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5621899d-56e7-4257-81af-704d0d15de41 | The Council had during the war years taken such preliminary steps as were available to them to provide accommodation at the earliest date possible and the proposals were for the erection of 1,080 dwellings in the first two years after the war, as follows :— Permanent Housing 727 Rebuilding of Corporation Houses 57 Temp... |
ba8727ba-d4ff-4745-8882-7d4170138abd | Another important cause of dilapidation has been the uneven and phenomenal spread of population, with increased room density in some towns, whilst in others dwellings have been left empty and uncared for. Again, rent restriction, social and necessary as it may be, has left owners only a minim m amount to spend upon mai... |
8f033b5b-2d96-49f1-8867-0e0c384d9129 | The Ridley Report of December, 1937, made the same point, and added : "The change of outlook .... may well result in a number of old houses being put out of use which will falsify all previous estimates." Page 45 THE HEALTH OF BARKING " Prefabs." With the growing house consciousness of the people, the demand for what a... |
4f35818e-984f-40a2-89e0-3d9b5badf65b | accommodation, in most cases inside the main building, and a separate water supply which is readily accessible. A list of premises, which it is proposed should be dealt with in clearance areas so soon as building conditions permit, has been prepared and is in respect of a total of 502 properties. One of the most seriou... |
99ffcbf0-56b7-4724-ac73-5999de9702fa | On top of this, there is the difficulty of two women sharing a kitchen; a feat impossible without friction in all but the rarest cases. Official standards of overcrowding are measured in terms of floor area per person and in terms of the number of rooms in the house relative to the number of occupants and yet, apart fr... |
86644684-e6f5-4330-951d-fbb08a0bb3ce | The camps at Barking Park and Parsloes Park and the hutments of the Ministry of Works were later in the year taken over and are being managed by the Corporation for the Ministry of Health. It was regarded as essential that families should be provided with all the facilities which could be reasonably supplied, because i... |
e33d541f-95e7-4f83-b122-02ccd9eca0a8 | The camp at Creekmouth which was not taken over by the Corporation is situated near the River Thames and 3 miles from the nearest occupied dwelling. It is without main drainage but has water supply and electricity service. There are now 10 families in residence who have been advised that the camp is not Page 47 THE HEA... |
0f3acf27-5822-4890-abe2-ea774a81434e | In addition, there are six milk purveyors who occupy premises in other districts, but who retail in Barking. In Appendix F a table is given which sets out the results of the bacteriological examination of various samples. Barking's milk supply is now provided by three multiple companies who bring their milk from proces... |
96e21ce6-3017-4643-8a21-da0569d0031a | In no case was there a positive result. The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks under the Milk (Special Designations) Orders, 1936 and 1938 :— Tuberculin Tested 10 Pasteurised 13 Page 48 THE HEALTH OF BARKING MEAT AND OTHER FOODS. Meat. During the year the l... |
9caac09a-bb9a-4ce9-a9a6-b99f53dc83cc | In Appendix F a table is given which sets out the total quantity of food condemned and which can be taken to represent the total for the Borough, because it has become the established practice for all food unfit for human consumption to be dealt with by the Department. FOOD POISONING. Only two cases of food poisoning w... |
cc2457cd-29b8-4650-90cb-cdc64c1e64b3 | He irther states that all samples of ice cream were submitted to bacteriological examine.-'on for both the number of total colonies or organisms in one gramme of the sample, and, additionally and more particularly, for the number of B. Coli organisms, because, in his opinion, B. Coli organisms are invariably associated... |
0bbe892f-de2c-4410-beff-d5ef4fd0579b | The Analyst continues by stating that, whilst in view of the present world shortage of fats, there may be some justification for not making an official standard for fat content, nevertheless he can see no reason why a standard for cleanliness Page 49 THE HEALTH OF BARKING should not be laid down based upon bacteriologi... |
a43fba1e-3b1b-46ac-a067-333ee19a8e03 | CHEMICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION OF FOOD. The bacteriological examination of all milk and water supplies and the chemical examination of water supplies is carried out for this Authority by the Counties Public Health Laboratories, 66, Victoria Street, London, S.W.i, whilst the examination of samples of milk for ... |
dd2fb06c-b4d3-4bbb-9d93-1857f5d4596e | Cerebro Spinal Fever — Scarlet Fever — Diphtheria 1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 34 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 3 Syphilitic Diseases 4 Influenza 3 Measles — Acute Inf. |
297f7403-5527-4bd1-9eac-bc6e9660f0f0 | Encephalitis — Cancer (all forms) 115 Diabetes 3 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 56 Heart Disease 142 Other Diseases of Circulatory System 24 Bronchitis 38 Pneumonia 31 Other Respiratory Diseases 7 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum 9 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 2 Appendicitis 2 Other Digestive Diseases 11 Nephritis 15 Maternal... |
b7092527-1fb3-49b9-b912-e15bebb59fc1 | Asphyxia — 1 — — — 1 Atelectasis 5 — — — — 5 Bronchitis — — 1 — — 1 Broncho-pneumonia .. 1 5 3 — 2 11 Congenital Malformations 2 3 — — — 5 Cerebral Haemorrhage 4 — — — — 4 Enteritis and Diarrhoea — 1 1 1 — 3 Haemolytic Disease 1 — — — — 1 Intestinal Obstruction — — 1 — — 1 Lung Abscess 1 — — — — 1 Prematurity 19 — — — ... |
1acbee93-6c34-4f91-a581-19038d7de3ab | Atelectasis 4 1 — — 5 Broncho-pneumonia 1 — — — 1 Congenital Malformations 1 1 — — 2 Cerebral Haemorrhage 4 — — — 4 Haemolytic Disease 1 - - — 1 Lung Abscess — I — I Prematurity 18 I — — 19 Totals 29 4 — — 33 Page 52 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE IV COMPARATIVE INFANT MORTALITY RATES. Year. Barking. County Boroughs and G... |
0e90712d-f27b-4e95-8078-fdd6c72ece70 | 4 71 66 1932 53-4 69 65 1933 55.6 67 64 1934 56.7 63 59 1935 52.2 62 57 1936 56.07 63 59 1937 53.8 62 58 1938 39-5 57 53 1939 33-91 53 50 1940 32.98 61 56 1941 36.3 71 60 1942 35.68 59 49 1943 37.2 58 49 1944 28.35 52 46 1945 38.56 54 46 1946 32.79 46 43 Page 53 Page 54 THE HEALTH OF BARKING APPENDIX B. GENERAL PROVISI... |
9317cc9e-d3b6-4f7a-a40a-01f427d962d8 | TABLE V NATURE OF ATTENDANCE AT CONFINEMENT (Compiled from Forms M.C.W. 96). 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % DOCTOR & MIDWIFE 62 6.4 24 2.5 44 3.7 26 2.1 27 2.2 15 1.3 49 3.1 MIDWIFE 411 42.4 307 32.2 417 35.0 477 39.5 454 37.1 471 42.5 713 45.4 INSTITUTIONAL Upney Hospital ... |
4f4f584e-55bc-4975-a44a-9148e94cc3c9 | 0 767 48.8 Evacuated 41 4.3 197 20.8 258 21.9 195 16.3 255 20.9 145 13.2 41 2.7 Total 495 51.2 621 65.3 728 61.3 703 58.4 743 60.7 621 56.2 808 51.5 TOTAL 968 100.0 952 100.0 1,189 100.0 1,206 100.0 1,224 100.0 1,107 100.0 1,570 100.0 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE VI ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICE—1946. T oddlers and Adults School ... |
6b286e34-974a-4740-a1c0-3c9f5f7a713d | Primary Examination by Surgeon 102 53 Re-examination by Surgeon 191 135 For treatment 5,864 5,062 Totals 6,157 5,250 TREATMENTS. Number of Cases 861 892 Number of Treatments 9,640 5,820 HOSPITAL TREATMENT. Admissions to Hospitals 1 3 On waiting List for Admission - - TABLE VII NEW CASES SEEN BY THE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON—... |
4aa5b144-c76e-4aa2-bfe4-087cfbd755e3 | Acquired 2 3 (C) PARALYSIS 3 1 (D) MISCELLANEOUS 7 2 Page 55 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE VIII EAR NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE. Mothers & Toddlers Adults— Public Scheme School Children TOTAL Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Number of Attendances at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clin... |
da86d215-f02f-4723-9268-4ceba8bd3c61 | Treatment Sessions 1,307 1,530 1,755 2. Total Individual Patients 2,006 2,475 2,649 3. New Patients 1,233 1,179 1,071 4. Total treatments given 8,537 10,222 13,934 5. Infra-red treatments (included in 4) 578 595 641 Page 56 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE X SKIN CLINIC. Consultations. T reatments. |
d84bd545-282f-49ed-9c1d-9b270b63a4d3 | Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Sessions 48 47 IOI 100 Attendances :— Children under 5 years 139 212 300 472 Children 5-15 years 277 351 975 1505 358 325 Ante Natal and Post Natal Cases 126 191 114 Other categories (including Public Adult Scheme) .. 167 184 171 TABLE XI SCABIES—1946. New Cases Recurring Cases T... |
dfd1e0fb-656e-480c-aeb6-f8dcedeab6e7 | Mothers & Toddlers Adults— Public Scheme School Children TOTAL Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1945 Year 1946 Errors of Refraction, etc. requiring treatment 222 215 416 407 903 794 1,541 1,416 Number for whom spectacles were :— (a) Prescribed 109 93 239 298 485 492 833 881 (fc) Obtained... |
10caca58-c040-4d6a-9d9e-21bce170cd87 | Year 1945 Year 1946 Number of Sessions 86 91 Number of Children Attended 29 26 Number of New Cases 8 9 Number of Old Cases 21 17 Number of Attendances 467 582 Number Discharged—Cured 3 2 Number Left School 4 — Number Discontinued 5 2 THE HEALTH OF BARKING APPENDIX D. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (A) SANITARY INSPECTI... |
1d6cc1d0-b185-4667-9c3a-05e496539ae9 | Inspections. Contraventions. Notices served. Offensive Trades 39 37 15 Tents, Vans, Sheds and Fairgrounds 9 — — Dairies, ( owsheds and Milkshops 50 12 10 Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises 47 35 20 Smoke Observations 15 - - (iii) Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Inspections. Defects. Notices. Factories 59 24 15 Ba... |
68386ad7-076d-4e36-aff9-751a4821a3c9 | Butchers' Premises 90 57 33 Fishmongers 66 43 23 Restaurants and Dining Rooms and Canteens 103 91 52 Stables and Stable Yards 1 — — Piggeries 3 — — (iv) Miscellaneous. Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 800 55 36 Vacant Land and Refuse Dumps 29 5 4 Schools 12 1 — Shops Act, 1934, and Markets 353 141 80 Ice Cream Ven... |
9ef89ea3-02f1-49b4-8f6d-485760f7d86f | Informal Notices 2,190 Statutory Notices :— Public Health Act, 1936 : Section 39 17 Section 45 28 Section 83 — Section 93 130 Housing Act, 1936: Sections 9 and 10 139 Section 24 — Section 32 — Dustbins: Public Health Act, 1936: Section 75 (3) 880 Total 1,194 Page 60 THE HEALTH OF BARKING (B) HOUSING STATISTICS. (a) Gen... |
b1509b49-6561-486d-9c5f-f239ce11d720 | 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) 4,731 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 10,273 GO (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head No. 1 above) which were inspected and record... |
00f3c691-5758-49e6-b2cc-d665fb7a2e92 | 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 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year :— A.—Proceedings under Sections 9, 10 and 16 of the Housing Act, 1936:- (1)... |
54dad959-80f5-4fcf-9dea-24ac679b650a | —Proceedings under Sections 11 and 13 of the Housing Act, 1936:- (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance of Demolition Orders D.—Proceedings under Section 12 of the Housing Act, 1936:— (1) Number of separate tenements or undergr... |
6074fd4c-97a5-49ee-9f91-a7346347024a | Type of Sample Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Totals " Pasteurised" Milk 36 4 40 " Homogenised" Milk - 1 1 Tuberculin Tested Milk 13 3 16 Tuberculin Tested (Pasteurised) Milk 19 19 Totals 68 8 76 Page 63 UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED—1946. Bacon 54 lbs. Bread and Flour 544 lbs. Butter 102 lbs. Cheese 412 lbs. Eggs 720 Fish 1,041... |
66315a83-b202-434e-a741-65e88cd96968 | Various Fillings 1,289 tins, jars, etc. Vegetables 720 lbs. THE HEALTH OF BARKING FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938—SAMPLES SUBMITTED FOR EXAMINATION—1946. Baking Powder 8 Beer 14 Beverages (Cocoa, etc.) 7 Bread and Flour 8 Butter 11 Cooking Fat 6 Custard Powder 5 Fish Paste 4 Ice Cream 47 Lard 10 Margarine 13 Medicinal Product... |
a8c1bfad-2cb5-43aa-86aa-4747254daceb | BARK 41 The Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health, Borough of Barking : C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. CORPORATION OF BARKING TOWN HALL, BARKING ESSEX October, 1948 To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, This Report is a mass o... |
ad7e3529-55dc-46a3-86a8-c27bb788ceec | I do sincerely trust, however, that those on whose shoulders will fall the responsibility of building this brave new world will at least do as well as the people of my age—I charge them that they do no worse. I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, Medical Officer of Health. i TABLE OF CONTENTS SE... |
63727b67-14a8-4516-95d1-5be9ea9d08e2 | Alphabetical Summary of Services Provided with Sketch Plan Pages 7-14 Page Ambulance Service 25-26 Analgesia in Domiciliary Midwifery 17 Ante-Natal Service 17 Attendances at Clinics 14,20 Barking Maternity Unit 20 Chiropody Clinic 20-22 Clinics and Treatment Centres 20 Day Nurseries 18-19 Dental Service 22-23 Ear, Nose... |
2874f648-bc6f-4869-9c89-fa1a0dd3f97f | Page Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis) 29,31 Cerebro-Spinal Fever 29 Diphtheria 29,30 Dysentery 29 Encephalitis 29 Erysipelas 29 Food Poisoning 29 Immunisation 29—30 Mass Radiography 32 Page Measles 29,30-31 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 29 Paratyphoid Fever 29 Pemphigus Neonatorum 29 Pneumonia 29,31 Scarlet F... |
751397c5-afc0-4c3f-b224-393352f76b84 | 1937 40 Food Markets 46 Food and Drugs Act, 1938 45 Food Poisoning 46 Graded Milk Licences Granted 44 Housing 40-43 Hutted Camps 43 Ice Cream 45 Pitt Inspection and Supervision of Food 43-44 Loxford Arm Milk Supply 43-44 Post-War Housing 41-42 Public Cleansing 35-36 Rats and Mice Destruction Act, 1919, and Infestation ... |
dd3ac0b9-7321-41da-a610-373eed81e3cc | Water Supply 33-34 Wells 33-34 TABLES APPENDIX A—STATISTICS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA Table I —DEATHS (NET)—1947 (Causes and Totals) Page 47 Table II —COMPARATIVE INFANT MORTALITY RATES 48 Table III —INFANTILE MORTALITY—1947 49 Table IV —NEO-NATAL MORTALITY—1947 49 APPENDIX B—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICE... |
6e4d026e-6fe9-4ff2-b801-2d47efb0fdb1 | NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE 52 Table IX —CHIROPODY SERVICE 52 Table X —SKIN CLINIC 53 Table XI —SCABIES 53 Table XII —OPHTHALMIC SERVICE—Treatment of Defective Vision 54 Table XIII—OPHTHALMIC SERVICE—Squint Training 54 Table XIV—DENTAL SERVICE 55 APPENDIX C—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Tab... |
b1b7e74d-c983-45ab-a17e-3b64c3e89c61 | The Registrar-General gives the estimated population of Barking for mid-year 1947 as 77,660. Birth Rate. The birth rate in Barking over the last few years has increased—the same is true in the country as a whole and the same was true, of course, after the Great War This is not only due to the fact there have been more ... |
644d4e13-47ec-439f-9dfc-a5784f9baf93 | More people living longer and better diagnosis no doubt account for some of the rise which has occurred in the cancer rate over recent years but it is not enough to explain the whole of the problem Early diagnosis is essential and something must be done to educate the people to overcome their natural fear of knowing th... |
5f567240-0774-4d12-b9de-a18be6dd75f1 | It is, of course, a noteworthy achievement to have a year where officially there are no maternal deaths and you will all be sorry to hear of the reservation I have put on this official figure. I always feel very diffident about boasting of such matters as this, but the fact that we had no maternal death in nearly two t... |
908c5b6a-c001-42df-ad18-96cc488989db | The number of births in Barking is not sufficient to make the infant mortality rate for one year a reliable guide, but the same index taken over five years can be looked upon as reasonably reliable and on the opposite page is given a diagram showing the rates for the five year periods since 1927. In Appendix A, Table I... |
d65933c2-27a3-4228-8125-ce5bc3c25550 | The 1946 figure for Barking was 28.1, compared with 28 for England and Wales. The causes of death in the neo-natal and stillbirth groups are largely due to pre-natal or natal influences, whilst home environment is a significant factor in the deaths occurring in the age group one month to one year. As I have mentioned, ... |
b8545267-3b43-4f0b-a1d9-151f6c5e654a | The best nswer to prematurity, in the light of our present knowledge, is good ante-nat il and obstetric care combined with good maternal nutrition. Social Conditions. General. Your social services remain unchanged since last year and it is not proposed to discuss them at length in this year's Report. Parks and Open Spa... |
b4fd7403-045e-4cbd-a5d8-cd39200c8c0c | You have the recreation ground in Longbridge Road ; you have the Mayesbrook and Greatfields Parks, and altogether you have made a very real step towards dealing with the problem of recreation, but what we want in addition, are recreation grounds which are more readily available for little children without the need for ... |
43df0fd7-eb9f-4abf-9bdd-38876fb6d237 | When an antelope runs away from a lion it is not cowardice, it is realism and so with hese little children when they want always to be able to run home to mother, it is not cowardice, it is appreciation of the reality of the situation. The fact is that these young children must have their recreation grounds as near the... |
432feb81-64f1-4df6-a13b-02e79dcec769 | Quite frankly the children are nuisance in these places, but with a little re-arangement they could have been made places where children could play to their hearts content, without disturbing the peace of the nearby houses. Employment. The manager of the Barking Employment Exchange has kindly told me that the level une... |
4375b9ef-9bdd-4dc9-b70e-3c5309694893 | While we must welcome the Employment and Training Bill published on the 23rd March, 1948, which embodies those recommendations of the recent Ince report on the reform of the Juvenile Employment Service which need legislative authority, it is understood that we shall still have no authority to visit factories after a ch... |
d79ea670-8f18-460b-86dc-02baf87b8343 | These families form foci which spread the infestation to those whose personal standards are higher. As might be expected the incidence is higher amongst females than males. This is not only because the hair is longer but because elaborate ' hair dos ' discourage frequent washings and brushing. The ' snood ' from which ... |
3703f080-3711-4aa0-96f1-4dd2041e3976 | Bifrons Clinic (Bifrons School), Bromhall Road Seven Kings 3738 Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road Rippleway 2412 East Street Clinic, East Street Rippleway 3880 jreatfields Clinic, 133, Movers Lane Rippleway 2033 vlanor Clinic (Manor School), Sandringham Road Seven Kings 1845 Porters Avenue Clinic, Porters Ave... |
887bc769-9764-4c06-9120-1478a8bc9a71 | This is free to residents of the Borough. Sitting case cars avalilable for the conveyance of patients to hospitals and clinics for outpatient treatment. The Service is operated from the Fire Station, Alfred's Way (Ripple way 2634). Page 7 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Page 8 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Ante-Natal Clinics. At these c... |
bd26c11b-f665-4adc-9d68-c82cb5544084 | Cases are referred to this clinic, when necessary, on medical grounds and are seen at Upney Clinic on Thursday afternoons, by appointment only. Children's Specialist Clinic. A Consultant Specialist in the Diseases of Children holds a session once a fortnight at Upney Clinic on Thursday afternoons. Convalescent Treatmen... |
82123f69-34a4-406e-9018-3a66a41e8875 | Children from six months to five years of age are eligible for admission where the mother is at work or due to be confined and in certain other cases where there are difficult home circumstances. Dental Treatment. Clinical sessions are held daily at Bifrons Clinic, Central Clinic, Manor Clinic, Porters Avenue Clinic an... |
2c4146db-68bd-4c79-b635-54b5bbe5ad4e | In cases of infectious disease, disinfection of premises and bedding, etc., is carried out, where necessary, free of charge. In certain other cases of non-notifiable diseases, disinfection is carried out on request. Arrangements are also made for the destruction of badly soiled mattresses, etc., on request. District Nu... |
cbcdfbf0-8388-4690-ab50-118711cf3bfc | With regard to deafness, special investigations are undertaken by ising an audiometer, an electrical instrument which measures the exact pitch and intensity of sound that a person can hear. Foot Clinic. Comprehensive treatment is afforded daily to all members of the public at East Street Clinic, Porters Avenue Clinic a... |
3a9bf273-48ef-4e99-abd9-0d4f55aeafb0 | Full-time and part-time home helps are available to assist women in their homes at the time of their confinement and in other selei ted cases. Applications for this service should be made to the Public Health Department, Town Hall. Immunisation Treatment. Inoculations are given for diphtheria, sc trlet fever and whoopi... |
7456b554-68eb-4bd1-8b34-26cfdd56cf26 | Clinical sessions are held as under :— Central Clinic Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons. Greatfields Clinic Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Porterts Avenue Clinic Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Upney Clinic Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. Woodwards Clinic Tuesday, Thursday and Friday... |
53d0d2a5-08e0-424e-bcb9-1d4ed1f2e42d | Arrangements exist with local chemists by which prescriptions are dispensed free for mothers and children attending clinics under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme. Minor Ailments Clinics. These clinics are held primarily for children suffering from minor ailments. A doctor is in attendance at each sessions, under... |
b611fde2-457c-4753-a5b8-e035783d16c5 | Treatment for children suffering from squint is also provided under the direction of the Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon (see Squint Clinic). Orthopaedic Treatment. Advice and treatment is provided under the direction of the Specialist Consultant for all members of the public. Clinical sessions are held daily at the Mano... |
996478f4-f553-4c2b-8a3e-2469c43ff973 | This is a notifiable disease within the Borough and baths and outpatient treatment under the direction of the Skin Specialist are provided freeo: Page 12 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Pathological laboratory, Barking hospital. charge to all members of the public at the Barking Hospital on the production of a doctor's certifica... |
c148e8bc-60c1-4ef5-9a6d-a25b20f9b1e2 | Clinical sessions are held as under:— Paget Ward, Barking Hospital Tuesday and Thursday—morning and afternoon. Squint Training Clinic. Under the direction of the Specialist Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, treatment is given to children for the correction of squint. Clinical sessions are held as follows:— Central Clinic ... |
b87592fb-44b6-45ac-ac9b-a0f3c36c24f6 | The way in which the public can avail themselves of these services is to seek information from the Health Visitor for the District, or to attend at on of the Clinics or Centres, or to make an enquiry at the Public Health Departmen , Town Hall, Barking (Telephone No. Rippleway 3880). It should be noted that from time to... |
deaff117-6039-4055-8893-81119e6a4b54 | Out of a total number of 1,850 births during the year, 1,720 children attended your clinics which means that only a small percentage of children born in Barking have not at some time or another attended your clinics as babies. In this connection, I am happy to be able to say that the number of children who attended ove... |
e41f162e-fff6-45d8-b590-2f1bd0fd3973 | The case was dismissed under the Probation of Offenders Act, on payment of twenty shillings costs We do use our every endeavour to see people are well informed of their duties and responsibilities and your Officers are well advised you would not take proceedings until you had satisfied yourselves that the offence was n... |
aae8764d-c01b-4331-bc76-096dbd2d95d5 | In my last report I expressed concern over the poor take-up of vitamin supplements for both ante-natal mothers and children under five. Sincc that time steps ha 0 been taken to make it easier for mothers to obtain these without queueing and its anendant irritation. At the same time your clinic teams have made a special... |
7aefaabc-87d4-4b8e-a393-ab0a8b6c81d4 | Of these 11 were employed in your hospital and the remainder, including two from the Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses' Home, were engaged in your district midwifery scheme. Early in the year the Salvation Army had intimated that they would be unable to continue supplying district midwives to undertake wo... |
c704e198-1c4b-4630-9010-b9ee02fbbeaa | This will mean we shall have to say goodbye also to the Plaistow Maternity Hospital and District Nurses' Home who since 1923 have undertaken midwifery work in Barking and I should like to place on record our deep gratitude for the work they have carried on during the past twenty-five years. Until the last quarter of th... |
d422f1b1-37c6-42fa-acfc-10510abe8c79 | Ante-Natal Service. This service sets out firstly to promote the general health of the expectant mother and secondly to deal with any social or medical difficulties in the way of her having a baby. Everything is done to ensure that the mother gains in knowledge and confidence through her visits so that at the time of t... |
a49ce1b9-4df6-401d-85f2-c7afd4ad6548 | The fact is that the women if Barking are so keenly alive to the interests of their expected children and of their children, they will go out of their way to obtain the services you have made available. For themselves, however, they are not prepared to make the same sacrifice and there can be no doubt, if we are to win... |
083bc079-180e-44dc-a56d-6251cdcced69 | The mothers are willing to take their children to the infant welfare clinic and if there were a creche at every clinic and a post-natal clinic running at the same time I believe a much larger number of women would avail themselves of post-natal examinations, Day Nurseries. You have three such nurseries—Castle Green, Ea... |
2552d4b9-958a-47c5-99c7-17779e3f70b0 | The amount of woman power released for industry is not as great as might at first appear, since the number of mothers who go into industry must be balanced against the staff required to run the nursery and the work involved in building or conversion and maintenance. A certain proportion of cases are admitted on medical... |
116b2e96-142b-4703-a953-9eedd62025eb | On the other side, it may be that this easy social intercourse is achieved at the expense of the development of the individual personality. If a child is to be happy, it must learn discipline. The right way to discipline a child is to give as few orders as possible. Think if it really matters before saying "No" or "Sto... |
7f7a22c3-4930-4e8d-bebe-2df1579dbf7e | This relief would make it possible for a mother to take her Page 18 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Operating Theatre—Barking Maternity Unit. duties much more seriously in this respect—it would make her a more, not a less, responsible mother. Hospital Facilities. As 1 recorded last year, there are insufficient hospital beds in t... |
cf42ecef-6f62-4ed7-96a9-03e42401dd15 | The hospital service of the future envisages that specialists will hold clinics in health centres as well as in hospitals so as to make the service as convenient as possible to the patient. Your specialist services may be regarded as already largely fulfilling this function. Barking Maternity Unit. In the middle of the... |
ca358641-3ed1-48d5-8319-9fb4144d0e6b | The services which were previously held in the Greig Church Hall, Stamford Road, have now been transferred to Woodward Clinic which has been adapted from the ad hoc first aid post. It will be remembered this first aid post was built on to the remaining structure of the original Woodward Clinic which was almost complete... |
c392538b-bb94-4172-b27e-7ef595393175 | During the year, chiropody was undertaken at the East Street Clinic as heretofore, but it is anticipated that in the New Year either one or two chairs will be provided at the Woodward Clinic, making this service more readily available to the residents living in the Barking portion of the Becontree Estate. Statistics re... |
bc622936-69b6-4aa1-b262-a4e450385ae7 | Now I have nothing whatsoever against father stretching his feet comfortably in front of the fire in a pair of slippers many sizes too large for him, but I do say these same slippers would be very bad for him if he wore them all the time. Page 21 THE HEALTH OF BARKING What I have to say about slippers could also be sai... |
1deed6c4-9345-44e7-ad52-7795b2b65b60 | The number of clinics was increased to five, with the opening first of Porters Avenue Dental Clinic, and then later of Woodward Road Clinic. Further schemes for the doubling of Porters Avenue Clinic and for the reopening of East Street Clinic as a double dental unit were also put forward and the preliminaries dealt wit... |
1a65cb77-3b8f-4b78-ae89-7af95278d307 | So much good work done by the school dentists was wasted, in that, once the child had left school, until such time as he or she qualified for treatment under the National Health Insurance, any treatment had to be paid for by the adolescent or the parent. You encouraged your adolescent by making only a nominal charge pe... |
e101cec3-20f2-476c-9ee5-954ec090c854 | being done in your dental clinics. The annual report of the School Dental Service is given elsewhere but some of the figures in respect of this service are repeated in Table XIV, to give the overall picture in figures of your complete dental services. Ear, Nose and Throat Service. This is an important service, since an... |
83f54464-98ef-47c6-bb23-de2b40eddf06 | On the other hand running ears are a serious condition leading to deafness in many cases and may give rise to more serious infections. Yet mothers are apt to treat them with less concern than they merit. Treatment must be thorough and regular and persisted with until the ear is dry and for this the enthusiastic aid of ... |
e31fa4cf-be68-4e48-a511-e93f3700f9ff | In his place, it is a pleasure to welcome Mr. J. E. M. Ayoub, F.R.C.S., Assistant Ophthalmic Surgeon to the London Hospital. Statistics relating to this service will be found in Appendix B, Tables XII and XIII. Orthopaedic Service, Your orthopaedic service, as I reported last year, continues to be restricted by reason ... |
44716ce1-62f6-4ab1-8ff0-f8e28ab930bd | For the best results we must learn to diagnose this condition much earlier than has been the case in the past and start intensive treatment before deformity becomes apparent. We have in Barking 10 children attending Faircross Special School with this disease. There seems to be a belief that the number of these children... |
c84e6ad7-9dc7-449f-a7cd-8e1cc46ce605 | A. Doyne Bell, M.R.C.P., D.C.H., is your consultant children's physician and difficult cases are referred by your medical officers to him. He is also available for domiciliary consultation if necessary. Page 24 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Dr. Doyne Bell works closely with the consulting obstetrician in overseeing the health ... |
dbd11458-65be-4195-bab3-44a41decdaa2 | As most will be aware scabies gave rise to a serious wartime problem, being at that time of serious epidemic proportions. I am glad to be able to report to you that the notifications of the disease fell to forty-two per cent. of the 1946 figure. All close contacts whether they have a rash or complain of itching at nigh... |
591a0fb3-d168-45c9-a41d-38de4c8d42a4 | over the year immediately preceding the introduction of the free service. This information will be instructive to many authorities who are for the first time giving similar service. Year Calls Year Calls 1944 4,502 1946 9,045 1945 5,532 1947 12,660 In addition to the ambulance service, the Council added to the vehicle ... |
935ee51a-03ae-4b17-b488-a88d457148dc | An order was placed for two new Daimler ambulances with Lomas bodies but unfortunately the shortest delivery period which could be given for these vehicles was eighteen months and they will not be in service until early 1949. The following is an analysis of the calls received at the Ambulance Station, showing the alloc... |
693c48be-1eb6-4fb8-9163-e24a804abefa | The general impression obtained is that because it is free, the service becomes very much of a taxi service and is no doubt abused by some persons. Any control can only be effected by more judicious issue of permits through medical practitioners and hospitals. I call attention to this factor because it does appear to m... |
37196e98-0963-4d67-8562-3a8c039eebbf | In addition to six full-time home helps employed by you, efforts were made to increase the panel of casual home helps, in view of the very heavy demand for Page 26 THE HEALTH OF BARKING She looks after the children, cooks for the family and keeps the house clean. this sen ice. I am happy to be able to say that whereas ... |
e1642789-bb03-46de-86af-213b2cad5167 | In order that it may be fully appreciated how this service has grown the following figures are given relating to the cases dealt with during the past three years 1945 1946 1947 Cases attended by Council Home Helps 50 73 210 Cases attended by Private Home Helps paid by the Corporation 19 175 156 I anticipate the demand ... |
98e8d5bb-2bdd-4160-a649-c23a33054711 | Below is given a summary of the various notifications received during the year:— Measles 742 Whooping Cough 203 Scarlet Fever 139 Pneumonia 57 Puerperal Pyrexia 24 Erysipelas 19 Diphtheria 7 Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 5 Dysentery 4 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4 Pemphigus Neonatorum 3 Food Poisoning 2 Cerebro-spinal Fever 1... |
99ad458f-8eb2-4cca-82d0-2916a8d9acbe | We have now reached a stage in this Borough when the total elimination of this disease seems imminent, but there are still far too many parents who refuse this life saving measure. One of the difficulties is that when the disease was raging all round the people of Barking they did not need to be convinced of the danger... |
fd7faa24-d649-49c5-a169-ecb3a99ac4f4 | Young adults today think of it as mild, their parents as severe and their grandparents as mild again. Although mild in its manifestation today the position must be watched because it may once more become severe. The sulpha-group of drugs and penicillin are particularly suited to the treatment of this disease. WHOOPING ... |
97720b98-5718-4993-8264-e7f8d94bdcb6 | There were 203 cases notified during the year but the natural fluctuations in the incidence of the disease from year to year are such that the small decline over the figure for last year when there were 243 cases cannot be ascribed with confidence to immunisation. MEASLES. In Day Nurseries from time to time outbreaks o... |
69a5b0e6-65ff-47e7-9cde-5734a819ec14 | Any technique allowing us to make a diagnosis in this short but dangerous period would be most welcome since it might then be possible to isolate Page 30 THE HEALTH OF BARKING the infected child at the only time when isolation is really effective. In this connection, I understand that photographic plates may be sensiti... |
b1dbfd19-46f1-4e45-9a7b-b69449b8589d | Following notification, a visit was paid to every patient's household ; sometimes it became necessary to advise close contacts, as a result of such visits, of the possible danger to the public of their continuing their business for a while. This outbreak is thought to be associated with a widespread and silent carrier ... |
46153f9b-6b3c-4cf6-857e-ea3d4443fa30 | Amongst the measures taken to check the spread of infantile paralysis in the borough was a high level of chlorination of the water in local swimming baths; the closure of children's paddling pools, and measures generally to prevent large gatherings of children. It was not thought desirable to close schools generally. T... |
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