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337e56bd-bc0a-48fe-bae0-a8593ff681cb | Section G—MISCELLANEOUS Supply of Dustbins The number of premises where dustbins are supplied and maintained by the Corporation in accordance with Section 75 (3) of the Public Health Act, 1936, was at the end of the year 4837 The number supplied by the Corporation under this arrangement during the year was 543 whilst 1... |
baef3deb-ca36-4232-a42a-04bec430aa1d | Pet Animals Jet, 1951 Licences vere issued in respect of eight premises within the Borough to v ich 16 visits of inspection were made. Page 67 |
decd6d78-69d8-42c1-a464-946f4ebc51f7 | 411(1) BARK 51 1 5B 2 Library ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR BARKING FOR THE YEAR 1957 B BARK 51 CONTENTS Pages 1. Membership of Committees 3-4 2. Staff 5-6 3. Preface 7 4. General Public Health 8-21 5. Personal Health Services 22-31 6. School Health Service 32-51 7. Report of the Chief Public Healt... |
580feae1-cbd7-4783-a70f-d6ee0d8478f0 | A. M. MARTIN Councillor Mrs. D. M. GLENNY Mr. Alderman J. R. SWEETLAND Councillor Mrs. D. M. JONES Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO, C.C. Councillor Mrs. E. G. LAW Councillor Mrs. J. CALLAN Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON Mr. Councillor S. C. SIVELL Mr. Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT BRKING COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION as at December, 1957 C... |
adf98324-a3cc-463c-802f-68233046e641 | Councillor H. J. HILLS, C.C. Alderman Mrs. J H. ENGWELL Mr. Councillor LESLIE C. JONES Alderman Mrs. A.M. MARTIN Mr. Cllr. R. W. G. KALBRAIER Mr. Alderman J.R.WEETLAND Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON Mr Aid. W. G. WERMERLING Mr. Councillor S. R. ROWE Mr. Councillor G. G. BEANE Mr. Councillor W. H. ROYCRAFT Councillor Mrs. M... |
f055b6b6-0b73-4ce1-8b5f-9b47519fc8d3 | Conon W. F. P. CHADWICK Mrs. L. F. M. DAVIS The Very Rey Canon J. A. DACEY Mr. A. E. GREEN The Rev. N. POVEY Mr. A. STONE Mr. J. ANDREWS Mr. J. WARD Nominated Members :— Mr. County Alderman K. E. B. GLENNY, J.P. Mr. County Councillor G. H. SHALDERS Page 3 BARKING HEALTH AREA SUB COMMITTEE of the Essex County Health Com... |
95d82236-d2e5-4aa2-a9d6-27b555fc8de8 | A. M. MARTIN Councillor Mrs. E. ci. LAW Mr. Alderman J. R. SWEETLAND Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO, C.C. Mr. Councillor W. H. ROYCRAFT Councillor Mrs. J. CALLAN Mr. Councillor S. C. SIVELL Mr. Councillor A. T. FRENCH Mr. Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT Councillor Mrs. D. M. GLENNY Essex County Council R... |
7eda575d-5046-421f-a795-5df5c04ebef1 | County Councillor H. J. HILLS County Councillor Mrs. M. SMITH The Executive Council for Essex Representative:— Councillor Mrs. A. E. PRENDERGAST The Local Medical Committee Representative:— Dr. W. J. C. FENTON, J.P. The Hospital Management Committee Representative Mrs. D. L. BELCHAMBER Voluntary Organisations' Represen... |
416493ff-9a6b-4355-bb1f-12f6a35ef06d | School Medical Officers and Assistant County Medical Officers'.— EILEEN E. V. MARTIN, M B., B.Ch. EUGENIA POPPER, M.D. ARTHUR E. SELIGMANN, M.D., D.T.M. & H. VIOLET SPILLER, M.D., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. MARY H WESTLAKE, M B., B.Ch., D.P.H. Dental Officers:— A. R LEVY, L.D.S. R.C.S. (Terminated 30.4.57) J. BUNTIN, L... |
c16229a4-eca2-4d9d-91d4-b105c1e8d406 | E. G. TWEEDY (As from 25.2.57) Public Health Inspectors:— Mr. E. A. E LIS Mr. R. ROPER Mr. T. W. CLEW (Commenced 1.11.57) Mr. A. G. MERRIMAN Mr. M. R. WILLIAMS (As from 25.7.57) student Public Health Inspector :— Mr. B R. SAUNDERS Superintendent Health Visitor:— Miss P. M. FAWCETT Health Visitors/School Nurses, etc. Mi... |
91f4c7e9-0a52-4ad6-a5bd-576e751d75b3 | R. ROBERTSON Miss L.COODACRE Miss E. M. SCHROPFER Miss A. M. SMALL—Part-time (Tuberculosis Visitor) Page 5 STAFF, 1957 —cont. Dental Nurses, etc. Miss H. BUSH (Dental Attendant)Mrs. V. HARDING (Dental Nurse) (Terminated 11.5.57) Mrs. MOULE (Dental Nurse) In addition 18 part-time Nurses are employed for the staffing of ... |
e3647983-a608-4533-b789-78299bc2581d | E. M. BARTHOLOMEW (School Health Service) Miss H. BEARTON (Handicapped Pupils and Special Children) Mr. S. DEEKS (Supplies and Maintenance) Mr. A. HOWLETT (Prevention of Illness; Care and After-Care) Mr. A. G. LONGMUIR (Staffing) Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives :— Miss D. A. RISELEY District Midwives:— Miss E. V. AS... |
f5f36b16-f865-49f4-bba6-f4278047e8af | M. WARD (Part-time) (Part-time) Oral Hygienist:— Occupational Therapist:- Miss J. THURSTON (Part-time) Miss D. M. COLDWELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD STAT17 Superintendent Physiotherapist:— Mr. T. HYND Remedial Gymnast:— Orthopist:- Mr. H. OGLE Miss M LEWIS Page 6 TOWN HALL, BARKING ESSEX December, 1958. Io the Mayor, Ald... |
a9aa03e4-3f66-4ce6-ac41-16bdf8c9cc70 | Page 7 GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH SHORTAGE OF HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION During the year the Regional Hospital Board honoured their promise made to representatives of the Boroughs of Ilford, Dagenham and Barking in the summer of 1956 that they "would continue to give earnest consideration to the problem of the lack of hospital ... |
95834439-3c83-4832-ba95-31dbaf05b00e | 7. Adapt East Wing of Ross Ward to provide 12 acute beds (see 6). 8. Improve Upney Clinic building to provide temporary consultative out-patient facilities. 9. Extend pathological laboratory—in particular to provide waiting facilities for patients. Long term development 1. Extend to provide 300 bedded general hospital ... |
0f0ad8bb-451e-4697-a3e2-f3f94c8b3bc9 | We have a long way to catch up with the publicity campaigns of commercial firms but there is a growing awareness that the preventive health services must advertise much more and 1 hope that the next few years will show a marked advance in this respect. MASS RADIOGRAPHY After a period of three years, the Mass Radiograph... |
4754c230-ff8e-4405-83d1-f3c413c54c38 | Below is given a summary of the survey conducted by the unit: — Male Female Total Number X -ayed 4,233 5,148 9,381 Number ecalled for further examination 103 90 193 Number v o did not attend for furthe examination 2 3 5 Tuberculosis: (a) Requi lg medical treatment 3 3 6 (b) Requi g supervision 9 12 21 Other abnormaliti... |
481841cd-9c65-4bc1-bc7d-30b409637d46 | By this we mean persons attending surgeries, not necessarily with overt respiratory symptoms but with vague symptoms of any kind. It is also our experience that a large number is found among young women under 30, men over 40 and those who have never been X-rayed before. are also finding increasing numbers of middle-age... |
02260eca-3775-4b6f-a2a2-345228b0e3e9 | County Welfare Services:—The County Welfare Officer has kmdly supplied the following information: — "The statistics set out below show the extent to which the main services provided by the County Welfare Committee under the National Assistance Act, 1948, have Seen afforded to persons residing within the Borough of Bark... |
50f8cb76-3ba6-4dca-86d9-b804648d959e | (2) Blind Persons The number of registered blind, partially sighted and defective sighted persons resident in the Borough on the 31st December, 1957, was as follows:— (i) Registered as blind 89 (ii) Partially sighted 24 (iii) Defective sighted all of whom came under the supervision of the County Council's Home Teachers... |
367e0d9a-37cc-4f11-9822-c916a08bb5cd | (3) Deaf or Dumb and other Handicapped Classes The Welfare Committee have continued to develop their activities in respect of welfare services for permanently and substantially handicapped persons (other than blind, as mentioned above) as provided for under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, and in additi... |
7791c898-380e-4edb-83a5-043534c41e7e | ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE WORK OF THE BARKING ASSOCIATION FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOR THE YEAR 1956/57 The year has been a very successful one and for future reference and consideration brief summaries of some of the activities of the Association are given in alphabetical order. Clubs These continue ... |
eb52c565-a959-4f7e-8e0d-061fdcd7d968 | Page 11 A number of cases continue to be employed at Remploy factories but there does appear to be a long waiting time before suitable applicants are finally given the chance to work in these establishments. Finance It is still not possible to budget properly because the grant receivable from the Essex County Council i... |
d5847e53-3591-4e8a-8646-916195efdde7 | Handicraft Classes These are a very popular feature and are held as under:— Central Clinic, Vicarage Drive, Ripple Road, Barking (Blakes Corner), on Wednesday evenings from 6 p.m. Porters Avenue Clinic, Porters Avenue, Dagenham, on Monday evenings from 6 p.m. Health Visitors It is very fortunate that in Barking health ... |
489b9716-466d-40c2-9188-3d86a237b0da | Page 12 Holidays There still remains much to be done to ensure that the more physically handicapped people can get holidays. Apart from the difficulty of raising sufficient money to pay for accommodation there is the main difficulty of finding the accommodation itself which will meet the special needs of the very handi... |
4bf93bfd-31cc-44ca-96ee-920a9ab24ff9 | Housing Both the London County Council and the Barking Borough Council are very generous in arranging suitable transfers (particularly where ground floor accommodation is necessary) for tenants who are physically handicapped or who have a handicapped person in their household. A number of extremely happy transfers took... |
b84e9351-974a-4cd1-938a-cc566b43e814 | Occupational Therapy Despite the handicraft classes run by the Association and even with a day time occupation centre there will remain a need for a domiciliary occupational therapy service for the truly home-bound or bedfast patient. The numbers to be catered for should not be too great provided transport is made avai... |
783e71ec-8d78-46c1-80ab-97709e459240 | to theatres, into the country, to London, etc. In addition, it has become the kind and thoughtful practice for a number of organisations in the area to invite groups of handicapped people to their social functions. These invitations are very much appreciated. Storage Sheds The provision of a storage shed can be a very ... |
6f6bf415-ed58-459e-babb-e64605f7f902 | Besides undertaking routine journeys to clubs and handicraft dasses, many other commitments are undertaken, e.g., journeys to railway termini, holiday addresses if reasonably near, theatre and picnic trips, etc. Wheel Chairs To many handicapped people a wheel chair is the pivot of the whole of their existence. It can r... |
d1e697a5-7c2e-4fef-b16a-973db7533158 | Some sort c power-assisted chair would be a boon to many families known the Association, e.g., like the hand guided electric milk floats. Page 15 MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Population The population of Barking at mid-1957, according to the Registrar General's estimate was 75,070. This shows a further decrease from the f... |
ea5f79f1-ab44-4700-a540-c37fb3e3cc69 | Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births 19 1. Maternal Mortality Regrettably, one maternal death occurred during the year despite every medical attention. This means that for 1957 a maternal mortality rate of 1.07 per 1,000 births must be recorded. Page 16 Loss of Infant Life The infant death rate in 1957 wa... |
2dadb370-6581-4cac-a0c9-9284a727c9bb | Total under 1 year Atelectasis 4 — — - - 4 Broncho-Pneumonia — 1 1 - - 2 Congenital Heart Disease — 1 - - - 1 Dural Tear 1 - - - - 1 Prematurity 8 - - - - 8 Toxaemia of Pregnancy 1 — — — — 1 Totals 14 2 1 — 17 NEO-NATAL MORTALITY—1957 Cause of Death Age at Death Under 1 wk. 1-2 wks. 2-3 wks. 3-4 wks. Total Atelectasis ... |
89d642d6-053e-4e20-9c6a-21d9f1c58cbd | Page 17 DEATHS Causes of Death in 1957 Total Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 6 Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 189 Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 57 Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 197 Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases (excluding T.B.) 77 Diseases of the Stomach ... |
9c8812eb-aca9-4466-98b4-9c18324417cf | INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following notifications were received during the year:— Notifications Pneumonia 146 Tuberculosis: Respiratory 28 Non-Respiratory 7 35 Scarlet Fever 50 Dysentery 9 Puerperal Pyrexia 10 Measles 1,113 Whooping Cough 217 Food Poisoning 14 Erysipelas 4 Scabies 12 Meningococcal Infection 3 Poliomyelit... |
c83c7388-2657-4983-93da-c963dca938ab | Towards the end of April an outbreak, began in Taiwan (Formosa) and it has been estimated that more than 100,000 cases occurred there in the course of two or three weeks. During the first half of May another large outbreak developed in Manila, in the Philippine Islands, and subsequent outbreaks have been reported from ... |
cac88ab7-847a-4b3f-84dd-30e698f933bf | Virus strains from the Singapore outbreak have been received at the World Influenza Centre, London, where they are being intensively studied. Preliminary investigations have shown that they belong to the Influenza A group, but are markedly different from, trains isolated during past influenza outbreaks. The present str... |
6298e20a-6daa-4431-950e-291e2161c101 | Page 19 In the meanwhile it is of importance that any outbreaks of influenza which may occur in Great Britain should be speedily investigated, with particular reference to the identification of the causative agent, but having regard to the fact that the capacity of the Public Health Laboratory Service for this purpose ... |
3431a1ea-cb01-4dc6-9c26-8eb54d687b19 | In the early Autumn the Ministry of Health nnounced that although no mass vaccination scheme was contemplated, vaccine would be available for " certain groups who are specially exposed to infection and on whom an epidemic places an exceptionally heavy burden, e.g., hospital staff, general practitioners, and local healt... |
6f5ca2fa-c211-45eb-b132-13b1fcf2914e | Children seemed to be the most affected and at one time one in four of the school population of 12,000 were absent on account of illness. It was a relief to know, however, that what could have been a serious epidemic did not materialise. Page 20 POLIOMYELITIS Of the five diagnosed cases of poliomyelitis, one only devel... |
00b8b3e1-56a2-4ffd-8a0b-9efdff70c9c6 | It is interesting to note that the average age of the people receiving this service was 79 years. During the year there has been constant and cordial contact with hospitals receiving the chronic sick and with the County Welfare Department. ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT Licences we renewed during the ... |
bd349155-b5c4-47a3-a38f-63b2f12430f7 | It was decided, therefore, to consider the opening of temporary clinic services in the surgery premises erected by the Barking Borough Council on behalf of family doctors serving the Estate. At the end of the year negotiations were in progress with the Thames View Group Practice for the use of their surgery on two afte... |
e07a1df7-c4d9-44bd-b091-a9b1e93c9dcc | These premises were built originally as a Civil Defence First Aid Post and since the end of the War with very little refinement have been used for out-patients service of the Regional Hospital Board and the Essex County Council. By virtue of its near ness to the Barking Maternity Hospital, the clinic has been used incr... |
190a6833-0e1b-4841-beaf-6add3629e1f9 | Where necessary, additional handbasins, strip lighting and electric points have also been installed." The cost of the necessary work was borne jointly by the County Council and the Hospital Management Committee. RE-ORGANISATION OF CLINIC SERVICES During the year a review was undertaken of the clinic services to ascerta... |
4498fcc5-d319-485a-b6b6-c53e906a763f | It was decided to move the birth control clinic to Upney Clinic, to divide speech therapy sessions between Central and Woodward Clinics and to give the occupational therapist office facilities in the Fast Street office premises. In view of thefact that Paget Ward was scheduled to be used for in-patients once more in th... |
f58ce17c-3831-4664-9575-b11e7ed2955f | With the move of the chiropody service to the main building at Central Clinic, it was possible to transfer the receptionist duties to the existing clerical staff and thus dispense with the post of receptionist for the chiropody service. Dental Laboratory. This was held in a mainly wooden building at the rear of Central... |
70e0e14b-2aaf-4afb-a41a-f8828da22302 | This reduction was introduced at Central, Porters Avenue, Upney and Greatfields Clinics. Sale of Welfare Foods, etc. Prior to the "appointed day" nutrients, etc., were sold at Infant Welfare sessonis by part-time assistants on the staff of the Borough Treasurer, and these arrangements were continuing on an agency basis... |
4bc9b62a-e328-4388-bc62-97f6181323bc | A. R. Levy, Dental Officer, the only remaining full-time dental officer was Mr. J. Page 24 Buntin who ran his surgery in the wooden wing of the East Street premises. Mr. Buntin agreed to transfer to Central Clinic and East Street was closed for clinic purposes. CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN MATERNITY SERVICE Ante-... |
6f75a0a7-e31d-4004-8961-8533820c376b | 339 Barking mothers attended the Post-Natal Clinic making a total of 363 attendances. In addition 226 mothers were under the care of their family doctors and 160 were under the care of hospitals outside the district. |
520e341b-09ed-44cf-a713-931854408158 | INFANT WELFARE ATTENDANCES AT INFANT WELEFARE CLINICS-1956&1957 1956 1957 Number of children born in year who attended 756 771 Total number of children who attended 2,533 2,413 Total attendances 25,157 23,409 Page 25 Distribution of Welfare Foods The following table shows the welfare foods distributed during 1956 and 1... |
38c5e73c-b1b1-41fd-8da9-ee6764a6f464 | on Register Average daily attendances January 47 34.1 February 45 37.6 March 45 37.6 April 44 37.2 May 47 32.3 June 48 38.5 July 52 38.8 August 54 35.0 September 51 39.9 October 49 34.9 November 48 39.0 December 49 37.7 Nursery and Child Minders' Regulation Act There are no registered child minders in the Borough. MIDW... |
bb6143c0-5696-4877-8e70-fa329e84a15b | Page 26 HEALTH VISITING The following statistics relate to the work of health visitors:— HEALTH VISITING 1956 1957 No. of visits to Expectant Mothers 1,388 1,345 No. of visits to Children under five 11,258 10,184 No. of other visits 4,273 4,418 No. of Non-Access visits 2,129 2,487 HOME NURSING This service, together wi... |
bca98283-0d9f-491d-b7e9-6d46ace69cd4 | Pliomyelitis Vaccination During 1956 when vaccination was offered to children born in 1947 to 1954, inclusive, some 2,296 consents were received but at the beginning of 1957 over 2,000 children still remained to be vaccinated. The first delivery very of vaccine in 1957 was not received until March but it wa he largest ... |
9810a418-1783-41a7-b932-3ce5a26e5c7d | The Government, in order to speed up its vaccination programme and in view of the continued shortage of vaccine manu- factured in Britain, entered into negotiations with Canada and the United States for the purchase of vaccine manufactured in North America. In November, the Minister of Health announced that the scheme ... |
e5df8747-b691-452a-a819-2fbb1b0324ef | Diphtheria and Whooping Cough Immunisation The number of children receiving primary courses of immunisation during the year was as follows: — DIPHTHERIA Family doctors Clinics Total Separate 70 440 510 Combined with whooping cough 201 - 201 Total diphtheria 271 440 711 WHOOPING COUGH Family doctors Clinics Total Separa... |
dc471151-4453-4a48-9b4d-9e5e2a2cdbd6 | and it seemed to arouse much interest since requests or reprints were Page 28 received from many parts of the world. The conclusion reached was that the combined method adopted by Barking gave better protection against diphtheria than the separate injections of A.P.T. then in common use, but was slightly less effective... |
31b735f1-fbd5-4136-a6b1-7824b22d2ff2 | About 400 babies were included in the scheme, and at fifteen months a small amount of blood was withdrawn from each, but by an improved niethod to that mentioned in the 1954 report. Parents were most co-operative, and results proved that the children in both groups were equally well imunised against diphtheria. An acco... |
82dcd743-7e8a-423b-96b5-1fd5cf4c0bf2 | However, in the end only one has remained entirely undetected, and after careful questioning of the others the final result was that 33 of these may have developed whooping cough. mostly of such a mild nature that the diagnosis was not at all certain (11 of these cases in fact are very doubtful). There were only 4 seri... |
7af53311-294c-4fbf-8d9a-41af0eb9c045 | The Medical Research Council during 1956 reported that inoculation with certain of the prophylactics used against diphtheria or whooping cough involves some risk of provoking paralysis due to poliomyelitis and as a result official policy now propounds that only certain vaccines should be used against diphtheria and in ... |
1a80033a-3616-4cf1-a5ff-2e58a95d823e | For protection at present a baby must be give three injections at monthly intervals for whooping cough, two injections for diphtheria and three for Tetanus, totalling eight injections in all. The same degree of protection can be conferred from an early age, as Barking has confirmed, by three injections only, using a tr... |
4a7d425d-9983-454f-bad7-c55023a1a2df | together with a detailed analysis of how the hours of service were deployed in 1957:— Year Number of Helps Employed Number of Cases Helped Total Hours Worked 1950 55 387 80,699 1951 49 327 70,611 1952 84 318 85,743 1953 89 384 105,121 1954 89 503 101,960 1955 90 556 105,104 1956 93 596 104,863 1957 93 581 97,536 DEPLOY... |
6074eb55-ab6b-4822-af20-4f57f1fc9de9 | 536 During the year a minimum charge of 5/- per wek was duced for each case receiving help. On application by the recipient of the service and in appropriate cases, the National Assistance Board met this charge. Page 31 SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE JUBILEE OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE, 1907—1957 The Chief Medical Officer of t... |
a0558a7c-f917-46b6-9007-22de25003921 | The forthcoming Jubilee is one of those times when it is specially appropriate that we should look back and consider the conditions with which our predecessors had to deal. The reports which they submitted contain much which would be of interest to this generation and I hope that principal school medical officers will ... |
07a0c230-37ce-4ecd-9b09-9200d424ef6f | Following the Appendix containing the extracts of annual reports will be found a table illustrating briefly the changing pattern of the standards of health of the people of Barking from 1900 to date. Page 32 MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT The Statistical Return at the end of this report shows the classification of de... |
3ea3e1c7-b44b-4ddb-a456-524890e6c944 | Two part-time Speech Therapists were employed throughout the year giving a total of 13 treatment sessions per week. During term time 4 of the 13 sessions held are undertaken at Faircross School. DENTAL SERVICES Statistics relating to the dental inspection and treatment of school children will be found in the statistica... |
c4a931f6-357e-4768-a3d7-de9e919e2515 | During the year the oral hygienist employed in the Walthamstow area was seconded to us for two sessions per week. The Dental Laboratory continues to construct dentures and appliances not only for Barking but for many dental centres elsewhere in the County and during the year the following appliances and dentures were p... |
eed9fa4f-1961-422c-81dc-e3f78bd85972 | (Sets) 66 478 Special Trays (Acrylic) 2 2 Box Plate Trays — 15 Bands 13 2 Bridges — 1 Gold Plate — 1 Silver Splint — 2 Basket Crown — 1 Sued Plate — 1 Page 34 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. Cases dealt with wer... |
8ffec52e-87ac-4570-bb17-530731481ea8 | Figures for treatment are:— Operative treatment (cases):— (a) For diseases of the ear 3 (b) For adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 177 (c) For other nose and throat conditions 11 Other forms of treatment (cases) 250 Orthopaedic Clinic Mr. L. Gil M.B.E., F.R.C.S., continues as the Consultant Orthopaedic Surg it and attend... |
beaf6568-4405-439d-87a9-788177c28525 | who received treatment (plus 9 referred in 1956) 21 (Of this number, one was subsequently recommended for residential placement as a Maladjusted Child.) No. of cases closed—left district or appointments not kept _ No. of cases referred but still awaiting investigation at end of year 13 Participation in case conferences... |
1f3ede3b-50cb-419d-afe6-a829598f9071 | B.C.G. VACCINATION B.C.G. Vaccination is offered to all 13-year-oid children, and is normally carried out in the term preceding their fourteenth birthday. A Mantoux—as well as a Heaf Puncture—Test is undertaken in every case, and where there is a positive reaction the child is referred to the Barking Chest Clinic for X... |
ac7f7da4-caa3-4feb-b87c-b0089f2eba83 | of pupils in Special Schools as at 31.12.57 Day Residential Day Residential Deaf 1 - 1 3 3 Partially deaf - - - 5 - Blind 1 - - - 3 Partially sighted - - - 2 2 Epileptic - - - - - Delicate 5 3 1 12 6 Physically Handicapped 4 4 - 19 2 Educationally Sub-Normal 13 7 1 42 - Maladjusted 6 - - - 7 Speech — — — — — Totals 30 ... |
c3ae02de-1ae7-4a55-bf59-38dfcf41bb5d | Action on ceasing to be of compulsory school age (3 Barking and 7 out-of-district)—all were recommended for supervision by the Local Health Authority under Section 57(5) of the Education Act, 1944. Eight children (2 Barking and 6 out-of-district) were found to ineducable and recommended for action under Section 57(3) o... |
e1db69a8-1fe5-45e0-a7e1-1b5a1fa0d070 | The children in this section at the end of the year were suffering from the following conditions:— Barking Other Districts Cerebral Palsy (Spastics) 7 — Other diseases of nervous system 8 2 Diseases of Bones and Joints 2 5 Heart disease — 1 Asthma 3 13 Bronchiectasis and other lung conditions 4 10 Debility 4 6 Others 1... |
7358a230-f9df-4084-a5e7-81dacf1d6aa1 | Other Special Schools During the year forty-five Barking children attended other special schools or received home tuition as follows:— Category Day Residential Home Tuition Blind — 3 — Partially Sighted 2 2 — Deaf 4 3 - Partially Deaf 6 1 - Physically Handicapped — 2 - Delicate — 7 2 Diabetic — 3 - Epileptic — - 1 Educ... |
ae828b5b-1df1-4356-9747-2b0f5087ca67 | 526 Number of defects found requiring treatment 844 Number of defects found requiring observation 460 Number of individual pupils found to require treatment 802 Nutritional classification of pupils examined:— Entrants 2nd Age Group 3re Age Group Other Satisfactory 965 1,299 1,014 3,242 6,520 Unsatisfactory 3 — 2 1 6 (b... |
327d5fe7-40d2-484b-9337-d928da4b3dfe | 700 (iii) Orthopaedic 77 (iv) Paediatric 342 (v) Skin 727 (b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:— (i) Minor Ailment 23,593 (ii) Chiropody 802 (iii) Orthopaedic 4,241 (iv) Orthoptic 1,578 (v) Speech Therapy 2,240 (vi) Skin 3,901 (c) Number of children who received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids 177 3.... |
54171af3-2888-4ca0-a623-11242a1922c9 | DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT (i) Number of pupils inspected in school 476 (ii) Number of pupils inspected at Clinics 2,625 Total 3,101 (iii) Number found to require treatment 2,889 (iv) Attendances for treatment 8,999 (v) Number of fillings: Permanent teeth 3,570 Temporary teeth 914 (vi) Number of teeth filled: Perm... |
a67bf41d-2ada-4bbb-b764-de6c903b7e04 | 458 (x) Number of treatments (included in (ix) above) carried out by Oral Hygienist 179 Page 40 APPENDIX JUBILEE OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE EXTRACTS FROM MEDICAL OFFICERS' REPORTS 1900 " Further Sanitary Requirements of District Much still remains to be done in the relaying and ventilation of drains and sewers in man... |
7a40ba99-ab38-43ea-a83f-872eac6517c7 | 1902 Diphtheria ar, Membranous Croup Though the number of cases during the year was somewhat less than the year before, the death rate was nearly double Many of the cases were very severe and I fear that the increased death rate is largely due to the fact that hospital accommodation was not always available. The extrao... |
242efb05-30e6-412d-8b43-4b088965c3c7 | The number of children of school age is nearly one-third of entire population, though the number at school age occupied in earning their living is not by any means high . . . ." Page 41 1903 " On the Prevalence of Diphtheria in Barking during 1903 31 out of the 44 school children attended North Street School .... With ... |
fc4f0060-49e5-4954-830f-35f0503fe8da | " Isolation Hospital .... In June a new building was erected in the Hospital Grounds; consists of two wards containing 4 beds each; with dis-1 charging blocks at either end of the building .... The Diphtheria Wards have been well filled all through the year .... All cases of infectious disease were reported to the Scho... |
07c376d5-fabb-4a69-8392-d70981233864 | 1906 " Inspections at Schools In addition to inspections at the Council Schools with regard to Diphtheria and Scarlet Fever I have given considerable attention to the question of dirty and verminous children. Ringworm, Measles. Whooping Cough, Chicken Pox, Sores, etc., and I am exceedingly grateful for the very hearty ... |
5858fb53-2a8f-4738-be56-f9c3d9826551 | 1907 Total population = 29,500 Lady Health Visitor appointed: April, 1907. School population = 6,338 Also Probationer Health Visitor: October, 1907. Seven schools: North Street. Gascoigne Road. Westbury. Church of England. Roman Catholic. Creeksmouth. Castle. Infectious Diseases Percentage of school population Scarlet ... |
d2ec6f2e-1bed-4188-a237-e8aef625ae62 | 'Notification of Births Act, 1907, came into force in the district Page 43 on 1st January, 1908.) (Horse drawn ambulance provided for cases of accident and acute disease. The payment for its use was assessed according to means with a maximum charge of £1.)" 1909 " Staff Dr. Fenton, owing to increased work due to recent... |
c99f08cb-6ce9-4e23-a8b3-c58343bb3790 | 1,197 defects required treatment: Nutrition accounted for 15.7%, Rickets 3% In addition—Defective clothing = 7% Verminous heads — 13% Dirty bodies = 5% 42% were found to have sound teeth. .... In many instances more than one defect was present in the same child. Weights, as a rule, seemed rather below the averages for ... |
b20d5746-f764-40ee-b9cf-74282e9cc6d8 | It is to be regretted that such serious diseases as Measles and Whooping Cough should be, in most cases, treated entirely without Page 44 medical supervision .... A great many cases alleged to be suffering from Mumps are simply cases of enlarged glands and other minor ailments, but as most of these cases receive no med... |
e1ee2321-29dd-4b9f-b268-64154a19cfe6 | 1910 "Staff Miss Maud Webster was appointed permanently in April as an Assistant Sanitary Inspector and School Nurse at a salary of £80 a year ..." " Schools The schools are 7 in number. Drinking water supplied from fountains or taps, iron drinking cups as a rule are provided. I have to draw attention to the existence ... |
1bedb562-83ff-4870-8f27-efa75a147835 | who pay a fee for one attendance only, to local practitioners, whose services are requisitioned by the teachers to treat accidents occurring on school premises . . . ." "School Medical Inspection Number of children seen at S.M.I. = 1,240. Page 45 All the ordinary inspections took place on the school premises and notice... |
f67c9706-8d5d-422b-ba1c-13c74041118b | This should be an answe," to the plea that the wearing of spectacles diminishes a child's chance of employment. As an auxiliary to the regular Medical Inspection, children are relerred by teachers or attendance officers, or are brought by their friends to the Medical Officer at the Public Offices for examination by him... |
d89e0ea4-77ec-440e-9a80-41de5308fca6 | The advice given in the reports of the Medical Officer.... has been followed, that authorities before taking upon themselves the treatment of ordinary defects should endeavour to use the existing arrangements available for this purpose, as there is a theory that adequate medical advice is available for everyone, either... |
5c4794dd-5548-401b-ba2f-c68109a000b5 | for the hospitals; many of which do not open until 1.30 p.m. Frequently young children have to be taken as well as the patient because the mother cannot afford to pay any one to take care of them at home, and the whole party wander about the streets for about four hours, until they are admitted. I have suggested to man... |
8b5bd214-dec9-4730-9774-8e9fef002d11 | A very persistent attempt has been made to utilise the Poor Law Medical Service to the utmost, and I cannot speak too highly of the care and attention which has been displayed by the District Medical Officer in dealing with those cases which he has attended to. He very properly does not consider himself called upon to ... |
664cfefa-d232-4050-b773-0ff978c62a0c | Page 47 Parents in such cases are expected to meet the Guardians at Romford, a distance of six miles; this has naturally a very deterring effect on applicants for relief, especially as it is extremely difficult to persuade them that such assistance should be obtained as the children may not be obviously ill—the picture... |
b86736f6-c521-4381-b495-38bfeb5501fd | The loss in grants through absence from school from ringworm probably amounted to about £70 a year at the beginning of the year, besides the serious injury inflicted on the children's education. Arrangements could be made for the treatment of these cases with X-rays at a cost of about 5s. each, some of which money coul... |
330d752a-007e-40ff-bf26-7a789e0e893f | bread with jam, and £ pint of cocoa made with a dried milk and sugar." 1911 " School Medical Inspections. Number of school medical inspections = 1,732 (Three age groups—5 years, 8 years, 13 years.) Nutrition 2 = 21% Nutrition 3 = 1.3% (Nutrition 1 is not mentioned—presumably normal and not requiring treatment.) 22% wer... |
a89ff0c5-2b6d-4a2c-a293-d5f316b70d17 | No prosecutions took place as the result of medical inspections." " Boots it is not uncommon to find a hole as big as a two shilling piece right through the centre of the sole, and the child walking on the bare foot The cry able remarks respecting malnutrition found in the Report of the Medical Officer to the Board of ... |
008af67b-11e0-4daa-9326-2a32494223e7 | The early decay of the permanent teeth is a very serious matter This serious improvidence with reference to teeth cannot continue if we are to remain healthy nation." "Physical Culture More provision for boys' and girls' games is desirable." Provision of Meals Is undertaken by a voluntary society ; provision of breakfa... |
f47c4c17-ed2b-4105-bc67-b39540651ede | During the past year except for simple cases requiring either 1000d, drug or home treatment, no persons have been referred to the Relieving Officer The lines upon which treatment has been provided has been a combination of service rendered by the Local Authority and by means of Voluntary Charity. The provision of medic... |
919ca1fe-b3a3-4220-8432-ea25f43df814 | When the Education Authority commenced to undertake medical supervision of school children and given powers to provide medical treatment it was apparent that needs of the district would not be met by simply providing for school children and neglecting to provide for other persons as well—e.g. in a family of five childr... |
3a67649e-b841-4e0e-ad4c-c4614f36a668 | These limitations were introduced to keep the work within reasonable limits and not Page 50 interfere more than could be avoided with the interests of medical men practising in the area ; as an additional safeguard the local doctors kindly examine, as confidential scrutineers, the lists of patients treated by the Counc... |
1c85d2b0-33f1-4db8-9ef6-5a27ff99c7c7 | in suitable cases, the Medical Officer tests the vision, instils the drug, takes the child up to hospital as one of a partv and glassc are provided by a local optician, very often through the Hospital Sunday Fund ; (thus reducing cost and travelling time for parents and children) Scheme only a temporary one until visio... |
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