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9e4157c5-0e39-4a06-866b-35464053a390 | On pages 76-78 will be found details of the samples submitted to the Public Analyst during 1953. ICE CREAM. (a) CHEMICAL EXAMINATION. Sixteen samples were submitted for chemical examination. A summary of the analysis is given below :— Samples submitted FAT ANALYSIS Under 2.5% 2.5%-5% 5%-8.5% 8.5%-10% Under 10% 16 — 6 2... |
d673fa87-df90-4fb1-ad05-e2dab6af8f71 | Eight samples of assorted types of iced lollies were submitted to bacteriological examination all of which were found to be satisfactory, Following a report in the public press that iced lollies which were harmful owing to metallic contamination were being sold to the public, eleven samples were submitted to chemical e... |
2d0e77be-f0f6-4be6-9ec3-81c7f6dad096 | Seventy-nine samples were submitted to this keeping-quality test. One sample taken during the summer months was unsatisfactory. (b) TUBERCULIN TESTED FARM BOTTLED MILK. The eighteen samples submitted to biological examination were found to be free from tubercle. UNSOUND FOOD. On pages 79-80 will be found a summary of t... |
3e9296c2-ed94-4518-82f3-5efb0c54af32 | The suppliers were convicted and fined £2 on each of four summonses. Costs of £5 5s. 0d. were imposed. The prosecution was resisted strenuously by the trade. Following the prosecution the Council requested the Minister of Food to re-impose standards of meat-content. 2. Eldermint Life Drops Upon examination of the label... |
892ce834-6b2d-4f07-8e8d-8fe35210589e | All the provisions of the various marking orders are now fully operative and the following foodstuffs are required to be marked with an indication of the country of origin on exposure for sale :— Meat, bacon and ham, fresh apples, raw tomatoes, shell-eggs, dried eggs, currants, sultanas, raisins, oat-products, honey, f... |
1abc2561-0fd2-4ed1-9d65-949c3b5b351e | The building contractor entered upon the site in September-October. It is hoped that the estate will provide for 2,000 families and that there will be a delivery of 300 dwellings annually as a minimum in the early years of the development. The worst of the slums in Barking were dealt with between the two wars, but ther... |
eb4fbac7-21f0-4bf6-b45e-260ce517e854 | This should avoid the well known forms of nuisance which arise from cleared sites awaiting further development, or the dilapidations which ensue when areas are confirmed for clearance and there is long delay before rehousing is carried out. RENT AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS 1920-39. Two applications were made by ... |
ffb3a77d-4e4a-4c56-80c8-eb5b8b99e018 | Inspection of Dwelling-houses Visits 4,490 3,566 8,056 — Under Public Health or Housing Acts 3,457 2,957 6,414 315 — 315 — After I.D. and Scabies 395 — 395 — 558 — 558 — Housing Investigations 262 — 262 — Contraventions 2. Premises controlled by Bye Law & Regulations — Contraventions 25 — 25 10 Offensive Trades 13 — 13... |
08550bcd-d616-42af-b1f1-7af5e2a730c3 | Food and Drugs Act and Shops Acts General Inspections Food & Drugs Act, 1938 752 — 752 198 408 — 408 79 „ „ Shops Acts 1934 & 1950 234 — 234 54 182 — 182 — Food Sampling 175 — 175 — 134 — 134 — Milk Sampling 97 — 97 — 82 — 82 — Ice-cream sampling 86 — 86 — 16 — 16 15 Bakehouses 23 — 23 40 195 — 195 71 Butchers' premise... |
8b29ccfd-fdcf-4eda-b954-17b0bf7605a8 | Miscellaneous Aged and Infirm persons 23 — 23 — 236 — 236 — Drainage Inspections 131 — 131 118 21 — 21 1 Piggeries 18 — 18 — 32 — 32 — Public Lavatories 37 — 37 — 1,317 — 1,317 — Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949 1,169 — 1,169 — 90 — 90 12 Schools 46 — 46 — 75 — 75 6 Stables 51 — 51 — 240 — 240 14 Vacant Lands an... |
d24ad9a4-2e0a-4d26-b667-7b885fd7ccc1 | 919 REMEDIAL ACTION. 1952 1953 Drainage Works 25 Drains relaid or repaired 26 145 Choked drains cleared 118 2 Inspection chambers constructed - 12 New covers fitted 5 46 Tests made 21 Sanitary Conveniences 2 Additional water closets fitted - 3 Separate w.c. accommodation for sex provided - 20 New w.c. pans fitted 17 89... |
4240edfd-d9c7-4090-8a5f-9b03afe75ee4 | 12 - Wash basins provided - 51 Sink and bath waste pipes fitted 28 Other Works 182 Proofs repaired or renewed 247 246 Gutters or rain-water pipes repaired or renewed 206 50 Yards paved and drained 61 72 Chimney pots replaced and stacks repaired 46 149 Dampness remedied 92 25 Houses disinfested 17 33 External walls repo... |
bc8e1d80-bc09-46c3-bb32-a5f299920222 | 1952 1953 Prelimin ary Statutory Compliance Notices Prelimin ary Statutory Compliance Prelimin ary Statutory Prelimin ary Statutory 23,64 742 2,283 631 Dwelling houses 1,709 303 1,522 316 7 - 7 - Offensive Trades - - - - - - - - Tents, vans and sheds - - - - 8 - 8 - Milkshops 4 - 4 - 4 - 4 - Hairdressers' premises 7 - ... |
1dfd9dfc-ea64-4e5d-acf5-a484deb0ce6c | 1938 111 - 111 - 38 - 38 - Ice-cream vendors 39 - 39 - 26 - 26 - Licensed premises 8 - 8 - 1 - 1 - Piggeries - - - - - - - - Public lavatories - - - - 58 - 58 - Shops Acts, 1934 & 1950 39 - 39 - 4 - 4 - Stables 2 - 2 - 14 - 14 - Vacant lands and refuse tips 4 - 4 - Outstanding, 77 (Completed during 1953) Outstanding, 6... |
b6f05fbb-42d9-474b-b7f4-d3247829e546 | 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 25 24 - Nil (ii) Factories not inincluded in (i) in which Section 7 is enforced by the Local Authority 216 227 10 Nil (iii) Other Premises in wh... |
ba1ad664-d61f-4e8c-a4ad-a70bf27f8978 | 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 1 1 - 1 - (b) Unsuitable or defective 9 14 - 1 - (c) Not separate for sexes 3 - - 2 - Other offences again... |
1aceffa6-e83d-4304-8fa1-6bfc5c05ae93 | 2 The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof made wholly or partially of paper 11 Brush making 1 Cosaques, Christmas Crackers, Christmas Stockings, etc. 21 Artificial flowers 3 Curtains and Furniture Hangings 2 Tents 1 Carding, etc., of Buttons, etc. 2 Number of Cases of default in sending in lists to th... |
8bca6f5e-b920-4314-9ea9-7a3333802552 | with Egg 1 Page 76 Carraway Seeds 1 Chicken and Ham Paste 1 Clear Mints 2 Cocoanut, Dessicated 2 Cooking Fat 4 Coffee Creams 1 Cough Linctus 1 Composition Essence 1 Cream of Tartar 1 Curry Powder 2 Custard Powder 1 Dandelion Coffee 1 Dates 1 Dessert, Vanilla Flavoured 1 Eldermint Life Drops 1 Eyebright Composition 1 Fl... |
9b807111-07f2-41b0-ac7e-58603817019e | Ice 11 Luncheon Sausage 3 Macaroni 1 Margarine 7 Marmalade 2 Marzipan 1 Meat Pie 1 Mentholated Balsam 1 Milk Chocolate 1 Page 77 Mint in Vinegar 1 Nerve Tonic 1 Olive Oil 2 Orange Squash 1 Orange Wine, Non-alcoholic 1 Pastilles 1 Pepper 5 Popcorn 1 Raspberry Leaf Compound Tablets 1 Raspberries in Syrup 1 Rheumatic Tabl... |
48593fac-0393-4f97-ad66-2bf519aaabf0 | Flour 3 Tapioca Flakes 1 Wafer, Cream Filled Chocolate 1 Whisky 3 203 UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED—1953. Baby Food 24 tins Bacon 84 lbs. Barley 50 lbs. Beans, Tinned 243 tins Biscuits 48 lbs. Black Puddings 1½ lbs. Butter 2½ Cake 103½ lbs. Page 78 Cake Mixture 79 pkts. Cheese 209 lbs. Coffee Beans 28 lbs. Coffe... |
359a4385-5995-49f5-bf9c-739fda76a111 | Fruit, Tinned 1,634 tins Ham 582½ lbs. Jam and Marmalade 54 lbs. Liver Sausage 1¾ lbs. Margarine 95 lbs. Meat 19,779 lbs. Meat, Tinned 809 tins Milk, Condensed 44 tins Milk, Evaporated 209 tins Mincemeat 11 lbs. Mixed Minerals 10 doz. bottles Nescafe 1 tin Onions 72 cwt. Paste, Me and Fish 101 jars Peas, Tinned 279 tin... |
66b3c520-8803-439d-a05b-3e9c5b8c8f0a | Salad Cream 1 jar Sausages, Beef 309½ lbs. Sausages, Pork 274½ lbs. Page 79 Semolina 1 lb. Shredded Wheat 1 pkt. Soup, Tinned 98 tins Steak Pies 10 only Sugar 11 lbs. Tomatoes, Tinned 72 tins Veal Brawn 16 lbs. Vegetables, Tinned 3 tins Page 80 SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE We have seen that Public Health in Barking is now a c... |
d5caec16-322e-442e-9e6c-3109aca7e057 | This committee reported that many of the defects from which these young men were suffering had existed during their school life, and that they could have been detected and treated at a much earlier stage had facilities been available. As a result of this report (published in 1904) a system of compulsory school medical ... |
0e288162-1adc-41a9-8263-9aec20c7053c | We still have our minor ailment clinics although these are now supported by various specialist services, and to these must be added such facilities as speech therapy, squint training, dental hygiene and child guidance clinics. Arrangements for convalescent holidays are made where necessary, and special schools are avai... |
22b13667-b124-4cc0-b9ee-c90a9b65fe53 | At present Medical Officers go into each school once in every eighteen months to two years. I have the feeling, however, that the number of children they examine each session in order to fulfill this programme is on the high side and I hope to make some adjustments during 1954. The examination should be the occasion fo... |
4b5e31bf-f96d-41fa-a7d8-bcc01e844ba6 | On the other hand it can be argued that a trained health visitor may well observe some other defect which would not have been noted by an assistant, and that the inspections still serve a useful purpose since parents are more careful in the care of their children's hair when they know regular examinations take place. (... |
2a47cb8f-3ea1-44ff-8ec9-e72e1f9eba72 | Whilst it could be argued that their function is to prevent and not to treat, one has to face the fact that parents are inclined to think that a doctor who is not allowed to issue a prescription for some trifling malady is necessarily inferior to the family and hospital doctors, and they are the less likely to accept h... |
50e03e07-bd4a-4580-ba39-3e0f71ce283a | Unfortunately we have not been able to replace him since it not the County Council's policy to make such appointments in Areas. I personally feel that there is as much need for a Senior Dental Officer as for a Superintendent Health Visitor or a Domestic Help Organiser, and I hope that the matter will be reconsidered. T... |
e2c73e63-846c-4d4d-aa5c-e16ed63942e6 | The reconverted East Street Clinic opened during the year thus giving the Oral Hygienist more adequate accommodation. There is, I am convinced, scope for the further extension of her work when the Dental Officers come to realise her full value. In addition to chairside duties she has developed the preventive and educat... |
02bc486e-96fe-4d8a-bf7e-04044587e5a7 | I am also encouraging head teachers to give her every facility DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT (1) Number of pupils inspected :— (a) In school 6,322 (b) In clinics 2,499 Total 8,821 (2) Number found to require treatment 6,428 (3) Attendances for treatment 20,180 (4) Fillings : Permanent Teeth 7,214 Temporary Teeth 2,99... |
a79b0442-d66e-4ede-a977-25819678cac8 | Dental Workshop The amount of work being undertaken has increased steadily and the establishment was increased by a further technician during the year, which also enabled us to take on a second Apprentice. This workshop, which was built by the Council for the needs of Barking, now undertakes the manufacture of dentures... |
f0a0df16-329c-4a12-b42a-fe990e86e5ed | Figures or this service are as follows :— No. of cases treated 100 Total attendances 2,104 specialist services Eye Clinics Dr. r. F. Jamieson, m.b. Ch.b., d.o.m.s., continues to attend Central, Porters Avenue and Woodward Clinics. Page 85 Cases dealt with were as follows :— External and other diseases excluding errors ... |
11298dbc-fe1b-4d1f-9e01-6e87a6853358 | F. Courtenay-Mason, B.A., M.B., L.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist since 1940, died during the year. Figures for treatment are :— Operative treatment (cases):— (a) For diseases of the ear 2 (b) For adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 205 (c) For other nose and throat conditions. 11 Other forms ... |
de14ce02-3f05-43f4-a886-140ef170c914 | In view of the known association between bulbar poliomyelitis and recent tonsillectomy you viewed this suggestion with some concern, and Page 86 expressed the view that Barking children should not be admitted to the Ilford Isolation Hospital for this operation. The question of tonsillectomy is a most difficult one. It ... |
c7440259-4b24-4440-93c0-e06132f6e06f | In theory, the arrangement whereby children undergoing tonsillectomy are admitted to a block of an infectious diseases hospital is undesirable. It can be argued, however, that in a properly designed and run hospital the risks of cross infection are negligible, whilst in a general hospital where special precautions are ... |
2aa93374-9e65-44ee-82a4-dba908b7f981 | L. Gillis, M.B.E., F.R.C.S., continues as the Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and attends the Manor Clinic once per fortnight: Cases treated were:— (a) In hospital 4 (b) In clinics or out-patient departments 581 The Education Committee has been pressing for the transfer of this clinic from the Manor School in view of th... |
0d4043ae-6cba-413c-80f5-f870375d1a0a | P. M. Deville, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Consultant Dermatologist, attends the Skin Clinic, Paget Ward, Barking Hospital, weekly. Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year were:— Ringworm:— (i) Scalp 2 (ii) Body 7 Scabies 12 Impetigo 75 Other skin diseases 1,559 In addition Dr. Adamson conducts a special cli... |
0a9b3ee5-68f0-4860-b4f6-9c63ab9815cd | The reason lies in the fact that I have encouraged Medical Officers to refer such children at the earliest stage possible so as to give the Child Guidance team the best possible chance of righting the position. Page 88 In order to improve liaison and to further our own knowledge of psychological disorders, I arranged w... |
90bc890d-1178-465d-9962-9310b9ede4b7 | Exclusion Our attitude towards the exclusion from school of children who have been in contact with infectious disease is gradually becoming less stringent. We are coming to realise that those infectious diseases which can be prevented (e.g. diphtheria and smallpox) are controlled mainly by our methods is of immunisatio... |
a799af2c-88e6-4cd0-ab88-91c74db7487b | Quarantine does not prevent—it merely postpones an attack until an age when the loss of schooling is more serious, or even until adolescence or early adult life when complications may occur. Contacts of scarlet fever, chicken pox, etc. are no longer excluded and there would seem lit; purpose in continuing our present p... |
77b2fde9-d37f-4dfa-a0eb-5833703d41e7 | Investigations revealed that one of the pupils had had similar symptoms about three weeks previously, but that these had quickly cleared and he was not taken to his doctor Bacteriological investigations on this boy and on one of the cases admitted to hospital revealed the germ of Sonne dysentery and general practitione... |
1066ff6d-985c-44cf-a97b-405565ccb3c7 | The remaining members of the affected classes were investigated and positives excluded from school, and the outbreak appeared to be under control before the end of the term. Four cases were also discovered amongst brothers and sisters attending other schools, five cases in brother or sisters of pre-school age and two f... |
177da31e-b8b8-456e-955a-85363cadec6f | Although the final results of this investigation will not be known for some years, the Ministry of Health decided to approve an extension of present arrangements so that this protection might be offered to all children between the ages of 13 and 14. The vaccinations are to be carried out by the Page 90 Local Health Aut... |
3a9cfcd1-4c50-4b95-95d2-752142b0d944 | Arrangements were therefore made for the remaining girls in the class and members of the teaching staff to have X-ray examinations. As a result of these a third girl was brought under close surveillance at the Chest Clinic and later in the year she also was notified as case of tuberculosis and admitted to hospital. It ... |
ead514fc-8889-4c6c-8707-4bb3ff3075be | Athlete's Foot and Plantar Warts You have taken a great interest in the problem of athlete's foot and plantar arts, and you decided not to allow plimsolls to be transferred from one child to another since I was unable to assure you that there was any effective method of sterilising these shoes without damaging them. I ... |
d5bb7332-1893-42d7-90e6-0368a652f5b7 | This is held in the Skin Clinic, Paget Ward, Barking Hospital. HYGIENE. Toilets In the older schools toilet accommodation is invariably sited at the periphery of the playground, presumably because our predecessors felt it would be unhygienic to have them elsewhere. Even in the more modern schools on the Becontree Estat... |
79119136-991c-46d3-bc39-dc70682ead60 | It is a matter of concern that in the majority of the schools no toilet paper is available except by issue from classroom and I fail to see how any teacher or any child can anticipate requirements. If the child takes too much some is wasted, whilst if he takes too little results cannot be but unhygienic. Head Teachers ... |
4bb8fcc9-e8ba-44be-854c-adf733acd0bc | In the older schools an added difficulty in training children to wash their hands is that washing facilities are not available in the toilet blocks. This should be easier in the Becontree schools for if Heads ere to lock the Page 92 doors leading to the playground rather than the internal doors, the children would pass... |
63e15ed4-b3a9-4992-8923-69ce9c28c9e1 | Meals are now available to all as part of the educational system however, and I fee it every effort should be made to serve these in as attractive surroundings as possible. It is unfortunate that often school halls have to be used as dining rooms—maybe ore the dust raised by the last P.T. period has settled. Formica ty... |
c014f318-1c59-4825-b767-14eba1869054 | I realise that here again lack of money is a determining factor. During the period of meat rationing there was perhaps some excuse for the fact that meat was invariably cooked the previous day, carved whilst cold and then reheated. I do hope that with ending of rationing Cooks will be encouraged to cook meat on the day... |
d15fd993-8eac-46ee-b673-3dd77b13447b | section of Faircross Special School. Of the total, 41 came from Barking whilst 78 were from adjacent Boroughs. It is understood that the County Borough of East Ham will be opening their own Special E.S.N, school during 1954, and the removal of East Ham children from this section of Faircross should enable us to admit t... |
e58b2cc6-4393-408f-b0d0-3624b3847f4d | Although these children might possibly have been certified as ineducable at an earlier stage, one always feels that it is fairer to give them the benefit of the doubt owing to the difficulties of assessment of individual cases, particularly in the younger child. The same caution is observed before children are admitted... |
95f70e2a-724e-41c2-b85b-a6766ee924e1 | When the staffing ratio permits, ordinary schools deal with children of low intelligence working up to their full ability (the borderline E.S.N.) by means of small classes in the "D" stream—an arrangement which has much to commend it. The Physically Handicapped and Delicate At the end of 1953 there were 71 children in ... |
b31df6c8-d435-4956-95f1-18773d45f821 | During the year arrangements were made for the Remedial Gymnast to attend the school for four whole days per week instead of four half-days as hitherto, and as a result of the appointment of a second Speech Therapist on a part-time basis, the number of Speech Therapy sessions held at the school has been increased from ... |
76a493e0-d898-4592-9c64-f1bf06deba28 | The position with regard to children in the Open-Air Section is very different, and it is my constant endeavour to ensure that such children are returned to ordinary schools as soon as their physical condition permits. Whenever possible such transfers are timed to take place at the end of an academic year. Close co-ope... |
8ef354ce-06c7-47e1-a52e-602ef9b1966d | Page 95 Other Special Schools Twenty-eight Barking children attend other special schools as follows :— Category Day Residential Blind - 2 Partially Sighted - 1 Deaf 4 2 Partially Deaf 6 2 Physically Handicapped - 2 Delicate - 1 Diabetic - 1 Epileptic - 2 E.S.N - 2 Maladjusted - 3 Convalescence Children requiring a shor... |
ac04e0cf-cfc5-415b-9f9f-bf533e6919ff | AC4411(1) BARKING BARK 48 BARKING'S HEALTH in 1954 BARK 48 CONTENTS Pages 1. Membership of Committees 2-3 2. Staff 4-5 3. Preface 6-7 4. General Public Health 9-38 5. Personal Health Services 39-53 6. School Health Service 55-67 7. Report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector 69-96 PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE as at 31st December... |
59f39339-913d-4d24-a9af-364bb2f709c4 | Alderman J. R. SWEETLAND Mr. Councillor S. W. BOSWELL Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO, C.C. Mr. Councillor G. H. COLLINS Councillor Mrs. D. M. GLENNY Mr. Councillor H. J. HILLS Mr. Councillor L. C. JONES Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON Councillor Mrs. J. E. ROYCRAFT Mr. Councillor W. H. ROYCRAFT Mr. Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT BARKI... |
9f7ee630-dd67-4d9c-8808-d69ef884d588 | J.P., C.A. Mr. Alderman A. E. BALL, J.P. Alderman Mrs. JULIA H. ENGWELL Alderman Mrs. A. M. MARTIN Mr. Alderman J. R. SWEETLAND Mr. Alderman W. G. WERMERLING Mr. Councillor G. J. G. BEANE Mr. Councillor G. H. COLLINS Mr. Councillor E. E. GOWER Mr. Councillor W. GWINNELL Mr. Councillor L. F. HENSTOCK Mr. Councillor H. J... |
4d5368f4-bdf3-45d7-b879-ff56f4864853 | Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT Co-opted Members:— Rev. W. F. P. CHADWICK The Very Rev. Canon J. A. DACEY Rev. B. F. HARVEY Mr. J. ANDREWS Mr. B. A. CLEMENTS Mrs. L. F. M. DAVIS Mrs. V. KEAY Mr. H. A. SMITH, J.P. Nominated Members:— Mr. County Alderman K. E. B. GLENNY, J. P. Mr. County Councillor G. H. SHALDERS Page 2 BARKIN... |
50ed8003-5590-4632-88ad-97b2865a82c6 | E. G. LAW Barking Borough Council Representatives:— Essex County Council Representatives:— County Alderman Mrs. M. BALL, J.P. Mr. County Alderman F. CULLEN County Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO County Councillor C. F. H. GREEN County Councillor Mrs. A. J. MORRIS County Councillor Mrs. M. H. PAIGE The Executive Council for Es... |
1575a4a0-e35f-49e3-b5a4-ba5e6c830ac2 | Councillor S. W. BOSWELL Mr. Councillor G. H. COLLINS Councillor Mrs. D. M. GLENNY Mr. Councillor H. J. HILLS Mr. Councillor L. C. JONES Councillor Mrs. E. G. LAW Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON Councillor Mrs. J. E. ROYCRAFT Mr. Councillor W. H. ROYCRAFT Mr. Councillor S. C. SIVELL Mr. Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT Mr. J. W. H... |
f32d198d-9da7-474e-949c-34334f7f7c17 | E. POTTER Page 3 STAFF, 1954 Medical Officer of Health, Area Medical Officer, and Divisional School Medical Officer: D. E. CULLINGTON, M.A., M B., B.Ch., D.C.H., D.P.H. School Medical Officers and Assistant County Medical Officers: MARGARET I. ADAMSON, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H. EILEEN E. V. MARTIN, M.B., B.Ch. EUGENIA POPPER... |
15c294a2-bc08-40ea-92ea-df0411f70f59 | (Commenced 10.5.54) R. B. PITTS, L.D.S.R.C.S. (Commenced 29.3.54) H. H. COOKE, L.D.S.R.C.S. J. PRESSER, M.D Cert. D.S. (Vienna) Chief Sanitary Inspector: N. BASTABLE, F.R.S.I., F.S.I.A. Senior Sanitary Inspector: Mr. C. S. COOK Sanitary Inspectors: Mr. E. A. ELLIS Mr. B. HARRAWAY (Terminated 20.11.54) Mr. D. G. STRIPP ... |
e23b2b2e-c6e2-4670-be45-e40e9961967c | B. R. Saunders (Commenced 12.11.54) Superintendent Health Visitor: Miss P. M. FAWCETT Health Visitors, School Nurses, etc.: Miss M. BAERLOCHER Miss C. M. BROWNING (Commenced 10.8.54) Miss A. CATTLE Mrs M. I. COOPER (Tuberculosis Health Visitor Terminated 5.6.54) Mrs. F. E. FENNA (Terminated 30.10.54) Miss N. A. FLUCK (... |
efc26933-0f37-4f13-ad3e-bdc9a0ca3a3f | Dental Nurses, etc.: Miss H. BUSH (Dental Attendant) Mrs. V. HARDING (Dental Nurse) Miss G. GEDEN (Dental Nurse) Mrs. R. MOULE (Dental Nurse) In addition 18 part-time Nurses are employed for the staffing of the various Clinic services. Chief Clerk (Administrative): Mr. F. READ Senior Administrative Assistant: Mr. G. RU... |
99932cc6-1e6e-4914-93a2-bd3de0d77d31 | A. HOWLETT (Staffing) Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives: Miss D. A. RISELEY District Midwives: Miss E. V. ASHTON Mrs. I. M. BRONNICK Miss A. CUNNINGHAM Matrons of Day Nurseries: Mrs. J. M. HOWELL (Terminated 10.12.54) Miss f. B. NASON Miss I. K. STOKES Domestic Help Organiser: Mrs. L. EVERITT Chief Chiropodist: Mr. F ... |
245d46bd-4f33-478c-9146-554809933318 | H. OGLE Orthoptist Miss M. LEWIS Page 5 TOWN HALL, BARKING, ESSEX March, 1956. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Although this is only my second annual report as your Medical Officer of Health the majority of it was compiled after I had given notice of my... |
4f8a453f-25fe-4d0a-87e8-ea78b841f0dd | I think we can claim to have improved considerably the spirit of co-operation between family doctors and the public health team, and valuable personal contacts were made at a series of meetings at each of the clinics which were attended by somewhat over half the doctors practising in the Borough. In the field of mental... |
39f96624-7752-4b84-abb8-1c2a7b4df0ba | This year, thanks largely to invaluable help from the Central Council for Health Education, most members of the field staff have gained further knowledge of modern techniques in health education and this experience has been put to excellent use. Page 6 Research is not always accepted as a function of a public health de... |
64c17aac-6b25-447a-b532-c89b79c83215 | Adamson's investigations into the common but much neglected problems of athlete's foot and plantar warts, though yet in their early stages, and the comparisons of the Heaf and Mantoux tuberculin skin tests undertaken by Drs. Martin and Seligmann in connection with B.C.G. vaccination, are further examples of useful inve... |
06279fa2-011c-453a-b328-b242145b54b0 | Finally, may I thank the Members of the Council and in particular the Chairman of the Public Health Committee, Alderman Mrs. J. Engwell, for their support during my brief tenure of office. I am, Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Medical Officer of Health. Page 7 Page 8a PERSPECTIVE OF ESTATE (afte... |
6f484796-0074-4e2b-807f-e265d67978b4 | Besides giving greater architectural variation these will afford you the opportunity of providing for a much neglected section of the population—the single person living alone and out working during the day. It is now anticipated that there will be some 2,000 units of accommodation with a total population approaching 1... |
6c126277-6ecb-403f-9c4f-f99e6ee05ff4 | However, faced with the urgent problem of providing houses to meet present-day needs and having upwards of 4,000 applications on its housing list, the Council had no option but to give this particular site careful consideration as there was no other available and large enough site in the Borough. The Council debated fo... |
96606082-fd29-40c8-8d72-e1cff3df2b5c | The Council first discussed using this site in July 1949, but so many difficulties were encountered that it was not until September, 1953, that they were able to enter into negotiations for the erection of the first 113 dwellings on the site. The acquisition of the site has involved long and varied negotiations. Some 8... |
4acca3aa-a093-46c2-92cd-4bdb1e663662 | Arising thereout involved discussions took place with the County Planning Office, and in December, 1951, the Ministry of Housing and Local Government convened a conference of representatives of the County Planning Committee and the Borough Council. he problems were fully investigated and that month planning approval wa... |
5abccd52-27a1-4a99-b881-2cb81226940b | It is anticipated that the total cost of the housing development will be in the region of £3¾ million and although the rents may Page 10 be somewhat higher than those of similar Council houses in other parts of the Borough, owing to the high cost involved in land acquisition and the preparation of the site for building... |
7a7cd301-87e1-4030-b97f-608dfb9f357e | It was realized, of course, that this would mean th building had to be classified as a health centre, and that under present circumstances there was little likelihood of the Ministry giving early approval to such a proposal. This is a very great pity since as the Medical Practices Committee for England and Wales told t... |
70e97018-e166-487e-8f72-ba55665252da | Although the distinction may seem unimportant, we have, therefore, planned a health centre, part of which can be erected immediately to form a self-contained clinic, rather than design a clinic which could later be extended to include accommodation for general practitioners. Page 11 Existing health centres suffer from ... |
00def45e-3463-4af1-b266-03fdfc0c0de5 | The reception and secretarial staff will cater both for the general practitioners' patients and those attending the local authority's clinics. An effort has been made to get away from the traditional waiting hall with its flavour of a hospital out-patients department and we are suggesting instead a waiting space which ... |
540c5f3b-3299-4a76-b9ed-97810325cfda | Initially, a spare room upstairs will be used for this purpose, whilst eventually, when general practitioners conduct surgeries in the building, there is no reason why the children should not consult their own family doctors, and receive any necessary treatment in the treatment room from nurses provided by the local he... |
7462a59b-7a19-4109-b39f-75b9467dd13e | General Practitioner Services Since it was realized that the accommodation for general practitioners in the Health Centre was unlikely to be available for some years, consideration had to be given to alternative provision. The Health Area Sub-Committee did suggest that the Greatfields Clinic might be used by those gene... |
0cc47ff0-0cd6-43d0-8d6d-05907a8a5ff4 | The principles to be adopted in selecting doctors to serve the estate have not yet been settled. The responsibility lies with the Local Executive Council, after consideration of the recommendations of the Local Medical Committee. This latter committee in turn called a meeting of local doctors to obtain their views. The... |
90629729-13fd-4bed-aa5f-93f22093ff06 | In fact, two have done so since the time the meeting Page 13 was convened by the Local Medical Committee. For all practical purposes, therefore, it seems to me that the Local Executive Council could have carried through their original proposal to appoint two doctors to the estate without there being any different end r... |
285a322f-0aee-407c-8225-881afcea8a3f | All of this is work in which many general practitioners have an understandable and commendable interest, but it will not, I fear, be possible to include them if the Local Executive Council decides that ten or more existing doctors all share the work on the estate. HEALTH EDUCATION Last year I referred to the fact that ... |
c523e7ea-32db-417a-956e-2ec795f32f75 | It is thus necessary to arrange suitable "in-service" training and the highlight of the year was undoubtedly the visit of Dr. Davies, Education Officer to the Central Council for Health Education, who came to Barking in order to give us a two-day course on modern methods of health education. The course was attended not... |
ee40a7dc-9f62-41a5-8b8e-65262fa2f4e0 | MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Population The population of Barking at mid-1954, according to the Registrar General's estimate, was 76,580. This shows a further decrease from the figure of 78,170 at the 1951 Census. Births 998 live births and 29 still births were registered during 1954, distributed as follows:— Live Births:... |
79d59837-e126-4453-8fac-671729e89923 | Page 15 Loss of Infant Life In 1954 the infant death rate fell to 20 per 1,000 live births— the second lowest figure yet recorded in Barking. Whilst you will be pleased at this, I must warn you that, with relatively small numbers, rates such as these are bound to fluctuate somewhat and there may well be an upward swing... |
9d421a16-5863-4bae-8901-737d4a153fa7 | Add these 16 neonatal deaths to the 29 still-births and we have 45 babies who died before or soon after birth for reasons (let us admit) which we do not fully understand, Contrast these with the 4 babies who died later in their first year of life and you will realize (as I pointed out last year) that no material improv... |
ec61b83c-fa8e-4579-a3ec-07199969e046 | Their findings confirmed that premature births were more likely to occur in wives of unskilled workers, and also that they more frequently occurred in younger mothers (under the age of 21) or in those in the later stage of reproductive life (over 30 years). Whatever benefits were conferred by adequate ante-natal care, ... |
39bc15fe-5da9-4bbd-9dd0-23c36b7ec1b1 | Page 16 DEATHS Causes of Death in 1954 Total Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 13 Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 169 Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 53 Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 189 Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other respiratory diseases (excluding T.B.) 67 Diseases of the Stomach... |
26e8ed4f-dc51-4773-ac60-53ef37fce9c2 | ACCIDENTS IN THE HOME Last year the Committee considered Home Office Circular 106/53 with which was enclosed a report of the Standing Interdepartmental Committee on Accidents in the Home. You expressed great interest in this matter and asked me to report further at a later date. When doing so I made the suggestion that... |
47529a5f-609a-4537-9b58-bc8f1ee9b094 | The Minister of Housing and Local Government replied that, whilst no prior approval was required to expenditure under that section, he was still of the opinion that the Council would not be empowered to subscribe to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents under that Act. I next drew the attention of the Town ... |
64524922-a6e3-47d4-929a-86f790d2c6c7 | Despite the fact this correspondence had commenced in mid-1953 it did not finish until early 1955 with a letter from the Ministry of Health in which the Minister expressed his concurrence with the view of the Minister of Housing and Local Government that at Section 179 of the Public Health Act would not empower the Cou... |
8a1c2370-7101-4c50-91df-edf2d506e824 | The Society must have financial support and it should be possible for local authorities to give this modest help. Since this report was first written an article entitled "Accident in the Home", by one of the Ministry's Medical Officers, has been published in the Monthly Bulletin of the Ministry of Health. To quote from... |
7a128e3f-8b75-4fd1-8b9a-796a873aa45c | INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following notifications were received during the year:— Notifications Deaths Pneumonia 47 29 Tuberculosis: Respiratory 60 71 11 12 Non-respiratory 11 1 Scarlet Fever 113 - Dysentery 93 - Puerperal Pyrexia 60 - Measles 58 - Whooping Cough 43 - Food Poisoning 25 - Erysipelas 21 - Scabies 10 - Mala... |
91826f08-bfe5-4d57-b86f-4b6164fcef22 | Tuberculosis I have included tuberculosis here to emphasize that it is an infectious disease just as much as diphtheria or measles. It is such a big and important topic that I have devoted a special section to it. Page 19 Scarlet Fever The number of cases notified was much the same as last year, and they were distribut... |
3846ed00-df87-4d2c-a2fd-78832b594e15 | There was no "carry over" from the Monteagle outbreak mentioned in my last report, since this was contained by the end of 1953, and no definite outbreak occurred in 1954. There was simply a large number of apparently unconnected cases, and I feel that the figures reflect more complete notification rather than any true ... |
42755e8f-ad1d-4dab-a13d-53bdf76b371b | Whooping Cough We were also fortunate in being relatively free from whooping cough—only 43 cases being notified during 1954. It is much too early yet to say whether or not this is the result of our immunization programme, but one hopes that it is and that figures will remain low. Whooping cough is still a most distress... |
aca49ab0-8a60-4b1a-92b9-b6b90a43a10c | Poliomyelitis Fortunately no case of polio developed in 1954—possibly one of the minor blessings of the very poor "summer" weather. The results of the trials of polio vaccine being carried out in America will be anxiously awaited, and—if a safe and effective vaccine becomes available—I have no doubt that there will be ... |
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