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ecae83fc-2e72-40e4-bbd2-a07f7c5459d5 | (b) Ophthalmic Clinic:— Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Tuesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. Thursdays, 2 p.m. Modern clinic premises with inspection, waiting and treatment rooms, etc. do. do. do. (c) Dental Clinics:— Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Daily, 9 a.m. and 2 p.... |
354b68f0-de35-4f3e-92ab-5d4ddcbcccbb | Three rooms do. (e) Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic:— Woodward Clinic, Woodward Road Tuesdays and Fridays, 2 p.m. Modern clinic premises with inspection, waiting and treatment rooms, etc. do. 3. Immunisation Clinic (Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Whooping Cough) Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Mondays, 10.30 a.m... |
781f35d3-51ee-45ea-9a84-fbe8798a8d6e | Thursdays, 10.30 a.m.-12.30 p.m. Three rooms Essex County Council. G. Venereal Diseases. Oldchurch Hospital and London hospitals, etc. – – By arrangement with Essex County Council 203 Ophthalmic Service.—Refraction Clinics are held at the Central and Woodward Clinics, and the scheme includes the provision of spectacles... |
ef0af9aa-80e1-4b57-ad85-f22202096d97 | No charge is made for this treatment. Special School.—The Faircross Special School is divided into three sections—a Physically Defective Section, a Mentally Defective Section and a Section for Delicate Children. When considered desirable, the children are conveyed to and from school by motor ambulance. Tonsils and Aden... |
d01ee4ce-eb80-44d5-83a1-61b51e5e042e | Sir, I have the honour to present the Annual Report of the Dental Service for the year ending December 31st, 1938. The figures for the year are shown on a separate page and it is to be noted that the number of fillings show progressive increase over past years and is accompanied by a corresponding increase in acceptanc... |
c764a938-92cf-4266-900e-8ef88cce62e2 | The frequency with which the School Dental Surgeon is able to establish routine contact with his prospective patients has a direct relation to the probable acceptance rate, and it is well within reason to aim at two routine inspections of all schools in a school year. The 205 numerical staffing of a service on this bas... |
3b7674f8-1d7d-4d68-950d-4b103ad60555 | To have a knowledge of the literature of the young and the very young, to be able to discuss from folk dancing to the orthodoxy of the Test batsmen is quite as useful with a patient as the deftness of technique which minimises pain. If these can be accomplished, all or in part, then the operator is well on the way to t... |
f700ea05-1e0d-4979-86ce-53829e7edca2 | Dental cleanliness, which is part of the nursery school routine, and the influence of the teachers in advising early treatment where necessary should have a marked beneficial effect, and the first dental inspection as pupils proper should furnish interesting results. 206 I have to acknowledge the invaluable assistance ... |
f737468f-7892-4206-a058-0e6c79d445d5 | Dear Sir, During 1938 the number of spectacles prescribed at the clinics was much smaller than in 1937 but there was practically no diminution in the number of children tested. As all of these children had some visual defect it follows that a considerable proportion of them were told that they did not require glasses. ... |
4f9ed9a7-7f3b-418d-a3bb-00364f38f89d | Any condition which lowers body health such as want of suitable food, fresh air, or the presence of decayed teeth, produces early fatigue ; the eye is no longer able to counterbalance its own inherent defect and headaches or blurred vision results. When this condition exists, glasses will relieve the child but they wil... |
0384f369-b045-468d-ae84-95fa4a8dec8e | In many cases of longsight it is possible to dispense with glasses for the eye has outgrown its disability. The age-old fallacy of once having worn glasses one need always wear them is simply not true. Enough has been said to show the intimate relation which exists between the eyes and the degree of general health. Ade... |
dc50ae2d-858d-40a1-9999-40bc750df9a2 | of cases listed for squint training 70 All spectacles were checked before being issued at the Clinics. 209 TABLE II. MYOPIA. TABLE SHOWING WORK CARRIED OUT DURING 1938 IN CONNECTION WITH ALL SCHOOL-CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM MYOPIA. Individual cases No. of attendances Spectacles No. of attendances of cases reviewed in:— R... |
59a9b4f2-c3a9-4d55-9356-a684956cad75 | External Diseases of the Eye treated at the Clinics Conjunctivitis and Blepharitis 35 Cellulitis 1 Injury 7 Meibomiam Cyst 7 Foreign body in eye 1 Dacrocystitis 1 Hordeolum 5 Keloid of lower lid 1 TABLE IV. Total No. of Attendances 2,539 Percentage attendance of appointments made 83.5 210 TABLE V. TREATMENT OF ELEMENTA... |
adec2d2d-1cf6-43f5-be3c-37ecd3c8dfce | 9-12 mths. 6-9 mths. 3-6 mths. Under 3 mths. No. of cases 55 7 2 1 6 Average fusion 5.0° 4.0° 4.0° – 0.6° No. showing definite diminution of squint 48 3 1 – – No. showing improvement 53 5 2 1 2 Percentage showing improvement 96 71.4 100 100 33 No. showing no improvement 2 2 – – 4 No. of treatments given 1,264 WM. A. GR... |
6deb87c1-ebd1-4fd1-be69-d878518bf42f | Dear Sir, The Statistical Returns show in general the scope of the work undertaken during the past year. The increase in personnel and equipment has greatly added to the efficiency of the Clinic. A few minor additions are still required, after which the Clinic will become one of the most efficient in the district. The ... |
f089448a-4ea3-4c5a-8089-c9096da830c6 | of primary examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon 217 No. of re-examinations by Orthopaedic Surgeon 229 212 The cases dealt with for the first time during 1938 were referred for the following conditions:— (a) Deformities of Bones and Joints. 1. Congenital: Additional digit—feet 1 Congenital dislocation hip 1 Deformity—foo... |
fd8d226c-cf6b-469f-a63c-6d7f7270876e | Acquired: Bowed tibiæ 5 Deformed chest 27 Exostosis 3 Genu valgum 58 Genu varum 11 Hallux valgus 2 Hallux rigidus 1 Hammer toes 3 Harrison's sulcus 1 Injury—foot 1 Injury—thumb 1 Injury—ankle 1 Injury—finger 2 Kohler's disease 1 Left shoulder higher than right 1 Perthe's disease 1 Pes planus 22 Valgus ankles 9 Von Schl... |
209e385a-ec2c-4b8a-93c6-81c49e8e3fb4 | Acquired: Bad posture 12 Contracted extensors 1 Intoeing 7 Kyphosis 7 Kypho-lordosis 1 Lordosis 4 Pes planus 67 Round shoulders 13 Scoliosis 2 117 (c) Paralysis. A.P.M 3 3 (d) Miscellaneous. Cleft palate 1 Ganglion—hand 2 Onychogryphosis—foot 1 Pain in hip 1 ? Bursitis superficial T.A. 1 6 Total defects found ... 287 2... |
2b4915d2-502b-42ee-9e45-2d00759f72c0 | & L. and plaster 1 Manipulation—feet and plaster 1 Open elongation T. A. R. & L. and plaster 1 Plaster bed 1 Tenotomies adductors and plaster 1 Tenotomies Tendo Achillis 2 Transposition Tendon flexor longus pollicis and plaster 1 12 Observation 1 Total 13 215—216 PARTICULARS OF THE WORK DONE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ORTH... |
de6fcd82-798e-471d-a366-793c8dfd939e | Primary Examination Re-examination For Treatment Totals School Children Toddlers and Expectant & Nursing Mothers School Children Toddlers and Expectant & Nursing Mothers School Children Toddlers and Expectant & Nursing Mothers School Children Toddlers and Expectant & Nursing Mothers 11 1,058 217 178 229 174 7,366 4,813... |
4b7207d7-fa33-482e-a0cf-f5ebf3726340 | of Treatments School Children 33 937 10 308 269 1,824 317 3,995 21 473 300 1,563 950 9,100 Toddlers and Expectant and Nursing Mothers 69 1,102 27 181 167 1,002 232 2,827 31 182 268 1,666 771 6,960 Admissions to Hospitals On Waiting List for Admission 31/12/38 School Children Toddlers Total School Children Toddlers Tota... |
a2e4cd56-c065-4747-ae87-75e62e87daf1 | Dear Sir, The opening of an Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic in September of the year under review for the Borough of Barking has made provision for certain treatments which hitherto were somewhat difficult to obtain locally, such as zinc ionisation for discharging ears and diastolisation for certain nasal conditions. It wa... |
9c80a36a-28a0-419e-957c-67201d72bfab | Whether these cases are not yet reaching me, whether provision for them is supplied elsewhere, or whether such cases are numerically small in Barking— and these diseases notoriously vary from one district to another—are points to be elucidated by further enquiry and observation. 218 There has been, since Christmas, an ... |
717c407c-3b34-47af-ba4a-d9671b52b649 | Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— Entrants 1,639 Second Age Group 1,419 Third Age Group 1,249 Total 4,307 Number of other Routine Inspections 409 Grand Total 4,716 B,—Other Inspections. Number of Special Inspections 12,492 Number of Re-Inspections 26,126 Total 38,618 220 C.—Children found to require Trea... |
13554569-4ebc-40c5-9aba-1a0a69b42093 | (A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 1938. Defect or Disease Routine Inspections Special Inspections No. of Defects No. of Defects Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observat... |
186168d9-68bf-4639-a711-0823a69a876c | (9) Corneal Opacities 1 – – – (10) Other Conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) 13 6 122 3 Totals (Heads 6-10) 50 23 498 8 (11) Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 204 103 167 36 (12) Squint 32 5 25 14 Ear (13) Defective Hearing 9 5 6 2 (14) Otitis Media 2 4 23 – (15) Other Ear Diseases 60 5 224 9 Nose and ... |
af80294e-bc13-43bc-b9bb-f123239413ca | 35 75 59 41 (21) Defective Speech 17 20 16 16 Heart and Circulation Heart Disease: (22) Organic 4 31 3 13 (23) Functional 6 103 3 47 (24) Anaemia 40 34 77 17 Lungs (25) Bronchitis 30 57 69 13 (26) Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases 12 38 29 15 223—224 TABLE II. (A)—continued. Defect or Disease Routine Inspections Special I... |
5d4a1b1a-3e1c-4c12-a875-3a52bc881152 | but not requiring Treatment Tuberculosis Pulmonary: (27) Definite 1 1 — — (28) Suspected 1 — — 1 Non-Pulmonary: (29) Glands — 2 — 4 (30) Bones and Joints — — — — (31) Skin — — — — (32) Other Forms Totals (Heads 29-32) — 2 — 4 Nervous System (33) Epilepsy — 2 1 2 (34) Chorea 3 3 11 22 (35) Other Conditions 46 37 67 45 D... |
d6a24f4e-f1ff-4b1e-8566-4d75abdb3f1b | 144 1,435 7,369 692 225 table ii. (b) classification of the nutrition of children inspected during the year in the routine age groups. Age-groups Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. |
532ae6c8-e756-4def-9916-b8775f2dfdf2 | % Entrants 1,639 400 24.40 1,122 68.46 115 7.02 2 0.12 Second Age-group 1,419 413 29.11 897 63.21 106 7.47 3 0.21 Third Age-group 1,249 261 21.00 949 76.00 39 3.00 — — Other Routine Inspections 409 107 26.16 275 67.24 27 6.60 — — Totals 4,716 1,181 25.04 3,243 68.76 287 6.09 5 0.11 226 TABLE III. RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIO... |
471311eb-be83-4476-9d6a-1f2068e32783 | At Certified Schools for the Blind At Certified Schools for the Partially Sighted At Public Elementary Schools At other Institutions At no School or Institution Total — 5 — — 1 6 Deaf Children. At Certified Schools for the Deaf At Public Elementary Schools At other Institutions At no School or Institution Total 12 — — ... |
812a0035-50d9-4788-8c84-938b3586c39c | Physically Defective Children. A.—Tuberculous Children. I.—Children Suffering from Pulmonary Tuberculosis. (Including pleura and intra-thoracic glands.) At Certified Special Schools At Public Elementary Schools At other Institutions At no School or Institution Totals — (i) — (2) 6 (—) 2 (—) 8 (3) II.—Children Suffering... |
9b6f5c83-7c27-4eb7-98be-b7ec52ee811d | The figures in brackets under this section denote children who are notified cases of Tuberculosis and are therefore attending a Tuberculosis Dispensary, but in whose case the disease has been declared "arrested" although the children cannot yet be said to be "recovered." B—Delicate Children. At Certified Special School... |
9ae4a9dc-7b35-486b-a768-efe51b9905a8 | Combination of Defect At Certified Special Schools At Public Elementary Schools At other Institutions At no School or Institution Totals Mental Defect (feebleminded) and Crippling 1 — — — 1 Mental Defect (feebleminded) and Heart Disease — — — Deafness and Crippling 1 — — — 1 230 FORM 307M.—STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF CH... |
7fd69166-14fc-4394-8406-3616211a7d42 | (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: (a) Idiots — —— (b) Imbeciles 1 — (c) Others — 2 (ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children: (a) Moral defectives — — (b) Others — 1 2. Feeble-minded c... |
ff7b73e6-ffd7-4bdf-8947-64d5558fba0b | Defect or Disease Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Totals Skin— Ringworm—Scalp: (i) X-Ray Treatment 1 — 1 (ii) Other 3 — 3 Ringworm—Body 33 — 33 Scabies 114 4 118 Impetigo 370 3 373 Other skin disease 293 31 324 Minor Eye Defects (External and other, b... |
6b9bf180-0880-4401-94ff-55ab196cc204 | Number of Defects dealt with Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Totals Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 1,045 21 1,066 Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) — — — Totals 1,045 21 1,066 Number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:— (a) Under the Authority's Schem... |
d459680b-7e67-4460-8448-0779f1138757 | Defect Received Operative Treatment Received other forms of Treatment Total number treated Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme Totals Tonsils only — 30 30 230 497 Adenoids only 2 1 3 Tonsils and Adenoids 230 1 231 Other 3 — 3 Totals ... |
f8685e63-fdcb-40f4-a1c8-6f7705bdbb37 | (1) Number of Children who were:— (a) Inspected by the Dentist:— Aged: Routine Age Groups 5 515 6 627 7 606 8 564 9 657 10 599 11 621 12 885 13 550 14 151 Total 5,775 (b) Specials 1,375 (c) Grand Total (Routine and Specials) 7,150 (2) Found to require treatment 5,917 (3) Actually treated 4,666 (4) Attendances made by c... |
8b83da58-ff7e-469e-a526-227b74a8b673 | (7) Extractions:— Permanent teeth 1,559 Temporary teeth 8,443 Total 10,002 (8) Administration of general anaesthetics for extractions 3,844 (9) Other Operations:— Permanent teeth 4,744 Temporary teeth Total 8,588 TABLE VI. UNCLEANLINESS AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS. (i) Average number of visits per school made during the y... |
246ce34c-f351-4a77-b30b-c71e91348b17 | (i.e., BARKING ABBEY SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THE DAY SCHOOL OF THE SOUTH-EAST ESSEX TECHNICAL COLLEGE). TABLE I. RETURN OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. (Secondary Schools only.) A.—Routine Medical Inspections. Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— Entrants 363 Second Age Group 202 Third Age Group 100 Total 665 Number o... |
000a0e94-12ca-4351-90a5-9005d41343b3 | Entrants 45 64 102 Second Age Group 23 13 34 Third Age Group 16 9 22 Totals (Prescribed Groups) 84 86 158 Other Routine Inspections — — — Grand Totals 84 86 158 239—240 TABLE II. (A)—RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1938. (Secondary Schools only.) Defect or Disease Routine ... |
cbd3e4bc-5970-4581-b946-fff3e26606b2 | 2 — Totals (Heads 1-5) 9 3 8 — Eye (6) Blepharitis 3 (7) Conjunctivitis 1 — 1 — (8) Keratitis — — — — (9) Corneal Opacities — 1 — — (10) Other Conditions (excluding Defective Vision and Squint) 2 — 3 — Totals (Heads 6-10) 6 1 4 — (11) Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 84 16 5 — (12) Squint — — — — Ear (13) Defective ... |
12b8b744-2a9d-4314-9931-a6953568266d | (19) Other Conditions 9 4 — — 241—242 TABLE II. (A)—continued. (Secondary Schools only.) Defect or Disease Routine Inspections Special Inspections No. of Defects No. of Defects Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observat... |
67fdb3dd-edf7-4ea5-8ddf-0f73fe4bedd5 | — — — (30) Bones and Joints — — — — (31) Skin — — — — (32) Other Forms — — — — Totals (Heads 29-32) — — — — Nervous System (33) Epilepsy (34) Chorea — — — — (35) Other Conditions — 4 — 1 Deformities (36) Rickets — — — — (37) Spinal Curvature 4 2 — — (38) Other Forms 46 2 1 — (39) Other Defects and Diseases (excluding D... |
0686f1fe-bb79-4e6f-a7ff-48bacbcd843c | Age-groups Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly) subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % Entrants 363 50 13.77 299 82.37 14 3.86 — — Second Age-group 202 40 19.80 155 76.73 7 3.47 — — Third Age-group 100 38 38.00 61 61.00 1 1.00 — — Other Routine Inspections — — — — — — — — — Totals 665 ... |
00c3af4e-8990-4345-80b0-0c78c2d54f4e | (Secondary Schools only.) Group I.—Minor Ailments (excluding Uncleanliness, for which see Table VI). Defect or Disease Number of Defects treated, or under treatment during the year Under the Authority's Scheme Otherwise Totals Skin— Ringworm—Scalp: (i) X-Ray Treatment — — — (ii) Other 1 1 2 Ringworm—Body 1 4 5 Scabies ... |
9e5116d1-40ed-42d6-98c0-11948abdcbcb | Group II.—Defective Vision and Squint (excluding Minor Eye Defects treated as Minor Ailments— Group I). Number of Defects dealt with Under the Authority's Scheme ' Otherwise Totals Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 90 4 94 Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I) — — — Totals 90 4... |
15e2d9c9-c3ac-4ed9-8321-40b380ef9c75 | Defect Received Operative Treatment Received other forms of Treatment Total number treated Under the Authority's Scheme, in Clinic or Hospital By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority's Scheme Totals Tonsils only 1 — 1 6 6 Adenoids only — — — Tonsils and Adenoids — — — Other — — — Totals 1 — 1 5 6 ... |
e0cf4ae9-fc3d-42e6-81a5-24a2b3f66865 | (1) Number of Children who were:— (a) Inspected by the Dentist:— Aged: Routine Age Groups 10 — 11 67 12 59 13 67 14 68 15 57 Total 318 (b) Specials 64 (c) Grand Total (Routine and Specials) 382 (2) Found to require treatment 284 (3) Actually treated 263 (4) Attendances made by children for treatment 909 (5) Half-days d... |
2c182fcb-c730-4351-9dad-de7173082617 | (i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by School Nurses (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 665 (iii) Number of individual children found unclean — (iv) Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921 — (v) Nu... |
a794b70a-33f5-41c5-9ff7-8689520ae385 | Barking Abbey Boys 7 113 46 54 Barking Abbey Girls 5 109 46 60 South-East Essex Technical College Boys 14 286 62 167 South-East Essex Technical College Girls 9 209 94 161 Totals 35 717 248 442 252 FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTION. (Secondary Schools only.) Table II (A) on pages 239 and 240 gives in detail a return of def... |
8519ad26-9a20-4ca7-9257-3efb863bf257 | PRESCRIBED GROUPS : Entrants 363 102 28.1 Second age group 202 34 16.8 Third age group 100 22 22.0 Totals (prescribed groups) 665 158 23.7 OTHER ROUTINE INSPECTIONS — — — 253 FOLLOWING-UP. (Secondary Schools only.) A summary of the following-up work by your School Nurses is given herewith:— Number of visits to schools ... |
7c425a7f-58d4-46e8-8fad-4e9f0e0abc7a | A summary of the work of the Clinics is included in the following table:— All Clinics. Clinic. No. of first attendances of school children. Total No. of attendances of school children. Minor Ailments:— (a) Central 60 175 (b) Woodward 23 109 (c) Porters Avenue 9 26 Ophthalmic 93 219 Dental 263 969 Orthopaedic FOR EXAMIN... |
75fb857c-e9d4-4878-a303-91cbc7294517 | PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT mr. H. illiet. BARK 33 BOROUGH OF BARKING. THE ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH. FOR THE YEAR 1939 (War Edition) C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., H.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. BOROUGH of BARKING. ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health for the Borough of Barking? in the County of E... |
6ee692c1-556d-4b04-b489-9d56e361f431 | At the suggestion of the Ministry of Health an interim report only is being issued this year, although suitable arrangements are being made for the preservation of all records in order that, at the termination of the war, a report could be issued dealing more fully with the period from the beginning of 1939. This repor... |
6bc95b5f-cbc8-49b3-b91e-5a1d97064b42 | J. Mervyn Thomas, M.D., B.Sc., D.M.R.E., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. (Resigned 9th December, 1939). Assistant Medical Officers of Health and Assistant School Medical Officers. T. M. Clayton, M.B., B.S., B.Hy., D.P.H. (Resigned 23rd September, 1939). Margaret A. Glass, B.Sc., M.B., Ch.B., D.P.H. (Resigned 31st March, 1939). Muriel... |
8837b687-8a38-489d-b1ea-b0a38155049b | (Commenced 28th August, 1939). Resident Medical Officer, Barking Hospital. Phoebe I. McKernan, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S., L.L.M. (Commenced 15th March, 1939). - Transferred to post of Assistant Medical Officer, 28th August, 1939). Resident Medical Officer, Upney Hospital. C. P. Bampfylde Wells, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (Resigned 28... |
f9fef264-35a9-4f4b-a4b3-0ae430d37c7e | J. R. Watson, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Commenced 10th July, 1939). Sanitary Inspectors. Miss J. Urquhart, (h and t). (Commenced 28th August, 1939). Health Visitors etc. + Miss E. Fisher, (g, h and i). (Resigned) 30th November, 1939). + Miss R. Hobbs, (g, h and i). (Resigned 2nd November, 1939). + Miss M. McAlister, (g, h, i and... |
b620feff-01f7-4142-8e53-3cbe848a498a | L. Back, (h and i). (Resigned 31st July, 1939). Miss G. Thomas, (h). (Transferred to Hospital Staff 28th January, 1939). Mrs. W. Wild, (h and i). (Commenced 1st August, 1939). Clerical Staff. Mr. E. A. Ellis, (c and m). (Resigned 26th May, 1939). Miss D. Foulsham. (Resigned 29th July, 1939). Miss I. Cast, (Resigned 31s... |
edf7289b-ffb4-4f82-9b5c-0490eded8563 | (Commenced 23rd May, 1939). Miss D. House. (Commenced 14th August, 1939). Miss E. Clark. (Commenced 28th August, 1939). (c) Meat etc., Inspector's 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 Ho... |
c641dc14-81fa-40a9-a243-c9a2da315267 | At the outbreak of war your four district midwives went to Bishops Stortford with those expectant mothers whose confinements were imminent; by the end of the year two of these midwives had returned and the others came back early in 1940. No other staff was transferred to reception areas. During the latter months of 193... |
0076c58c-ea24-47ee-8e3f-5b485ecacd3b | Area (acres) 4,174 Population (1931 Census) 51,277 + Population (June, 1938) (Registrar- General's Estimate) 76,790 Number of Inhabited Houses, March, 1940, according to Rate Books;- Houses 18,906 Shops 1,377 Total 20,283 Rateable Value - General £732,526 0 0 Sum represented by a penny rate £2,984 11 4 General Rate 15s... |
0e0326e0-7b2d-4d6b-8017-11c683c6073d | Net deaths belonging to the district 569 Death Rate 7.41 Net live births belonging to the district 1,009 Birth Rate 13.14 Net still-births belonging to the district 34 Still-birth rate per 1,000 total births 32.6 Number of deaths of infants under one year of age 38 Infantile Death Rate 37.66 Number of maternal deaths 2... |
adb89853-68f3-45d8-b1d9-3ff971337e83 | Total. 323 246 569 The following table shown the principal causes of death during 1939:- (Net Deaths). Causes of Death. Total Diphtheria 2 Influenza15 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 48 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3 Syphilis 1 Cancer 90 Diabetes 4 Cerebral Haemorrhage 23 Heart Disease 138 Other Circulatory Diseases 23 Bronchitis... |
5f8929e2-7ae9-46aa-a273-675160d055c5 | Once again I have pleasure in drawing your attention to the infant mortality rate, which at 37.66 is the lowest figure yet reported to you. That such a splendid result should be obtained in so difficult a year reflects much credit on your health visiting staff. The following table gives the actual causes of death of th... |
6b7ddcad-e873-4922-bbfe-4cb88623521d | Total under 1 year Acute Bronchitis 1 I 1 2 Acute Influenzal BronchoPneumonia 1 1 Acute Primary Broncho-pneumonia 1 1 Asphyxia (Natural) due to Acute Suppurative Bronchitis 1 1 Atelectasis Neonatorum & Premature Birth 1 1 Bronchitis & Marasmus 1 1 Broncho-Pneumonia & Infantile Eczema 1 1 Broncho-Pneumonia & Suprarenal ... |
a809746b-48c2-478f-9d54-b582d05969fd | Instrumental Delivery 1 1 Gastro-Enteritis 1 Gastro-Enteritis & Maternal Eclampsia 1 1 Haemorrhagic Diathesis of Newborn 1 1 Heart Failure & Multiple Congenital Deformities incompatible with life 1 1 Hydrocephalus & Spina Bifida Inanition & Premature Birth Induction & Prematurity 4 1 1 1 4 1 Intercranial Haemorrhage du... |
7acf9672-d23b-4a0e-825a-6e7e137a9677 | Pneumococcal Pyaemia & Broncho-Pneumonia 1 1 Prematurity 5 Prematurity & Atelectasis of the Lungs 1 1 Prematurity & Toxaemia of Pregnancy 1 1 Purulent Meningitis & Hydrocephalus 1 1 Septicaemia & Cerebral Haemorrhage. Infected Haematoma of Scalp 1 1 Toxaemia & Gastro-Enteritis 1 2 3 Totals 21 8 5 1 3 38 (c) Maternal Mo... |
70c9ffcc-7016-4d90-be18-d593623b94fc | One woman was evacuated and died out of the town and her death is not allocated to Barking; of all the cases delivered under your schemes, numbering approximately 960, one only died. Though it cannot be said statistically, I am persuaded the damage due to childbirth is today slight indeed compared with a generation ago... |
937c7696-6a0b-4ab3-83c1-3a1eb0edf9db | Curative medicine captures the public imagination; it is difficult for parents to think seriously of conditions such as defective teeth, eyes, tonsils, etc., which are detrimental to their children or more likely will be detrimental to them some years hence, when their immediate concern is that they may be safe say for... |
1e223faf-a5ea-45d6-abf5-6a75c486f250 | If such children be given one proper meal a day, the appetite of these children will be increased because it has been found that one good meal deserves another. Not only will the appetite be increased, as such, but the proper meal a day will increase the rate of growth so that consequently from this standpoint also the... |
8c81802b-63bb-4313-b7a0-efa1282dfd20 | and Wireless 33 29 2 1 Building Trade and Painters 147 1 179 1 Works of Construction 100 - 145 - Engineering 41 7 31 2 Domestic 9 77 18 50 Rubber Workers 9 13 34 19 Commercial 3 6 3 3 Road and Water Transport 27 2 43 1 Clothing 11 53 12 35 Distributive Trades 141 90 133 52 Government and Professional 7 8 1 - Tin Box Ma... |
edf9fef5-e6e9-475a-b7f1-613bfca0ce8e | 4 - Gas and Water 51 2 42 - 1,050 1+61 1,363 423 (d) Travelling Facilities. Once again I regret to report that there has been no improvement in the standard of travelling conditions to and from Barking; in fact the reduction in the number of trains and buses at the beginning of the war meant that the travelling facilit... |
35cc0105-f58c-4411-9fec-5c834f4634ac | (b) Ambulance Facilities. On the outbreak of War your ambulance service became virtually a part of the Air Raid Precautions Service, and has so continued. (c) Hospitals (Public and Voluntary). Not only your Hospitals, but certain voluntary and County Hospitals were taken over wholly or in part, and became emergency hos... |
01de4571-4296-4ae2-a4ac-a6848d802b61 | For a few weeks clinic sessions were curtailed, but, by the end of the year, a more normal programme of work was being carried out at all Clinics, excepting Porters Avenue, where the Minor Ailment Sessions were cancelled. The number of sessions at the Foot Clinic were reduced. (e) Nursing in the Home. In consequence of... |
9e956024-4cd9-4a71-a1e3-d7c3ce577874 | Although the ante-natal clinics were interrupted at the commencement of the war, by the end of the year our - 10 - programme was again normal. In spite of the evacuation of many expectant mothers the number of attendances at your clinics amounted to 6,726, a slight increase on the figure for the previous year; the numb... |
e9534db6-2fad-4b17-a57b-78112e10290c | The arrangements made by the Council pursuant to the Midwives Act, 1936, worked very smoothly until the outbreak of war when some 240 expectant mothers were evacuated under the Council's Scheme. About 170 of these were sent to various reception areas in the West of England; the remaining 70, whose confinements were imm... |
cd720d2d-fd0e-4641-9a00-66574980aaaa | The Maternity Hospital became part of the Emergency Hospital Scheme just prior to the outbreak of war and those patients who were fit for discharge were discharged on the order of the Ministry; some two months later it was re-opened as a Maternity Hospital. As a result of this temporary closure, the evacuation scheme a... |
cdecd8f4-bdc4-487c-9c8e-a6033b4dc7e5 | The gradual return of many evacuated mothers and babies made home visiting all the more important and difficult since the outbreak of war. Your Health Visitors were unable to devote so much time to this work during 1939, and the number of visits paid was 17,696, as compared with 21,936 in the previous year. - 11 - - SE... |
713b5872-8bd4-4224-b63b-ebcad08d287b | Attention is directed to the continued unsatisfactory condition' obtaining in the River Roding. (4) CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. At the end of the year there remained a total of 16 premises unconnected with the sewer, nine of which 'ere factory premises. (5) PUBLIC CLEANSING. During the year, 9,190 loads of refuse were collec... |
48c23fd5-a830-432f-8a94-e924af7ff451 | Total Houses Inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts 1,680 Total Number of Inspections made 4,350 Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 545 After Infectious Disease 727 Overcrowded Premises 63 Defects Found 2,066 Notices Served (preliminary) 925 Re-inspections re Notices Served 2,670 Inspection of Works in Progress ... |
577c39d0-4808-441f-ba20-5330ed26785d | Houses Let in Lodgings — — — Common Lodging Houses 3 1 1 Offensive Trades 25 15 6 Tents, Vans and Sheds 28 5 2 Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 39 9 5 Slaughter-houses 69 — — Hairdressers' & Barbers' Premises 19 4 3 Smoke Observations 61 1 2 12 (3) Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Inspections. Defects. Notices. Fact... |
0a413659-5c49-4d43-b4cc-eb11e92828f9 | Notices. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 34 8 7 Vacant Land and Refuse Dumps 72 8 4 Public Lavatories 30 1 1 Schools 23 1 1 Markets and General Shops 136 4 3 Ice-Cream Vendors 32 13 7 Petroleum and Celluloid Stores 30 3 1 Drainage Inspections 99 — — Milk Sampling 47 — — Other Miscellaneous 41 — — Inspection of Me... |
58244b3c-7265-439f-8b40-f491553b7528 | Informal Notices 925 Statutory Notices:- Public Health Act, 1936 :- Section 39 6 Section 45 28 Section 83 8 Section 93 239 Housing Act, 1936 :- Sections 9 & 10 40 Section 24 2 Section 32 1 324 (c) FACTORIES ACT, 1937. (1) Inspections (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors). Premises. Number of Inspections. ... |
09c81918-da59-4696-b562-81f1c5933db3 | +Nuisances under the Public Health Acts :Want of cleanliness 3 3 — — Inadequate ventilation — — — — Overcrowding — — — — Want of drainage of floors — — — — Sanitary accommodation Insufficient 1 1 — — Unsuitable or defective 5 5 — — Not separate for sexes — — — — Other offences 1 1 — — Totals 10 10 — — 4- Including thos... |
e59de55d-8b87-4368-952d-51084e317197 | Inspector of Factories :- Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act — Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act 1 Other — Underground Bakehouses Certificates granted during the year —- In use at the end of th... |
b1242c01-c17e-4b25-b1be-c72af6ef0bf3 | (e) RATS AND MICE DESTRUCTION ACT, 1919. There were 34 visits made to premises under this Act, and any necessary work arising has been carried out. (f) REMOVE OF INFIRM AND DISEASED PERSONS. Three eases were reported during the year. In two cases arrangements were made for the persons to have institutional treatment, a... |
9f241dd7-4243-4b64-ad39-d39641c7122c | 56 (3) Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses) 267 (b) Unfit Dwelling-Houses. 1. Inspection of Dwelling-Houses during the Year:- (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 1,680 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 4,350 , (2) (... |
190abe32-cefe-4b54-bb16-7d548a38579b | Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service of formal Notices;- Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 700 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year; - A. - Proceedings under sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936;... |
2f09b9b6-dcf3-432e-b268-fc987573d690 | - Proceedings under sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936: (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made, 3 (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders, 3 D. - Proceedings under section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936: (1) Number of separate tenements or ... |
47a07fce-0580-43eb-8a00-d2aafbcfd1b7 | There are no cowkeepers in the district and we have only one dairy where milk is handled or treated. The remaining 77 premises on the register retail pre-packed supplies. In addition there are 15 milk purveyors who occupy premises in other districts, but retail in Barking. The following table sets out the results of th... |
b318e16f-c104-4830-a1a0-ba168f4a18fe | The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1936:- Tuberculin Tested 6 Pasteurised 13 (b) Ice-Cream - Barking Corporation Act, 1933 - Section 160. There are 113 manufacturers and vendors registered, in accordance with... |
59783d6c-e399-4d1f-9506-cbc94f4d1bea | The following table gives particulars of notifications received, and the animals slaughtered, during the twelve years ended December 31st, 1939. Year. 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Notifications Received 126 72 61+ 39 57 34 205 236 195 179 184 112 Cattle 40 64 80 12 10 41 350 447 340 365 3... |
adba8964-4ce2-4e8b-a684-2720a4b69fc6 | 335 637 516 386 373 301 2030 3081 1,639 1,360 1,491 857 x Includes 404 lambs. + Includes 199 lambs. x Includes 597 lambs. # Includes 257 lambs. |
68f41bf6-7124-46d3-a66f-c4580562ee62 | The following additional table gives information as to carcases inspected and condemned during the year 1939 — Cattle excluding Cows Cows Calves Sheep and Lambs Pigs Number Killed 209 25 2 545 77 Number Inspected 209 25 2 545 77 All diseases except Tuberculosis:- Whole carcases condemned — — — — — Carcases of which som... |
a5163edd-50dd-42d3-8a1d-1e01b29891fb | The number of premises in the district at the end of the year at which the following foods are prepared were:— Sausages 26 Potted Meat and Brawn 4 Roast and/or Boiled Ham 6 Pressed, Pickled, Cooked, etc., Beef and Tongue 39 Roast Pork 5 Bacon 1 Boiled Crabs and Lobsters 1 Pickled Fish 8 Pickled Onions 1 Smoked Fish 7 B... |
77c0efb2-7ac3-41f3-a7c4-b712f9d0e319 | 203 lbs. Beef. 60 lbs. Beef. 60 lbs. Ox Livers. (3) FOOD POISONING. There were 5 cases of food poisoning notified during the year. These were investigated and any necessary action taken. (4) ADULTERATION, ETC. I am indebted to Mr. A. Horsnell, Chief Food and Drugs Officer for the Metropolitan Area of the Essex County C... |
110a47bc-02d1-482f-ab30-f74e4d824e3d | The first quarterly report of the Public Analyst, who continues to be Dr. Bernard Dyer, as - 21 - above mentioned, shows that the following action was taken;- Samples examined. Milk 1 Butter 2 Other 27 Total 30 all of which were found to be unadulterated, and no case was found of any infringement of the regulations rel... |
500008b9-d9d0-40f7-8ffb-4fdb6205bd44 | - 22 - SECTION F. PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES. (1) Notification. The evacuation scheme meant that we had a smaller population vulnerable to infectious diseases after the outbreak of war, and the notification figures show a significant decline. In October the Measles and Whooping Cough... |
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