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828f82ad-90e3-42c5-8eaa-b6d83e7493f2 | Removal of 104 Miscellaneous Sanitary Inspections 96 Miscellaneous Sanitary Work carried out 98 Notices Served 98 Offensive Trades 102 Office Accommodation 105 Out-workers 100-101 Parks and Open Spaces 108 Paving 97 Piggeries 102 Premises and Occupations controlled by Byelaws and Regulations 95, 101-103 Public Cleansin... |
c939f381-d998-48bb-afa3-3f3b30bd56d2 | etc 105-107 South Essex Waterworks Company Supplies 81-82 Stables 102-103 Street Cleansing 91 Swimming Baths and Pools 107-108 Tents, Vans and Sheds 102 Ultra Violet Light Radiation 109 Underground Sleeping-rooms 102 Vacant Sites 90-91 Water Sampling 81-82, 83-89, 108 Water Supply 81-82, 97 6 Section C.βContinued Page ... |
11fcc4a9-66fa-4761-b8a1-c0e7483228b1 | Clearance Areas 118-123 Clearance Areas (Table) 119-122 Houses Built in the District, 1926β1938 116 Houses Erected during the Year 113 Housing Act, 1936 117-123 Housing Conditions 115-123 Housing Defects Remedied 114β115 Housing Inspections 113 Inhabited Houses, Number of 115 Overcrowding 117β118 Proceedings under Bark... |
9ee7cfb5-486f-4621-b9b0-a6867185d0eb | 1933 126, 129 Biological Examination of Milk 125, 131 Bottling of Milk 126 Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food 125, 126, 130, 131 Diseased Meat Condemned 127 Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928 130-131 Food Byelaws 129 Food Poisoning 129 Food Preparing Premises, Supervision of 128 Graded Milk Licences ... |
66792ad9-3f63-4f19-9bc9-49b6e3073be3 | Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 133-134, 135-136, 139 Admissions to Barking (Isolation) Hospital (Table) 139 Artificial Immunisation 140 7 Section F.βContinued. Page Barking (Isolation) Hospital 139 Cancer 140-142 Cerebro-Spinal Fever 134, 135β136, 139 Diphtheria 133, 134, 135-136, 137, 139, 140 Diphtheria Notifications (... |
200665c1-2617-4526-9d0e-9974850cf870 | 135-136 Non-Notifiable Acute Infectious Diseases 137-138 Notifiable Infectious Diseases 133-137 Notifications classified according to Wards and Age Groups (Table) 135-136 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 134, 135-136, 139 Pathological Laboratory 133 Pemphigus Neonatorum 134, 135-136, 139 Pneumonia 134, 135β136, 139 Prevention of ... |
6246f641-11fe-435b-88e2-3d2272d329b1 | 140 SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE Table of Contents will be found on Pages 150 and 151. 8 STAFF, 1938. Medical Officer of Health, School Medical Officer, Medical Superintendent Barking and Upney Hospitals: C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. Deputy Medical Officer of Health and Deputy School Medical Officer... |
55a4a057-7e66-463f-8d19-50a2924830bd | MARGARET A. GLASS, B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. VIOLET SPILLER, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Commenced 7th February, 1938.) MURIEL M. OSBORN, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Commenced 1st September, 1938.) Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon : WILLIAM ADAMSON GRAY, M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.S. Consultant Orthopcedic Surgeon : B. WHIT... |
aacda9a8-943d-4278-b787-c5fa8a22e7b7 | Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon: CYRIL R. SANDIFORD, M.D., F.R.C.S. Resident Medical Officer, Barking Hospital: JOSIE M. OLDFIELD, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Commenced 4th April, 1938. Resigned 11th December, 1938.) Resident Medical Officer, Upney Hospital: CALVIN P. BAMPFYLDE WELLS, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Scientist: EVEL... |
f8fdff6e-af70-407a-8469-a206cb3d0a9f | (Commenced 3rd January, 1938.) Miss E. F. GAWN, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Commenced 1st April, 1938.) Sanitary Inspectors: N. Bastable (Chief Sanitary S. Cook (b and c). Inspector), (6, c, d, and f). E. G. Tweedy (a and c). H. H. Carr (b, c, e and l) H. H. Madams (a and c). Matron, Barking and Upney HospitalsβInspector of Midwiv... |
b7898304-af0a-4ab3-bb16-644ca3237128 | (Resigned 17th September, 1938.) Miss G. D. Conte (Chiropodist) (s and i). (Commenced 11th July, 1938, Resigned 24th December, 1938.) *Miss C. Court (g, h and i). *Miss E. Fisher (g, h and i). Miss G. Geden (Dental Nurse) (q). Miss S. Gibson (School Nurse) (j). *Miss L. Goodacre (g, h and i). Miss J. Harris (Masseuse) ... |
57c2969d-e043-4b87-809d-9b3a866d4162 | *Miss M. McAlister (g, h, i and j). *Miss M. McCandie (g, h and i). *Miss J. McGilvray (g, h and i). *Miss E. Parry (g, h and i). Miss A. K. Roe (Masseuse) (n). Mrs. G. Stokes (g and i). Miss L. F. Swain (School Nurse) (h and i). Miss M. Thompson (Masseuse) (n). (Commenced 10th October, 1938.) *Miss C. M. Williams (g, ... |
ae724a98-876c-4cad-b008-0dee0a51b519 | I. Bronnick (h and i). Miss G. M. Verney (h). (Commenced 4th April, 1938.) (Transferred to Hospital 11th February, 1938.) 10 Clerical Staff: Chief ClerkβF. Read. C. G. Eaglesfield Miss H. Nunn. (Senior Assistant) (r). Miss H. King. H. Davis. Miss A. Liggins. F. Yates (o). Miss D. Foulsham. G. H. Ruff. Miss I. Cast. K. ... |
a37b99c4-c8cb-4552-98b0-7b583057be2b | (Commenced 1st Sept., 1938.) Miss P. Sparkes. (Commenced 8th Feb., 1938.) Disinfector and Mortuary Attendant: H. Long. In addition to the foregoing, there are sisters and nurses and other staff at the Barking Hospital and the Upney (Maternity) Pavilion. It is to be noted also that the Minor Ailments Clinics at Central ... |
afa6b659-c658-4442-9d68-175ed5e48570 | (f) Sanitary Science Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute. (g) Health Visitor's Certificate of the Royal Sanitary Institute. (h) Certificate of the Central Midwives Board. (i) General Hospital Training. (j) General Fever Training. (k)Health Visitor's Diploma of the Board of Education. (l) Smoke Inspector's Certi... |
4c43baa2-5501-4e56-9da7-58586417aa13 | II ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Barking, in the County of Essex, for the Year ended 31st December, 1938. Public Health Offices, Barking, Essex. June, 1939. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Once again I present for you... |
4cf002ee-bc4f-4afa-94b7-045a224a78c5 | Area (acres) 4,174 Ward areas 3,874 Tidal Water H.W.M. Thames 240 Roding 58 Loxford Water 2 300 4,174 Population (1931 Census) 51,277 Population (June, 1938) (Registrar-General's Estimate) 76,790 Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1939, according to Rate Books:β Houses 18,554 Shops 1,332 Total 19,886 Population Density... |
d190b1aa-e2a1-4cbb-ade1-d470e5f327b9 | Males. Females. Birth Rate. Legitimate 1,086 545 541 14.14 Illegitimate 27 16 11 .35 Totals 1,113 561 552 14.49 Still-births:- Rate per 1,000 total births:- Legitimate ... 45 21 24 41.3 Illegitimate ... 3 2 1 Deaths ... 548 272 276 Death Rate 7.1. Percentage of total deaths occurring in public institutions. 51.8. Rate ... |
ba6bb532-542d-4fba-b10d-c47f770fa55c | Legitimate 21 21 42 38.7 39.5 Illegitimate 1 1 2 74.1 No. of deaths from Cancer (all ages) 75 (77) ,, β Measles (all ages) β β ,, Whooping Cough (all ages) 2 ,, ,, Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6 (5) (N.B.βWhere the Registrar-General's figures and rates differ from those prepared locally, the former are shown separa... |
4d8af9f8-dc57-46d2-a8bd-f544052796d0 | All Causes. Enteric Fever. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). Total Deaths under one year. England and Wales 15.1 0.60 11.6 0.00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.03 0.07 0.11 5.5 53 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London 15.0 0.65 11.7 0.0... |
1b51a57b-1fff-41c5-aa63-463214aa02fc | 00 0.03 0.01 0.02 0.06 0.11 3.6 51 London 13.4 0.48 11.4 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.06 13.1 57 BARKING 14.49 0.63 7.1 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.18 0.12 5.4 39.5 Puerperal Sepsis. Others. Total. The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows : per 1,000 Live Births 0.89 2.19 3.08 β ,, Total Birt... |
457e6a1a-eb0c-43e3-8702-ce482f60e1d4 | Year. 1 Population estimated to Middle of each Year. 2 Births. Nett. Total Deaths Registered in the District. Transferable Deaths. Net Deaths belonging to the District. Of Nonresidents registered in the District. 7 Of Residents registered out of the District. 8 Under One year of age. At all Ages. Number. 3 Rate. 4 Numb... |
2b9810fa-05dc-441a-be71-2cad5f9afbb9 | 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 4.2 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. |
49d5f8aa-8be8-49e9-943e-9e37abdde50f | 2 558 7.7 1936 76,000 1195 15.72 313 4.1 13 308 67 56.07 608 8.0 1937 76,470 1133 14.82 302 3.9 8 306 61 53.8 600 7.8 1938 76,790 1113 14.49 290 3.8 9 267 44 39.5 548 7.1 19 (5) DEATHS. (a) General.βThere were 290 deaths registered in Barking in 1938. Of these 9 were deaths of nonresidents. Barking residents to the num... |
1f4a47c4-2f04-4af2-9749-8421458427b3 | 272 276 548 The death rate for 1938 was 7.1 per 1,000, compared with 7.8 in 1937, 11.6 for England and Wales, 11.7 for the hundred and twenty-six County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London, 11.0 for the one hundred and forty-eight Smaller Towns, and 11.4 for London. The above rate is commonly spoken of as βthe c... |
8133952c-3d8a-4587-a95b-976f6fe7220f | 20 (b) Age Mortality.βThe deaths in various age groups, according to the figures obtained locally, were as follows:β Age group. No. of deaths. Under 1 year 44 1 to 2 years 4 2 to 5 years 15 5 to 15 years 21 15 to 25 years 22 25 to 35 years 33 35 to 45 years 44 45 to 55 years 51 55 to 65 years 75 65 to 75 years 108 Over... |
2fd85488-db66-4cc9-87db-c107980c7fd9 | Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths 21 or important from a public health aspect were as follows:β Disease. No. of Deaths. Percentage of total net deaths registered. Cardio-vascular system 163 29.90 Cancer 75 13.69 Tuberculosis (all forms) 36 6.57 Pulmonary affections (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz. |
fece79dc-a4e0-42b8-99e3-46190dd59d3e | : Bronchitis 7 1.26 Pneumonia (all forms) 43 7.85 Other respiratory diseases 5 .91 Zymotic Diseases 23 4.19 (d) Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.βThese diseases caused 4.19 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following numbers:β Enteric Fever 1 Measles - Whooping Cough 2 Scarlet Fever β- Diphther... |
15d6a982-6c07-48c2-9fc6-6a55d6e39cf7 | (Net Deaths). Causes of Death. Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents " whether occurring in or beyond the Under one year. 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 district. RegistrarGeneral's Figures. 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and Total upwards Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers . |
7551f9d3-750e-4fcd-9249-ec4e5bb54177 | - - - - 1 - - 1 1 Measles β β β β β β β - β Scarlet Fever β β β β β β β - β Whooping Cough 1 1 β β β β β 2 2 Diphtheria β 8 6 β β β β 14 14 Influenza β β β 1 2 1 5 9 11 Encephalitis Lethargica β β β β β β 1 1 1 Cerebro-Spinal Fever β β β β β β β β β Pulmonary Tuberculosis β β 1 7 12 11 β 31 30 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosi... |
f26c39cd-d666-4427-9afd-dc0922db3206 | β β β 4 3 7 7 Cerebral Haemorrhage β β β 2 2 5 25 34 44 Heart Disease β β β β 12 17 90 119 120 Aneurysm β β β β 1 3 β 4 6 Other Circulatory Diseases β β β β β 15 25 40 18 Bronchitis β β β β β 1 6 7 9 Pneumonia (all forms) 11 5 3 1 4 9 10 43 38 Other Respiratory Diseases β β β β 1 3 1 5 4 Peptic Ulcer β β β β 1 3 β 4 4 ... |
736dbb8a-1deb-4134-939f-da90982b7ccd | of Liver β β β β 3 β 1 4 4 Other Digestive Diseases 2 β 1 1 1 β 1 6 12 Acute and Chronic Nephritis β β β 1 8 6 4 19 16 Puerperal Sepsis β β β β 2 β β 2 2 Other Puerperal Causes β β β β 1 β β 1 1 Congenital Debility, Premature Birth, etc. |
c1552e91-64d1-4ea1-8a8b-86d29ca47fb6 | 21 β β β β β β 21 24 Senility β β β β β β 17 17 15 Suicide β β β β 2 4 1 7 8 Other Violence 1 1 4 5 3 5 2 21 24 Other Defined Diseases 2 β 4 3 13 10 7 39 20 Causes ill-defined or unknown β β β β β β β Totals 44 19 21 22 78 127 237 548 550 25 (g) Infant Mortality during the year 1938. The following table gives the actua... |
e99fdec4-dafd-4e21-97bc-79261c5ffef2 | Atelectasis 1 β β β β 1 Bronchitis β β 1 β β 1 Broncho-Pneumonia β 1 5 2 1 9 Broncho-Pneumonia & GastroEnteritis - - 1 1 - 2 Broncho-Pneumonia & Whooping Cough - - - 2 - 2 Congenital Debility & Prematurity 1 - - - - 1 Congenital Heart Disease 1 β- 1 - β 2 Congenital Inanition 1 β β β β 1 Congenital Spinal Meningocele 1... |
fb6b28de-54a4-4dcc-af5d-c08ba7fb3330 | Stenosis - 2 - - - 2 Intestinal Obstruction β β β 1 β 1 Marasmus & Prematurity 1 β β β β 1 Meningitis 1 β 1 β β 2 Prematurity 7 β β β β 7 Prematurity & Hare Lip 1 β β β β 1 Septicajmia 1 β β β β 1 Spina Bifida 1 β β β β 1 Tentorial Tear 1 β β β β 1 Totals 19 4 11 7 3 44 Net Births in the Year:- Legitimate 1,086 Illegit... |
f198e9cf-a1c4-4e30-9237-98ba56041265 | 1-2 wks. 2-3 wks. 3-4 wks. Total. Atelectasis 1 - - 1 Congenital Debility & Prematurity 1 - - - 1 Congenital Heart Disease 1 β β β 1 Congenital Inanition 1 β β β 1 Congenital Spinal Meningocele β β β 1 1 Deficient Inherent Vitality & Prematurity 1 - - - 1 Marasmus & Prematurity β β β 1 1 Meningitis β β β 1 1 Prematurit... |
e21a79a8-c033-4aa6-bf7d-371cddd77a80 | no less than nineteen were four weeks of age or under, and prematurity is given as the cause of death or as a contributory cause in the cases of eleven babies, who died within the first four weeks of life. The fact that nineteen died within the first month, leaving only twenty-five deaths for the remaining 27 eleven mo... |
ca11d7fc-0dee-45cb-a5dc-2f39cc71ffeb | It was suggested that routine post mortem examinations on such cases might lead to some significant discovery which would enable the number of such deaths to be reduced, but this service has not been in operation, as I have stated elsewhere. Your attention is drawn to the new low infant mortality rate of 39.5. This is ... |
a9d48011-2957-4c24-ab8c-fa87964b8b2d | 2 1931 61 64 31 29.4 28 Year Infantile Mortality Infantile Mortality Rate Neo-Natal Mortality Neo-Natal Mortality Rate 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 1937 61 53.8 30 26.5 1938 44 39.5 19 17.1 (i) Post Mortem Examinations.βProgress in connection with ... |
de8b94e6-456c-42ba-9048-6c88c1a92ee4 | The net number of births registered in 1938 was 1,113, affording an annual birth rate of 14.49 per 1,000 population, compared with 14.82 in 1937, 15.72 in 1936, 16.9 in 1935, 17.4 in 1934, 17.4 in 1933, 18.3 in 1932, 18.3 in 1931, 17.8 in 1930, and 18.7 in 1929. Of all births, 27 were illegitimate, giving a percentage ... |
374b83bf-d486-4abb-93fc-05bc3ecbaa80 | Ten 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. (a) General.βThe population has again shown an increase during the year, and this must be expected until the area is house-saturated. The amenities of the 29 Town a... |
3495e2e5-b2eb-4a7e-afa2-a33b6830a844 | These classes are :β(I) Professional, etc., (2) Intermediate, (3) Skilled Artisans, (4) Semi-skilled, (5) Unskilled Labourers. The population of Barking is largely confined to classes 3, 4 and 5, with a majority in class 5. (b) Industries.βSome of the chief industries carried on in the area are as follows :β The produc... |
a9d7dc42-24f4-4a03-bce0-19483cc7076c | 30 The population of Barking is a working population. (c) Unemployment.βThe following table is compiled from information kindly supplied by the Manager of the Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange, Barking :β Copy of comparative statement of local unemployed by industries, as at December, 1937 and December, 1938:- Dec... |
52e7058a-5a41-4ac2-8686-c1d3118c5a94 | 5 11 7 9 Matches 2 13 3 3 Chemicals 25 1 26 4 Printing 11 7 17 13 Asbestos 4 4 7 14 Woodworking and French Polishing 14 6 7 2 Agriculture 7 31 7 25 General Labourers and Factory Hands 816 128 633 185 Mineral Water Manufacture 6 3 β 1 Leather Trades 4 4 β Gas and Water 60 2 42 β 1,478 359 1,363 423 I have no statistical... |
35924448-35a6-45c4-8186-0764c3c20794 | A scientific 31 enquiry into this problem has been undertaken at your pathological laboratory, and you are referred to pages 75 to 79 which deal with the work of this laboratory. It would be rash at the present time to associate directly the incidence of this form of anaemia with unemployment, indeed, it should be stat... |
81f859fb-01aa-4179-ab60-f23633c8d510 | During the later months of pregnancy this falling off in the amount of haemoglobin, as the red colouring matter is named, is met with even in fine, upstanding and well fed athletic women, and of course where you have this abnormal drain upon the resources of the expectant mother it is not to be expected that some added... |
58b5e640-70f2-44fb-a66a-772f01a377a2 | In my Annual Report for 1937, I stressed the view that we ought to consider the number of persons to 32 the acre, rather than the number of houses to the acre, when expressing an opinion upon density, and I am glad to be able to say that my views are supported in the evidence given before the Royal Commission upon the ... |
8f4a1b2d-b5af-47e4-99c2-651efd05a53c | To be a real home the house in which we live should not be in a mean street, or if in a good street not in a mean neighbourhood or if in a good neighbourhood not in a generally mean and disorderly town. ' Many of the tenants removed from the central area of the town and similarly those from East London to the Becontree... |
9e0e43b3-685c-46d6-a3bb-4a0187e01e77 | (f) Malnutrition.βWith the increasing facilities at the clinics, whereby dried milks, baby preparations and 33 chemical foods can be obtained at the minimum cost and with the minimum of trouble, malnutrition should not be expected. This I can say is so, and it reflects the high standard which your services are maintain... |
a402a374-5d7b-49cc-ac08-f79b1438d904 | examined. Diphtheria 1,066 Sputa 311 Typhoid 7 Milk 64 Water 19 Ice-cream 28 General 45 Total 1,540 In addition to the above, 4 biological tests were carried out to test the virulence or otherwise of germs of the diphtheria group. During the year laboratory facilities have been developed. It is not so much that new fac... |
5f46290a-a6b3-4312-8766-7b099e9d0ff2 | Here we are collecting data which we believe may have some results in elucidating the problems of the hospitalisation of scarlet fever, the treatment of puerperal fever, and perhaps the incidence of rheumatism. The facilities offered by the Essex County Council also continue to become better and better, and your own sc... |
5e88e9fb-5fff-4a65-b801-b69e27a74032 | As time goes on it would be of advantage if the facilities of this local laboratory were placed at the service of the general medical practitioners, in the same way as they are placed at the service of your own staff. Personally, I would recommend this. The Report by Dr. E. M. Hill on the work of the Pathological Unit ... |
67ca7ca9-ef7b-4db7-aa6b-f03dc428eb0c | It is true that during 1938 no cases of puerperal fever were due to the more hostile germs which are so highly infectious and which cause such a high mortalityβthey were due in large part to germs which were able to obtain fopthold because of anaemia or haemorrhage. Particularly, I want you to note Dr. Hill's evidence ... |
8b872d05-4d54-4c3c-9cbe-a3d1941b6148 | Incidentally, I may remind you that during this year the Du Cros Ambulance, which has been running for very many years, has been replaced by one built on an Austin chassis, but has been retained for the training of ambulance drivers in the Air Raid Precautions Scheme. You already have an adequate ambulance service, esp... |
7153dd92-e351-4c1c-bc9f-f71723d446dd | An illustration of this can be given by mentioning that some 6 cubicles, by means of pipes, can be supplied with those gases, such as carbon dioxide and oxygen, which are at times necessary in the treatment of pneumonia. On the other hand, the work at your maternity pavilion has been particularly heavy and it has been ... |
ec013536-3c08-45cf-99e2-35f8ab0a0bdc | 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£ East Ham Memorial Hospital 54 King George Hospital 54 London Chest Hospital 16 Princess Elizabeth of York Hospital for Children, Shadwell 34 Queen... |
c8be1782-18cf-475f-bb19-ee58cf0ba325 | During the year sessions for minor ailments, infant welfare and ante-natal work have been a permanent feature of the Porters Avenue Clinic, which has now become one of the main centres for this work. The minor ailments section was opened primarily to relieve the extreme congestion, which had been reported to you in pre... |
b461e180-b478-4b52-af10-4fcf6f9418ac | It is anticipated that when this clinic is transferred to the new proposed out-patient department in Upney Lane the attendance figures will increase. A special clinic for mothers is held in the Humphrey Ward, a building adjoining the Upney Maternity Pavilion. The numbers here are steadily increasing and although the at... |
8122eb7a-76a9-49e7-8faf-d933692897b5 | (e) Nursing in the Home.βI have been very favourably impressed when, in the course of my journeyings, I have come across communities of peoples where hospitalisation is carried to such an extent that virtually there is no nursing in the homes. It appears that unfortunately this is a very long way off in England, and th... |
bac86034-c977-4642-9ab5-b7f184608590 | By Whom Provided 1. Maternity and Child Welfare. (a) Infant Welfare Centres :β * 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. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Tuesdays, Thursda... |
9c4a1262-49fe-4b56-96cc-0996f2185f0f | Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2 p.m., and Fridays, 10 a.m. Modern clinic premises with accommodation for consultations, etc. do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9.30 a.m. do. do. Porters Avenue Centre, Porters Avenue Thursdays, 9.30 a.m. Accommodation for c... |
9d433366-6d1c-4456-86ab-7dc8494300cd | (c) Gynaecologica] Clinics :β 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. Porters Avenue Centre, Porters Avenue do. Accommodation for consultations, etc. do. Humphrey Ward (near Materni... |
a2170148-3034-4e30-b568-9214315db47f | 43β44 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 :β Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Daily, 8.30 a.m. Modern clinic premises with inspection, waiting and treatment roo... |
85817245-1efd-4f16-9f06-c002ef09e089 | (c) Dental Clinics :β Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Daily, 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. do. do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road do. do. do. East Street Clinic do. Inspection, waiting and treatment rooms do. (tf) Orthopaedic Clinic :β (i) Specialist's Clinic, Manor School First Thursday in each month, 9 a.m. Three roo... |
2d7deb56-89d3-4e3f-9196-f57072fec13d | Immunisation Clinic (Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough):β Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Mondays, 10.30 a.m. Modern clinic premises with inspection, waiting and treatment rooms. do. Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Mondays, 9 a.m. do. do. 4. Foot Clinic. Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road... |
0f132d1a-06e3-41bb-ae5f-def8f0f97d46 | During the year the East Barking District Nursing Association has increased its staff from two to three nurses. Speaking particularly of the latter, I am to say that if the various grants which its energetic Secretary has been able to obtain were to be discontinued, the work could not be carried on. The amount of money... |
9edb9455-d8cb-4e71-9c0b-e26640e0d242 | Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918. Part I of the Children Act, 1908, as amended by Part V of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932. Midwives Acts, 1902-1936. Public Health Act, 1936. (a) Ante-Natal Supervision.βAnte-Natal Clinics are held at four centresβthree sessions weekly at the Central Clinic, two sessions ... |
c72d4473-c664-4467-b5c3-a763ab43c9d2 | of Sessions 154 103 207 52 First attendances 467 270 149 192 Re-attendances 2,527 1,401 686 964 Total attendances 2,994 1,671 835 1,156 Total First Attendances ... β’ β’ β’ 1,078 β Re-Attendances ... ... 5,578 ,, Attendances ... ... 6,656* β Sessions ... ... 516 * In addition there were 385 Post-Natal, and 349 Gynaecologi... |
f8fea862-a11c-4792-8d1a-458dbadaa7cd | 47 It is worthy of note that out of about 1,150 births, 1,078 women attended at your ante-natal centres during 1938. This only leaves 100 or less women who did not attend your clinics. This gives a very high percentage of cases attending your centres, and is one which does not leave a great margin upon which to improve... |
a344e88a-9f6a-481b-bc90-11281eda24e0 | It has not yet become the practice in Barking to take a specific blood examination of all expectant mothers for venereal disease, and this to my mind is a definite medical entity which must have a far-reaching effect upon mother and child. The encouraging of free dinners, free milk and free tonics, etc., in necessitous... |
a7fec386-8084-4b81-9774-c3c7952aed65 | (c) Midwifery.βThe Council has been the Local Supervising Authority for Midwives since the 1st April, 1935- Forty-six midwives notified the Local Supervising Authority of their intention to practise or that they had practised within the Borough during the period 1st January, 1938, to the 31st December, 1938, and the nu... |
5dafcec9-7c11-4202-abd6-a01ae94cb456 | The following is a summary of notifications received from midwives :β Medical Help 201 Deaths of Mother or Child 1 Laying out the Dead 8 Still-births 12 Liability to be a source of Infection 12 Artificial Feeding 11 245 49 The following is a summary of the 201 cases in which medical help was sought:β Mother:β Anaesthet... |
7e8ed918-10f2-4f0d-96e6-5ccfa0014fbf | the Council annually subsidised the Hospital on any deficit from ^300 in respect of the district midwifery 50 work of their midwives in Barking. This agreement is now superseded by a further one made pursuant to the Midwives Act, 1936, which agreement came into operation on 1/10/38. A payment of Β£114 12s. 6d. was made ... |
d5e62da0-c7c1-4fcb-abe3-85098be0a754 | My readers are asked to refer to the general remarks I made on pages 42 and 43 of my last year's Report, in which I pointed out that so far as midwives directly under the control of the Council are concerned they had commenced their work, and that so far as voluntary bodies, to wit, the Salvation Army and the Plaistow ... |
f34906b4-da74-4626-9690-be6a8a3027e3 | Particular care has been taken by the Corporation in co-ordination to avoid overlapping of the midwives and the health visitors in their visits to the homes of expectant mothers. (d) Upney Hospital.βThe admissions to the Maternity Home during 1938 numbered 596 of which 92 were admitted for ante-natal treatment. 51 Duri... |
7a79b0ee-53b4-4b22-a647-bb29af6ead9d | It will be appreciated by those people that these enquiries into their personal circumstances were not intended to be inquisitorial, but were wholly and solely for the purpose of seeing that the Hospital was used to the best advantage of those who had the most claim to it on social and medical grounds. A small beginnin... |
f48b2691-1103-4438-bda8-6c74a2109dbe | It is obviously desirable more and more to develop this work along lines which will ensure that the person conducting the confinement is fully aware of the whole of the history of the case. (e) Post-Natal Care.βDuring the year there has been an increase in the number of post-natal examinations carried out at your clini... |
d43f258d-e0c0-4f9d-839c-aafb889492fa | (g) Pemphigus Neonatorum.βDuring the year one case of pemphigus neonatorum was notified and admitted to the Barking Hospital for treatment. (h) Maternal Mortality.βAccording to the return of the Registrar-General there were during the year 1938, three deaths from puerperal causesβtwo deaths from puerperal sepsis and on... |
11c49f17-5e88-493f-a4b0-dea2e4b528e8 | 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 1937 1 4 4.28 3.11 1938 2 1 2.58 2.97 * Rate per thousand live birthsβfigure not available in respect of ra... |
360e6388-307c-447a-999f-254c65f3126d | The maternal mortality rate this year is 2.58 and it is lower than that which is given for the whole of England and Wales, although as I have reported previously it is not possible to compare these rates from area to area. It does appear that some information about the three deaths which occurred in Barking might be us... |
1b143174-d644-4d2a-8187-9f6f2afe7dc8 | The other two cases were definitely maternal deaths. The first being one, which although having attended regularly at the Clinics had in the later stages developed some toxic signs and although the confinement was satisfactory as was the subsequent health for about a month after the confinement, the patient developed p... |
14c41837-9083-4796-83b9-da9f41506921 | J. V. O'Sullivan continues as your Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician and advises in all cases of difficulty. 55 (i) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.βDuring 1938 five cases of ophthalmia neonatorum were notified and all of these cases recovered with unimpaired vision. Three cases were treated at home and two were admitted... |
d4acf614-5ca6-41fe-848c-d88f2c742bf2 | During the year under review you have considered the question of operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids being carried out at the Barking Hospital. This would be possible when the numbers in the Hospital were such as to leave one block completely available for such cases, e.g., during the summer months. You have d... |
e6191bc6-30a4-4d7a-b616-41269e588272 | As a matter of interest it was noted during the year that the celebrated Dionne Quintuplets all had their tonsils removed and the reports say " the tonsils of all the quins were found to be in a very diseased state." This is significant when we consider the comparatively few tonsillectomies among our school and toddler... |
09361e5d-d1f7-4224-b067-f1967ee765b4 | (n) Ultra-Violet Light Clinic.βThis clinic still continues to be a popular feature of your service and during the year no less than 2,827 treatments were given to toddlers and expectant and nursing mothers. (o) Dental Treatment.βOnce again during 1938 an attempt was made to set up a special session for toddlers. Once a... |
95baa83e-8d2a-454a-ab3f-bb72debddc2d | The Senior Dental Officer's Report will be found on pages 68-70. (p) Immunisation Clinic.βThe scope of this clinic has been extended during the year, in that a weekly session is now held at the Woodward Clinic. It is not possible to report fully on the benefits of immunisation for diphtheria in Barking, but I do wish t... |
e22c05bb-d59b-47d9-a965-3bf08401b319 | Immunisation against scarlet fever and whooping cough has also been continued throughout the year and 49 and 45 children respectively completed their courses of injections. 58 (q) Minor Ailments.βYour Minor Ailments Clinics have been held at two centres and here babies and toddlers have been treated whenever necessary ... |
41928b29-74d5-4ca6-974b-40af6c0f7e22 | (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).βThere were 28 foster mothers on the register at the end of the year and they had in their care 32 foster children. Beyond re-affirming my general remarks of last year, I have nothing to... |
ab72cf3f-b1f5-405d-9f27-ba491105cf3f | The definition of puerperal pyrexia is " any febrile condition occurring in a woman within 21 days after childbirth or miscarriage in which a temperature of 100.oF. or more has been sustained during a period of 24 hours or has recurred during that period." To the lay mind these cases of puerperal pyrexia might give cau... |
06c96c01-4233-4b51-b795-c1cbea790865 | It must be made clear, however, that when a certain number of cases are booked for one month, it is not possible to say when during this period these cases will be admitted, and it may occur that there will be a large number of admissions occurring at the beginning of any one month and a corresponding drop at the end o... |
5d02f2cc-8775-4460-8ab1-3c4c2f0985c9 | of attendances of children under 1 year:β (a) New Cases 297 145 94 255 302 1,093 (b) Old Cases 4,413 2,032 1,688 4,455 4,972 17,560 No. of attendances of children 1-5 years of age:β (a) New Cases 32 38 18 178 149 415 (b) Old Cases 1,986 1,455 1,881 6,130 7,405 18,857 Average No. of attendances per session ... 66 37 37 ... |
90b3961e-8aef-4ceb-97ee-b20d08482c8b | of children seen by Medical Officer other than at above sessions :β (a) New Cases 397 - - 738 428 1,563 (b) Old Cases 322 β - 654 762 1,738 The total attendances during the year were 37,925 as compared with 34,502 in 1937. The information which is brought out by this table is that there were 1,093 individual children (... |
b77776f4-5945-477f-ba36-22042bbed8c3 | It has always been the practice for the medical officer to see 61 regular attenders once each month, but as the clinics are so well attended it has not been possible for this to take place in all cases. The inauguration of prescriptions for medicines for mothers, babies and toddlers has been much appreciated both by th... |
d0155a3c-0299-497d-a0aa-55bf40678a58 | of subsequent visits to children under 1 year:(a) Attending a Centre 4,117 (b) Not attending a Centre 2,726 No. of visits to children I to 5 years of age 11,014 No. of special visits in connection withβ Ophthalmia neonatorum 5 Deaths of children up to 3 years of age 42 Stillbirths 22 Puerperal pyrexia 6 Infectious dise... |
b9d4cf6f-b17f-496e-814a-ce51c2b00460 | 61,229 167,592 228,821 Β£3,121 0 0 Β£2,704 0 0 Pursuant to the receipt of Circular 1519 from the Ministry of Health, pasteurised milk was supplied as from the 1st May, 1937. Particulars of the amounts of dried milks, etc., supplied free and at reduced rates are as follows:β Name of Food. Cost Price (pkts.) Half Price (pk... |
e45c6769-0661-4fef-86cc-2c9f64569536 | 2 2,372 309 1,129 3,810 Ambrosia 9 - 3 12 Cow and Gate 5,564 459 3,945 9,968 Cow and Gate (half-cream) 1,326 186 729 2,241 Colact 287 63 502 852 Hemolac 57 18 156 231 Lactogol 233 14 63 310 Virol 1,276 242 2,950 4,468 Parrish's Food 719 88 1,208 2,015 Paraffin 174 16 484 674 Malt and Oil 962 241 3,079 4,282 Pure Oil 47... |
f9a4cf8f-1933-4424-9731-2fd162cb375b | 2 48 5 29 82 Cow and Gate (Humanised) 39 - 39 16,680 2,093 17,394 36,167 63 Mothercraft Circles.βThe mothercraft circle at the Porters Avenue Centre has been well attended during the year, and you have suggested that one shall now be held in the older part of the town, and it is hoped that such a circle will be started... |
f611b9e6-cde2-42df-b19c-4f37c67ead72 | Baths.βIn certain necessitous cases, free baths are provided for expectant and nursing mothers. During 1938, 191 baths were granted free of charge. Birth Control Clinic.βIn September, 1937, a Birth Control Clinic was inaugurated. The Ministry of Health have prescribed which cases may be referred to such a clinic. Conva... |
d986e49c-61dd-4a40-9390-52450c387dda | 64 Dinners.βFree dinners are supplied to necessitous nursing and expectant mothers and to toddlers, on the recommendation of Medical Officers at the Infant Welfare Clinics. During 1938, 6,095 dinners were supplied to mothers and 8,074 to children under this scheme. This is a marked increase over the year 1937. Ear, Nos... |
d47f3821-edea-4896-8a42-92b557657484 | Home Helps.βAlthough home helps as such are not provided by you under any particular scheme, you do make financial provision in cases of maternity which are aided by you, because your scale of charges in all such cases is drawn up so as to leave an amount of money in the family exchequer sufficient for this purpose. Yo... |
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