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27f2ec4d-eb5a-4082-9fd8-fb1fa3a4a0e7 | total number of bathers was 70,054 or 12,000 more than in 1936. The number of bathers on the peak day of the season was 3,680. 90 The sun-bathing area continues to be one of the most popular amenities. Criticism is directed to the present condition of the pre-cleansing arrangements and this is receiving the considerati... |
dd758676-4204-4acc-81d4-96f70fc06ccc | Examination of Bath Water.βFour samples from each bathing establishment were submitted to chemical and bacteriological analysis. In one instance the sample was unsatisfactory bacteriologically, because of special circumstances. The information as to this unsatisfactory sample was communicated to the Borough Engineer an... |
57205d73-92e8-458b-8a82-438d5b4da3a0 | Parallel to this frontage but at some distance of about one and a half miles is the large Becontree Estate of the London County Council. 91 It is with pleasure that I have noted how popular the stretch of open land is with the residents of that area, who in the summer spend most of the warm weekends sitting about or pl... |
a8ccf3f0-66a8-46fb-9943-4121b1783632 | The biologically active ultra-violet rays are measured by the fading of a standard solution of acetone and methylene blue. The figures which have been obtained show that there is a considerable amount of sunshine in Barking, and the sunshine is biologically active. 14. SCHOOLS. Thirteen of the seventeen elementary scho... |
e989e9f1-4f6d-469a-b491-94acd2bff1a9 | In addition the following houses have been disinfested:β Barking Council Houses 15 London County Council Houses 5 Privately Owned Houses 27 Total 47 The Corporation call upon the owner of the house to disinfest the dwelling and where necessary the occupier to disinfest the furniture, the Corporation carrying out steam ... |
50945b53-5161-429f-84e5-bcce64edfa0c | The bedding and soft goods from the houses are steam disinfested at the Barking Hospital. The Corporation has not so far appointed any officer specially to supervise or educate tenants in the prevention of infestation, but the sanitary inspectors do what is required in this respect whenever an infested house is discove... |
55d4cb04-7cea-47d7-aa42-fcd7fe957181 | Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year:β (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 3,695 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 10,644 (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded ... |
bcac3688-6e8c-42b0-8378-8db7c17886b2 | Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service of formal Notices:β Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 1,608 94 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:β A.βProceedings under sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 19... |
038a72c3-c6a9-4289-865a-5cf0c8ba5e23 | β-Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930: (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made Nil (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil D.βProceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930: (1) Number of separate tenements or ... |
a27cc2c9-526a-420b-ac0b-e7c89299ec09 | (a) General Observations.βThe total number of inhabited houses in the district is 19,441 (including 1,291 shops), which, compared with the total of 10,965 at the census of 1931, gives an indication of the growth of the town. Of the total of 18,150 dwelling-houses, 1,826 are owned by the Council and over 7,000 have been... |
c068a8e0-85ae-4c27-aa9b-b8fbdc0ee60b | I would further prohibit the erection of any other shed on the premises, and would refuse permission to a tenant to erect any type of shed other than this. HOUSES BUILT IN THE DISTRICT. 1926β1937. Year. Total. As part of Municipal Housing Scheme. Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses). 1926 289 47 242... |
cd0f93df-9d81-4672-9836-af7821cce090 | 1,386 1934 730 (Barking) 96 359 (L.C.C.) 275 1935 563 (Barking) 168 233 (L.C.C.) 162 1936 401 (Barking) Nil 269 (L.C.C.) 132 1937 413 (Barking) 107 227 (L.C.C.) 79 Totals 11,287 8,420 2,867 96 Of the 8,420 houses shown above as part of Municipal Housing Schemes, 1,042 were provided by the Borough of Barking and 7,378 b... |
6b0e8a08-42d4-422c-9235-a5bbc74738a9 | (b) Housing Act, 1936.βOvercrowding:β (a).β (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 190 (ii) Number of families dwelling therein 190 (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 1,408 units (b).βNumber of new cases of overcrowding reported during the year 49 (c).β (i) Number of cases of overcrowding reli... |
3b3510ff-157f-402b-acfa-9f3699ef92ed | The delay occasioned in the acquisition of suitable building land has prevented the completion of the proposed houses at Scrattons Farm, but it is hoped that a number will be ready at the end of December, 1938. Changes in overcrowding in houses owned by Local Authorities:β London County Council. Barking Corporation. Ja... |
933e6d7a-257e-42a8-a1c0-8ff26367b5c9 | So long ago as the year 1890, the Barking Council erected their first Municipal Estate. It will also be recalled that in 1926 they succeeded in clearing an unhealthy area known as Parsons Row, consisting of 52 dwellings, so that the standard of housing in the district has been one of increasing values for many years. T... |
0c4f1f35-be95-446c-a3ea-a4bbf927952b | Throughout their activities your officers have had in mind the dictum that there is a minimum standard of health, decency and convenience which should be expected, before additions and conversions in existing houses can be considered worth while, and in this they know they have the support of the whole of the members o... |
b7e00ddf-6503-4b92-b397-810511e1a524 | What I do say is that during this phase protect the amenities provided in such a way as to reduce the damage to the minimum and take steps to educate, if necessary by punishment of the offenders. 98 There is one criticism I would like to make, and this has particular relation to the Movers Lane Estateβit is that the ba... |
0653a4f7-9e96-47f2-afa5-bddd289c740a | The removal of these houses from the oldest and most congested part of Barking provides what must be a welcome opportunity for rebuilding your town centre upon more attractive and imposing lines, with buildings in more pleasing relationship, orderly grouping and true variety. In this way, I feel sure the Corporation wi... |
80bf67bf-f460-4a7b-8447-214a861a11f6 | A recent inspection has shown that, in connection with many non-parlour houses situated in the streets set out below, the tenants have added to their accommodation by the erection of badly constructed wooden outbuildings, which are obstructive to light and in other respects insanitary. In most cases the outbuildings ar... |
0d76f598-d0fa-4294-843e-205c5b27b3df | Date of Representation Aereage Dwelling Houses Shops Total Premises Total Persons Date of Inquiry Date of Confirmation Premises Excluded Final Date for Vacation Date of Demolition Subsequent Use of Site North Street, Holly Square and Tanner Square 10/3/31 .549 25 β 25 146 15/12/32 22/3/33 6/5/33 9/33 Rehousing St. John... |
006d2693-349a-46c6-ac78-b3a13737d459 | 13/9/32 .06 4 1 5 25 2/5/33 13/9/33 β C.P.O. between 30/6/35 and 26/7/35 Car Park Back Lane 13/9/32 .45 28 β 28 134 2/5/33 13/9/33 β C.P.O. between 6/35 and 11/35 Open spaceβadditional to Parish Churchyard. Bridge Street 19/7/32 1.09 36 β 36 221 2/5/33 13/9/33 β 18/6/34 between 31/12/34 and 31/3/35 Industrial Abbey Roa... |
655a5df8-fcc9-4eb4-ae30-346bd4faadf0 | 10/10/33 1.4 53 (including 1 shopdwelling and 1 beerhouse) 53 256 3/5/34 31/7/34 β C.P.O. 8/35 Rehousing Abbey Road (No. 2) 13/11/33 .18 18 β 18 83 24/9/34 4/1/35 β 8/4/35 7/8/35 Industrial Abbey Road (No. 3) 13/11/33 .061 4 β 4 22 24/9/31 4/1/35 β 8/4/35 12/35 Rehousing Abbey Road (No. 4) 13/11/33 .09 7 β 7 65 24/9/34... |
a520d355-7557-4287-a4fa-59a3a06bcc61 | 1) 4/7/34 2.05 56 (and 5 lock-up shops, 10 shop-dwellings and 1 common lodging-house) 72 307 24/9/34 1/1/35 14, North St. 25/8/35 between 12/35 and 3/36 London Road Extension and Commercial Development. Union Street 17/5/35 .82 41 3 44 191 31/12/35 7/3/36 β C.P.O. 9/37 Rehousing Roden Yard 18/1/35 .04 2 β 2 8 5/9/35 9/... |
9e40a0a1-84be-4417-b62d-7826bb720edb | 3/38 London Road Extension and Commercial Development. Eldred Road (No. 1) 16/11/34 .04 3 β 3 8 31 /12/37 7/3/36 β 14/9/86 6/38 Ribbon Development Act. Heath Street (No. 1) 14/2/36 1.69 49 (including common lodging house and synagogue) 49 302 (including 39 inmates of common Lodging House) 23/9/36 25/3/37 Synagogue to b... |
defe74aa-4002-446e-9adf-c3be6d9b0c69 | 2) 28/2/37 .143 6 β 6 23 23/9/36 25/3/37 β C.P.O. do. Rehousing Grove Place 17/4/36 .3 18 β 18 70 23/9/36 25/3/37 β C.P.O. do. Town Redevelopment. Broadway and Axe Street 17/4/36 2.09 40 21 (shopdwellings) 61 216 23/9/36 25/3/37 19 & 21, Axe St. 31, Broadway to be "grey," also various garages and outbuildings C.P.O. do... |
2cabdb9f-534b-4b8e-8163-67810e83f13b | 2) 4/3/37 .23 11 β 11 55 12/10/37 17/11/37 β 4/38 do. β Cowbridge Lane 8/12/37 .25 12 β 12 50 Action in respect of these areas not yet complete. North Street (No. 4) 8/12/37 .33 12 β 12 50 North Street (No. 5) 8/12/37 .16 6 β 6 22 Smiths Lane 15/6/37 .06 4 β 4 24 TOTALS 569 2,779 INDIVIDUAL UNFIT HOUSES 35 183 GRAND TO... |
6b9b2438-8084-4a37-87ed-a1bf3d812399 | It is estimated that the capital cost would be Β£9,500, and that the owners would increase rentals from 8s. l1d. to 10s. 6d. per week. There are 19 owner-occupiers. Street. Shaftesbury Road Clarkson Road Boundary Road Howard Road Eldred Road No. of Houses Concerned. 51 49 40 40 7 Number without Outbuildings. 5 7 9 10 5 ... |
5462684c-a481-4d7d-b270-5936e54b2c60 | On our register there are 87 purveyors, 20 of whom occupy premises outside the district and the remainder retail pre-packed supplies. As I have foreshadowed elsewhere, the operation of the Milk and Dairies Orders has tended to eliminate the small dairyman. The following table sets out the results of the bacteriological... |
62aed532-3a52-4f9f-92a4-9256db6bbe3f | The two samples of milk found to contain tubercular germs were taken from country farm supplies prior to pasteurisation. It is satisfactory to know that over 99 per cent. of the milk supplied in Barking is pasteurised. 104 The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded m... |
5e01a517-64b5-49e1-a959-0b345ff89100 | There was an increase of 15 in the number of registered premises, but the increase was confined to shops from which ice-cream is sold but not manufactured. Many of the shops are supplied from one source with pre-packed containers and sampling is therefore directed to control the main supplies, rather than the individua... |
08c190f5-df4f-4c8f-bf7d-301838633641 | Year 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 Notifications Received 126 72 64 39 57 34 205 236 195 179 Cattle 40 64 80 12 10 41 350 447 340 365 Pigs 409 137 93 200 84 18 502 1,131 474 457 Sheep 815 426 332 173 270 241 1,038 1,346 748* 500β Calves 71 10 11 1 9 1 140 157 77 38 Totals 1,335 637 516 386 373 301 2... |
4e5d1057-df78-40fe-8355-ebfeaefa140c | 105 The following additional table gives information as to carcases inspected and condemned during the year 1937:β Cattle excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Number Killed 195 170 38 500 457 Number Inspected 195 170 38 500 457 All diseases except Tuberculosis:β Whole carcases condemned β β β β β Carcases of... |
630c19a2-c2c2-4e5a-b87b-b0d844ee7327 | I should like to add to this table by saying that none of this food was exposed for sale. It is necessary for the butchers to work in the closest co-operation with the Sanitary Inspectors, and this we find they readily do. (b) Supervision of Food Preparing Premises.βThe number of premises in the district at the end of ... |
3ac0764a-6e75-4f66-9710-360b192b4241 | Many representations have been made to remove this bar and we are hopeful that the new Act relating to food will do so. The number of inspections made during the year was 581. It is found that where uncleanly conditions exist these are most often remedied after verbal caution, but in one instance a butcher was summoned... |
f31b730a-f017-47c1-bd86-5959dc852b58 | The small man usually lives a hand to mouth existence and cannot meet the cost of the structural and equipment alterations required. (d) Food Byelaws.βThese byelaws were made under the Barking Corporation Act, 1933, and when drafted provided for most of our requirements. The advent of a new market ground has shown us t... |
271772e5-b6fd-433a-8014-f8a457111dd7 | Corned beef. 178 pkts. Crystallised fruit. 17 Cabbages. 8Β§ lbs. Pressed beef and tongue. 6 lbs. (tins) Preserved ox tongue. 2 lbs. Pressed veal. Β½ lb. tin Salmon. 1ΒΌ lbs. Veal brawn. 41 jars Lemon curd (1 lb. each). 5 lbs. Raisins. 48 jars Orange curd (1 lb. each). 76 Eggs. 22 tins Peeled plum tomatoes (2Β½ lbs. each). ... |
d47fd68a-1c77-4292-8fec-0e2b5ff8f4d6 | 2 tins Peas. 1 tin Condensed milk. 4 jars Raspberry jam (2 lb. each). 20 lbs. Eels. 6 jars Mixed pickles. 1 (tin) Ham (weight 13Β½ lbs.). 7 jars Gherkins. 1 carton Cream (4 ozs.). 5 jars Onions. 58 Rabbits. A retail butcher was summoned on two informations with respect to cleanliness of premises and prevention of contam... |
95e0482c-ff6a-47ee-92c6-b51ec344af20 | Some people have what is termed an idiosyncrasy, by virtue of which certain foods, however pure and wholesome, disagree with them. In certain other cases, ordinary normal food disagrees with the individual not by reason of the food itself, but due to some disability in the individual. Neither of these cases constitute ... |
2a7e5ee5-4083-4688-a804-ba0167a35b62 | H. C. Card, Chief Food and Drugs Officer for the Metropolitan Area of the Essex County Council, for the particulars of samples purchased and submitted for analysis during the year. These samples are submitted for chemical examination to Dr. Rernard Dyer, the County Analyst, Great Tower Street, London. The following sam... |
a8a9c5f1-b917-4e46-b4f7-f4be84287ef9 | 4.0 3.7 2.65 2.5 2.2 1.8 2.5 109 The yearly figure since 1932 has fallen to a lower standard than we regard as adequate. 5. CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF FOOD. The bacteriological examination of all milk, ice-cream and water samples is carried out for this Authority by the Counties' Public Health Laborato... |
b75d5010-5984-4757-82de-76d8e85d285f | No particular steps have been taken this year to increase the knowledge of the public, as such, on the subject of nutrition, but the domestic science courses that are undertaken by the schools in the town are a very happy feature of your educational system, and must bring forth full return in the near future, because, ... |
d7df31b8-5206-430b-b53f-630a38dd2519 | I am anxious that more fresh vegetables and fresh fruit, particularly vegetables of the salad variety, are put on the market at prices which would tempt people to make them a regular and substantial part of their diet. The mere consumption of food, however, is not sufficient to achieve nutrition. An adequate amount of ... |
20b535f6-9a1a-40c7-adf0-bddf90e1eb68 | The cases of scarlet fever notified declined from 345 to 245 and the number of cases of diphtheria from 162 to 155. It is to be mentioned here that the type of diphtheria notified was not of the virulent form of diphtheria, known as the gravis type. There were five deaths from diphtheria during the year as against twen... |
3d2d2f47-fce7-499a-a2e0-a44176e2571c | During the year a certain amount of research work was carried out at the Pathological Laboratory in regard to streptococcal infections, and an account of this work is given in the Report of the Scientist upon pages 67 to 70. It is curious to note that during the year two cases of malaria fever were notified. In both ca... |
cd7bfd03-fd6b-4748-aa39-27572b4f3503 | Para-typhoid Fever) 8 9 17 17 2 Puerperal Fever β 2 2 2 β Puerperal Pyrexia β 10 10 6 β Pneumonia: Acute Influenzal 57 50 24 65 β Acute Primary 76 7 Following Measles 7 β Erysipelas 16 14 30 22 1 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2 3 5 1 β Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 4 5 4 β Pemphigus Neonatorum 2 β 2 1 β Malaria 2 β 2 β β Dyse... |
7baaba44-920f-4110-9c3a-5de63a3c6d22 | year 1 to 2 years 2 to 3 years 3 to 4 years 4 to 5 years 5 to 10 years 10 to 15 years 15 to 20 years 20 to 35 years 35 to 45 years 45 to 65 years Over 65 years Totals Abbey Cambell Eastbury Gascoigne Longbridge Manor Park Parsloes Smallpox β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β β Scarlet Fever 3 7 22 21 18 122 37 5 6 ... |
3053ff47-ebd6-4bf2-ab7b-66714570879c | 1 6 3 2 1 2 β 2 Puerperal Fever β β β β β β β β 2 β β β 2 β β β β β 2 β β Puerperal Pyrexia β β β β β β β β 8 2 β β 10 1 2 1 1 1 β 2 2 Pneumonia (ac. primary, ac. influenzal & following measles) 7 9 3 5 3 23 3 5 11 15 18 5 107 12 11 20 11 9 13 15 16 Erysipelas 1 1 β β β 2 1 2 2 7 8 6 30 2 8 6 2 1 3 6 2 Ophthalmia Neona... |
b1628762-94ca-4367-b5b4-4c46daf98d4a | 1 β β β 1 Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis β β β β β 1 3 1 β β β β 5 1 2 2 β β β β β Pemphigus Neonatorum 2 β β β β β β β β β β β 2 β 1 β β β β β 1 Malaria β β β β β β β β 1 1 β β 2 β β 2 β β β β β Dysentery β β β β 2 β β β β β β β 2 β β 1 1 β β β β Food Poisoning β β β β 1 1 1 β β β β β 3 β 1 β β β 2 β β Totals 22 23 30 3... |
fd8b1788-a929-4c8a-96d4-653d434781a7 | and Diphtheria received during 1937 :- Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria. Total. January 17 12 29 February 18 8 26 March 33 13 46 April 26 10 36 May 21 7 28 June 31 5 36 July 25 14 39 August 7 12 19 September 27 19 46 October 15 21 36 November 14 18 32 December 11 16 27 Totals 245 155 400 3. NON-NOTIFIABLE ACUTE INFECTIOUS DIS... |
8264de52-9d42-45bf-bdaf-52dc09b963d6 | Deaths registered were as follows :β Measles β Whooping Cough 1 Summer Diarrhoea 9 Chicken-pox β There have been no new decisions as to the admission of such diseases as measles to the Barking Hospital, but it is to be noted that with the extensions to the Hospital during the past few years, it has been more possible t... |
bcf633d0-14f9-41d5-8a5e-f61722fe83a6 | To my mind you could very well entertain the possibility of making suitable financial provision for the appointment of a specialist. It would appear to me that this specialist could very well be working in Barking for a minimum period of a year, studying the problems peculiar to the town by taking part in the ordinary ... |
6b287a83-870c-4fed-915f-e79fa7259979 | This contrasts with 7 deaths in 1936, 9 deaths in 1935, 12 deaths in 1934, and 21 deaths in 1933. The time has not yet arrived when influenza can be treated specifically, and I must repeat, as before, that the general public regard the disease far too lightly, and that advice and treatment should be sought always at an... |
c5dbe657-e120-49d5-8aa2-8634be7dcb1a | (a) Admissions.βThe following is the table of admissions, etc., in respect of infectious diseases during 1937:β Disease. In Hospital January 1st, " 1937. Admitted during the year. Died. Discharged. In Hospital Dee. 31st, 1937. |
f5c30eb4-70df-48f2-8710-6888d11f0ffb | Scarlet Fever 35 227 β 248 14 Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) 23 147 5 140 25 Enteric Fever β 16 2 13 1 Puerperal Fever β 2 β 2 β Puerperal Pyrexia β 4 β 4 β Pneumonia 4 32 4 25 7 Erysipelas 2 18 1 17 2 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 2 β 2 β Others 5 136 1 121 19 Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 1 2 β 3 β Pemphigus Neonat... |
db2d0eaf-b01b-40f4-a5a9-4407aa46e81f | an average of 55 patients were in hospital throughout the 365 days in the year. 118 5. ARTIFICIAL IMMUNISATION. Last year I mentioned that steps were being taken to provide facilities for immunisation against whooping cough, and during the year such facilities were offered to the public. This service, however, has met ... |
a2b9fd7b-4a99-42f8-a3b2-bee979021632 | The following table shows what has been done under the immunisation scheme Diphtheria Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Total number of cases treated 152 44 24 Number of first attendances for treatment 88 34 24 β subsequent attendances for treatment 283 161 41 ,, final " Schick " tests 114 β β β final" Dick " tests β 29 β... |
0e99d7e0-2a39-49fb-8682-34a6bc13f9f3 | Brewery Stoker 1 Wives 30 Cafe Proprietor 1 Spinsters 1 Car Examiner 1 Widows 8 Carpenter 1 Children 2 Chemical Workers 2 Fitters 3 Gas-work Workers 5 House Decorator 1 Labourers 10 Master Cooper 1 Night Watchman 1 Painter 1 Park-keeper 1 Plumber 1 Police Constables 2 Printer's Assistant 1 Private-hire Car Owner 1 Rail... |
61d0cbdc-5190-4b21-8049-1970c297ed12 | 45-65 years. Over 65 years. Total. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. Abdomen - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 1 2 Bile Duct - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1 - Bladder - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - Bowel - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 Breast - - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 1 1 1 5 Bronchus - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3... |
aa5f3f5d-dee9-4e33-83ed-1031439dc94e | - - 1 Cervix - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - 2 Colon - - - - - - - - - - - 1 3 1 3 2 Disseminated - - - - - - - - 1 - - 2 - - 1 2 Kidney - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - Liver - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 3 - 4 - Lungs - - - - - - - - 1 - 3 4 2 1 6 5 Oesophagus - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 - 2 1 Ovary - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - ... |
75f932b1-d713-4861-af10-e26c96a41e00 | 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 Pleura - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 Prostate - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 5 - 6 - Rectum - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 1 3 1 6 2 Stomach - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 - 3 2 6 6 Thyroid Gland - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 Uterus - β - - - - - - - 1 - 3 - - - 4 Totals - - - - - 2 - - 6 6 12 22 27 11 45 41 7. PREVENTION OF ... |
c1db893a-8228-4d0d-ba31-b6e8759b429d | During the year Circular 1621 was received from the Ministry of Health, dealing with the Prevention of Blindness. The recommendations and observations of this Circular were carefully considered by you, in conjunction with the new powers given to you by the Public Health Act, 1936βScction 176, which gives added powers i... |
65f2061e-36c4-4b83-adc6-3350ba308478 | 121 It is to be mentioned too that your Consultant Gynaecologist draws up approved hygiene for the eyes at birth, your Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon draws up our approved treatment for ophthalmia neonatorum, and your Inspector of Midwives takes up each case as it does arise while your Health Visitors follow up each cas... |
5ab6a906-8145-4fc1-8bdb-a5c2e88b3ebd | Four cases were treated at home, and in no case was the vision impaired. Age Group. Cases. Vision unimpaired. Vision impaired. Total Blindness. Deaths. Notified. Treated. At Home. At Hospital. Under 3 weeks 5 4 1 5 β β β 8. TUBERCULOSIS. Particulars of new cases of Tuberculosis and of all deaths from the disease in the... |
6ca39e87-be8c-4af5-b49b-cf5d023a7645 | Under 1 year β β β β β β β β 1 to 5 years β 2 2 β β β 1 β 5 to 15 years β 1 8 8 β β 1 1 15 to 25 years 12 18 1 3 5 2 β β 25 to 35 years 16 10 3 2 5 5 1 β 35 to 45 years 13 6 β 1 8 4 1 β 45 to 55 years 8 3 1 2 5 β β 55 to 65 years 4 2 β β 1 1 β β 65 years and upwards β β β β β 1 β 1 Totals 53 _ 42 15 11 24 13 4 2 122 Du... |
b3daaec4-1394-4951-a1a6-63179a9f7753 | 121 notifications were received of all forms of Tuberculosisβ pulmonary 95 and non-pulmonary 26 and there were 6 deaths of un-notified cases (3 pulmonary and 3 non-pulmonary), making a total of 127 new cases during the year. Information has been received of the removal into the district of 36 tuberculous persons, inclu... |
d6c56e4e-af5b-42a0-a5cc-03c65de7f35c | 37 39 5 7 39 21 6 5 Forty-three deaths occurred from Tuberculosis (all forms) thirty-seven of these being pulmonary cases. The number of deaths in institutions was thirty. The death rate for Tuberculosis (all forms) during 1937 was 0.56 per 1,000 population, compared with 0.58 for the previous year. The Public Health (... |
fb5b9c44-5dfb-4791-9dc2-bb187d036db3 | BOROUGH OF BARKING THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE School Medical Officer For the Year 1937 C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. 126 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Pages. ADENOIDS 135,139,163 AUDIOMETER 135,158 BLIND CHILDREN 152-153 BROOKFIELD ORTHOPΓDIC HOSPITAL 152,164 CENTRAL CLINIC 137,138,139 CERTIFIED SCHOOLS 153... |
24c86786-8f80-4013-af30-db8d8c3cbdcc | 170 CO-ORDINATION OF SERVICES 131,137,152, 155,171 DEAF CHILDREN 152-153 DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT 135,140,158,169-170 DENTAL OFFICER, SENIOR, REPORT OF 169-170 DRYING FACILITIES 131,148-149 EAR DISEASE 135,140 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT DEPARTMENT 140,141 EMPLOYMENT, JUVENILE 157 EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL-CHILDREN, PART-TI... |
64087f54-5f23-497f-ba16-701918fa7a78 | 150 HEALTH EDUCATION 156 HEARING 135,140,158 HEART DISEASE 136,140 HIGHER EDUCATION 155-156 IMMUNISATION AGAINST DIPHTHERIA, SCARLET FEVER AND WHOOPING COUGH 138,141,163 INFECTIOUS DISEASES 140,141 INTRODUCTION 129 IONISATION 140 MALNUTRITION 133,138 MEALS 138,142,148-150,158 MEDICAL INSPECTION, ACCOMMODATION FOR 132 M... |
13bbb9f3-2c39-41ae-a035-8d80f2f7dae5 | NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN 152 NOSE AND THROAT DEFECTS 135,139 NURSERY CLASSES 155,156 NUTRITION AND NUTRITION SURVEYS 33,150 OCCUPATION CENTRE 154-155 OPEN-AIR EDUCATION 141-142 OPEN-AIR CLASSROOMS 141-142 OPEN-AIR SCHOOL 152-154 OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM 171 OPHTHALMIC SERVICE 134,139,163,... |
9fc3748b-936a-4e0f-91d2-c29ab95535de | AND REPORT OF ORGANISERS 142-147 PLAYGROUND CLASSES 141-142 PORTERS AVENUE CLINIC 138 POSTURAL DEFECTS 135-136,140 RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS 140,153,155 RHEUMATISM 136 RINGWORM 134,139,163 SCHOOL BATHS 132 SCHOOL CAMPS 142,158 SCHOOL HYGIENE 131 SCHOOL JOURNEYS 142 SCHOOL LAVATORIES 131 SECONDARY SCHOOLS 155-156,169 SERVICES... |
ce724f66-2b94-417b-99fa-5063bffb1626 | BOARD OF EDUCATION Public Elementary Schools 175-187 Secondary and Technical Schools 188-196 TEACHERS, MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS OF 157 THROAT DEFECTS 135,139,163 TONSILS AND ADENOIDS 135,139,163 TREATMENT, ARRANGEMENTS FOR 137-141 TREATMENT CENTRES, LIST OF 159-162 TUBERCULOSIS 136,140 ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT TREATMENT 163,165-... |
80de03e0-6b63-4c0b-90f6-7b4d23885b41 | Deputy School Medical Officer : PATRICK J. O'CONNELL, M.D., B.Hy., B.S., D.P.H. (Resigned 31st March, 1937.) J. MERVYN THOMAS, M.D., B.Sc., D.M.R.E., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Appointed 1st April, 1937.) Assistant School Medical Officers : WILLIAM HOGG, M.B., B.S., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Commenced 15th July, 1937.) CATHER... |
9062814e-958d-44dd-b480-d04020896929 | Ophthalmic Surgeon : WILLIAM ADAMSON GRAY, M.B., Ch.B., F.R.C.S., Ph.D. OrthopΕdic Surgeon : B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. Dental Surgeons : W. H. FOY, L.D.S., R.C.S. H. S. SARSON, H.D.D., L.D.S., D.P.D. (Resigned 31st October, 1937.) M. COHN, L.D.S., R.C.S. Nursing Staff: *Miss P. M. FAWCETT (Senior Nurse... |
73c76d06-1a92-4738-884e-386c36c25bf6 | Miss G. GEDEN (Dental Nurse) (q). 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). (Resigned 19th June, 1937.) *Miss M. McALISTER (g, h, i and j). (Commenced 7th June, 1937.) *Miss J. McGILVRAY (g, h and i). (Commenced 12th July, 1937.) Miss... |
4706c52d-3c4b-47a5-ba22-441be77db121 | *Miss C. M. WILLIAMS (g, ft and i). (Commenced 7th June, 1937.) Clerical Staff: Chief Clerk : F. READ. C. G. EAGLESFIELD (Senior Assistant) (r). Miss A. LIGGINS. H. C. DAVIS. Miss D. FOULSHAM. F. YATES (O). Miss I. CAST. G. H. RUFF. Miss G. COOPER. K. F. CALWAY (p). (Commenced 1st July, 1937.) Miss I. MATHIESON. E. A. ... |
daf66e16-0d9e-4dd5-be40-5a0225f34797 | Miss H. NUNN. Miss G. MacLEAN . Miss H. KING. (Commenced 30th August, 1937.) (a) Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of Sanitary Inspectors' Examination Board. (g) Health Visitor's Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (h) Certificate of Central Midwives Board. (i) General Hospital Training. (j) General Fever Training.... |
8ec0584d-5720-4752-90b4-51a46c0a965f | (*) Combined appointmentβHealth Visitor and School Nurse. 129 Borough of Barkig PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BARKING, ESSEX. May, 1938. To the Chairman and Members of the Local Education Authority. Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Herewith I beg to submit my report for the year ended 31st December, 1937. This report ha... |
b24ae894-38ba-42a8-976c-57b4e141b0d1 | P. J. O'Connell, Deputy School Medical Officer. Dr. J. M. Thomas, who was previously an Assistant School Medical Officer, was appointed in Dr. O'Connell's place. (2) CO-ORDINATION. I am happy to say the same spirit of co-operation between the head teachers of your schools and your medical officers has been maintained t... |
09b94e2c-f427-4e6e-b1ae-989455eb0561 | That at all your schools there should be adequate provision for the children to have baths, and 4. That there should be adequate accommodation for medical inspection. These matters have been dealt with in several previous Reports, and in particular I call your attention to my Report of 1935. (4) MEDICAL INSPECTION. The... |
40a086d3-3bd9-46d2-9af5-6233de7fad06 | Numbers Inspected. No. of Parents present (Routine and Special Exams.) Routines and Specials. Re-Exams. Bifrons 18 512 198 135 Cambell 56 986 747 494 Church of England 14 235 209 96 Dawson 34 564 428 378 Dorothy Barley 37 571 650 447 Eastbury 38 547 430 270 Erkenwald 26 595 420 230 Faircross Speech Classes 1 β 5 β Gasc... |
45a84e16-fcca-4eee-bfd6-fe42a0b04168 | Joseph's 9 88 129 81 Westbury 26 373 487 267 Totals 454 7,538 6,391 4,292 133 Of the 7,538 examinations at ordinary elementary schools, 4,812 were routine examinations of children in the specified age groups. In addition, there were 562 routine examinations of children of ages outside the three specified age groups, an... |
626756c1-856f-4edc-ab9b-424ddd69d890 | Inspected. Found to require Treatment. PRESCRIBED GROUPS : Entrants 1,751 293 16.7 Second age group 1,653 315 19.0 Third age group 1,408 195 18.8 Totals (prescribed groups) 4,812 803 16.6 OTHER ROUTINE INSPECTIONS 562 126 22.4 (a) Malnutrition.βThe Board of Education's classification of nutrition into the groups " exce... |
7ced186b-33b8-49e3-aaa9-a9f5b08f84a7 | 134 The following tabic shows the results of cleanliness inspections for the past two years:β 1936 1937 Number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 39,645 39,978 Number of individual children found unclean 1,174 1,327 Number of uncleanliness findings 2,173 2,289 During the year, 10 children were ... |
045084b9-c43c-4c48-878d-316f935b208a | The following is the number of cases of skin diseases referred for treatment during the year:β Ringworm (Scalp) 21 Ringworm (Body) 26 Scabies 126 Impetigo 309 Other Skin Diseases: Non-tuberculous 475 Tuberculous 1 Total 958 (d) Visual Defects and External Eye Disease.βDetails of the findings at routine and special insp... |
e7e5e9c6-ed70-4212-be1c-c608bb837f74 | Of the total number of children examined by routine inspection 98.7 per cent, were free from any external eye disease and in the remaining 1.3 per cent, the majority were minor and incidental inflammations, not likely to lead to any residual disability. 135 (e) Nose and Throat Defects.βThe number of nose and throat def... |
18977bf0-c673-449c-9959-91b86071fbbd | With regard to defective hearing, of the children examined at routine medical inspection 98.2 per cent. were found to have normal hearing and to be free from any ear defects. In future it will be possible to state accurately the degree of defective hearing in all your school children. This will be possible by means of ... |
3ef1f648-5e7a-4192-9336-370a45b5adae | (h) OrthopΓ¦dic and Postural Defects.βOf all the children examined at routine medical inspection 96.7 per cent. were found to be free from orthopΓ¦dic and postural defects, and the 175 children who were found to be not quite normal were suffering for the most part from postural defects. Of this group of 175 children, 78 ... |
311b3b30-47e3-4569-b3d0-cad6113c204e | Of these, one was pulmonary, and eight were non-pulmonary. In addition, one notified case of Tuberculosis amongst school-children was transferred to this area. This case was non-pulmonary. The following table shows the position with regard to the notification of tuberculosis amongst school-children during 1937, and als... |
8e61e98b-16d2-44eb-b298-37616e314783 | A summary of the following-up work by your School Nurses is given herewith:β Number of visits to schools re medical inspection 586 Total number of visits to schools 806 Number of home visits in connection with:β 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 (a) Routine medical inspections 6,610 6,786 5,605 3,731 2,951 137 (b) Cleanliness i... |
82fe9c6f-493f-4d95-995f-76f879f8741b | 35 51 33 10 42 (e) Miscellaneous 126 418 216 125 396 (f) After operations for removal of enlarged tonsils and/or adenoids β β β 292 298 The above summary is an imperfect picture of the whole of your work in Barking, because as I have outlined in my previous Reports all your other medical services, including even your h... |
0f6ebd80-c51f-4325-ad1b-52372af43c28 | 1936 1937 1936 1937 Minor Ailments:β (a) Central 2,589 2,927 14,635 14,485 (b) Woodward 4,640 5,283 22,154 26,726 Ophthalmic 792 1,044 2,485 05 Dental 5,100 3,586 10,608 10,683 OrthopΓ¦dic for examination 123 146 350 409 for treatment 416 531 4,408 8,084 Immunisation:β Diphtheria 69 53 277 305 Scarlet Fever 19 22 95 150... |
4ac3cc84-f83a-4b94-9667-4b0b45d26692 | On pages 171 to 174 will be found a report by the Council's Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Mr. W. A. Gray, upon the work carried out during the year at the ophthalmic clinics. Details of the work carried out at the dental clinics during the year will be found in the report of the Senior Dental Officer, Mr. WT. H. Foy, ... |
50282838-4dd8-428c-b7ee-cf3704b53645 | Full printed instructions are sent to parents as to the method of destroying vermin and nits, and special nit combs are available at the clinics on deposit of a small charge, which is returnable. I have already said in past Reports that the condition is preventable and would again emphasise that other than trivial abse... |
fd0e8bfb-59d9-4d06-b962-4a92cc640f8a | In all there were over forty-one thousand attendances at the minor ailments clinics during the year. Some of this congestion may be relieved by your policy to maintain a temporary minor ailments clinic at the Porters Avenue (Methodist Chapel) Centre, which in effect may later become a permanent clinic. 139 A summary of... |
87726d43-57d0-428a-928d-eeeaeb1a4b9e | The results of treatment have been satisfactory, but it is still the practice to send the more chronic cases to the Skin Department of the London Hospital with whom we co-operate, and we have reason to be satisfied with these results. The treatment of Ringworm of the Scalp is still undertaken by Dr. W. J. O'Donovan at ... |
f7348f8d-2afd-4911-a10a-3e250a3c3013 | This year it has been possible to see that every child referred for ophthalmic attention to your Consulting Ophthalmic Surgeon was again seen before the expiration of twelve months, and I hope that this close co-operation will continue, because I am persuaded that the development of the children from year to year takes... |
865bfd78-40e5-4d13-8f8b-63cbfa56d52d | Many of these ear conditions are chronic, either as primary diseases in themselves or as the result of one of the infectious fevers, and the treatment must be frequent and carried over a period of perhaps weeks. Zinc ionisation is the accepted form of treatment for such cases and I trust that the inauguration of a full... |
0ae7e19d-209e-4c9d-b234-5b7cb936d5c1 | B. Whitchurch Howell, F.R.C.S., your specialist consultant in this work, at the Faircross Clinic. The arrangements at the Faircross Clinic, as I have stated previously, are inadequate for the ever-increasing amount of work. (i) Heart Disease and Rheumatism.βCases of heart disease and rheumatism are not treated as separ... |
948ea56c-3091-4e4d-8dd7-f1332c729525 | (l) Other Defects and Diseases.βMany children suffering from minor defects and diseases, not already mentioned, are examined at the school clinics, where appropriate treatment is advised. Others, for the treatment of whom no special provision has been made, are followed up by school nurses, who urge upon the parents th... |
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