitary area to another. Medical officers generally take this matter very seriously and notify one another confidentially of the movement of foster children, but there is this difficultyโa foster child may be passed from A, through B, to C and, so long as the intermediary B does not keep the child for more than twenty-four hours or does not receive the child for gain, there is no obligation on him or her to notify anybody, and so the chain of notifications, which is so necessary for the safety of these children, is broken. It may, of course, be urged that C must notify the reception of an infant, but it is not so readily possible for the local authorities to check up on one another as is so commonly done in other cases. |
c8e0f0d3-dd14-43a3-816d-a1f02e2ebdc0 | (s) Maternity and Nursing Homes.โDuring the year no less than 356 children were born in your Maternity Home. 43 (t) Infant Welfare Clinics.โThe following table shows the work carried out at your various Infant Welfare Clinics during the year :โ Central. Greatfields. Alexandra. Woodward. Porters Avenue. Totals. No. of sessions 104 99 99 104 70 476 No. of attendances of children under 1 year:โ (a) New Cases 205 138 198 328 221 1,090 (6) Old Cases 2,900 2,052 2,208 4,189 3,266 14,681 No. |
08c4c98c-b476-4c3b-93e2-e26a3920dfbc | of attendances of children 1-5 years of age :โ (a) New Cases 55 27 88 204 157 531 (b) Old Cases 1,677 1,099 1,494 3,368 2,886 10,524 Average No. of attendances per session 47 33 41 78 93 56 No. of sessions attended by Medical Officers 104 99 99 104 70 476 No. of children seen by Medical Officer other than at above sessions :โ (a) New Cases 276 โ โ 619 โ 895 (6) Old Cases 828 โ โ 1,804 โ 2,632 Average No. of children seen by Medical Officer per session 20 17 18 24 27 21 The total attendances during the year were 26,826 as compared with 20,652 in 1934. |
8744bee8-ffbb-4bc1-a835-6188ae656f1f | The information which is brought out by this table is that there were 1,090 individual children (new cases), under the age of one year, who attended your clinics. You will remember that the total number of live births was 1,226 which means that approximately 88 per cent, of the children born in Barking attended at your centres. (u) Home Visiting.โlhe home visits carried out by your Health Visitors are shown in detail in the following table :โ- No. of half-days devoted to visiting 1,683 No. of ante-natal visits :โ First visits 277 Subsequent visits 102 No. of first visits to children under 1 year 1,625 No. of subsequent visits to children under 1 year :โ (a) Attending a Centre 456 (b) Not attending a Centre 5,061 No. of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age :โ (a) No. of visits 7,553 (b) No. |
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