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64d9ab0d-74c9-4e02-bdf1-0a2bc7fd4397 | Page 70 TABLE 9 —OUTWORK Factories Act, 1937 Section 110: Number of outworkers in list required by Section 110(c) 161 Nature of work carried out:— Making of wearing apparel 117 Umbrellas 1 Artificial flowers 1 Boxes, etc. 11 Brushes 1 Toys 2 Cosaques, Christmas crackers and stockings, etc. 27 Sacks 1 Section 111: Number of visits to outworkers 344 Number of unwholesome premises — Number of notices served — Number of prosecutions — CLEAN AIR ACT, 1956 On the 7th February, 1958, The provisions of the Clean Air Act relating to industrial smoke came into operation. Section 1 of the Act prohibits the emission of dark smoke from the chimney of any building for more than the periods specified by the Minister of Housing and Local Government. These periods were specified in Regulations which came into force on 1st June, 1958. |
4e17ac5d-8488-41d1-a236-e6bdc2845b17 | Under these Regulations dark smoke may not be emitted from a chimney for more than 10 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 8 hours with extensions of the period for soot blowing or for chimneys serving more than one furnace. The emission of dark smoke for more than four minutes continuously or of black smoke for more than 2 minutes in the aggregate in any period of 30 minutes is prohibited. A special circular was sent to all factory occupiers concerned, which was later followed by a visit to offer advice. It is unlikely that any chimney will be kept under observation for 8 hours and therefore activities will mainly be confined to controlling continuous emissions of dark smoke and emissions of black smoke. Under Section 4 of the Act the Minister may, by Regulation, require the provision of smoke indicating and recording instruments. |
88d6b97f-44e9-4814-97b4-f6e5a37251ce | No regulation have yet been made but it is to be hoped that now smoke instruments are readily available, the Minister will use the power available to him and thus enable checks of smoke emitted throughout the whole of each day and night, to be made by reference to the records. Some boiler users have installed smoke indicating and recording instruments in order to give an indication to the operator of excessive smoke emitted. These have proved useful in preventing contraventions of the Clean Air Act. Section 16 deals with smoke other than that for dwelling houses or dark smoke from other chimneys. If it is a nuisance to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood it may be dealt with as a statutory nuisance under the Public Health Act. This would cover such things as bonfires, but there may be difficulty in establishing that a particular occurrence is a nuisance to the Habitants of the neighbourhood. |
ce437b7a-ed02-497c-833c-ddd8e7ca2b9f | Page 71 At the time the industrial provisions of the Clean Air Act came into operation a Circular was sent to the managements of all factories in the Borough drawing attention to the limits of smoke emission and inviting co-operation in reducing atmospheric pollution. Application for Exemption An application was made to the Corporation under Section 2 of the Clean Air Act for exemption from the provisions of Section 1 of the Act regarding emission of smoke. The application was made on the grounds that it had not been practicable to alter the installation in use to ensure compliance with the Act. In this particular case an oil fired furnace was being erected and special doors were being obtained for the existing furnace. Exemption was granted for a period of six months. In another case an application for exemption was not approved because it was felt that alternative arrangements could be made which would avoid the emission of dark smoke until new equipment was installed. Observations The number of observations of factory chimneys in the Borough carried out during the year were 161. |
10ecc2a8-f690-4949-962b-393fcf3e36d4 | All these observations were of thirty minutes duration and the smoke emissions were compared with a shade chart known as a Ringelmann Chart. All Public Health Inspectors have had practice in assessing shades of smoke using the chart but it is rather cumbersome for everyday use so a smaller version known as a Microringelmann is in general use as a guide. Any excessive emission is immediately drawn to the attention of the management of the factory concerned and advice s given on the best methods to be used to avoid such emissions. The has frequently resulted in the installation of new equipment. Domestic Smoke A conference of Local Authorities to discuss the implementation of the Clean Air Act as it affected domestic smoke was held at Barking Town Hall in November. Delegations from twelve local authorities were present together with representatives of fuel distributors. Each delegation gave information concerning the action being taken by their respective authorities to introduce smoke control orders and a general discussion took place on the difficulties involved. Page 72 Such conferences make a useful contribution to the work of securing clean air. |
82c8359c-4ead-4236-9aee-784883799437 | Smoke does not stop at the boundary of the town in which it is produced and if the greatest benefit from smoke control areas is to be achieved it seems important to tackle the task on a regional basis. Each authority gains something from a conference by hearing the experience of other authorities, by joining in an approach to the Minister of Housing and Local Government concerning common problems and above all by being encouraged to go ahead with its own plans. London County Council Estate A meeting of representatives of Barking, Dagenham and Ilford Councils was held in October to discuss the question of making the whole of the London County Council Becontree Estate a smoke control area. It was thought desirable that the work of adapting grates in houses on the Estate should be co-ordinated to proceed at a similar rate in each of the three Boroughs. This work would liave to be phased according to the speed with which adaptations could be mad by the London County Council and would have to be spread over a number of years. |
f8e10aa3-294c-4962-a979-da6d4526d431 | The number of dwellings involved is:— Barking 8,221 Dagenham 15,986 Ilford 2,530 The delegates were agreed on the desirability of making an order to cover the whole of the estate and arranged to meet again after reporting to their respective Councils. Supply of Smokeless Fuels A great deal has been said recently about the shortage of smokefuel and some local authorities have postponed taking any action deal with domestic smoke because of an alleged shortage. Undoubtedly there has been difficulty in the supply of what are Known as premium smokeless fuels such as Clean-glo, Coalite and Rexco. These are specially manufactured fuels which are more expensive than coke and the demand for them has recently been greatly increased. Page 73 Unfortunately the rate of production has not kept pace with the increased demand, mainly because of the large capital expenditure involved in setting up the necessary plant. More plant is being set up, however, so the situation should improve. |
3d805476-0d9b-42b2-a9e6-ee3561f8010f | Whatever may be the supply position regarding premium smokeless fuel when the Clean Air Act was passed the Government expected the demand for smokeless fuel to be satisfied by open fire cake and enquiries into the supply situation encouraged the belief that this was possible. The Gas Board have repeatedly given assurance that there is an ample supply of open fire coke to satisfy the demands of any smoke control areas which are created. The approved grates installed in such areas are equipped with facilities for gas ignition and are specially designed to burn coke. There is a technique for burning coke on an approved appliance and arrangements can be made for demonstrations to show householders how to obtain the best results Properly used 16-cwts. of coke will give as much heat as one ton of coal. There has been a move recently to set a standard specification for open fire coke so that householders will be sure of obtaining a fuel of uniform quality. |
695f58e8-2730-4274-a989-caf4bee72f91 | Before any smoke control area is created the Minister of Housing and Local Government enquires into the available fuel supply and will not approve the area unless he is satisfied that it is adequate. Measurement of Atmospheric Pollution Measurements of solid deposit and sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere continued to be made in four places in the Borough, the readings from which for the last six years are set out on page 78. These measurements form part of an investigation in which systematic measurements of air pollution are made in many parts of the country. Results are obtained from 2,441 instruments. The average deposit of solid matter for all sites throughout the country for the year ended 31st March, 1957, was 18 tons per square mile per month. The average of the six sites at which the greatest deposits took place was 102 tons per square mile per month. The average of the six sites at which the lowest deposits occurred was Page 74 5 tons per square mile. |
4c300772-4129-4ee5-bc78-b1412a1b4732 | These figures may be compared with an average deposit in Barking of 21 tons per square mile per month. The measurement of air pollution has been going on in Barking for 10 years and below is given a chart showing the average solid deposit in tons per square mile per month for each of the last ten years. It is gratifying to be able to record a reduction over that period despite an increase in industrial activity and an increase in the number of dwellings in the Borough. Page 75 Record of Chimney Observations carried out during 1958 Observations. The number of observations on Factory Chimneys in the Borough during 1958 total 155. Contraventions number 16. Black Smoke minutes Moderate Smoke minutes Little or No Smoke minutes Amount of smoke recorded during the year 147.5 290.25 4206.25 Average amount of smoke recorded per observation .951 1.872 27. |
3065b919-1d77-4640-8828-f7247c85b9a3 | 137 6 2½ 21½ 6 14½ 9 2½ 4½ 25½ 4 1 25 5 2½ 22½ 2 2 26 Particulars of contraventions of the Byelaws (over 2 minutes Black Smoke in ½ hour) 25 5 — 20 5 5 5 4 21 3 4½ 22½ 3 - 27 2 2 26 11 12 7 30 — — 14 7 9 2½ 4½ 23 Page 76 ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION MONTHLY DEPOSITS IN TONS PER SQUARE MILE MONTH 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 D.56 D. |
d8941479-7dea-4ba7-9b33-fb19d038976a | 57 D.58 D.1571 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 JANUARY 30.48 28.61 22.32 21.40 32.20 18.16 42.09 42.33 - 22.74 35.78 42.74 34.90 24.38 30.98 30.87 24.90 14.34 30.01 33.36 19.64 19.08 FEBRUARY 30.52 23.24 24.97 46.03 39.35 27.54 31.85 29.05 14.89 17.28 14.94 21.66 12.52 11.81 34.82 32.41 21.46 15.44 39.35 31.96 23.90 20.98 MARCH 20.48 22.38 14.30 30. |
02a620e9-d733-497a-a97d-88aeb664d047 | 98 30.35 26.75 24.27 32.75 15.41 14.44 26.08 30.93 19.26 19.35 38.32 37.51 24.00 13.61 29.41 23.82 9.05 15.94 APRIL 22.41 19.88 21.94 13.34 16.32 12.31 31.08 30.11 21.43 24.51 20.04 24.40 17.13 15.01 19.94 15.64 13.17 14.40 25.18 17.89 8.97 11.51 MAY - 21.52 17.47 30.48 38.60 18.02 27.48 37.85 27.30 - 22.91 31.35 16.85 18.31 28. |
7cddc6e4-fe27-4b7e-9843-bcf338e728d6 | 88 39.18 21.08 15.68 31.15 27.71 14.41 17.27 JUNE 25.58 26.52 12.28 34.28 35.93 22.08 23.04 27.07 20.94 27.51 29.11 37.58 13.44 17.57 22.14 17.92 16.57 10.43 30.98 29.70 16.30 17.51 JULY 26.94 24.04 24.79 26.42 32.61 21.43 17.61 24.23 12.69 32.22 27.11 - 23.11 20.21 39.28 27.38 — 15.37 4.46 — 24.14 13.31 AUGUST 25.74 22.89 21.49 27. |
e843f5a8-1d22-46c6-be96-6e2db420920d | 01 32.92 20.15 21.88 28.95 30.30 17.07 26.18 45.51 27.17 16.68 31.08 24.19 17.68 19.24 30.91 25.46 22.38 — SEPTEMBER 30.71 27.75 21.18 28.15 38.46 25.31 31.15 31.55 26.14 20.44 37.55 33.74 23.25 14.51 32.08 23.88 18.98 16.81 29.51 23.98 14.55 14.11 OCTOBER 45.89 28.92 21.56 34.52 36.82 20.85 22.80 28.91 19.87 16.75 26.71 31.07 16. |
d9d7278b-9560-4945-9696-4d63013f2d5f | 68 17.07 28.41 26.48 23.08 12.77 20.51 19.33 17.61 12.52 NOVEMBER 33.55 31.79 21.94 40.19 38.77 30.67 25.18 30.08 22.59 22.21 21.38 24.44 16.51 11.61 22.07 14.51 23.38 10.70 14.01 23.34 17.43 13.36 DECEMBER 41.59 44.04 31.74 29.25 35.83 26.65 25.55 40.66 27.75 17.01 36.45 39.35 29.61 21.11 32.48 41.34 17.64 21.31 20.15 22.21 19.98 14. |
2e7ffc55-6d9c-41dd-aff8-c00df1c2e038 | 15 Averages 30.25 25.18 21.33 30.17 34.01 22.50 28.32 31.96 21.75 21.10 25.35 32.98 20.87 17.3 30.04 27.61 19.27 15.01 28.20 25.34 17.36 15.34 STATIONS. D.56—Barking Park; Alfreds Way from May, 1952 ; Barking Cemetery from May 1955 ; Roy craft Avenue from August, 1956. D.57—Greatfields Park. D.58—Par sloe s Park. D.1571—Barking Park from January. 1955. Page 77 ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION—SULPHUR DIOXIDE READINGS MEASURED AS MILLIGRAMS OF S03 PER DAY COLLECTED BY 100 sq. C.M. |
63d08495-8a00-4f08-a39f-da49d645edac | LEAD PEROXIDE MONTH 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 D.56 D.57 D.58 D.1571 JANUARY 3.50 4.06 3.09 4.43 3.81 3.71 4.19 3.47 3.20 2.23 3.83 4.69 3.59 2.72 3.73 3.97 3.86 2.51 4.04 5.04 4.48 3.56 FEBRUARY 2.68 2.98 2.01 4.24 3.35 3.69 4. |
485e7635-711a-4478-9604-0da198dbcf08 | 39 3.68 3.27 2.39 2.71 3.57 3.45 2.28 3.74 4.57 3.84 3.06 3.07 3.65 3.10 2.33 MARCH 2.89 2.57 2.77 3.17 3.64 3.14 3.46 2.24 0.59 1.29 1.91 2.74 2.12 2.41 2.08 2.50 2.35 1.65 6.10 2.19 3.20 1.72 APRIL 2.16 2.48 2.03 2.23 1.74 2.38 2.88 2.31 1.92 1.31 2.00 2.49 2.32 1.52 1.17 1. |
74f64a45-d77c-49f0-b326-a234aaec89c8 | 48 1.84 0.88 1.79 1.72 1.83 1.13 MAY 1.53 1.17 1.50 2.20 1.80 1.95 1.50 2.11 1.55 1.03 1.32 2.25 1.52 1.17 0.97 1.49 1.24 0.92 1.90 2.10 1.87 1.08 JUNE 1.27 1.35 0.97 2.00 1.94 1.22 1.14 1.71 1.13 0.82 0.82 1.55 1.07 0.89 1.06 1.51 0.98 0.90 1.11 1.52 1.27 0.96 JULY 2.19 2.23 1. |
a78467b3-01dc-454b-ac7f-dff7c41a1227 | 82 2.63 2.42 1.64 0.34 0.66 0.42 0.32 1.00 2.00 1.49 0.91 1.07 1.67 1.41 0.91 1.34 1.55 1.28 0.82 AUGUST 2.43 2.05 1.57 1.93 1.80 1.19 0.70 1.27 0.91 0.64 1.04 2.21 1.67 0.97 1.20 1.84 1.11 1.14 1.49 1.50 1.38 0.95 SEPTEMBER 2.18 1.75 1.75 3.32 3.03 2.29 1.40 2.87 1.70 1.11 1.01 1. |
aa8e30e0-6684-4abe-9cd0-8141aa66bb4f | 75 1.59 1.01 1.52 2.34 1.82 1.40 1.31 1.47 1.44 0.88 OCTOBER 2.53 1.84 1.78 4.16 3.63 2.89 2.18 3.24 2.38 1.85 1.86 3.06 2.35 1.80 2.47 3.00 2.81 1.91 2.30 2.49 2.40 1.52 NOVEMBER 4.15 3.91 3.51 4.36 4.05 3.22 2.66 3.53 2.69 1.91 2.96 3.97 3.20 2.67 2.63 3.08 2.94 2.08 2.34 1.90 2. |
a3297d5f-f9b5-40e3-8ea8-07827a749cdf | 56 2.51 DECEMBER 3.38 3.08 3.15 5.00 4.80 3.48 2.60 3.53 2.56 1.83 3.79 4.45 4.45 2.73 5.27 4.69 4.27 2.98 2.71 3.54 1.01 2.63 Averages 2.57 2.46 2.16 3.33 2.95 2.57 2.29 2.55 1.86 1.39 2.2 2.9 2.40 1.75 2.22 2.68 2.37 1.69 2.12 2.72 2.31 1.67 STATIONS. |
00179e98-fc01-472c-895e-e8300be8eb35 | D..56—Barking Pa.rk ; Alfreds Way from May, 1952 ; Barking Cemetery from May, 1955. D.57—Greatfields Park. D.58—Parsloes Park. D.1571—Barking P.irk from January. 1955. Page 78 Section F—PEST INFESTATION CONTROL The systematic treatment of the sewers in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Infestation Control Division) was carried out twice during the year. The results of the treatment are set out as follows :— May November Number of manholes baited 421 421 Number showing pre-bait take 231 110 Number showing complete pre-bait take 159 116 Surface Infestation The following extract from the Annual Report submitted to the Ministry o Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the year 1958 indicates the incidence of Rodent Infestation in the Borough, dealt with by your officers. A charge of 7/0d. |
8ec440d9-485c-49f2-834a-f662368a8cc1 | per hour is made for treatment of business premises of all description, whilst dwelling houses are serviced without charg. PREVALENCE OF RATS AND MICE Type of Property (1) Properties in Area No. of properties in area in which infestation was found Analysis of Col. 4. Number infested by RATS MICE (2) Notified by Occupier (3) Survey under the Act (4) Total Major Minor Local Authority's property 5,340 27 - 27 - 13 14 Dwelling houses 22,236 140 - 140 - 79 61 Business premises 2,160 18 242 260 — 209 51 Totals 29,736 185 242 427 — 301 126 Page 79 Disinfestation oj Verminous Premises During the year we received complaints from 45 premises of vermin infestation—bed bugs. |
227bd9dc-51ca-48bf-827a-8fc0434a285b | This was a startling increase not only in respect of the increase in numbers but also because under the present standard of living and new forms of bedding, totally unexpected. Most of the infestations were minor and were resolved by simple treatment. The total premises comprised:— Barking Council Houses 25 London County Council Houses 14 Privately owned 6 45 The Council provide a free disinfestation service PESTS Flies and Cockroaches We have continued to operate a mobile spraying unit using dispersable gammexane chiefly for dealing with breeding sites at offensive trade premises, stables, open land, tips, piggeries and stagnant water courses. We are satisfied that this practice is successful as a preventive measure. There were 120 premises treated. Hoarding oj Rubbish The Council removed from one house no less than nine cubic yards of rubbish which had been accumulated in a number of rooms in the occupation of a family of three adult persons. The dwelling was subsequently cleansed. |
9569ee1a-c58c-4a03-8ab3-b14b028ee157 | 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 5,206. Page 80 The number of dustbins supplied by the Corporation under this arrangement during the year was 480. In accordance with a hire scheme complementary to the above mentioned 125 properties were supplied with dustbins. In each of these cases the dustbin will be paid for by eight annual payments of five shillings each. The total number of properties in the instalment scheme for the provision of dustbins is 716. Therefore, the total number of privately owned premises in the Borough now supplied with standard type of dustbin has reached 5,922. |
4dab38c3-3d1b-4b1e-9475-00e55592475b | Public Cleansing Refuse Disposal The Borough Engineer and Surveyor has supplied me with the following information :— The quantity of refuse collected and disposed of throughout the year was 75,223 cubic yards, the average weight 5.48 cwts. per cubicyard, and the total weight 20,754.72 tons. In addition 51,098.75 tons of refuse were received from other Boroughs. OFFENSIVE TRADES The Diseases of Animals (Waste Foods) Order, 1957 The Council, at the request of the Essex County Council, agreed to take over their functions with respect to this Order as from 1st January, 1958. Your public health inspectors, who already visit the three large P'ggeries in the Borough, have carried out the duties of inspection and control. Throughout the year there have been 24 visits to the eight "tensive trade premises in the Borough. |
e3f8b2b5-b233-47bd-b495-d5f2770bbb53 | Type of Trade Number Oil Boilers 6 Gut Scraper 18 Off Boilers There are three groups of products where oil boiling is part of the Page 81 process of manufacture :— 1. Paint; 2. Printers' Ink ; 3. Stand oil and lithographic varnish. Over a number of years your public health inspectors have maintained a close contact with the manufacturers to avoid the emission of offensive fumes from these processes. We still receive a few complaints but the manufacturers have so improved their processes that the escape of fumes into the atmos phere is now generally avoidable. Accidents and mechanical breakdowns occur, however, which give rise to nuisance occassionally. Fat Melting and Gut Cleaning One factory remains in use. It is well conducted and sofarasi practicable mechanically operated. Owing to redevelopment in the area it is now badly sited it relation to new industry and during the warm weather complaint continue to be received of its operation. |
1d7d29dc-7109-44a8-80e3-cee2b06bc8a3 | REFUSE TIP—RIPPLESIDE Essex County Council Act, 1933—Paragraph 2 (J) and 2 (d) of Part 1 of the Third Schedule Legal proceedings were instituted against the owner of the refuse tip for not complying with the conditions of the above Act. A fine of £50 in respect of the first charge plus £10 on the seconi charge, together with £3 3s. Od. costs was imposed. Pet Animals Act, 1951 During the year 15 inspections were made of the eight licensed premises in the Borough. All the premises are satisfactorily complying with the above Act which requires provision for fire prevention ; proper sanitary conditions thoughout the premises and suitable housing and feeding facilities for the pet animals kept for sale. RAINFALL Rain fell during the year on 156 days and measured 26.44 inches compared with 18.80 inches for the previous year. |
2004960e-586b-4feb-8ab7-0130d845e460 | Daily records show that 0.01 inches or more rain fell on 38 days and 0.04 inches or more rain was recorded on 118 days. Page 82 |
58f1eb35-b315-4355-8b66-e4fcd61b24d4 | AC 4411(1) BARK 53 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR BARKING FOR THE YEAR 1959 BARK 53 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR BARKING FOR THE YEAR 1959 CONTENTS Pages 1. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMITTEES 1-2 2. STAFF 3-4 3. PREFACE 5 4. GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH 6-16 5. PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES 17-22 6. SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE 23-37 7. REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR 38-80 PUBLIC HEALTH COMMITTEE as at December, 1959 Chairman - Alderman Mrs. JULIA H. ENGWELL Vice-Chairman - Mr. Councillor LESLIE C. JONES The Mayor - Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO, C.A. Mr. |
559ccd93-8ecb-4489-9e7a-56534a847341 | Alderman G.H. COLLINS Mr. Councillor J.P. GROOM Alderman Mrs. A.M. MARTIN Councillor Mrs. D.M. JONES Mr. Alderman J.R.SWEETLAND, C.C. Mr. Councillor C.A. POOL Mr. Councillor J.B. BLAND Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON, C.C. Councillor Mrs. J. CALLAN Mr. Councillor W.H. ROYCRAFT, Councillor Mrs. D.M. GLENNY J.P. Mr. Councillor S. C. SIVELL Mr. Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT, J. P. BARKING COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATION as at 31st December, 1959 Chairman - Mr. Councillor J.G. BEANE Vice-Chairman - Mr. Alderman G.H. |
7cfd9053-9c01-4cd4-8cbc-a494ad33c975 | COLLINS Representative Members:The Mayor - Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO, C.A. Mr. Alderman A.E. BALL, J.P. Mr. Councillor I. GREENHOUSE, Alderman Mrs. M. BALL, C.A. J.P. Alderman Mrs. J.H. ENGWELL Mr. Councillor L.F. HENSTOCK Alderman Mrs. A.M. MARTIN Mr. Councillor H.J. HILLS Mr. Alderman J.R.SWEETLAND, C.C. Mr. Councillor LESLIE C. JONES Mr' Ald W.G. WERMERLING Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON, C.C. Mr. Councillor J.B. BLAND Mr. Councillor S.R. ROWE Mr. Councillor J A. BUTLER Mr. CUr. |
35b47a97-50c8-439a-bfa4-ad5ad4fc0669 | W.H. ROYCRAFT, J.P. Councillor Mrs. D.M. GLENNY Mr. Councillor S.C. SIVELL Co-opted Members:The VerV Rev. Canon J. A. DACEY Mr. F.H. KING G. COLLINS Mr. A. STONE A.E. GREEN Mr. County Councillor J. WARD Nominated Members:Mr. County Alderman K.E.B. GLENNY, J.P. Mrs. E.G. LAW Page 1 BARKING HEALTH AREA SUB-COMMITTEE of the Essex County Health Committee as at December, 1959 Chairman - Alderman Mrs. JULIA H. ENGWELL Vice-Chairman - Mr. Councillor LESLIE C. JONES Barking Borough Council Representatives:- The Mayor - Councillor Mrs. M. BREDO, C.A. Mr. Alderman G.H. |
c741707a-a859-4522-9be7-86e8774efb37 | COLLINS Councillor Mrs. D.M. JONES Alderman Mrs. A.M. MARTIN Mr. Councillor C.A. POOL Mr. Alderman J.R.SWEETLAND, C.C. Councillor Mrs. M. PRESTON,C.C. Councillor Mrs. J. CALLAN Mr. Councillor W.H. ROYCRAFT, Councillor Mrs. D.M. GLENNY J.P. Mr. Councillor J.P. GROOM Mr. Councillor S. C. SIVELL Mr. Councillor LEONARD WRIGHT, J. P. Esser County Council Representatives:Mr. County Alderman K.E.B. GLENNY, O.B.E., J.P. Mr. County Councillor A.C. BERRY County Councillor Mrs. C.S.M. |
df56878d-4e1e-496b-904e-c9e322a4d4ab | GODFREY The Executive Council for Essex Representative:- Mr. S.A. WORTLEY The Local Medical Committee Representative:- Dr. W.J.C. FENTON, J.P. The Hospital Management Committee Representative Mrs. D.L. BELCHAMBER Voluntary Organisations' Representatives:- Mrs. M.E. DALLEY Miss N.L. ODELL Mrs. G.M. GRAFFY Mrs. P. WILSON Page 2 STAFF, 1959 Medical Officer of Health, Area Medical Officer, and Divisional School Medical Officer:- F. GROARKE, M.B., L.M., D.C.H., D.P.H. Deputy Medical Officer of Health, School Medical Officer, Assistant County Medical Officer, and Medical Supervisor of Midwives:- MARGARET I. ADAMSON, M.B., B.Ch., D.P.H. School Medical Officers and Assistant County Medical Officers:EILEEN E.V. MARTIN, M.B., B.Ch. |
896b36f0-de0e-4fd3-9e7a-dd4f8ad4a1c3 | EUGENIA POPPER, M.D. (Retired 13.11.59) 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:J. BUNTIN, L.D.S. R.F.P.S.G. (Terminated 30.9.59) Chief Public Health Inspector:N. BASTABLE, F.R.S.H., F.A.P.H.I. Senior Public Health Inspector:Mr. E.G. TWEEDY Public Health Inspectors:- Mr. E.A. ELLIS Mr. R. ROPER Mr. T.W. GLEW Mr. M.R. WILLIAMS Mr. A.G. MERRIMAN Mr. B.R. SAUNDERS (At present in (From 23.7.58) H.M. |
70ed5022-2404-4b87-ba7c-ba3ee2515a7d | Forces) Student Public Health Inspector.Mr. B.R. SAUNDERS Superintendent Health Visitor:Miss P.M. FAWCETT Health Visitors/School Nurses, etc. Mlss C.M. BROWNING Miss E. PARRY MlSS A CATTLE Mrs. R. ROBERTSON MlSS L' °OODACRE Miss E.M. SCHROPFER Mrs- A.M. SMALL - Part-time (Tuberculosis Visitor) Miss G.K. JEFFRFYS Mrs. L. CORRI (Part-time Tuberculosis Visitor) Miss J. McGILVRAY (From 23.2.59) Page 3 STAFF, 1959 - cent. Dental Nurses, etc. Mrs. P.J. BURBIDGE (Dental Mrs. MOULE (Dental Nurse) Attendant) (Terminated 17.10.59) In addition 18 part-time Nurses are employed for the staffing of the various Clinic services. |
12a7b796-f13c-40e4-a692-d562dd9c7b10 | Chief Clerk:Mr. G.H. RUFF Senior Admini strative Assistant:Mr. B.S. WEAVER Administrative Assistants:Mrs. E. M. BARTHOLOMEW (School Health Service) Miss H. BEARTON (Handicapped Pupils and Special Children) Mr. S. DEERS (Supplies and Maintenance) Mr. A. HOWLETT (Prevention of Illness; Care and After-Care) Non-Medical Supervisor of Midwives:Miss D. A. RISELEY (Retired 30.11.59) District Midwives:Mrs LM. BRONNICK Miss A. CUNNINGHAM Matron of Day Nursery:Miss F.B. NASON Domestic Help Organiser:Mrs. L. EVERITT Chief Chiropodist:- Senior Dental Technicion:- Mr. H. LEAVESLEY Mr. J. CONSTABLE Speech Therapists:- Mrs. G.M. STUFFINS Mrs. |
00cfc92f-414d-4b8e-8468-e3673acef4b7 | M. WARD (Full-time) (Part- tire e) (Terminated 30.3.59) (Terminated 14.8.59) Miss J. SHEPARD Miss S. HICKSON (Full-time) (Part-time) (Commenced 27.4.59) (Commenced 27.10.59) Occupational Therapist:- Miss Z. MERCER (Part-time) REGIONAL HOSPITAL BOARD STAFF Superintendent PhysiotherapistMr. T. HYND Orthoptist:Miss M. LEWIS Page 4 TOWN HALL, BARKING, ESSEX September, 1960. To the Mayor,Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Barking. Mr. Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, In presenting this report, I should like to thank my colleagues and members of the Council for the help they gave ne during the year under review. I am, Mr. |
ba7fff77-55f7-483d-b2b3-4b5d7581d670 | Mayor, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, Hneche Medical Officer of Health. Page 5 GENERAL PUBLIC HEALTH SHORTAGE OF HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION The completion of the planning of the scheme for enlarging the Barking Hospital into a general hospital is scheduled to be completed in 1960. HEALTH EDUCATION For a week in September, the new Town Hall was open for inspection by the public and an exhibition illustrating the local services was staged in the Small Hall. Included in the Health Section of the Exhibition were displays dealing with the personal health services and accidents in the home. The Exhibition was visited by five to six thousand people. The theme for the routine autumn Home Safety Campaign was "Check that Fall", promoted in conjunction with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. A wide distribution of propaganda material was made. In order to provide a balanced programme of health education material, a small section of the central officehas now been allocated to do this work in conjunction with clinics, health visitors, etc. |
4a153afd-0582-4573-a800-00f9e6874c72 | NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948 It is pleasing to report that at no time during the year was it necessary to invoke Section 47 of this Act to secure the compulsory removal to hospital of a Barking resident. WELFARE SERVICES The following information was kindly supplied by the County Welfare Officer of the Essex County Council:- The statistics set out below show the extent to which the main services provided by the County Welfare Commit'^ Under the National Assistance Act, 1948, have beenaffo^e Page 6 to persons residing within the Borough of Barking during the yea: 1959:- (1) Residential and Temporary Accommodation (a) Admitted to hostels and other residential establishments: Men, 12; Women, 11. The number of persons emanating from the Borough in residential accommodation provided by or on behalf of the County Council as at 31st December 1959, was as follows: Men, 27; Women, 40. |
266003a4-fb8c-417c-ba2f-0b0829857b4b | (b) Admitted to temporary accommodation for homeless families: Men -; Women, 2; Children, 6. The County Council propose to provide a purposebuilt Home for Old People in the Borough which will accommodate 60 residents, and it is anticipated that building work will be commenced during the year 1960/ 61. (2) Blind Persons The number of registered blind, partially sighted and defective sighted persons resident in the Borough on the 31st December, 1959 was as follows:- (i) Registered as blind 117 (") Partially sighted 42 (iii) Defective sighted 6 of whom came under the supervision of the County Council's Home Teachers. There was one blind resident in the Home Workers Scheme operated through the agency of the Royal Society for the Blind and two were employed in special Workshops for the blind. Additionally, seventeen blind and twelve partially sighted persons were employed in open industry and one blind resident from the Borough was fitted to a Home for the Blind. |
7379cb9b-1812-4255-adcd-2989602ae7f2 | Occupational and reecreational facilities are also available to the blind and many are taught braille and handicraft. Page 7 Deaf or Dumb and other Handicapped Classes The Welfare services for physically handicapped persons (other than blind, as mentioned above) as provided under Section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 have been extended considerably and assistance is afforded where necessary in respect of holidays, adaptations to homes to facilitate mobility, the provision of special equipment, ranging from bath seats to hydraulic hoists etc. An all-day Occupational Centre at Eastbury House, Barking, has been running for nearly two years and notonly persons from Barking, but those from parts of Ilford and Dagenham, attend. |
bf35b262-870c-428d-90cd-3ad71438e597 | This Centre is a very happy feature and is giving pleasure to many handicapped persons as it provides occupation in various handicrafts, and a social life which, through their handicaps, had previously been limited, Also the fullest co-operation has been maintained with specialised organisations in this field of welfare services, many of these bodies acting as the Council's agents in this connection. MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH Population The estimated population of Barking at each raid-year for the past decade, as notified by the Registrar General, is given below:- 1950 79,260 1951 78,170 (Census) 1952 77,140 1953 76,800 1954 76,580 1955 75,990 1956 75,560 1957 75,070 1958 74,850 1959 74,980 Page 8 Births 969 live births and 15 still-births were registered during 1959, |
80e32b57-940a-4d8d-8878-da9ac03f6744 | as under:- Live Births:- Males Females Total Legitimate 466 467 933 Illegitimate 20 16 36 Totals 486 483 969 Still-Births:- Legitimate 5 10 15 Illegitimate - - ~ Totals 5 10 15 Total Live and Still-Births 491 493 984 Birth Rate per 1,000 of Estimated Population 12.92. Birth Rate adjusted by Comparability Factor of 0.94: 12.14. Still-Birth Rate per 1,000 (Live and Still) Births 15.24. Proportion of Illegitimate Live Births 3.7%. Maternal Mortality It is pleasing to report that no maternal deaths occurred during the year. Loss of Infant Life The infant death rate in 1959 was 28.95 as compared with 18.54 for 1958. The national figures for these years were 22.2 and 22.6 respectively. |
f5b1f2a7-eaed-4703-9c25-d377e3f26db9 | Page 9 The following tables show the causes of infant deaths:- INFANTILE MORTALITY - 1959 Cause of Death Age at Death 0-1 mth. 1-3 mths. 3-6 mths. 6-9 mths. 9-12 mths. Total under 1 year Atelectasis 2 - - - - 2 Birth Injury 1 - - - - 1 Broncho-Pneumonia 1 2 - - - 3 Congenital Abnormality 4 - - 1 - 5 Haemolytic Disease of Newborn 1 - - - - 1 Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn 1 - - - - 1 Intercranial Haemorrhage 1 - - - 1 Prematurity 14 - - - - 14 Totals 25 2 - 1 - 28 NEO-NATAL MORTALITY - 1959 Cause of Death Age at Death Under 1 wk. |
cb807116-7bf8-46a3-a958-459a3d2a6cad | 1-2 wks. 2-3 wks. 3-4 wks. Total Atelectasis 2 - - - 2 Birth Injury 1 - - - 1 Broncho-Pneumonia - - 1 - 1 Congenital Abnormality 2 1 1 - 4 Haemolytic Disease of Newborn 1 . - - 1 Haemorrhagic Disease of Newborn 1 - - - 1 Intercranial Haemorrhage 1 - - - 1 Prematurity 14 - - - 14 Totals 22 1 2 . 25 Of the total of 28 deaths no less than 22 occurred within the first week of life. The Neo-Natal death rate was 25.79. |
d6622aa0-a677-4db2-90d9-43d50d29a36e | Page 10 DEATHS Causes of Death in 1959 Total Tuberculosis and other Infectious Diseases 7 Cancer and other Malignant Diseases 209 Diseases of the Brain and Nervous System 78 Diseases of the Heart and Circulatory System 227 Pneumonia, Bronchitis and other Respiratory Diseases (excluding T.B.) 98 Diseases of the Stomach and Digestive System 13 Accidents, Poisonings and Violence 22 Infant Deaths and Congenital Malformations 30 Pregnancy, Childbirth and Abortion - Other causes 40 Total 724 Crude Death Rate per 1,000 Estimated Population 9.66 Adjusted Death Rate (Comparability Factor 1.41)= 13.62. |
6a617aaa-0189-4456-bf1f-00ddae762344 | INFECTIOUS DISEASES The following notifications were received during the year:- Notifications Pneuraonia 79 Tuberculosis: Respiratory 37 Non-Respiratory 4 Scarlet Fever 95 Dysentery 47 Puerperal Pyrexia 31 Measles 896 Whooping Cough 8 Food Poisoning 16 Erysipelas 9 Scabies 1 Meningococcal Infection 2 Poliomyelitis 2 Diphtheria - Ophthalmia Neonatorum 9 Malaria 1 Paratyphoid 1 The case of malaria related to a national of the Indian subcontinent who had only been in Britain for a short while. Page 11 DIPHTHERIA It is pleasing to report, after the outbreak of last year, that no notification of diphtheriawas received during the year. POLIOMYELITIS Neither of the two cases notified during the year had been vaccinated against poliomyelitis. |
0da3b656-836c-4ad7-a117-7c5e1a980e2a | One case was a boy of 4 years who developed slight paralytic symptoms in the legs, but the other did not develop paralysis and the diagnosis was not confirmed by virological examination. CARE OF THE AGED Throughout the year Health Visitors continued to visit the aged in their homes, and resulting therefrom action was taken in many instances to procure necessary treatment and help where needed. One of the most appreciated services which is given on the recommendation of the health visitor's visit is domiciliary chiropody. This is provided by the Barking Old People's Welfare Committee and at the end of the year 210 old people were receiving this service, an increase of 25 over the previous year. It is interesting to note that the average ageof the people receiving this service was 76 years. During the year there has been constant and cordial contact with hospitals receiving the chronic sick and with the County Welfare Department. |
48e87f4d-c725-44a8-ac8a-c82dca165a4d | ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE AND SPECIAL TREATMENT Licences were issued during the year in respect of four establishments which are governed by the Borough's bye. laws. Page 12 LAUNDRY SERVICE Once again the Borough Council's laundry service proved an invaluable adjunct to the services provided in the home to care for the chronic sick. During the year 45 cases were assisted. PATHOLOGICAL SERVICE Dr. T.F. Elias-Jones has very kindly given me the following report on the Pathological Services administered by him during 1959:- There is a close and mutually beneficial association between the Barking Public Health Department and the constituent laboratories of the Ilford and Barking Hospital Group Pathology Service, particularly the laboratory at Barking Hospital. Haematological (and other) investigations of expectant mothers constitute an important part of the work done in this connection. |
a74be1ce-d420-43eb-b4c2-8c707b51538d | These are undertaken not only for patients attending the Borough's ante-natal clinics in preparation for hospital or domiciliary confinement, but also for those to be confined at home whose ante-natal care is supervised by family doctors. In the organization of this work, for both categories of patients, the helpful co-operation of the Borough Health Department's Medical Officers, Health Visitors, Midwives and Clerks is greatly appreciated by the laboratory staff. Insofar as timely laboratory investigations during pregnancy can help to safeguard the life and health of the mother and her baby - and they can help a great deal - it can be fairly stated that no expectant mother in Barking need be denied precautionary aid against the predictable hazards of Pregnancy and delivery. This must be stressed because, either through ignorance of the existence of these facilities or because of prejudicial reluctance to use them, a small minority of Barking women still do not fully avail themselves of this service. |
0c7181ae-0782-456a-a6e5-c41c6f363c1f | Page 13 A plea often heard in the past, in mitigation of failure to attend for laboratory appointments, was the difficulty of access to Barking Hospital. With the inauguration of the No. 62 Bus Service along Upney Lane - bearing in mind, too, that the Hospital adjoins Upney Station - this excuse can no longer be tenable. Following on these ante-natal - and post-natal investigations of the mothers, the help of the pathology department is frequently enlisted by doctors in charge of the Infant WelfareClinics, e.g. a well-chosen laboratory test may reveal the cause of a baby's failure to thrive. In later childhood pupils suspected, at school medical inspection,to be suffering from subacute rheumatism, anaemia or other blood disorders etc. are also referred. In such cases positive results enable the child to be directed, without delay, to the appropriate hospital or specialist clinic, whereas negative laboratory findings help to dispel the anxieties of parents and doctor. |
b2a9231c-a3c7-4137-8c5c-7df5c799fd4e | The pathology department also receives a large number of swabs and other specimens submitted by the Area Medical Officers in the course of their epidemiological investigations. Apart from bacillary dysentery, sporadic cases (or small outbreaks in families or other closely-linked communities) of which are continually occurring, investigations have not uncovered any epidemic of note during the year. Laboratory specimens submitted from other clinics (Minor Ailments Clinics, Skin Clinics etc.) add precision to clinical diagnosis and provide guidance to treatment. Nowadays the greater part of this work involves the identification of micro-organisms causing particular infections in individual patients and, following on this, the selection, by precise tests, of the antibiotic or other antimicrobial dreg likely to prove beneficial. As is well known the most prevalent cause of septic infections at the present time is the Staphylococcus aureus, an organism which, unhappily, shows an astonishing facility in its defiance of antibiotics. |
8fb11c9d-a3aa-46f8-a429-f3c640cfa1ac | The accompanying table gives a summary of the effectiveness of three out of the many antibiotics which were tested against 281 strains of these organisms at the Barking Page 14 Hospital Laboratory during 1959. Strains isolated from hospital inpatients. Strains isolated from outpatients (attending P.H. Clinics, G.P's etc.) Total no. of strains of Staph-aureus tested 213 68 Penicillin-resistant strains 175 (82.2%) 32 (47.0%) Streptomycin-resistant strains 88 (41.3%) 5 ( 7.3%) Tetracycline-resistant strains 85 (39.8%) 6( 8.8%) The contrast between the behaviour of hospital staphylococci and those isolated from patients attending Public Health clinics or their family doctors is very strikingly illustrated. |
7cd780de-63dd-4bce-a3a3-9ca1cb0256ee | It will be seen, for example, that while, in hospital, the efficacy of penicillin in this type of infection has clearly reached its nadir, its usefulness even in domiciliary and clinic practice has dwindled to about half of what it was ten years ago. The obvious lesson to be learned from figures such as these is that it is only by laboratorycontrolled discrimination in their use can these potentially powerful agents, which have flowed in such profusion from Sir Alexander Fleming's great discovery, continue to play their part in the continuing battle against microbial infection. In all these endeavours it is essential that the harmonious integration of public health, general practitioner and laboratory services should be fostered and maintained. Page 15 CHEST CLINIC Statistics relating to the past 5 years are given below:- Respiratory Meninges & C.N.S. Other Total Transfers into the area Total M. F. M. F. M. F. 1955 37 25 1 - 2 3 68 30 98 1956 |
bed857e6-b757-40e0-a3ea-b194406d193d | 31 15 1 - 2 1 50 32 82 1957 22 6 - - 4 3 35 22 57 1958 20 14 - - 2 2 38 28 66 1959 20 17 - 1 1 2 41 38 79 Totals 130 77 2 1 11 11 232 150 382 Examination of Contacts Adults Children Totals New Old New Old 1955 278 417 203 683 1581 1956 215 527 185 814 1741 1957 200 690 114 922 1926 1958 101 691 95 807 1694 1959 228 705 82 798 1813 At the end of 1959 there were 624 cases of tuberculosis on the register involving 563 households. |
2e30abcf-77f5-442d-8940-91394b3561eb | Two members of your nursing staff are seconded to clinic to assist at clinic sessions and home visiting. Page 16 PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES This section deals with those services which come under the control of the Barking Health Area Sub-Committee of the Health Committee of the Essex County Council. CLINIC PREMISES Health Services Clinic - Thames View Estate The building of this Clinic commenced during the year and was almost completed at the end of December. A proposal was made that the family doctors running the group practice on the Estate should be given the opportunity of renting accommodation in the clinic instead of operating from the temporary surgery building. CARE OF MOTHERS AND YOUNG CHILDREN maternity service Ante-Natal Care. This was given as follows:- Clinics 739 Hospitals (excluding Barking Hospital) 165 General Practitioners 57 Total 961 Confinements. During the year 964 mothers were confined, giving birth to 984 infants (including 20 sets of twins). |
c9a5b1da-5809-4875-a9e5-3b4435f0675f | These were born as follows:- Barking Hospital 545 Other Hospitals 171 At home 268 Total 984 In four instances, patients failed to seek ante-natal care and of these cases three of the children were illegitimate and in the fourth the baby was premature. Paae 17 Post-Natal Care. 497 Barking mothers attended the PostNatal Clinic making a total of 586 attendances. In addition 251 mothers were under the care of their family doctors and 165 were under the care of hospitals outside the district. INFANT WELFARE ATTENDANCES AT INFANT WELFARE CLINICS - 1958 & 1959 1958 1959 Number of children born in year who attended 743 843 Total number of children who attended 2,312 2,373 Total attendances 21,855 21,521 Distribution of Welfare Foods The following table shows the welfare foods distributed during 1958 and 1959. |
852e42cc-5396-4552-b676-64a1864a7ba7 | 1958 1959 National Dried Milk 21,711 25,699 tins Cod Liver Oil 3,957 3,418 bottles Vitamin Tablets (A & D) 3,011 3,335 packets Orange Juice 35,506 37,902 bottles In addition, during 1959, over 15,000 packets of proprietary brands of milk foods, etc., were sold at clinics. DAY NURSERIES The table below shows the attendances at Gale Street Day Nursery during 1959:- No. on Register Average daily attendances January 47 34.0 F ebruary 45 37.7 March 45 37.8 April 44 37.2 May 47 32.3 June 48 38.5 July 52 38.8 Page 18 No. |
d6034138-5718-47fe-8191-915ea08c7807 | on Register Average daily attendances August 54 35.0 September 41 35.4 October 42 32.3 November 43 33.3 December 40 26.0 Nursery and Child Minders' Regulation Act There are no registered child minders in the Borough. midwifery Four midwives continued to practice in the district, including two under the auspices of the Queen's Nurses. District Midwives undertook the confinement of 262 patients which represented 27% of the births occurring in the Borough. Supervision of Midlines Dr. M. I. Adamson continued as Medical Supervisor of Midwives and Miss D. Riseley, Matron of the Barking Hospital, continued to act as Non-medical Supervisor of Midwives until her retirement in November. health visiting The following statistics relate to the work of health visitors:- HEALTH VISITING 1958 1959 No. of visits to Expectant Mothers 1,266 1,266 No. |
cad84f9c-ffb1-4f19-b328-9d0ed5a74db9 | of visits to Children under five 9,251 8,533 No. of other visits 5,712 6,692 No. of Non-Access visits 2,270 2,223 home nursing This service, together with approximately half of the domiciliary midwifery service, is still administered from the County Train in g Home at Leytonstone. Page 19 VACCINATION AND IMMUNISATION Smallpox Vaccination The number of primary vaccinations carried out in 1959 was 114 in infants under one year, 153 in those over one year. This means that just over 10% of infants are being vaccinated during the first year of life. Poliomyelitis Vaccination In my last report I recorded that the response from young people in the age group 16 - 25 years had been disappointingly low and in fact only 118 had received 2 injections by the end of 1958. |
175d793c-1972-483a-9573-59f7ae91a639 | Early in 1959, therefore, it was decided to supplement the usual propaganda channels by offering vaccination 'on the spot' at places of work and recreation, e.g. factories, schools, youth centres. This did stimulate the acceptance rate somewhat but it was not until the untimely death of a young national footballer took place that any significant response was received from this age group when 8,000 injections were given to young adults during the ensuing two months. Difficulties of supply of vaccine during this time did cause the department some embarrassment in that we had to suspend for some time the open sessions when young people could be vaccinated without appointment. By the end of 1959 about one-third of the young people between 15 and 25 years of age had been vaccinated. During the year over 10,000 booster doses were given to children under 15 years of age. With regard to expectant mothers, 490 were vaccinated, i.e. about one-half of the total possible. |
e6a4d1d0-b18f-46ff-9447-82c97537d51e | Page 20 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 197 417 614 Combined with whooping cough 116 - 116 Total diphtheria 313 417 730 WHOOPING COUGH Family doctors Clinics Total Separate 152 379 531 Combined with diphtheria 116 - 116 Total whooping cough 268 379 647 PREVENTION OF ILLNESS, CARE AND AFTER-CARE Chiropody Service This remains a popular service and during the year 17,242 attendances were made. Sick Room Equipment This continues to be much in demand and helps greatly assist the nursing of patients at home. At the end of the year 789 articles were out on loan. |
2da5ccef-5433-4d4f-837d-ae6ddcf0327c | Page 21 DOMESTIC HELP SERVICE The following table shows the number of hours of service given during the past ten years, together with a detailed analysis of how the hours of service were deployed in 1959:- 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 1958 97 550 103,787 1959 96 625 114,227 The following table shows the help given to various categories during 1959:- Category Cases Helped 1959 Hours of Service 1959 Maternity 55 3,712 Acute Sick 17 1, |
18c4909a-6a8e-4516-b66a-1d6d432958e8 | 349 Tuberculosis 14 4,881 Chronic Sick 109 25,570 Aged chronic sick 312 58,097 Aged 106 19,219 Others 12 1,399 Total 625 114,227 Page 22 SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE, 1959 MEDICAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT The Statistical Return at the end of this report shows the classification of defects found and the treatment thereof. Minor Ailment Clinics Attendances at these clinics were well maintained during the year. CASES TREATED AT MINOR AILMENT CENTRES EYES: (External and other - excluding errors of refraction and squint) 394 EARS, NOSE AND THROAT DEFECTS: (other than operative) 640 SKIN: Ringworm (body) 5 Scabies 1 Impetigo 90 Other 2,581 Other minor ailments (e.g. minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.) |
4805c46f-8d03-4e1c-b319-98afdb9847a3 | 1,614 Total attendances 22,083 Speech Therapy During the year 203 cases made 2,114 attendances to the speech clinics. During term time the Speech Therapists continue to give sessions per week at Faircross School. DENTAL SERVICES Statistics relating to the dental inspection and treatment of school children will be found in the statistical return at end of this report. Page 23 Our only full-time dentist resigned in the autumn and although with the help of part-time dentists we were able to operate at least one dental clinic it was quite impossible to maintain a satisfactory service for school children. It is several years now since some schools had a routine dental inspection. The Dental Laboratory continues to construct dentures and appliances not only for Barking but for many dental centres elsewhere in the County. VACCINATION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS This service, called B.C.G. vaccination, was introduced to Barking during the Autumn of 1954 and has operated since that time. |
5b1fd9bb-6ac4-493b-a2f4-34824623f5f8 | It was restricted to school children aged between 13 and 14 years but has recently been extended to include students attending technical colleges or other establishments of further education. As vaccination is indicated only in persons who have never been infected with tuberculosis a pre-vaccination tuberculin sensitivity test is necessary to detect previously infected persons. We decided from the beginning of the scheme to carry out two such tests simultaneously, namely the Mantoux test which consists of the intradermal injection of 0.1 ml. (10 TU) of a solution of P.P.D. supplied by the Ministry of Health, and a test first described by Heaf in 1951 and known as the Heaf multiple puncture test. Doctors Martin and Seligmann who carried oui the bulk of this tuberculin testing and result reading, both attended a course of instruction in the necessary techniques prior to the commencement of the scheme. |
aa11b15c-e45e-4805-933f-bf4ec975f079 | The results we obtained on over 3,000 school children are compared below:- Number Year Tested 1954 214 1955 675 1956 751 1957 863 1956 723 Page 24 Total No. of Reactors 23 96 97 71 75 Heaf Test Positive Results 23 96 93 70 75 Mantoux Test positi"' Results 22 86 97 71 73 These results indicate close agreement (97%) between the two methods, and, in view of the ease and simplicity of operation particularly with the self-firing apparatus now available, we decided to rely in future on the Heaf test for mass skin-testing in this connexion. During the current year B.C.G. |
7187fcda-c3fc-462a-a03f-efcb9f5aa81d | vaccination was again offered to all 13-year old children and below are statistics relating to this service:- Number to whom offered 1,368 Number tuberculin tested after parents' consent had been received 1,140 Positive result 71 Negative result 1,069 Number who received B.C.G 1,069 As a result of the extension of the scheme, students of the South-East Essex Technical College were invited to participate although only 55 out of 644 accepted. Of this number 48 were tested (7 were absent); 9 had positive reactions and the remaining 39 received B.C.G. All positive reactors are referred to the Chest Physician who examines each case carefully for signs of active disease. 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. |
9b67e0d3-70d1-4b7b-935f-eb14ca1dc1fb | Cases dealt with were as follows:- External and other diseases excluding errors of refraction and squint 75 Errors of refraction (including squint) 1,156 Total 1,231 Page 25 The number of pupils for whom spectacles were prescribed was 928. Miss Lewis, Orthoptist, treated 138 school children during 1959. Vision Testing. The importance of good vision to the optimal development and educational attainment of children is widely acknowledged as children cannot develop to the full unless they have the full use of their senses, including that of vision. There is obviously a need to discover those children who have visual defects, but unfortunately a preschool child with defective vision is unlikely to receive attention unless the defeGt is gross or is associated with squint. |
860a03eb-2e46-48a6-a3e1-8c01195db992 | In some cases the defect is not discovered until the child is able to read his letters - at age 7-8 on average - by which time the defect may have progressed too far for correction and the child is later found to have a useless eye, a condition called unilateral amblyopia which is really a preventable disability. There is no simple remedy for this state of affairs, as screen testing the vision of school entrants and pre-school children has always presented peculiar difficulties because children of this age group are normally illiterate and cannot or will not co-operate in the examination. There are various test methods available but all have limitations and no single test is both feasible and infallible We have been trying various methods on our older day nursery children and in pupils attending the nursery school class with the co-operation of the teaching staff, and the trials seem to indicate that a little known test may prove useful. Further trials are planned in a search for a reliable method for use in our vision screening programme. Paediatric Clinic A Consultant Paediatrician, Dr. |
6816f810-456a-494b-9eb9-01749ab1f372 | T. Savage, of the Regional Hospital Board holds a session each fortnight a. Page 26 the Upney Clinic and during 1959 school children were seen as follows:- New cases 41 Re-examination 197 Total Attendances 238 Ear, Nose and Throat Clinics Miss M. Mason, F.R.C.S., continues as the Consultant Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and has made the following notes on the work of her clinic:- "The Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic has progressed satisfactorily during the past year. There is at the moment no appreciable waiting list for appointments. Local arrangements are made for those patients who, after being seen, are in need of X-Rays, most of these being carried out at Barking Hospital but those requiring more detailed X-Rays are referred to King George Hospital, Ilford. For some time now the list of children awaiting operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids has been gradually reducing and the time lapse between the recommendation and the admission to Hospital is now between eight and ten weeks. |
c1de2c29-021c-4f28-9df5-97985d39ceb1 | Urgent cases are admitted within one to two weeks. The beds made available for E.N.T. cases at Chadwell Heath Hospital have mainly been responsible for the reduction in waiting time for these operations but there are also regular admissions to King George Hospital, Ilford. Older children and adults, however, have to wait considerably longer for operative treatment owing to the long list of patients awaiting various types of surgery." Page 11 Figures for treatment are:- Operative treatment (cases):- (a) For diseases of the ear 1 (b) For adenoids and chronic tonsillitis 120 (c) For other nose and throat conditions 12 Other forms of treatment (cases) 206 Orthopaedic Clinic Mr. Leon Gillis, M.B.E., F.R.C.S., continues as the Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon and attends fortnightly at the Physiotherapy Department, Barking Hospital. Mr. Gillis has very kindly made the following observations, inter alia, on the work of the department during 1959. |
1c01a384-afa2-4ec8-8df9-3f67f32ce9f0 | "There are several points I would like to make. One is that this clinic continues to have a tremendous turnover and serves the need of the surrounding population extraordinarily well - in spite of the present shortage of staff - under the able guidance of Mr. T. Hynd, Superintendent Physiotherapist. Another point is that we are continuing to admit cases from this area to the following hospitals:- East Ham Memorial Hospital, St. Mary's Hospital, Plaistow, St. John's Hospital, Battersea and Queen Mary's Hospital Roehampton, and due to the shortage of beds in these hospitals, I am now having more difficulty in getting the cases admitted. The following are some of the cases we have admitted to the above mentioned hospitals during 1959:- Oueen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton 4 - adult males - admitted for investigation and prolonged treatment. Page 28 St. John's Hospital, Battersea 2 - adult females - admitted for investigation and prolonged treatment. East Ham Memorial Hospital and St. |
372670ed-bff0-4fb1-b77d-9db4ff2d7cce | Mary's Hospital, Plaistow 10 adults - admitted for various types of surgical treatment such as Removal of coccyx Removal of loose bodies Excision of ganglion Bilateral Keller's Lengthening of tendo-achilles and tenotomy of plantar fascia. 2 children - admitted for surgical treatment. In addition, from time to time, it is necessary for me to admit to East Ham Memorial Hospital babies who require repeated manipulations and plaster for the correction of talipes. It does seem anomalous that the Hospital which is situated in the Borough of Barking and is, in fact, the Hospital which was built for the residents, cannot have its own patients admitted, whereas patients from other Boroughs can gain admission for their various ailments. One further point, could something perhaps be done to encourage Physiotherapists and other ancillary staff to come to Barking." (As a footnote to the comments by Mr. |
c88196e8-03ba-4aaa-a849-cdf557ea19b7 | Gillis it is appropriate to record that plans are well in hand for increasing the bed complement at the Barking Hospital and to turn it into a general hospital; also every endeavour is being made to tecruit further physiotherapists to the hospitals administered W the Ilford and Barking Group Hospital Management Committee.) Page 29 The number of school children referred to Mr. Gillis during the year was 64. Skin Clinic Dr. P.M. Deville, M.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., Consultant Dermatologist, attends the Skin Clinic at Upney Clinictwice a month, and during the year 916 attendances were made to his clinic. Child Guidance The number of cases referred to the Child Guidance Clinic numbered 24. Participation in case conferences has continued to be of invaluable help and interest, and we are grateful to Dr. W. Gurassa, Consultant Psychiatrist, and his team at the clinic for their enthusiastic support. It gives me pleasure to include the following report by Dr. |
9262aa5a-4bc7-4594-9fe0-51df920cad31 | Gurassa on the work of his clinic:- "There have been a number of changes in staff during the past year, principally in the appointment of myself as Medical Director in place of Dr. Davidson, and Miss Watt as Psychologist in place of Mr. Pickett, the latter appointment after a gap of several months. We have been fortunate in obtaining permission to appoint an additional Psychiatric Social Worker, who is very much needed to relieve the pressure on our two present Social Workers. These changes have necessitated the renewal of contact with various agencies concerned with children in the area, in particular the schools where the lack of a Psychologist was acutely felt. We have endeavoured to continue and extend Dr. |
254b1798-4bf7-492c-a6c1-19723b610b1b | Davidson's policy of integrating the clinic's activities with those of other agencies concerned with the education and welfare of children, and the current year has seen a Considerable increase of contact with such people as Head Teachers, Probation Officers, School Attendance Officers etc., so that we are increasingly Page 30 learning to understand each other's points of view, and to co-ordinate the help given to children and parents. Meetings were also arranged with School Medical Officers and Health Visitors, and it is pleasing to note that Health Visitors are regularly attending our Conferences and working closely with us. The diagnostic waiting list has been reduced considerably, and it is possible to see new referrals much sooner than before, There is still a delay with regard to the provision of more intensive treatment, and it is intended to reduce this by providing group treatment. We have been considering ways in which we can extend our activities during the next year. It is hoped to provide at least one evening session for diagnosis and treatment. |
bd901476-7aa4-4529-925c-1442a73c1df6 | This will be of particular benefit to children who have left school and need to continue treatment here, and also to allow selected children to attend out of school time. Most of our cases are still referred from School Medical Officers, but we do have an increasing number from general practitioners, who, in some instances are able to attend our Conferences. One disturbing note is the continued lack of facilities in the area for the admission of disturbed children and adolescents to suitable Units for observation and treatment. Many other areas have provided such Units but they are only available to us in exceptional circumstances. Some interim measures are urgently required pending more permanent provisions in the remote future. In summing up I would say that while we are mainly occupied with the treatment and supervision of children referred to us we are increasingly concerned with ""proving our contact and communication with all people who are interested in the Welfare of children with the particular aim of helping to prevent the development of established nervous disorders. |
173fca6d-e05f-4be6-bb42-ed70837a0d5f | Page 31 HANDICAPPED PUPILS A summary is given below of the ascertainment and placement of handicapped pupils during the year:- Category No. of pupils ascertained during 1959 No. of pupils admitted to Special Schools during year Total Ho. of pupils in Special Schools as at 31.12.59 Day Residential Day Residential Deaf - - - 3 3 Partially deaf 1 1 - 5 • Blind 1 - 1 - 4 Partially sighted 1 - 1 2 1 Epileptic - - - - • Delicate 2 1 1 9 7 Physically Handicapped 3 4 - 18 4 Educationally Sub-Normal 3 7 1 42 1 Maladjusted 5 • 6 - 9 Speech - - - - Dual defect (E.S.N. & P.H.) 1 - - - • Totals 17 13 10 79 29 Faircross School. |
e1f6a25f-7788-4467-b47e-268cb83f5006 | At the end of the year there were 179 pupils at Faircross Special School distributed as follows:- Barking Other Districts E.S.N. Section 42 60 Open Air Section 25 50 E.S.N. Section. During the year 17 children left the E.S.N Section on ceasing to be of compulsory school age (5 Barking and 12 out-of-district) - all were recommended for supervision by the Local Health Authority under Section 57(5) of the Education Act, 1944. Seven children (2 Barking and 5 out-of-district) were found to be ineducable and recommended for action under Section 57(3) of the Education Act, 1944. Page 32 Two children (1 Barking and 1 Ilford) were transferred to Residential Special Schools for E.S.N, pupils. One Barking child returned to an ordinary school and one Romford child was transferred to a Day School for Deaf Children. |
f0c32857-3794-46e0-8e5c-5d8640308ca2 | Open-Air Section During the year 13 delicate and 6 physically handicapped children were admitted from Barking and the surrounding districts. The following table shows the number of children in attendance on the 31st December, 1959, together with the medical condition for which they were admitted. Medical Condition Barking East Ham Romford Dagenham Asthma 3 2 5 7 Asthma and eczema - 1 - - Bronchitis - - 1 2 Asthma and bronchitis - 1 1 - Bronchiectasis 1 2 - 1 Atelectasis - - - 1 Debility - General 1 4 - - Underweight Debility following T.B. Hip & T.B. |
f151c908-8972-4e05-841a-121980640ff4 | Cervical Adenitis 1 2 T.B Lungs 1 - - 2 Nephrits 1 - - - Fibrocystic Disease of Pancreas - 1 - - Ehler Donlos Syndrome - - - 1 Poor physical condition, poor speech &backward 1 1 1 - Perth's Disease 1 - - - Anaphalactoid purpura . . - 1 Page 33 Medical Condition Barking East Ham Romford Dagenham Paralysis-Spastic 5 - 2 - Poliomyelitis 5 - - - T.B. |
87dd8aa0-851d-45a0-bd89-8e593fa35198 | Meningitis - - 1 - Injury 2 - - - Hydrocephalus - 1 - - Congenital deformities 1 - - - Scoliosis - - 1 Congenital Heart - 1 - - Rheumatic Heart .. - - - 1 Epilepsy and bronchitis 1 - - - Petit Mal 1 - 1 - Fragilitus ossium - 1 - - Christmas Disease - 1 - - Motor Disability - - 1 - Rheumatoid Arthritis - - - 1 Myope 1 - - • It will be appreciated that pupils handicapped by such variety of disease require most careful medical supervision. This responsibility is well undertaken by Dr. Violet Spiller in close association with the teaching staff. Regular physiotherapy, remedial exercises, postural drainage and other remedial treatment is available at the school, and speech therapy sessions are held four times weekly during term time. |
3f656f28-467e-45ab-b138-aa810f27926e | During the year 12 children (4 Barking and 8 out-ofdistrict) were no longer considered to require special educational treatment - 6 returned to ordinary schools and 6, aged 15, were allowed to leave school. In addition, one East Han child transferred to a Day Special School for Educationally Sub-Normal pupils and one Barking child was admitted to a Residential Special School for Maladjusted pupils. Page 34 Other Special Schools During the year fifty-four Barking children attended other special schools or received home tuition as follows:- Category Day Residential Home Tuition Blind - 4 - Partially Sighted 2 1 - Deaf 4 3 - Partially Deaf 6 - - Physically Handicapped 2 4 1 Delicate - 9 1 Diabetic - 2 - Epileptic - - - Educationally Sub-Normal - 1 1 Maladjusted - 12 1 Convalescence Eighty-eight children were sent away for periods of convalescence of up to 6 weeks. |
eb7f787a-6a82-45db-beb9-57bc17301130 | Page 35 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1959 Total (A11 Schools) 1. |
47dc39c7-7173-4519-8c64-c7f0679356c9 | MEDICAL INSPECTION OF PUPILS (a) PERIODIC Number of children examined at school:- (i) Entrants 966 (ii) Second age group 1,357 (iii) Third age group 1,134 (iv) Others 233 Total 3,690 Number of defects found requiring treatment 893 Number of defects found requiring observation 391 Number of individual pupils found to require treatment 623 Nutritional classification of pupils examined:- Entrants 2nd Age Group 3rd Age Group Others Satisfactory 964 1,355 1,134 233 3,686 Unsatisfactory 2 2 - - 4 (b) SPECIAL Number of children specially examined (including medical examinations for School Camps, Boxing and Part-time Employment) 7,041 Number of defects found requiring treatment 6,038 Number of defects found requiring observation 99 (c) RE-INSPECTION Number of children re-inspected 8,876 2. |
9e5a2f95-a704-446a-a39c-eccff125fa7f | TREATMENT OF CHILDREN (a) Total attendances at Specialists' Clinics:- (i) Ear, Nose and Throat 565 (ii) Ophthalmic 2,360 (iii) Orthopaedic 64 (iv) Paediatric 238 (v) Skin 916 (b) Total attendances at Treatment Clinics:- (i) Minor Ailment 22,083 (ii) Chiropody 585 (iii) Orthopaedic 4,670 (iv) Orthoptic 1,676 (v) Speech Therapy 2,114 2,145 (c) Number of children who received operative treatment for tonsils and adenoids 120 3 HOME VISITING Total number of visits made by school Nurses 2,736 Page 36 SCHOOL HEALTH STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1959 - Cont. Total (All Schools) 4. |
3dd0c6b6-085e-4ce8-93fc-41d50559efb5 | HYGIENE INSPECTIONS (i) Number of examinations of pupils in school 15,749 (ii) Number of pupils found unclean 169 5. DENTAL INSPECTION AND TREATMENT (i) Number of pupils inspected in school 923 (ii) Number of pupils inspected at Clinics 1,564 Total 2,487 (iii) Number found to require treatment 1,958 (iv) Attendances for treatment 5,829 (v) Number of fillings: Permanent te«th 1,850 Temporary teeth 376 (vi) Number of teeth filled: Permanent teeth 1,638 Temporary teeth 376 (vii) Number of teeth extracted: Permanent teeth 782 Temporary teeth 1,922 (viii) Number of general anaesthetics administered for extractions 945 (ix) Other operations: Permanent teeth 2, |
ac99b93c-6e7b-47c4-965b-d2edca2ee2d8 | 554 Temporary teeth 861 (x) Number of treatments (included in (ix) above) carried out by Oral Hygienist - Page 37 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTOR FOR THE YEAR 1959 Section A - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Section B - HOUSING Section C - FOOD SUPPLIES Section D - FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES Section E - ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION Section F - PEST INFESTATION CONTROL Section G - GENERAL SANITATION Section A - GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Table No. 1 Summary Total Inspections 14,030 Complaints received and investigated 1,994 Preliminary notices served 2,610 Statutory notices served 164 Notices outstanding at December 31st 122 Table No. |
db2d107d-a6e9-4c64-b3c8-4e60c40939d7 | 2 Analysis of Inspection Work performed by the District Public Health Inspectors Housing 5,531 After infectious disease 374 Premises at which food is prepared, stored and sold 2,955 Factories and Workplaces 696 Outworkers premises 369 668 Shops Page 38 541 Smoke observations 179 Rent Act 1957 147 Pest Infestation Control 380 Hairdresser 78 Street traders 152 Table No. 3 Premises at which improvements were effected Dwelling houses rendered habitable 1,038 Premises used for preparation and Sale of food 42 Shops - other 24 Drainage (reconstruction, repair etc.) 98 Factories and Workplaces 24 Table No. 4 Defects found and dealt with under the Public Health Act, 1936, and the Housing Act 1957 No. |
2cfd338d-e399-4c3a-8588-b50ef2b9e8e4 | of defects 2,795 Roofs and Flashings 155 Gutters 124 Rainwater pipes 83 Sinks 16 Bath and sink waste pipes 43 Choked drains 280 Defective drains 29 Inspection covers 11 Ventilation soil pipes 4 Gully dishing 51 Gully traps 6 Flushing arrangements 98 W.C. structures 2 W.C seats 32 W.C. |
90cba597-72c5-424a-83dd-4b8857c46c54 | pans 28 Yard paving 40 Chimney pots and stacks 28 Damp walls 120 External walls 71 Underfloor ventilation 23 Page 39 Window cills 123 Window and door reveals 42 Window frames 128 Sashcords 115 Stair treads - Doors and door frames 75 Door cills 27 Floors 57 Weatherboards 1 Washing coppers 1 Stoves 38 Walls and ceilings 119 Water supplies 50 Dustbins and dust chutes 592 Verminous rooms 22 Accumulation of rubbish 100 Overcrowding 2 Animals and birds 20 External painting 12 NEW LEGISLATION AND STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS Smoke Control Areas (Exempted Fireplaces Order) 1959 Operative 17th July 1959. Public Health Officers Regulations 1959 - Operative date 15th June 1959. Ice Cream (Heat Treatment etc.) Regulations 1959 Operative 27th April 1959. |
27dc46ee-5e4e-4f64-8de1-e3b868329a60 | Food Standards (Ice Cream) Regulations 1959. The Labelling of Food (Amendment) Regulations 1959 Meat (Staining and Sterilisation) Regulations 1959 - Revoke The Slaughter of Animals Act 1958 - Operative 1959. The Fabrics (Misdescription) Regulations 1959 - 11th May 1959 Page 40 Section B - HOUSING PROVISION OF HOUSING ACCOMMODATION New Council Accommodation, 1959 Dwellings provided Thames View Estate 282 Woodbridge Road Flats 2 Mayesbrook Meadow (Completion) 39 Bevan Avenue 14 St. |
f3a768f2-38db-49e4-8e65-04c0de442845 | Johns Road 1 Total for year .. 344 New Dwellings completed since end of 1939-1945 War Barking Council 3,145 Private Owners 80 London County Council 121 3,346 War Destroyed (Rebuilt) Barking Council 63 Private Owners (including London County Council) 331 394 Temporary Bungalows (still in occupation) Barking Council 156 London County Council 295 451 Registered Applicants January 1959 - Waiting List 3,251 December 1959 - Waiting List 2,383 Page 41 Borough of Barking (a) Linton Road and (b) Church Road Compulsory Purchase Orders In December 1958 the public inquiry relating to the above Compulsory Purchase Orders took place. Confirmation Order was dated May 1959. At the end of 1959 we had reached the following position in respect to the 236 properties in the two areas. |
1f3a445b-1d61-4917-b9f6-2540dc10bf85 | Purchased by the Council 191 Remaining 45 236 At 31st December 1959 there were 17 families in the two areas to be rehoused by the Council. CLEARANCE AREAS During the year under review the Council declared as unfit dwellings a total of 268 premises as follows:- Confirmation Public Date I "flW'O1 St. Pauls Road (No.4) .. 16.11.59 30.7.59 This area comprised fifteen premises including four shop dwellings. HOUSING ACT, 1957 Premises Famines Gascoigne Road (Area No.l) 222 233 North Street (No.9) 14 12 Eldred Road (No.4) 7 7 Wakering Road (No.l) 25 25 Total 268 277 Page 42 SI. |
2cb4ba8f-e6dd-4a93-b88d-7d3ae134b6f8 | Pauls Rood (No.4) - 15 premises The public inquiry was held on July 30th 1959 and a confirmation order issued on November 10th 1959. Goscoigne Road (No.l) - Compulsory Purchase Order This clearance area is the first of 12 areas with a total of 2,199 premises situated in the older part of Barking with a site area of 374 acres where "urban renewal" to use the words of the planners is urgently necessary. It is an area at present lacking in beauty, trees and all that makes life worth while. When cleared the Council will have a public and social obligation as well as responsibility for providing a small township economically suitable, architecturally attractive in every sense and yet enlivening to live in. CLEARANCE AREAS. See Summary of Post-war Action under Section 154 of the Housing Act, 1936, and Section 157 of the Housing Act, 1957, pages 44 and 45. |
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