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5ee0d833-73e5-4fa2-a273-bda63af52285 | Sporadically, cases will be encountered in school children, but 1936 was characterised by a small outbreak of the disease. This outbreak was not confined to Acton, as was seen by the fact that Hammersmith Cleansing Station, to which we had been accustomed to refer our cases for baths and treatment, had to refuse to tak... |
5fc05ffe-9f73-4ef3-a6e3-2c3d2ed93761 | Attempts were made to narrow down the field of infection to families, to districts, to schools, but the cases came from every part of the Borough, and 9 schools (19 departments) were affected. The Table below will give an idea of the cases and the schools, departments and number of families affected. School. Department... |
9838fec5-e1a5-4547-94c0-c645da9062fb | Southfield Infants 1 1 Derwentwater Infants (5) Junior (2) 7 6 Acton Wells Infts (3) Junr (1) Senr(l) 5 2 John Perryn Infts (4) Junr (1) Senr (4) 9 5 Rothschild Infts (3) Jnr (1) 4 3 Priory Infts (2) Jnr (2) Senr (2) 6 5 Berrymede Itifts (1) Girls (3) Boys (3) 7 5 Beaumont Park Infants (3) 3 2 (living in same house) Sp... |
c692f9bd-5a30-418f-ac8f-789b3393e2dd | Below is a table of the streets affected, separated into the months at which the cases were affected. Those streets which are near to each other, and where conceivably the children might have infected each other at their play, are bracketed together. January. March April June Greenend Road. Newark Cres. The Fairway Ant... |
77f6e2a3-3dd8-411c-ac4b-76c8fbc2d53a | Scabies is communicated from person to person through fairly prolonged contact, as when two people sleep together and the bedclothes have become infected, for the Acarus Scabiei is a slow mover. It is therefore all the more difficult to explain how such a scattered outbreak should occur in the Borough, and simultaneous... |
ef475166-43ec-4a8c-9dbf-2865517e949a | Boys. Girls. Acton Wells 3 β 1 β 1 β 5 β Beaumont Park β β β β β β β β Central β β β β 2 β 2 β County 2 β β β 1 β 3 β John Perryn 1 β 3 β 2 β 6 β Priory 15 β 1 β 8 β 24 β Roman Catholic 1 β β β β β 1 β Southfield 6 β 2 β β β 8 Totals 28 β 7 β 14 β 49 121 TABLE SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL CHILDREN EMPLOYED DURING TH... |
01537233-44c5-4d85-944e-163d13a86999 | Registered Occupations :β (a) Delivering Newspapers 11 5 8 3 39 2 18 3 89 ... (b) Delivering Milk 4 3 2 4 6 - 6 3 28 ... ... (c) Delivering goods or parcels 3 9 10 3 46 6 14 1 92 1 1 Totals 18 17 20 10 91 8 38 7 209 1 1 Corresponding Figures for 1935 39 34 28 10 120 14 58 13 322 1 1 122 Uncleanliness Table. Sch. Date. ... |
5e38be35-b8a9-44e2-b16c-5fab13a1bd48 | 121 - 2 July 114 3.5 2.6 6.1 Sept. 116 - 1.7 1.7 3 July 196 .5 .5 Sept. 186 .5 1.07 1.6 4 July 194 2.5 1.03 3.6 Sept. 186 2.6 1.67 .5 4.8 5 July 367 1.36 2.4 .27 4.08 Sept. 283 .7 .7 .35 1.7 6 July 132 6.06 .75 6.8 Sept. 149 .67 .67 1.3 7 July 203 7.3 1.9 .49 9.8 Sept. 214 5.1 1.8 1.4 8.4 8 July 188 4.25 .53 4.7 Sept. |
47c3b8d5-6084-4e3a-aee1-6733bec6951d | 186 2.1 1.07 3.2 9 July 397 1.00 .75 1.76 Sept. 386 2.07 1.03 3.1 10 July 366 6.5 4.6 .54 11.7 Sept. 334 8.58 1.89 2.09 12.5 11 July 260 4.23 1.92 1.15 7.3 Sept. 234 8.5 1.2 9.8 12 July 82 - Sept. 112 - 13 July 101 .9 .9 Sept. 156 - 14 July 203 .49 .49 .9 Sept. 149 .67 .67 15 July 268 1.1 .37 .74 2.2 Sept. 201 1.9 .49 ... |
d6025e18-9b24-4b6c-8093-8e63a4055010 | 191 3.6 3.6 17 July 96 - Sept. 95 - 18 July 116 1.7 1.7 Sept. 112 1.6 1.6 19 July 120 - Sept. 121 - 20 July 112 1.7 1.7 3.4 Sept. 124 2.4 .8 3.2 123 Sch. Date. No. examd. Very few nits. Few Nits. Many Nits. Vermin Total Unclean. A. B. % C. D. % % 21 July 282 3.5 .3 .7 4.6 Sept. 229 2.6 2.6 22 July 262 1.9 .7 2.6 Sept. ... |
6f10b479-f33a-40b2-9db3-7238c69a2b57 | 296 5.7 2.3 .3 8.4 24 July 260 2.6 .7 .3 3.7 Sept. 233 5.5 .4 1.7 7.7 25 July 186 .53 .53 1.07 2.1 Sept. 199 .5 .5 26 July 258 4.2 7.00 4.6 15.8 Sept. 213 1.8 4.2 3.2 9.3 27 July 142 2.1 1.4 2.8 6.3 Sept. 145 1.3 1.3 28 July 166 .6 1.8 2.4 Sept. 155 1.2 1.2 29 July 135 4.4 .7 5.1 Sept. |
b6c3b60c-623d-4f46-aebd-a24ba9d8299f | 136 .7 1.4 2.2 30 July 234 .8 .8 Sept. 195 .5 .5 1.02 31 July 80 1.2 1.2 2.5 Sept. 122 .81 .81 32 July 81 6.1 2.4 8.6 Sept. 120 1.6 .8 2.5 33 July 44 4.5 4.5 Sept. 42 7.1 7.1 BOROUGH OF ACTON EDUCATION COMMITTEE. SWIMMING INSTRUCTION, SEASON, 1936. The School Swimming Season opened on Monday, 4th May, 1936, and provisi... |
185f92b3-ddbf-47dc-8699-3aeb0bfea53d | All the instruction was given by the teaching staff of the Schools. The season normally closes on the 30th September, but, as in previous years, one or two small classes continue to attend the 124 Baths during the winter months for instruction and practice in life-saving. The Acton Education Committee continues to awar... |
acdf2214-24a7-48bb-aae4-455dbe9f270d | There are in the Schools at the present time 1248 scholars (626 boys and 622 girls) who can swim, as against 1318 at the end of last season) and 314 boys and 283 girls now in the Schools learned to swim during the 1936 season (against 578 in 1935). It should be borne in mind, however, that a great number of the scholar... |
40cc7e83-1e1e-48d4-b10c-b3f7112a6f49 | of classes per week allocated 32 21 53 32 22 54 Total attendances made 11908 8300 20208 10938 6943 *17881 * Season opened one week later owing to closure for Jubilee celebrations. 125 Certificates gained. Acton Education Committee 268 236 504 253 225 478 L.S.S.A.: 1st Class 135 117 252 134 134 268 2nd Class 196 157 353... |
bfbe685d-d800-418f-b18e-cebcf1b3263f | In the case of 5 delicate children this period was extended to a month. The Headquarters of the Fund gave a grant of Β£185 in addition to all main line railway fares, and the parents of the children concerned contributed Β£186 8s. 4d. This made an average payment of 10s. 2Β½d.β1s. 5Β½d. more per head than last year when th... |
29cf9e71-6e8a-4df5-9c1e-5f39f2dba409 | All children must have their heads examined 3 times before departure. This means over 1000 examinations performed by the nurses at the Clinic. Last year 12 children had to be sent to the Hammersmith Cleansing 126 Station, as when the time of departure was near they were found to be still verminous. This year not one si... |
2e4773ad-8c10-4f4d-844c-eccc53a569b7 | It will be seen what an enormous amount of work was entailed in planning, collecting and arranging for such numbers, and Miss Stevens is to be congratulated on her administration which allowed of its taking place so efficiently. Only one child while away had to have medical attention, and the reports on the behaviour o... |
cc6d1811-60f1-434c-bd6f-0251bd8c7b3e | The visits have been divided into school distribution. Acton Wells 191 Priory 262 Beaumont Park 179 Rothschild 313 Berrymede 386 Southfield 542 Central 2 Roman Catholic 18 Derwentwater 182 Special School β John Perryn 186 Total 2261 127 CONVALESCENT HOMES AND COUNTRY HOLIDAYS. One boy and one girl were sent to the Wint... |
f9dd28d5-7502-417d-83ab-fc40bb7fe451 | Number of Inspections in the prescribed Groups:β Entrants 836 Second Age Group 694 Third Age Group 655 Total 2185 Number of other Routine Inspections - Grand Total 2185 128 B.βOther Inspections. Number of Special Inspections 1946 Number of Re-Inspections 1393 Total 3339 C.βChildren Found to Require Treatment. Group For... |
4988da5d-912a-40ab-a573-acc9c6bf5d32 | Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not requiring Treatment. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Skin:β Ringworm: Scalp β β 3 β Body 1 β 8 β Scabies β β ... |
02c27251-a6e0-4d26-a909-47121940216e | 16 2 3 2 Ear: Defective Hearing 2 12 9 β Otitis Media 5 β 58 β Other Ear Diseases 6 β 30 β Nose and Throat: 6 Chronic Tonsillitis only β β β Adenoids only β β 1 β Chronic Tonsillitis and Adenoids 15 β 21 β Other Conditions β 16 β 131 Enlarged Cervical Glands (NonTuberculous) β 268 β 62 Defective Speech 6 2 3 β 130 Defe... |
e9a9ae20-c7fa-4f36-b803-ad896ead70ae | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Heart and Circulation: Heart Disease: Organic β 5 β β Functional β 18 β β Anaemia β 1 β β Lungs: Bronchitis β 2 β β Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases 1 3 β β Tuberculosis: Pulmonary: Definite β β 1 β Suspected β 1 1 β Non-Pulmonary: Glands β β β β Bones and Joints β β β β Skin β β β β Other Forms β β β... |
7224dd93-1cce-42d9-871e-673ae3161b15 | Uncleanliness and Dental Diseases) 13 16 1023 79 Total number of defects 216 375 1884 275 131 B βClassification of the Nutrition of Children Inspected during the Year in.the Routine Age Groups. Age groups Number of Children Inspected A (Excellent) B (Normal) C (Slightly subnormal) D (Bad) No. % No. % No. % No. % Entran... |
b098ae7f-4cff-4dfd-bb3e-e4195573f597 | Return of all Exceptional Children in the Area. BLIND CHILDREN. At Certified Schools for the Blind. At Public Elementary Schools. At Other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. β β β β β 132 PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN. At Certifed Schools for the Blind. At Certified Schools for the partially Sighted. At Pub... |
20338927-dd3d-4be1-a7bf-513c3fd2c347 | β β β β β β MENTALLY DEFECTIVE CHILDREN. Feeble-Minded Children. At Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. 43 β β β 43 133 EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. Children suffering from severe Epilepsy. At Certified Special Schools. At Pu... |
70288445-3d73-4471-9f87-468667033ccc | β β 2 β 2 2.-CHILDREN SUFFERING FROM NON-PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. β 1 1 1 3 134 B. DELICATE CHILDREN. (ie) Those whose general health renders it desirable that they should be specially selected for admis... |
7929a2b9-9c2b-43bf-a125-3cf57eea4dc9 | Total. 4 4 2 β 10 D. CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE. (ie) Children whose defect is so severe as to necessitate the provision of educational facilities other than those of the Public Elementary School. At Certified Special Schools. At Public Elementary Schools. At other Institutions. At no School or Institution. Total. β β... |
4bba4cf7-94fb-4eb9-8765-5d4d93f38e92 | (2) Otherwise (3) Total. (4) Skin: Ringworm-Scalpβ (i.) X-Ray Treatment. 1 β 1 (ii.) Other Treatment. β 2 2 Ringworm-Body 8 β 8 Scabies 39 β 39 Impetigo 403 β 403 Other skin disease 44 β 44 Minor Eye Defects: (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) 143 β 143 Minor Ear Defects 97 11 108 Miscellane... |
6fe9bc3d-3279-4176-8ca0-7655475e0e50 | Under the Authority's Scheme (2) Otherwise (3) Total. (4) Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 397 10 407 Other Defect or Disease of the Eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) 16 β 16 Total 413 10 423 Number of children for whom spectacles wereβ (a) Prescribed 262 10 272 (b) Obtained 262 10 272 Gboup III.βTreat... |
29cfb822-6676-45bc-8b3c-846cb63b72e8 | 5 3 39 β β β 5 β 5 3 44 β β 52 (1)βTonsils only. (2)βAdenoids only. (3)βTonsils and Adenoids. (4)βOther defects of the Nose and Throat. 137 Group IV.βOrthopaedic and postural defects. (1) Under the Authority's Scheme. (2) Otherwise. Total No. Treated. Residential Treatment with Education. (i) Residential Treatment with... |
57945dbc-1208-4cb2-9f97-9cbfaa3476b3 | (1) Number of Children who were:β (4) Attendances made by children for treatment 4150 (a) Inspected by the Dentist: (5) Half-days devoted to:β Inspection 46 Aged: Treatment 468 Routine Age Groups 5β696 Total 514 6β676 7β603 (6) Fillings:- 8β632 Permanent teeth 2108 9β751 Temporary teeth 95 10β740 11β625 Total 2203 12β6... |
355c8b85-e4a8-4dff-bb13-f35263678f3b | Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurses 14 Total number of examinations of children in the Schools by School Nurses 2295 Number of individual children found unclean:β Vermin and Nits 92 Slightly infested 569 Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education... |
b9f6adbd-9dd7-4c3a-9ecc-926cf20a4d17 | (i) Children incapable of receiving benefit or further benefit from instruction in a Special School: (Π°) Idiots β β (b) Imbeciles β β (c) Others β β (ii) Children unable to be instructed in a Special School without detriment to the interests of other children: (a) Moral defectives β β (b) Others β β 2. Feeble-minded ch... |
978cf21b-0ea0-4862-a373-4ca718aee043 | ACT 40 Borough of Acton. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Medical Officer of Health TOGETHER WITH THE Report on the Medical Inspection of Schools FOR THE YEAR 1937. ANNUAL REPORT of the MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH FOR THE YEAR 1937. Public Health Department, Municipal Offices, Acton, W.3. To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors of th... |
65f051c7-a16a-4671-aa4a-9d59dd9af24d | The district was comparatively free of infectious disease, and the only notable outbreak was that of Influenza at the beginning of the year. There has been a steady development in the health services and especially in the numbers of those who avail themselves of the facilities provided. The most important development p... |
862aa44d-251c-481e-82a4-d83f40114f0b | Miss Arnold and Miss Beacon were married and Miss Hester and Miss Warburton appointed on the clerical staff. In conclusion, I should like to express my thanks to the Council for their courtesy and support for the measures proposed to improve the public health and to all the staff of the Public Health Department for the... |
9807605e-8005-4271-a21c-b9ca8aab0737 | The population at the Census of 1931 was 70,510, but since that time a re-arrangement of boundaries has occurred and the Census population of the district as now constituted was 70,008, that is, there was a loss of 502 inhabitants as a result of the transaction. The number of private families was reduced from 18,997 to... |
2b908a5c-26ed-4a64-9405-771f84f4ef71 | 5 The number of new houses erected during the last 6 years were:- 1931-32β257 1932-33β188 1933-34β224 1934-35β134 1935-36β380 1936-37β201 The number of parliamentary electors since 1931 has been as follows:β 1932β48,126 1933β48,245 1934β48,228 1935β48,258 1936β48,813 1937β49,255 Number of Inhabited Houses (end of 1937)... |
16a8afeb-8e23-4ffc-bd34-4815c0d3f7ef | Social Conditions. In last year's report an account was given of the social conditions of the district, including the chief industries carried on in the area. These conditions have not materially altered in the year, but unemployment increased towards the end of 1937. The impression that unemployment was on the increas... |
75c548d7-ad29-4257-9398-fe7f6fbbfbeb | Birth-rate per 1,000 of Legitimate 846 422 424 estimated resident Illegitimate 40 22 18 ulationβ12.8 886 444 442 Still Births. Legitimate 28 17 11 Rate per 1,000 total Illegitimate 4 13 (live & still) birthsβ17 32 18 14 Deaths 750 Death-rate per 1,000 inhabitants 10.8. Deaths from Puerperal causes (Headings 29 and 30 o... |
0b5d7f54-6c34-4861-bcba-7c8cc76c498f | All infants per 1,000 live births 57 Legitimate infants per 1,000 legitimate live births 56 Illegitimate infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births 75 Deaths from Cancer (all ages) 119 Deaths from Measles (all ages) 2 Deaths from Whooping Cough (all ages) 3 Deaths from Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 11 SECTION B.βGEN... |
4020fac8-6ebb-4ca1-b9b7-6a142c7c655b | There is a motor ambulance for the transport of infectious cases, and two ambulances provided for accident and non-infectious cases. The latter are housed at the fire station and are available at all hours. Last year the ambulance was called out to 585 street accidents, and on 378 occasions for private cases. Fees amou... |
2af13712-d969-4b0f-a5f4-8533caa448e3 | General.βActon Hospital, Gunnersbury Lane, is the only General Hospital in the district, and has accommodation for 72 patientsβ62 beds in General Wards and 10 for Private Patients. During 1937 1151 patients were admitted; this is an increase of 74 on the previous year, and is in a great measure due to the fact that the... |
62567c9c-84fc-40ab-a5f5-ff12ab1555fd | Small-pox hospitals. Tuberculosis. School Clinic. Day Nursery. Child Welfare Clinics. Ante-natal Clinics. Treatment Centres for Venereal Diseases. LEGISLATION IN FORCE. The following local acts, special local orders, general adoptive acts and byelaws relating to Public Health are in force in the district. Adopted. Infe... |
d487d99f-567d-4860-a631-ff5f327dfe0f | 1924 New Streets and Buildings 1925 Smoke Abatement 1930 Houses let in Lodgings 1934 Employment of Children 1935 Wireless Loudspeakers, Gramophones, &c. 1935 Fouling of Footpaths by Dogs 1937 Hairdressers' and Barbers' Shops 1937 MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE. Infantile Mortality. 51 deaths occurred in infants under 1 ye... |
0ad3b2c4-c8f9-474e-a12c-d6821fa90f0b | The health visitors have frequently commented upon the fact that premature births and stillbirths come on waves and this periodicity suggests that other than natural causes are in operation. Last year 10 out of the 18 deaths from premature births occurred in the second quarter of the year, and it is significant that 12... |
fda102e3-a6ef-4e5f-8675-79b33296b129 | Although this is one death less from Diarrhoea last year than in 1936, 11 deaths from this cause in a year when conditions are favourable is too high. In a hot and dry summer we expect even now a slight increase in the deaths from Diarrhoea, but last summer was cool and comparatively wet, and the deaths of 11 children ... |
ced963e0-b843-4355-a618-d60b3d15aab9 | There were 10 deaths in children between the ages of 1 and 2 years and 3 between the ages of 2 and 5 years. Of the total deaths between the ages of 1 and 5 years, 8 were due to diseases of an infectious characterβ2 each from Whooping Cough, Measles, Cerebro-Spinal Fever and Diphtheria. Although all are infectious in th... |
43ed769a-0d0a-4d3e-a4ae-5ae058a61f49 | In recent years the mortality amongst the toddlers 10 has shown almost as much improvement as that of the infant mortality, and this may have been due to the increased attention which has been paid to the pre-school child. It was stated in last year's report that Circular 1550 had been considered by the Child Welfare C... |
f76df782-5b4c-4d81-8b68-231697ad167d | of invitations sent each monthβJune to December, 1936 224 No. of attendances 72 The attendance was 32% of invitations- sent out. No. of invitations for 1937 276 No. of attendances 123 The attendance rose to 44.5% of invitations sent out and many children were brought for their second annual examination. Each child was ... |
7c35258c-71fd-435b-8711-8f6367ba077c | The standard of nutrition was good on the whole but some of the children, particularly of unemployed parents, were undersized and under-nourished. There was no marked anaemia and those cases found were among children examined in the winter months. 11 A soft systolic murmur was found in a few children, mainly among the ... |
c1e07bc0-31b8-44c8-8f07-9c49a3de6f98 | EyesβStrabismus 1 Styes 1 Conjunctivitis 4 Cyst of Upper Lid 1 Ear discharge 8 Nasal Catarrh 4 Backward Speech 1 Stutter 1 Congenital Deformity of right side of chest 1 Mongol 1 Genu-Valgum (slight) 6 ,, (marked) 2 Undescended Testicle 1 Average Heights. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 2-ft. 7Β½-ins. 2-ft. 10-ins. 3-ft. 3-i... |
95f5d4fd-69d1-4f16-bfb0-9e2ff65485b5 | 33-lbs. 44-lbs. 25-lbs. 29-lbs. 36-lbs. 2 yrsβ25% did not reach this lower level. 3 yrsβ14% did not reach this lower level. 4 yrsβ55% did not reach this lower level. 12 Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 42% 23.8% 17.2% Enlarged Cervical Glands. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 23% 11% 13.7% Carious Teeth. 2 yrs. ... |
f58219c7-ea20-4cf3-beee-423a1ad079ae | The fact that we have not established Special Toddlers' Clinics at the other centres does not mean that the pre-school child is not catered for at all centres. As the figures show, a large percentage of the children who attend the centres are between the ages of 1 and 5 years. Of the attendances made at the clinics dur... |
beb08e4f-679d-4254-924a-8f3cf316a86e | The health visitors do everything to adapt home conditions to the requirements of the children, and endeavour to see that the advice is carried out as fully as possible, but frequently the advice is not followed for many reasons, some of them economic others arising out of ignorance and apathy. It is not always possibl... |
e4585e37-9c4b-480a-880a-84a97f43c910 | Last year, of children admitted, 66 were under 2 years of age and 29 were over 2 years. 5,224 attendances were made. Maternal Mortality. There were two maternal deaths; one of these was placed in the category of Maternal after the Registrar-General had made inquiries of the doctors and relatives. The woman died of pyae... |
86b5a8e0-658f-466b-9866-eb9a973b4541 | On the first occasion it was stated that there was a trace of albumin, but the second specimen, examined a week later, was stated to be flex of albumin, but no other information was available. Three weeks later the patient complained of headache, and was found unconscious at the foot of the stairs in her house. She was... |
c85867e1-93cb-48a7-b939-e5a9959f68fb | Under the Midwives Act 1936 it is the duty of the local Supervising authority to ensure, either by making arrangements with welfare councils, or voluntary organisations, for the employment by those councils or organisations of certified midwives as whole time servants, or by itself employing such midwives, that the num... |
1cefdae5-54b3-463d-99fc-619c1b37c9c8 | Under Section 1, sub-section (2) the local supervising authority had to submit to the Minister of Health- proposals for carrying out its duties within a period of six months from the commencement of the Act (31st July 1936) or such longer period as the Minister may in any particular case allow. In our area the arrangem... |
5c19ca22-14b2-49fa-be4f-fd8b48b0cf5b | Most of the confinements are booked at the Borough Council's ante-natal clinic which is attended by one or more of the midwives. The expectant mother attends the local clinic if the conditions are normal and satisfactory until the thirty-sixth week, when she attends the Hospital Clinic at Ravenscourt Park. As far as an... |
ce1fdb8d-8c45-4386-9af2-8e9b9f0480a1 | The holding of routine consulting clinic every fortnight became unnecessary by these arrangements, whereby the ante-natal clinics at Ravenscourt Park and the Ceneral Middlesex Hospital became the consulting clinic for the great majority of the expectant mothers who attend our ante-natal clinics. The services of Dr. Bel... |
5279dcf7-782b-4ac5-b6ec-0225bb8a8af1 | The attendance at each session has been gradually getting larger and it has been decided to have two weekly sessions instead of one Nurse Children. At the end of the year there was 53 children on the register compared with 39 in 1936 and the same number in 1935. Although the tatal numbers of nurse children do not vary ... |
5c09c8d7-ca58-43a2-bdcf-24a7d5de2d8b | It is important that notice should be given and that the children should be Kept under observation unless the children are brought to the clinic regularly, and periodically the Health Visitor calls at the house. There is no other method of supervision. Some resent it, and we suspect that removals from one district to a... |
a7954ab9-98ec-4e6a-86d4-696d34fd3a65 | Out of the 53 children on our list 28 are illegitimate. Some of these children are sent to the foster as others through the recognised associations for the care of the unmarried. mother, but in the case of others the regularity with which certain women receive illegitimate children from some hospitals makes the circums... |
8002ffde-ba5b-42ce-9005-1b953336fd7d | In such circumstances the foster mother is placed in a difficulty; frequently she is not in a position to keep the child without payment and she is loth to resort to the public assistance officer. Occasionally, the foster mother becomes very attached to the child; her path is not so easy because of the fact that she ha... |
8bceb689-95c1-4227-a45b-8a5f2e6a2357 | From personal experience, we can much for the happy results which have accrued in the majority of instances from adoption by foster-parents. Section C. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. Water Supply. The Borough is supplied with water by the Metropolitan Water Board. Drainage and Sewerage. All the dwelling houses are... |
6af05f70-c8b8-4d4f-92a2-bb678005040c | 17 TABULAR STATEMENT OF INSPECTIONS AND DETAIL OF WORK CARRIED OUT BY THE SANITARY INSPECTORS. Number of Inspections and Action Taken. Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2134 (1) Dealt with by service of Informal Notice 1767 (2) Dealt with by service of S... |
4bbcd5af-ca5f-4f27-9ca1-47783a1f0d97 | Workshops and Workplaces 109 Bakehouses 35 Slaughterhoues 2 Public House Urinals 37 Common Lodging Houses 1 Butchers' Shops 39 Fish Shops 34 Premises where food is manufactured or prepared 32 Milk Purveyors 116 Cowsheds Nil Piggeries Nil Rag and Bone Dealers 4 Mews 4 Schools 13 Caravan Grounds 2 Rent Restriction Act. N... |
151a1d74-52e0-4919-a164-ce16c6d7e89c | pan and traps removed and replaced by new 101 Defective W.C. flushing apparatus repaired or new fixed 272 Defective W.C. |
85bd892e-2f8c-439f-8525-07868499f24b | seats repaired or new fixed 231 Defective flush pipe connections repaired 33 Insanitary sinks removed or new fixed 57 Sink waste pipes repaired or trapped 224 Insanitary wall surface over sinks remedied 71 Ventilated food cupboards provided 17 Drinking water cisterns cleansed 256 Defective covers to drinking water cist... |
4d997003-44e1-44cc-aa11-1b95e483fcb0 | apartments provided 14 Accumulations of offensive matter removed 13 Drains unstopped and cleansed 183 Drains tested, exposed for examination, etc. 34 Smoke observations taken 164 Smoke nuisances abated on service of notice 36 Miscellaneous nuisances abated 279 Notifications of waste of water sent to Metropolitan Water ... |
08d2a256-2359-4fda-807a-d5b8b5f8df34 | A natural overllary, say, to the appointment of a new manager, is an verhaul of the expenses, and one of the first items to be attacked is the price of coal. The former manager, goaded by our nonces, had been using a good grade of coal, and knew that there was no option had to do so if he wished to avoid complaints. A ... |
b275883d-2410-4696-bf98-c9242f75d677 | It is generally agreed, that even in a partially Undustrial area like Acton, the domestic chimney is a greater culprit have the factory chimney; there is some improvement because of the increasing use of gas and electricity both in cooking and heating, but very little attempt is made to use smokeless fuel in the domest... |
77b35c9f-5f96-4b61-9761-e51640911322 | It is claimed that heavy naphtha fulfils these conditions fairly successfully but from all accounts, certain precautions have to be observed if successful results are to be obtained. 20 Section D.β HOUSING. 1. |
b20effa2-1fb6-411a-8d25-2840375d6b5c | Inspection of Dwelling-houses during the Year 1937: β (1) (a) Total number of dwelling-houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 2127 (b) Number of inspections made for the purpose 4762 (2) (a) Number of dwelling-houses (included under sub-head (1) above), which were inspected and recor... |
e5571097-897b-4837-863c-e742ae75feb1 | Remedy of Defects during the Year without Service of formal Notices:β Number of defective dwelling-houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers 1767 3. Action under Statutory Powers during the Year:β A.β Proceedings under sections 17, 18 and 23 of the Housing Act, 1930:... |
d14c6fc7-1cff-47df-a21a-b582165cd0cf | Proceedings under sections 19 and 21 of the Housing Act, 1930:β (1) Number of dwelling-houses in respect of which Demolition Orders were made Nil. (2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in 1937, in pursuance of Demolition Orders Nil. D.β Proceedings under section 20 of the Housing Act, 1930:β (1) Number of separate t... |
3aa7b5f7-5928-4b35-b443-c9eeed856001 | Two Surveys were carried outβSurvey A, or the preliminary survey, and Survey B, in which measurements were made of the two classes in Survey A which were found to be definitely overcrowded and of those which were possibly overcrowded. Survey A was commenced on November 25th, 1935, and completed by January 4th, 1936. In... |
f8ab0c4b-4964-4a11-b3d0-b98f7bf1e700 | There were, therefore, 430 lettings found to be overcrowded in Survey B. The 430 overcrowded lettings were occupied by 2,034 persons over 10 years of age and 583 children between the age of one and ten years. When the results of the Surveys were considered by the Special Committee of the Council, it was decided that fu... |
335284d9-74f8-457b-bf24-94867967e701 | This further enquiry was carried out in August 1936, and it was found that in the interval between the time Survey B was made and the further inquiry in August, 80 of the lettings had become uncrowded The primary object of these surveys was to ascertain in each area every case of overcrowding which existed at the surve... |
ab644d8d-c8c5-4986-8439-626e22ed7d38 | The fixing of an appointed day is provided for in various sections of the Act:β (a) Under Sections 3, 4 and 8 of the Act, the appointed day is the date after which overcrowding may constitute an offence (b) Under Section 6, the appointed day is 6 months before the date by which a notice in the prescribed form must be i... |
fa816a98-d2cb-4aec-9e47-6d9d9540547c | 23 The Acton Borough Council submitted proposals to the Minister of Health for the abatement of over-crowding, and eventually a site in the Vale was selected as suitable for the purpose of the erection of houses for the working-classes. A public enquiry was hold on 29th September 1937, and the consent of the Ministry w... |
87f562d0-0ee7-45fc-803f-3fce6feb591c | The Council made an application for the fixing of the appointed day on 22nd July 1936 and on 22nd December 1936, an order was made that the appointed day for the purpose of Section of the Act (which provided for entry in rent-books or similar documents or a summary in the prescribed form of certain povisions of the Act... |
62a568ac-8d34-4ea1-bac4-0265e436211b | To attain this end, one of the first duties laid upon the public Health Department was the measuring of rooms for the purpose of ascertaining the permitted numbers for each workingclass dwelling, and for the furnishing of this information to landlords for insertion on the prescribed form of notice in the rent-books. Fo... |
ff201824-e0c9-4602-813a-687fc6d1a9fe | Up to 31st December 1937. 902 applications were received and these reffered to 3,769 houses. The work of measuring was delayed on account of these applications, for it will be appreciated that the houses for which the applications were made could not be very expeditiously measured becauses the officer spent a large pro... |
f5bfcb7f-9b5e-4a55-a326-ea88cdc701f9 | In June, one of the officers resigned and another was appointed in his stead. In October, two others were appointed, and at the end of 1937, Messrs. Slipp, Wilcox, Dowie and Bauchop were engaged almost entirely on the work of measurement. When the task of measurement was commenced we expanded the scope of the work to i... |
d4f6fdde-5b22-4006-b634-69510a32c340 | Up to the end of 1937, 9,960 tenements had been measured. I estimate that about 17,000 tenements had to be measured and over 7,000 remained unmeasured on 31st December 1937. Complaints, of course, are almost inevitable but they have been remarkably few. Some of the complaints are reasonable, and we have modified our pr... |
214c0feb-b386-4c2c-b1bf-8dabbf6640ed | If the house, in the opinion of the Inspector, is not a house built for persons of the working-classes, he now asks if it is occupied by one family only; 25 if the reply is in the affirmative, and it is improbable that overcrowding could occur with one family, measurements of the house are not taken. An instance may be... |
b568ede1-f5f6-4b01-a821-8108e76ab865 | In the Annual Report for 1936, census figures were given which pointed to the fact that the incidence of overcrowding had decreased considerably between 1921 and 1931, and that this improvement had continued between 1931 and 1936. The inspection which is now being undertaken so far points in the same direction. Owing t... |
b1b65bfe-b0c2-4af7-803d-496c015904a8 | On 31st December 1937 there were to our knowledge 213 lettings overcrowded. The following tables give the number of houses and tenements and the numbers overcrowded. The column which gives the numbers of tenements which are overcrowded is probably the most important. The highest percentage of overcrowded tenements occu... |
7bb66d92-81f7-4fb4-973e-f6fd3106d662 | of Tenements comprisingβ No. over crowded 1 tenant 3944 41 1 room 362 14 2 tenants 2231 97 2 rooms 967 69 3 β 343 40 3 β 3920 110 4 β 108 18 4 β 2043 19 5 β 20 .3 5 β 1389 10 6 β 8 β 6 β 966 1 7 β 1 1 7 β 165 β 8 β 2 β 8 β 83 β 9 β β β 9 β 31 β 10 β β β 10 β 27 β 11 β β β 11 β 6 β 12 β β β 12 β 1 β TOTALS 6,657 200 TOT... |
59c3cfd6-d3fb-46b3-bce9-e8b803c25733 | For the purpose of this Table, persons in occupation under one tenancy are regarded as members of one family. 27 29 new cases of overcrowding were reported during the year. The following tables give the overcrowded houses and tenements in the various districts. For sanitary inspection purposes the district is divided i... |
9e5b72d9-d4c5-434d-863e-59360780d2e2 | Total Number of Houses Measured to 31st December, 1937β6,657. TABLE II. Comprising 9,960 Tenements. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. Overcrowded Overcrowded Overcrowded No of Houses occupied byβ 1 tenant 1376 10 1538 11 1033 20 2 tenants 524 3 888 33 820 61 3 β 151 6 85 10 107 24 4 β 75 7 8 2 25 9 5 , |
4056713a-d82a-4013-89ca-92bcf32125f6 | 9 1 2 0 9 2 6 β 1 0 1 0 2 0 7 β 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 β 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 β 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 β 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 β 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 β 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 2137 27 2523 56 1997 117 28 No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. Overcrowded Overcrowded Overcrowded No. of Tenements comprisingβ 1 room 119 4 81 4 162 6 2 rooms 329 9 268 10 370 40 3 β 1102 11 1466 |
aa7e637e-4f15-4862-92a2-a8e303f7f82b | 33 1354 66 4 β 578 3 940 7 525 9 5 β 607 3 470 4 312 3 6 β 371 0 334 0 261 1 7 β 82 0 63 0 20 0 8 β 53 0 17 0 13 0 9 β 14 0 7 0 10 0 10 β 22 0 1 0 4 0 11 β 1 0 1 0 2 0 12 β 1 0 0 0 0 0 TOTALS 3279 30 3648 58 3033 125 246 cases of overcrowding were relieved during the year, affecting 1,551 persons. No premises again bec... |
62397565-dddb-4409-84d3-4929146e2aa6 | In several Annual Reports, it has been pointed out that one of the most pressing and difficult aspects of the housing question in this district is that of the rent, and this coupled with the increased cost of living not only affects overcrowding but also the more important question of nutrition. For most classes the ex... |
74beb051-add7-4cd9-a99f-2901406033d5 | The standard benefit for husband and wife is 26/- a week, rising by an additional 3/- for each child under 14 years of age; thus, 29/- one child; 32/- 2 children; and 41/5 children. The scale of the Unemployment Assistance Board is different and takes into consideration the ages of the children and the amount of rent p... |
e7334c17-76d1-45db-8bf5-e6e05e21981c | They can, however, apply for supplementary assistance to the Board, but our experience is, that they very seldom do seek that assistance. Even in the Council flats, the usual rent for a living room, scullery and two bedrooms is between 12/- and 13/- a week; there is one flat of this type let at 9/5 and four are let at ... |
8e7a16fd-a022-40f8-9427-6d893e7280fd | Standard benefits 38,/ -; rent 20/-. 30 It will be seen that the allowance on the standard benefit is 3/- per week per child. With the rents demanded here, such an allowance is much below the required standard, and it is estimated that it should be nearer 7/- per week per child. An additional benefit of 1/- per week pe... |
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