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bf94f822-c85f-47bf-8199-14c70d130181 | On the re-opening of the schools after the Christmas holidays, several cases were reported from different schools. The epidemic lasted up to Easter and as stated 14 deaths occurred. MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Notification of Births Act. 1042 live births and 16 stillbirths were notified. The improved conditions and th... |
7840ad22-d363-4f33-8a34-cb48723cf10d | The rate for England and Wales was 75, for the 105 Great Towns 80, and for London 71 per 1,000 births. In the year, four unknown babies were found in the district 2 in the allotments near St. Dunstan's Avenue, I near Victoria Road, and 1 in a field near Old Oak Lane. If these were deducted, the infantile mortality woul... |
ad141666-0327-4ae8-9cd3-a65216213491 | All four were found in the North 15 East Ward. Deducting these, the infantile mortality of the North East Ward was 44 per 1,000 births. Although the infantile mortality of the South West Ward is higher, it shows even a greater improvement than that of the other wards. Health Visiting. During the year, 779 of the births... |
446f300b-b3a3-45dd-96e0-3c8111312756 | The Council, in exceptional circumstances, distributes free milk to expectant mothers, and last year 40 expectant mothers were supplied with 414 packets of dried milk. Maternal Mortality. A reference to Table III will show that 7 deaths of women occurred in child-birth-2 from Puerperal Sepsis and 5 from other accidents... |
9dbce960-dd49-42e6-a491-84c61f179483 | Sir George Newman in his prefatory note to the report summarizes its outstanding features as follows:— 1.-Matornal Mortality is relatively excessive in England and Wales In respect of the proportion of Maternal Mortality, England and Wales compares unfavourably with Germany, Norway, Italy, Sweden and Holland. 2.-Since ... |
19540977-14ba-4f15-ac8b-ee3f8e02d681 | 16 5.—Maternal deaths are due principally to sepsis (puerperal fever) and to other complications of pregnancy, but deaths due to the former have shown a greater decline since 1902 than those due to the latter cause. 6.—Excessive rates of maternal mortality are found in the aggregate in the most rural areas, and in high... |
9929770f-09d7-48aa-a0e7-d67c52f35a31 | One of the most striking characteristics of our mortality returns has been the steadv and continuous decline in the death-rate, and one of the most hopeful features of our sanitary history is that at certain ages—most noticeably in infancy—the rate of advance is not slacking, but even accelerating, while for certain di... |
ec29bd33-4342-4f8e-9921-3c79ccf92263 | Prior to 1905, the figures for Acton are not reliable, as no outside deaths were included in the returns for the years 1898—1905. If we divide the period 1905-1924 into 5 periods of 4 years, the figures would be as follows:— 1905—1908. 3.74 maternal deaths per 1000 births. 1909—1912. 2.7 1913—1916. 4.53 ” ” ” 1917—1920... |
cafacf21-fdf2-4aac-9e1a-3f013f70d328 | In the poor working class Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, the rate of mortality in 1919-22 (2.55) was the lowest but two of all the Metropolitan Boroughs, surpassed only by the City of 17 London-a very special district-1.66 and the working class Borough of Stepney (2.42). Both Hampstead and Lewisham with the lowest... |
3a805f2e-b778-40d1-bc64-082021d72dcf | The nature of the work may be such as to exert a harmful effect upon pregnancy and child-bearing, as, for example, certain processes necessitating the use of lead; or the work may involve heavy lifting or abdominal strain or pressure, as in some operations in the tinplate industry or in weaving. In Acton there is no wo... |
3fca887d-f40d-4ef8-abf6-76a380d1a797 | Domestic uncleanliness and lack of facilities and conveniences add enormously to the difficulty of applying effectual antisepsis and to the risks of operative procedure. Hence, in abnormal labours, every endeavour should be made to remove the patient to an institution before attempting instrumental delivery. It is desi... |
488f5f74-1ed6-4286-9d15-e514228f0803 | 18 The chief cause of death is Puerperal infection or Puerperal Fever, or Puerperal Sepsis. Puerperal Sepsis not only easily ranks as the prime cause of death amongst women in child-birth, but also leads to more subsequent injury in the case of survival than any other complication of child bearing. As it is in the natu... |
f08a520e-1dc7-4170-bf7f-b82f5f1fdbbd | Puerperal Fever is one of the compulsory notifiable infectious diseases, but it is well known that the system of notification as far as puerperal fever-is concerned has broken down and is worthless. It is probable that not more than 5 per cent. of the cases are notified. In some districts the deaths exceed the notifica... |
aa640121-e094-4fdf-ae8a-57c0553cadc6 | The chief cause of the breakdown of notification lies in the want of any means by which effective assistance can be rendered to the patient. The main object of notification is not so much to acquire statistical information, helpful though it may be at times, but to secure specialised treatment for the patient and to pe... |
df7ce3ea-ac0d-4903-b068-3dbbae032a12 | Until ante-natal supervision is accepted by patients and their advisers as the invariable duty of the professional attendant engaged for the confinement, substantial progress towards the reduction of 19 nal death and injury will not be made. It is the key to success in any scheme of prevention, and it must be insisted ... |
3a6fe566-fd28-4a4a-9bc0-d9cdabfb0448 | It is disappointing to find how few patients, even primiparae, are examined before labour in the course of ordinary practice. The Council does not possess a maternity home. Some years ago the Council had an agreement with the authorities in charge of the Salvation Army lying-in-hospital in Clapton. The hospital is an e... |
05304da3-485b-43d2-84e5-f9f966a4289e | Chiswick and Haling have a joint maternity hospital established in what was formerly the Chiswick Fever Hospital. At the start, outside cases were admitted, and some Acton mothers went there. This hospital now has a waiting list, and it is most difficult, if not impossible, for cases outside Chiswick or Ealing to be ad... |
48279b9d-d888-46f7-98c6-2502bd61816a | The 20 average numbers attending are small, but as the centre becomes better known to the midwives, probably more mothers will attend. The service for complicated cases at the Acton Hospital is efficient and quite satisfactory, and no cases have been refused admission. For administrative purposes, admission has had to ... |
f97179f6-949f-4d4d-893a-99ee7b7b57ed | In 1924, 59 expectant mothers attended, making a total of 98 attendances. Examination and advice will be of little use if the advice cannot be followed because of lack of hospital beds, or ready access to skilled medical or nursing aid. An agreement between the Council and the Acton Hospital has been in force for some ... |
56234e9c-443e-4da4-a8a6-b2cc49e3bba0 | 1924—1925 98 17 4 1923—1924 109 1 0 1922—1923 151 0 3 1921—1922 62 17 0 1920—1921126 13 0 The Council also pays under certain conditions the fees of midwives; in 1923 the fees were paid in seventeen instances, and in 1924 in 10 instances. There is one other sphere which is becoming more popular, and that is, the provis... |
debaf4b8-79b3-457e-9945-6f9dc0707881 | 21 Day Nursery.-The Municipal Day Nursery is situated in Bridge Road. Practically no change has occurred in the general policy of the Council in respect of the Nursery. The Nursery was open on 211 occasions. On account of illness amongst the staff the Nursery was closed for a week. 304 children attended, and the total ... |
51482787-188b-4065-a8ca-696991eb8002 | During the year, 9 cases were admitted from the Hostel3 scarlet Fever, 2 Mumps and I each Measles, Chicken-pox, Stomatitis and Tonsilitis. It speaks well for the organisation of the method of obtaining information from Sanitary authorities to achieve This result—only 9 cases of proved and doubtful infectious illness in... |
acd66bf5-ed35-4964-bb3c-a1431fc78f8b | Total. Acton 81 37 — 20 - - - 1 1 - 140 Wembley 14 12 - 4 - - - - - - 30 Kingsbury 1 1 - - - - - - - - 2 Hendon - - - - - - - - - 1 1 Park Royal Hostel 3 - 2 1 1 1 - - 1 — 9 Scouts (Exhibition) 3 - 1 - - - 1 - - - 5 Wembley paddock (Army) - - - 1 - - - — - - 1 188 Patients Admitted During 1924. 24 patients remaining in... |
bc0bd77a-b42d-4ee4-ac8e-2c6ba2f37786 | Robinson, the Chief Officer of the Public Control Department for the following figures relating to Acton. List of samples taken during the year ended December 31st, 1924:— Article. Taken. Adulterated. Milk 242 6 Milk, separated 6 — Cream 5 — Butter 9 Beer 2 — Cocoa 1 — Coffee 3 — Cream of Tartar 1 — Potash, Bicarbonate... |
6a21368e-7105-48d0-9672-a33ad2b5c076 | Of the 80 premises from which milk is retailed, 8 are branches of one firm, and 2 of another firm; lfi of the registered purveyors have shops and rounds, Hi have rounds only, 12 are dairy shops, 4 are primarily caterers of food, 38 have general shops, and 2 are general shops, but each has a round attached to the busine... |
42eec7db-67ec-4010-8b69-e58e2d83202c | About 8 per cent, of the pigs slaughtered are affected with local tuberculosis; the most usual sites of infection are the glands of the head and the inguinal glands. When the submaxillary or cervical glands are affected the whole head is seized. It is a significant fact that the 23 centage of carcases affected with tub... |
9ac211b2-813e-40cc-a8b5-0ffea644ccaf | On account of the tendency of the pig to generalized tuberculosis, it is urged that inspection of slaughterhouses where swine are killed should be efficient and st ingent. Where the carcases are converted into sausages, the necessity becomes more urgent. The following table gives the quantity of unsound food seized or ... |
fbf4eb4c-488f-4990-84d5-bacebe4fd90e | Bakehouses.-There are 35 bakehouses in the district; 8 of these are underground. Inspection of Nuisances, Sanitary defects, etc. The table at the end of the report gives a detailed list of the inspections carried out during the year. Owing to the pressure of other work, houseto-house inspections were made only in 353 i... |
750d9d22-3702-468b-912e-751b35e640c7 | Rate per 1 000 Births. Percentage of Total Deaths. All Causes Enteric Fever. Small Fox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Violence Diarrhoea and Enteritis under 2 years. Total Deaths under 1 year. Causes of Death certified by Registered Medical Practitioners. Inquest Cases. Uncertified Caus... |
cc1891b5-296d-4074-8715-bfb27a1badbc | 45 0.40 9.2 80 92.5 6.9 0.6 157 Smaller Towns (1921) Adjusted Populations 20,00050,000) 18.9 11.2 0.01 0.00 0.08 0.02 0.09 0.06 0 50 0.36 6.2 71 93.3 5.5 1.2 London 18.7 121 0.01 0.00 0.29 0.03 0.11 0.12 0.36 0.44 8.4 69 91.3 8.6 0.1 Acton 18.4 11.2 0.00 0.00 0.25 0.01 0.03 0.08 0 34 0.19 4.3 56 94. |
c9e14270-a95c-4971-80e3-dd5d91a1533a | 7 6.3 0.0 24 25 TABLE 2. VITAL STATISTICS FOR WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1924 AND PREVIOUS YEARS. Year. Population estimated to Middle of each Year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in the District. Transferable Deaths. Nett Deaths belonging to the District. Nett. Under 1 year of Age. At all Ages, Number Rate of Non-Resident... |
caca8bed-2bf0-4854-9c9c-efe18fd701de | 1096 17.1 436 7.0 12 222 72 65 646 10.4 1920 61,000 1541 25.3 560 9.2 16 217 100 64 671 11.0 1921 62,000 1314 21.1 445 7.1 ... 205 92 70 658 10.4 1922 62,390 1203 19.3 404 6.5 14 214 75 62 032 10.1 1923 62,720 1171 16 6 368 5.8 11 243 77 65 599 9.5 1924 62.900 1158 18.4 488 7.7 8 235 65 56 715 11.2 26 table 3. |
9c35b634-4e83-4bdc-bc21-87f5c79e9828 | AGES AT DEATHS, AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF D EATHS IN 102' Causes of Death. All Ages Under 1 year 1 and under 2 2 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 36 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and upwards North East North West South East South West Measles 16 2 7 6 1 . . . . 1 1 6 8 Whooping Cough 2 2 . . . . . . . . 1 . ... |
8851e448-ce2d-4d0c-8ca1-924c64cb77b2 | 5 28 14 . 14 8 11 14 Other TuberculousDiseases 8 . 2 . 1 2 2 . 1 1 3 2 2 Cancer, Malignant Disease 92 . . 1 1 . 6 33 51 33 16 22 21 Kheumatic Fever 4 . . . 2 2 . . . 1 . 1 2 Diabetes 4 . . . . . 1 2 1 . 2 1 1 Cerebral Haemorrhage 46 . . . . . 3 15 28 16 11 8 11 Organic Heart Disease 71 . . . . 2 13 25 26 25 15 14 17 Ar... |
ab39d9fe-9d5d-4e61-8581-0217ab39b606 | 1 2 13 33 34 7 11 25 Pneumonia (all forms) 65 13 11 4 . 2 5 13 17 13 8 15 29 Other Respiratory Diseases 10 . 2 . 1 . 3 3 1 2 2 3 3 Ulcer of Stomach and Duodenum 6 . . . . 1 . 4 1 1 1 2 2 Diarrhoea (under 2 years) 5 4 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . 3 Appendicitis '2 . . 1 . . 1 . . 1 . 1 . Cirrhosis of Liver 1 . . . . . . 1 . 1 . ... |
f8bbc297-96fa-482b-908b-d2a0b7e81de6 | 4 7 6 1 7 4 5 Puerperal Sepsis 2 . . . . . 2 . . 1 1 . . Other Accidents and Diseases of Pregnancy and Parturition 5 . . . . 1 4 . . 2 . 2 1 Congenital Debility and Malformation, Premature Birth) 26 26 . . . . . . . 6 5 2 13 Suicide 6 . . . . 1 2 3 3 1 . 2 Other Deaths from Violence 12 . 1 2 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 6 Syphilis ... |
9a3efd5c-6f7d-4702-a83a-e45d1d84332f | 1 Other Defined Causes 159 10 3 3 6 7 9 25 96 54 45 26 34 Causes ill-defined or unknown 1 . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . Totals 715 65 30 18 21 26 89 180 286 208 154 141 212 table 4. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR, 1924. Deaths from stated causes in Weeks and Months under One Year of Age. Causes of Death. Under 1 week 1-... |
56932b02-4918-491f-8f3d-9cea023e7e34 | 1 Whooping cough . . . - . 1 1 . 2 . 1 . 1 Bronchitis . . . - 4 2 . 1 7 5 . . 2 Pneumonia . . 1 - 6 2 2 2 13 3 1 4 5 Diarrhoea . . . . . 3 1 4 1 I 2 Injury at Birth 8 . . . . . . . 8 3 1 1 3 Congenital malformation 3 2 1 . . 2 . . 8 . 2 1 5 Premature Birth 9 . 2 . 2 . . . 13 4 2 . 7 Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus . . .... |
794b3076-dd74-4309-af59-676ff03b6fc9 | Basal Meningitis . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . 1 Other Defined . 1 . . . . . . 1 1 . . . Totals 20 3 4 3 14 11 6 4 g5 'AO 9 8 28 TABLE 5. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1921. Notifiable Disease. Cases notified in whole District At Ages—Yeats. Total cases notified in each ward. At all Ages. Under 1. 1 ... |
3b0b0dcf-2ad6-4919-be54-a8c84ed4c2e7 | 19 2 17 Enteric Fever . . . . . . . . . . . . Pneumonia 54 19 6 6 12 7 1 5 2 30 17 Puerperal Fever 5 . . . 3 2 . . 2 . 2 1 Cerebro Spinal Fever l . . 1 . . . . 1 . . . Acute Poliomyelitis l . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . Encephalitis Lethargica 6 . . . 1 3 2 . 3 . . 3 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 4 . . . . . . . 2 1 . 1 Erysipelas 22 ... |
a654ca33-f2bc-4036-a512-5ba323fbf609 | 85 ... ... 1 19 46 18 1 30 13 11 31 Tuberculosis, (Other) 9 ... 4 1 2 2 ... ... 5 ... ... 4 Total 337 7 59 98 57 76 36 4 108 48 75 106 28 29 table 6. CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL, 1924. N.East. N. West. S. East. S. West. Total. |
ecee4f88-aa43-49bd-92df-5efc4c321a9b | Scarlet Fever 31 15 22 17 85 Diphtheria 17 6 2 16 41 Pneumonia l 1 3 2 7 Puerperal Fever 2 — 2 1 5 Cerebro Spinal Fever 1 - — — 1 Acute Poliomyelitis — 1 — — 1 Encephalitis Lethargica 1 — — 1 2 Ophthalmia Neonatorum — 1 — 1 2 Erysipelas 2 — — 1 3 Tuberculosis (Resp.) 23 9 8 19 59 Tuberculosis (Other) 5 — — 3 8 83 33 37... |
0a63f53b-db1c-4b32-bab2-458dec05affc | N.West. S.East. S.West. Total. 288 145 214 395 1042 Still-births—16. Births Registered, but not Notified. Males. Females. Total. 9 10 19 N.East. N.West. S.East. S.West. Total. 11 I 5 2 19 Notifications week Received from:— Doctors. Midwives. Nurses. Parents. 556 434 74 21 Notifications of births received from Medical O... |
cc4f3f8b-d7ac-493e-89b3-7cb947108b8a | Health Visitors Attendances 211 Number of Children who attended 1606 Number of attendances by children 11505 Number of Children under 1 year of age 844 Children who attended Clinic for the first time 762 Children who attended Clinic for the first time 724 Children treated at Dental Clinic 58 30 ANTE-NATAL CLINIC. Numbe... |
1857b2e9-a683-445e-82e4-e50c3414b35c | Fatty degeneration of Heart 8 Heart disease—unspecified 6 Cerebral Haemorrhage 2 Pneumonia 2 Ruptured Gastric or Duodenal Ulcer 2 Rupture of Aorta 1 Infantile Convulsions 1 Arterio-sclerosis 1 Found dead in bed 1 Accidental fall 6 Suicide 5 Want of attention at birth 4 Run over by motor car 3 Accidental drowning 2 Acci... |
db49b30a-700c-477b-8e80-53dacf2a3358 | Cases 10 83 Four of the Positive Sore Throat eases had sufficient clinical symptoms to warrant removal to Hospital. Defects found in Factories, Workshops and Workplaces. Particulars. 1. Number of Defects. Found 2. Reinedied 3. Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:- Want of cleanliness 46 46 Want of drainage of floors... |
e38656b4-92eb-4edb-89fb-0775ba288b29 | 6 84 TABULAR STATEMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND DETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS. Number and nature of Inspections made. House-to-house inspections 353 After infectious disease 203 On complaint, &c 1223 Premises under periodical inspection 592 Re-inspections after notice served 8520 Enquiry visits on not... |
6544e17d-3f3a-4a30-b768-384b782e23f0 | Houses in respect of which Notices were served 443 Rendered fit by owners 443 Rendered fit by local authority nil Premises dealt with under Public Health Acts. Premises in respect of which Notices were served 971 Premises in which defects were remedied by owners 963 Premises in which defects were remedied by Local Auth... |
5b7a43eb-9406-4b27-a73c-6ba1016441e8 | flushing apparatus repaired or new fixed 312 Defective W.C. |
48f7b4d8-ccb7-41f0-af34-12f25616d77a | seats repaired or new fixed 185 Defective flush pipe connections repaired 97 Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed 33 Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 270 Insanitary wall surfaces over sinks remedied 124 Ventilated food cupboards provided 9 Drinking water cisterns cleansed 209 Defective covers to drinking water cis... |
dc2d17ea-c77e-4476-9061-1201e7099088 | apartments provided 7 Accumulations of offensive matter removed 28 Drains unstopped and cleansed 221 Overcrowding nuisances abated 19 Drains tested, exposed for examination, &c. 122 Smoke observations taken 104 Smoke nuisances abated 27 Nuisances from pigs and other animals abated 25 Notification of waste of water sent... |
52e13684-1186-4b9c-aa44-60a7a5c2a46a | Sanitary Institute; holds Meat Certificate. Sanitary Inspector. (Inspector under Fabrics Mis-description Act. E. W. Brooks. Cert. San. Inst. Sanitary Inspector. J. J. Matthews. Cert. San. Inst. Sanitary Inspector. Miss A. Cooksey. Cert. San. Inst. Health Yisitor. Miss J. Welsh. Cert. San. Inst, c.m.b. Health Visitor. M... |
8d49e3cb-5586-4b90-8106-6126c7b22817 | Act 28 1925 Borough of Acton ANNUAL REPORT of the Medical Officer of Health FOR THE YEAR 1925. 1925 1925 ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1925. Municipal Offices, Acton, W.3. June, 1926. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of the Borough of Acton. Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to submit the ... |
3c475e5a-a763-4db2-8a35-45e4117cda50 | The following table is a summary of the vital and other statistics for the year 1925. Population (Census, 1921) 61,299 Population (Estimated, 1925) 63,110 Area of Borough 2,305 acres Assessable Value (District Rate) £489,535 Net Produce of a Penny Rate £2,021 Birth Rate 16.6 per 1,000 inhabitants Death Rate (all causes... |
d0067f8e-cb78-4752-a38c-0bc15ee58844 | At the Census which was taken on June 19th, 1921, the actual number Enumerated in the district was 61,299. Owing to the abnormally fine weather in the summer of that year, some holiday movement was already in progress, and the RegistrarGeneral, from figures at his disposal, made certain adjustments in the population of... |
852d3bb6-4a81-4062-856c-f508b195607a | But the average number of persons per house probably did not undergo much change in that period because although there was an increase of only 810, or 7.5 per cent. in the number of total dwellings in the district, there was in the same period an increase in the number of private families of 2,012, or 15.6 per cent. Be... |
63fcf881-35c9-4a3b-93b8-8efeace78acf | The following table gives the increase in the total number of Parliamentary electors since 1921 :— 1921 30,350 1922 30,425 1923 31,394 1924 31,999 1925 32,776 Between the autumn of 1921 and the autumn of 1925, there has been an increase of 2,426 in the number of Parliamentary electors. 1925 5 It is possible that an inc... |
f8c0feea-7feb-4497-9b72-833babb181e4 | The district is divided into four Wards—North-East, Northwest, South-East and South-West. Almost all the area included in the South-East and Southwest Wards has been developed and the available space built upon. There is some undeveloped land in the North-East and North-West Wards, but it is being rapidly developed for... |
217a4fb3-8c41-487e-bb45-04bf535aa928 | The North-West Ward is also almost entirely residential, and most of the factories are situated in the extreme north-west corner of the Ward, 1926 6 The South-West Ward contains most of the laundries of the district, and though the laundry industry is not now the most important and in which the highest number is employ... |
c9432d12-6bf4-463a-8ba7-891c18db194c | Metal Workers 2,768 — Transport Workers 2,729 152 Commercial and Financial Occupations 2,413 843 Clerks, Draughtsmen, Typists, etc. 1,597 1,437 Builders, Bricklayers 934 - Public Ad ministration and Defence 901 439 Wood and Furniture Workers 851 - Persons employed in Personal Service 866 4,160 Professional Occupations ... |
77b716a8-a9ec-4699-b5cc-d86166e25c57 | The amount of out-door relief given by the Guardians for the Parish of Acton in the year ended December 31st, 1925, was :— £ s. d. Ordinary Relief 7,568 18 4 Unemployed Relief 982 16 0 £8,551 14 4 1 92 5 7 HOSPITAL PROVISION. General.— The Acton Hospital, Gunnersbury Lane, provides for the treatment of Medical and Surg... |
144c920b-f556-4877-9f71-5dd13d3c1197 | The 63 deaths were those which occurred in voluntary hospitals in London and did not include those who died in public hospitals such as Tuberculosis Sanatoria, Mental Hospitals, Infirmaries or Nursing Homes ; 260 deaths or nearly 39 per cent. of the total deaths occurred in public institutions. This number does not inc... |
ca9b65c6-1ddc-4ffd-bbf6-3c0836aac37b | The Joint Board has an arrangement with the Metropolitan Asylums Board for the treatment of occasional cases of Smallpox. Tuberculosis.—The Tuberculosis scheme is administered by the Middlesex County Council, which has Sanatoria at South Mimms and Harefield. Poor Law.—The district is in the Brentford Poor Law Union, an... |
2c4d9cf4-a117-4843-a2ac-e91f67102fba | J " . PROFESSIONAL NURSING IN THE HOME. General.—There are two district nurses employed by the Acton Hospital. One of them is primarily engaged in district nursing and during the year 89 persons availed themselves of her services. The other is engaged to nurse patients who have been discharged from the hospital. When t... |
94ec2271-3424-4042-aa09-d1d4f5c51056 | 1925 9 AMBULANCE FACILITIES. (а) For Infectious Cases.— The Council has a Motor Ambulance in which all cases of infectious disease are removed to hospital. The ambulance is housed in a garage at the Fever Hospital. (b) For Non-Infectious and Accident Cases.—Last year the Council obtained its own ambulance for the remov... |
8728c9f9-45c5-4616-bc52-af2f7e149db3 | Between March 1st and December 31st, the Ambulance was used on 301 occasions—140 cases of street accidents were removed, and the ambulance was hired on 161 occasions for the removal of cases of illness to or from hospitals, nursing homes, etc. HOUSING. Owing to the changing character of the population of the district t... |
cda32e8c-6344-4f64-b5c5-e8e43f191622 | At the Census, 13,346 residents left the district daily to follow their usual occupations, and 14,575 came in for the same purpose. Owing to the development of the northern part of the town for factory purposes, this phenomenon has become more marked since the Census. These figures alone tend to show that the Council's... |
76c3c5eb-a142-44a8-a300-e74adf768615 | The building of the houses in East Acton enabled a certain number of residents to obtain a better type of house than they had hitherto enjoyed, but it cannot be said to have relieved the overcrowding, or overcome the shortage. The houses vacated by the fortunate few who obtained houses in East Acton were at once occupi... |
63c94eb6-754a-486e-baab-5e8be0dcf175 | All these Companies have a definite object in view, the accommodation of certain men who are engaged in a particular occupation, or of a certain social position. It is doubtful if the houses can be built at an economic rent. At any rate, it was contended that the Council could not build the type of houses originally in... |
9cf4d9a3-1e21-4b76-89bf-465c0fe839d2 | At the housing inquiry which was held last year, the following table was submitted to the inspector of houses erected in the district since the War:— By the Council under the Housing Acts 332 By private enterprise on Council land 152 By private enterprise on other land 490 1925 11 The sale of the land to private indivi... |
acae3e57-5514-4068-af4e-ff0cb26f9bf4 | Houses erected 1918 None 1919 None Council Private April 1st, 1920, to April 1st, 1921 81 59 April 1st, 1921, to April 1st, 1922 133 34 April 1st, 1922, to April 1st, 1923 106 13 April 1st, 1923, to April 1st. 1924 12 97 April 1st, 1924, to April 1st, 1925 - 248 April 1st, 1925, to October 31st. 1925 - 190 OVERCROWDING... |
186ceb0f-a105-4594-81d3-5cf62b096feb | (a) Extent.— There is no serious overcrowding in the district, but in the course of house to house inspection of the working class houses, cases are found occasionally of one or two children sleeping in a room in excess of the standard prescribed by the houseslet-in-lodgings bye-iaws, namely, 300 cubic feet of free air... |
c64d4f6e-6cab-42b6-91ac-567a656806e8 | (d) Principal Cases.—During the year there were 10 cases dealt with, the majority of which were abated in the manner indicated above. 12 FITNESS OF HOUSES. 1. (a) General Standard of Housing.— The general standard of housing in this district is, on the whole, good. (b) The principal defects found to exist are as follow... |
0d8914e4-599e-4e29-b8e3-ff66dcf8ca57 | The owners apparently seldom visit their property and appear to wait until they receive an intimation from the Sanitary Authority regarding any matters requiring attention. Many of the minor defects found are doubtless due to the rough usage of the property by certain of the poorer class tenants. 2. General Action Take... |
27748059-d9f4-4744-9b91-5a18907d22bf | (For details as to the action taken under these Acts, see tabular statement of work done by the Sanitary Inspectors). 3. The principal difficulty found in getting the Council's Notices complied with arises wherever many houses belonging to the same owner are concerned. In such cases, the owner usually contends that it ... |
3f4f33e3-870c-437d-8a51-d9046e4b15c6 | It is found much more satisfactory in practice to return .to the property after a short time, and deal with the houses which did not come under our operations on the former inspection. LEGISLATION IN FORCE. The following local acts, special local orders, general adoptive acts and byelaws relating to Public Health are i... |
2e7650d8-2acf-4c50-8dc2-90e0a4393fb9 | New Street and Buildings 1925 Removal of House Refuse 1899 Common Lodging Houses 1898 Slaughter Houses 1898 Nuisances, etc. 1924 Offensive Trades 1903 Tents, Vans and Sheds 1906 Removal of Offensive or Noxious Matters 1908 Houses let in Lodgings 1925 Cleansing of Cisterns 1912 Employment of Children 1920 SANITARY CIRCU... |
e4a2c3b4-1579-43b5-920d-51dbf7a9a022 | Eastman, showed the water to be of a very high degree of purity. Drainage and Sewerage.—Under the Acton Sewage Act the sewage is discharged into the sewers of the London County Council. In cases of storm the overflow is filtered and emptied into the Thames. Closet Accommodation.—There are no privy or earth closets in t... |
994e4b50-40cf-4cff-9e8f-d331c84e8f94 | 1,412 Re-inspections after Notice served 7,452 Enquiry visits on notification of infectious disease 230 Number of Premises under Periodical Inspection. Workshops and Workplaces 212 Slaughterhouses 2 Public House Urinals 37 Common Lodging Houses 1 Houses-let-in-lodgings 26 Butchers' shops 38 Fish shops 25 Premises where... |
3d3fd36d-bb3b-43bc-b8aa-edcdf3786038 | Number of Certificates granted 11 Number of Certificates refused 1 Detail of Work carried out. Sanitary Dustbins provided 460 Yards paved or yard paving repaired 141 Insanitary forecourts remedied 109 Defective drains repaired or reconstructed 58 Defective soil pipes and ventilating shafts repaired or renewed 77 Defect... |
b7cada40-bdaf-467c-aadd-1f7ddcd46f1e | seats repaired or new fixed 154 Defective flush pipe connections repaired 63 Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed 29 Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 165 Insanitary wall surfaces over sink remedied 110 Ventilated food cupboards provided 7 Drinking water cisterns cleansed 228 Defective covers to drinking water cist... |
bc689b50-56ea-42ad-9507-787f700f2cb4 | apartments provided 6 Accumulations of offensive matter removed 23 Drains unstopped and cleansed 162 Overcrowding nuisances abated 10 Drains tested, exposed for examinations, etc. 87 Smoke observations taken 126 Smoke nuisances abated 18 Nuisances from pigs and other animals abated 14 Notifications of waste of water se... |
9dc51831-1050-4711-b28a-82b2726446da | Wearing apparel - - 2 34 (cleaning and washing) Brush-making - - 1 4 Stuffed Toys 1 34 - - Total 1 34 3 38 BIRTHS. Table VII gives particulars of the Births registered and notified in the district, and the Births registered outside the district. The total number of births belonging to the district was 1,047 and the bir... |
8ee6a1f9-bbd6-4fa3-a4e4-2977c41dd21f | Since the end of the war the birth-rates have been as follows :— 1919 17.1 1920 25.3 1921 21.1 1922 19.3 1923 18.6 1924 18.4 1925 16.5 1925 19 If we compare the total number of births in Acton during the 7 years before the war 1908-1914 with that in the seven years following the termination of the war, 1919-1925, there... |
b8865bbe-78e3-4980-9403-82803635c7f1 | The discussions on problems of population and birth control have excited considerable interest, but outside professional associations, considerable timidity is shown and the problem of population is shirked by many. In the view of most people interested in public health it is the biological aspect of contraceptive meth... |
ba293fc0-7106-43da-b486-dcd0b48e5360 | In the case of one of them, pamphlets are distributed in a wholesale manner and quite indiscriminately in some parts of the district, advising women to attend the clinic, where advice will be given as to the best contraceptive methods. In some instances, accompanying the leaflet is a small booklet which is sold for thr... |
fb25643f-8537-43a6-8cb3-f2211a41a3bb | The difficulties arise when any particular method is recommended, and it should be clearly understood that it is on this ground of method that objection has been raised by the Ministry of Health to the utilisation of Maternity and Child Welfare Centres for the purpose of birth-control propaganda. The answer which the M... |
141872ea-afac-4127-bf94-46fdf20e5a5c | The answer of the Ministry of Health which is dated December 5th, 1925, is as follows:— "I am directed by the Minister of Health to refer to your letter of the 4th instant with regard to the subject of Birth-Control, and to state that the Minister has adopted the policy laid down by his predecessors with regard to this... |
cbde6824-fed3-4a59-9977-cc5a0e38abcc | "I am to point out that these centres are maintained out of public funds to which people of all opinions are required to contribute, and the Minister considers that without the express authority of Parliament he would not be justified in assenting to the use of the Centres for a purpose on which public opinion is so ac... |
94275670-9028-4150-afe0-d6968404adee | Most people if they were asked what the normal condition has been throughout recorded history would reply that an increasing population was normal. As a matter of fact, the population of England and Wales increased very slowly for 700 years, and then in the nineteenth century shot up with a rapidity previously unparall... |
05fa218c-329b-43c5-bc4d-66f82bd8e7dd | A labourer living in a cottage by himself was a rare exception to the rule ; and the work of the fields was performed generally by servants who lived in the families of the squire or farmer, and who, while in that position, commonly remained single, and married only when by prudence they had saved a sufficient sum to e... |
3ff803bb-7098-4416-980f-7674b910ec79 | All barriers to marriage in the shape of laws, customs and conventions vanished. In addition, sanitation and preventive medicine attacked the forces which formerly operated towards elimination. But these checks upon the power of multiplication were followed by the growth of another system which we know to be in operati... |
f0a62e7b-47fe-4961-89aa-6e1c83df0247 | The doctrines of Malthus were very similar to many expressed this year, and yet the doctrines of Malthus were founded upon assumptions which most people admit were erroneous. At any rate, his predictions were hopelessly wrong. Probably had Malthus known that in 1925 the population of Great Britain would be approaching ... |
a0267c9d-b26d-4aea-bd32-8ee8a4c7e8e1 | In what circumstances and for what reasons did people, then, and do now, in the main limit their families ? There are some who consider that the sudden spread of the practice of prevention after 1880 cannot be connected with any change of economic conditions increasing the need for restricting 1925 23 families, and mus... |
47549491-e779-433c-8849-6369dd89dd97 | When faced with these alternatives, men in general tend to regulate their families so as to maintain or improve their standard of living. Another factor quite as potent is the improved status of women, which has been one of the chief characteristics of recent social evolution. Women have become better educated and more... |
94f899dc-db4f-45a5-8bc9-03194421facf | As stated in a previous paragraph, propaganda in the interests of birth control has been going on, and the knowledge through voluntary birth control clinics and publications ,is within the reach of those who wish to utilise the knowledge. Those who have religious scruples will not use contraceptives. But, we have besid... |
4f0e8bf6-89f8-4e29-bdd1-9a46a4d21348 | The class which has received most attention recently is the mentally defective. Although possibly not numerous, its members are a source of danger on account of the high birth-rate especially among the high-grade mentally defectives. Theoretically, the mentally defectives appear to be the easiest class of people to dea... |
21d403eb-54db-4844-9869-18381e3e6527 | There are two quite distinct classes of defectives, the one consisting of persons who, if left at large, would be a danger to themselves and to the community, the others so slightly tainted that the only mischief they are likely to do is to pass on their defect to future generations by marrying or by producing illegiti... |
f46c3104-ff6c-4bc8-9394-0f8604fec94d | There is at present still a higher birth-rate among the lowest social class, who are 1925 25 generally inferior both in physique and mental capacity. Many social workers expected the problem to be solved by the introduction of artificial methods of conception control, assuming that those least able to support a family ... |
cde56a9c-a1a6-4235-911a-3fe96f94a26c | All the figures were obtained in the course of inquiries into births which occurred in 1925, and the figure in the first column refers to the number of families, and the figure in the second column refers to the number of children born in the family. For instance, in the case of unskilled labourers, of the births inqui... |
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