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29ac057d-2e42-429a-9885-e968c8df52e6 | They are keen to have the whooping cough injections, however, and we thus feel that our results using the combined" method are of practical importance. Infective Hepatitis Towards the end of March one or two general practitioners informed me that they were meeting cases of infective hepatitis epidemic jaundice) in the ... |
732862e7-1655-4902-b8a1-f59b8ad26a0b | The elder sister of the first case also developed the disease in February, and spread infection to the Junior School. From there on the disease spread throughout the two departments, there being a total of 37 cases in the Infants' Department and 46 in the Junior School during the year. There was a short outbreak at the... |
c2397959-9d75-483b-aac7-3aca2e4efc10 | I personally v sited each of the schools primarily affected together with the appropriate Health Visitor, and we took the opportunity of explaining to the members of the teaching staff the methods by which the spread of infection was believed to take place and the hygienic measures necessary to control it. I also sugge... |
03ae9999-babd-42fa-9bb8-9b4040f64f9f | By November figures suggested that whilst the outbreak was drying out or was stationary in other schools, infection at the Gascoigne Page 22 Junior School was spreading and other measures of combating the disease had to be considered. It was known that a substance called gamma-globulin, prepared from human blood, had b... |
053256e2-f3bd-4d00-9f8c-5079f64e8c02 | This child became ill only 48 hours later and was thus obviously about to develop the disease when the injection was given. Of the 98 children who did not receive gamma globulin (either because consent had not been given or because they were believed to have had the disease already) 3 subsequently developed jaundice. T... |
6dad71e3-3ab6-49a3-9ce6-26d75d3c35e0 | On the first day of the Spring Term the Headmaster of Ripple Junior School telephoned roe to say tha 0 or more of his pupils were away believed to be ill with jaundice. Dr. McDonald was again approached with a request for gamma globulin but unfortunately only about 200 doses were available. Sir judging by the demand at... |
96cd0f16-e892-4565-a4cf-cdeebd326c0e | Page 23 There were two cases of jaundice amongst the children who received gamma globulin. As before, however, both children must have been on the point of developing the disease since they fell ill within 48 hours, and the gamma globulin could not have been expected to stop the attack. Of the children who did not rece... |
56af0545-ceef-4805-acc5-311f75c5fc4d | Since we believe that this is one of the first "controlled' trials of gamma globulin carried out in this country, Dr. McDonald and 1 hope to publish these results in one of the medical journals. Unfortunately the shortage of gamma globulin will prevent its use on any wide scale as a method of controlling the spread of ... |
1afe06c5-3286-4896-8077-e945faa196a0 | as with other, but more dramatic, infectious diseases. Can we not deal with tuberculosis with the sense of urgency that we should devote to say a smallpox outbreak? Tuberculosis has a longer incubation period and the epidemics therefore occur in “slow Page 24 motion", with one peak of infection superimposed upon anothe... |
63503d05-aab5-4e22-9ccd-8de95557e5dd | (5) One measure should have been taken before the outbreak commenced—the routine vaccination of a large proportion of the population in early life, thus making a large epidemic unlikely (prior vaccination). Now can we apply these five principles to tuberculosis? NOTIFICATION The Ministry memorandum stated "completeness... |
cc1e6cc2-7db2-4d74-a16f-39b6f87a88ed | In this particular case the disease was not active and therefore she was not, in his opinion, suffering from the disease. This is solely a matter of opinion, although personally feel that where a patient has to stay away from work for such a prolonged period that person is indeed suffering from tuberculosis. There is u... |
30b55720-b8be-4378-a868-b8173406d683 | Where patients are, for one reason or another, being nursed at home the hygienic disposal of sputum is of great importance in the prevention of spread of infection. After discussion with Dr. Paterson I did make arrangements so that, on his recommendation, patients could obtain plastic sputum containers and supplies of ... |
39836b6f-fd17-4ba4-adf4-1387bdf804f6 | TRACING SOURCES OF INFECTION (a) Skin Tests The memorandum drew attention to the value of these skin test particularly amongst the school population—both to detect childhood infection and, indirectly through them, previously unsuspected adult cases of tuberculosis. I believe that a T.B. skin test should form anintegral... |
ee119256-fbac-4b1a-9151-d283e3ef8c1a | The County Council has implemented this circular so far as staff of day nurseries is concerned, but not as yet in respect of Health Visitors, Medical Officers and other members of the Health Area staff. The reason for this is (so I believe) once again bound up with the unfortunate division of administrative responsibil... |
bc8890a6-0636-4213-9761-0c1d21438387 | Fortunately most of the members of the Health Area staff voluntarily submit themselves for X-ray examinations at intervals if and when a mass X-ray unit is working in the vicinity, although this sometimes involve what should be an unnecessary journey and an irritating waste of valuable time. Ministry of Education regul... |
8f8fef24-c3c9-403f-90ed-582d491df08d | I also earnestly hope that the administrative tangle will be sorted out before the since either teachers will have to travel to mass X-ray units in distance parts of London or the County Council will have to foot the bill for X-rays taken on the miniature camera installed in the Chest Clinic. (c) Mass Radiography The m... |
114e72d0-0e41-44a4-90e3-90ea5ec71e69 | It seems to me unfortunate that this particular memorandum was stated to be for the information of Medical Officers of Health and Chest Physicians only. Here is a point which should be driven home with the directors of the X-ray units, for it is my impression that only too often their main concern is to achieve and mai... |
8b004ceb-e0e0-4052-9ae1-113d7ff2bab5 | 6a Mass X-ray Unit, can be summarized as follows:— Total Number X-rayed Male Female Total Miniature films 4,084 4,014 8,098 Recall for large film 178 164 342 Did not attend for large film 5 7 12 Did not attend for investigation 1 - 1 Findings Total number of active pulmonary tuberculosis cases 4 2 6 Total number of ina... |
76dd3f46-1a67-4236-8fea-04420afc7e2c | Despite a voluminous corres pondence with the Director of the Unit he felt unable to give me the information requested regarding these patients, owing to strict instructions from the Ministry of Health regarding secrecy. Page 29 The Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1952, clearly state that "every medical pract... |
8244187a-fc0b-43c1-a2b4-158e0f2d693a | Where, under the present system, the director sees both the patient and his X-ray he must on occasion "form the opinion that a person is suffering from tuberculosis", and I have the gravest doubts as to whether any administrative instruction from any Ministry can excuse anyone from obeying the law of the land. What rea... |
511037f8-0fa5-46e6-82f7-234c8ef39cea | vaccination of school leavers (to which brief reference was made in last year's report) was approved by the County Council during the year and vaccinations were started in dirking schools in the September Term. The work has been carried out by Drs. Martin and Seligmann, who attended special courses at the Hospital for ... |
baa0e564-51d9-484c-ae1e-d5e761b52e41 | in 1951-52 (which took place with somewhat older children and using a slightly different test) the Medical Research Council's team found that on the average from 20 to 30 per cent of children showed evidence of earlier infection. This is encouraging since it seems to me good evidence that in Barking the incidence of tu... |
6f20a018-75b5-4ccf-a8bb-44b4fc4b8a3e | Of the remaining 6, 3 were positive according to the old method (Mantoux test) but negative to the new (Heaf) test, whilst 3 were negative to the Mantoux test but positive to the Heaf test. These 6 children were all classified as "positive" and were thus not given B.C.G. EMPLOYMENT OF THE TUBERCULOUS The memorandum str... |
011ccf2a-3a72-47ee-9dae-213bcc75ba1d | Problems involving the individuals' own interest cc concern two mam categories of patient—those who will eventually be be able to resume their former employment and those who for their own welfare need to be retrained for and re-employed in lighter work. The Occupational Therapist already provides domiciliary therapy f... |
3439b0f4-1974-4d47-b983-18f5e0350836 | In practice it is exceptionally difficult to arrange this, since firms (and, I am sorry to say, even some public bodies) are often unwilling to allow employees to resume part-time work. There are also difficulties from the point of view of the National Insurance Regulations, which only recognize an individual as being ... |
e3d179f7-2ada-4c66-8824-9a589ce2b747 | Although this particular suggestion has not been adopted it is possible that an alternative scheme, using the care and after care provisions of the National Health Service Act, may yet emerge as a result of our liberations and certain other parallel suggestions put forward by the Barking Association for the Welfare of ... |
f581358b-4d10-48bd-a341-0b2eda9ea310 | After a personal visit to each of these households, examination of records at the Chest Clinic and, where necessary, consultation with the Chest Physician, I endeavoured to classify these families into three main groups as follows:— Group A. Urgent need for rehousing at earliest possible date This group included famili... |
54c85077-2c4b-4520-ac5f-754ec3e7ea26 | Group C. Only low priority needed Whilst all the families included in this category would have benefited from rehousing, I placed them in this group if I felt that the benefit would be no more than that which would accrue to other families containing patients suffering from non-tuberculous disabilities. The following t... |
93fe7728-e4b1-4d41-8ee6-24e6aade1a5a | Group B Families The eleven families on your housing list and in Group B had points totals averaging 68. In all except two instances these totals included 15 priority points. Whilst these families were all in desperate need of rehousing, I suggested that in all the circumstances these applicants were being given reason... |
641d0ee1-d1df-4bac-a6fe-0136b1597324 | Condition in these 7 households were bad however. For example, in one three-bedroomed L.C.C. house were living 4 adults (including the T.B. case) and no less than 9 children. Another family consisting of the applicant, his wife (T.B. case) and child ate, lived and slept in one small room of a relative's house: there we... |
bf88b4f7-4308-45bd-81a9-3bbdbac48307 | Health Visitor (Health Area Sub-Committee of County Health Committee) District Nurse (Training Homes Sub-Committee of County Health Committee) Sanitary Inspector (Borough Council) Housing Officer (Borough Council for "Old" Barking. L.C.C. for Becontree Estate) Important individuals not included in the list include he D... |
ab21744b-2b2a-413e-be57-2c7b57e4b47d | ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE AMD SPECIAL TREATMENT Licences were renewed during the year in respect of the four establishments which are governed by the Borough's bye laws. PROBLEM FAMILIES Last year I reported the setting up of a co-ordinating committee in connection with problem families and children neglected in their... |
9c42c5f6-59fb-4947-bd24-5d95e7b9953f | It also recommended that local authorities should use any existing voluntary services to assist in this work and, where necessary, appoint a specially qualified worker. Page 34 One of our main objects is to co-ordinate the activities of the various social workers and thus to reduce the number of visitors to the home, s... |
31fdc0d5-048d-4526-ae36-6b68217439bd | Why then should she not turn over a whole family to a special case worker when, despite her efforts, it is in danger of breaking up? Our experience has been that the families most in need of help require much more intensive efforts than can be devoted to them by any of us individually, and in one case much valuable ass... |
b2145241-fcfc-4c4f-a8da-a7b8c62bdd3b | RE OF THE AGED AND INFIRM There is a continued shortage of hospital beds for aged and chronic sick which is particularly acute in Barking as there is no hospital in th Borough catering specifically for such patients. Even When acute illness develops in an elderly patient it is often virtually impossible to obtain a hos... |
834d0749-e09c-4b46-ac35-65486a7940e3 | During the year 20 cases were assisted. Night Attendant Service Another important service developed during the year by the Health Area Sub-Committee was one of "night attendants" to sit in with those elderly patients who are restless or inclined to wander at night. The attendants are not qualified or expected to give a... |
85ea8778-57a0-4fd6-ae9f-eb993ef18f18 | I feel it would be preferable if we could employ the attendants directly as we do Home Helps. Employment of the Elderly It is now being realized that two of the most important things in the care of the elderly are preserving their sense of independence and making them feel they still have a useful function in the life ... |
188ec7f0-1408-4b5a-96a9-c3f62608e659 | It was found that in general women lost more time through illness than men and married women lost more time than a single woman. For each category, however, the sickness rates rose to a maximum for staff between the ages of 50 and 55, and decreased markedly thereafter. Both single and married women over 60 lost less wo... |
3663cb68-2c57-4fa4-acc2-59a703f1d6bb | Compulsory Removal In spite of the difficulties outlined above, it was not necessary to invoke powers under Section 47 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, to remove compulsorily any person not able to look after themselves and not receiving proper care and attention. One old man living by himself in a Council house w... |
fe1d3c18-cdb9-4697-9691-0e8351b6e907 | Efforts to keep old people in their own homes (and this must be our objective) must obviously start much earlier if they are to be successful. Page 38 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES This section deals with those services which come under the control of the Barking Health Area Sub-Committee of the Essex County Council. I am g... |
577f17db-ce4b-4926-a770-babd11df5db7 | This has left us with the whole of the ground floor accommodation for clinic purposes—a much more satisfactory arrangement. We are also taking the opportunity of providing some much needed improvements to the fncilities—particularly necessary with the heavier use the premises will have, at any rate until the Thames Vie... |
cc81e020-21eb-4bac-b6b7-1f35b8e9f4fb | We hope that this clinic, together with others temporarily housed in the Paget Ward, will move to the new Upney Clinic when this is erected. Members have for some long time been anxious to see the Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic Clinics moved from Manor School, partly because the acceommodation had become quite inadequat... |
3db07b2d-5523-44e5-bbc9-af76bf42c06c | This was received by all but 5 of the 1,012 Barking mothers confined during 1954 and was given as follows:Clinics 865 Hospitals (excluding Barking Hospital) 92 General Practitioners 50 No ante-natal care 1,012 From these figures you will see that a very considerable proportion of mothers receive their ante-natal care i... |
46e9c193-407f-4ff9-a79c-234ea0af5f0b | This interview can be conducted without any atmosphere of haste—difficult to eradicate when a medical officer is waiting to be "fed" with patients— and will give the mother a chance to discuss any problems fully with her "own" health visitor. An appointment will then be made for a visit to a special "booking" session a... |
d3496925-ee4e-4332-89a0-50e65eb86235 | To save the mother unnecessary travelling, the remaining visits will be paid to the clinic nearest to her home This will also maintain close contact with the health visitors who provide the most important part of ante-natal care—the instruction Page 40 of the mother in such matters as health during pregnancy, relaxatio... |
7f14d81b-beec-41d3-a127-642f69ea736c | During the year 1,012 mothers were confined, giving birth to 1,027 infants (including 15 pairs of twins). These were born as follows:— Barking Hospital 707 Other hospitals 100 At home 220 1,027 From this it will be seen that the majority of Barking babies continue to be born in hospital. I regret to have to report a ma... |
57580339-ffe6-4f3d-b5f8-660af9d35cb4 | Of the 941 women who attended 284 were resident outside the area but had their babies in Barking Hospital. Out of a total of 1012 confinements of Barking mothers during the year 657 attended the Post-Natal Clinic; 67 were under the care of their General Practitioner and 96 were under the care of a hospital outside the ... |
003b8cd4-a355-4e8f-a51f-65bb6d9f8230 | Taking into account the fact that 46 babies were born in the last two weeks of 1954, and their mothers could scarcely have had the opportunity of bringing them along to a clinic in that year, approximately 91% of all children born to Barking mothers were seen at our infant Welfare Clinics. Distribution of Welfare Foods... |
9bfbc446-3f60-48bb-930f-06f3ad592fd6 | At each of the other clinics the appropriate foods are available at every ante-natal and infant welfare session. Mental Health. Last year I said: "I am sure that a very important part of the work of the infant welfare service of the future will be the promotion of sound emotional development by means of the instruction... |
47d314fd-7daf-4af1-a3c4-76cf30bfa07a | Hitherto the Child Guidance team has dealt with cases of established behaviour disorders in children of school age. In our case conferences we have been struck how, time and time again, the story has emerged of mishandling by parents since the child's babyhood and the presence of symptoms from those earliest days. It s... |
e31018a8-f6cc-4899-928e-68d5f44ac77f | Davidsocould not possibly devote enough time to see all such mothers at each clinic. Even more important was the fact that we were not satisfied with early treatment—we wanted to prevent troubles arising. Clearly this could only be achieved by the health visitors and medical officers who, with adequate knowledge and ex... |
9e8a559c-0c75-464e-acda-b81d68893a22 | These figures compare well with 1953 when 29 infants died in their first year of life, 22 of them the first month. It will be seen from these figures that the main problems still lie in conditions arising during the neo-natal period. These problems are closely related to those of still-births, of which 29 occurred duri... |
792f6fbb-7604-466e-a25e-339a242c3d44 | At first sight Eastbury appeared the obvious choice since the lease was due to expire and the premises were the most unsuitable. Against this were the facts that Eastbury catered for a greater number of children than the other two, and that it was the only nursery sited in the western end of the town. You were also ver... |
2acab311-eb94-4e5b-9ea1-93ae664fb8f3 | on Register Average daily attendances January 196 78 56.4 February 196 76 58.2 March 196 81 62.9 April 196 76 65.7 May 196 78 67.0 June 196 81 70.0 July 196 86 65.0 August 196 82 57.1 September 130 86 65.5 October 130 92 72.9 November 130 89 76.2 December 130 77 63.7 Page 44 New Day Nurseries. At the "appointed day" th... |
54861d00-e092-4794-a086-750bd97c3ada | It was further envisaged that an additional day nursery (making 5 in all) should be erected in the western part of the town and that eventually a new day nursery should be erected to replace Eastbury House. Since 2 nurseries had been closed within a year it was obvious that the additional (fifth) nursery would not be r... |
d101c1cc-04d6-4690-aa93-deeb11c65caa | Plans are, therefore, being prepared for a new building on the Mayesbrook Meadow at the junction of Upney Lane and Ripple Road, which will be near to the existing Eastbury Nursery yet more convenient for transport to most parts of the Borough—an important consideration if this becomes your only nursery when Gale Street... |
88da449f-f073-4827-a307-910cbba8bb5b | Page 45 Of ante-natal cases referred by the Medical Officers for examination, it is gratifying to note that many had been receiving regular attention by their private dentists. But the melancholy fact remains that in the period under review the number of extractions closely approached the number of fillings for ante-na... |
a69efca3-9c78-4844-9a45-28fbd14b8d88 | Many mothers who have received ante-nata' and postnatal dental care as a Priority Class, desire to carry on treatment in the clinics; and it is to be regretted that since the introduction of the National Health Service treatment as a Priority ceases one year after the birth of their child instead of five years as was t... |
f11f24f2-205b-4ab7-b95d-684cd752e9a6 | Whilst the results suggest that "Trilene" is only slightly more effective than the "gas and air" we have used hitherto, the machines are very much more compact and lighter for the mid- wives to carry, and you are most anxious that they shall be supply to all our midwives next year. In the meantime arrangements have bee... |
8b1d50b9-57c3-4c68-a83f-674893462350 | HEALTH VISITING The implementation of the National Health Service Act has put a steadily increasing load of work on to the Health Visitors. More and more old people, chronic sick and physically handicapped are being added to their case load. The shortage of Health Visitors continues, which means that the increasing wei... |
e18f5e6f-4d8d-4f3e-982b-371585f43937 | There is also a closer liaison with hospital almoners who are constantly seeking our help in dealing with their patients' problems or requesting reports on the home background of the patients, to help the physician Dr surgeon who is treating the case. The new syllabus laid down by the General Nursing Council for the tr... |
84095af7-dbd7-4d16-a3e0-8f8dbb33eaea | of Non-Access visits 2,560 Page 47 HOME NURSING This service is still administered from the County Training Home at Leytonstone, although a strong case can be made for the transfer to the Health Area Sub-Committee—as indeed envisaged in the County Council's scheme for decentralization. VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Smal... |
79257720-d4b5-4181-9769-f873c6be5537 | Spiller, with the proviso that the prophylactic was not to be purchased through County funds. It was explained to mothers that the only chance of having their babies protected against both diseases by the "combined" method was to enter them in the research scheme. Babies over six months of age, and those whose parents ... |
fbdbfbef-122c-45a0-b20f-a3e2f76c56d2 | Results showed that there was no real difference between the amounts of protective "antibodies" against whooping cough both methods appeared equally good so far as laboratory tests could show the children will be followed up to find out whether there is equal protection over a period of years. Page 48 So far as protect... |
d1e11804-ac3c-447c-8b4b-7af788457724 | have always been accepted as satisfactory surely those using the combined prophylactic are more so? Against whooping cough there is little to chose between the two methods, so it would seem that your 1946 policy of adopting the "combined” immunization has been fully vindicated. We naturally hope the County policy will ... |
37e137aa-2328-4412-ae07-572f3ef0c22b | The number of children receiving primary courses of immunization during the year was as follows:— DIPHTHERIA Family doctors Clinics Total Separate 158 566 724 Combined with whooping cough 123 147 270 Total Diphtheria 281 713 994 Page 49 WHOOPING COUGH Family doctors Clinics Total Separate 43 436 479 Combined with dipht... |
465c814c-1d81-493f-b8fb-1f3d3d0067b2 | For 1954 these figures are 73% (before 1st birthday) and 31% (before six months). AMBULANCE SERVICE This service is administered "centrally" from Chelmford, and I am indeed happy that this should be so. The provision of transport to and fro hospital is no proper function of a Health Department which should have all eye... |
bd49ea49-9d4e-412a-8f8d-5b75d8c39e00 | I would single out for special mention this year the courses in Health Education, and developments in the field of Mental Health, referred to earlier in this report. During the year the Health Area Sub-Committee agreed to the purchase of a filmstrip projector with sound equipment, which has Page 50 enabled us to employ... |
3c0a4322-11e8-447e-9cf1-75748e0684cb | This was followed by a stimulating discussion, from which it was apparent that we should all henceforth take a much doser interest in the question of proper shoe fitting—one of the most important aspects in the prevention of foot defects. Mr. Lvesley, Chief Chiropodist, reports:— "There is a marked increase of interest... |
b6174497-00d7-44c9-a6b9-85980f81094f | I think this may be due to regularity of treatments, and increase of foot consciousness in the town. There are not now so many really chronic conditions in evidence among our very old people." CHIROPODY SERVICE At tendances: School Children 925 Adults 19,632 The number of patients being brought to the foot clinics by a... |
62d02a87-5301-4928-8939-b114b45cd413 | "Meals on Wheels.” This is another invaluable service provided by the Old People's Welfare Committee. There does, however, appear to be a need to extend this service for chronic sick persons requiring "invalid" meals, for example, where a woman who, due to economic necessity goes out to work leaving her invalid husband... |
65dc0bb8-a9a5-4602-87c7-dee741d72a61 | District Nurse, Laundry Service, and who, due to the shortage of hospital accommodation, must of necessity remain in their own homes. Night Attendant Service. The inauguration of this new service has already been mentioned earlier in this report. DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE There was a slight decrease in the number of hours ... |
81e6a499-1d6a-467b-8c4a-a76ce74743a9 | Whilst the rising cost of this service cannot be viewed complacently, it must be remembered that it provides for the care of many who should really be in hospital or hostels. More important is the fact that in some cases an adequate service can prevent the need for admission to accommodation which costs far more to pro... |
6a4cfc41-1cc1-40c7-8f3b-6eccb39277f4 | the first year group in Infant Schools (5 years +), the first and third year groups of Junior Schools (7 years + and 9 years +), and the first and last years in Secondary Schools (11 years + and 14 years +). In Grammar Schools an additional examination is carried out before leaving at 17 +. In addition to these "period... |
72d9f5af-f7af-429b-bc87-20ef0663c95f | PERIODIC MEDICAL INSPECTIONS Nun. r of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:— Entrants 2,189 Second Age Group 1,561 Third Age Group 1,019 Total 4,769 Number of other Periodic Inspections.. 3,788 Total 8,557 Page 55 The last examination prior to school leaving is an important one, and this year we have tried to increase... |
311b8ae9-5ef2-4504-901c-57e278cb5b8c | Secondly, I arranged to send to the family doctor of each school leaver a note drawing his attention to the fact that the child would no longer receive regular medical supervision under the school system, mentioning any serious illnesses or handicaps from which he had suffered, and offering to send to the doctor all ou... |
55d553b8-816e-4e4e-9cb5-207e4e60b9b7 | I am afraid I failed to convince many members of the difficulties in accurately classifying children into such vague groups. and that it should not surprise them if two or more perfectly competent doctors were to place the same child in different "nutritional" groups. Following this we worked out the averages for the s... |
ec6c894c-5cc3-47cc-aee0-c6d878b75056 | .1 Doctor 6 2,433 77.8 22.1 .1 It shows that Doctors 1, 2, 3 and 4 (especially 1 and 2) placed most children in Group B. They obviously took "B" as average, "A" as particularly good and "C" as bad. On the other hand Doctors 5 and 6 regarded "A" as satisfactory, "B" as "not so good" and "C" as very poor. I have carefull... |
41e6705a-b422-4f80-b1f0-e376294e4abe | The Ministry should seriously consider dropping this classification. Cleanliness Inspections The number of these fell somewhat during 1954, but the proportion of children found infested remained at about 0.7%. Total number of examinations in the schools 16,572 Number of pupils found to be infested 118 Page 57 Minor Ail... |
2ded8709-5755-40af-a302-5fcf5bdc0292 | 3,778 Total attendances 25,097 Speech Therapy This year we have felt the full benefit of the extra help from the part-time therapist appointed towards the end of 1953. we have been enabled to give the more intensive therapy required by some of the children at Faircross School, and also to reduce the waiting list to rea... |
73e784ba-41fe-449c-a395-dff442f20b35 | A new clinic had already been equipped for his use in the hutted buildings behind the Town Hall. (This, incidentally, was the site of the original Barking Dental Clinic before the erection of Central Clinic nearby.) The functioning of an additional clinic in this area had long been felt to be necessary in order to reli... |
706df54c-7510-44a5-b7bc-6b63ddd5590a | During the period under review the long negotiations of a dental Whitley Council resulted in an increased national salary scale for dental officers, bringing their remuneration to a figure somewhat less remotely related than hitherto to that normally earned by their colleagues in private practice. Recruiting to the ran... |
e23cf163-ad97-45d2-9da2-d823a645c118 | The actual number of children so examined shows an increase on the previous year, but the figure is still only a little over half of the total school population. This is the cause of the comparatively large number of school children who present themselves for Page 59 tion at the clinics, nearly all of whom are found to... |
f8bcfee6-9395-49ae-bfcf-f08199c29339 | Education of mothers and children in the fundamentals of dental hygiene is the one sure way of producing a dentally conscious, and hence a more dentally healthy nation." DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT (1) Number of pupils inspected:— (a) In school 7,639 (b) In clinics 2,177 Total 9,816 (2) Number found to require trea... |
3bfe20c5-15ca-466b-99df-175f12b3a74b | 125 SPECIALIST SERVICES Eye Clinics Dr. R. F. Jamison, M.B. Ch.B., D.O.M.S., continues to attend Central, Porters Avenue and Woodward Clinics. Cases dealt with were as follows:— External and other diseases excluding errors of refraction and squint 34 Errors of refraction (including squint) 1,351 Total 1,385 Number of p... |
cc28e9c9-e430-4009-ab0f-df2e2bf776d2 | G. Grunberger acted as locum Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, until the appointment (by the Regional Hospital Board) of Miss M. Mason, F.R.C.S., in May 1954. Page 61 Figures for treatment are:— Operative treatment (cases):— (a) For diseases of the ear 2 (b) For adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 308 (c) For ot... |
9ea4d18e-8f5c-4fe7-858e-c88e26463d04 | ogle, Remedial Gymnast, was transferred to the Hospital Management Committee's employ as from the beginning of the year. We have been fortunate in securing an assurance that his assistance will be available as before, and he has continued to give the necessary extra attention to the children at Faircross School. Unfort... |
d38867ff-abca-48ef-9b1c-d998436d7abd | Page 62 Number of cases treated or under treatment during the year were:— Ringworm:— (i) Scalp 2 (ii) Body 6 Scabies 4 Impetigo 13 Other skin diseases 517 During the year the County Council decided that cases of plantar warts should not be treated at any of their clinics under general anaesthesia Such children are now ... |
50500323-195f-4343-b678-13ad800bc071 | of case closed—left district or appointments not kept 7 No. of case referred but still awaiting investigation at end of year 15 Participation on in case conferences has continued to be of invaluable help and in st, and we are grateful to Dr. Davidson and her team for their enthusiastic support. HYGIENE AND INFECTION Wa... |
5d12faa0-c3fa-4c1f-82ab-5bef04735eaa | In almost everything else your motto is "only the best for Barking—and extra best for the children" which encourages me to feel that you will insist on improvements before long. Plimsolls and Athletes Foot The investigation of the problems of sterilizing plimsolls made rather slow headway during the year, owing to the ... |
458ecb54-0186-4eec-ba65-a2728837152f | The main difficulties occasioned by your decision to prohibit the transfer of plimsolls from child to child have arisen in the infant schools—for here rate of growth is the most rapid. There would appear to be little chance of obtaining an increased capitation allowance to permit heads to purchase adequate numbers of p... |
c3bf2b16-9612-49ab-808c-70f3516bcc59 | Adamson writes:— "During 1954 our practise of routine foot inspections at schools was continued as in previous years and it is gratifying to report that by this periodic check the incidence of Verrucae or Warts has been considerably lessened, and in the cases found at these inspections the lesions are discovered at a m... |
42d31c1f-f8c2-475c-892b-4ab1742f24c1 | This condition which commences as peeling of the skin between the toes, causing irritation to the affected individual, followed by possible spread to other parts of the foot, is aggravated by the constant wearing of rubbersoled shoes such as plimsolls—their use should be restricted to the hours devoted to games and phy... |
6ed1f6b9-d4d6-442e-9b6e-2b760e4950fa | vaccination of school children in the 13-year age group was started this year. Parents of the eligible children were sent letters describing the scheme and there was a remarkable acceptance rate of 73%. The children were first tested to find out whether they already had some resistance as a result some pre\ious unknown... |
413ba393-9dad-45db-a6fe-97189e3d43b0 | Out of the 214 children thus tested the results were the same by both tests in 207; of the remaining 7, 3 were positive by the Mantoux yet negative according to the Heaf test, whilst 4 were positive to the Heaf test and negative by Mantoux. These results, if maintained when larger numbers have been tested, indicate a v... |
fb11e678-f6e1-4c2e-9a05-d46c726f8c98 | School was opened d during the year and 14 East Ham children were transferred there at the commencement of the summer term. This has enabled us to admit it all E.S.N children from the waiting list. During the year 16 children left the E.S.N. Section ceasing to be of compulsory school age (9 Barking and 7 out of-distric... |
7c46c229-9764-42e3-99ce-7ef46e812f14 | Page 66 One child, aged 15 (Barking), was no longer considered to require special educational treatment and allowed to leave school. |
f14b7344-c7fc-48be-b4ab-1f81201e6675 | Open Air Section The children in this section at the end of the year were suffering from the following conditions:— Barking Other districts Cerebral Palsy (Spastics) 8 1 Other diseases of nervous system 6 3 Diseases of Bones and Joints 4 1 Heart disease 3 5 Asthma 5 10 Bronchiectasis and other lung conditions 5 13 Debi... |
2e77d0bf-a92b-402d-8e27-c841253b45d9 | During; year 11 children (4 Barking and 7 out-of-district children) returned to ordinary schools; 4 children were transferred to residential schools and 2 left on reaching school-leaving age. Convalescence One hundred and thirty-three children were sent away for periods of convalescence of up to 8 weeks. Page 67 REPORT... |
c4faad94-3fcf-48ba-9614-037f7896f0d5 | SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA During the year there were 1,075 complaints received compared with 1,474 in the previous year. The tables included on page 93a show the type of inspections made, notices served and the work carried out. DEFAULT ACTION Not with standing many complaints by owners that the rent income is... |
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