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a3ecf56e-37e8-496d-b706-35fd1f66e251 | 68 Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913 for the Urban District of Barnes on the administration of the Factory & Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, and HOMEWORK. 1.- INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances ... |
d65eaf0d-524b-44f8-894c-1ea4e917fae2 | Referred to M M. Inspector Nuisances under the Public Health Acts: — Want of cleanliness 8 8 - - Want of ventilation — — — - Overcrowding — — — — Want of drainage of floors - — - — Other nuisances 2 2 - — Sanitary accommodation insufficient — — — — unsuitable or defective — — - — not separate for sexes - — — — Offences... |
8aea93e8-2bb3-4eb5-ada0-47dfa46d3697 | Laundries 19 Dressmakers 14 Shoemakers 36 Bakehouses 11 Total number of workshops on Register 195 4.—OTHER MATTERS. Class. Number. Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories: — Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) - Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable unde... |
0e03f5a1-1cf9-4abb-a58b-79bf6ad88a27 | Contractors. Workmen Contractors Workmen Wearing Apparel— (1) making, &c. 3 3 16 10 - 13 (2) cleaning & washing Household Linen Lace, lace curtains & nets Curtains and Furniture Hangings Furniture and Upholstery Electro Plate File making Brass and Brass Articles Fur pulling Cables and Chains Anchors and Grapnels ... Ca... |
0ffb1543-1676-45f6-81b9-98a02a66c0ed | 109, 110). Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping of sending lists. Prosecutions. Instances. Notices served. Prosecutions. Instances. Orders made (S. 110). Prosecutions (Sections 109, 110). Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. Failing to send lists. — — — — — — - — — |
673c6546-41f4-421f-8711-1490515cd2db | BARN 56 Urban district Council of Barnes. Annual Report on the Health, Sanitary Conditions, etc., OF THE URBAN DISTRICT OF BARNES, tor the Year i 9 14. by B. C. Stevens, m.d., f.r.c.s.e., d.p.h., Medical Officer of health. Barnes, S.W. R, W. Simpson & Co-, Ltd., Printers, 15 High Street. 1915. The Council House, Morti.... |
776d2b38-436c-45c5-9542-c0b1be8deede | I desire also to acknowledge the help and co-operation of the Chairman of the Public Health Committee, and wish to place on record the great assistance he has been to the district by the energetic and fair-minded way in which he has taken up the many important matters affecting the public health during the year. 1 desi... |
2ae04502-8487-4e48-89e4-dc49182ce376 | Work done in relation to 75 Infantile Death Rate 35 Legal Summary 9 Relief, Poor Law and Charitable 15 , Gratuitous 17 Maternity and Child Welfare 30 Meteorology 18 New Roads and Buildings 77 Physical Features 14 Public Hospitals, Deaths in 39 Population 37 Refuse, Removal and Disposal of 30 Report of Sanitary Inspecto... |
898f9e85-7ebc-4e67-87ae-ad9df3b4a536 | Moon an ,, Powell „ Pike „ Shearman „ Sparkes Hospital Sub-Committee. Mr. Bates „ Jones Mr. Day (Chairman) ,, Kitley Mr. Maynard „ Powell luberculosig Subcommittee. Mr. Jones (Chairman) Mr. Kitley Mr. Medus Medical Officer of Health, Medical Superintendent of Isolation Hospital, Tuberculosis Officer, etc. Bertram Cross... |
1dab8420-3f3b-47f8-997c-a3b58c21624b | Hons. Building Construction, Junior Assistant Sanitary Inspector. C. W. Sladk, a.r.S.i. Matron of the Hospital. Miss Carothers, Health Visitor, Tuberculosis and School Nurse. Miss Williams. Xcoal Summary. GENERAL ACTS. Public Health Act 1875. Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops Order, 1885. Infectious Diseases Notification... |
d148f17e-5862-4c77-81d1-ae8bcbade1c2 | Parts of, with modifications. Small Dwellings Acquisition Act 1899. Notification of Births Act 1907. BYE-LAWS RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. Common Lodging Houses, 1894. Nuisances, 1894. Slaughter Houses, 1894. Management of a Mortuary, 1895. Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops, 1903. Houses let in Lodgings, 1912. Removal of ... |
46f80d5c-6eab-4a18-9af9-ad85ee618177 | 067 acres „ Mortlake 1,583 „ 2,650 Tidal waters of foreshore 133 2,517 Population 34,745 Birth Rate 21.7 per 1,000 Residential Dhath Rate for 1914 7.9 , District Death Rate for 1914 After adding deaths of residents dying outside the district and deducting those of non-residents dying in the district 9.6 Zymotic Death R... |
a5f3707d-5f63-4261-a463-01db93d18521 | 875 General District Rate 4/- Poor Rate—Barnes 3/5 „ „ Mortlake 3/7 Id. in the £ for District Rate purposes produces £1,000. ANNUAL REPORT. PHYSICAL FEATURES AND GENERAL CHARACTER OF THE DISTRICT. The Urban District of Barnes possesses charms in the shape of river, park, commons, and open fields, and is at the same tim... |
e1426505-0d82-4d1a-a9f6-e62b22d6fdfd | 52 acres of East Sheen Common „ south ,, 15 acres of Palewell Common „ south-east „ The district is situated in the north-western part of the county of Surrey, within the Metropolitan Police and the London Postal Area, bounded on the north by the River Thames, on the south and east by the Roehampton part of the Metropo... |
755a91cd-d504-4550-bace-209157abf4ee | Mention should be made, also, of several market gardens and nurseries. The soil is gravelly over the London Clay, which latter outcrops in the vicinity of Palewell Park. Owing to the gentle slope up from the river to East Sheen, Richmond Park and Roehampton, surface water gets away very quickly and the ground soon drie... |
cdd3b556-6320-41ab-a3c4-410f773757b4 | The population has increased from 17,900 in 1901 to 34,745 in 1914, i.e., nearly doubled itself. There are no occupations in the district which could adversely influence the public health. The majority of the male inhabitants are business and city men ; a large brewery employs many men, and several large laundries empl... |
f3f069f9-d541-4446-9c7a-a732e6eead69 | 182 orders were issued for Medical Attendance as against 250 in 1913. 158 orders were issued for Admission to Workhouse as against 175 in 1913. 31 deaths occurred among Barnes and Mortlake cases in the Workhouse. The average number per week in receipt of out-door relief was 21 males, 67 females and 78 children = 166 as... |
d43298b7-f500-4313-b938-a213edc05cc9 | £ s. d. Monetary Relief 4 0 0 Grocery Tickets 16 11 0 Coal Tickets 16 9 10 Bread Tickets 4 9 0 Meat Tickets 4 12 0 Milk Tickets 0 14 6 Boots 4 1 6 Coke 7 0 0 57 17 10 i6 Poor Law Relief. Other forms in which Charitable relief is undertaken are by means of the Barnes Children's Shoe Club for children attending the eleme... |
ad71db42-d20f-4a1c-a703-d54944a8160f | There is also a Girls' Aid Society, which has existed for 27 years, the object of which is to rescue girls from bad surroundings and to send them to suitable training homes. The Barnes Women's Help Association has a membership of 70 working women and meets every .Monday for needlework. By paying small weekly instalment... |
fd3cc3a5-a538-4a7c-be26-405ab75df713 | For the above information 1 am indebted to Miss Attwell, who takes a prominent part in local charities, is a member of the Education Committee, and is a zealous and capable worker. The charities particular to Mortlake are:— The Mortlake Nursing Association, employing two qualified women, one for gratuitous attendance o... |
7aaa3ad6-e924-4770-829d-fa1b82c2417a | A Friendly Society for Women, which entitles one class of members to annuities at the age of 60 and another class to the benefits of a medical club. There are three almshouses in the Barnes and Mortlake District, accommodating three to four old persons in each. For this information I am indebted to the Rev. Horace Monr... |
ce0828e7-5984-4d08-be66-89b1656bed7f | Up to the present no case of infectious disease has occurred among the Belgian refugees, and great pains have been taken to secure sufficient sanitary living room and offices for them. A large body of troops occupy the Ranelagh Club Grounds i8 Meteorology. and the Roehampton Club Grounds, but it has not been found that... |
731bb90f-8c45-4b6b-9a1f-7e472f7b3ad4 | It is not intended that the actual sum mentioned, viz., 12s. 9d. a week, will suffice in all cases, as many foodstuffs have risen in price lately, but it is argued, with complete confidence, that the basis and general principles embodied in the leaflet are economically sound and will serve a useful purpose. The small-p... |
127a27d4-09d7-4a9a-b2ea-c2bbec5be034 | These observations are made personally, and are also used as a source of knowledge and interest for the scholars. I have checked Mr. Manley's figures against those taken by the Royal Botanic Society at Regent's Park and find that in the rpain they agree. M VO RAINFALL WIND TEMPERATURE. Meteorology. 19 OBSERVATIONS take... |
eb78e47c-5524-4536-b7d1-e13ae1b2f155 | 01" 8 23 1 7 3 2 — 8 4 4 2 60° 36° 54° 208 40.8 February 29.63 2.17 .48 .07 i3 15 — — 1 3 7 12 3 1 1 60 44 52 3o 46-25 March 29.49 3.92 .78 .12 26 5 — 3 — 3 4 8 9 4 — 60 44 54 32 4601 April 30.00 .78 .17 .026 8 22 — 9 - 5 4 4 5 — 76 50 56 35 53.5 May 30.00 1.75 .77 .056 7 24 5 6 — 1 — 8 7 4 — 84 50 62 38 56. |
c3ee5c1b-fde9-4c5f-a6f9-e82e538cf243 | 96 June 29.92 1.67 .81 .055 11 19 1 9 — 6 1 — 5 8 — 86 60 62 42 60.31 July 29.77 1.64 .25 .052 14 17 1 2 — 9 1 6 4 8 — 90 66 64 50 64.2 August 29.90 1.79 .37 .057 13 18 1 4 2 4 1 8 5 6 — 84 68 68 58 64.0 September 29.99 .92 .24 .03 7 23 1 3 4 4 2 4 o 10 — 83 68 64 35 60.35 October 29.90 .94 .23 . |
cc135c70-5610-49bf-bd01-fc1c4e05693e | 03 9 2n 3 5 4 6 — 5 3 4 1 76 53 55 34 54.5 November 29.75 2.20 .49 .073 16 14 2 2 4 3 3 — 1 3 1 66 39 52 I 27 47.18 December 29.64 6.23 1.38 .195 24 7 2 — — 4 5 11 4 n 3 57 36 36 29 43.35 24.43 156 209 17 50 18 45 29 1 85 51 59 11 Meteorology. 21 FREQUENCY CHART OF THE DIRECTION OF WIND. Daily Observations taken at 9 a... |
610fe280-b759-4121-a3a2-9c32bb951cb0 | 23 THE WEATHER IN 1914. The Rainfall was below the average for nine months, and above the average for the three months February, March, and December. The exceptionally heavy rainfall during December was phenomenal, rain falling on 24 days. In March rain fell on 26 days. The driest month was January, with a total of .42... |
df93a7bd-ad18-44ec-810f-799127474edd | Calm was registered on 11 days. « The winter temperatures have been several degrees above the average. The shaded thermometer has fallen below 32° on seven times during November and December, 1914. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE. The water carriage system prevails throughout the district, with separate channels for storm water.... |
83b21661-9eea-42b0-bc47-13024d171f58 | raised some 3 or 4 feet; the material used was the surplus excavated materials taken from the sewer trenches while they were being constructed. The sewers enter the Purification Works 40 feet below the level of the ground, and pumping machinery is installed to lift the sewage from the bottom of the well, into which all... |
f58078b3-ca29-4c59-ba2b-2ad0bcaf004b | Further to purify the effluent, filters are provided which oxidise and aerate it, so that it may be discharged into the river without injurious effects. This method of working has now been in operation for above twenty-one years, and has satisfactorily fulfilled all requirements. In 1904, the Board installed the bacter... |
8367771d-a92d-4798-b21a-85362badcf9f | The most important operation at the works is the pumping of the sewage, so that the sewers from the different districts have at all times free discharge, and machinery is provided constantly to lift day and night the whole of the drainage flow ; this averages from three to four million gallons per day in dry weather, b... |
9b58df46-0b60-4505-bae0-ab8e27af3c6d | Of course, it is not expected ever to have fifty millions to pump in twenty-four hours, but on occasions of sudden rain storms, the machinery has gradually to be set in motion, one engine after another, until within, say, thirty minutes, the pumps may be lifting 4,500 tons per hour, or twelve times the ordinary dry wea... |
8f029316-d78e-4101-8d0f-c76c5d131c77 | In Barnes and Richmond, however, a large proportion of the roofs are still drained to the sewers, and it is the roof water which causes the sudden fluctuations, and adds large volumes to be 26 Sanitary Circumstances. pumped during heavy rainfalls; one square yard of roof surface will discharge double the rainfall that ... |
10402ba2-8695-48ed-8638-3446bdad15ff | Further additions of steam engines would have entailed additional boilers and buildings; for, although the whole machinery is not in operation every day, still, all of it must be kept in a state of readiness for use, and a steam plant would have required boilers to be kept under steam, with their fires banked, ready fo... |
36698286-7516-4612-837d-fbc6acb467e2 | When the strike began, the Board's reserve stock of coal was not large ; so during the whole month of March the working of the station was altered so that all the sewage pumping was done by gas-driven machinery. SLUDGE DISPOSAL. I have already mentioned how the sewage is treated with chemicals, settled in tanks, filter... |
10c8ebb5-f868-43c9-9c2a-6ca43cb482f0 | If allowed to stand for any considerable time, a large accumulation of this liquid deposit might cause a nuisance; it cannot be transported in the form in which it comes from the tanks, so is operated on, in batteries of filter presses, being forced at a pressure of about 1001b. per square inch between iron plates, lin... |
28a9b4b1-3b2b-4f4b-a98b-f149184a5c77 | In a residential district like Richmond, it cannot be readily disposed of, and while it may be useful for agricultural purposes, the expense of handling and transporting, renders it very difficult to find a market which will take a constant supply. At the present moment some 30,000 or 40,000 tons of wet sludge are prod... |
1f439c46-4c2c-4985-8071-15a4dcbb914f | In our case, the difficulties in the way of such a means of disposal would be very great, as the works are situated at a considerable distance from the mouth of the river, with all the dangers of a difficult navigation, fogs, etc., so that a constant service could not in all probability be maintained. The next best to ... |
14d2c643-403b-4d59-a2a5-c1f085d8fed2 | The Beverley Brook still continues to be an annoyance to the district, and in times of flood a distinct menace to the health Of the inhabitants, whose houses it floods. Negotiations are going on between the Barnes Urban District Council and the London County Council. Sanitary Circumstances. 29 WATER SUPPLY. The Wnter S... |
194c3795-2ab5-4c6a-ade6-a545fcbafb0f | "Any falling off in the quantity or the quality of the river water upsets, in greater or less measure, this equilibrium. Reservoirs and filters possess, it is true, an immense "reserve of purifying ability," but it would be a most unwise policy to take too much advantage of this circumstance and abstract river water in... |
edd28a04-57d3-4fc1-bc62-c31e387237a2 | The heat is used to raise steam in the Boiler for the purpose of driving the fan for the forced draught, well pump, Electric Lighting set for lighting the works, and for the engine for the Slab Pressing Plant. 30 Sanitary Circumstances. 11,536 loads of refuse were collected and burnt. During the year a Slab Making Plan... |
112d10d6-e912-4038-a9ca-5fba5c514f26 | In August last a circular letter was received from the Local Government Board on these questions. The Board outline what they describe as a complete scheme as follows:— 1 Arrangements for the local supervision of Midwives. 2 (a) An antenatal clinic for expectant mothers. (b) The home visiting of expectant mothers. (c) ... |
b17c9e6a-be0b-45cf-8048-c5a88b75d4ad | 31 (b) The provisions of systematic advice and treatment for infants at a liaby Clinic or Infant Dispensary. (c) The continuance of these Clinics and Dispensaries so as to be available for children up to the age when thev arc entered on a school register, i.e., the register of a Public Elementary School, Nursery School... |
ae330e7e-34a4-49fa-99a3-57d8ab717dca | Attendance at the centre would of course be quite voluntary, but if some attraction in the shape of tea was afforded, we think that its work would soon become known, and by degrees the benefit thus afforded would be appreciated. We think it reasonably probable that the result of proceeding on the lines recommended will... |
15874147-4e3a-41e5-8a06-811cde5ea603 | rural conditions disappear and a locality grows towards city conditions. There is nothing in the statistics which shows that the present state of affairs in Barnes and Mortlake compares otherwise than favourable with other more or less similar places. Indeed the statistics reflect the high state of sanitary efficiency.... |
209a7733-7dfa-442b-a01b-f61b6cb79012 | With regard to Maternity cases our records are as follows:— Deaths from Accidents and Diseases of Parturition and Pregnancy— 1912 1 1913 2 1914 2 Cases of overlaying— 1912 0 1913 3 1914. 1 Puerperal Fever— 1912 1 1913 0 1914 0 The cases of Puerperal Fever reported are few, and are seldom likely to be a true record, owi... |
b996e89d-9cf9-4929-9c4a-bf81cb9ac5d1 | 33 In 1904 it was above the average for England and Wales, in 1905 it was about the same as the rest of the country, and since then there has been a gradual improvement in comparison with the rest of the country. The general death rate was over 11 per 1,000 per annum in the three years 1904-5-6. Since then it has fluct... |
f7f41352-8d41-4fe8-b909-ebe1e4dac49b | 250 74 120.0 24 0.94 11.9 1906 25,500 75 112.0 37 1.04 11.2 1907 28,000 65 92.0 14 0.50 10.7 1908 28,500 67 93.0 11 0.38 8.6 Average Average * 1909 30,500) 29,000) 66 88.0 25 0.80 9.0 10.3 *1910 32,500) 49 69 13 0.4 7.9 30,0001 8.6 1911 30,786 70 95.0 34 1.1 10.9 95 14.6 1912 32,000 41 58.5 12 0.37 9.0 13. |
bb3efb2d-3896-46b6-b939-24c5b9be9e80 | 3 1913 33,386 62 84.2 28 0.8 10.5 109 13.4 Population overestimated, percentages are worked out on the lower estimates. Year. Deaths under 1 year from Marasmus, Prem. Births, Diarrhoea. Deaths 1 to 6 years from Infec. Diseases. 1904 42 6 1905 37 6 1906 39 20 1907 35 4 1908 33 1 1909 31 13 1910 15 2 1911 43 21 1912 18 2... |
333a8049-7706-4475-a804-45112a52d9bb | There has been a steady fall during the last ten years with the exception of 1911. Deaths from Infectious Diseases in children between 1 and 5 years are very low except for 3 rises in the years 1906, 1909 and 1911. The death-rate of residents registered in the district is equal to 7.9 per 1000 of the population. The am... |
e28f2262-ee3e-4b78-928f-4032e8d02ba4 | Whooping Cough 3 Measles 0 Bronchitis 1 Pneumonia 6 Diarrhoea and Enteritis 6 Mai-Nutrition and Premature Birth 16 Violent Deaths 3 Syphilis 4 Other Defined Diseases 7 Suffocation—Overlying 2 Total 48 Vital Statistics. 35 The infantile death-rate for England and Wales for 1914 is 105 per 1000 births. The infantile deat... |
9351d7a1-4923-4a9a-98ab-369cc3551785 | All this waste matter soon undergoes putrefaction during hot weather, and is therefore an excellent breeding ground for flies. Flies are known to be carriers of deadly disease germs. At the same time very offensive smells arise from the dust receptacle, which although not annoying you may cause annoyance to others. Dur... |
5afe29f3-58ac-426a-9bae-ba511d4618a7 | The number of deaths from this disease during 1914 was 9 which is low in spite of a warm and dry summer and autumn. SANITATION OF CLOSETS, YARDS AND STREETS. Unpaved streets and yards should, where necessary, be paved, and in particular all accumulations of refuse in the neighbourhood of dwellings should be promptly an... |
faac860e-df6f-4dd1-8c57-9df303cc47c1 | There are three chief contributory factors to such refuse heaps: (a) shopkeepers and residents whose backyards abut on to the waste ground, (b) tradesmen's carts who use the track as a way to the backs of houses, (c) miscellaneous contributors, such as vagrants, hawkers, gardeners, etc. It is very plain that there is n... |
45757a92-0b60-4365-8e40-e32411488e99 | Pour a little of this into a saucer and place same Vital Statistics. 37 on a ledge or mantelshelf. In the saucer place a little square of bread for the flies to alight upon and drink. I have asked the Surveyor to distribute posters dealing with Diarrhoea as widely as he can. There has been no outbreak so far, but Augus... |
b6864174-4b58-47e1-95ae-329d002f131e | POPULATION. The 1901 census showed a population of 17,900; the 1911 census showed a population of 30,377; the present figure as estimated for 1914, shows a population of 34,745. The number of inhabited houses in 1914 is 8,272, and this gives an inhabited house rate of 4.2. The natural increase of population or the exce... |
fa8d9e27-307f-4ab7-8698-e5de2dc36348 | 39 The birth rate is 21.7 par 1,000 of the estimated population. Last year it was 22 07 per 1,000 of the population. Illegitimacy. Of the 754 births registered, 36 were illegitimate, or 4 7 per cent. The death rate amongst illegitimate children this year is about the same as that for legitimate children. DEATHS. The to... |
896ca4d5-65a4-445e-b5b4-d4a0f5144367 | There were 61 deaths in Public Institutions serving this district:— The Putney Hospital 4 The Royal Hospital, Richmond 4 The Richmond Infirmary 31 The West London Hospital 6 The Isolation Hospital Fever 0 Tuberculosis l6 MONTHLY CURVES OP BIRTHS AND DEATHS, 1914. The Births and Deaths curves show some similarity, which... |
142d5b62-1090-44d7-884c-e43b2a15f53f | Standardized* England and Wales 23-6 13-9 13.6 105 97 great towns including 24-9 14 6 14.9 113 145 smaller towns 23 6 128 12.9 104 England and Wales less the 242 towns 21-9 13 3 12.2 93 London 24 6 14. 4 14.4 103 * The standardized death-rates are the rates which would have been recorded had the sex ana age constitutio... |
ffcd1513-1d22-4968-b518-e90c004412eb | 1904 26.6 1908 23.7 1912 21.8 1905 24.7 1909 24.2 1913 22.07 1906 24.7 1910 22.7 1914 21.7 1907 24.4 1911 23.7 These figures show that there is a gradual decline in the birth- rate going on. 42 Vital Statistics. BIRTH RATE VERSUS POPULATION. Total Births. Total Deaths. Natural Increases. Population. |
fe381d00-1aab-46d7-99dd-85a1e198e542 | 1904 618 261 357 23,200 1905 600 289 311 24,250 1906 632 288 344 25,500 1907 684 300 384 28,000 1908 676 247 329 28,500 1909 703 321 382 29,000 1910 682 259 423 30,000 1911 731 336 395 30,786 1912 700 291 409 32,000 1913 736 350 386 33,386 1914 754 336 418 34,745 This table shows that in spite of a declining birth-rate... |
9c5e9c63-e1fd-491f-85d0-b7f282757139 | They are only approximately correct, as it is unlikely that all the children born in December, 1914, have yet been vaccinated. The true return is arrived at in June of each year. Table. Births. Vaccination. Exemption. NonSusceptible. January 60 37 16 February 57 45 14 March 63 47 8 April 67 45 19 May 51 38 27 June 60 4... |
cf1ed983-0a8e-4838-8696-7000199926f6 | There will be a very rude awakening in the near future when smallpox is introduced into the district, the result will be panic vaccination with the consequent marring of good results and a huge burden on the rates. Corrected return for 1913, obtained from Registrar-General:— No. of Births 709 „ Successful Vaccinations ... |
8a502e4e-576f-449a-b5cb-a7359637d38d | 47 62 41 Under 1 year 1.2 I 1.9 1.3 18 28 12 1 to 5 years .3 .9 0.5 21 30 15 5 to 25 years .5 .9 0.6 139 129 134 25 to 65 years 4.2 3.8 4.0 111 101 89 65 years and upwards 2.8 3.0 3.2 336 350 291 All ages 9.0 10.5 9.6 This is a very useful and comprehensive little table and is deserving of careful perusal—when it becom... |
052b83b1-77c4-43d0-8eab-bf2ca8e4926b | The parents turned up in good numbers in most of the schools and often gave useful information of the child's life. The teachers have shewn their willingness to assist in the work and in providing a quiet room for the medical examination, and to them thanks are due. The school for children found mentally defective is d... |
b7a960dd-59ec-420c-bfcb-5f2b88bea756 | In addition to the Treatment Clinic, a modified Inspection Clinic is held for half an hour each morning when "attendance" cases are seen, and any other child on whom any teacher may want a medical opinion. I think teachers might avail themselves more of the Inspection Clinic, and send up all cases of doubt, and all cas... |
4b4dc41c-2196-4f08-8bad-a5c6e8000292 | It is no trouble for the teachers to walk round the class, say during a writing lesson, and scrutinise the children's heads. On finding a dirty child she should be notified to the school nurse at once. The closure of Schools for non-notifiable diseases has the disadvantage of at once depriving the M.O.H. of his source ... |
6cf1771b-1e49-414f-b9e8-4310fae58409 | The following non-notifiable infectious diseases have been reported among school children by the teachers during the year:- Measles 25 Whooping Cough 14 Chicken Pox 43 Mumps 30 Ringworm 4 Measles "Contacts" 18 Whooping Cough "Contacts" 7 Chicken Pox "Contacts" 10 46 School Work. TREATMENT OF CHILDREN FOUND DEFECTIVE AT... |
bcaaeb22-e5a1-45c2-8af6-ebf173540112 | A medical clinic was opened in December on two days a week, and is going steadily on without, it is hoped, any break. The rooms are temporary, but a new Clinic will be built behind the new Council Schools in East Sheen. An Ophthalmic Clinic is very badly needed, and it is believed that very shortly one will be started,... |
9ddabba9-76cc-4ff1-90b8-4ed3c5a67e1c | (1) Operations for tonsils and adenoids including the necessary medical supervision after the operation 10s. per case. School Work. 47 (2) Prescription of spectacles, and quent examination to see that spectacles are satisfactory 2s. per case. Note—A separate charge will be made for spectacles. The charge will be the co... |
cc38ef2b-3cd5-4665-9ffb-90800ecda691 | 6d. per case. Note.—The above fees include any necessary drugs and dressings. TABULATED ROUTINE INSPECTIONS. School. Boys 66 Girls 56 Boys 8 Girls 8 Bovs 12 13 Girls 12 13 Lea Boys. |
0db6708d-a89d-44a3-a3be-e53f76160066 | vers Girls Totals, Church of England 53 46 - - 21 23 16 24 183 Catholic 10 9 - — 9 7 6 3 44 Westfields 54 51 — — 52 31 39 30 257 Barnes Green 19 17 — - — 19 — 16 71 Fanny Road 15 11 — - — 10 — 11 47 Mortlake Council 36 33 55 37 41 38 38 38 316 Lonsdale Road — — 38 — 38 52 128 East Sheen Council — — - 11 18 12 7 48 187 ... |
41b4df09-94e1-47aa-ba4d-6c4372eb835c | Routine Inspections 1094 1st Re-examination 114 Non-routine Inspections 292 Grand Total 1941 The Medical inspection of school children is not intended to be carried on with the accuracy and detail of Life Insurance, but to discover, with a view to treatment, those defects which are likely to hinder a child from getting... |
f7c2361d-4b47-4d6a-bd57-2a6ac3669ddb | Examined 187 ... 167 354 Parents Present 143 ... 127 270 Infectious Diseases Had— Diphtheria 4 ... 2 6 Scarlet Fever 4 ... 7 11 Measles 108 ... 99 207 Whooping Cough 86 ... 85 171 Clothing— Good 158 ... 145 3°3 Poor 29 ... 20 49 Bad — ... 2 2 Footgear— Good 160 ... 146 306 Poor 26 ... 16 42 Bad 1 ... 5 6 Nutrition— Goo... |
0e459fb3-c69d-46c5-9f17-92ecb1c9b2f3 | Cleanliness— Good 163 140 303 Fair 24 27 51 Bad — — — Nits 1 11 12 Lice — 1 1 Mouth Breathers and Nasal Catarrh 14 7 21 Enlarged Tonsils 16 20 36 Adenoids 10 3 13 Blepharitis 4 3 7 Conjuntivitis 2 1 3 Eves: Squint 5 — 5 Teeth— Fairly Sound Sets 1-3 66 71 137 Kour or more decayed 35 37 72 Oral Sepsis 6 — 6 Ears— Obstruc... |
95db5469-2e82-4512-84a3-b6590237c1c4 | Anaemia 8 7 15 Other Defects 2 1 3 Lungs— Chronic Bron. Catarrh 4 5 9 Pre-Tuberculosis 2 4 6 Tuberculosis — .. — Other Diseases 17 11 28 5° 50 School Work. boys. girls. total. Mental— Dull or Backward 1 — 1 Nervous Diseases 4 5 9 Skin— Ringworm - 1 1 Impetigo 2 1 3 Scabies — — — Others 8 10 18 Rickets 5 1 6 Non-Pul. Tu... |
f9fea35c-6161-465b-80e9-6cc2860f5ea0 | 207 had had measles „ „ 9 were badly clothed or shod „ „ 13 were verminous„ „ 70 had affections of the nose and throat „ „ 72 had bad teeth „ „ INTERMEDIATE GROUP. boys girls totai. No. Examined 265 183 • 448 Parents Present iis 87 • 202 Infectious Diseases Had— Diphtheria 17 14 31 Scarlet Fever 28 19 47 Measles 228 14... |
c23341ab-2adf-4c10-b33a-f5612cbb6fe4 | 234 154 388 Fair 29 26 <5 Bad 2 3 5 Nits 2 18 20 Lice — 1 1 Mouth Breathers and Nasal Catarrh 17 2 19 Enlarged Tonsils 22 27 49 Adenoids 4 11 15 Blepharitis 8 6 14 conjuntivitis — 1 1 Eyes— Good 247 164 411 Fair 12 11 23 Bad 6 8 14 Squint 3 2 5 Teeth— 1-3 decayed 126 101 227 4 or more „ 54 20 74 Oral Sepsis 1 2 3 52 Sc... |
8666261e-b90e-4d86-a3dc-9b1405f5dc26 | Ears— Obstructions 5 4 9 Otorrhœa 6 3 9 Hearing— Good 259 178 437 Fair 3 3 6 Bad 3 2 5 Heart and Circulation— Organic Disease — 2 2 Anæmia 7 11 18 Other Defects 7 4 11 Lungs— Chron. Bron. Catarrh 8 4 12 Pre-Tuberculosis 10 8 18 Tuberculosis 1 1 2 Other Diseases 15 11 26 Mental— Dull or Backward 6 3 9 Nervous Diseases 9... |
58e53584-e25f-41b4-bfee-a1cf6fdfde52 | For Treatment— Medical 54 4; 99 Ophthalmic 25 21 46 Dental 49 19 68 Recommended for Treatment 213 out of 448 examined Tubercular 2 ,, ,, 53 School Work. Pre-Tubercular 20 out of 448 examined. Heart Disease 2 „ „ Affections of Nose and Throat 83 „ „ Badly clothed or shod 19 „ „ Very dirty 5 „ „ Verminous 21 „ „ Bad Sigh... |
2a366de8-ecc3-4a15-9990-a08a09d703bb | Number Examined 163 129 292 Parents present at Examination 53 60 113 Infectious Diseases, Had— Diphtheria 14 17 31 Scarlet Fever 22 20 42 Measles 137 112 249 Whooping Cough 67 65 132 Vaccination— Marks visible 152 108 260 No mark 11 21 32 Clothing— Good 140 103 243 Fair 19 24 43 Bad 4 2 6 Footgear— Good 142 115 257 Fai... |
b2f87503-cf69-4646-9b3a-f63e9c4d964b | Breathers and Nasal Catarrh 5 3 8 Large Tonsils 24 18 42 Adenoids 1 5 6 Blepharitis 2 8 10 Conjuntivitis 3 1 4 Eyes— Good 150 116 266 Fair 7 7 14 Bad 6 6 12 Squint 2 — 2 Teeth— 1-3 150 93 243 4 or more 22 17 39 Oral Sepsis 5 5 10 Ears— Obstruction 2 1 3 Otorrhoea 1 — 1 Normal Hearing 161 126 287 Fair 2 3 5 Heart and Ci... |
c9f2148e-203f-4e1a-8746-7e09c8476fcb | Catarrh 2 4 6 Pre-Tubercular 3 5 8 Other Diseases 14 6 20 55 School Work. boys. girls. total. Mental — Dull or backward 6 6 12 Nervous Diseases 2 7 9 Skin— Impetigo 3 - 3 Scabies 1 1 2 Others 8 6 14 Rickets (Slight) 1 1 2 Deformities 8 7 15 Neck Glands 4 — 4 Recom. for Treatment 54 70 124 124 children were recommended ... |
1e30827f-e534-41f0-b6bc-496769ff4bde | 14 had bad sight ... „ „ 10 had bad teeth ... „ „ 56 had throat and nose affections ... „ „ 16 had bad clothing or boots ... „ „ 3 were very dirty ... „ „ 15 were verminous ... „ „ 4 had heart disease ... „ „ 8 had tendency to consumption ... „ „ NON-ROUTINE CASES. both sexes & ali. ages. No. of Children Examined 74 Ba... |
113e4a86-66b5-4ede-973f-3451c9dc47ef | Bron. Catarrh 2 Pre-Tubercular 3 Mentally Subnormal 7 Nervous Diseases 4 Ringworm 1 Impetigo 1 Other Diseases 4 Deformities 3 Neck Glands 1 Of the special cases, 30 had bad vision, 7 were dull and backward. 2nd EXAMINATIONS. Totals No. Examined 441 No. Improved 199 No Change 242 Improvement shown is under 50 per cent. ... |
325d534e-d8af-4b9d-9a43-9233a14f874e | Roman Catholic : Walls damp in East class-room and cloak-room. Floors should be well sprinkled with a wet disinfectant before being swept. Castelnau, Fanny Road: The light is wrong in one class-room, and the ventilator is bad in the same room. Barnes Green: More play-ground space required. More class-room accommodation... |
3266b377-31da-4b35-b5aa-dc15599692bf | Mortl ike Council Infants: The windows should be open at night. Hopper windows are better than the central swing windows. Provision might be made for an open-air class. Cloak-room accommodation is insufficient. SUMMARY Of WORK DONE BY THE HEALTH VISITOR. School Work. The Health Visitor was present at 45 Routine Inspect... |
d941b660-36b8-45fc-80e8-15c542efa7ac | This Clinic is opened on Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoons for an hour when school children may be treated for minor ailments, after having been recommended by the School Medical Officer and visited by the 59 School Work. Care Committee. The Health Visitor is present and carries out the treatment under the super... |
3094ed3e-0243-44e0-a364-efc9073d0b39 | Two hundred and seventy-four visits were paid to the various schools with the special object of detecting verminous conditions, and 10,002 children were examined with these results:— Filthy clothing 20 Nits 864 Verminous 167 Cleansing notices sent 603 Children excluded 1st time 329 „ ,, 2nd time 91 „ „ 3rd time 42 Pare... |
dd9a38e1-099a-451c-a07e-90f328a68246 | Eighty-eight visits have been paid to the homes of tuberculous patients for the purpose of giving advice or obtaining information. Infant Work. The number of births visited by the Health Visitor is 345 and the number of visits paid is 826. About 80 per cent of the Infants are found to be breast fed, but it is difficult... |
a0e3abba-fcfd-4e86-83e5-86d98e12b252 | Although the individual attendance of mothers has not been so good, probably the inclement weather has been a cause, and pressure of school work has prevented the Health Visitor from looking up and reminding the mothers. Leaflets have been given to the mothers on "Infantile Diarrhoea" during the summer months, and on t... |
f3e8f527-f2e0-4da1-a4de-7644e7d01c77 | — 1 5 2 4 4. l - 4 2 3 5. l — 2 2 1 6. l - 4 2 1 7. l - 3 2 3 8. l - 5 2 6 9. l - 2 2 1 REPORT OF THE SANITARY INSPECTOR, 1914. The work of the Sanitary Staff comprises the general and systematic inspection of the district, under the housing of the working classes acts, house drainage, water supply, infectious diseases... |
fb993fea-1f06-43d4-864b-e991ab19ac1d | The very small number of statutory notices served for the past year show that little trouble was experienced in persuading landlords to remedy sanitary defects. At the same time the inspector is confronted with a difficult problem in many cases. One would like to see some houses more up-to-date, but if too much is insi... |
e4dad581-658b-401f-bea1-5a7fd52b5028 | In West Road the number of inhabitants averaged 8.5 per flat of 4 rooms and scullery, but there is ample space for this number. A great improvement has been effected by the yards having been tar paved. Thirty-four notices were served during the year on the owners of St. Ann's Passage, Barnes. The street comprises twent... |
a8f943fd-2226-42ef-acca-b6f758b32e28 | Inspectors, and it is their duty to give the local authority notice of any matter which is remediable, but it is also a rule of Sanitary Inspectors to inspect them under the Factory and Workshops Acts, and the Public Health Acts. No notices have been received this year from H.M. Inspector. There are about a dozen facto... |
43011cc2-7abb-4356-a2da-fb5d50ab28e1 | 's and alterations to the men's w.c. Barnes and District Laundry, Station Road, Barnes. 32 Women, 2 men. 2 w.c.'s for women; none for men. Men's w.c. to be started, also yard paving. Mortlake Brewery. 350 men, not including drivers; 52 Women. Manager, 1 w.c.; Office, 1; 5 Brewers, 1; 15 Foremen, 2; 350 workers, 11; 52 ... |
4f4fa341-e793-4d81-9254-0f4fa9f727f5 | Women, 21, 1 w.c.; Men, 2, 1 w.c. Temple Sheen Laundry, Derby Road. Manager, 1 w.c.; Women, 55, 3 w.c.'s; Men, 7, 1 w.c. DAIRIES AND MILKSHOPS. These are visited quarterly and are generally fairly well kept. One or two new dairies in East Sheen have been constructed on modern and up-to-date lines. No. No. of Visits. Da... |
c7b80881-bbd2-446e-b24c-eb0a41266edc | Unfortunately we have no power for compelling a direct supply in every case, the law for the requirement of cisterns being properly placed, constructed and kept, being not sufficient to meet the needs of populous districts. BAKEHOUSES. There are eleven bakehouses in this district, and these have been inspected quarterl... |
92c442af-e4b8-43c7-af96-18522363d217 | 1 1 1 1 Printers 1 1 3 3 4 4 Coachbuilders 1 3 . . 1 3 Athletic Goods . . 1 2 1 2 Motor Works 3 6 2 6 5 12 Golf Club Maker . . 1 1 1 1 Rubber Works . . 1 2 1 2 Engineering Works 1 0 . . 1 2 Packing Case making 1 1 . . 1 1 ELECTRIC AND STEAM LAUNDRIES — Over 40 employees 1 2 1 2 2 4 Under 40 employees 2 6 4 9 6 15 B.—WO... |
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