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Inspector of Factories, and no notification was received from him. Home Workers. The number of home-workers on the Register, and the nature of the work undertaken by them were as follows:β€”Fancy needlework, 6; Dressmaking, 3; Tailoring, 6. (7) SHOP ACTS, 1938. Inspections under the Shops Acts 1912 to 1938 have been carr...
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In one instance a nuisance was detected, the nuisance being caused by the emission of black smoke. The matter was investigated and, after a written notice had been sent to the responsible person, the nuisance was abated. 12 (9) RATS AND MICE (DESTRUCTION) ACT, 1919. There were 163 complaints of infestation of premises ...
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During the year 24 such premises were removed from the register, being no longer occupied by two or more families, and 21 premises were added to the register. The total number of such premises on the register at the end of the year was 106. Underground Rooms. No closing order in respect of any basement dwelling was mad...
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There is no public swimming bath or bathing pool under the management of the local authority in the Borough. A privately owned bathing pool, belonging to the Roehampton Club, and open to the public at a charge, has been in use for several years past. This pool, however, whilst closely adjacent to Barnes Borough, is sit...
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Careful investigations have been made into all outbreaks of infectious diseases amongst scholars, and exclusions from school, as necessary, were rigidly enforced in accordance with the practice described in previous Annual Reports. Details of the incidence of scarlet-fever and diphtheria (two of the more serious, but r...
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In the 12 public elementary schools cases occurred as under Number of scholars on Register. Number of scholars who suffered from:β€” Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria Barnes Central Boys 212 – – β€ž β€ž Girls 229 3 – Lowther J.M. and Infants 257 1 – Westfields Mixed 202 – – β€ž Infants 128 1 – East Sheen J.M. and Infants 424 3 – Mortl...
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The incidence of infectious diseases amongst children of school age was extremely low. It is very satisfactory to have been able to restrict the numbers of cases of scarlet-fever and diphtheria amongst a total of 2,600 school children on the public elementery school registers to such small numbers as 13 scarlet-fever c...
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In the case of the 8 houses in which disinfestation was carried out by the owners, advice was given by officers of the Public Health Department as to the most suitable action to be taken in each particular case in dealing with the premises. During 1939 hydrogen cyanide was not employed for the disinfestation of any hou...
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In all cases disinfestation of bug-infested bedding and bedclothing has been carried out by steam-disinfection at the Council's Disinfecting Station. During the year 30 lots of bedding were disinfested by this method. (iv) Prevention of re-infestation after cleansing. In all cases of disinfestation of dwelling-houses a...
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During the years 1935 to 1939 the household effects of 185 families were disinfested, 149 of these being families rehoused from clearance areas, 20 in connection with the abatement of overcrowding and 16 on other public health grounds. 16 Section IV. HOUSING. (I) HOUSING STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1939. 1. Number of New D...
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(I) Inspection of Dwelling Houses during the Year:β€” (i) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 597 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 2607 (ii) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above) which were inspected and recorded...
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1925 and 1932 94 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 1119 (iii) Number of dwelling-houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious to health as to be unfit for human habitation Nil (iv) Number of dwelling-houses (exclusive of those referred to under the preceding sub-heading) found not to be in all r...
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11 and 13, Housing Act, 1936β€”(Demolition Orders). (d)β€”Sec. 12, Housing Act, 1936β€”(Closing Orders, underground rooms). 4. Housing Act, 1936β€”Part IVβ€”Overcrowding. (a) (i) Number of dwellings overcrowded at the end of the year 18 (ii) Number of families dwelling therein 18 (iii) Number of persons dwelling therein 103 (b) ...
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Considering the abnormal conditions due to the war the number of dwelling-houses inspected during 1939, though fewer, compares favourably with the number inspected in previous years (597 in 1939 contrasted with 681 in 1938). House-to-house inspection under Housing Consolidated Regulations had to be curtailed towards th...
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Fortunately all the ten Clearance Areas included in the fiveyear slum clearance programme had been dealt with before the 18 outbreak of war, and the whole of the families who had to be displaced had been re-housed either in Council houses or in the blocks of flats which had been erected by the Council specially for thi...
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Certificates giving the "permitted numbers" for these were issued, making a total number of 3,050 "dwellings" in respect of which certificates have been issued in accordance with the Act. (2). Abatement of Overcrowding. There has been no instance during the year of any dwellinghouse having again become overcrowded afte...
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Of the 23 cases in which overcrowding was relieved during 1939 11 were relieved by rehousing the families in Council houses, 1 was rehoused by the London County Council in a house on the London County Council Castelnau Estate, and the remaining 11 had become relieved in various other ways, such as the families having r...
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Awaiting abatement 1st January 140 119 109 37 140 New cases discovered 20 22 14 4 60 Total for abatement 160 141 123 41 200 Abated during the year 41 32 86 23 182 Awaiting abatement 31st December 119 109 37 18 18 19 Section v. INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD. MILK SUPPLY. The number of premises in the district regis...
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The number of visits paid by the sanitary inspectors to the premises of persons engaged in the milk trade during 1939 was 78. Designated Milk. During 1939 designated milk was retailed to customers in this Borough by the same 7 purveyors details in respect of whose licences were recorded in my Annual Report for 1938. Al...
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The Council did not during 1939 refuse or revoke registration on the grounds that the public health was, or was likely to be, endangered by any act or default of any purveyor in relation to the quality, storage or distribution of milk. Tuberculous Milk and Tuberculous Cattle. There has been no instance where there was ...
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No proceedings were taken under the Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924. Slaughterhouses. There is no public slaughterhouse in the area. The only private slaughterhouse licenced in the Borough has been found to be kept in a satisfactory condition. During the year 44 notices of intention to slaughter were received. I...
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Premises where food other than milk or meat is sold or prepared for sale, which include fishmongers and poulterers (18), greengrocers (51), fried fish shops (5), cooked-provision shops (36), eating houses (34), ice-cream shops (48), bakehouses (14)β€”total 206, were inspected periodically. The number of visits of inspect...
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On 1st October 1939, the Barnes Council became the Local Authority under the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1938, and 21 the Council made the necessary preparations to take over the administration within the Borough of the Acts and Regulations relating to Adulteration, etc., of Food and Drugs, the administration of...
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Milk 13 6 19 1 β€” 1 β€” β€” Cream 1 β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Preserved Sau'ges 1 β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Jam 1 2 3 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Beer 4 β€” 4 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Cascara Sagrada β€” 1 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Totals 20 9 29 1 β€” 1 β€” β€” UNSOUND FOOD. In no instance was it found necessary to seize unsound food on any premises. The following articles were voluntarily surrendered ...
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Particulars of the incidence and distribution of the cases of infectious disease notified during the year 1939 are set out in Table XI in the Appendix in which the number of cases removed to hospital and the number of deaths in the district from these diseases are also given. The prevalence of the various notifiable in...
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28 - 2 - - - 4 2 - - _ * Feb. 25 1 1 3 1 β€” 5 β€” β€” 1 β€” * Mar. 25 β€” 7 1 2 β€” 2 β€” 1 β€” 1 * April 22 β€” 10 1 5 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” * May 20 β€” 4 - 4 β€” 1 1 β€” β€” β€” * June 17 β€” β€” 1 2 β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” β€” * July 15 β€” 1 - 5 1 β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” * Aug. 12 - 3 - 1 β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” β€” * Sept. 9 - 2 - 2 β€” - 1 1 β€” β€” * Oct. 7 - - - - - - - - * Nov. 4 - 3 - * - - - - - - - ...
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2 1 1 - * β€” 2 - β€” β€” β€” 5 Dec. 30 2 2 2 * β€” - 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” Totals 4 36 8 22 .1 14 10 3 1 1 5 * Not notifiable. 23 Table 5.β€”Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1929 to 1939. Year. 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Diphtheria 46 41 16 1 72 29 31 4 3 1 4 Scarlet Fever 75 74 64 92 147 132 77 56 84 52 36 Enteric...
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2 β€” β€” β€” β€ž Pyrexia 1 2 2 4 2 2 3 1 1 4 3 Erysipelas 11 8 7 10 16 11 16 11 12 6 10 Continued Fever β€” - β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” - β€” Relapsing Fever - - - - - - - - - - - Typhus Fever - - - - - - - - - - - Small-pox - - - - - - - - - - - Cholera - - - - - - - - - - - Plague β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Tuberculosis, P. 51 43 41 44 30 42 21...
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2 1 Poliomyelitis β€” β€” 1 β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” 2 1 β€” Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 1 - 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 - Measles 126 397 31 790 50 551 7 517 101 387 8 Rubella 123 41 16 8 23 61 5 29 9 439 22 Encephalitis Lethargica 1 - - - - - - - - - - Polioencephalitis - - - - - - - - - - - Malaria 1 - - - - - - - - - Dysentery β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 - Pneu...
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Notifiable). - 5* (* Notifiable in Barnes Borough from October 1939 only.) NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING TUBERCULOSIS). Small-pox. No case of small-pox occurred in this district during the year. Vaccination. I have not in my capacity of Medical Officer of Health had occasion to perform any vaccinations unde...
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24 The following particulars, with reference to the state as regards vaccination on the 31st December, 1939, in respect of the 309 infants whose births were registered between 1st January and the 31st December, 1938, have been supplied to me by the Vaccination Officer for the district:β€” Births Registered in 1938 309 Ce...
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The incidence of diphtheria in the Borough has been extremely low for several years past; during the four years 19361939 a total of only twelve cases have been notified. The arrangements for the supply of Diphtheria antitoxin to medical practitioners, and the preventive measures described in my previous Annual Reports ...
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Information is given below as to the work undertaken in connection with the scheme during the year ending 31st December, 1939:β€” During the above-mentioned period leaflets were issued to 246 mothers drawing their attention to the facilities available at the Clinic for their children. 25 Requests for testing, and immunis...
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The number of children attending for immunisation at the Clinic during the year totalled 110, consisting of the above-mentioned 57 new cases plus 53 children whose course of injections had commenced in 1938 but which had not been completed by the end of that year. The position as regards these 110 children on the 31st ...
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The procedure which has been adopted at the clinic has been as under:β€” All the children (including those under 5 years of age) have received a primary Schick test to ascertain their susceptibility to the disease. The immunising agent used has been T.A.M., three immunising injections of which have been given. The number...
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The Following Table Shows the Position on 31st December, 1939, in Respect of the 110 Children who Attended the Clinic during 1939. TOTAL CASES dealt with during 1939 Position on 31st Dec., 1939 110 (A) Continued in Attendance. 90 (1) Primary-Schick Negative:β€” 8 (a) Re-Schick Negative (Certificate) 4* (b) Awaiting re-Sc...
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20 (a) Left the District:- 2 (i) Primary-Schick, awaiting reading - (ii) Primary-Schick, Negative - (iii) β€ž β€ž Positive, 3-injections 2 (b) Discontinued for other reasons:β€” 18 (i) Primary-Schick, awaiting reading 2 (ii) Primary-Schick, Negative 2 (iii) β€ž β€ž Positive, 3-injections 14 (C) Number Immunised and Certificates ...
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A summary of the progress made under the scheme since its commencement in June 1936, to-date is given hereunder:β€” Number of leaflets issued to parents 4,931 β€ž β€ž children for whom applications for treatment have been received 919 β€ž β€ž children who have been appointed to attend the clinic 913 β€ž β€ž children who have so far ...
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The number of cases notified during 1939 was only 36. This is a low incidence, the number notified annually during the previous ten years having varied between a maximum of 147 cases and a minimum of 52 cases. The incidence-rate for this disease in Barnes was 0.92, compared with 1.53 for London, and 1.89 for England an...
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The preventive measures taken in previous years were continued unchanged in 1939. 28 Measles. This disease becomes epidemic in this district every second year. During 1939 only 8 cases of measles were notified, in addition to 22 cases of german measles, compared with 387 cases of measles and 439 cases of german measles...
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The type of infection was Bac. Paratyphosus "B." From the history the source of infection would appear to have been from another patient in the hospital whose illness was diagnosed as paratyphoid fever on the 13th June. Dysentery. One case of this disease was notified, the condition being Sonne dysentery. The patient, ...
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There were 14 cases notified as acute primary or acute influenzal pneumonia corresponding to an incidence of 0.36 cases per 1,000 of population, approximately one-third of the incidence for London (0.99), and for England and Wales (1.02). Four of the cases were removed to hospitals for treatment. 29 NON-NOTIFIABLE INFE...
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Comparative death-rates from whooping cough in Barnes and in other districts during 1939 and the previous four years will be found in the Appendix to this Report. TUBERCULOSIS. During 1939, 35 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis and 3 cases of non-pulmonary tuberculosis were notified, representing an incidencerate of 0.90 ...
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Remaining on Register 31st Dec.. 1939. Primary Notif'' ns Otherwise. Total. Cured. Left District. Died. Total. Pulmonary 149 35 13 48 1 16 28 45 152 Non-Pulmonary 49 3 6 9 β€” 1 1 2 56 All Forms 198 38 19 57* 1 17 29 47 208 * Included in these figures are six patients whose names were restored to the Register. 30 Prevent...
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It has not been found necessary to take action during the year under the Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, in respect of any tuberculous persons employed in the milk trade. Treatmentβ€”Dispensary and Institutional. The Surrey County Council is the Local Authority responsible for the treatment ...
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The number of cases admitted to the Isolation Hospital during -1939 was only 55, the lowest number of admissions on record during the past twenty years. No cases were admitted from areas outside the Borough. The year was characterized by an extremely low incidence of infectious diseases generally. 31 Admissions. The di...
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A s this death occurred in January, 1940, it will be included for statistical purposes amongst the deaths assignable to the Borough for the year 1940. Scarlet Fever Cases Admitted. Cases of scarlet fever admitted during 1939 numbered only 33. In 21 of the patients the original attack was relatively mild; in 11 cases th...
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The number of patients under 32 ment in this Block during 1939 was 42, 7 of whom were admitted during 1938 and were still under treatment at the beginning of 1939. The nature of the 35 cases admitted to the Cubicle Block during the year is given below:- Scarlet Fever (complicated or doubtful) 14 Diphtheria (complicated...
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The accommodation for patients which has been fully reviewed in my previous Annual Reports remained unchanged during 1939. Under the Surrey County Council Scheme made, with the approval of the Ministry of Health, in pursuance of Section 63 of the Local Government Act, 1929 the Barnes Borough Council are required to pro...
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In connection with the Ministry of Health's Emergency Hospital Scheme, for the purpose of which all the hospitals in the country were surveyed, the Council's Isolation Hospital was inspected prior to the outbreak of war by an Inspector of the Ministry of Health and the Minister decided that the hospital was to continue...
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The number of rooms disinfected after infectious disease during 1939 was 93. This work is undertaken by the staff of the Public Health Department. Infected bedding and clothing is steam-disinfected after removal to the Disinfecting Station attached to the Isolation Hospital. During 1939 138 lots of bedding and clothing...
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CLEANSING AND DISINFESTATION OF VERMINOUS PERSONS. During 1939 only 1 child was treated at the Cleansing Station for verminous condition of the head; 4 children attended for the treatment of scabies. Six adults were treated for scabies during the year. 34 Section VII. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. The Barnes Borough Cou...
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Information on this subject will be found in the Appendix. (1) MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICES. Ante-natal clinics, held at the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, at Essex House and at the "Health Centre," are available for expectant mothers and for post-natal cases. The work of these clinics is referred t...
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These institutional confinements occurred as follows:β€” In institutions within the Borough .. 65 In registered maternity homes 65 .. In institutions outside the Borough .. 126 In general hospitals 17 .. In maternity hospitals 52 .. In Public Health County hospitals 18 .. In Public Assistance institutions 21 .. In matern...
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In two of these cases the confinement occurred in a London maternity hospital and the patients remained in that hospital for treatment of the condition causing the pyrexia, this being due to mastitis in one instance and to slight sepsis in the other. In the third case the confinement occurred in a Nursing Home in the B...
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The Surrey County Council being the Local Supervising Authority under the Midwives Act particulars of the notification in each case notified as puerperal pyrexia are communicated by me forthwith to the County Medical Officer. The same preventive and remedial measures detailed in previous Reports have been continued dur...
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During the year notifications were received in respect of 307 births which occurred in the Borough, and of these 24 were notified by medical practitioners, and 283 by midwives. Still-Births. There were 5 still-births notified during 1939, representing 1.6 per cent. of the total births occurring in the area in the year....
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A summary of the work performed by them during the year is given below:β€” Visits to expectant mothers 375 First visits to newly-born infants 364 Revisits to infants under 1 year 1,419 Visits to children aged 1 to 5 years 2,147 Visits in connection with Council's scheme for the supply of milk 661 Still-birth inquiries 6 ...
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In spite of this, the essential maternity and child welfare services were efficiently maintained. 37 (4) MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES. At the beginning of the year Infant Welfare Clinics were held twice weekly and Ante natal Clinics twice monthly at the Essex House Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. In March, 1...
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In order that the facilities available at the Ante-natal and Infantwelfare clinics held at these Centres should not be interrupted the following alternative arrangements were at once put into force:β€” The hire of two suitable premises, one in Barnes and one in Mortlake, was arranged at which mothers could continue to ob...
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In addition to those expectant mothers who attended at the Council's Clinic there were 15 mothers who had booked their confinements at Hospitals, or Maternity Hospitals, and attended the Ante-natal Clinics of those institutions; this corresponds to a further 3.7 per cent. of the total births in which mothers, not under...
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Infants under 1 year 238 211 Children 1 to 5 years 99 70 Total 337 281 Number of Children attending during the year:β€” Infants under 1 year 366 365 Children 1 to 5 years 326 501 Total 692 866 Number of attendances made by:β€” Infants under 1 year 4,078 3,281 Children 1 to 5 years 3,247 2,579 Total 7,325 5,860 Mothers 6,24...
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A Medical Officer and two Health Visitors, kindly assisted by Voluntary Helpers, are in attendance at the Centre at each session. The number of consultations with the Medical Officer at the centre was 2,296 as contrasted with 2,466 in 1938. 39 Sixty-five children under five years of age were referred to hospitals for t...
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During the year fresh milk was supplied to expectant mothers and nursing mothers and to children under 5 years of age. The total fresh milk which was supplied during the year was 2,646 gallons. The following are the number of cases in which a supply of fresh milk was granted:β€”to expectant mothers, 18; to nursing mother...
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Under the above-mentioned Act it is the duty of the Council, firstly, to perform the functions of a Local Authority under the Public Health Act, 1936, Part VII as regards Child Life Protection, and secondly, to make contributions towards the expenses of certain Voluntary Associations (viz. two nursing associations and ...
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40 The following is a summary of the cases on the Register during 1939:- Foster-mothers on the Register at the beginning of the year 10 β€ž β€ž added to the Register 6 β€ž β€ž removed from the Register, having ceased to have care of children 13 β€ž β€ž on the Register at the end of 1939 3 Foster-children on the Register at the beg...
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At the end of the year there were only 3 children in the care of foster-mothers in the Borough. Voluntary Associations, (A) Voluntary Nursing Associations. (a) Nursing in connection with maternity and child welfare. The Council contributed Β£20 per annum to each of the two District Nursing Associations, this contributio...
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In addition to the payment of Β£40 referred to above as a contribution authorised under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme, the Council made a further contribution, in respect of the nursing of general medical and surgical cases, of Β£50 in the case of the Barnes District Nursing Association, and Β£75 in the case of t...
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During the year the Council made a contribution of Β£357 towards the expenses of the Barnes and Mortlake Day Nursery in accordance with the Scheme made, for the provision of Maternity and Child Welfare Services, under Sec. 101 of the Local Government Act. In accordance with the Council's Scheme the provision of this ser...
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The arrangements in force for the prevention of spread of infectious disease, including the exclusion of patients and contacts as occasion required, were continued during 1939. The following exclusions were made:β€”6 children were excluded suffering from whooping-cough, and 1 child as a suspected case of that disease; 1 ...
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The following statistical information relating to the Borough has been completed on receipt of the Local and National Statistics issued by the Registrar-General in connection with Population, Birth-rate, Death-rates, Maternal Mortality, Infantile Mortality, and Incidence of Notifiable Infectious Diseases. Birth-rate. T...
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The rate for 1939 is not indicative of any unusual mortality. The rates for 1936 and 1937 were 11.7 and 11.4 respectively. The rate of 10.8 for Barnes compares with one of 11.9 for London, and 12.1 for England and Wales. Maternal Mortality. There was only one death from maternal causes assignable to the Borough during ...
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Prior to the above-mentioned death in 1939 there had been no death due to "puerperal sepsis" since 1934; there has been no death from "other puerperal causes" since 1933, a period of six years. The average annual maternal mortality rate for Barnes from all puerperal causes during the five-year period 1935-1939 was 0.5 ...
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M. F. Legitimate 376 197 179 Illegitimate 21 8 13 Total 397 205 192 Still Birth-rate (per 1,000 total births) 17 3 Total . M. F. Still Births (Legit. 7; Illegit. Nil) 7 4 3 Deaths:β€” Death-rate, all causes (per 1,000 of population) 10.8 Total. M. F. Deaths (all causes) 422 201 221 Death-rate from Cancer (per 1,000 of po...
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51 Deaths from Puerperal Sepsis 1 , , Other Puerperal causes Nil [Note : Births for purpose of this rate = 398 (Live, 391; Still, 7)] Death-rate of infants under one year (per 1,000 live births) 40.9 Death-rate for Legitimate infants (8 deaths) 216 Illegitimate infants (8 deaths) 3810 [Note: Births for purpose of these...
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Under 1 year of age. At all ages. Number. Rate. Number. Kate per 1,000 nett births. Number Rate Number. Rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 1934 42,050 281 356 8.5 252 6'0 17 218 25 70.2 453 10.8 1935 42,030 288 393 9.4 205 4.9 18 204 19 48.3 391 9.3 1936 41,560 259 351 8.4 271 6.5 12 227 19 54.1 486 11.7 1937 41,100 2...
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4 1938 40,960 309 378 9.2 237 58 15 219 26 68.7 443 10.8 1939 a 40,820 307 397 9.6 215 5.5 14 221 16 40.9 422 10.8 b 39.040 (a) For calculation of Birth Rates; (b) For calculation of Death Rates, 47 Table III.β€”Birth-rate, Death-rate, and Analysis of Mortality during the Year 1939, with corresponding rates for England a...
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Small-pox Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. DiarrhΕ“a and Enteritis (under 2 years;. Total Deaths under One Year. All Causes. Puerperal Sepsis Other Causes. England and Wales 15.0 12.1 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.03 0.05 0.21 4.6 50 2.82 0.74 2.08 126 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including Lon...
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6 11.2 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.02 0.04 0.20 3.0 40 London 12.3 11.9 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.03 0.02 0.18 8.2 48 Barnes Borough 9.6 10.8 0.00 0.00 0.00 000 0.00 0.00 0.33 2.6 41 2.51 2.51 0.00 48 Table IV.β€”Causes of Death during the Year 1939. Causes of Death (Registrar-General's short list of causes).
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Total Deaths Male Female 1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid fevers β€” β€” β€” 2 Measles β€” β€” β€” 3 Scarlet Fever β€” β€” β€” 4 Whooping Cough β€” β€” β€” 5 Diphtheria β€” β€” β€” 6 Influenza 13 6 7 7 Encephalitis Lethargica 3 2 1 8 Cerebro-spinal fever β€” β€” β€” 9 Tuberculosis of respiratory system 22 14 8 10 Other tuberculous diseases 3 2 1 11 Syphilis 1 β€”...
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29 11 18 16 Heart Disease 102 51 51 17 Aneurism 2 2 β€” 18 Other circulatory diseases 17 6 11 19 Bronchitis 9 3 6 20 Pneumonia (all forms) 20 9 11 21 Other respiratory diseases 3 2 1 22 Peptic ulcer 7 3 4 23 Diarrhoea, etc. (under 2 years) 1 β€” 1 24 Appendicitis 2 2 β€” 25 Cirrhosis of liver 1 1 β€” 26 Other diseases of liver...
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2 1 1 27 Other digestive diseases 7 5 2 28 Acute and chronic nephritis 11 4 7 29 Puerperal sepsis 1 β€” 1 30 Other puerperal causes β€” β€” β€” 31 Congenital debility, premature birth, malformations, etc. 9 5 4 32 Senility 15 6 9 33 Suicide 3 3 β€” 34 Other violence 22 10 12 35 Other defined diseases 30 11 19 36 Causes ill-defin...
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During 1939 the number of deaths of infants under one year of age was 16, representing a rate of infantile mortality of 41 per 1,000 registered births ; this rate is a low one for the Borough, being little higher than the record low rate of 36 for the year 1937, in which year the deaths numbered 13. The infantile morta...
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Deaths in Institu'ns Cengenital Debility 2 1 . . 3 . . . . 3 1 2 1 Premature Birth 4 . . . 4 . . . . 4 . 3 1 Congenital Malformations . . 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . 1 1 Injury at Birth 1 . . . 1 . . . . 1 1 . . Diarrhoea and Enteritis . . . . . . 1 . . 1 . 1 1 Pneumonia (all forms) . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . 1 1 Violence 3 . . l 4 ....
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but the number compiled from the Local Registrar of Death returns and the Registrar-General's inward and outward transfer returns is only 15, In the absence of information as to Cause and Age in the case of this additional death it has not been possible to include it in the above Table. Of the total 16 deaths assigned ...
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(c) Of the total deaths 8 were deaths of legitimate infants and 8 illegitimate, included in the latter being the five unknown newly-born infants found dead. Amongst the total births assignable to the Borough births of illegitimate infants numbered 21, and the occurrence of 8 deaths amongst these infants represents the ...
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The death-rate for 1939 from each of the seven principal epidemic diseases (zymotic diseases) are given separately in Table VI., and in Table VII. the zymotic death-rate for the five years, 1934 to 1938, are contrasted with the rate for 1939. In each of these Tables the death-rates for London and for England and Wales ...
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Small-pox 0.00 0.00 0.00 Enteric Fever 0.00 0.00 0.00 Measles 0.00 0.00 0.01 Scarlet Fever 0.00 0.00 0.01 Whooping Cough 0.00 0.03 0.03 Diphtheria 0.00 0.02 0.05 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 0.03 0.11 0.07 Zymotic Death Rate 0.03 0.16 0.17 Table VII.β€”Zymotic Death-rate for 1939, contrasted with the Death-rates for the pre...
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1934 0.12 0.56 0.34 1935 0.14 0.26 0.24 1936 0.12 0.48 0.30 1937 0.00 0.29 0.23 1938 0.20 0.33 0.23 1939 0.03 0.16 0.17 Measles and whooping-cough were made compulsorily notifiable throughout England and Wales in October, 1939. Measles had continued to be a notifiable disease in Barnes since the last war, but whooping-...
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51 Table VIII.β€”Measles : Death-Rate per 1,000 of Population. Year. Barnes. London. England & Wales. 1935 0.00 0.00 0.03 1936 0.02 0.14 0.07 1937 0.00 0.01 0.02 1938 0.02 0.06 0.04 1939 0.00 0.00 0.01 Average Rate 1935-1939 0.01 0.04 0.03 Table IX.β€”Whooping Cough: Death-Rate per 1,000 of the Population. Year. Barnes. Lo...
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1935 0.00 0.04 0.04 1936 0.02 0.07 0.05 1937 0.00 0.06 0.04 1938 0.02 0.03 0.03 1939 0.00 0.03 0.03 Average Rate 1 1935-1939 J 0.01 0.05 0.04 Incidence of Notifiable Infectious Diseases. The incidence of all infectious diseases in the Borough in 1939 was very low. Comparison between the incidence of certain of the noti...
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Small-pox 0.00 0.00 0.00 Scarlet Fever 0.92 1.53 1.89 Diphtheria 0.10 0.98 1.14 Enteric Fever 0.03 0.03 0.04 Erysipelas 0.26 0.37 0.34 Pneumonia 0.36 0.99 1.02 52 Table XI.β€”Notifiable Infectious Diseases, 1939. Diseases. Total Cases Notified. Ages, in years. Parish Removed to Hospital.* Total Deaths of Residents,† Unce...
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45 to 65. 65 and over. Barnes Mortlake. Diphtheria 4 - - - - 1 1 2 - - - - - - - 4 4 β€” Scarlet Fever 36 1 - 2 1 3 10 7 3 l 5 l 2 β€” 15 21 33 β€” Measles 8 β€” l 2 l β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” β€” 3 5 β€” β€” Rubella 22 3 3 1 β€” - β€” 2 8 4 β€” β€” 1 β€” 4 18 β€” β€” Enteric Fever 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - β€” 1 1 β€” Pul. Tuberculosis 35 - - - - - 2 β€” 9 1...
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1 β€” - - - - 1 β€” β€” 1 2 3 3 Pneumonia 14 - - 1 β€” 1 1 β€” 2 β€” 2 4 2 1 9 5 4 20 Erysipelas 10 - - - - β€” β€” - - - 1 1 6 2 4 6 4 - Puerperal Pyrexia 3 - - - - - - - - 2 - 1 - - 2 1 3 - Dysentery 1 β€” 1 β€” - β€” β€” - - - - - - - β€” 1 1 β€” Cerebro-spinal Fever 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 1 β€” Whooping Cough 5 2 2 - - - - - - - 1 - - ...
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14 13 23 8 16 16 21 4 57 86 103 45 *Information as to admission to Hospitals will be found under the headings of the various diseases. †The deaths recorded in this column are the total corrected number of deaths assignable to the District, and are not necessarily deaths of persons recorded as notified during the year. ...
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- - 15-20 β€ž 6 4 1 β€” 1 - 1 - 20-25 β€ž β€” 1 β€” β€” 1 1 β€” β€” 25-35 β€ž 4 2 2 β€” 3 5 β€” β€” 35-45 β€ž 8 2 β€” 1 3 1 1 β€” 45-55 β€ž 4 1 β€” β€” 1 1 - - 55-65 β€ž 6 1 β€” β€” 3 - - - 65 β€ž and over 3 β€” β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” β€” All ages 32 12 5 2 14 8 2 1 *In addition to primary notifications, all other new cases coming to the knowledge of the M.O.H. are included in t...
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Of the 51 new cases during the year 38 (35 pulmonary, 3 non-pulmonary) were primary notifications ; the other 13 new cases (9 pulmonary, 4 non-pulmonary) were brought to my knowledge in the following manner :β€”Notifications transferred from other areas on change of address, 10; information from death returns, 2 ; other ...
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Of these deaths 22 had been notified to me in 54 accordance with the Tuberculosis Regulations during the lifetime of the patient. Three of the deaths had not been so notified, giving a ratio of 3 to 25, or a percentage of 12 per cent. No instance occurred of wilful neglect or refusal to notify. R. W. SIMPSON & CO. LTD....
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BARN 8 BOROUGH OF BARNES Annual Report of the Medical officer of Health For the Year 1940 BOROUGH OF BARNES the Annual Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1940 W. F. Twining McMath, m.d.Beif.. M.R.c.p.Lond., l.m., d.p.h. Medical Officer of Health. BOROUGH OF BARNES. STAFF OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMEN...
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G. G. Gardiner *A. A. Brown R. H. Street Cert.San.Insp., Cert. Meat and Food Insp. Temporary Sanitary Inspector. E. Kilner, Cert.San.Insp., Cert. Meat and Food Insp. Health Visitors. Miss M. Parnell, S.R.N., S.C.M., Cert. Health Visitor. Miss J. McNish, S.C.M., Cert. Gen. and Fever Trained Nurse. Miss O. L. Wilson, S.R...