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31b6db81-025b-472f-90c6-95a60d17ed10 | In my foregoing letter, I have mentioned the desirability of providing suitable employment for people who have reached retirement age. I Page 10 certainly want them to retire. They must be relieved of their more onerous duties and they must make way to allow for promotion amongst the junior ranks. Older people excel in... |
8aff028c-ac99-4039-820c-77fc0a442e8a | I see no reason why an old medical officer, who examined thousands and thousands of school children, should not be apportioned so many schools, particularly in the country, to look after, and why he should not be allowed, subject to the teaching requirements of the schools, to carry out his work in his own time and at ... |
d0ce75f2-cb7b-4baa-856d-e964e253c6a5 | This Centre provides courses for disabled persons who, though not under medical treatment, have lost touch with working conditions, or are unable because of their disability to follow their previous occupations. The courses are not directly vocational, but are designed to restore fitness and confidence, to allow a grad... |
c79cfb49-eaf9-4a38-8c57-91913d7afcc8 | TRAVELLING FACILITIES The sprawl of London still continues, and more and more people are constrained to spend a substantial part of their days travelling to and from their work. Fortunately for me I seldom need to use the underground railway system, but I am sure that if all the unfortunate people who do use it by rout... |
f003eb51-86a5-4a0f-944d-08c15695c5cd | when I began my homeward journey to Barking from Hclborn Station. At that station I let one train go by, hoping for something better in the next train. I boarded the next train and thought I had taken part in a Rugby scrum, only to find my conception of what did actually happen was childish, because at Chancery Lane a ... |
165a6d63-c429-4fa2-819c-b88377d3a00a | After being revived somewhat on the platform I boarded the next train to find that things were all but as bad, save only I was standing next to the door instead of being wedged in the compartment like a sardine. This state of affairs went on as far as Mile End, when I changed on to the District Line—I thought things wo... |
86d687bc-635b-48a9-8383-abb79af2d924 | "I invite people to turn to the history books and read the story of the Black Hole of Calcutta and then ask what should be done to the people who force us to accept travelling conditions which arc comparable with the Black Hole and other similar distressing imprisonments." Another matter which needs attention is the pr... |
003122e5-c761-4da2-8812-cb51fd3b7a8b | Alternatively, so far as Barking is concerned the time is overdue for the Barking Station to be entirely redesigned, and when this is done it should be possible to make ample provision for all the buses which stop in the middle of the town, and for these buses to have a proper waiting place where the people can remain ... |
978fd9ac-b232-4c11-a1d2-7396f3eb3c54 | It arises from the fact that the care of young children is a twenty-four hours a day job. Outside help, whether paid or voluntary, has become increasingly difficult to obtain, whilst at the same time standards of parental responsibility have risen and women have gradually attained a more independent status, greatly ext... |
f7b564e9-d921-4ac8-8595-3c4ffc0eb332 | When the domestic help service was originally started it was intended to cover mainly home confinements but was later extended to include other emergencies. The National Health Service Act, however, has given a general power to local authorities to provide domestic help for "Households where such help is required owing... |
fd065aa0-661b-4769-bb40-53f388388426 | Day Nurseries Mothers are often called upon to undertake commissions, not necessarily of an emergency nature, which cannot be performed satisfactorily, or perhaps not be performed at all, if they are obliged to have with them their young children. Neighbours, relatives and friends can help very much on these occasions,... |
a3e10546-6b06-45ab-8481-ca962fd0280e | The vogue for "sitters-in" has become very popular in America and I only hope that it will become an established feature of everyday life in this country. House Design Elsewhere in this report will be found reference to the efforts which are being made to improve the amenities of ordinary homes, particularly Page 15 th... |
b5b894a3-900e-4db2-932c-924040f48de2 | It is important, however, that any wash-houses provided should be well designed and equipped on imaginative lines. I have deliberately written the foregoing because I believe that, generally speaking, housewives above all other sections of the community do need more leisure time and the matters I have mentioned are tho... |
d598cb1a-9425-46e6-9d6b-11c4973ec310 | Some of the importance which I attach to our Parks and Open Spaces can be gauged from the following letter which I wrote to a Parks Superintendent:— "You have not received a letter from me before, but this is not because I think that our Parks and Open Spaces are not important from the standpoint of public health, but ... |
2cc3b6af-f820-4f73-af47-a75b09292a49 | "The point is that the boredom of repetitive work in which so many people are engaged to-day, means they cannot work so many hours as did our forefathers, and what is more, the boredom of this work also means that we must cater increasingly for self-expression during our periods of leisure. "A craftsman making a Chippe... |
905e1e02-cdae-4643-8519-4a801283b306 | It is enough to look at a queue outside a cinema to see that the people have dull, vacant faces; they are utterly bored, obviously they have not even the art of amusing themselves, and for a shilling or two, when they have got to the head of the queue, they wallow in an atmosphere of fictitious excitement. They identif... |
a5987353-b3c4-4b72-8206-184f173604e3 | If you cannot help to teach us how to spend our leisure, we may as well spend more time at work, because truly is it said—'For Satan finds some mischief still, for idle hands to do.' " DAY NURSERIES There are in Barking four Day Nurseries and these have accommodation for a total of 234 children. We were in a chronic st... |
b179b2f6-58c3-4de0-aa56-dcf8c5bd6581 | At the present time admissions to these Nurseries are governed by the following priorities, viz:— 1. Children of mothers who are employed in industries which are vital to production for essential home needs or for export; or 2. Children of mothers who are ill or being confined; or 3. Children of employed unmarried moth... |
383c23e4-f549-4ff5-886b-43904a8942b4 | I know I shall have a large number of critics for having said women look bored, and some people will contradict me. It is quite true that when you stop and talk to them the proud mother's face lights up and she is vital whilst she is showing off her baby, but I ask people to watch these women when they are walking alon... |
b99cd152-eac9-458a-a12a-ab0f82795e76 | It seems that we can get accustomed to almost anything, in fact, so accustomed are we to noise that if we do get out into the depth of the country, particularly in the evening, when the cows have stopped their lowing and the lambs have stopped their bleating, the stillness is almost oppressive. But, we are something li... |
032f3e4c-df14-4251-b9f8-e3dce7badb1e | We have a relatively large general office where typewriters are tapping, the duplicating machine is making—anoise (how much it might be libellous for me to write), the telephone bells are ringing and I am out asking sommeone to do something, and I am persuaded it is only because we cannot assess the disability that we ... |
504092d0-fe38-422f-a5a4-87176bd90660 | I met someone who said he did not believe that noise was a factor in producing either mental fatigue or bodily fatigue, and I could not understand anybody holding this opinion, because it is not only contrary to my personal experience but contrary to general experience. In fact, I am going to be plain blunt and say tha... |
231072e2-0ddb-4640-bee5-a713c6660c3b | Cowan, the County Medical Officer, advises me that normally the ambulance station in Barking has an establishment of five ambulance vehicles and, of course, there is a system of mutual support between the various County Depots. The service is extensively used as shown by the enclosed statistics for 1950, for which I am... |
3457b5fa-4559-4c35-bb4b-253235ca4077 | SITTERS-IN In a previous section of this Report, I have touched upon the desirability of sitters-in being available so that husbands and wives may enjoy recreative pursuits together, but there is yet another more urgent need for sitters-in which is, I think, summed up in the following correspondence which actually pass... |
52e3d3a0-1876-41f5-9be7-f1251dbfbeac | X is about 87 years of age and Mrs. X. about 92. They have a Home Help in the mornings. Mr. X. says that they really need assistance in the house from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. Mrs. X. frequently falls over. Her husband is very weak and does not look like living much longer. The County Regional Welfare Officer at Romf... |
1cebf7e6-c7a9-47ae-8451-cdd5574994e6 | It is my concern as Medical Officer of Health that something should be done to ameliorate the lot of these and hundreds of other old people who find themselves in similar circumstances, but from an executive standpoint there is nothing I can do personally. So far as domestic help is concerned, we can and do provide the... |
64255af7-d4d2-4cf7-b30d-8ad43fe41ee3 | X. There is the still further consideration in dealing with cases such as this and that is, if we uproot these old folk from their own familiar surroundings and put them into places which we think are Page 21 very much better for them, it is wrong and some of them, so I am told, die off quite quickly. Yours faithfully,... |
036de9c7-1461-4c7e-9b84-f695e3565686 | More often than not the person making the plea is the woman of the household, who, having coped with the daytime difficulties of running a home, is faced with a broken night's rest, in order to minister to the needs of the sick person. Again, sitters-in could do much to help. CARE OF THE FEET Foot Clinics I dislike unu... |
4118c179-69fb-4ee3-9263-34049321a60d | The public, however, are beginning to use the word chiropody and very possibly in a few years it will be an accepted word with a definite meaning. There are six chiropodists prac- tising in public clinics in Barking, who all work on an appointments system, and who are all kept busy as the enclosed figures will show. CH... |
f31782e0-5646-45e9-bd38-caea0b9eebf7 | This is true so far as the people who attended the Clinics are concerned, and if, in addition to providing a Clinic service, we do happily find we are authorised to undertake domiciliary treatments then we shall require still more chiropodists. I know of little work which can be said to be more productive than chiropod... |
dc37ca28-2780-4fa9-9f06-5bca1f9cc21a | Footwear In past reports I have made pungent remarks upon the large number of people who buy, and the footwear people who sell, shoes which are injurious to the feet. I give below a note I made after window shopping, which snows I have still not altered my views:— "The other evening I chanced to look into a shop window... |
5bd8a60b-d4ae-41cb-a415-8a768180f3e4 | On the other hand I was still hurt to think that such shoes could even be given away and more hurt when I came to the conclusion that the shopkeeper knew that some people were still willing to pay 10s. to mutilate their feet." Page 23 CARE OF THE HAIR When I was a post-graduate student, at Cambridge, I went to a lectur... |
634b2dd0-ef26-4240-91a4-cedf581b6890 | Just as there has been a slight improvement in the diabolical instruments of torture that women put on their feet, so there has been some slight improvement in recent years in the way that women dress their hair, but so long as this "minor horror of peace" remains I can only insist it is positively wrong, as I have sai... |
ea5f167a-7778-4a88-a2bb-17f7ff96209f | With regard to hair-do's for men, it would require a game of hide and seek to find out where it is done, and how much it is done, because it is done with all the caution of a Secret Society, but I am told that it is becoming quite the fashion among certain men of the younger generation, and if this goes on men, who up ... |
07aa8cab-e296-4d03-8c4a-b639702a4b6d | The Rhesus Factor, which is the name given to one of the constituents of the red blood cells, derives its name from the fact that it was first discovered in the Rhesus monkey. Since the discovery of this actor, Page 24 many previously unexplained tragedies in transfusions and certain diseases in new-born children have ... |
0bcb4913-8205-4078-8504-6dcb4cc5440c | It cannot be stressed too strongly that such an attitude on the part of the husband is very unfair to his wife, his unborn child and the people who are going to be responsible for looking after his wife. The Rhesus Positive mother, while very important because she is pregnant, is medically not so important as the Rhesu... |
671a6224-e713-4445-b686-dc3c02d81729 | If the husband is Rhesus Negative, there is no fear of anything untoward happening to the baby. If the husband is Rhesus Positive, in a certain number of cases the baby is Rhesus Positive; but not in every case. Of these Rhesus Negative mothers with Rhesus Positive babies, a certain number develop substances in their b... |
2213af2b-364e-4421-b139-e966f5ffcf88 | The earlier stage a transfusion is given, the better is the baby's chance Page 25 of survival. Unfortunately, if antibodies are present, we cannot tell whether or not the baby will need a transfusion until it is born, but we can make, and we do make, all preparations to deal with such a baby. These Antibodies do not ha... |
2781e554-b3e2-4ec5-8e23-a78a582ce235 | She can, and she does often, but in this matter she should always consult a consulting obstetrician as to further pregnancies. All obstetricians are only too happy to explain to mothers and fathers as simply as it is possible this rather complicated subject. HEALTH CENTRES The question as to when we are going to have H... |
275710bc-dd66-43c5-bfc7-05a1c594825c | At these clinics, apart from the services designed essentialy for children and mothers, there were the public schemes which catered for all members of the public, i.e. dental, chiropody and specialist clinics for eyes, ear, nose and throat, skin and orthopædics. In other words, apart from a domiciliary service, these C... |
f990d402-1f3a-4083-aecb-6c3d519de5f9 | It is my opinion that we require five such Health Centres in Barking with such additional Centres as may be necessary if parts of the town, which are not at present built up, should become housing estates, and I cannot see how we could do with one less. With five Centres I think that one more centrally placed than the ... |
9b207a59-2990-46d8-802a-89a6e6609cfa | I cannot see that Health Centres are going to be highly successful until the practice of any one general practitioner is more or less limited to the area served by the Centre at which he practises. There are other personal and professional difficulties so far as the man in private practice (who practises from his own h... |
ddffe302-6f03-42e5-bc8c-07bb16329c53 | This is a former Civil Defence First Aid post in which the accommodation provided is sub-standard when compared with the general standard in the town. It is proposed that the building should be adapted on lines similar to those adopted for the Porters Avenue Clinic, with the addition of a wing for dental services. The ... |
877634fd-f1d4-4777-89e7-8a4f80d24f16 | The dental workshop at the Central Clinic has been operating for a number of years and since the "appointed day" has undertaken an increasing amount of work for priority patients in other Health Areas in the County. Plans have been approved by the Local Health Authority for the workshop to be extended so that output ma... |
04bff17a-d92e-489a-b8ca-689fb59876fb | The following services remain available to all members of the public, viz. Ear, Nose and Throat, Ophthalmic, Orthopædic, Skin and Chiropody. The shortage of physiotherapists has made it difficult to maintain an adequate staff at the orthopaedic clinic which has ever-increasing demands made upon it. Page 28 In the table... |
e5453186-b687-4566-bf2d-e1cb7923e892 | THE PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES Notification The following is a summary of the cases notified during the year:— Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis 10 Diphtheria 1 Dysentery 11 Erysipelas 25 Food Poisoning 26 Malaria 2 Measles 422 Meningococcal Infections 2 Pneumonia 76 Puerperal Pyrexia 9 Sca... |
fb614af2-dd95-4635-a461-f03ab7e13d34 | Page 29 I must, however, record a note of warning once again. Diphtheria is like a wild beast which is prevented from rampaging by a strong chain, represented by immunisation. The beast is potentially as strong as ever and will break out the moment it finds the chain weak enough. Weakness can be caused by complacency a... |
69d1b72b-3efb-4c4e-9ec9-842ee9fe3cf0 | Smallpox For many years cases of smallpox in this country have been comparatively few and in Barking we have not had a case for nearly 20 years. We were reminded during the year, however, that modern traransport has brought us uncomfortably close to reservoirs of infection in far-off parts of the world in that outbreak... |
bdcc6984-8d94-48a0-b168-ef959c4a51c6 | Page 30 NOTIFICATION OF TUBERCULOSIS New Cases Notified Pulmonary Non-Pulmonary TOTAL M. F. M. F. Under 1 year — — — — — 1 to 5 years 7 2 1 3 13 5 to 15 years 2 5 2 — 9 16 to 25 years 19 20 2 — 41 26 to 35 years 18 23 1 1 43 36 to 45 years 9 4 1 1 15 46 to 55 years 2 — — — 2 56 to 65 years 5 2 — — 7 65 years and upward... |
37b7edc3-e75e-47b8-aeae-638f1e066d8f | Page 31 GENERAL STATISTICS, 1950 Area (in acres) 4,174 Population (1931 Census) 51,277 Population (June, 1950) (Registrar-General's Estimate) 79,260 EXTRACT FROM VITAL STATISTICS, 1950 BIRTHS Live Births:— Total Males Females Legitimate 1,158 598 560 Illegitimate 31 14 17 Totals 1,189 612 577 Still-Births:— Legitimate ... |
80b4d107-5f09-4a95-9ac7-2b8a16d334a9 | DEATHS Total Males Females Deaths in 1949 667 351 36 Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 8.42. Death Rate adjusted by Comparability Factor of 1.34 = 11.28. Maternal Mortality:— No. of Deaths 1 Rate per 1,000 total (Live and Still) Births 0.82 Page 32 Infant Mortality:— Death Rates of Infants under one year of age... |
02ef7d06-6d30-48fe-b50c-0f22a346da9b | other 1 Syphilitic Disease 4 Diphtheria — Whooping Cough 1 Meningococcal Infections — Acute Poliomyelitis 2 Measles — Other Infective and Parasitic Diseases — Malignant Neoplasm, Stomach 15 Malignant neoplasm, Lung, Bronchus 26 Malignant Neoplasm, Breast 15 Malignant Neoplasm, Uterus 1 Other Malignant and Lymphatic Neo... |
96366539-f0d6-4ddb-97d4-baec5a44f30f | Enteritis and Diarrhoea 5 Nephritis and Nephrosis 8 Hyperplasia of Prostate 4 Pregnancy, Childbirth, Abortion 1 Congenital Malformations 5 Other Defined and Ill-defined Diseases 66 Motor Vehicle Accidents 6 All Other Accidents 12 Suicide 7 Homicide and Operations of War — T otal 667 Page 33 TABLE II INFANTILE MORTALITY... |
ac476c13-9983-4f13-b382-4129511b6e7b | Total under 1 year Accident — 2 — — — 2 Atelectasis 2 — — — — 2 Congenital Malformations 3 — 1 — — 4 Gastro-enteritis — — 2 2 — 4 Haemolytic Disease 2 — — — — 2 Pneumonia of Newborn 2 — — — — 2 Broncho-pneumonia — — 2 — — 2 Lobar Pneumonia — 1 — — — 1 Prematurity 10 — — — — 10 Pyaemia 1 — — — — 1 Tubercular Meningitis ... |
d6fc50cf-e35d-48f2-ae88-c33faae6fba2 | [/] Atelectasis 2 — — — — 2 Congenital Malformations 1 1 1 — — 3 Haemolytic Disease — 2 — — — 2 Pneumonia of Newborn — 1 1 — — 2 Prematurity 6 4 — — — 10 Pyaemia — 1 — — — 1 Totals 9 9 2 — — 20 Page 34 TABLE IV COMPARATIVE INFANT MORTALITY RATES Year Barking County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London England and... |
cad56183-aebe-40ce-ad16-2ab66f172a49 | 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 1947 31.35 47 41 1948 20.53 39 34 1949 24.8 37 32 1950 27.0 33.8 29. |
ad9d1d33-f50f-485e-8648-31d686936fa0 | 8 Page 35 Page 36 DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION IN RELATION TO CHILD POPULATION Number of children at 31st December, 1950, who had completed a course of Immunisation at any time before that date (i.e. at any time since 1st January, 1936.) Age at 31.12.50 Under 1 year 1 year 2 years 3 years 4 years 5-9 years | 10-14 years Tot... |
45e5e5e5-30ab-43d4-aa44-8648b7369a52 | 880 ANTE-NATAL CLINICS Number of Sessions 851 Number of patients attending for first time 1,789 Total number of patients 4,063 Total number of attendances 14,877 POST-NATAL CLINIC Number of Sessions 108 Number of patients attending for first time 1,108 Total number of patients 1,206 Total number of attendances 1,483 GY... |
e654c513-6785-43c2-9e80-e1dea594cdf8 | 745 Attendances 3,831 14,463 18,294 Extractions 1,716 5,330 7,046 Anaesthetics—General 660 2,817 3,477 Fillings 1,225 6,474 7,699 Other Operations 2,344 8,142 10,486 Dentures supplied 186 37 223 Sessions (equivalent) 385 1,374 1,759 Page 37 EAR, NOSE AND THROAT SERVICE Adults— Mothers and Public School Toddlers Scheme ... |
0049ef97-57ca-4a1a-a1ff-1a175c96e272 | 091 Cases which received operative treatment 67 - 320 387 Cases which received other forms of treatment 26 10 107 143 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC Adults— Mothers and Public School Toddlers Scheme Children Total Primary examination by Surgeon 66 115 92 273 Re-examination by Surgeon 14 38 57 109 New cases treated 504 466 478 1,44... |
e8911a2c-607e-4565-b3ff-1b12d2e65c52 | 521 Discharged—cured 55 SKIN CLINIC Consultations Treatments Sessions 51 153 Attendances:— School Children 354 2,622 Mothers and Toddlers 295 490 Other categories (including Public Adult Scheme) 203 576 Page 38 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA RAINFALL The rainfall for the year 1950 was ... |
0c9e5bb3-4e72-44c7-a7e5-28fa3f27c6eb | Until there is some substantial reduction in the temporary hardness of the water supplied to the Borough by the South-East Essex Water Works, Co., Ltd., I must continue to call attention to this disability. The increased cost of laundering and bathing in the home due to the hardness is a deterrent to the practice of pe... |
41a97be8-b576-4f36-b20a-d363c68a69cc | The London County Council is going forward with its expansion of the outfall works at Barking and Crossness which will in time, we hope, bring an urgent improvement. Page 39 Changes in the line of flow and the deepening of both the Mayesbrook and Loxford Water are contemplated by plans arising from the proposals of the... |
487c444c-3001-4b28-8ea6-b07458b912bb | It is with satisfaction, therefore, that I record the proposal to concentrate the refuse disposal of the adjacent Borough of Ilford and he County Borough of East Ham with our own on an approved site adjoining the Borough boundary in the south-east corner. Tipping on a large scale justifies the use of more mechanical eq... |
213407c0-8980-4209-b910-3dbbf705d79e | DUSTBIN OWNERSHIP BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY Since the Barking Corporation Act of 1933 came into force, every effort has been made to establish the use of a standard type of dustbin. The war shortage prevented the full development of the scheme. Action is now taken to secure the provision of dustbins in accordance with Sec... |
0be5989b-27c1-41e4-9c51-ddf71d57f0fe | At the end of the year dustbins were being maintained and supplied at 5,698 premises. SECONDARY STREETS It was not possible to make any progress with the paving, draining and lighting of the rear access passages to the terrace houses in the older pan of the town, but the schedule of work necessary is being maintained. ... |
4c542d58-277c-4a67-9c29-500408a088fa | We still have our problem families, but these are the result of other social defects. FLY NUISANCE The inclemency of the weather during the summer months was not conducive to the breeding of flies in such large numbers as in the previous year. The spray treatment of piggeries, stables, refuse tips and vacant lands was ... |
eac823c1-d97c-4226-a64f-0872f569a593 | The Act considerably extends the powers formerly held by the local authority for the enforcement of notices served in respect of rats and mice infestation. RODENT CONTROL IN SEWERS The bi-annual treatment of sewers was carried out during the months of May and November and, in addition, test-baiting of 70 manholes throu... |
9c9135dc-77fa-4c82-b2c5-be93863f1729 | The Corporation's rodent operative carried out treatments at factories, business premises, private dwellings and local authority properties involving some 4,000 visits. The charge for this service to factories and business premises remains at the rate of 4s. 3d. per hour. The following is a copy of the Report furnished... |
4fbc255f-dcf8-42b8-a393-8097ea4d1e51 | Number infested by (0 Total (2) Notified by Occupier (3) Otherwise discovered (4) Total RATS MICE Only Major Minor Local Authority's property 29 2 3 5 2 1 2 Dwelling houses 20,162 220 188 408 - 335 73 Business premises 1,711 23 45 68 — 51 17 Totals 21,902 245 236 481 2 387 92 2. MEASURES OF CONTROL BY CORPORATION. Type... |
2193ebc7-6cd3-4df4-95ba-a6c02ead7ec3 | of treatments carried out by arrangement with Occupier Under Section 5 Treatment Works Rats Mice only Rats Mice only Local Authoritie's Property 5 14 - - 25 2 - - Dwelling House 408 918 - - 335 73 - - Business Premises 68 146 — — 153 30 — — Totals 481 1,078 — — 513 105 — — Unclassied Properties:—Properties which do not... |
cce100eb-589a-4c91-b320-2273d0e33ca2 | It is interesting to compare the pollution tables for the years 1949 and 1950 because the comparison shows so clearly the effect of the domestic fire upon the air we breathe. In 1950 June was relatively cold and the pollution index went up by 5 points, whereas October was mild and free from fog by comparison with 1949 ... |
2092d102-2da2-484c-ac74-8651bac432eb | The storage space at Longbridge Road flats is designed to give capacity for 2 cwts. of smokeless fuel, but householders are prevented from making the best use of these facilities because of the refusal of the National Board to deliver in less quantities than 5 cwts. Another penalty inflicted upon the householder who wi... |
01615863-8d2d-4f85-b86f-d303eb561337 | When comparing the Barking pollution figures with other towns, regard must be had to the fact that in the Borough are situated the largest Page 44 Page 45 MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC POLUTION- 1949-1950 Monthly deposit in tons per square mile and Sulphur Dioxide (Standard Measurement) by the Lead Peroxide method in mil... |
4b8cc610-f50c-4b4a-b6dc-541be29bb9d9 | 65 46.4 21.18 30.1 FEBRUARY 19.44 31.9 24.26 27.0 28.68 41.7 43.80 39.9 28.23 39.2 36.14 34.4 MARCH 15.22 27.5 18.17 20.7 24.44 23.1 26.38 27.8 21.01 26.4 24.55 27.7 APRIL 24.16 17.6 23.89 17.7 27.37 22.9 29.29 23.1 28.99 24.1 20.98 23.9 MAY 25.08 12.2 16.02 4.2 26.93 16.9 11.83 10.0 26.89 15.6 10.20 14. |
aad219ff-2970-438e-91c6-040510990f7d | 1 JUNE 17.25 9.4 23.37 10.0 21.56 15.0 18.33 17.2 19.88 12.7 14.50 15.8 JULY 27.89 6.6 21.83 6.2 26.11 9.6 26.07 16.8 22.66 7.3 25.55 14.3 AUGUST 23.78 8.9 29.87 10.7 32.34 11.2 21.25 19.8 24.97 9.6 26.62 15.3 SEPTEMBER 20.94 6.7 19.23 15.6 25.46 9.0 33.10 23.6 26.65 8.3 20.91 25.8 OCTOBER 44.35 18. |
a936ddae-13e1-46fd-a682-8c36e41b4644 | 4 18.89 12.0 51.81 23.8 23.41 14.8 47.90 24.5 19.88 10.6 NOVEMBER 21.42 13 . 5 37.44 21.4 33.98 25.9 43.02 23.1 32.98 29.2 34.63 18.5 DECEMBER 19.44 27.1 25.60 19.1 29.23 40.7 29.64 22.5 24.83 35.7 30.69 19.1 Averages 23.33 23.26 j 30.29 28.70 27.89 23.82 Wind Rose demonstrating Wind Frequency for 1949. electricity gen... |
4e1a0493-a99e-4ec7-a688-96a2e1222a93 | Finally, I want to again emphasise that the old idea that a smoking chimney symbolises prosperity has long been debunked On the contrary, it demonstrates waste of valuable energy, which is deplorable when one considers the value of coal in our national economy. The wind-roses shown for 1949 and 1950 demonstrate graphic... |
e30f0988-5c75-4e3f-b09c-c0f518bb3da2 | The shortage of raw materials also provides an opportunity for recovery from salvaged articles of such essentials. It is to be expected, therefore, that a district situated on the east of Greater London should be faced with such problems. We have within the Borough boundaries no less than 21 premises of a type likely t... |
246be327-7ab1-4b05-a715-f6aa3676b241 | Lead (milligrams) 2.0 3.7 6.18 10.0 Zinc (milligrams) 48.5 76.8 99.20 145.0 Readings from control deposit gauge placed on an allotment 400 yards west of the factory. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Lead (milligrams) 0.2 0.6 0.46 1.80 Zinc (milligrams) 1.6 3.2 2.40 10.50 At the end of the year the problem remained unresolved owing... |
a2ed44e3-76b2-422c-8eaa-face79090b74 | The Council discussed the matter with the Board of Trade with a view to the allocation of a distribution of industry certificate in order to assist in resiting the works. At the end of the year, however, the position remained unaltered. NOISE NUISANCE In no aspect of environmental health does lack of town planning show... |
cd3db9f2-f5b7-44f5-8e63-3fd0eb0d02a1 | The Magistrates, being satisfied that the circumstances of the case were proved, ordered her compulsory removal to hospital for a period of three months. The aged person was duly removed, and it has since transpired that she is not likely ever to be able to take care of herself and will therefore remain under hospital ... |
a2ecc3d1-d92e-42b4-96f6-5b8a600e7142 | PART IV Massage and Special Treatment Establishments There are now four holders of Licences to carry out massage and special treatment as defined in the Act. Inspections of their premises have from time to time been made to ensure compliance with the bye-laws. SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS East Street Bath—This bath was use... |
a151a5ab-b06a-408e-a716-e79a24ff9810 | The following statistics show the results of the activities of the Sanitary Inspectors in the administration of this Act. 1.—Inspections for purposes of provisions as to health. Premises Number on Register Number of Inspections Written notices Occupiers prosecuted (i) Factories in which Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 are to... |
8a9ee0c1-f514-46d1-9db4-f9ee2edf4476 | Inspector Warn of cleanliness (S.1) 12 10 - 1 - 1 Overcrowding (S.2) — — — — — Unreasonable temperature (S.3) - - - - - 1 Inadequate ventilation (S.4) - - — — — Ineffective drainage of floors (S.6) - - - - - Sanitary Conveniences (S.7) (a) Insufficient l6 12 — — — (b) Unsuitable or defective 78 68 — 1 — (c) Not separat... |
58994861-6477-41dc-8293-50145fad1760 | 2 The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper 13 Brush making — Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, etc. 17 Artificial flowers 1 Confectionery Novelties 2 Eiderdown Covers — Stuffed Toys 2 Life-saving Equipment Nil Carding, etc., of Buttons, etc. 1 Number o... |
cddb0ffd-58d9-4b93-b293-14a478b1f308 | SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA In the built-up industrial area into which Barking has developed there is variety of interest and many matters requiring the attention of your officers. Foremost is the maintenance of a reasonable standard of fitness in the homes of the residents. This will continue to remain difficult w... |
6ebb9166-a1a1-4361-9fdc-3ac6eb6ce61b | There were less complaints than in 1949, and the number dealt with during the year was 1,996. These, together with routine inspections, resulted in the service of 1,753 Preliminary Notices and 781 Statutory Notices in respect of housing defects under the Public Health and Housing Acts, 608 Preliminary Notices and 1 Sta... |
234c040c-6a07-44b9-b496-1dea3d8fa948 | 1949 1950 Visits ReVisits Total Visits ReVisits Total - — 2,187 — Complaints received — - 1,996 — Visits 1. Inspection of Dwelling-houses Visits 3,185 6.321 9,506 — Under Public Health or Housing Acts 4.245 4,780 9,034 — 374 - 374 — Works in progress 349 - 349 — 770 - 770 — After I.D. and Scabies 450 32 482 - 494 - 494... |
376d77e8-8e6c-40f0-8d11-fd00e42875a5 | Premises controlled by Bye Law & Regulations Contraventions Contraventions 67 - 67 25 Offensive Trades 105 - 105 34 27 - 27 3 Tents, Vans and Sheds 18 - 18 1 121 - 121 7 Milkshops 47 - 47 4 142 - 142 42 Hairdressers' premises 52 - 52 3 298 - 298 9 Atmospheric Pollution Investigations 367 - 367 18 6 - 6 — Massage Establ... |
2a34585b-b70c-4f25-86ff-1facffece520 | 328 212 316 - 316 — Food Sampling 256 - 256 — 144 - 144 — Milk Sampling 144 - 144 — 158 - 158 — Ice-cream sampling 140 - 140 - 51 - 51 14 Bakehouses 71 - 71 18 430 - 430 70 Butchers' premises 384 - 384 44 168 - 168 35 Fishmongers 99 - 99 39 391 - 391 45 Ice-cream Vendors 340 - 340 68 62 - 62 7 Licensed premises 62 - 62... |
91aaa62a-c1e9-4bcf-8607-cec10bfe4310 | Miscellaneous 21 - 21 — Aged and Infirm persons 14 - 14 - 4 - 4 - Dilapidated Buildings 1 - 1 - 235 - 235 187 Drainage Inspections 269 - 269 167 31 - 31 5 Piggeries 37 - 37 2 44 - 44 6 Public Lavatories 50 - 50 - 219 — 219 29 Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 1,078 — 1,078 — 86 - 86 - Schools 35 - 35 8 45 - 45 3 ... |
f63a393c-6065-4833-bca8-97fc18e0a669 | 307 Total 18,836 1949 Compliance Preliminary Statutory Preliminary Statutory 1950 Compliance Preliminary Statutory Preliminary Statutory Notices 1,487 1,041 — — Dwelling houses 1,753 781 919 859 12 — 12 — Offensive Trades 26 — 26 — 1 — I — Tents, vans and sheds 1 — 1 — 6 — 6 — Milkshops 3 — 3 — 25 — 25 — Hairdressers' ... |
fac4a725-a710-4334-9fd1-0e3a776ed027 | 1938 113 — 113 — 31 — 31 — Ice-cream vendors 47 — 47 — 4 — 4 — Licensed premises 5 — 5 — 2 — 2 — Piggeries 2 — 2 — 5 — 5 — Public lavatories 4 — — — 70 — 70 — Shops Acts, 1934 & 1950 151 1 150 1 3 — 3 — Stables 3 — 3 — 2 — 2 — Vacant lands and refusetips 3 - 3 - Outstanding, 290. (Completed during 1950.) Outstanding, 2... |
ab3d0169-0ecd-4c30-946b-35d1a6ebbd3b | Page 55 REMEDIAL ACTION 1949 1950 Drainage Works 6 Drains relaid or repaired 9 191 Choked drains cleared 159 1 Inspection chambers constructed — 13 New covers fitted 14 26 Tests made 40 Sanitary Conveniences 4 Additional water closets fitted 19 6 Separate w.c. accommodation for sex provided — 48 New w.c. |
0f58d134-73cb-4a38-8ed8-72114feb8726 | pans fitted 49 135 Flushing apparatus repaired or renewed 114 5 Intervening vent space provided 1 7 Artificial lighting provided 4 39 Other works 17 Other Sanitary fittings 12 New sinks fitted 21 — Wash basins provided 2 35 Sink and bath waste pipes fitted 38 Other Works 317 Roofs repaired or renewed 280 376 Gutters or... |
252c11bd-e0ad-490b-8b6c-041d7f002254 | 012 12 Accumulations of rubbish cleared 14 268 Miscellaneous 203 Page 56 At the beginning of the year there were 49 properties referred for default action under the Public Health Art nuisance sections and during the current year an additional 68 were added, making a total of 117 properties. These were dealt with as fol... |
3717f846-29a8-4f98-8ffa-4bc4a4980f78 | FOOD HYGIENE In referring to this subject I want to stress that notwithstanding my zeal for keeping the wrong things out of food, I am not likely to forget the importance of putting the right things into it. In fact, I call your special attention to my statements in my Report for 1947. I want to strike a new note in th... |
d368cd46-18e8-4f94-b66c-34f430bd7912 | Page 57 With regard to this business of dirty hands, I am reminded of a bakery in my experience, which decided to wrap its bread but discontinued the practice because the paper became so dirty. I am thankful for the large increase in the sale of pre-packed foods and whole-heartedly in favour of wrapping, particularly o... |
af5aba56-d4a8-4790-9a16-606d0396201a | FOOD POISONING During the year a total of 26 cases were notified, but in no case was it possible to isolate a specific causative organism. MEAT DELIVERY This was the subject of reports in the local Press, when the methods received adverse criticism. The Council interviewed the executive of the Meat Transport Organisati... |
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