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6c26f354-06c1-4f70-ba55-44b0137e98f7 | Not only is it a means of making these meals better in themselves but as a means of educating children to like dairy produce, and to come to regard it as a part of their everyday life. So also with fruit and vegetables. Here, however, I come up against problems of transport and distribution of which I am not qualified ... |
b5df7dec-4164-4438-8e71-f990763e443a | (b) Uncleanliness.βSo far as uncleanliness is concerned it has, hitherto, been your policy that the right place for this to be treated is the home, and where it is found practicable uncleanliness is dealt with in this way. As I have pointed out in previous years, however, in obstinate and difficult cases the cleansing ... |
3eff8c26-6993-4314-9cf0-511f9dec72b6 | This new Clinic, together with a Branch Library, has been erected on a site of about a quarter of an acre at the corner of Stamford and Woodward Roads. The whole of the accommodation is provided on the ground floor. By the courtesy of the Architects, Messrs. H. H. Dawson and H. W. Allardyce, a sketch plan of the Clinic... |
8cd6f38a-669e-4f43-82a9-dced109f9514 | BOROUGH OF BARKING REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health For the Year 1936 C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.G.P., D.P.H. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page STAFF 7, 8 INTRODUCTION 0 SECTION A.βSTATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. Age Mortality 13 Area 10 Births 10-12, 18 Births, Notification of 18 Deaths 10-... |
781e17bf-26c5-4078-8028-cd1d8851ce07 | 17,18 Neo-Natal Mortality 15-17 Population 10 Rateable Value 10 Social Conditions 18-21 Still-births 10-12, 18 Travelling Facilities 20 Unemployment 19,20 Vital Statistics 10-12 Zymotic Diseases, Deaths from 13 SECTION B.- GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. Ambulance Facilities 24,25 Ante-Natal Clinics ... |
b8bbf1a1-3229-4e44-9f3f-bac6da88186d | Consultations in 47 East Barking District Nursing Association 35 Eye Defects 42,47,49-50 Foster Children 43 GynΓ¦cological Clinic 31-32, 39, 46 Home Nursing 35 Hospital Services 25β26, 27-30 Hospital Services, Tables of 27-30 Illegitimate Children 41 Infant Life Protection 43 Infant Welfare Clinics 31,32,44,47 Laborator... |
e2e8fd4f-f265-4527-aa71-3684253ae5d4 | Report of Work Done 51-54 Pathological Unit 23-24 Pemphigus Neonatorum 40 Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses' Home 35,39 Post-Natal Care 39 Provision of Dinners 40 Provision of Dried Milk, etc 45 Provision of Fresh Milk 45 Provision of Spectacles 47 Public Hospital Services 23-20, 27-30 Puerperal Fever and... |
900dd1ee-a65e-4174-bf4b-ac173b97b779 | 27-30 X-ray Treatment for Ringworm 48 SECTION C.βSANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Bed Bugs, Eradication of 73 Cesspools 59 Closet Accommodation 59,02 Common Lodging Houses 07 Creeksmouth Generating Station 70 Dampness 03 Defects found under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 05 Drainage and Sewerage 58,02 Dustbin Ma... |
f03c7dac-e331-429c-b883-0f74c600ef43 | 1901 64-65 Home Work 65 Houses Let in Lodgings 67 Miscellaneous Sanitary Inspections 62 Miscellaneous Sanitary Work carried out 64 Noise Nuisances 71 Notices Served 61 Offensive Trades 67 Out-workers 66-61 Pail Closets Paving PiggeriesPort of London Authority Premises and Occupations controlled by Byelaws and Regulatio... |
e481dde5-06e4-4c99-9786-562d7963a7c3 | 1934 68-69 Sinks 62 Smoke Abatement 69-70 Stables 68 Street Cleansing 59 Swimming Baths 71 Tents, Vans and Sheds 67 Trade Refuse 59 Ultra Violet Light Radiation 72 Underground Sleeping-rooms 67 Water Supply 57, 63 Workplaces, Inspection of 61,64 Workshops, Inspection of 61,64 SECTION D.βHOUSING. |
ef2c3ebb-49e6-47ae-9cc0-fceefc49aa84 | Clearance Areas 79 Houses Built in the District, 1926-1936 76,77 Houses Erected during the Year 75 Housing Act, 1935 78 Housing Conditions 76-79 Housing Defects Remedied 75-76 Housing Inspections 75 Inhabited Houses, Number of 70 Overcrowding 78 Proceedings under Public Health Acts 76 Proceedings under the Housing Act,... |
e6d93fb6-c391-4537-b0b8-7ab92d66dff2 | Adulteration of Food 84-85 Animals Slaughtered 82 Bacteriological Examination of Ice-Cream 82,85 Bactcriological Examination of Milk 81,85 Barking Corporation Act, 1933 82 Bottling of Milk 82 Chemical Examination of Food 85 Diseased Meat Destroyed 82-84 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 84 Graded Milk Licences Gr... |
2dc47deb-3604-45ac-b3b8-31027795907e | Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 88-90,92 Admissions to Barking (Isolation) Hospital (Table) 92 Artificial Immunisation 93 Barking (Isolation) Hospital 92 Cancer 93-95 Cerebro-spinal Meningitis 88-90,92 Diphtheria 87-92 Diphtheria Notifications (Monthly Summary Table) 91 Enteric Fever 98-90,92 Erysipelas 88-90,92 Infectiou... |
fd6e5fd1-cdd3-428c-b1f0-2da46bbc39f3 | 92 Prevention of Blindness 95-96 Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia 87,88-90,92 Rheumatic Fever 91 Scabies 92 Scarlet Fever 87-92 Scarlet Fever Notifications (Monthly Summary Table) 91 Smallpox 88-90 Summer Diarrhoea 91 Tuberculosis 96-98 Tuberculosis, New Cases and Deaths (Table) 96 Unnotified Fatal Cases of Tuberculosis. 90... |
7e96220c-5720-4cd7-a3b3-fad74249bf33 | School Medical Officers : R. H. CLAYTON, M.B., B.S., B.Hy., D.P.H. (Resigned 30th June, 1936.) J. MERVYN THOMAS, M.D., B.Sc., D.M.R.E., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Commenced 7th Sept., 1936.) CATHERINE B. McARTHUR, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. Ophthalmic Surgeon: WILLIAM ADAMSON GRAY, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Ph.D.* Orth... |
396febf6-758c-4796-9b46-a12fd067b851 | Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon: CYRIL R. SANDIFORD, M.D., F.R.C.S. Resident Medical Officer, Barking Hospital: Miss ENID L. WEATHERHEAD, M.B., B.S., M.Sc., D.C.H. Consultant Pathologist: Miss EDITH A. STRAKER, M.B., B.S., D.P.H. Dental Surgeons: W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S. H. S. SARSON, H.D.D., L.D.S., D.P.D. M.... |
2d4b0a77-f985-47f2-8cad-37083b3dc3f5 | H. CARR (b, c, e and I). C. S. COOK (b and c). E. G. TWEEDY (a and c). H. H. MADAMS (a and c). (Commenced 16th March, 1936.) Matron, Barking and Upney HospitalsβInspector of Midivives: Miss M. W. HEDGCOCK (h, i and j). 8 Health Visitors: Miss P. M. FAWCETT (Senior Health Visitor and School Nurse) (g, h and i). *Miss M.... |
0d8cd495-b443-42b8-85fb-c1de2058eec2 | Miss S. E. W. GIBSON (j). *Miss G. JONES (g, h and i). Miss R. LLEWELYN (Dental Nurse) (h and i). *Miss W. PARKER (g, h and i). Miss A. K. ROE (Masseuse) (n). Mrs. G. STOKES (g and i). Miss L. F. SWAIN (h and i). Mrs. W. WALTON (a, h andk). *Miss M. F. WHALLEY (g, h and i). (Commenced 28th September, 1936.) Clerical St... |
d306520f-9638-4c8a-be94-358e112aa72b | (Resigned 4th April, 1936.) Miss A. LIGGINS. F. YATES (p). Miss D. FOULSIIAM. G. H. RUFF. Miss I. CAST. E. A. ELLIS. Miss G. COOPER. E. INGS (o). (Resigned 5th September, 1936.) Miss I. W. MATIIIESON. D. F. W. SCOTT. (Commenced 13th July, 1936.) (Commenced 13th July, 1936.) L. J. DEXTER. (Commenced 5th October, 1036.) ... |
48d41ad2-2dc3-494d-bd3f-41f19488b5df | (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 I... |
c667e12c-dab5-4232-b51c-142a5be54e5f | (r) Combined appointmentβHealth 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, 1936. PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICES, BARKING, ESSEX. May, 1936. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr, M... |
ea1c798d-279f-4b70-8171-03363fdd91dd | Thames 240 Roding 58 Loxford Water 2 300 4,174 Population (1931 Census) 51,277 Population (June, 1936) (Registrar-General's Estimate) 7,000 Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1937, according to Rate Books:β- Houses 17,892 Shops 1,288 Total 19,180 Population Density, i.e., No. of persons per acre 18.2 Rateable ValueβGen... |
c285f6de-3988-4936-9f6d-65bc9080e02a | Legitimate 1,175 568 607 15.40 Illegitimate 20 11 9 0.26 Totals 1,195 579 616 15.72 Rate per 1,000 total births:β Still-births:β Legitimate 31 19 12 26.1 Illegitimate 1 β 1 Deaths 608 (60-1) 300 (299) 308 (305) Death Rate 8.0 (7.9) Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions, 54.3. Deaths. Rate per 1,00... |
d479376e-a961-4b2d-b57a-5a3c7cf12eaa | Death Rate. Legitimate 31 34 65 55.3 56.07 Illegitimate 1 1 2 100.0 Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 14 β β Whooping Cough (all ages) 7 (8) 8(6) ,, β Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) (N.B.βWhere the Registrar-General's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally, * the former are shown separately in br... |
add893c9-6894-465b-8ccc-322b5562fba0 | Enteric Fever. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Violence. Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two Years. Total Deaths under one year. England and Wales 14.8 0.01 12.1 0.01 0.00 0.07 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.14 0.52 5.9 59 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London 14.9 0.07 12.3 0... |
48e39df0-ae7e-4711-b696-a53d150b319a | 04 11.5 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.15 0.39 3.4 55 London 13.6 0.53 12.5 0.01 0.00 0.14 0.01 0.06 0.05 0.14 0.52 14.4 66 BARKING 15.72 0.42 8.0 0.03 0.00 0.18 0.01 0.09 0.04 0.09 0.22 6.7 56.07 Puerperal Sepsis. Others. Total. The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows : per 1,000 Live Births... |
41747ca4-e169-40f2-92d2-fbb2351e1653 | 2.41 2.31 3.81 3.65 4. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1926 TO 1936. Year. Β« 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 t... |
34a10ecb-b4c8-4bce-a8b8-c5cc0ac0eb68 | 7 251 6.2 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 50,330 1105 18.3 283 4.7 17 239 59 53.4 505 8.4 1933 68,840 1204 17. |
79d2cc42-5639-4eea-9bd1-3235886b38c5 | 4 290 4.2 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 13 801 64 52.2 558 7.7 1936 76,800 1 195 15.72 313 4.1 13 308 67 56.07 608 8.0 13 5. DEATHS. (a) General.βThere were 313 deaths registered in Barking in 1936. Of these 13 were deaths of non-residents. Bark... |
3edfad10-bdbb-4c86-a281-03ab0c3bba07 | Females. Total. 300 308 608 The death rate for 1936 was 8.0 per 1,000, compared with 7.7 in 1935, 12.1 for England and Wales, 12.3 for the hundred and twenty-two County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London, 11.5 for the one hundred and forty-three Smaller Towns, and 12.5 for London. (b) Age Mortality.βThe deaths ... |
993313e4-395e-4609-af0e-5fed1bc9b451 | Under 1 year 67 1 to 2 years 13 2 to 5 years 13 5 to 15 years 26 15 to 25 years 20 25 to 45 years 94 45 to 65 years 132 Over G5 years 243 (c) Causes of death in 1936.βThe table on the next page shows the principal causes of death at various ages. of death at various ages. Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths or im... |
055ba3b8-36e8-4426-8128-f568aea80c8d | Cardio-vascular system 187 30.75 Cancer 74 12.17 Tuberculosis (all forms) 44 7.24 Pulmonary affections (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis 27 4.44 Pneumonia (all forms) 33 5.43 Oilier respiratory diseases 0 1.48 Zymotic Diseases 35 5.75 (d) Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.βThese diseases caused 5.75 per cent. of... |
2fe87023-05c1-4926-a8df-0f6adfdb790f | Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the district. RegistrarGenaral'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 1 1 β β 2 2 Measles 3 8 3 β β β 14 14 Scarlet Fever β 1 ... |
4eeb1c9f-9f7d-4dcf-a4c1-f59feebed25d | Other Tuberculous Diseases β 1 1 1 3 1 β 7 7 Syphilis β β 1 β β 2 β 3 2 General Paralysis of the Insane, etc β β β β β 1 1 2 2 Cancer β β 1 β 9 27 37 74 70 Diabetes β β β β 1 2 4 7 8 Cerebral HΓ¦morrhage 1 β β β 2 11 14 28 20 Heart Disease 2 β 2 2 15 31 111 163 153 Aneurysm β β β β 2 β β 2 7 Other Circulatory Diseases β... |
f9c8c886-a2e6-4756-8a2f-169dc41389b2 | 1 β β β 3 3 2 9 4 Peptic Ulcer β 'β β β 1 6 1 8 0 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 8 β β β β β β 8 0 Appendicitis β β 1 β 1 2 β 4 5 Cirrhosis of Liver β β β β β β β β 1 Other Diseases of Liver 1 β β β 1 β 1 3 5 Other Digestive Diseases β β β β 3 3 2 8 10 Acutcand Chronic Nephritis 1 β 1 β 3 5 8 18 1U Puerperal Sepsis β β β 1 ... |
7385350e-3129-4e72-b491-ce2f3a375b0c | 31 β β β β β β 31 38 Senility β β β β β β 13 13 11 Suicide β β β 1 2 1 2 0 0 Other Violence β 3 3 β 7 1 3 17 20 Other Defined Diseases 4 3 7 3 8 10 3 38 40 Causes ill-defined or unknown β β β β β β β β - Totals 67 26 26 20 94 132 243 608 604 15 (g) Infant Mortality daring the year 1936. The following table gives the ac... |
030672d4-d442-4097-802e-384ca8198c1e | β 1 Anencephalus 1 β β β β 1 Bronchitis 2 1 β β β 3 Cerebral Degeneration β β β β 1 1 Congenital Debility 4 β β β β 4 Congenital Deformities 3 1 β β β 4 Congenital Heart Disease 2 β β β β 2 Convulsions and Asphyxia at Birth 2 β β β β 2 Deficient Inherent Vitality 1 β β β β 1 Diarrhoea and Vomiting β β β β 1 1 Gastro-En... |
26f77f1c-3792-4a9a-a734-033ec103f9c3 | β β β 2 Marasmus 2 1 β β β 3 Measles 1 1 1 3 Nco-Natal I'yΓ¦mia 1 β β β β 1 Nephritis β β 1 β β 1 Pneumonia 3 2 2 1 β 8 Prematurity 12 1 β β β 13 Spina Bifida β β 1 1 Whooping Cough β 1 1 β 2 4 Totals 38 12 8 3 6 67 Net Births in 'be year:β Legitimate 1,175 Illegitimate 20 1,195 Net Deaths in the year:β Legitimate 65 Il... |
fd7e233f-33db-4552-b329-1e95c87f87ed | Total. Anencephalus 1 β β 1 Bronchitis 1 1 β β 2 Congenital Debility 4 β β β 4 Congenital Deformities 3 β β β 3 Congenital Heart Disease β β 2 β 2 Convulsions and Asphyxia at Birth 1 1 β β 2 Deficient Inherent Vitality 1 β β 1 Gastro Enteritis β β 1 1 HΓ¦molytic Jaundice 1 β β β 1 Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida 1 β β β ... |
dc8f4055-3887-40ad-a42e-54baec14d474 | the age of one year, no less than thirty-eight were four weeks of age or under, and prematurity is given as the cause of death in the cases of twelve babies, who died within the first four weeks of life. The fact that thirty-eight died within the first month, leaving only twenty-nine deaths for the remaining eleven mon... |
96c7e3da-0d1d-47ec-acc3-ab0700611c13 | There is of coursc no opportunity in this one week to turn a weak and ailing baby into a strong and healthy one, and so the only way in which we can attack this problem is by still further activities in ante-natal work. We must have sufficient workers, not only to carry out routine work, but also to undertake research ... |
867bca89-599b-4ec8-ac71-6da3b8a2e45c | Mortality Rate 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 1936 67 56.07 38 31.8 (i) Mortality, Epidemics, etc.βA minor epidemic of acute anterior-poliomyelitis, i.e., inf... |
db353a99-63d7-4a1e-aeac-a166b0454754 | The severe cases were those which are known as acute anterior-poliomyelitis of the ascending type and which are also known as cerebro-poliomyelitis. One curious thing emerged. In one family a patient was found to be suffering from acute anterior-poliomyelitis of the ascending type and a child from acute anterior-poliom... |
9ffb8407-e52b-48fb-a0f6-27ef4307e8fb | It is distressing to find how hard popular prejudice is dying, and the expression "it is only measles" is one of the tragedies of today. The trouble is that the child with measles wants the best nursing in order to prevent complications arising, because, for instance, when broncho-pneumonia supervening upon measles bec... |
064d6b90-435a-4836-8612-8c742ab85136 | The net number of births registered in 1936 was 1,195, affording an annual birth rate of 15.72 per 1,000 population, compared with 16.9 in 1935, 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, 20 were illegitimate, giving a percentage of 1.67 of the to... |
9b1b16a4-e22c-467e-ba65-895cf6ee56aa | Seventeen live births and 2 still-births were not notified, and these cases are not included in the totals of notified births given above. 7. SOCIAL CONDITIONS. (a) Industries.βSome of the chief industries carried on in the area are as follows:β The production of electricity, gas, benzole, naphtha and zinc oxide. The m... |
bac46225-3128-4e94-912b-6548799b01a5 | 19 (b) Unemployment.βThe following table is compiled from information kindly supplied by the Manager of the Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange, Barking Copy of comparative statement of local unemployed by industries, as at December, 1935 and December, 1936:β Dec. 1935. Dec. 1936. Men. Women. Men. Women. Food 11 β 5... |
03092d79-af68-4574-9949-51bbaa0ebe46 | 4 8 1 Chemicals 15 7 12 6 Printing 7 2 6 1 Asbestos - 4 4 2 2 Woodworking and French Polishing 9 β 11 β Agriculture β β 2 21* General Labourers and Factory Hands 915 134 769 107 Mineral Water Manufacture β 8 β 7 Clerical 14 13 6 4 Leather Trades 5 2 3 1 Other Workers 59 17 47 18 1,566 301 1,147 256 * Agricultural worke... |
e8215c81-2ebc-4141-9099-44096b12d7ea | I am of the opinion that nutrition in this Country is better now than it has been for centuries, but I am by no means satisfied with the level we have achieved. I am concerned with our ignorance of the whole problem of nutrition, and as I have said elsewhere the subject is so important that those who are doing routine ... |
864a90b9-21bd-4433-b666-9a2fbddb2c9b | Administratively, I must still flog the obvious point which from year to year I put before you, which is that the nutrition of people who are unemployed, and their dependants, must be properly co-ordinated. At the present time we have in Barking the Public Assistance Committee, the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee... |
43af51fb-2d4e-487c-abf6-e551d416a2cd | This means that we have completed our Housing Programme for the period 19331938, save only for a modest number of houses, i.e., under 50. In turn this means you have improved the whole standard of housing in Barking, and because you are allowed to take into account the general level of housing in the area, it must mean... |
3a8eab3b-1031-45de-8dc7-35eb5103d595 | So far as housing is concerned, I know of no one factor which takes pride of place over the necessity of having a population properly spaced, and I am persuaded that 60 persons per acre is not the ideal at which we should aimβit is an obvious standard which we should always attain. (d) Travelling Facilities.βWhat I hav... |
ebf0c430-e178-49ec-bc8d-472dd1aa6a2d | 21 (e) Malnutrition.βI have commented upon nutrition, and I would like here to deal with one or two subsidiary points in regard to malnutrition. Firstly, I would wish to point out that although lack of food may certainly be the chief cause in some cases, it is not the only cause from which malnutrition arises. An unbal... |
dcdbb0cf-3826-4858-aeb1-5c44dae1a379 | Wireless sets can cheat many children of their proper sleep, and the more children there are who are out of bed when they should be in bed and the more the streets are turned into playgrounds, so will the quality of the sleep of those who do go to bed early be impaired. Although you have done a considerable amount to p... |
ae8de2c1-2540-4c82-a683-1849f94d9cf6 | Everybody knows that vegetables which have been recently picked and carefully handled are altogether different in taste from those which have undergone such a journey. It would be to the good if in this way or in that, probably by joint action with other authorities, a wholesale market for perishable commodities could ... |
c972618a-d33b-4d8d-b890-0739d670cc67 | Diphtheria 2,082 Sputa 230 Typhoid 29 Milk 78 Water 7 General 163 Total 2,589 In addition to the above, 11 biological tests were carried out to test the virulence or otherwise of germs of the diphtheria group. In another section of the Report mention is made of similar biological work carried out in respect of the pres... |
7907964c-5265-40c4-a8bc-43cbfb94b01a | There have been many local units set up in Public Health Departments which have never functioned efficiently, and so in order that we should start in the proper way, I steadfastly set my face against any unsatisfactory measures. 4 24 After consultations with colleagues, who are learned in this work, we made certain rec... |
1fdff5d8-e111-4847-8d22-90d2dcd5ae2b | Hill obtained her training in bacteriology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and in addition, you appointed a laboratory attendant, who again prior to coming to you had been on the staff at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I would like, personally, to thank Professor Topley, who ... |
3423cf22-b6a9-4c1b-aee1-691821282587 | The work which is undertaken at the laboratory is work which cannot be so efficiently and so expeditiously undertaken under the County's Scheme, but in addition to this the pathological unit is responsible for seeing that we use the County's Scheme to the greatest advantage. I look upon this development as one of the m... |
fe8deb8f-899b-4af1-854d-f059c017f2ff | 25 Arrangements are made for one or two attendants on each ambulance as occasion requires, and in other than ordinary cases, where a medical attendant so advises, nurses from the Hospital may be employed. Needless to say, it is the routine practice for a nurse or nurses to be employed on the infectious diseases ambulan... |
306d87eb-82a7-4ea4-8a3a-5ab6e8e62e8c | There is now a Resident Medical Officer, who also does a certain amount of clinical work in your out-patient departments at your various clinics. . The Upney Maternity Pavilion has 24 beds of which 8 are cubicles. One of these cubicles is situated at the distant end of the reception wing and can be and is completely is... |
8b0ff042-43a7-4ffd-b0e5-be6ac95d392e | At this Hospital too there is a Resident Medical Officer, under whose supervision gas can be administered in suitable cases. It is fortunate you have this Hospital, so wonderfully planned, so efficiently equipped and so adequately staffed. It will form a convenient nucleus in the future for midwifery in Barking. This i... |
c57214ea-300c-4193-8cc2-4c6861e8b282 | The following table shows the amount of money which has been contributed to each hospital, and represents roughly the use to which they are put by the people of Barking:β Β£ City of London Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Lungs 12 East Ham Memorial Hospital 38 King George Hospital, Ilford 55 Princess Elizabeth of ... |
956ca69e-c6f8-4b18-ab4c-019512a4ea10 | The County Council are, I think, making alternative accommodation in the near future which will replace the old Brookfield Hospital. The Brookfield Hospital has served a wonderful purpose, and though the time may have come for it to be replaced, it does not in the least detract from its honourable history. (d) Clinics ... |
71fe1ebb-a2ea-4edd-a35b-6a97e4c502dd | 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. Number of beds available. Other beds available. Total. Management. Men Women Children Controlled by the Council of the Borough of Bar/ringβ Upney (Ma... |
b4b26361-d561-4d7a-b664-4a49213a1730 | Orthopaedic β 30 ... ... ... ... ... ... 30 Essex County Council City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs (London Chest Hospital) Victoria Park, E.2 Heart and Lung Diseases 89 91 8 ... ... ... ... ... ... 188 Voluntary City of London Maternity Hospital 102, City Road, E.C.1 Maternity β 79 β ... ... ... .... |
baa25128-a1d7-4426-b9c1-40286f1856b6 | 264 292 59 76 Private Beds (unassigned) 691 Voluntary Hospital for Sick Children Great Ormond Street, W.C.1 General Medical and General Surgical and Isolation (Children only) β β 257 115 at the Country Branch Hospital, Tadworth Court, for continuation of treatment and for convalescence. 372 Voluntary King George Hospit... |
467ceb2f-4e81-45fd-bfac-2e84dc1d54ef | (No in-patients) β β ... ... ... ... ... ... β Voluntary Oldchurch Hospital Oldchurch Road, Romford, Essex General Medical, General Surgical, Children, Maternity, Tuberculosis, Chronic Sick, Mental and Orthopaedic 300 334 260 34 Isolation and Observation Beds (unassigned) 928 Essex County Council Poplar Hospital for Ac... |
fa47cac2-741b-48d7-99ae-a980e3e6541f | 15 General Medical and Surgical, Children, Maternity 58 108 46 ... ... ... ... ... ... 212 Voluntary Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital (Moorfields Eye Hospital) City Road, E.C.1 Ophthalmic 84 65 21 30 Private Rooms (unassigned) 200 Voluntary Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex Orthopae... |
3439d40b-788c-49db-b2f1-f33e8b6809e2 | β 27 44 ... ... ... ... ... ... 71 Voluntary Severalls Mental Hospital Mile End, Colchester Mental 857 1309 β ... ... ... ... ... ... 2166 Essex C.C. and Colchester B C. Westminster Hospital Broad Sanctuary, Westminster. S.W.1 General Medical and General Surgical, Maternity, Ear, Nose and Throat, etc. 86 120 13 38 beds... |
daa2565b-31d0-48f7-a0d1-97c3f7f48032 | & Heart | Children Chronic Sick Dental Dermatological Ear, Nose & Throat General Medical General Surgical Grnito-urinnry Gynaecological Infectious Diseases Isolation & Observation Maternity Mental Neurological Ophthalmic Orthopaedic Radium Septic Tuberculosis Venereal Diseases Unassigned Controlled by the Council of th... |
a55ff8df-2532-428f-b18b-f40c1c228b7d | Ear, Nose and Throat, Orthopaedic, nity, Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia, Ophthalmia Nconatorum. Not controlled by the Council of the Borough of Barking. 3 Brentwood Mental Hospital β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 2008 β β β β β β β β 2008 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory 4 Brookfield OrthopΓ¦dic β β β β β β ... |
53d692e8-63d2-4f7c-91fc-6a7e814347e5 | 5 City of London Hospital for Diseases of Heart and Lungs (London Chest Hospital) β 82 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 106 β β 188 Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultra-violet light, Denial, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Radium. Own Laboratory. 6 City of London Maternity Hospital β β β β β β β β β β β β β 79 β β β β β ... |
f8bb67f4-0e6c-4c34-9f44-4c213cbb1c2e | 8 Golden Square Throat, Nose and Ear β β β β β β 101 β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 101 Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic, Radium. Carried out by a logist outside the Institution. 9 Guy's 36 β 14 β 4 6 33 179 147 11 20 9 5 50 4 9 24 19 8 22 β 9 82 691 All specialised treatment available... |
cdd24c1f-4868-43f9-a11c-76cc049b5ad1 | 11 King George Hospital 6 β 32 β β β 6 54 72 β 13 β β β β β 3 β β β β β 21 207 Operative surgery, X-rays, Dental (as easualty), Ophthalmic, Massage, Ear, Nose and Throat, Gynaecological, Neurological, Dermatological. Own Laboratory. 12 London Hospital β 15 84 β β 13 26 234 301 β 33 37 7 31 β β 23 β β β β β 45 849 All s... |
bf6125d0-5966-46e7-a253-15f3106280e9 | 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 β β Skin diseases only. (No in-patients.) Ultra-violet light, X-rays, etc. Own Laboratory. 15 Oldchurch Hospital β β β β β β β 400 460 β β β 34 β β β β β β β 34 β β 928 All specialised treatment available with the exception of Ophthalmic and Radium. Ca... |
fecf8518-5191-4eac-bdbe-9c9c59c58318 | 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 135 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratory. 18 Queen's Hospital for Children β β β β β 6 14 92 24 β β β β β β β 6 18 β β β β β 160 All specialised treatment available with the exception of Radium. Own Laboratory. 19 Queen's Mary's Hospit... |
4cc7a1a9-f3bc-417f-b4d2-cf76f2704c8f | 21 Royal National OrthopΓ¦dic β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 317 β β β β β 317 Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultra-violet light, Massage. Carried out by a logist outside the Institution. 22 St. Bartholomew's Hospital β β β β β 6 20 264 250 β 44 β β 17 β β 22 20 β 55 β β 11 709 All specialised treatment available. Own La... |
e5c2cbe8-683f-4d14-9c6a-0a704107db1c | 24 Severalls Mental Hospital β β β β β β β β β β β β β β 2166 β β β β β β β β 2166 Operative surgery, X-rays, Ultra-violet light, Dental, Ophthalmic. Own Laboratory. 25 Westminster Hospital 10 β 13 β β 2 7 56 71 β 10 β 4 12 β β 6 10 22 β β β 34 257 All specialised treatment available. Own Laboratories. In the case of H... |
cd3c2109-70fa-49e3-a5ff-384762a8438b | Number and classification of Nursing Staff: Matron β 1 Sisters 3 7 Assistant Nurses β 8 Midwives 3 β Probationer Nurses 4 17 Arrangements for the employment of consultants A Consultant Staff is available. In addition to the above Institutions, there are a number of Sanatoria to which tuberculous persons resident are ad... |
f4e5dcc7-93fa-456b-aaf9-039042af9bf5 | (b) Ophthalmic Clinic:β Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. Modern clinic premises do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Thursdays, 2 p.m. do. do. (c) Dental Clinics:β Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Daily, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Modern clinic premises with waiting and treatmen... |
60279059-3387-46bf-b5b8-7f7b779edac0 | Immunisation Clinic (Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough):β Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Mondays, 10.30 a.m. Modern clinic premises with waiting and treatment rooms. Local Authority. Tuberculosis 37, Linton Road Mondays, 3-5 p.m. Tuesdays, 7-8 p.m. Thursdays, 10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Three rooms Es... |
0b1e3fc1-0d09-4d26-8270-f7e6c4d7db4a | Modern clinic premises with accommodation for consultations, weighing of babies, waiting rooms, etc. Local Authority. 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 ... |
62d70e22-8756-4556-ad02-6c6666ae2ec7 | Porters Avenue Centre, Porters Avenue Thursdays, . 9.30 a.m. Accommodation for consultations, etc. do. Specialist-Consultant Clinic at Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road. Third Tuesday in each month 3.30 p.m., except August and December. Modern clinic premises with accommodation for consultations, etc. do. (c)... |
cf7c445c-359c-47f3-88a9-00d876953df6 | 35 The arrangements for treating orthopædic cases, whilst by no means unsatisfactory leave much to be desired, insofar that the classroom in which treatment is conducted is too small and has none of the amenities which are necessary for such work. The inauguration, too, of an Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic will mean the e... |
4b5ecfcc-762b-42b6-becf-bb7fab034180 | Other clinics also, it may be said, are held for diagnosis and consultation. Thus we have a Consultative Obstetrical and Gynaecological Clinic where Mr. J. V. O'Sullivan visits, and a Consultative Orthopaedic Clinic where Mr. B. Whitchurch Howell attends. (e) Nursing in the Howe.βNursing is still a pressing problem in ... |
a27e5707-3b15-4164-8d84-90a397be14ce | During the year the Council decided to make a donation of Β£100 per annum to this body and the Executive committee of the Association have expressed their grateful thanks for the Council's decision. I myself am of the opinion that if the district is to be served adequately it would warrant the appointment of four nurses... |
ed97ba00-9788-4ccb-befd-6ea9408e5226 | Part I of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by Part V of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932. Midwives Acts 1902β1936. 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. It is with regret that... |
4de0452e-ada7-42f3-b95d-fc9da7833b28 | The following table shows the work carried out at these clinics during the year:β Central Clinic. Woodward Clinic. No. of Sessions. First attendances. Reattend ances. Total attendances. No. of Sessions. First attendances. Re- attendances. Total attendances. 144 370 2022 2392 53 206 951 1157 Alexandra Clinic. Porters Av... |
d06e3390-883b-42ef-ad2f-33e9401fe552 | 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 716 first attendances must be regarded as one on which to improve. It is, however, sati... |
afd35b28-addb-490b-b2cb-279c3bcdafe5 | (b) Still-births.βOn examining the records of cases of still-births occurring during the past year, an analysis of the causes to which the death of the baby is attributed by the mother or which have been found during the computation of records may be made as in the table given below:β Maternal toxaemia 3 Baby died befo... |
ca04525a-ed92-4745-b754-fe860f1e585d | Ante-partum hæmorrhage in some cases is also attributable to maternal toxaemia. Careful and frequent ante-natal supervision, with treatment where necessary, will enable the cases of still-birth due to toxaemia and difficult labour to be minimised, and it is noteworthy that many of the cases instanced in the table above... |
add34573-03a9-41b8-9570-5c7fdc6a8203 | 38 Thirty-seven midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of their intention to practise within the Borough during the period 1st January, 1036 to the 31st December, 1936, and the number who were engaged in practice in the Borough at the end of the year was as follows :β At Upney Hospital 6 At the District Nurs... |
06064b66-8706-49fc-b7f3-d1893792299e | The following is a summary of the 277 cases in which medical help was sought:β Mother :β AnΓ¦sthetic 25 HfemorrhageβAntepartum 10 Post-partum 2 Malpresentations 8 Miscarriage 3 Prolonged labour 36 Rise of temperature 9 Retained placenta 4 Ruptured perineum 77 Small pelvis 2 Uterine inertia 3 Miscellaneous causes 31 210 ... |
0135f764-953c-4785-a771-d6e266ccef04 | The takings of the Hospital for 1936 in respect of 187 cases amounted to Β£237 4s. 6d., leaving a balance payable to the Hospital by the Council of Β£62 15s. 6d. During the year 1936 there were 1,092 maternity cases in the district. 145 of these were conducted by the Plaistow Maternity Charity, 362 of them were conducted... |
a93a423f-9db3-4b5a-9525-79bb84458fa3 | (e) Post-Natal Care.βIn this connection I feel that more use should be made of the gynaecological clinics and that it should be a rule of all women to be examined say six weeks after their confinements. (f) GynΓ¦cological Clinics.βThe numbers attending these clinics show an increase, but the majority of the women who at... |
2ca6b6d3-0e0a-4033-abfe-6f4335559082 | (h) Maternal Mortality.βAccording to the return of the Registrar-General there were during the year 1936, three deaths from puerperal causesβone death from puerperal sepsis and two deaths from other puerperal causes. This gives a rate of 2.44 per 1,000 total births. The following table gives you similar information for... |
41256169-95bd-44a7-994a-01f68ff04da0 | 1924 1 2 3.66 *3.90 1925 β 1 1.21 *4.08 1926 β 1 1.22 *4.12 1927 2 1 4.23 *4.11 1928 β 2 2.48 4.25 1929 β 2 2.54 4.16 1930 β 3 3.72 4.22 1931 1 3 4.08 3.95 1932 β 1 0.88 4.06 1933 4 β 3.2 4.23 1934 1 4 3.82 4.41 1935 3 1 3.18 3.93 1936 1 2 2.44 3.65 Rate per thousand live birthsβfigure not available in respect of rate ... |
22bc7267-d890-432a-8b13-f1ccbf6cc1c8 | Previously, I have pointed out how difficult it is to define the term "maternal death." The official definition is "a death due to or in consequence of childbirth," but in some cases, however, it is all but impossible to say whether the death does actually and definitely come within the terms of this definition. Becaus... |
73860395-b405-4b5e-b3de-483515979d46 | We ourselves are looking to the problem of nutrition to explain some of the complications of pregnancy and childbirth. It seems positive that sepsis after childbirth is related amongst other things to some error in diet. Therefore, if only the diet is right the patient may in some cases reasonably resist, without hurt,... |
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