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30f7b339-e8c8-4ec6-adb2-05a9196c2a10 | (7) SCARLET FEVER. Three hundred and ninety-eight notifications of scarlet fever were received, the number for 1942 being 334. This shows a slight increase, but the type of infection was not severe. 58 Hospital accommodation for infectious diseases was not quite so difficult to obtain as in the previous year (1942), bu... |
5f659b80-7db7-4e36-b36e-c8da69b0fa38 | Previously I have spoken of the difficulty in Diagnosing Whooping Cough, which, of course, is much greater in the course of general practice than it is in the course of hospital practice, and of the consequential difficulty in interpreting statistics. Elsewhere I have pointed out that mothers, perhaps quite naturally, ... |
24c13031-2f1e-488c-8b08-381018991a5d | It would appear, therefore, that the time has come when notification of whooping cough should be made much more standard than it is today. (9) MEASLES. The incidence of this disease showed some decrease—797 notifications were received, whereas in 1942 there were 1,260. 6o (10) DIPHTHERIA. Compared with 1942 there is a ... |
001448f5-0949-4b03-975f-c9f01939f8fc | At 31st December, 1943, a total of 13,630 children under 15 years of age had been immunised against Diphtheria, that is, 80 per cent. of the child population in Barking. This includes over 3,000 children of 5 years of age and under, and represents the huge majority of those whose parents had consented to such treatment... |
92d25752-9253-4d5e-a749-4a5d689c47ac | Toddlers School Children Total Inoculations against Diphtheria 1,591 5,498 7,098 Inoculations against Scarlet Fever 45 4 49 Inoculations against Whooping Cough 126 10 136 Of the total number of children immunised against Diphtheria, 184 toddlers and 5,349 children 5-15 years of age were inoculated at the schools. (12) ... |
54143750-4a9e-41d2-a1f5-43a5e82d4f18 | BARK 78 BOROUGH OF BARKING. THE ANNUAL R E P 0 R T of the SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER. FOR THE YEAR 1943 (War Edition) C. LEONARD WILLIAMS. B.SC.,M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P,H. BOROUGH OF BARKING. ANNUAL REPORT of the School Medical Officer for the Borough of Barking, in the County of Essex, for the year ended 31st December, 19... |
d01fa91d-3699-4320-8b4f-caa86359fedb | Once again, owing to the war it is in attenuate form, but I proudly believe it is neither pale nor anaemic, but shows a robust state of affairs. It shows that your services have stood up to the strain of wartime conditions and, what is more important, it shows that the children have stood up to the strain of wartime co... |
7b899df6-cf35-4d62-a273-8a7dc9681842 | I have no desire at this stage to draw wonderful conclusions from our happy state with regard to the relatively small incidence of diphtheria amongst school children, but at least it must be stated that this freedom is associated with mass immunisation against diphtheria, which on the whole has been carried out very su... |
c3a84f31-39cd-4513-bc84-22e230d35b80 | Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Medical Officer of Health. - 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICaL OFFICER, FOR THE YEAR 1943. (War Edition). 1. STAFF. The following indicates the changes that have taken place in the Staff daring the year 1943. Medical Staff. Dr. C. J. de Vere Shortt, Deputy Medi... |
66690da0-96a8-4c3f-92b0-2b2c1e62a9f4 | Arthur Burrows, M. D., - Commenced 16.2.43. Dental Staff. 0.R. Vignale, Temporary Assistant Dental Surgeon Commenced 1.3.43. - Resigned 30.11.43. Health Visitors, etc., Miss M. Bennett, Temporary Health Visitor Resigned 4.6.43. Miss E. MoSweeney, Temporary Health Visitor Commenced 11.8. 43. Mrs. P.M. Rodwell, Temporary... |
9c116d9e-3fa0-4e64-beb7-c7f5cde2bb8d | During the year mambers of the staff have continued to participate in the Civil Defence Scheme, tut for the most part they have been engaged upon their normal duties in connection with the Public Health and Medical Services, - 3 - 2. hygiene. The general conditions of the Schools regarding sanitaryarrangements etc., ar... |
65cfbea9-490a-40d1-a98b-9acc231e759d | In the period under review School Nurses and Health Visitors paid 4,586 visits to the homes of your school children. 4. MEDICAL INSPECTION. During the year 1943 Routine Medical Inspection has been carried out at each school in accordance with Board of Education Circular No. 1523, and with few exceptions all children at... |
41abfcc2-e10f-4a0c-ae41-56a699b600c4 | 4,175 5,700 Grand Total 9,183 9,273 - 4 - (b) Other Inspections. Many children were examined under this head with the result that defects referred for treatment or observation in previous years were cleared. The numbers of Special Inspections and Re-inspections during the last two years are shewn below from which it wi... |
f1885982-e6dd-4e05-9709-3cfdae1cd033 | The following statement shows the progress of children in the various age groups during recent years:- AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. BOYS. AgeGroup. Number of individual children examined. Year 19 41 Year 1942 Year 1943 Height (ins.) Weight (1bs.) Height (ins.) Weight (lbs.) Height (ins.) Weight (lbs.) 8 & 8 + 53 52 61 53... |
d1e0ca86-45c5-4d23-af05-7ed609a7929f | Height ( ins.) Weight (lbs.) 8 & 8 + 47 51.5 60.2 53.4 67.2 55. 35 74.7 9 & 9 + 32 53.5 65.5 55.2 72.4 58.76 85.0 12 & 12 + 79 - - 58.2 85.0 60. 30 96.2 Those in the 12 and 12 plus groups shewn in previous reports have now left school. Therefore, for the years 1942 and 1943 the average heights and weights are given of ... |
8eb906a3-e6ee-4b9a-b76e-4aa37fac4067 | Daily Average attendance. No. of cases dealt with. Total No. of attendances. Total No. of Cases dealt with, CENTRAL 307 6,033 19.6 1,468 GREIG HALL 278 7,137 25.6 1,488 1941 HUMPHREY 13 3 0.3 2 20,057 4,475 WOODWARD 10 150 15.0 33 PORTERS AVENUE 297 6,734 22.7 1,484 CENTRAL 307 9,357 30.48 2,265 19 42 GREIG HALL 306 9,... |
4797c25b-0f27-4560-9fcf-dcf74f44855b | 25 2, 520 30,011 6,962 PORTERS AVENUE 307 11,495 37.44 2,177 CENTRAL 307 8,856 28.8 2,409 1943 GREIG HALL 306 10,404 34.0 2,548 31,578 7,323 PORTERS AVENUE 307 12,318 40.1 2, 366 (b) Ophthalmic Service. awing to the large number of children requiring examination and treatment in respect of visual defects it was found n... |
eeaa2fcf-4944-4510-aeff-1d5161b7276a | A total of 184 sessions were held during the year compared with 154 in 1942, and 104 in 1941. The following table showing the number of defects dealt with during the past three years is appended for your information. 6. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TREATMENT. (a) Minor Ailments. Minor Ailment Clinics have been held daily at the Po... |
55391ec7-1ea1-4e04-90dd-6805f18ea0ff | 551 686 900 51 - 8 602 686 900 father Defects or disease of the Eyes. - - - - - - - - - 551 686 900 51 - 8 602 686 900 Number of children for whom apectacles were:- (a) Prescribed. 270 381 585 51 - 4 321 381 565 (b) Obtained. 294 363 507 2 - 2 296 363 396 ORTHOPTIC CLINIC. Squint training has been carried out at Centra... |
1a47557b-8c32-4ed8-829d-555d67fd2ef0 | 28 38 40 Number of New Cases 11 20 8 Number of Old Cases 17 18 32 Number of Attendances 511 686 703 Number Discharged cured 4 1 2 Number Evacuated 1 2 Nil Number Left school 1 2 2 Number Discontinued 3 4 2 Number of Sessions. 93 110 122 - 7 - (c) Ear Nose and Throat Service. Mr. F. Courtenay Mason, your Consultant Spec... |
5f07864d-d2db-4952-941e-f4dd9a72ef4f | TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THRO AT. Received Operative Treatment:- Number of Defects. Year 1941 Year 1942 Year 1943 ( i) Under the Authority' s Scheme in Clinic or Hospital 277 171 353 (ii) By Private Practitioner or Hospital, apart from the Authority' s Scheme 2 1 7 Received other forms of Treatment 114 198 561 ... |
342e6ae4-f820-48b4-8e7d-38428d49463f | - 8 - (l) Number of children inspected Ty the Dentist: - (a) Routine Age-groups:- Year 1941 Tear 1942 Year 1943 Age 5 (and 4) 431 174 524 6 470 130 459 7 677 244 536 8 646 279 503 9 784 296 538 10 747 299 516 11 400 451 504 12 604 516 379 13 541 358 322 14 (and 15) 119 138 20 Totals 5,419 2,885 4,301 (b) Specials:- 607... |
7d790b84-c66d-408c-8f46-00bda1639110 | 6,026 3,760 5,278 (2) Number found to require Treatment:- 5,001 3,229 3,301 (3) Number actually treated: - 1,911 1, 821 2,728 (4) Attendances made by children for Treatment:- 6,114 7,069 10,863 (5) Half-days devoted to:- Inspection 44 18 35 690 797 1,063 Totals 734 815 1,098 (6) Fillings - Permanent Teeth. 3,410 3,847 ... |
bd0c22b8-3904-41cb-9ab2-c5ed0c3bcc0c | 3,099 2,962 6,084 Totals 4,120 4,268 7,626 (8) Administrations of general anaesthetics for extractions. 1,767 1,892 3,174 (9) Other operations Permanent Teeth Temporary Teeth 3,189 4,470 3,494 - 9 - (e) Report on the work of the Orthopaedic Clinic. Mr. A. M. A. Moore, your Consultant Specialist, examined Two hundred an... |
71dd80a4-1e92-4f74-b7f9-0331e5b678bf | Number of Sessions held by Orthopaedic Surgeon 12 Number of Sessions held by Masseuses 1,137 School Children. ATTENDANCES. Primary Examination by Surgeon. 8l Re-examination by Surgeon. 130 For treatment. 7,868 Total 8,079 TREATMENTS. Number of Children. 1,309 Number of Treatments. 8,856 HOSPITAL TREATMENT. Admissions t... |
e38c921d-6d7b-4abc-a611-41baecfb9a1f | 8 (f) X-ray Treatment for Ringworm of Soalp. This treatment is still available for appropriate cases but none were treated during 1943. - 10 - (g) Speech Training. Speech Training was recommenced in the year 1943, and eighty one children were examined and recommended for inclusion in Speech Training Classes. Latterly, ... |
b14b6d8c-a9cd-482c-9a9d-423d178e79b5 | 1943. Attendance of O.E.S. Scholars at Municipal Foot Clinic 277 436 213 7. INFECTIOUS DISEASES. (a) Scarlet Fever. Two hundred and fifty three cases were notified as suffering from Scarlet Fever, this being somewhat more than the number (211) notified in 1942. There were no outstanding features however and the cases r... |
03944fd7-73b1-47e5-b73c-964df92f722e | Only nine cases were notified which is thirteen less than in 1942 when there were twenty two notifications. In my last report I referred to the campaign against this disease by means of immunisation and there is no doubt that the danger of children contracting the disease is greatly diminished thereby. It is significan... |
c6b23ee0-d28e-4b79-9cc5-13ed5087b31a | A further step forward in your health services has been achieved by the appointment to your consultant staff of Dr. Arthur Burrows, Specialist Consultant in skin diseases at the London Hospital. Dr. Burrows attends weekly, his first session being held on the l6th February, 1943, and up to the end of that year, Two hund... |
0c2c60b2-35e3-4fec-bf1a-c09a8a4a9642 | The following table shows the defects dealt with at all your Clinics for the treatment of skin conditions in school children for the past three years:- Year 1941. Year 1942. Year 1943. Ringworm (Scalp) 4 6 11 Ringworm (Body) 17 13 51 Scabies 403 659 456 Impetigo 191 301 438 Other Skin diseases 397 1,060 884 Total 1,012... |
a89207d5-64e2-4ae9-b859-d9b86629da1b | The standard of nutrition disclosed by such examinations has in most cases proved to be satisfactory, but as pointed out in my survey last year, there are no generally recognised standards of Nutrition, and classification remains in the hands of Medical Officers whose standard of values has been fixed by experience out... |
ec2d0d07-2331-4155-a159-78612941515f | 1941 1942 1943 1941 1942 1943 1941 1942 1943 1941 1942 1943 1941 1942 1943 1941-1943 (Inclusive) Number of children inspected. 1285 1888 1425 927 1790 1204 1041 1330 944 5016 4175 5700 8269 9183 9273 26,725 Number of children with Nutrition:- (A) Excellent 609 846 622 383 761 481 435 683 466 2266 2091 2620 3743 4381 41... |
cdbf8b42-a60a-4047-972f-c9fd9941737e | 6 51.3 49.4 45.1 33.1 45.9 45.26 47.70 45.2 46.07 (B) Normal 638 1028 774 512 1015 705 516 644 470 2566 2064 3043 4232 4751 4989 13,972 Percentage. 49.7 54.4 54.3 55.2 56.7 58.6 49.5 48.4 49.8 51.1 49.4 53.3 51.17 51.72 53.3 52.23 (C) Slaghtly sub-normal 38 14 29 32 14 18 39 3 8 182 20 40 291 51 95 437 Percentage. |
5c9b5ffa-a876-442f-92af-a61766e4b14e | 3.0 0.74 2.1 3.4 0.8 1.5 3.7 0.22 0.8 3.6 0.47 0.8 3.52 0.56 1.0 1.63 (D) Bad - - - - - - 1 - - 2 1 - 3 1 - 3 Percentage - - - - - - 0.09 - - 0.04 .03 - 0.036 .01 - 0.02 - 13 - 10. UNCLEANLINESS. The question of cleansing was included in my Report to the Education Committee in January 1943, and dealt chiefly with your ... |
f7faceb7-d8ac-4e81-aca2-43f730bf52e0 | It may well be that owing to abnormal conditions in the early days of the war parents were unable to devote sufficient time to oleansing of childrens heads. Whatever the cause, there is no doubt that such cases increased between the years 1939 and 1942. Records for the year 1939 show that 25 per 1,000 children inspecte... |
e5a1d0e4-d063-4810-a4f5-f8d6fe7f74c9 | Number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 15,342 21,311 18,388 Number of individual children found unclean. 538 746 22 Number of individual children cleansed under Section 87 (2) and (3) of the Education Act, 1921. 22 7 22 Number of uncleanliness findings. 782 1,023 866 Percentage of uncleanlin... |
27d00b52-6a49-4067-8f1f-9bd193e6aca5 | Medical examination of children at each Nursery Class is made when Medical Officers visit the School for Routine Inspection, in addition to -Which your Health Visitors and School Nurses visit the Classes regularly for the purpose of examining each child as to cleanliness and to follow-up any defect which may be brought... |
63b2f371-c0e9-48ff-9cc3-95cfea8753c9 | Hydon Heath Camp School continued to function and the Camp Matron sends me an interesting report each week which future historians, if these come to their notice, will find an interesting commentary of the days in which we are living. The number of ohildren in the Camp during the year varied from One hundred and fifty ... |
a966005a-c0d5-4684-9a08-2950150e92ff | This Camp has shewn that the degree of infestation which, unfortunately, we have come to look upon as quite usual, can be reduced almost to nothing if people have the opportunity of living under decent conditions and make the best of these conditions. Naturally, when thinking of this favourable condition I think of our... |
dff4992b-fafb-42da-a57d-e8683f9cb9a5 | A synopsis of the work undertaken AT THE HYDON HEATH SCHOOL CAMP is submitted herewith - MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND ATTENDANCES FOR TREATMENT. Year 1941. Year 1942. Year 1943. Number of Cases Medically Examined. 41.6 782 115 Number of Attendances for Treatment. 8,931 8,940 7,520 DEFECTS TREATED. Scabies. 12 8 - Impetigo.... |
cfef459e-d7bb-4929-9777-2c39bd7bb5ec | 64 89 (c) " " " Treated. 51 82 ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT. (a) Number of cases Referred. 12 9 (b) " " " Treated. 11 9 IMMUNISATION. Number of Children Immunised. HOSPITALISATION. The number of oases who received Hospital treatment for the past two years under our arrangements with St. Thomas' Hospital is as follows:- Out-Pa... |
4dad1e90-60f9-436b-ae1d-be10856d6755 | Medical examinations of students who had been granted Intermediate Awards as Intending Teachers were also conducted and five reports upon such cases were forwarded to the County Authority. The following statistics show the extent to which the numerous services, afforded by the Barking Authority, are utilized by the Sec... |
58d5bafe-c557-4096-b8bb-4017091d4821 | Attendances for examination by Specialist Consultant. 17 20 53 Operative Treatment in Hospital. - 3 12 ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT TREATMENT. Number of children treated. 9 9 10 Number of Treatments given. 25 58 64 ORTHOPAEDIC TREATMENT. Number of children seen by Orthopaedic Surgeon. 9 28 26 Number of Treatments given by Masseu... |
762feb93-72be-4f87-91dc-6de70cfc9e49 | BARK 38 BOROUGH OF BARKING THE Annual Report OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR THE YEAR 1944 (War Edition) C. LEONARD WILLIAMS B.Sc., M.R.G.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. ADELPHI PRESS LTD., BARKING. BOROUGH OF BARKING THE Annual Report OF THE Medical Officer of Health FOR THE YEAR 1944 (War Edition) C. LEONARD WILLIAMS B.Sc.... |
c89e2740-f609-4334-9500-83926b35b3bd | Births 11 Deaths 11-15 Deaths, Causes of (Tables) 12,13 Infant Mortality 13—15 Infant Mortality (Table) 13 Maternal Mortality 15 Population 17 Scales of Assessment 16 Social Conditions 15—17 Social Services 15 Still-births 11 Travelling Facilities 17 Unemployment 16,17 Section B.—General Provision of Health Services fo... |
88c93c0e-93c7-4af7-b55a-2471da13b5e6 | 29 Education 24 Emergency Medical Services 20 Evacuation 25,26 Eye Defects 31,32 Expectant Mothers, Priority Dockets for Sheets 27 Foot Clinics 21 Home Helps 27 Home Visiting 27 Hospital Facilities 20 Infant Welfare Clinics 27 Lodge Farm Nursery 28,29 Maternity and Child Welfare Services 24-29 Midwifery 25 Milk, Dinner... |
fcc38307-0e47-49b1-b490-e357efcdce20 | Provision of 32 Squint Training 32 Upney Maternity Pavilion 25 Voluntary Hospital Services 20 War-time Nurseries 28,29 X-Ray Treatment for Gynaecological Patients 28 Section C.—Sanitary Circumstances of the Area. Bed Bugs, Eradication of 40 Closet Accommodation 35 Drainage and Sewerage 35 Dwelling Houses, Inspection of... |
da159b26-495e-49ab-afe1-049d12ae7e0e | Dustbins Supplied 46 Houses Erected during the Year 43 Housing Defects Remedied 44 Housing Inspections 43,44 Proceedings under Housing Act, 1936 45, 46 Proceedings under Public Health Acts 45 Unfit Dwelling Houses 43 5 Section E.—Inspection and Supervision of Food. |
a71b51a4-d968-4302-8120-c6c41af40ef9 | Page Bacteriological Examination of Milk 47 Biological Examination of Milk 48 Chemical and Bacteriological Examination of Food 52 Food and Drugs Act, 1938 50,51 Food Poisoning 50 Food Preparing Premises, Supervision of 49 Food Sampling 50,51 Graded Milk Licences Granted 48,49 Meat and Other Foods 49 Milk Distribution 4... |
ac660dee-2772-4319-ada3-05213f3f233e | 54 Infectious Diseases Notified 53 Infectious Diseases (Tables) 53,54 Measles 53,54,57 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 53,54 Paratyphoid 54 Pneumonia 53-55 Puerperal Pyrexia 53,54 Scarlet Fever 53, 54,57 Tuberculosis 55-57 Tuberculosis, New Cases and Deaths (Table) 55 Tuberculosis Statistics, Years 1940 to 1944 (Table) 56 Unnoti... |
fc874a64-0da9-49c0-b814-a1d41a0b3ceb | Major, Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to submit herewith my Report for 1944—1 am sorry it is so late. I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, Medical Officer of Health. 8 STAFF, 1944 The following indicates the changes that have taken place in the staff of the Public Health Depar... |
b2d56072-85c2-40b5-9786-95bd9328aef4 | J. WATSON, Assistant Dental Surgeon.—Resigned 30th September 1944. Health Visitors, etc.: Miss D. Day, Temporary Health Visitor.—Commenced 7th February, 1944 Miss M. O. Harrison, Temporary Health Visitor.—Commenced 18th September, 1944. Miss E. McSweeney, Temporary Health Visitor.—Resigned 25th July, 1944. Mrs. E. BiSH... |
91a5d4bc-6f27-4489-b663-4e386fd095eb | Miss N. N. Jolly, Chiropodist.—Resigned 12th February, 1944. Miss M. Ryan, Temporary Chiropodist.—Resigned 12th April, 1944. Miss M. Woodhouse, Chiropodist.—Commenced 11th April, 1944. 9 Matron—War-time Nurseries: Miss M. E. Caygill.—Commenced 3rd April, 1944. Maintenance Engineer-Barking Hospital: Mr. V. Graville.—Res... |
36597827-59ed-48b8-a862-14cfe87e5199 | D. Flude, Temporary.—Commenced 27th December, 1944. Mrs. D. Hill, Temporary.—Commenced 31st January, 1944.—Resigned 30th November, 1944. Mr. J. C. McCarthy, Temporary.—Commenced 22nd May, 1944. Mrs. D. Servantes, Temporary.—Resigned 23rd August, 1944. During the year members of the staff have continued to participate i... |
38134241-413a-407a-a36f-acc3a5620392 | The number of live births during the year 1944 shows an increase over the previous year. There were 1,270 live births compared with 1,236 in 1943. There were 31 still births—the figure for the previous year being thirty-six. 2. Deaths. (a) General. Three hundred and fifty-nine deaths were registered in Barking and the ... |
c148aa93-2b39-4e2b-b8b1-b0281a7c8111 | Cerebro Spinal Fever 1 Scarlet Fever 1 Whooping Cough 4 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 43 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 5 Syphilitic Diseases 1 Influenza 4 Acute Inf. Encephalitis 1 Cancer (all forms) 115 Diabetes 3 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 51 Heart Disease 133 Other diseases of circulatory system 19 Bronchitis 25 Pneumonia... |
6a08b211-e9d8-4222-b5c0-e82e09e5540e | Thirty-six children under the age of one year died during the period under review, there being 46 such 13 deaths in the year 1943. A table showing the actual causes of death of these children under one year of age is set out hereunder 0-1 mth. 1-3 mths. 3-6 mths. 6-9 mths. 9-12 mths. Total under 1 year Atelectasis 1 1 ... |
993c573b-fe38-4a5a-90c7-de8d1566d7b7 | Pneuomonia — 1 — — 1 Cardiac Failure due to Broncho Pneumonia - 2 1 - - 3 Cardiac Failure due to Suprarenal Haemorrhage 1 - - - - 1 Cardiac Failure A.P.H. Asphyxia Palida 1 - - - - 1 Cardiac Failure due to Acute Streptococcal Pneumonia - 1 - - - 1 Cardiac Failure due to Cerebral Haemorrhage due to Tentorial Tear 1 - - ... |
2390676f-7366-4331-a78c-0805ce9f3a02 | Ileocolic intussesception _ 1 1 Gastro Enteritis — 1 — — 1 Haemorrhage disease of the newborn leading to Renal Haemorrhage 1 - - - - 1 Haemolytic disease of newborn 1 — — 1 Heart Failure, due to Toxaemia of Pregnancy 1 - - _ - 1 Hydrocephalus — — — 1 1 Icterus Gravis of the newborn 1 — — 1 Lobar Pneumonia - - 1 - - 1 P... |
84e2f1e7-4572-44b6-8b15-ba45e006f277 | The infant mortality rate is the ratio between the number of births and the number of deaths under one year. It is expressed as " so many " per thousand. This rate for 1924 was 85.1 This rate for 1904 was 143 and the rate for the past five years is 33.99. The factors influencing this rate are many, amongst others:— 1. ... |
93200b3a-06cb-487c-ad99-64e680c8fdeb | Ante-Natal Supervision and Hospital treatment:— Births as above 1,301 Visits to expectant mothers 1,955 Visits to children under one year 6,759 Total number of women who attended Ante-Natal Clinics 2,029 15 6. Child Welfare:— Total number of children who first attended Centres during the year who at their first attenda... |
3020cefc-4237-4b62-ab07-7b8191bcd51f | (a) Social Services. Your Social Services cover a very wide field and are extensively used by the public, which in itself gives a true indication of their popularity, necessity and efficiency. d 16 (b) Scales of Assessment. The major change in your scales has been the adoption of another Scale for the provision of Milk... |
f6b2e4ec-007e-463b-b836-b0afb35820e9 | In stating that there is practically no unemployment the Ministry of Labour refer to the small number of workpeople (civilians) with physical and/or mental defects, who are very difficult placing propositions and are more or less always in and out of work. The employment of part-time female labour referred to in last y... |
9625d827-2976-4eda-90f0-67b54586b126 | Sly views on the conditions of travel on the Electric Railway to and from Barking are well known; and it is my opinion that this matter must be dealt with as soon as the housing situation permits. (e) Population. The Ministry of Health in their official communication dealing with the method of preparation of Annual Rep... |
6abbceba-969c-4194-bdd9-eb3d4cb711d9 | The Ambulance Service of the Borough is comprehensive and the " no-charge " scheme is in being. Our experience in the war years has taught us that an Ambulance Service must be an integral part of your health service, and with the transfer from the fire service of your peace-time ambulances unified control of all forms ... |
f2b98f3a-c5a2-4093-acb1-4e4d34d2058d | Optimistically, we can believe they are in part due to the war, but I am quite sure that to a large extent they are due to the infortunate lines on which this work has developed in the large London hospitals. In particular, hospital staffs waste a lot of time writing letters which express opinions of medical importance... |
1ecf1283-143f-4a37-86db-5848ad7850f4 | Your Clinics and Out-patient Departments are always in great demand and the attendances in the 21 year we are now dealing with totalled it3,989. This compares with 126,500 in the year 1943 and 118,000 in 1942. The fall in the total attendances is no doubt due to the fact that manv mothers and children were evacu- J ate... |
9dd32da6-907a-4afe-a1ab-9cf37567fc1a | In October, the waiting list had nearly 3,000 names but by intensive work, it was reduced to just under 2,000 at the end of the year. It is apparent to me that the public are becoming more conscious of the benefit of chiropody and that the demands for treatment will increase. Your arrangements for evening sessions cont... |
fdbf3c1f-409f-476f-9dcb-edcc435ff62c | Arthur Burrows, has continued to hold his weekly session at the Barking Hospital, and in addition the two treatment sessions have been held throughout the year. The following statistics illustrate the extent of the use of this service for the years 1943 and 1944. Consultations. Treatments. Year ended 31st Dec., 1943 Ye... |
73d85132-3ebb-42bc-95dc-6e5268e79363 | You have continued to provide baths and outpatient treatment. 23 There has been a decrease in new cases when compared with the year 1943. Statistics of the cases reported and treated during the year under review are as follows:— New Cases Recurring Cases Total Total number of patients 671 128 799 Adults 286 35 321 Chil... |
702a3879-3fe1-4516-80fc-9c7b9cc9fa41 | The work is carried out efficiently by these organisations and the Council give considerable financial aid. During the year 1944, the District Nursing visits for the whole of the Borough totalled 18,031 and for the year 1943 this figure was 18,838. E 24 (2) Maternity and Child Welfare Services. (a) Education. Sir Georg... |
626c5e3d-d1bc-4ad3-84b3-71e0d5deaffe | There has been a decrease in the number of attendances at your Ante-Natal, Post-Natal and Gynaecological Clinics, and the reason for this decrease, I feel sure, will be well recognised in view of the abnormal circumstances prevailing during the last six months of the year 1944. Statistics in relation to these attendanc... |
19ae3664-5bb0-4652-a3c8-c743eb1858e1 | (ii) Domiciliary Midwifery.—Four hundred and fifty four domiciliary cases were delivered in Barking during the year 1944. In addition 27 mothers were delivered by doctors with district midwives in attendance. (iii) Analgesia in Domiciliary Midwifery.—All of the six domiciliary midwives practising in Barking at the end ... |
baa9ce46-960d-4ef7-a4c0-fdb552f3be67 | Owing to increased evacuation there was a time when the number of patients admitted fell below normal but at the end of the year the Hospital was busy and admitting normally. 26 At the Barking Emergency Hospital 150 expectant mothers spent a total of 1,697 bed days, and in addition the following cases were dealt with a... |
91a94a41-d97c-4ee5-9084-5da8c92ddc35 | In the latter part of the year, many expectant mothers were evacuated to private billets in reception areas, and assistance has been given by your Officers in making suitable arrangements for their confinement where such help has been sought. A total of 250 expectant mothers were confined in reception areas, during the... |
9eed930f-a2d5-4e2b-8bbd-75ce382d10b5 | Home Visiting is an important part of a Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, and it is pleasing to record that there has been an increase in this work, the total home visits paid being 18,859 as compared with 17,308 in the year 1943 and 17,950 in 1942. (i) Circumcisian Clinic. This Clinic was held regularly during the y... |
8775f353-9035-4493-8946-c2004cbd8c30 | Previously the National Scale in use for the issue of Government milk and vitamins had been applied, and with this change a uniform scale is now in operation for all our Maternity and Child Welfare Services. During the year the demand for the supply of Milk, Dinners, etc., has greatly increased. (1) X-Raj Treatment jor... |
4ff2868a-59ce-44e4-bec3-c89ac6fc53f5 | The three Nurseries in the Borough are at Castle Green, Eastbury House and Lodge Farm; the most recently established being the Castle Green Nursery, which was opened in mid-January, 1944. 29 The average daily attendances during the year (excluding Saturdays) were as follows Castle Green 20 Eastbury House 43 Lodge Farm ... |
83df21eb-5177-437e-bc4b-205645550592 | You have established three such posts, but for some months of the year 1944, only two physiotherapists were employed, and this is the position at the time of writing. The official channel for the supply of candidates is the Appointments Branch of the Ministry of Labour, and your officers are in constant touch with the ... |
0364973b-6859-4d62-bb30-6d0d51233cf1 | Admissions to Hospitals — 1 On waiting List for Admission — — Totals — 1 Cases dealt with for the first time during 1944— by the Orthopaedic Surgeon—were referred for the following defects:— Toddlers & Adults School Children (a) Deformities of Bones & Joints:— 1. Congenital 8 1 2. Acquired 89 50 (b) Muscular:— 1. Conge... |
b06bcb78-6ad3-4846-8f45-92e166643f13 | We have continued our arrangements with the Queen Mary's, King George and St. Mary's Hospitals, for the operative treatment of ear, nose and throat defects. Our Barking Hospital Scheme is still in abeyance. Statistics, in relation to the Ear, Nose and Throat Scheme are set out hereunder:— Mothers & Toddlers Adults— Pub... |
275a5f09-61ce-4918-bfb9-4d7e5f9831b5 | The Council have established the post of Ophthalmic Nurse, but the actual appointment is still in abeyance because we have not succeeded in obtaining a suitable candidate despite the efforts of the 32 ments Branch of the Ministry of Labour, who are responsible for the nomination of applicants. The statistics of the wor... |
7058df3b-b91e-4192-bd74-fa039dc8a0a0 | requiring treatment 246 221 281 260 900 663 1,427 1,144 Number for whom spectacles were:— 83 68 211 206 585 519 879 793 (h) Obtained 76 35 186 163 507 356 769 554 (b) Squint Training. Under all the circumstances this Clinic in my opinion has been well attended in spite of the drop of nearly ioo in the total attendances... |
2d74d783-a44c-467f-89f7-970f8832beb0 | Number of Sessions 122 102 Number of Children Attended 40 44 Number of New Cases 8 13 Number of Old Cases 32 31 Number of Attendances 703 610 Number Discharged—Cured 2 3 Number Evacuated Nil 11 Number Left School 2 3 Number Discontinued 2 8 33 (6) DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. The Dental Services, amongst others, ha... |
d2fa65af-a03c-4b9b-a301-5c4f7a4a6c0c | Statistics as to the cases dealt with in the years 1943 and 1944, under your Public Adult and Maternity and Child Welfare Dental Schemes are as follows:— Scheme Year ended 31st Dec., 1943 Year ended 31st Dee., 1944 (a) Number of Visits of Patients to Clinics 10,266 7,977 {b) Number of Dentures Supplied 1,670 1,363 35 \... |
be50be8e-7611-40e0-b889-2b7371728f84 | Samples are drawn from the domestic supplies and submitted half-yearly for chemical examination, and monthly for bacteriological examination. All samples were reported pure and wholesome and suitable for drinking and domestic purposes. (3) DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE. Drainage arrangements continue as heretofore. (4) RIVERS ... |
927a949c-0739-4601-94e8-b907008ff8c7 | The refuse of the Borough, by arrangement with the County Borough of East Ham, was taken to the destructor works of that Authority. (8) SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA. The serious damage and destruction to property in the Borough caused by flying bombs and rocket missiles called for the diversion of your sanitary insp... |
3ca73a50-d754-4de6-8b9a-92accb08aefd | Total Houses inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts 4,300 Total Number of Inspections made 6 785 Housing (Consolidated) Regulations 667 After Infectious Disease and Scabies 1,123 Overcrowded Premises 68 Defects Found 2,280 Notices Served (Preliminary) 1,5 53 Re-inspections re Notices Served 2,675 Inspection of W... |
d26218bf-b2ad-4e29-9f77-ec2e4e410bb7 | Houses Let in Lodgings.. — — — Common Lodging Houses — — — Offensive Trades 40 28 Tents, Vans, Sheds and Fairgrounds 12 1 1 Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops 8l 18 13 Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises 37 28 14 Smoke Observations 1 1 1 38 (iii) Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Inspections. Defects. Notices. Factorie... |
b47ec495-7ede-4bba-a9d5-ea3f9db6c46c | Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 1,709 160 142 Vacant Land and Refuse Dumps 69 13 13 Public Lavatories 54 7 7 Schools 17 7 7 Shops Act, 1934 and Markets 302 75 45 Ice Cream Vendors 1 3 1 Drainage Inspections 194 — — Milk Sampling 157 — — Other Miscellaneous 118 10 10 Food and Drugs Act, 1938 931 143 82 Water Sampl... |
85d721b6-1a8d-41ea-a8ec-35967e734443 | 1936: Sections 9 and 10 9 Section 24 — Section 32 — Dustbins: Public Health Act, 1936, Section 75(3) 418 673 (c) Premises and Occupations which are Controlled by Byelaws or Regulations. The following is a list of the above type of premises:— (1) Houses let in lodgings. (2) Common Lodging Houses. (3) Tents, Vans and She... |
7c93a693-1c4a-4e0f-aa03-1d9e1aee5f52 | Owing to demands upon the services of the Corporation arising from enemy action it was not possible to co-ordinate treatment on the ' block ' system. A start was made upon sewer treatment but this had to be discontinued owing to more urgent calls upon the technical labour and staff of the Council. Continuous treatment ... |
bab00432-916d-4066-88ae-be07d778ac29 | We found it necessary on several occasions to use Civil Defence premises as a temporary hostel whilst treatment of infested premises was carried out. 43 SECTION D. HOUSING. (I) STATISTICS. (a) General. Number of new houses completed during the early part of 1944. (1) Total Nil (2) As part of a municipal housing scheme:... |
8de671eb-e892-4ea9-8131-e0f1fa246a33 | 1 above) which were inspected and recorded under the Housing Consolidated Regulations 667 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 947 (3) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation Nil (4) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those ... |
051c5b28-e2d1-423b-bcdd-c1936a8e1e28 | 1936:— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 9 45 (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— (a) By owners 24 (b) By local authority in default of owners 3 B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts (1) Number of dwelling-houses... |
5ef077e6-48d1-4968-a2f7-9b7d7dcb9547 | 1936:— (1) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were made — (2) Number of separate tenements or underground rooms in respect of which closing orders were determined, the tenement or room having been rendered fit E.—Number of dustbins supplied by local authority in default... |
698972cc-f52d-451f-8137-315a258cdcb3 | Type of Sample Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Totals " Sterilised " Milk 7 - 7 " Pasteurised " Milk 42 9 51 " Homogenised " Milk 3 6 9 Tuberculin Tested Milk 17 9 26 Totals 69 24 93 The nationalisation of distribution carried out by the Milk Marketing Board has not been free from trouble to the consumer. Since the introdu... |
b1ebdb2d-3bc1-489c-84a1-d1370f163f69 | It is to be regretted that the control of war-time labour supply to the milk industry did not permit the retention of the skilled employees at the processing plants. In every case when complaints were investigated it was found the trouble was due to lack of the right quality of labour in key positions. I look forward t... |
d47d6942-5522-4068-b9ce-02bd57160b00 | The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks 49 under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1936 and 1938:— Tuberculin Tested 6 Pasteurised 10 (2) MEAT AND OTHER FOODS. (a) Meat. Since the outbreak of war slaughtering in Barking has been discontinued. (b) Super... |
e52a9150-ea09-4556-bdce-93e1ed0f051f | The War-time control has resulted in an increase in the amount of food surrendered. The following list can be regarded as representing the whole of the food handled or retailed in the district found unfit for consumption. Bacon 1,014½ lbs. Provisions 970½ lbs. Sugar 189 cwt. 51 lbs. Sweets 149½ lbs. Meat 5,291 lbs. Cer... |
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