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a2cbd2e7-2106-48ad-b5f1-904d4e4cf3e7 | During the year negotiations initiated by the Essex County Council were completed for the transference of the Tuberculosis Dispensary from 37 Linton Road to the Barking Hospital, where a part of Lister Ward will be taken over for this purpose. Mass Radiography. At the end of the year a survey was conducted in Barking b... |
34b7b42b-1465-467c-bc18-9778c3fb7b9f | In a survey of this nature it is difficult to deduce quite clearly the position of the people of Barking as such, because many firms were encouraged, quite properly, to send up to the Unit employees who did not live in Barking. Further, in the cases of two large firms, each employing a considerable number of people of ... |
441ae30a-26b4-41b0-bd05-5934dc6b4f25 | Page 32 THE HEALTH OF BARKING SECTION D ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. (A) SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. The climatic conditions of the area will be remembered by residents for the long spell of severe and cold weather which continued from 4th December, 1946, until the end of March, 1947. Dur... |
4fd4ee5c-5b61-493e-a8d1-9a3a2099fb59 | All the samples submitted, monthly for bacteriological examination and quarterly for chemical examination, have been found to be pure and wholesome. The following is an extract of the information forwarded to the Ministry of Health in relation to the bore holes of industrial supplies drawn from wells :— "Excluding the ... |
063e7912-4887-4616-87bf-8e0252cb1cce | Situation of Wells Type Estimated yield in gallons per day W. Warne & Co., Ltd., Abbey Road: (No. 1) Deep 216,000 (No. 2) Deep 84,000 Sherwood Paints Ltd., Jenkins Lane: (No. 1) Deep 144,000 (No. 2) Deep 85,000 Acme Flooring & Paving Co. Ltd., River Road: (No. 1) Deep 40,000 Chemical Supply Ltd., Abbey Road: (No. 1) De... |
792f1d18-08f9-4a6f-98eb-01e8c981bab8 | The disposal is controlled by the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee who have a pumping station within the Borough. The attention of the Highways and Building Plans Committee of the Council was drawn to the establishment along the frontage of Ripple Road at Rippleside of a number of small one-man businesses in... |
5a7b91b4-9ee1-4d10-bad9-fe9ec29fbe3c | Negotiations proceeded throughout the year with the chemical manufactures whose premises abut Victoria Road and which were referred to in my previous Page 34 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Report. Owing to the difficulties met with in the supply of steel and building materials the offending chemical process was still operating ... |
7c3a8fd2-8397-4580-80ed-73b1b8e7ffdf | In my Annual Report for 1946, I dealt at some length with the question of cleansing dustbins. I regard the removal of offensive matter from the precincts of an occupied dwelling as a primary requisite of all public health work. It is also important that the offensive material should be disposed of finally by a sanitary... |
b5e20fd5-0ca9-484d-85de-49153b3520f1 | The fact that this is a service for which the user must pay a fee acts as a deterrent and consequently is less efficient in operation. As your Medical Officer, I advocate the same service for the removal of trade waste, consisting of organic matter, as I do for domestic refuse. If the present system of removal prevents... |
3284735d-a4d5-4647-a975-6454029efd2b | Anything which tends to beautify and add colour to the ordinary life makes its contribution to the public health. Secondary Streets. Shortly before the war a programme was drawn up which scheduled for early paving and drainage a number of the access passages at the rear of terraced houses, built about 50 years ago and ... |
5f5b54c7-7203-4023-a980-2dd5e1f0eb00 | This work creates serious nuisance unless it is well planned and controlled. Where the land is being reclaimed by the owner it is usual for greater interest to be taken in the type of filling and the general level of the filling material but where the land is rented by the contractor, such contractor has little regard ... |
c0430abc-e14a-41e1-8e64-ea9dae0a0223 | In another part of my Report I referred to the general housing position in the district. Examination of this report will show that the general sanitary conditions existing are such that it should not be difficult for the average householder to keep his house free from vermin. Such difficulties that do exist, however, h... |
7b4c2030-7f31-484c-966a-801289bba8da | At the end of 1947, the proposed extension of the generating station of the County of London Electric Supply Company, Creekmouth, did not proceed sufficiently for new furnaces to be in operation. In consequence the expected improvement in the operation of the existing furnaces was not achieved. Page 36 THE HEALTH OF BA... |
84756eb1-11e8-4b72-8c33-e94d3f3e9874 | Arrangements have been made for the supply of the necessary apparatus and for the chemical examination of the deposits. When the results of such examinations are known more authoritative statements can be made as to the condition of Barking air. Barking has long been known as a town where offensive trades of varied cha... |
4444e328-4da4-4f9a-a7d3-ef7add08ba93 | In regard to a factory area in a built up part of the district there are no less than nine chimneys in continuous use for steam generation. These chimneys can emit black smoke for an aggregate period of 18 minutes in every 30 without contravening Page 37 S THE HEALTH OF BARKING the byelaw. Such an emission has demorali... |
98b458fc-a056-487c-af01-f4f3d3f1a50e | There is a conflict of opinion between the Management of the firm in question and the Ministry of Fuel and Power, in that the Ministry charge the Management with neglect of furnace operation and the Management contend that the supply of graded fuel is necessary for furnace improvement. In such case the solution appears... |
8a9ad81d-dbda-4493-b30a-d52a3e4953a5 | In connection with the general surface infestation, you appointed two operatives and two investigators for a period of nine months for the purpose of carrying out a survey and disinfestation of the scheduled area, including private dwellings, factories, business premises, refuse tips and open spaces. The Borough was di... |
a8bc15f0-7eba-41f2-a405-df880fbc3d2e | It was found that the Rodent Service scheme which the Council inaugurated for the assistance of occupiers of industrial and commercial premises was welcomed. The charge made by the Corporation for this Service was at the rate of 3s. 3d. per man-hour. During the year the Infestation Control Division of the Ministry of F... |
814d5cd3-4a18-4edc-92a3-e8fd7e0fa8b3 | The peak day was the 1st June when 4,846 bathers were recorded. The capacity of the bath is 500,000 gallons and the total water used during the season was 4,547,600 gallons. Thirteen examinations were made of the water in the bath and reported upon by the public analyst as being satisfactory. In connection with school ... |
a732e94d-0eeb-4a73-97ef-f4c430838b22 | The results showed that at no time was the water unfit for bathing. East Street Swimming Bath. The covered swimming bath was open during the summer months and during this period was attended by 52,334 bathers. The operation of this bath is associated with the slipper baths which were used by 50,000 persons. This bathin... |
5873c3bc-ed70-4d48-bf5d-6bc27fdb8714 | SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA. During the year every endeavour has been made to establish the sanitary inspection of the area at the pre-war level of efficiency. Good progress was made in this direction but we were still unable to carry out the schedule drawn up. This was in part due to the number of sanitary inspect... |
7b4fe9ab-98bb-45cd-871e-c47500007a94 | Two years after the end of the war housewives reasonably expected the worst discomforts of housing accommodation to have been removed, and it is easy to understand the irritation felt when the ordinary minor repairs and redecorations which so appreciably affect the life of the housewife could not be carried out. Such d... |
888a5d33-ff78-4976-aea5-7fac5dbe1051 | In an effort to make the lives of the Barking tenants more cheerful wherever substantial repairs and redecorations could be effected everything was done towards this end Not only was this process in operation in the homes but also in all public buildingspicture-dromes, public houses, clubs, shops and canteens. At the e... |
9a9c5d78-01c0-4c58-a633-3f08b1b49c77 | The statistics relating to new building tell you the number of new dwellings which have been provided during the year, namely 490. The fact that the work of rehousing is carried out in the Public Health Department enables me to be better informed of the position than if the work Page 41 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Post-war h... |
546d64d9-0401-4e43-839d-cadb3d1dc222 | I know it is necessary to have regard to all aspects of the housing problem and in particular to the claims of those families who have been long in residence in the district; I cannot, however, as your medical officer overlook the fact that the present requirements in respect of residence qualification does in a number... |
c236df4a-42e7-49a4-9f2b-0fb57059bd52 | The period 1926 to 1938 saw the commencement and completion of schemes providing for the demolition of 615 properties and the consequent rehousing of approximately 2,949 persons. In addition, confirming orders were made in respect of 142 properties but, owing to the outbreak of war, action was suspended and the propert... |
2abe5cff-8364-4523-9993-a902e516e1db | At the end of the year a contractor who had been authorised to reconstruct the defective huts had been unable to secure the materials with which to carry out the work, as the asbestos sheets needed to provide a new outer skin to the Nissen huts was not obtainable. The drainage and other domestic conveniences were maint... |
ce149e80-7f23-4dc1-bdf1-1000d565ec09 | Page 43 THE HEALTH OF BARKING There were, during the year, 60 samples of milk submitted to biological examination for the presence of tubercle. In three cases the guinea pig died prematurely. In no case was there a positive result. The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of... |
356cb18e-87f0-4522-8208-e011da87e43c | A survey of the catering services in the Borough shows the distribution to be as follows:— School Meals Service 9 kitchens Factory Canteens 40 kitchens Licensed Houses 11 kitchens Dining Rooms 56 Food Manufacturing Premises 31 General Food Shops 131 Street Food Stalls:— Sweets 3 Packed Foods 6 Greengrocery 14 Fish 8 Fi... |
c0df20f8-d370-413a-9889-81ff2728487f | To avoid any extension, and to bring about a reduction of such food poisoning by bacteria, a campaign was started to reduce contamination due to the lack of cleanliness. The need for cleanliness and the need for strict personal hygiene was strongly emphasised. FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, 1938—SAMPLING. During the year, your au... |
92a94d90-ee7b-450d-bd1d-3bb4e0d33b22 | The fact that the sale of any form of oil is so easily made shows only too clearly that the resources of the housewife have been reduced to the last extremity in the matter of frying fat. This is further emphasised when one knows that the price of the oil ranges between four and eight shillings per pint. Ice Cream. Dur... |
04ceb268-6c2e-490a-a6e7-450ab4cd64ba | fat and that of the small producer retailers contained from 1 to 4 per cent. (sometimes lev than 1 per cent.) of fat, but with a large proportion of farinaceous material, chiefly wheaten in origin. As the price of both qualities is uncontrolled, it would appear that the general public is paying excessive prices for the... |
bc5c7b08-1c01-493e-84f0-c7d99b83aad8 | Page 45 THE HEALTH OF BARKING FOOD POISONING. Only two cases of food poisoning were notified during the year, but I do not feel that this represents the whole of the persons affected. With more general recognition by the public of the causes of minor diarrhoea and sickness, more action can be taken towards prevention a... |
354869e4-34c2-4fca-bea1-d2c6adc686e3 | FOOD MARKETS. There are two covered markets established in the district in which the majority of the shops retail food. The sanitary conveniences and washing facilities are provided in a unit building for use by the whole of the traders. This is not ideal, but under the present legislation must be accepted. Our aim is ... |
87cfe14e-66fa-47c3-835b-3f1a5ead0b97 | Page 46 THE HEALTH OF BARKING APPENDIX A. STATISTICAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF THE AREA. TABLE I DEATHS (NET)—1947 Causes and Totals. Causes of Death. Total. |
8ad06e42-7a49-40ad-85db-d81c3c455395 | Enteric Fever — Cerebro-sninal Fever 2 Scarlet Fever – Whooping Cough 4 Diphtheria – Pulmonay Tuberculosis 51 Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis 5 Syphilitic Diseases 5 Influenza 3 Measles 1 Acute Polipmyelitis and Polio-encephalitis 2 Acute In Encephalitis 2 Cancer (all forms) 122 Diabetes 5 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions 56 ... |
23c8360d-7a6f-4b10-ab87-44e2454699d0 | Infantile Diseases 25 Suicide 2 Road Traffic Accidents 10 Other Violent Causes 11 All Other Causes 39 Total 677 Page 47 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE II COMPARATIVE INFANT MORTALITY RATES. Year. Barking. County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London. England and Wales. 1926 59 73 70 1927 66.1 71 69 1928 63.3 70 65 19... |
ed560f26-c356-436f-ac52-4f2439a3d48e | 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 1947 31.35 47 41 Page 48 k THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE III INFANTILE MORTALITY—1947. 0-1 mth. 1-3 mths. 3-6 mths. 6-9 mths. 9-12 mths. Total under 1 year. Acute Cerebrospinal Fev... |
5f8df663-e2f1-4ddb-a82e-e033902b6e98 | 12 Cerebral Haemorrhage 2 — — — — 2 Cerebral Thrombosis — — — 1 — 1 Congenital Malformations 6 3 1 — — 10 Enteritis and Diarrhoea — 1 — 2 — 3 Haemolytic Disease 1 — — — — 1 Intestinal Obstruction — — 2 — — 2 Lobar Pneumonia — 1 — — — 1 Myocardial Degeneration — — 1 — — 1 Poliomyelitis — — — 1 — 1 Prematurity 16 — — — —... |
eebbdf14-29bb-470a-9c67-27d8a84e0d92 | Total. Atelectasis 5 — — — 5 Broncho-pneumonia 1 1 — 1 3 Congenital Malformations 3 2 1 — 6 Cerebral Haemorrhage 2 — — 2 Haemolytic Disease 1 — — — 1 Prematurity 15 1 — — 16 Totals 27 4 1 1 33 Page 49 THE HEALTH OF BARKING APPENDIX B. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. TABLE V NATURE OF ATTENDANCE AT CO... |
c035e317-6ae4-487d-8050-6cf4566b9a1f | O/ /O DISTRICT :— Doctor and Midwife 62 6.4 24 2-5 44 3-7 26 2.1 27 2.2 15 i-3 49 3-1 46 2.6 Midwife 411 42.4 307 32.2 417 35-0 477 39-5 454 37-1 47i 42.5 713 45-4 909 52.3 INSTITUTIONAL Upney Hospital 454 46.9 424 44-5 469 39-4 508 42.1 488 39-5 476 43.0 767 48.8 74i 42.7 Evacuated 4i 4-3 197 20.8 258 21.9 195 16.3 25... |
76605762-d867-453d-8a30-8f027f0e7bf7 | 7 42 2.4 Total 495 51.2 621 65.3 728 61.3 703 58.4 743 60.7 621 56.2 808 5i-5 783 45.1 TOTAL 968 100.0 952 100.0 1,189 100.0 1,206 100.0 1,224 100.0 1,107 100.0 1.57° 100.0 1.738 100.0 Page 50 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE VI ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICE—1947. Toddlers and Adults School Children ATTENDANCES. Primary Examination b... |
05984720-a817-43d6-b412-6fe21dae7db0 | Number of Cases 894 908 Number of Treatments 10,012 6,681 HOSPITAL TREATMENT. Admissions to Hospitals 2 3 Or Waiting List for Admission — — TABLE VII NEW CASES SEEN BY THE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON—1947. Toddlers and Adults School Children DEFORMITIES OF BONES & JOINTS 1. Congenital 8 — 2. Acquired 80 43 MUSCULAR:— 1 Congeni... |
a210d2d6-358a-4169-b91b-5b6327d3e37a | Mothers & Toddlers Adults— Public Scheme School Children TOTAL Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Number of Attendances at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic 258 309 30 35 897 767 1,185 1,111 Number of cases which received operative treatment 54 41 — — 251 223 305 264 Number of... |
08c8e669-55e9-4ff7-8c7c-51a4242d8853 | New Patients 1,233 1,179 1,071 943 4. Total treatments given 8,537 10,222 13,934 10,995 5. Infra-red treatments (included in 4) 578 595 641 558 Page 52 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE X SKIN CLINIC. Consultations. Treatments. Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Sessions 47 52 100 104 Attendances :— Children under 5 yea... |
84e5360e-7408-45e7-986e-d31c77a539c6 | 785 Ante Natal and Post Natal Cases 191 198 358 460 Other categories (including Public Adult Scheme) 184 126 325 292 TABLE XI SCABIES New Cases Recurring Cases TOTAL Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Total number of patients 662 277 49 10 711 287 Adults 357 140 18 1 375 141 Children 305 137 31... |
b11e420c-6f7f-4b74-a304-4de8befc4ce3 | Mothers & Toddlers Adults— Public Scheme School Children TOTAL Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Year 1946 Year 1947 Errors of Refraction, etc. requiring treatment 215 243 407 410 794 749 1,416 1,402 Number for whom spectacles were:— (a) Prescribed 93 102 298 290 492 414 883 806 (i) Obtained 3... |
958e03ca-4276-4550-94e0-46437f5c2078 | Year 1946 Year 1947 Number of Sessions 91 76 Number of Children Attended 26 81 Number of New Cases 9 55 Number of Old Cases 17 26 Number of Attendances 582 416 Number Discharged—Cured 2 — Number Left School — — Number Discontinued 2 1 Page 54 THE HEALTH OF BARKING TABLE XIV DENTAL SERVICE—1947. |
658613ec-0b4d-4ce4-ae3f-237ed0f44396 | Mothers & Toddlers Adults— Public Scheme School Children TOTAL Number of patients treated 1,583 2,868 2,548 6,999 Attendances for treatment 3,888 9,724 10,511 24,123 Extractions 2,200 7,537 6,769 16,506 Administrations of Gas 609 1,649 3,089 5,347 Fillings 764 1,453 4,997 7,214 Other Operations 2,249 7,782 2,873 12,904... |
1bb52462-74a9-4bb0-92c8-f5e348213b1f | New Cases Notified TOTAL Pulmonary N on-Pulmonary M. F. M. F. Under 1 year 1 — — — 1 1 to 5 years 1 — — 1 18 5 to 15 years 8 5 3 2 15 to 25 years 23 33 4 3 63 25 to 35 years 23 13 2 1 39 35 to 45 years 9 13 — — 22 45 to 55 years 8 7 — — 15 55 to 65 years 9 1 — — 10 65 years and upwards 1 1 — — 2 Totals 82 74 9 6 171 Pa... |
f998732b-d74f-46fc-bc1f-9f94ea76c124 | Total Houses inspected under Public Health or Housing Acts 4,342 Total Number of Inspections made 10,662 After Infectious Disease and Scabies 667 Overcrowd ;d Premises 658 Defects Found 2,540 Notices Served (Preliminary) 1,458 Re-inspections re Notices Served 4,951 Inspection of Work in Progress 1,300 (ii) Premises Con... |
b1ba5562-778b-433d-9795-997a153d1cb8 | Bakehouse 16 10 3 Butchers' Premises 103 49 33 Drainage Inspections 172 318 60 Fishmongers 58 33 19 Food and Drugs Act, 1938 613 171 102 Food Sampling 308 — — Ice Cream Vendors 108 37 23 Page 57 THE HEALTH OF BARKING Inspection. Defects. Notices. |
392035fd-b34d-4c35-be05-47a3e116c7e9 | Milk Sampling 122 — — Other Miscellaneous 201 7 2 Piggeries 14 — — Public Lavatories 32 1 — Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 237 46 40 Restaurants, Dining Rooms and Canteens 86 69 31 Schools 44 — — Shops Act, 1934, and Markets 357 117 65 Stables and Stable Yards 16 — — Street Traders 150 2 1 Vacant Land and Refuse... |
efeed724-0756-4188-bab3-f82cf11710aa | Informal Notices 1,458 Statutory Notices:— Public Health Act, 1936: Section 39 26 Section 45 57 Section 83 — Section 93 256 Housing Act, 1936: Sections 9 and 10 37 Section 24 — Section 32 — Dustbins: Public Health Act, 1936 : Section 75 (3) 836 Total 1,212 Page 58 THE HEALTH OF BARKING (B) FACTORIES ACT, 1937. |
81664bf3-dea4-439b-8841-dc3e9cf717ae | 1.—.Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health (including inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors) Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to be enforced by Local Authorities 77 32 3 — (ii) Factories not include... |
2cb49b71-7845-434f-bc61-384160db402c | Inspector Want of cleanliness (S.1) — — — — — Overcrowding (S.2) — — — — — Unreasonable temperature (S.3) — — — — — Inadequate ventilation (S.4) 1 — — — — Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) — — — — — Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient 8 — — 1 — (b) Unsuitable or defective 16 1 — 2 — (c) Net separate for sex... |
e1ce83c5-175f-4912-b4ce-e1be4d38084c | Section 110: Number of out-workers in August List required by Section no (i) (c) 135 Nature of work carried out by out-workers:— Making of wearing apparel 114 Cleaning and washing of wearing apparel 1 Umbrellas, etc. 1 The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper 7 Brush m... |
8380670d-1e92-4d22-af0d-8b85975482a9 | (i) Number of dwellings provided in Barking during 1947:— By the Barking Corporation: New houses 57 Rebuilt houses 18 Prefabricated bungalows 127 Total 202 By the London County Council: Rebuilt houses 62 Prefabricated bungalows 205 Total 267 By Private Enterprise: New houses 17 Rebuilt houses 4 Total dwellings provided... |
f4bd86e1-bbf7-4228-89da-a6476f9120bc | Paul's Flats (Conversion of Civil Defence Depot) 11 Hutments for homeless 50 Requisitioned properties 428 Rebuilt requisitioned properties 12 880 By the London County Council: Rebuilt houses 168 Prefabricated bungalows 297 465 By Private Enterprise: New houses 17 Rebuilt houses 5 22 (iv) Post-war housing programme of t... |
d138a185-1d10-44a2-9052-fc45e60258ed | (I) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 4,342 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 10,662 Page 61 THE HEALTH OF BARKING (2) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitati... |
55b4864b-1eed-4693-b336-744d47a69315 | 1936:— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs (2) Number of dwelling-houses which were rendered fit after service of formal notices:— (a) By owners 45 (b) By local authority in default of owners B.—Proceedings under Public Health Acts:— (1) Number of dwelling-houses in r... |
93b90be8-d626-45a2-a310-b1d713afb898 | 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 under Dustbi... |
a7bcf391-a544-4a39-b803-cd43a5d2fac3 | Bread and Flour 185 lbs. Butter 24 lbs. Cheese 398 lbs. Eggs 992 Fish 3,274 lbs. Fruit 173 lbs. Lard 9 lbs. Margarine 28 lbs. Meat 351 lbs. Milk 2,081 tins Preserves 594 lbs. Rabbits 60 lbs. Sauce, Pickles, etc. 80 pints Sugar 41 lbs. Sweets 74 lbs. Various Fillings 1,774 tins, jars, etc. Vegetables 7¾ tons Page 63 THE... |
3ea58dbe-cc52-4d6b-9b3b-be1df09bd43f | 9 Bread and Flour 14 Butter 17 Cooking Fat 11 Custard Powder 3 Edible Oil 2 Fish Paste 9 Ice Cream 54 Lard 4 Margarine 16 Medicinal Products 21 Milk 11 Milk Powder 2 Mineral Waters and Cordials 6 Other Provisions 41 Pickles 7 Preserves 25 Pressed Meat 7 Sausages and Sausage Meat 8 Spirits 7 Spices 8 Sweets 8 Vinegar 13... |
c2f02198-1c1d-4908-b47f-2b6167b6fca7 | AC 4411 (1) BARK 79 Question and Answer In which Medical officer of Health reports on the Health of the Children of Barking for the year 1947 Borough of Barking telephone no Public Health Dept., rippleway 3880 Barking, Essex With the Compliments of the Medical Officer of Health BARK 79 Question: What is this book about... |
1b90934f-bb78-4eed-8e4c-cde2bf0db7a3 | I am deeply conscious of the fact that this is a difficult task and am therefore constrained to ask your kindly indulgence. Once again I must ask you to read this report with imagination so that the dry bones are knit together and clothed with flesh and skin and stand—a living witness to the intense story of human ende... |
c8e8ef7d-3273-47b9-8b62-2c5c69048420 | Answer:—Medical Officers of Health are vitally interested in Education because they believe, so far as the past is concerned, that all great advances in Public Health have waited on great advances in Education, and because they believe that, both at the present time and in the future, a well educated public is the only... |
241a3f7d-cdf8-4916-b997-05e70fb91ff6 | When the defects are detected they are dealt with by Assistant Medical Officers where possible and, if necessary, these children are referred to the various Specialist Consultant Sen-ices. Of course not all the defects which come to our notice do so by reason of Periodic Medical Inspection. In many cases the parents th... |
fc30720c-485b-4774-9871-da2115c1fcf6 | 6 School Hygiene, of course, is the study of the principles of promoting the health of children whilst at school. The first of all commandments is "Let there be Light" and the first principle in school hygiene is that the classroom shall be light, not only light enough to see by, but full of that light which is health ... |
33baa8ba-fb39-4f33-b2d9-98a598389c62 | The next general principle is that the classroom must be well ventilated and the air must be moving within the classroom; stagnant air has been spoken of as "dead" air. The ancients, in their days, recognised that it was essential to have air moving and chose one and the same word for life and moving air. To maintain m... |
102d7b2c-a33b-48a5-8bb5-de6d8ff184eb | It is impossible to say what is the ideal temperature at which a classroom should be maintained because there are several factors to be considered—to wit—the movement of the air—the degree of moisture in the air—and we have to recognise that most of the children, for most of the time in the classroom, will be sitting d... |
f93fefd8-87a7-4270-bb2f-3f36ba4a8584 | The antiquated idea of putting school lavatories in some obscure corner of the playground is to my mind quite out of date; the idea that, of necessity, they must be smelly is wrong; nor is there any need to try to kill one smell with another; a reasonable standard of cleanliness will be assured if a lavatory is properl... |
69993a6e-faa6-4f16-93b8-bdf8e32f909c | I cannot get either to the school or the Clinic. Answer:—The whole of the town is divided into areas, and each area is sufficiently small for the Health Visitor to know the people who live there individually. It is true that we have not enough of these Health Visitors at the present time; that is something which is com... |
dfecbc81-79c3-44d8-b9b3-ba1a3a9baf8e | Last year over 2,000 such visits were paid and we hope the time is not far distant when this large number will be considerably extended. MEDICAL INSPECTION. Question:—It is eighteen months to two years ago since my little boy was examined by a School Doctor. How often should he be seen ? Answer:—Our aim in Barking is t... |
da9789ed-c35c-4909-8637-23a17d61df24 | Whilst in 1947 it was not possible to see every child at school, we are reasonably confident that our "Special" examinations covered most, if not indeed all, the scholars who required such an examination on medical grounds. Medical Inspection Group Entrants 1,786 Second Age-groups 2,047 Third Age-groups 1,700 TOTAL 5,5... |
b982c651-5b75-4804-802b-b7bd3061de3e | It is, however, very important you should have your children examined and the doctor's assessment placed on record, because the primary object of these examinations is to discover what favourable or unfavourable effects the system of education may have upon the physical health and well being of children as a whole. Fro... |
06dbe092-1424-40cf-b48b-d4c73fe33a8c | Incidentally I may mention that the heights and weights are all recorded and we believe positively that children generally are inches taller and pounds heavier than they were a generation ago. What is more, Committees and Officers are able to compare the physical development of one area of the country with another. Her... |
2c0d18a4-7af3-4368-97f0-f3b1b7738252 | 9 A Minor Ailment Clinic is, in fact, a well organised surgery where many major defects are first discovered; here the Medical Officers deal with cuts, bruises and apparent trivial complaints which unless treated at the onset may develop into a serious illness. During the year 1947, there were 27,156 attendances at the... |
f797d492-a844-4a01-9d89-c86953ed0918 | Answer :—We have become accustomed to adults wearing glasses and we do not take much notice of it but somehow or other we do take note of a child wearing glasses, and so it comes about we tend to get a wrong impression of the number of children who have to wear glasses. As a matter of fact it is because it is not usual... |
e9338c97-a821-4944-b585-1bba7f5c6407 | TREATMENT OF DEFECTIVE VISION AND SQUINT (Excluding Minor Eye Defects Treated as Minor Ailments.) No. of defects dealt with Errors of Refraction (including squint) 749 Other defect or disease of the eyes — Total 749 No. of pupils for whom spectacles were:— (a) Prescribed 414 (b) Obtained 5°3 10 We are today using our e... |
f0512d70-2804-41dd-9ffa-5035e1da164c | One man no doubt sees an oak leaf one shape and another man sees it a different shape and it does not matter at all, but straight lines and right angles are altogether a different proposition and any minor disability in the apparatus of the eye is noticeable; in a word, therefore, because straight lines and right angle... |
ac8b05c9-4209-4e85-849e-f5a8e251239c | The Victorians with their mirrors (which unfortunately have gone out of fashion) had this advantage over us, that at least these mirrors did double the distance of the object at which they were looking. In many cases this accommodation is relatively easy in children although more difficult in adults, but it still does ... |
6183905b-d5c3-44ff-80c0-4b092165e011 | Answer:—Training the eyes cannot be undertaken until the child is able to look at pictures and it has been found by experience that it is an intelligent child who can do this before the age of four or five. Unfortunately, training in the muscles of the eye does not do much good after the child is eleven or twelve years... |
241e930b-e7bd-4eef-9c57-4ce9a5fd88a3 | Looking down one periscope the child sees an illuminated picture of—let us say—a butterfly; looking down the other periscope the child sees an illuminated picture of a net, and the game is to juggle with these two periscopes in such a way that the child can get the butterfly into the net. In order to avoid boredom ther... |
d3779e8f-26c6-490f-b8aa-17755366d0f8 | Wearing glasses, even against the wishes of the child, may be equally necessary— so also is the necessity, when advised, of wearing a disc in front of one eye in order to constrain the other eye to its proper amount of work. Orthoptic Clinic Number of children attended 81 Number of new cases 55 Number of old cases 26 N... |
aca382f3-8b24-48b0-bd30-a4beb679a1cd | It is a curious thing that once you have "given a dog a bad name you may as well hang him" and, of course, it is true that forty and fifty years ago an operation for tonsils and adenoids was looked upon as a very minor operation, properly undertaken by a very junior surgeon, but this is not true today. Indeed, an opera... |
8c3cc154-c6e2-45eb-8419-29c3d823e9c7 | It is, I believe, the relief of this symptom which leads to an increase in appetite noted by so many mothers after the child has been operated on for tonsils. The Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon is, however, interested in a much wider field than tonsils and adenoids, and from the standpoint of preventive medicine I am mos... |
ef715447-433d-44a5-8fb7-ab013b75953c | Your surgeons do have a lot to do with making quite sure that no child is prevented from deriving proper benefit from education at school by reason of lack of acuity of hearing. This lack of acuity may be due to disease in the ear, as such, or disease in the nerve which is the bond between the ear and the brain. It is ... |
92e771b3-4245-4d7e-ac90-2fbe1d774aad | Question:—What does Mr. Tran, your Senior Dental Surgeon, say about " your service " ? Answer :—Mr. Tran writes as follows :— "Your dental service for the year has shown a marked improvement on recent years and there is every hope that such improvement will not only be maintained but surpassed, provided the necessary d... |
e5bed4de-5f3b-47dd-aee6-222cf67f5e5a | The object of the School Dental Service is to render the child dentally fit upon leaving school and at the same time educating him or her to be so dentally minded as to seek periodical inspection and advice of his or her own free will throughout adult life. Hitherto, a considerable amount of the school dentist's work h... |
75389387-eabf-4db1-9083-7dbd38f67574 | The advent of the new Health Act will enable all who wish to avail themselves of the opportunity to have satisfactory dental treatment free of charge, and this may well prove to be one of the Act's greatest boons as undoubtedly dental hygiene plays a great part in good health. To achieve the aim of rendering the child ... |
7e7b0aa2-eae3-4680-9e63-bce92d8d5da5 | Your dental officers, on the advice of your Senior Dental Officer, adopt a middle-line course, with due regard to the child's age and temperament, the general condition of the teeth and their relationship to the jaws and also the psychological attitude of the parent; hence there can be no hard and fast rule with regard... |
e44a0c72-d00c-454b-ab54-3d2cde841539 | 14 The conservation of the first permanent molars presents another difficulty when dealing with the majority of parents; these teeth erupt at the approximate age of six years behind the temporary teeth, and because the child has not lost any of the temporary teeth, the parent frequently refuses to believe that these te... |
e150f4c5-b498-4936-8260-2e6bf20b4e86 | Table of statistics for the past three years Year 1945 Year 1946 Year 1947 (i) Number of Children inspected by Dental Officers:— (a) Periodic Age-groups :— Age 5 (and 4) 279 441 555 6 136 196 426 7 153 211 380 8 146 223 459 9 98 140 391 10 95 160 509 11 239 372 815 12 200 399 779 13 266 428 718 14 (and 15) 104 242 406 ... |
3ea8b8da-b680-4a95-8e34-34af150c5de6 | 002 2,548 (4) Attendances made by pupils for Treatment 5,444 6,326 10,511 (5) Half-days devoted to:- Inspection 12 21 33 Treatment 548 682 966 Totals 560 703 999 (6) Fillings—Permanent Teeth 2,139 2,166 3,715 Temporary Teeth 365 916 1,282 Totals 2,504 3,082 4,997 (7) Extractions—Permanent Teeth 1,305 871 1,669 Temporar... |
bec4d88f-4009-4bc8-865e-60a3ae3a10c7 | Question:—What is "Orthodontics" and why do you use such an awkward word ? Answer:—"Orthodontics" is the art and science that has to do with keeping the teeth regularly arranged. It is a modern art; it has been properly called Orthodontic because Orthodontic means straight teeth or properly aligned teeth, and up to the... |
753d762f-9f67-4a5f-990e-bb908cc46da8 | These badly arranged teeth are difficult to keep clean and teeth which are not kept clean are apt to decay; as a matter of fact whilst cleaning teeth with an artificial brush and artificial aids is commendable where necessary, if only teeth were properly aligned and we were to eat the right food, there would be no need... |
d9c440c9-1406-4af2-a60b-9ec04c65ee5c | An Orthopaedic Surgeon, therefore, is a man who tries to bring your child up correctly; he puts right this and that deformity. Orthodontics Extractions 324 Impressions taken for Record Models and Plates 214 Plates fitted 51 Attendances for adjustment 366 Orthopaedic Clinic Attendances Primary examination by Surgeon 56 ... |
752d5a15-ccef-46ec-b38d-9002e3433a30 | Until the public of England find an ordinary English name for it I must perforce to continue to use the scientific name, but this I shall be glad to discontinue at the earliest possible moment. Mr. A. M. A. Moore, F.R.C.S., Consultant Surgeon in Orthopaedics, holds a clinic at the Manor School, sometimes once a month a... |
a0e6e891-c0af-43ee-aaff-3619fb765ae8 | People who stammer suffer definitely from some particular stress or strain which is an hereditary quality and is not likely to be altered any more than the colour of the eyes and the shape of the nose, but this does not mean to say that nothing can be done for stammerers to help them, and there are literally hundreds o... |
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