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1677f626-e76f-43a1-b578-68c9762778c7 | Total under 1 year Asphyxia from Vomit - - 1 1 - 2 Atolectasis 3 - - - - 3 Bronchitis - 1 - - - 1 Broncho-Pneumonia 2 3 1 - - 6 Congenital Malformation 4 2 - - 1 7 Erythroblastosis Footalis 2 - - - - 2 Haomolytic Disease of new born 1 - - - - 1 Miliary Tuberculosis - - 1 - - 1 Prematurity 9 1 - - - 10 Totals 21 7 3 1 1... |
634f0618-2fe4-4a41-a561-0d464b53899e | Age at Death Under 1 week 1-2 weeks 2-3 weeks 3-4 weeks Total Atelectasis 3 - - - 3 Broncho-Pneumonia 1 - - 1 2 Congenital Malformations 2 1 1 - 4 Erythroblastosis Footalis 2 - - - 2 Haemolytic Disease of Now Born 1 - - - 1 Promaturity 8 - 1 - 9 Totals 17 1 2 1 21 - 5 - GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA.... |
f8b04a20-3787-43b9-a85f-fd718727f914 | In making these recommendations it was envisaged that the site chosen in the natural centre of the town, adjacent to existing hospital facilities, would bo for the major health centre of the town. During the year the five dental centres in the area operated as Health Centres, but the general dental service for which th... |
f7211069-adbe-4301-8f33-cd424da1b3bd | With regard to Eastbury Day Nursery, which is accommodated in property belonging to the National Trust, the Trustees gave notice that the present tenancy of the premises for occupation as a Day Nursery would expire in May,1952. This Nursery provides 80 places and is at present the only nursery in the Western half of th... |
37551835-1cd8-4939-bbe0-dbb6cdc92309 | First Visit Total Visits 991 1342 1348 6463 Nil 7229 1692 2193 HOME NURSING, The home nursing facilities were adequate. During the year the District Nurses Home at 144/146 Longbridge Road opened, and has facilitated the nursing of cases in the Western half of the town. Male home nurses operated from this Home. INFANT W... |
235671db-cf66-4bc8-8fb6-7ea0803c50c2 | TOTAL CLINIC ATTENDANCES. The total attendances made to all clinics during the year was 170,206. - 7 - CHIROPODY. The popularity of this service was maintained and the following figures show the number of attendances made during the years- School Children 1,215 M.&.C.W. patients 78 Public Adult Scheme patients 21,455 I... |
db6255cf-1efe-46f2-b519-dd381aa708ce | The demand for whooping cough immunisation continued and 1062 children were inoculated. A total of 225 children were notified during the year as suffering from whooping cough, but no deaths from this disease were recorded. - 8 - 9 DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION IN RELATION TO CHILD POPULATION. Number of children at 31st Decem... |
cfe019c2-1876-4e55-9428-8e71264f9909 | born in Year 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1940/44 1935/39 Under 15 Number immunised 72 840 1246 1087 857 4,622 4,797 13,521 Estimated mid-year child population 1949. Children under 5 7,175 Children 5-15 11,340 - ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC. Toddlers and Adults School Children Primary examination by Surgeon 162 108 Re-examination by... |
79d72751-2845-4e74-969a-1a9bf381e3f7 | Consultations Treatments Sessions 51 152 Attendances : Children under 5 years 252 370 Children 5-15 years 363 2,161 Ante-Natal and Post-Natal cases 92 117 Other categories (including Public Adult Scheme) 188 588 10 DENTAL SERVICE. Mothers and Toddlers Adults- Public Scheme School Children Total Patients treated 1533 47... |
9f549d52-ad1f-41a2-9101-2bf9828f04b9 | 594 104 2646 3344 Fillings 1387 313 6691 8391 Other Operations 2635 2818 6468 11921 Dentures supplied 247 525 32 804 Sessions (equivalent) 370 223 1089 1682 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE Mothers and Toddlers Adults- Public Scheme School Children Total Attendances 245 45 839 1129 Cases which received operative treatment ... |
e4904f55-4962-4e49-a8a6-1d10a5d7b240 | The following is a summary of the cases notified during the year:- Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 15 Diphtheria 2 Dysentery 4 Erysipelas 21 Food Poisoning 39 Measles 603 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 3 Pneumonia65 Puerperal Pyrexia 13 Scarlet Fever 172 HOSPITALISATION. No difficulty was met in arranging for the admission of case... |
4e329742-3a50-4fc6-b77e-9c66a68d92c2 | The following table shows the number of cases added to the Register during the year:- NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS. New Cases Notified. Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary Total M. F. M. F. Under 1 year 1 _ 1 2 1 to 5 years 2 2 1 1 6 5 " 15 " 6 5 1 1 13 16 " 25 " 25 36 3 2 66 26 " 35 " 16 11 2 4 33 36" 45 " 14 7 2 - 23 46 " 55 " 6... |
3b7f4f84-5bf5-4130-be5d-a3f8621b244c | 13 SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. STATISTICS. These will be found in the Appendix. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. The rainfall for the year was 19.94" compared with 22.94" for the previous year. Barking is fortunate in being in one of the driest areas of the country,but is unfortunate in the fact that it suffers from atmosp... |
61dd8cb3-2873-467a-9ccc-d06124ea8253 | There was no serious flooding arising from any overflow of the rivers and streams in the Borough, but we did receive complaints as to the condition of the Mayesbrook watercourse, the River Roding and the River Thames. Negotiations were completed with the River Roding Catchment Board, the East Ham Corporation and fronta... |
4e7f3395-9286-4e15-908c-2a590ee2066b | The offensive smells arising from the River Thames, and associated with the discharge of sewage effluents into the River, continued, and whilst there was no further deterioration in the chemical content of the River water, it was not possible to report 14 RIVERS AND STREAMS (contd) an improvement. I am aware that withi... |
2e443c15-eedc-4cda-8ec0-d7feca5a8046 | During the year 7,812 loads of refuse were collected with an average weight of 2.7 tons per load. It was with satisfaction from the public health standpoint that the Council ceased to collect food waste. If, for any national economic reasons, it should become necessary to reinstitute such a collection, I feel that this... |
07fbd11c-e64a-4a68-bb95-a3d36d6d9c84 | There has been no important change in the position in the Borough, and whenever cases are brought to our notice disinfestation is carried out, and for this purpose an insecticide containing D.D.T. is used. The Housing Manager reports that 63 Corporation houses were treated during the year. 15 FLY NUISANCE. Special inve... |
41cafe47-9859-47a8-83d5-27e59958ab0f | Atmospheric pollution for the period October - March was 33% greater than that for the period April - September. The monthly supply of fuel used by factories for their industrial processes would be approximately constant throughout the year with a small increase in winter due to the need to heat the factory premises. T... |
eb0cb8fa-5267-4bcc-a33f-9ed3578e638d | Houses now being erected by Local Authorities throughout the country are being equipped with grates capable of burning smokeless fuel, and it has been recommended by the Minister of Health that all houses reconditioned by a grant under the Housing Act, 1949, should bo similarly equipped. The burning of raw coal in inef... |
d6a68f26-62aa-4172-ae45-da9e5ac729be | All factory chimneys in the area are kept under observation and contraventions of the byelaws have been dealt with. 298 observations of 30 minutes duration were made during the year and during these observations black smoke was emitted for a period of 134 minutes which represents an average of approximately minute in e... |
85b6b490-7538-4607-8a53-59452deebfe9 | Unless strict attention is given to proper methods of stoking, these installations can cause nuisance from smoke or wood ash and your officers are alert to ensure that this necessary attention is given. Several installations are due for replacement as soon as more modern equipment becomes available. When such replaceme... |
d2092684-b9ba-45cc-a356-49fb14a2520c | What is not always considered, however, is the interference by smoke with the beneficial ultra violet rays of the sun and the pollution of the soil which interferes with the growth of crops in gardens and allotments. 17 It has been demonstrated that the intensity of light in smoke polluted areas is only half that in a ... |
ff8a2507-2c03-4a7e-bf9a-84d28f7fbfe4 | Sunlight is more directly essential to plant life than any other form of life, and in a smoky district the sunlight is not only reduced by the smoke haze, but also by the coating of soot that accumulates on the leaves. The result is that plants do not develop as they should. The remedy is to bo found in the co-operatio... |
a82a1411-4c20-4670-bc9b-e06a03af41f2 | 7 28.23 39.2 March 15.22 27.5 24.44 23.1 21.01 26.4 April 24.16 17.6 27.37 22.9 28.99 24.1 May 25.08 12.2 26.93 16.9 26.89 15.6 June 17.25 9.4 21.56 15.0 19.88 12.7 July 27.89 6.6 26.11 9.6 22.66 7.3 August 23.78 8.9 32.34 11.2 24.97 9.6 September 20.94 6.7 25.46 9.0 26.65 8.3 October 44.35 18.4 51.81 23.8 47.90 24.5 N... |
39cfcdd6-a833-454e-bff3-699cafdfdbfd | 5 33.98 25.9 32.98 29.2 December 19.44 27.1 29.23 40.7 24.83 35.7 18 RATS AND MICE.DESTRUCTION ACT.1919.AND INFESTATION ORDER.1943. RODENT CONTROL IN SEWERS. The biannual treatment of sewers was carried out during the months of May and November, Whilst the results on both occasions were satisfactory the evidence of hea... |
c01182c4-ef2c-4ff8-9102-62691be4afd5 | Having regard to the result of the treatment in May, it was considered necessary to apply a special treatment to the sewers in the heavily infested areas. This was carried out with the approval of the Ministry in July using an alternative typo of bait base poison. The result of this treatment was as follows:- Number of... |
ca889720-d110-4d14-8624-89901ff4daa2 | In connection with the general surface infestation, the Corporation employs a trained rodent operative who has carried out 890 disinfestations as follows:- Factories and commercial premises 108 Private dwellings 232 Tips, open spaces, ditches and watercourses 72 Main and branch drains Corporation properties 39 Schools ... |
a6b9a1b7-25d7-46e3-8e98-c3bf8704b747 | This indoor bath was used by 74,588 bathers in the short season of 21 weeks, which constituted a record. It is pleasing to learn from the report submitted to the Council that 21,000 bathers were children, and whilst this is commendable, it does increase the problem of dealing with the pollution load using the present p... |
45ee6fbb-0e37-419c-a283-e53e705bab79 | In the Appendix will bo found statistics in relation to the administration of this Act. Out-workers. A fire occurred in a room where out-work was being carried on, causing the death of the outworker. The deceased was engaged in fixing rubber soles to shoes with an adhesive solution. the facts of this tragedy were repor... |
25dd2b49-c685-4154-8c86-d078a6c432e9 | An appeal against a Notice under Section 9 of the Housing Act, 1936, on the grounds that the premises in question could not be repaired at a reasonable cost was made by the owner. It was urged on behalf of the Council that the premises could be repaired for an outlay of £60, but the Appellant claimed that the cost of d... |
20483cdb-45b1-4f2f-9e31-96032d49cefb | It will be observed that as the Ownor's net profit from the house thereafter will bo the agreed sum of £6 per annum, it will take 23 years before they will recover their expenditure of £139. It will also be observed that by expending £139 the Owners will increase the value of the house from its present agreed figure of... |
d67ac7c1-ff47-47cf-83d7-14ccbae24355 | Since 1943 the Council have operated Section 75 (3) of the Public Health Act, 1936, and have supplied dustbins to any promises needing them, and at the same time giving notice to the owner. It was necossary to raise the annual charge for the maintenance of dustbins supplied to the sum of 5/-. This resulted in an appeal... |
2a372220-92d8-47af-8e85-d8c45c5360d7 | Over a number of years, commencing from about 1933, the Council has received from residents in the neighbourhood of a factory situated on the site of the old Gas Works in Abbey Road, complaints of nuisances from fumes, smoke and noise, which they allege are produced by the operations of the factory and other works asso... |
b0351806-5214-4d23-a9f6-1ca8df974e03 | MASSAGE & SPECIAL TREATMENT ESTABLISHMENT - ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL ACT,1933, PART IV. there were three such premises licenced under this Act. Inspections have been made to ensure that the byelaws are complied with. RENT & MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS ACTS.1920 TO 1939. During the year two Certificates were issued under... |
b5e30f4d-9271-413c-ad98-a620f3542168 | During the year the Council agreed in principle to the development of an area situated in the southern part of the Borough, but at the time of writing Ministerial consent has not been received for its use for housing purposes. It is important, if further building is to take place, that a decision should be obtained so ... |
20231c8a-8afc-447e-bfc7-e25ef6b7c40a | The additional 15 points awarded to the applications of tuberculous families is a substantial bonus, and does have the effect of securing the rehousing of all urgent cases. HUTTED CAMPS. During the year there was an increase in the number of families remaining in occupation of temporary dwellings. In order to relievo t... |
dd991eae-5a28-491c-9023-5c2284fe3657 | The number of complaints subsequently received have been few and have related to the ingress of dampness from roofs and windows in times of storm. -24- \ The following details of hutted camps are given:- Gunsite hutments 124 Huts for homeless 50 Thames Road conversions 54 The huts house a population of 795 persons, INS... |
96b313d2-9711-43fc-bea8-73f291783aa3 | An increase in the number of notified cases of food poisoning is recorded. In all there were 39 cases which, upon investigation, were found to arise mainly from cockles which had been taken from an area under the control of the Port of London Authority. In investigating the matter 27 samples of cockles, obtained from l... |
0cc99660-31dc-49fd-b199-684eac263867 | Salad Contravened Food Standards (Salad Cream Cream - and Mayonnaise) Order,1945, i.e., contained 22$ by weight of oil instead of required 25$. Cocktail Tonic - contravened Section 4 (iv) of the Food labelling Order,1946, i.e., found to be a non-alcoholic preparation and no appreciable quantity of fruit or vegetable ju... |
d03118c9-61ee-493e-840d-d0454189b849 | ICE CREAM SAMPLING - BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION. 105 samples of ice cream were bacteriologically examined. It is also the practice to submit these samples to the Ministry of Health Provisional Mothylene Blue Reduction Test for which the following results were obtained:- Satisfactory Unsatisfactory Bacteriological Exam... |
4b2c7a39-8606-40c6-821e-1aeb5ae9bc97 | the unsatisfactory samples occurred during the hot summer weather. A further 72 samples of milk were submitted for biological examination. Seventy were reported free from tuberculosis. In one instance the sample bottle was broken in transit and in another case the guinea-pig died prematurely. -27- APPENDIX. SANITARY IN... |
207cb7b0-1ccc-4c50-9745-d0e24a760841 | Offensive Trades 67 25 12 Tents,Vans,Sheds and Fairgrounds 27 3 1 Dairies,Cowsheds and Milkshops 121 7 6 Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises. 142 42 25 Smoke Observations 298 9 9 Massage etc. Establishments 6 - - (iii) Miscellaneous. Inspections . Defects. Noticos. Aged and Infirm Persons 21 - — Bakehouses 51 14 8 Butc... |
9f75e558-992e-4f99-ba6d-460e5442b2a7 | Licenced Promises 62 7 4 Milk Sampling 144 - - Other Miscellaneous 495 7 3 Piggeries 31 5 2 Public Lavatories 44 6 5 Rats and Mice (Destruction)Act,1919 219 29 27 Restaurants,Dining Rooms and Canteens 456 118 64 Schools 86 - - Shell Fish Sampling 19 - - Shops Act, 1934, Markets and Street Traders 894 114 70 Stables and... |
ee39218a-b380-4f02-b4ee-ae390fde76b9 | Informal Notices 1,487 Statutory Notices:- Public Health Act,1936: Section 39 209 Section 45 50 Section 83 1 Section 93 424 Housing Act,1936: Sections 9 and 10 35 Section 24 - Section 32 - Factories Act, 1937: Section 7 - Dustbins: Public Health Act,1936: Section 73(3) 322 Total 1,041 -29- FACTORIES ACT.1937. 1, - Insp... |
aeb5f57f-2dde-4e61-b956-85a6ae45bfa9 | 204 362 56 - (iii) Other Promises in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority (excluding outworkers' premises) 8 1 1 - Total 265 439 65 - -30- - 2. - Cases in which Defects were found. Particulars No. of cases in which defects were found. No. of cases in which prosecutions were instituted. Found Remedied Refe... |
6b7f03a5-3e54-4164-915a-26eca7d7c175 | Inspector By H.M, Inspector Want of cleanliness (S.1) 18 18 - - - Overcrowding (S.2) - - - - - Unreasonable temperature (S.3) - - - - - Inadequate ventilation (S.4) 4 4 - - - Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) - - - - - Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient 4 4 - 1 - (b) Unsuitable or defective 81 70 - 12 - (c... |
0d3cad71-9cef-4430-ae78-ad41d082ef0f | Soction 110: Number of out-workers in August List required by Section 110 (l) (c) 236 Nature of work carried out by out-workers:- Making of wearing apparel 187 Cleaning and washing of wearing apparel - Umbrellas, etc 1 The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts there of made wholly or partially of paper 16 Brush... |
e12467be-f592-4c54-af09-04cfce8bb325 | (i) Number of dwellings provided in Barking during 1949: By the Barking Corporation: New dwellings 215 Rebuilt houses - Prefabricated bungalows - Total 215 By the London County Council; Rebuilt houses 18 Prefabricated bungalows - Total 18 By Private Enterprise: New houses 3 Rebuilt houses 40 Total 43 Total dwellings pr... |
9f185b19-2815-4cf9-ad48-d93649a8e926 | Paul's Flats (Conversion of Civil Defence Depot) 11 Thames Road Hutments 54 Hutments for homeless 50 Hutted camps 113 Requisitioned properties 459 Rebuilt requisitioned properties 5 Total 1509 By the London County Council: Rebuilt and now houses 191 Prefabricated bungalows 337 Total 528 By Private Enterprise: New house... |
b0c7cf10-df03-4702-baf3-126e8ecf946f | of names on waiting list at beginning of year 1949 3488 ,, ,, ,, added to list during 1949 807 ,, ,, ,, removed from list during 1949 1394 ,, ,, ,, remaining on list at end of year 1949 2901 (c) Applications for Transfer to other Accommodation. No. of applicants for transfer at beginning of year 1949 352 ,, ,, transfer... |
9455c2b9-73b4-4f97-be5f-297b8f8ce0a6 | (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 3,185 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 10,650 (2) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation - (3) Number of dwelling-ho... |
1d52d790-b40d-4481-87e9-8238bf1704f9 | 1936:- (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 35 (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 5 B.- Proceedings under Public Health Acts:- (1) Number of dwelling-house... |
89f6fb43-0782-4a61-9ac7-38a355b40451 | 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 Du... |
2ff8e059-063a-4332-a72e-2864cceaa463 | Beverages (Tea,coffee,cocoa) 54 1bs. 16 bottles. Bread, Flour, Biscuits 197 1bs. Butter 5i 1bs. Cakes 24 1bs. Cereals, various 132 1bs. Cheese 169 1bs. Confectionery . 72 1bs. Cooking Fat 4 1bs. Dried Fruits 52 1bs. Drinks (Non-alcoholic) 19 bottles. Eggs, Dried 1 carton. Fish (tinned) 203 tins. Fish 3,634 lbs. Fruits ... |
5a9147aa-2ba9-4ae8-833a-96f0d6426a11 | Mi1k, dried 9 tins. Pickles, Sauces, etc 116 pints. Puddings (tinned) 142 1bs. Rabbits 171 1bs. Sausages 53 1bs. Soups 339 tins. Sugar 4 1bs. Syrup 6 1bs. Tongue (tinned) 7 1bs. Vegetables (dehydrated) 15 1bs. Vegetables (tinned) 549 1bs. Various fillings 493 tins, jars, etc. -37- ... •I. ... ... ... . FOOD AND DRUGS A... |
d4df472d-762c-4bd1-8a0a-eae215f3f980 | Apple Conserve 2 Beverages (Tea, coffee, cocoa) 2 Beer 7 Black pudding 4 Bread 2 Butter 15 Coffee extract 4 Chicken Broth 1 Cooking Fats 7 Custard Powder 5 Cereals 1 Curry Powder 1 Doughnuts 1 Essences 1 Fish Paste 4 Flour & Cake Mixtures 7 Gelatine 2 Gravy Powder 2 Jelly Crystals 2 Herbs, mixed 1 Horseradish sauce 3 I... |
869f6774-29e7-414d-9abf-aad0ad541680 | 23 Pepper 1 Potato Crisps 3 Red currant Jolly 1 Olive Oil 1 Onion Powder (dehydrated) 2 Sago & Onion Stuffing/Thyme 3 Salad Cream & Salad Dressing 8 Sausages & Sausage Meat 29 Soups & Soup Powders 3 Sugar 1 Vinegar 4 Sauces,Pickles,etc 13 Spirits 17 Various fillings 5 Spaghetti & Tomato Sauce 1 Suet 2 Sweetmeat, toffee... |
cf937ed4-34b3-4a4d-89d8-1d840953d149 | 411 (1) BARK 73 BOROUGH OF BARKING. ANNUAL REPORT (ABRIDGED) OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER ON THE HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN OF BARKING FOR THE YEAR 1949. C. Leonard WILLIAMS, B,Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. Public Health Department, Barking, Essex. November, 1950. To the Chairman and Members of the Barking Committee for Educat... |
2b771990-1321-4f9c-8d90-ad5c70b6b566 | The Statistical Return at the end of this Report shows the classification of defects found at these examinations and re-examinations. NUTRITION. Of the nine thousand four hundred and eighty children medically examined at school, three thousand nine hundred and nine were found to be of good nutritional standard; five th... |
8b6efdd7-e627-4202-ac6a-534760741b9b | Pour thousand eight hundred and two children were actually treated, compared with over six thousand the previous year. ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT. The orthodontic treatment of school children was maintained at your Dental Clinics, and one hundred and fifty-nine orthodontic aopliances were provided. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT CLIN... |
7070f07c-1781-46bf-8d03-4f756ef0974e | J. Ayoub, P.R.C.S., as your Consulting Ophthalmic Specialist in March, and continued to attend twice weekly at both Central and Woodward Clinics. Altogether three hundred and seventy-five new cases were seen; spectacles were prescribed for six hundred and ninety-seven children, and there were total attendances of two t... |
76ff1142-2d9e-4402-a23d-aedcf0fe6827 | So far as orthopaedic treatment was concerned, there were times during the early part of the year when we had one only physiotherapist, and although the position improved at no time did we have our full complement of staff. One thousand and fifty five children received treatment, of which four hundred and thirty-eight ... |
c262ff24-08c5-4afb-84fb-480a1c602266 | Over four thousand attendances for the treatment of skin conditions were made during the The following table shows that there has been a most satisfactory decrease in the number of children requiring treatment for Scabies during the past four years:- 1946 1947 1948 1949 2 31 110 32 12 PAEDIATRIC CLINIC. Dr. A. Doyne Be... |
3fb9c112-d893-4428-b0e3-b7131d84ec14 | Five hundred and ninety-five children attended at the Foot Clinics during the year and one thousand three hundred and twelve treatments were given. This showed a slight decrease as compared with 1948. SCHOOL CAMPS. Five hundred and seventy-three children were medically examined before their admission to Hydon Heath and... |
67ef254d-fafc-42fe-a0df-c35f547488ff | There was a decrease in the number of cases of Whooping Cough, eighty-one being notified in 1949, and one hundred and sixteen in the previous year. (c) Measles. There was a very considerable decrease in the number of Measles notifications; there being only one hundred and sixty-four this year as against five hundred an... |
281d9cd9-4f44-48fe-9b3d-bed3ce6acd5e | The physically-handicapped, delicate, and educationally sub-normal children attending Faircross Day Special School continued to receive constant medical supervision, twentythree sessions of medical inspection being carried out at the school during the year. The number of physically-handicapped and delicate children on ... |
468d4fe4-8d66-401d-a459-93683a10501f | During the year arrangements were made for convalescent treatment (up to a maximum of eight weeks) in thirty-four cases. In four other cases, where more prolonged treatment was considered necessary, the children were admitted to Boarding Open-Air Schools. FOLLOWING-UP. "Following-up" work by your Health Visitors and Sc... |
27a18946-dc1b-48da-8372-86d93f77d1eb | Number of Inspestions In the prescribed Groups: Entrants 1,687 Second Age Group 1,432 Third Age Group 1,134 Tota1 4,253 Number of other Periodic Inspections 5,227 Grand Total 9,480 B. OTHER INSPECTIONS. Number of Special Inspections 12,126 Number of Re-Inspect ions 12,254 Total 24,380 10 TABLE I. (Contd.) C. PUPILS FOU... |
37092d57-c21a-45ed-9b8e-a05a519f1d39 | Total Individual pupils (1) (2) (3) (4) Entrants 10 232 222 Second Age Group 43 132 159 Third Age Group 48 106 141 Total (prescribed groups) 101 470 522 Other Periodic Inspections 256 509 655 Grand Total 357 979 1,177 11 TABLE II. A. RETURN OP DEFECTS POUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION. Defect Code No. Defect or Disease. Peri... |
5231ef80-7bd1-4a9f-a1a2-e1753cba1569 | Vision 357 33 217 9 b. Squint 21 11 92 - c. Other 19 10 574 - 6. Ears-a. Hearing 30 5 43 2 b. Otitis Media 16 7 28 2 c. Other 18 15 331 19 7. Nose or Throat 227 153 225 62 8. Speech 28 13 40 4 9. Cervical Glands 4 21 31 16 10. Heart and Circulation 16 26 19 20 11. Lungs 37 74 43 68 12. Developmenta1- a. Hernia 10 7 2 -... |
9fb7a751-8e79-45e0-94de-05bc814f4ae5 | Orthopaedic- a. Posture 17 14 12 - b. Plat Foot 112 44 14 - c. Other 178 83 54 3 14. Nervous system- a. Epilepsy 2 9 2 - b. Other 16 40 20 11 15. Psychologica1- a. Development 4 17 38 3 b. Stability 4 10 11 9 16. Other 499 174 6,495 168 12 TABLE II. (Contd.) B. CLASSIFICATION OF THE GENERAL CONDITION OF PUPILS INSPECTE... |
68966b9e-cf3a-4cdc-9d1d-9f21b59f1533 | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) Entrants 1,687 924 54.77 740 43.87 23 1.36 S e c o nd Age Group 1,432 589 41,13 836 58.38 7 .49 Third Age Group 1,134 464 40.92 663 58.46 7 .62 Other Periodic Inspections 5,227 1,932 36.97 3,239 61.96 56 1.07 Total 9,480 3,90 9 41.23 5,478 57.79 93 .98 A, - Excellent Nutrition. B. - Norm... |
f4793609-608a-4913-878c-c5234022298f | (i) Total number of examinations in the schools by the school nurses or other authorised persons17,341 (ii) Total number of individual pupils found to be infested 477 (iii) Number of individual pupils in respect of whom cleansing notices were issued (Section 54 (2), Education Act, 1944) 143 (iv) Number of individual pu... |
1e9c7235-bc36-4156-bc1f-658474b48687 | If none, indicate by dash 1 (ii) Other treatment 2 Ringworm - Body 7 Scabies 12 Impetigo 125 Other skin diseases 943 Eye Disease (External and other, but excluding errors of refraction, squint and cases admitted to hospital). 775 Ear Defects 523 Miscellaneous (e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc). 6,40... |
3f0dc86c-09ba-4d27-ac24-c708e1f83497 | of Pupils for whom spectacles were (a) Prescribed 697 (b) 0 b t a i ne d 648 GROUP III. - TREATMENT OF DEFECTS OF NOSE AND THROAT. Total Numbertreated. Received operative treatment - (a) for adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 219 (b) for other nose and throat conditions 7 Received other forms of treatment 355 Total 581 1... |
d4f48a49-f208-4973-92fc-9803ec78f64c | of pupils treated - (a) under Child Guidance arrangements 6 (b) under Speech Therapy arrangements 85 17 TABLE V. DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT. Total number treated. |
2dd1b284-a8b2-4451-8d05-68c88cf98989 | (1) Number of pupils inspected by the Authority's Dental Officers - (a) Periodic Age Groups 2 ,660 (b) Specials 2,225 (c) TOTAL (Periodic and Specials) 4,885 (2) Number found to require treatment 3,782 (3) Number actually treated 4,802 (4) Attendances made by pupils for treatment 12,702 (5) Half-days devoted to: (a) In... |
6310faaf-5cb9-438a-8441-ccc78e517637 | Journal Rebind Co, Ltd. Unit 4, pier wharf Gravs Fsser BARK 44 AC4411(1) BARKING LIBRARY The HEALTH of BARKING 1950 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. 67953 BARK 44 TOWN HALL, BARKING, ESSEX October, 1951. To the Mayor, Aldermen... |
083fc8a0-4af9-4a79-bc2b-5f0b3ea049d3 | I do apologise, but I would say in mitigation that our lives are becoming more and more crowded and often it is taking me too long to do too litte and it is becoming difficult, well nigh to the point of being impossible, to keep up with things. Old men always look back to the days of their youth and say they were much ... |
86ae9182-185f-4f43-aaa3-b4abe26746a9 | SOCIAL CONDITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES THE WASTAGE OF HUMAN LIFE What are the chief causes of death to-day? Years ago diphtheria and smallpox would have been rated high but, to-day, their mention holds little terror for the public generally, although in the section dealing with infectious diseases I... |
187336cc-0b54-4e1b-a2e8-bddcb99c18e3 | Tissue like a building requires constant repair and renovation and normally the cells forming the tissue multiply just sufficient to effect this repair and renovation. Cells which are cancerous, however, just grow and multiply without any regard to the requirements of the body as a whole. They demand feeding even thoug... |
fe1aca9e-bf53-43b0-828e-6a9fba4e8214 | A statistician would jump to the conclusion that cancer of the lungs was much more than it used to be, but I would ask you to pause, because in or about the year 1928 I was called out to examine a case of query tuberculosis and I came to the conclusion it was cancer of the lung. Quite frankly, I felt myself a bit of a ... |
f55e0cb0-20c5-4d3b-99e2-2bce8531cb18 | It is because of this second point of mine that I want everybody to treat with the utmost reserve hasty conclusions based upon statistical evidence, because I believe the statistical evidence can be quite misleading. I am not disparaging the possibility of some wonderful curative drug being found. Such marvels have bee... |
829f5b15-fd8a-42db-a03b-dc041fd5bb45 | Heart Disease Nearly a third of the deaths which occur annually are due to or are associated with heart disease. There has been a significant increase in the number of deaths attributed to this and allied causes during the past 50 years and perhaps research which is progressing will confirm or otherwise that the increa... |
5e669b95-d15d-42b0-8524-384468d42dbe | The wastage of human effort caused through accidents can be gauged from the fact that in 1949 acute anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) which causes so much fear in the public mind accounted for under 700 deaths in England and Wales, whereas fatal road accidents claimed nearly 5,000 victims and injured approxi... |
c9320914-1e3c-47ee-89a5-e12888ccf443 | Mass miniature radiography units have provided a medium for ensuring early detection, but the public generally has yet to appreciate fully the value of the work which is being done by these units. In my opinion, there are too few units available at the present time and parallel with this there is a large section of the... |
a64f5e7b-d962-4e79-acac-ace7b027e07e | Barking is fortunate in having been chosen as one of the districts in which parents of children leaving school have been invited to allow their children to take part in the trials being conducted by the Medical Research Council into the potential value of B.C.G. vaccination. The Page 5 response of Barking parents has b... |
d16fb087-04b6-4de0-8384-185963f06e1a | It will be noted, too, that two deaths were caused by accident—one by suffocation and one by burning. The infant mortality rate for Barking for 1950 is 27.0 and the table on page 35 gives the rates for the past 25 years. It is pertinent to point out that whereas great reductions have been made in infantile deaths, the ... |
7df08f74-1f38-441d-b3fd-f11c223a2a67 | It is proposed to make this a joint effort because it is so very expensive to have a separate mortuary for each town. The number of post-mortems carried out each year is more or less constant over such an area and I have no doubt that such a joint venture would enable us to undertake a difficult service in a satisfacto... |
0d65b5c7-979e-42e9-88b4-668a1d2fa882 | A man cannot be so old as I am without having learned how difficult it is, and, I may say dangerous, to try to interfere with the customs and usages of any country which have to do with marriage and death, and I certainly have no intention of trying to coerce people and make it obligatory for them that their loved ones... |
e4a6549c-fb37-4882-9080-ed8d3a7c19ad | It should be designed in such a style as to reflect all the respect which we have for the dead. In the proposed new mortuary, it is envisaged also that refrigeration facilities will be available, a very desirable feature during summer months. THE WELFARE OF THE AGED There is an increasing awareness of the need to give ... |
6f6a297e-d548-4c10-9850-bcb77d881e82 | of the population were 65 years or over, whereas now there are no less than 11 per cent. of the population over this age. To a certain extent this is due to preventive medicine which has increased the expectation of life generally, to improved social welfare, and, to a certain degree, it is Page 7 due to improved medic... |
02c5ef4b-0c21-4c19-a0b2-474a858796ec | "I mention these facts to show that an alteration in social conditions, and particularly fluctuations in the birth rate, may possibly mean that the problem to-morrow will not be the same as the problem to-day, and having regard to the fact that the life of a house is from 50 to 100 years, we ought to think about the pr... |
c826fe0d-6319-4afa-ba0a-37920d84895d | We know people of 60 and 70 are much more spry than they were 50 years ago, and I see no reason why, in the future, people should not lead active and useful lives at an age when years ago it would have been looked upon as a crime if they had not been in retirement. "Elsewhere, I hope to be writing on the contribution t... |
5d6a0e02-5d82-482c-8f34-676eb328b3e8 | "To come from these general principles to the actual housing of these people I would like to say I do believe we should house them, as I know you agree, near centres of social and cultural activity so that at least they would feel they have the opportunity of engaging in such activity if they so wish. At the same time,... |
f468f8a9-ab5a-47cf-9627-6a2c161093b4 | The stair treads must be deep enough for old people to be able to stand firmly on each stair, and the rises must be less than are commonly found in most houses built to-day. I do think there should be not more than five steps in any one flight, and then there should be a little landing where there is room for the perso... |
d146b000-3f23-4df3-9602-aa33701c93cd | "So far as rooms themselves are concerned, what I believe to be the greatest thing is to be able to maintain a background temperature all the year round, and if this means we have to build a larger number of one-roomed flats then I think we shall have to face that problem, because on no account should these old people ... |
129bf98c-7415-45b6-84e4-6f31a617145b | "The best height for the lavatory pedestal has, I believe, yet to be discovered. They must not be too low; contrariwise they should be rather on the high side. "The problem of the bathroom has its own difficulties. Old people should be encouraged to take baths, but only if it can be done safely. To this end we have to ... |
e5d25167-1aa6-4635-864a-9d7c9367d392 | "The question of what form of cooking should be provided I think, is open to very much discussion; upon the one hand, gas can be quite dangerous; on the other hand, a large number of people are not acquainted with the use of electricity. I recognise that the problem is vexed, and there is plenty of room for different o... |
a92f9b67-dc05-4d15-b33b-78969ceea8bc | I should say that a hand-basin would be all that is obligatory, and the room could also be used by welfare officers and other people who came, and I hope they will come to see old people rather than ask the old people to traipse about to find them. Incidentally, I can mention a hope of mine that whilst old people will ... |
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