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f6162443-7ced-4b16-a0d4-5bedcd9d00a0 | Some of the causes of neo-natal deaths are known and theoretically preventable. One of these is difficult delivery- with consequent damage to the infant. There were 3 deaths from intracranial haemorrhage, and 1 from injury at birth, but these 4 occurred in maternity hospitals where, presumably, the actual delivery took... |
b009e7fe-381a-4b83-b995-6c06d5e8faa9 | Some suggest that lack of vitamin E plays an important part, and any failure of the nutrition of the embryo will destroy its vitality. At one time syphilis was supposed to be the cause of many premature births, and some ante-natal clinics adopted the practice of making a Wassermann test an essential part of ante-natal ... |
1a0d1dc9-85f1-4623-a795-194f9c9fd5f9 | Toddlers. In last year's report a full account was given of the work done among Toddlers. Last year Circular 1550 was issued which urged upon Local Authorities the extension of arrangements made by them for the supervision of the health of children not in attendance at school. This Circular was considered by the Child ... |
eb4399c7-9d22-40ef-9085-498c6049fb22 | There was a third death connected with pregnancy, but as the cause of death was given as a pelvic abscess following self-induced abortion, the death is reckoned as suicide, and not puerperal sepsis. This case naturally had not called in a doctor until she was seriously ill. From one point of view the third death is of ... |
ccb40992-a13d-4f3e-a92d-7cfdfb73f397 | Two days after admission she aborted, and two days later death occurred. In both these cases the highest skilled ante-natal care and natal care were available, and it is difficult to see under what condition the deaths could have been prevented. In previous reports an account has been given of the agreement with the Mi... |
261d54d8-e5f0-48c7-89e7-0431af0b44e6 | The scheme was a success from the beginning, and to its termination in 1936 the number of women who applied for admission steadily increased as the folllowing figures show: Number of cases admitted during 1931 50 „ „ „ „ 1932 122 „ „ „ „ 1933 149 „ „ „ „ 1934 209 „ „ „ „ 1935 270 „ „ „ „ Jan/June 1936 205 79 Owing to t... |
355f1312-0035-419c-841f-f686cc711e55 | As our scheme was primarily conceived for non-necessitous cases we frequently accepted cases where the accommodation at the home might be considered suitable for the confinement, and these cases were refused by the lady almoner. There were other factors which operated. On the 1st April, 1936, the County Council's gener... |
2d739731-6eb9-4f09-9a18-ebf94415cb89 | The Nursery is situated in Bollo Bridge Road, and is open on five days a week. The Nursery was open on 212 occasions, and 5,250 wholeday attendances were made. Child Welfare Centres. Eight sessions are held weekly-4 in Avenue Road, 2 in Steele Road Mission, and 1 each at John Perryn School and St. Gabriel's Hall. Nurse... |
0899b57a-8c09-4461-be95-e44c7627215b | Another Foster Mothor Publia lnstitutution or Home. Other eausos. 39 16 5 3 1 2 - 2 1 2 39 FOSTER MOTHERS. No. as at 31st Dec., 1935. Application for Registration during 1935. Removed to another Area with child. No longer a Foster Mother. No. as at 31st. Dec., 1936 30 11 3 9 35 TABLE I. BIRTH-RATE, DEATH-RATE, AND ANAL... |
da82d9b6-95a6-4225-8b2a-91fa22b631a9 | All Causes. Enteric Fever. Small-pox. Measles. Scarlet Fever. Whooping Cough. Diphtheria. Influenza. Violence. Diarrhoea and Enteritis (under two years). Total Deaths under one year. England and Wales 14.8 0.61 12.1 0.01 0.00 0.07 0.01 0.05 0.07 0.14 0.52 5.9 50 122 County Boroughs and Great Towns, including London 14.... |
d7dc384c-5ed4-4488-9589-bd80e4950b68 | 00 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.04 0.05 0.15 0.39 3.4 55 London 13.0 0.53 12.5 0.01 0.00 0.14 0.01 0.06 0.05 0.14 0.52 14.4 60 Acton 12.7 0.4 11.5 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.1 0.43 13.6 68 The maternal mortality rates for England and Wales are as follows:- Puerperal Sepsis. Others. Total. per 1,000 Total Births 1.34 2.31 3.65... |
a7f72b8e-6148-41af-9491-4af7c2fd34f4 | VITAL STATISTICS FOR THE WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1936 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 Number Rate of Non-Resideants Registered in ... |
6000622c-1157-44b9-971d-e9096f135ed9 | 88 440 6.33 31 284 56 50 693 9.96 1931 70,560 1018 14.43 456 6.46 35 321 62 61 742 10.52 1932 70,640 970 13.70 486 6.88 29 302 60 62 786 11.11 1933 70,300 886 12.60 492 6.99 31 329 41 46 788 11.20 1934 69,472 943 13.57 454 6.50 24 297 39 41 727 10.46 1936 68,960 868 12.60 417 6.04 41 328 51 60 704 10.20 1936 69,140 881... |
a88bb726-7dfd-41c7-9889-75053aafa288 | 2 42 405 60 68 794 11.5 83 TABLE III. AGES AT DEATH. AND WARD DISTRIBUTION Causes of Death. Age in Years. Ward Distribution. All ages Under 1 year 1 and under 2 2 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and up wards North East. North West. South East. South West. |
80eb8b24-07f7-47dd-b3f3-2114ccb76069 | Measles 10 2 7 1 - - - - - 2 3 2 3 Diphtheria 2 - - 1 1 - - - - 1 - - 1 Influenza 7 - - - - 1 1 1 4 2 3 4 - Phthisis 47 - - - - 8 23 13 3 14 12 3 18 Other forms of Tuberculosis 4 - - - 1 2 1 - - 1 1 1 1 G.P.1. & Tabes Dorsalis 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Cancer 112 - - - - 1 9 50 52 37 33 23 19 Diabetes 9 - - - - - 3 3 3... |
8e0b3a11-3efd-45d1-bf16-8f7d22398820 | 15 47 17 17 12 16 Heart Disease 168 - - - 2 1 12 60 93 45 47 32 44 Other Circulatory Diseases 12 - - - - - 1 3 8 4 2 3 3 Bronchitis 44 1 - - - - 2 12 29 19 5 8 12 Pneumonia 65 10 - 2 1 1 1 27 23 14 22 10 19 Other Respiratory Diseases 9 1 - - - - 2 4 2 4 1 3 1 Peptic Ulcer 8 - - - - - 2 3 3 1 1 3 3 Diarrhoea 12 12 - - -... |
ba1ac9de-bb18-4937-882a-c75e575768a6 | Cirrhosis of Liver 4 - - - - - 2 2 - 4 - - - Other diseases of Liver 2 - - - - - - - 2 2 -- - - Other Digestive Diseases 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - Nephritis 21 - - - - 2 3 6 10 8 6 1 - Puerperal Sepsis 1 - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - Other diseases, &c. of Parturition 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - Congenital debility, Prematurit... |
4674351a-f400-4d75-a437-ff1d2973998e | 27 27 - - - - - - - 10 9 3 5 Senility 75 - - - - - - - 75 20 23 12 20 Suicide 10 - - - - - 3 3 4 3 4 1 2 Other deaths from violence 20 - 1 - 2 2 3 10 2 5 9 1 5 Other defined diseases 56 6 1 2 3 4 9 17 14 17 14 9 16 TOTALS 794 60 9 6 11 22 80 230 375 239 218 138 199 84 TABLE IV INFANTILE MORTALITY, 1930. Causes of Death... |
0096eb3d-5085-435b-8ee9-a21fbba2003f | 9-12 months North East North West South East South West Measles 2 - - - - - - 2 - - - 1 1 Congestion of I.ungs 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - Pneumonia 10 1 - 1 - 2 2 2 2 2 3 - 4 Diarrhoea 12 - - - - 1 7 1 3 4 1 - 7 Prematurity 9 8 - - - 1 - - - 3 3 2 1 Appendicitis 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - Congenital Heart Disease 1 - - 1... |
622bc931-92d9-459f-a18e-5eb2dfdd61b9 | - - - 1 1 1 - 1 - - 2 Injury at birth 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - Convulsions 3 - - - - 1 2 - - - 1 - 2 Mongolism 1 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - Malnutrition 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Otitis Media 1 - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - Inattention at Birth 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - Bronchitis 1 1 - - - - - - - 1 - - - Intraeranial Haernor... |
7bd6af47-f71f-4b48-b456-e41caaf2804c | - - - - 1 - TOTALS 60 19 1 3 - 9 15 8 5 20 30 7 20 85 TABLE V. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR, 1930. Notifiable Disease. Cases notified in whole District. At Ages—Years. Ward Distribution. At all Ages under 1 1 to 5 5 to 15 1ft to 25 25 to 45 46 to 65 Over 65 North East North West South East South... |
f64194da-eee0-4890-975b-62d06c0ae3a3 | 6 7 3 4 7 1 5 Puerperal Pyrexia 6 — — - 1 4 1 - 3 1 — 2 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 2 2 - - - - - - - - 1 1 Paratyphoid 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - Poliomyelitis 1 — — 1 - - - - - 1 - - Tuberculosis (resp.) 89 — 1 2 34 36 13 3 25 30 12 22 Tuberculosis (other) 15 — — 2 7 2 3 1 4 2 2 7 TOTALS 355 4 73 106 61 67 37 7 97 129 1 57 72... |
110346cd-459a-4cf8-bf25-7294b0069a26 | Deaths. Notified. Treated. At home. In hospital. 2 1 1 2 — — — 87 CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL. TABLE 6. Total Notified. Scarlet Fever 156 177 Diphtheria 12 12 Pneumonia 19 35 Puerperal Pyrexia 2 6 Erysipelas 4 17 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 1 2 Paratyphoid 1 1 Poliomyelitis - 1 TABLE 7. BIRTHS. Male Female. Total. Live Births.... |
b71e276f-788b-4bf5-91eb-05e607fa5d1d | Total Births notified in the district Total. N. East. N. West. S. East. S. West. 388 124 93 52 119 Notifications received from other districts 437 148 121 56 112 Notified Still Births Inside 6 Outside 12 Total 18 Notifications were received from : Doctors and Parents 670 Midwives 173 Table 8. INFANT WELFARE CENTRES, 19... |
cc92c3c6-acd1-48c4-825d-43e51fa9571d | Number of Centres provided and maintained by the Council 4 Total number of attendances at all centres during the year:— (a) by children under 1 year of age 10,650 (b) by children between 1 and 5 years of age 7,737 88 Average attendance of children per session 50 Number of children who attended for the first time during... |
9f568f4e-1e9c-4392-a67a-60e1d6882482 | Number of Expectant Mothers who attended 249 Number of attendances made by Expectant Mothers 283 Mothers referred for Dental treatment at the Clinic 90 Mothers supplied with Dentures 34 Expectant Mothers to whom Dried Milk was supplied free 72 Number of packets of Dried Milk supplied free 1186 TABLE 10. INQUESTS. Inque... |
4d2237ac-637b-476a-9456-4ab02198e8b7 | Heart Disease 16 Pulmonary Congestion 2 Cerebral Haemorrhage 4 Phthisis 1 Convulsions 3 Cancer 1 Nephritis 2 Inattention at birth 1 Cirrhosis of Liver 4 89 FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. 1.- Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. Premises. Inspections ... |
2f78d1c5-f750-48cd-b86d-f2f218f5415a | Found Remedied (1) (2) (3) Want of Cleanliness 23 23 Want of Ventilation Nil Nil Overcrowding Nil Nil Want of drainage of Floors 1 1 Other Nuisances 5 5 Sanitary Accommodation:— Insufficient 7 7 Unsuitable or defective 29 29 Not separate for sexes Nil Nil Offences under the Factory and Workshop Acts:— Illegal Occupatio... |
8a48c88e-c36f-4ee0-9ab6-1a7e5586f65f | M. W. Kinch, M.R.San.I., Cert, of Royal Sanitary Institute ; holds Meat and Smoke Certificates; Chief Sanitary Inspector (Inspector under Diseases of Animals Acts and the Rag Flock Act). J. J. Jenkins, Cert. of Royal Sanitary Institute; holds Meat and Smoke Certificates, Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector (Inspector under... |
74c2e6fa-940e-44e6-ae03-871668903686 | (Died 16/8/1936) Miss B. G. Sorlie, s.r.n., Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute, c.m.b., H.V. Diploma, Health Visitor and School Nurse. Miss A. Woosnam, s.r.n., c.m.b., Health Visitor and School Nurse. Miss M. I. Greenwood, s.r.n., Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute, c.m.b., Health Visitor and School Nurse. H.... |
cbdb75c9-3af6-4bb4-89e1-30f12a403e7f | A. C. Mepham,* Assistant to Meat Inspector and Mortuary Keeper. Note.—To the salaries of all the above officials excepting those marked with an asterisk, contribution is made under the Local Government Act, 1929. I wish once again to express my appreciation and thanks to all the members of my staff for their excellent ... |
e58db7b9-8332-4afd-a35c-29089489a3cb | In 1936 the general health of the school children was satisfactory. There was practically no Diphtheria, and Scarlet Fever was confined in large measure to one area in the town. The outstanding feature of medical interest and anxiety was the increase in the cases of Rheumatism among our school children. This disease is... |
bea99149-fe51-4f13-be78-bd56f33cc4e8 | This was not confined to the Borough of Acton as was evidenced by the fact that our usual arrangements for dealing with these cases broke down under the strain of patients sent for treatment from other sources, and new arrangements had to be made. Details of the cases are given in an article in the report. The drains a... |
2534751a-057d-4f85-a53e-88dc092dfe20 | Girls' 450 163 148 Junior Girls' 450 213 198 Infants' 400 219 179 Berrymede Junior Boys' 640 433 384 Junior Girls' 542 381 342 Infants' 450 292 242 Central 480 420 390 Derwentwater Junior 441 381 351 Infants' 350 302 239 John Perryn Senior 360 219 199 Junior 288 266 244 Infants' 336 280 240 Priory Senior Boys' 500 299 ... |
1b18c661-4e62-41f5-a823-8475de4684e6 | 68 42 33 10026 7009 6114 95 average HEIGHT without shoes and AVERAGE WEIGHT without clothes. Anthropometric Committee, 1929. MALES. FEMALES. Age last birthday. Height in Weight in Height in Weight in ins. lbs. ins. lbs. 3 36.9 32.9 36.6 31.5 4 39.2 35.9 38.4 33.7 5 41.4 38.7 41.1 37.5 6 43. 41.3 42.8 40.1 7 45.4 45.4 4... |
a921dcb3-3b0b-4656-9e65-a6abd06756aa | 47.5 49.4 9 49.2 54.8 48.9 52.6 10 51.3 59.6 51.2 59.8 11 52.7 64.6 52.8 63.9 12 55. 71.6 55.6 73.9 13 56.2 76.5 56.9 79. 14 58. 86.1 58.9 88.2 15 61.8 99.3 62.3 106.8 TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES LEAVERS (BOYS) No. Examined. Years of Age. 12—13 13—14 14—15 No. Height ins. Weight lbs. No. Height ... |
454d5a02-0a6a-4e01-8521-47421c7707bd | Acton Wells Senior 47 47 57.3 84.2 ... ... ... ... ... ... Central 47 47 58.3 83.6 ... ... ... ... ... ... John Perryn Senior 38 36 58.4 79.9 2 62.7 99.2 ... ... ... Priory 111 110 57.6 81.4 1 56.3 72.8 ... ... ... Southfield Snr.Boys' 66 64 57.1 80.4 2 60.5 97.6 ... ... ... Roman Catholic 10 9 56.6 81.1 1 62.3 91.8 ..... |
8becaf48-fa6f-4669-9628-ad80c3fdd1f6 | 68 68 58.6 86.2 ... ... ... ... ... ... Central 60 60 59.1 86.8 ... ... ... ... ... ... John Perryn Snr. 38 38 59 82.6 ... ... ... ... ... ... Priory 110 106 58.3 77.4 4 60.1 85.4 ... ... ... Roman Catholic 9 7 62.6 97.5 2 62 100 ... ... ... 336 328 8 96 TABLE SHOWING HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS AT DIFFERENT AGES. INTERMEDIATE... |
e12e433c-662d-402b-8057-171c439c0fdb | Acton Wells Junior 18 12 48.9 53.9 6 50.1 57 ... ... ... Acton Wells Infts.' 37 26 48.8 53.9 11 49.6 55.5 ... ... ... Beaumont Pk. Infts.' 4 4 46 49.3 ... ... ... ...... ... ... Berrymede Jnr. Boys 94 53 49.3 55.8 41 49.4 55.7 ... ... ... Berrymede Infants' 2 2 48 53.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... Derwent water Jnr. 45 29 4... |
c184d03b-909f-4579-872a-f0e036bf241b | 43 20 49.4 52.8 23 50.2 55.5 ... ... ... Priory Infants' 9 9 47.9 50.8 ... ... ... ... ... ... Rothschild Junior 42 12 49.5 55.3 30 49 54.3 ... ... ... Rothschild Infants' 3 3 48.6 51.5 ... ... ... ... ... ... Southfield J unior 32 12 48.9 53.7 20 49.6 55.9 ... ... ... Southfield Infants' 4 4 49.2 54.3 ... ... ... ... ... |
c2dbc976-e2b8-4c22-98df-b7f543a0b00b | Years of Age. 7—8 8—9 9—10 No. Height ins. Weight lbs. No. Height ins. Weight lbs. No. Height ins. Weight lbs. Acton Wells Junior 18 14 49.5 56.4 4 50.4 57.2 ... ... ... Acton Wells Infants' 44 29 48.7 54.2 15 49.1 54.2 ... ... ... Beaumont Park Jnr. 45 21 48.8 52.8 23 48.9 53.4 1 50.5 49 Beaumont Park Infts. 2 2 48.4 ... |
a017e303-f9ff-464e-8e84-df317154b58f | 5 5 47.3 50.2 ... ... ... ... ... ... Derwentwater Jnr. 45 24 49.1 58.9 16 50.2 58.6 5 50.9 59.2 Derwentwater Infts.' 5 5 46.9 49.1 ... ... ... ... ... ... John Perryn Jnr. 1 ... ... ... 1 51.3 61 ... ... ... John Perrvn Infts.' |
8dd3fcf4-61aa-423f-a876-357c82bbe7c9 | 42 23 48.8 51.1 19 48.8 51.6 ... ... ... Priory Infants' 5 5 48.1 51.8 ... ... ... ... ... ... Rothschild Infants' 4 4 48.5 50.4 ... ... ... ... ... ... Southfield Junior 34 17 49.1 55.5 17 48.9 55.2 ... ... ... Southfield Infants' 2 2 47.9 44.2 ... ... ... ... ... ... Roman Catholic 18 6 49.1 56.2 7 48.8 52.4 5 52.2 5... |
a9789175-e53a-45ac-b36f-56476d8f08fe | 3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 No. Height ins. Weight lbs. No. Height ins. Weight lbs. No. Height ins. Weight lbs. No. Height No. Weight lbs. Acton Wells Infants' 66 . 31 41.4 38.2 32 43.8 42.7 3 45.9 51 Beaumont Park Infanta' 32 14 37.1 33.7 6 40.1 38.6 8 42.7 42.3 4 44.9 46.5 Berrymede Infants' 49 19 37.1 33.6 12 39.4 36.8 14 42.5 ... |
df7a649a-6a50-4057-9599-c26867cd8dec | 7 40 36 43.9 44.7 11 46.8 49.8 John Perryn Infants' 36 . . . 10 40.8 38.9 17 44.1 44.3 3 41.8 51.1 Priory Infants' 67 12 37.9 30.5 25 40.2 39.7 27 42.9 43.2 3 45.2 48.3 Rothschild Infants' 56 17 37.9 34.6 20 40.6 39.7 16 42.9 40.7 3 46.5 50.8 Southfield Infants' 58 . . . 19 41.2 39.6 33 43.8 43.9 6 46.3 49.8 Roman Cath... |
60505674-25c4-4058-be55-d952714feb89 | 4 5 44.4 45.4 2 46.9 52.6 453 62 164 188 39 (GIRLS) Act-on Wells Infants' 52 . . . 24 41 37.6 20 46.5 42.3 8 45.2 45.2 Beaumont Park Infants' 37 11 37 33.3 13 40.3 38 8 40.8 37.4 5 45.3 49 Berrymede Infants' 40 14 37.1 33.3 11 39.6 36.5 8 422.4 41.2 7 45 46.5 Derwentwator Infants' 70 . . . 30 40.8 39 34 43.7 43 6 45.1 ... |
a3d1ac49-cd91-447b-933e-76755409ad02 | 6 40.3 36.2 16 43.4 42.1 5 45.8 46.8 Priory Infants' 52 9 37.3 33.4 21 40 37.1 15 42.9 40.4 7 46 46.6 Rothschild Infants' 42 13 37.1 32.9 8 40.9 37.8 18 42.7 41.1 3 43.6 41.3 Southfield Infants' 52 . . . 15 1.1 39.3 26 43 40.5 11 45.5 46 Roman Catholic 11 . . . 4 42.5 41.6 4 44.6 44.6 3 44.6 42.9 383 47 132 149 55 98 R... |
ace5097f-c290-496f-801d-02d35921aed0 | Acute Rheumatism is a disease of childhood and youth whose effects persist to adult life and is the cause of much of the heart disease met with in adolescence and later in life. It was first named and described some 4 centuries ago by Baillon and referred to by Sydenham in the 17th century as attacking the young and vi... |
75aa8186-4e66-4033-ac51-8bc420460254 | The association of Rheumatism with heart disease was first pointed out in 1778 and with the invention of the stethoscope in 1816 the association was established. In 1809 the connection between Chorea and Rheumatism was first noted and the observation was confirmed in 1821 by Copeland. Later, in 1847, the connection was... |
7573d072-1f83-4d0a-bc38-29b6ceebd802 | F. J. Poynton was one of the most earnest workers on the cause, care and treatment of rheumatism in childhood, and as far back as 1912 he was saying that "special convalescent homes will be the means of averting much of the chronic heart disease of rheumatic origin that ruins so many lives and is the despair of the phy... |
35c0aecc-52b1-4700-bb42-918e79c9827c | If the child is left in its own home where the other children have no disability, where the mother is overworked and has no time to see that the affected heart is not being overstrained, or where overanxiety leads to the insistence that the child does nothing at all, where is the chance of improvement compared with reg... |
2dc4a4d0-2e83-4edb-9e41-3f6da2d39efc | It will be interesting to see whether the large number of houses that are being built for slum clearance areas will result in a diminution of acute rheumatism in children owing to increased space and air or in an increase if these houses have been too rapidly and flimsily constructed to be weather-resisting in a climat... |
6dbda2d4-3238-49c2-b668-6e1a21e80626 | Acton has a Rheumatic Clinic for its school children at the Princess Louise Hospital for Children. Here all suspected and diagnosed cases of rheumatism are referred and treated and when it is advised, arrangements are made for admission to an appropriate convalescent home. Acton children are not infrequently admitted t... |
cdb16fcd-ede8-4c8b-911e-02618c4a8e09 | It is by no means unusual however, even now, to encounter on routine examination, a child with a damaged heart and only a vague history of ill-health or "growing pains" sometime in the past. The child has not been ill enough at the time for a doctor to be consulted, but permanent damage has been done, resulting in the ... |
7da1293f-4b82-4261-ab5d-2487067ec5a3 | 39 were operated on for unhealthy tonsils and adenoids which have been giving rise to tonsilitis, frequent sore throats or colds, enlarged glands in the neck, &c. 2 had tonsils and adenoids, and 2 had adenoids only, removed because of continued ear discharge. 3 cases were operated on because of deafness, 2 having their... |
849e6dac-91ee-4c73-8e42-852968865167 | Not all cases so referred are found to be Suffering from ear disease although most are, 101 Of the 102 cases referred in 1936 8 were found to-be suffering from wax in the ears only with no disease present. 4 were referred for deafness—3 of these were referred to the Ear Specialist at the Acton Hospital and removal of t... |
0a0e1c3c-164c-4c61-8631-c0a5d6d1db7c | Of the remaining 10 cases, 5 were no longer attending the Clinic but were receiving treatment at various hospitals, either having been sent there by us, or having gone there of their own accord, and 3 cases were in hospital and had been for an extended period for different diseases, i.e., eczema, lung trouble, &c. Of t... |
390e3f1b-f9b3-4502-9c16-44b6760c9f7d | The ideal aimed at was the closer co-operation between doctor and nurse in the supervision and treatment of these ear cases. All cases therefore, were seen by the nurse three times a week and by the doctor twice weekly. This ensured that at least once a day on each school day the auditory meatus was made completely cle... |
f6a38cd0-d998-414e-9d1d-c4edd584261a | Consent would willingly, in most cases eagerly, be given to operative measures such as removal of tonsils, but lesser measures calculated to produce a healthy nose ana naso-pharynx are only too often met with indifference and scepticism. A little lecture on Anatomy sometimes has the desired effect in stimulating co-ope... |
1cc9f9a6-0db2-452c-a5bf-a8850b8039fa | On being told that it was largely her own fault that there was any question of " interference," the mother left the clinic and took her child to another hospital, where similar treatment was advised and carried out. It is not often that such situations arise, in only 3 cases last year did the Clinic fail to obtain the ... |
714e022d-a33d-48c7-bee6-7e2e7498c3ee | In several cases where treatment was being carried out conscientiously, and the desired results were not being obtained, attention was directed to the child's general condition and success was attained when treatment was combined with general tonics and cod liver oil and malt. 103 Sometimes quite startling results are ... |
aa8a5d6f-721d-404d-bb83-925801d936f8 | On examination these children may be, and often are, found to be in good condition, well up to the average in development, and in bodily and mental vigour. It seems therefore sometimes that the careful and conscientious parent is penalised at the expense of the careless and thriftless. These children cannot medically b... |
dc7a1832-b396-43f6-9b44-aa1a925367b2 | While no great expenditure is called upon in the way of clothes or boots or medicines, &c., it is possible to imagine that a careful mother would manage to maintain conditions in the home as formerly, but any excess expenditure must mean shortage somewhere else, and it is then that the strain would be felt. One case ca... |
2616896f-be30-406d-a0eb-151ef52fb404 | in quarter ending 31st March 250 70 30th June 230 80 30th September 200 80 31st December 220 80 The actual numbers of free meals and bottles of milk supplied are:— Meals. Milk. Quarter ending 31st March 12019 30399 30th June 9223 24195 30th September 6948 20054 31st December 9837 26718 Total 38027 101366 During the yea... |
8a94f9f8-97b5-4c1e-8b93-9fc29e702baa | The attendance was very good, out of a possible 211 children, 188 attended, and out of a possible total of 1880 meals, 1539 were served. The facilities were evidently appreciated, and the opening of the Centres for the purpose of holiday meals was justified by the good attendance of the children. Approximately 150 fami... |
58f313d5-00da-4bf3-9dd1-7b095645b4fd | The rest of the lesson is taken up with conversation about the relaxing and about the everyday interests of the children, rhythm exercises, recitation and easy talking games. The Speech Defect cases are divided into small classes according to the type and degree of defect. There is one case of cleft palate speech, and ... |
1fbbe8c2-46dc-4adb-bd4f-b46c80b64535 | It is necessary in most of these cases to re-educate the speech and teach the children to copy every shape and sound by the mouth. The children practice breatheing and mouth flexibility exercises, vowel and consonant sounds, repetition of simple nursery rhymes and jingles, and singing games. It is extremely tiring to w... |
6297c352-1f6c-415e-ba60-a0409ec0173a | The children are encouraged to bring drawings or toys they have made at home, and this term we have been growing some bulbs in order to keep them interested in coming to the classes and to help them to learn to have confidence in themselves through their mutual interest and occupations. As a rule the cases of delayed o... |
92463aad-0b8f-4532-8f5f-62e62cba3ce9 | Seven of these children were bad stammerers, 2 are not improved but the others are much better although none are yet cured. One has since left school, much improved. 4 were cases of stammering of moderate severity, 1 has been cured, 1 so much improved that he is only under supervision in case of relapse, and 2 are much... |
bd553d19-1490-4ed8-99e6-9fe1726b12a3 | 10 were mild cases, and of these 6 were cured, 3 much improved, and 1 went to a Convalescent Home for some other complaint. 11 were cases of moderate severity, 6 of them were cured, 3 improved, and 2 did not improve. 13 cases were suffering from bad speech defect, 10 of these were improved, 1 left school, 1 left the di... |
b174dfce-9257-46d9-b9c0-bfb24a5eb6dd | The bad lisp left the class to go to a Convalescent Home, and of the 2 mild cases one improved and one left the district. 1 child was sent to the Speech Classes because slight deafness made him speak badly, his parents removed him from the class because they did not think it was doing him good. The 6 others were cases ... |
debf62a6-e4cc-4847-b413-bcecc0930b8c | She attends hospital regularly and in answer to a recent enquiry from us, the hospital authorities stated that they considered it perfectly satisfactory that she should do so, and that it was not detrimental to her future. The other 3 children attend Kingwood Road School. Deaf Children. 5 children are attending Ackmar ... |
633d12ee-c60f-4850-acd8-48706c1ad801 | 3 children suffer from non-pulmonary tuberculosis, one is in the Victoria Home, Margate, and 2 are now at home and attend hospitals in London. Crippled Children. 10 children are contained in this category, 6 boys and 4 girls. One of the boys is at the Shaftesbury Home, Hastings, 1 attends Brook Green School. 3 are atte... |
e3e63db8-f444-474b-ad82-ebc55c737479 | John's Kemp Town, Brighton, 1 is an in-patient at the Princess Louise Hospital, Kensington, 1 attending that hospital as an out-patient, 1 attending school for half days only meantime. 1 attending an ordinary elementary school while waiting for a vacancy at an open air school, and 1 has just recommenccd school after th... |
800b1907-cb6e-4162-b2f7-88c3f6966713 | Vincent's Hospital, Pinner, is attending Wood Lane Open Air School. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL OCULIST. In the past twelve mouths 397 children were referred to the Ophthalmic clinic for examination. Of these 41 refused treatment or left the district, 10 obtained glasses privately, 84 were found not to require glasses, and gl... |
db90577e-53d7-4e52-a925-44b2d746a9a8 | The Clinic has been supplied with extra apparatus for the investigation of cases of squint and muscle balance, and all children attending have their muscle balance checked both before and after refraction. Children suffering from defects of this kind, attend on the average once a month. This record of their progress ma... |
967278ba-e95f-40df-b958-c5a2be1fbebe | It was found with the increased work resulting from the exanunation and treatment of the Junior Technical and County Schoo's and the growing use of the department by the Child Welfare Clinics, that the unavoidable delay which arose before treatment could be undertaken, was in danger of rendering the service inefficient... |
58d0e792-ad11-4ec7-84a4-576e3820297c | Use continues to be made of the department by expectant and nursing mothers, and this year the number of dentures fitted for mothers from the Child Welfare Centres has risen from 19 to 34, each of these representing several ordinary appointments. The number of extractions in 1936 is rather less than in 1935, but this i... |
1c3ebe85-fb9b-4c14-a8f8-da5244c47ac3 | It has been necessary also in 1936 to have extra extractions sessions whenever it was found possible to fit them in, as otherwise the waiting list tended to become unmanageable Ideally the position would be such that at the end of the year only so much work remained as could be overtaken while the new year's work was b... |
01e5bfc4-affb-4ea4-9e45-14612837eb58 | Where a reason for not keeping the appointment can be given, further appointments can be made, but "did not turn up" is an all too frequent cause of wasted time which might have been spent in reducing further the waiting list. Figures for the work carried out for elementary school children are contained in Tables at th... |
b6094e51-336b-4e25-a833-d386751865d3 | There were 2 deaths, for both of whom immunisation had been refused. 111 1936 was a poor year from the immunisation point of viewin the Borough. Every effort was made to keep up the herd immunity, but owing to the relative freedom of the district from Diphtheria, the interest of the parents in artificial immunisation w... |
d81bf901-f9a9-47ce-b373-70d720b1e84e | That Diphtheria can and does occur in subjects who have been rendered Schick negative, seems to us an indication that to a large extent our efforts in this line were waste of time. Here and there, all over the country, from time to time clinical Diphtheria is found in those who are or who have been rendered Schick nega... |
2fe91b53-9d0a-420f-9c52-529d7ad4de31 | In the same article the writers gave figures from some preliminary experiments with "multiple Schick toxins" where the combining power was 4 to 10 times as strong as the material commonly used. With "fourfold" Schick toxin, negative Schick reactions were obtained where the titre was only l/3rd that which was supposed t... |
2499113b-9be6-4f55-b6e1-63cb6118db0d | The precedure was as follows:—a control—fourfold—was injected into the right arm, and ordinary Schick toxin was injected 112 high up into the left forearm and fourfold toxin lower down is the left forearm. Results were read on the third day. Years of Age. Total 1 2 3 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 No. tested 6 12 3 14 29 3... |
31c35ede-eca3-4246-9bea-b800c0db882e | both toxins - - - - - 1 3 1 3 1 4 7 4 - 24 Pos. only with 4-fold, negative ordinary toxir - - - 1 2 5 6 11 7 8 12 8 6 1 67 It will be seen that of the 511 eases tested, 24 were Schick positive by the ordinary testing, but 91 were positive when fourfold toxin was used. In other words, by ordinary methods only rather und... |
2615c7db-9343-4021-9ba4-1d26515d666d | There are no figures available—indeed the time during which the stronger toxins have been used has not been long enough to show of the strength of toxin necessary to ensure that a negative reaction is synonymous with complete protection. With a fourfold testing toxin, three times as many children appeared to be suscept... |
def8141d-cc1e-461a-b22a-a46c425a107b | It is possible, and has to a large extent been done in Acton, to crush Diphtheria almost out of the young population so that no longer in their ordinary lives do the children meet the small sub-clinical doses of infection which 113 might help to stimulate their perhaps waning immunity. It is conceivable that the last s... |
aab06195-d309-44bf-8b77-8e9d8bac174d | We do not know that it is a safe level but it is at least better than no level at all. Fourfold toxin is now used entirely for Schick testing, no weaker toxin is used in the Borough, so that the "Schick level" is as high as practicable. The immunity thus conferred is kept up by regular injections of immunising material... |
bd180a20-54d7-4ee3-bcc3-3216dda5482d | It is significant that with these four exceptions the schools were completely free of Diphtheria. This has its dangers, which we are already facing, because this freedom from infection has bred a feeling of apathy and indifference in the parents. The immunisation figures for this year are low as compared with last year... |
0132f030-dd14-4423-9d23-5d26803ade32 | 114 The comparative freedom of the district from Diphtheria has deprived us of the material by which the population became naturally immunised by sub-clinical doses, and unless we can replace this deficiency by artificial immunisation, we may again be in danger of an epidemic of the virulent type. 11 Diphtheria patient... |
0b2d043f-2603-4410-855d-1250a93a57bf | Girls 43 21 22 14 8 - Berrymede Infants - - 16 17 13 2 Central — - - 2 2 - Derwent water Junior 2 1 2 2 2 - Derwentwater Infants - - 35 26 22 7 John Perryn Senior - - 1 1 - - John Perryn Junior - - 1 - 1 - John Perryn Infants - - 20 20 19 3 Priory Boys 2 1 1 5 2 - Priory Girls 1 1 1 5 3 - Priory Infants - - 15 2 4 3 Ro... |
d4a6196d-aef2-42d7-b1dd-f3da6d69a1dd | Boy3 1 - - - - - Southfield Junior 1 - 2 8 9 - Southfield Infants - - 16 21 14 - Roman Catholic 1 - - 1 6 - Other Schools 2 1 2 1 1 - Infant Welfare - - 62 58 67 103 103 50 252 229 216 120 246 children were Schick tested after 6 months, 21 of whom were found to be positive and were given one more dose. 262 were Schick ... |
251cb21d-e6ef-413e-aa1f-c635c467199a | During 1936 there were 98 cases of Scarlet Fever in School children. This is an advance on 1935 when there were only 48 cases. The schools affected were:— Acton Wells 60 Priory 7 Beaumont Park 6 Rothschild 3 Berrymede 1 Southfield 5 Derwentwater 13 Roman Catholic 2 John Perryn 1 98 It will be seen that the bulk of the ... |
0b4bf83e-cf67-4707-b1b3-c26e2c54a5d0 | 1936 was a Measles epidemic year and as is usual in such circumstances all the schools of the district suffered. In the report of the Medical Officer of Health, it is explained how Measles for many years has made its appearance in Acton regularly every other year. The epidemic usually occurs in the form of an explosion... |
fbb01216-d2b4-491f-a1dd-8bd7b3f2cb05 | The first case from a school here was reported on November 26th 1935, and the child attended Derwentwater Infants' School. On enquiry at the home, it was found that a younger child of pre-school age had had Measles two or three weeks previously. As far as could be ascertained these were the first cases in the district.... |
68dbe29a-dd59-4e41-8a6f-44cd3a2916c3 | When the schools were re-opened after the Christmas holidays, 43 cases were reported from different classes in 3 Infant departments, and in the following months all the schools were affected. The epidemic was extensive, but compared with former years, the fatality was light. In the first decade of this century. Measles... |
ff0a3171-dd7f-475e-8993-c662f46221d0 | It can be imagined to what extent a Measles epidemic in those days interfered with the educational machinery, and the irritating part of the proceedings was that the measures adopted were almost useless. A more intimate study of the epidemioloey of Measles showed us the reason for the futility of the methods in vogue, ... |
dd44dbb0-946b-4283-ad0f-c6f837b3424e | Usually the child attends school during the early stages before the appear ance of the rash, and the mischief has been done, as the children had attended school during the most infectious period and a numbers of contacts would be incubating the disease when the school or department was closed. When the schools were clo... |
c9d87222-1f73-4469-a9cb-1c46eaa91695 | It has been Shown that a Measles epidemic does not arise in a community until the percentage of susceptible children rises beyond 25% and seldom Subsides until this susceptible population is reduced to under 20%. During an epidemic not only is there a permanent immunity which an attack of Measles confers, but a certain... |
7d29f747-1c79-4f97-beaf-2200cf6f1c47 | Even in Infants departments those who have already had an attack of Meases are not excluded because they are contacts. The revised Code Regulations have facilitated these procedures. Formerly for grant purposes, it paid to close, a department or school because the average attendance might drop very low, but now if the ... |
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