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c04a61d1-6d7b-4fbf-811b-461c7aefb2d8 | Decomposed Surrendered Fishβ Hake 8 stones ditto ditto Skate 25 β ditto ditto Roker 5 ditto ditto Rippers 6 β ditto ditto Lobsters 50 lbs. ditto Seized Haddock 11 ditto ditto Rock Salmon 9 β ditto ditto Fruitβ Strawberries Β½ Bushel ditto Surrendered Peas 4 Bushels ditto ditto Cherries A Bushel ditto ditto Pears 1 β dit... |
106f69f5-59ad-4b3c-b712-73474e7481e4 | H. C. Card, Chief Food and Drugs Officer of the Essex County Council for the following particulars of samples purchased and submitted for analysis during the year:β Milk. Butter. Miscellaneous. Total. Prosecutions. Fines. 68 62 44 174 2 Β£16 Proceedings were taken in the case of one sample of cream, the vendor being fin... |
a01c443e-10c9-45ff-9288-7274337ceb19 | IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING HOUSING CONDITIONS. Despite much progress and general improvement as a resulte of the activities of the sanitary staff, there is still very considerable work to be done before many of the houses in the district could by described as satisfactory, improvement lying in the removed of unsatisfactor... |
a7f76295-32cd-4585-ae15-1cf45bafb3ef | If a healthy race is to be reared, it can be reared only in healthy homes; if infant mortality is to be reduced, and tuberculosis to be stamped out, the first essential is the improvement of housing conditions." A reference to pages 24-26 will show the work of the sanitary inspectors in regard to housing conditions gen... |
45de50a1-67d7-4776-a0ad-d293d57cbda2 | All the schools in the district are regularly inspected, when any defect in the sanitary arrangements or water supply are dealt with. With one exception, the whole of the schools are connected with the sewer. Castle School,. Rippleside, is cesspool drained. Six of the eight elementary schools have spring-bib fountains ... |
83c4096f-af17-4965-8149-3e2225a3e4e2 | Factories 142 10 i 2 β Workshops 132 6 2 β Workplaces 297 14 0 β β Total 571 30 6 β 35 2. DEFECTS FOUND. Particulars. Number of Defects. Number of Prosecutions. Found Remedied Referred to H.M. Ins. |
cf1ef3c6-a930-40f3-b393-5d209818c5fc | *Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:β Want of cleanliness 3 3 β β Want of ventilation 2 2 β β Overcrowding β β β β Want of drainage of floors 1 1 β β Other nuisances 8 8 β β Sanitary accommodation:β Insufficient 14 14 - β Unsuitable or Defective 6 6 β β Not separate for sexes 5 5 - β Unscreened for Sexes 3 3 - β Of... |
d9a08a97-67b5-48d1-9ea0-729a968c20b2 | HOME WORK. Nature of Work. Outworkers' Lists (Section 107). Outwork in Unwholesome Premises (Section 108). Outwork in Infected Premises (Sees. 109, 110). List received from Employers. Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. Prosecutions. Instances. Notices served. Prosecutions. Instances. Orders mad... |
defbf5f1-e991-4d8f-8e91-223c46423245 | 2 7 18 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - Total 2 7 18 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 36 37 REGISTERED WORKSHOPS. Workshops on the Register (Sec. 131) at the end of the year. (1) Number. (2) Bakehouses (including seven factory bakehouses) 15 Other Workshops 45 Total number of Workshops on Register 60 OTHER MATTERS. Class. (1) Number. (2... |
c652f1c5-15e0-4571-a047-37952e9452a9 | 101):β Certificates granted during the year β In use at the end of the year - OUT-WORKERS. The following list shows the nature of the homework carried out in this district by 22 out-workers:β Wearing apparel 10 Tles 2 Umbrella makers 2 Boot makers 1 Paper bag makers 2 Life belt covering 7 During the year 17 lists of ou... |
765a82be-e914-4dce-938c-8bff6362be35 | Twenty-two stands were let to selected business firms of repute, who guaranteed to provide exhibits of public health interest, whilst the remaining six stands were occupied by the Public Health Department, The United Kingdom Dental Board, The Health and Cleanliness Council, the Institute of Hygiene, etc. It is of inter... |
53339848-180f-4467-ae4b-af89135ef390 | The Gas, Light and Coke Co., and Demonstrations in the Use of Milk, by the Milk Publicity Council, were held daily, being all exceptionally well attended. More than 35,000 pamphlets, covering such subjects as Infantile DiarrhΕa, Scarlet Fever. Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Measles, Danger from Flies, etc., were distribut... |
873be214-b1cf-47ad-8245-d26fce11f13f | Although much has been written to the contrary since the holding of the Exhibition, I venture to express the opinion that the arrangement whereby stands wen let to selected business firms was a correct one, creating as they did, life, variety and brightness, and incidentally a public demand for admission, more people a... |
77d97125-fc37-43c7-8df8-dc78aba08c93 | Scarlet Fever 61 74 135 121* β Diphtheria 25 30 55 52 2 Puerperal Septicemia β 3 3 2β Pneumonia (Acute primary and influenzal & following Measles) 47 28 75 8 27 (All Forms) Erysipelas 11 26 37 2 2 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 9 7 16 2β‘ β Puerperal Pyrexia β 1 1 β β Enteric 1 2 3 2 1 Cerebro Spinal Fever β 1 1 β 1 Anterio Poli... |
4cea4253-caf1-403a-9fea-a65320883965 | Margaret's M.A.B. Hospital. 41 The following diseases were notifiable in 1326 under the original Infectious Disease (Notification) Act, 1889, and 1899 :β Smallpox, diphtheria, relapsing fever, cholera, erysipelas, typhus, plague, puerperal fever, enteric fever, scarlet fever and continued fever. and by Orders or Regula... |
9f75092d-8413-41a8-81f6-654970720247 | The total notifications of infectious disease numbered 328, exclusive of tuberculosis, compared with 230 the previous year. During 1926 the number of notifications of tuberculosis (all forms) was 133 compared with 80 in 1925. 42 TABLE II. Notifiable Disease. No. of cases notified at age groups. Cases classified accordi... |
f3529047-9ce3-43f9-851c-66ca5b1b26d0 | Scarlet Fever 3 3 6 6 19 67 20 5 6 27 15 15 42 19 17 Diphtheria β 1 5 3 4 27 9 2 3 I β β 7 19 2 10 10 7 Puerperal Septicaemia β β β β β β β β β 3 β β 1 1 β β β 1 Pneumonia (primary, influenzal and following Measles) 5 11 3 4 7 7 1 3 14 3 9 8 26 15 17 1 10 6 Erysipelas β β 1 β β β β 1 3 6 19 7 9 5 6 4 5 8 Ophthalmia Neo... |
e7fd47fb-2197-48d8-b3db-36da197ab666 | Puerperal Pyrexia β β β β β β β β 1 β β β β β β β β 1 Enteric β β β β β β 2 β β β 1 β 1 1 1 β β β Cerebro Spinal Fever β β β β β β β β 1 β β β β 1 β β β β Anterio Poliomyelitis 1 1 β β β β β β β β β β 1 1 β β β β Totals 25 16 15 13 30 101 32 11 28 13 29 15 77 63 42 59 45 42 43 TABLE III Monthly summary of notifications... |
c9d9f227-aee0-4f18-a1b8-13aad2eb1647 | Anterio Poliomyelitis Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. Encephalitis Lethargica. Totals. January 3 4 β 2 4 β β β β β 13 February 7 4 β 1 4 1 β β β β 17 March 3 2 β 12 2 1 β β 1 β 21 April 5 4 β 16 1 β β β β β 26 May 6 1 β 6 5 2 β β β β 20 June 25 4 2 2 o 3 β 1 β β 39 July 19 9 β 4 3 1 β β β β 36 August 4 5 1 2 5 β 1 β β β 18 ... |
b7427ed9-09bf-41af-ae30-44f918a75fad | November 16 2 β 9 3 6 β β β 1 37 December 15 6 β 13 2 β 1 β β β 37 Totals 135 55 3 75 37 16 3 2 1 1 328 44 (a) Scarlet Fever.βThe number of cases notified was 130, compared with 60 the previous year. No fatal cases occurred. 115 cases were isolated at the local Infectious Hospital, and 6 at the Ilford Isolation Hospita... |
8142992a-4c7c-46c2-a751-048bb3bad6d9 | RhinorrhΕa and Albuminuria 1 RhinorrhΕa 7 Adenitis & OtorrhΕa 6 RhinorrhΕa, Pharyngitis and Adenitis 2 RhinorrhΕa & Adenitis 9 Albuminuria & Adenitis 3 Endocarditis & Arthritis 1 Septic Areas, RhinorrhΕa and Adenitis 10 Albuminuria 1 Adenitis, Albuminuria and Rheumatism 1 Abrasions (septic) 3 Adenitis & Pharyngitis 5 B... |
dc5f68a6-eea3-416d-8169-55e410a2030d | the age incidence was as follows:β Under one year 3 5β10 years 59 1β2 years 3 10β15 years 17 2β3 years 6 3β4 years 6 15β20 years 5 4β5 years 17 20β35 years 5 Sex.β61 cases were male and 74 female. (b) Small Pox.βNo case of Small Pox occurred in 1926, Notifications of two persons who had been in contact with cases of Sm... |
03d05e24-6935-4f93-9733-eb12df85265a | Of cases notified, 52 were removed and treated in hospital. Two deaths from diphtheria occurred, one in hospital and the other in an outside institution. A child admitted the previous year diagnosed as diphtheria died in January, 1926 from Tuberculous Broncho-Pneumonia. The average stay of clinical diphtheria in hospit... |
b7b34579-3ab3-4234-b616-452c1333a41b | Of cases notified as diphtheria and removed to hospital six on examination were found to be mistaken diagnosis, as follows:β Tonsilitis 4 Nil Diagnosed 2 Twenty cases of diptheria admitted to hospital developed complications, as follows:β Adenitis 9 Albuminuria & Neuritis 1 Adenitis & Myocarditis 1 Albuminuria & Adenit... |
53da979a-5dad-4eee-a858-02a92d06fc65 | (d) Enteric Fever.βThree cases of enteric fever were notified during the year, two of which were removed to hospital. The diagnosis of enteric fever was, however, confirmed in one instance only, the patient dying after a stay of 29 days. The other case proved to be pneumonia, making a satisfactory recovery. (e) Puerper... |
5a2c8b51-7056-4664-94a1-bf0dcafdeb45 | Three patients were admitted to hospital, two of whom d<ed nine hours and seven days respectively after admission. (i) Pneumonia Supervening upon Measles.β13 cases were notified under the Larking Town (Pneumonia) Regulation, 1924, Five patients being removed to hospital, one of whom died twelve days after admission. (j... |
dbaf9279-c276-44e8-9905-40812684b9af | There were no serious epidemics of these diseases, and the deaths registered were as follows:β Measles 7 Whooping Cough 1 Summer DiarrhΕa 15 Measles and Whooping Cough.βCases amongst school children are reported to the School Medical Officer by school teachers, attendance officers and nurses, appropriate action being t... |
38c1959c-e7dd-4fa4-a815-e9683576eb34 | Scarlet Fever 10 115 β 115 10 Diphtheria 15 52* 2 60 5 Pneumonia β 8 3 4 1 Puerperal Fever 1β‘ 21 β 3 β Measles β β β β β Chicken Pox β β β β β Mumps β β β β β Epidemic DiarrhΕa β 2 1 1 β Enteric Fever β 2 1 1 β Ophthalmia Neonatorum β 1 β 1 β Erysipelas β 2 2 β β Cerebrospinal Meningitis β β β β β Tuberculosis β 1 1 β ... |
d1c46c73-44e2-4b60-8da4-d04850298a5e | TUBERCULOSIS. Administrative Arrangements.βUnder the Essex County Council (the responsible authority for the treatment of tuberculosis), the Medical Officer of Health of Barking continued as Tuberculosa Officer for the district during the year. The administrative arrangements for dealing with tuberculosis in the area i... |
e08773de-3db1-4a50-a46b-e96189443a31 | The number of notified cases on the register on December 31st. 1926, was 896, compared with 793 for the corresponding period the preceding year. During the year 1926 133 notifications were received of all forms of tuberculosisβpulmonary 113, and non-pulmonary 20β representing a notification rate of 3.41 compared with 2... |
cc6e7296-2741-4e0c-bd10-2b83a12b335b | NonPulmonary. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Under 1 year β β β β β β β β 1 to 5 years 2 2 2 2 1 β 1 2 5 to 10 years 19 11 4 1 β β β β 10 to 15 years 3 5 3 2 β β β β 15 to 20 years 3 3 1 1 1 3 β β 20 to 25 years 4 9 β β β 3 β β 25 to 35 years 0 10 1 1 β 4 1 β 35 to 45 years 11 4 1 β 3 5 I β 45 ... |
3823b8fd-ffed-4660-a53f-142e25a3517e | & upwards β 1 β β β 1 β β Totals 62 51 12 8 14 16 3 2 PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS) REGULATIONS, 1925. These regulations, which came into force on July 31st, 1925, give power to a local authority to prevent any person suffering from tuberculosis of the respiratory tract entering upon any employment or occu... |
4ab0faca-e37a-4ca1-9bbe-6e46c286e779 | In no instance was it found necessary to take action under this section to secure the compulsory removal to hospital of a tuberculous person in an infective state. |
e6f7d8c7-1f16-4b18-ae28-2d6a9676715b | As regards the occupations of notified cases during the year the following table is of interest:β Waiters 1 Gatekeepers 1 Clerks 3 Errand Boys 1 School Children 50 Bakers 1 Publicans 1 Policemen 1 Housewives 16 Messengers 1 Nurses 1 Draughtsmen 1 Saleswomen 1 Warehousemen 1 Printers 4 Display Card Makers 1 Machinists 2... |
c3999b4d-354f-46f6-8ad2-37f423b0cb15 | 000 population at the Tuberculosis Dispensary and of those admitted to sanatoria under the County Council:β Attendances at Dispensary. Admission to Sanatoria. No. Rate per 10,000 population. No. Rate per 10,000 population 1st Quarter 331 85.0 13 3.3 2nd Quarter 329 84.5 21 5.3 3rd Quarter 310 79.6 20 5.1 4th Quarter 37... |
38b6a493-19c5-4378-8ed8-1c2aa5861b98 | The following are particulars of cases notified under Forms C and D during the year :β Form C. Form D. Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary Pulmonary. Non-Pulmonary. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. Male. Female. 42 35 5 6 33 23 1 6 Thirty-five deaths occurred from tuberculosis (all forms), 31 of these being pulmonary cas... |
9464f93b-aa58-44e5-91c9-bad4a64500df | Of deaths registered due to tuberculosis, notifications received by the Medical Officer of Health were as follows:β Number not notified at time of death 7 Number notified less than 3 months before death 11 Number notified 3 to 6 months before death 5 Number notified 6 to 9 months before death 2 Number notified 9 to 12 ... |
67311bef-8082-4bcd-b787-dfc9ce3d32ff | Number on Dispensary Register 31-12-126 Died. District. Discharged (Non Tb.i Discharged " Cured ' Trans' ferre i to another Dispensary Total 597 20 7 62 19 31 139 458 At the end of the year, 390 cases on the Dispensary Register were definitely diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis, whilst in 68 cases the diagnosis s... |
46408e64-3e1c-4f83-a8b3-2901bf226b73 | During the year 25 new cases were so assisted, whilst 17 old cases were further assisted from the previous year. The funds of the Association are mainly dependent upon:β (a) Essex Insurance Committee. (b) Romford Board of Guardians. (c) Annual donations from certain Friendly Societies end Trade Unions. 53 (d) Donations... |
5bf415a7-4b39-422a-b996-de4fb762679c | For these practically no remedy hitherto existed, except the workhouse, but by virtue of Section 62 of the Public Health Act, 1925, local health authorities have become vested with powers where, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health the conditions of a tuberculous patient at home are inimical to the best inte... |
ad3b0a43-2bbb-469a-bc47-4e13b784427b | The Council's Scheme under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918 has been extended during the year. The institution of an additional medical session at each of the Welfare Centres following the additional appointment of a part-time medical officer, will be a factor in furthering the efficiency of the Scheme. The us... |
a4b0db45-5b5c-43bc-b25c-1172e3c9ab8f | The actual number of live births within the district during the year was 803, the net total of 818 being obtained by adjustment of inward and outward transfers, etc. The births registered included 424 males and 394 females. Tbens were 26 illegitimate births, or 3.1 per cent, of the total. In comparison with 1925, 7 few... |
acdeb968-81d6-41a5-be6a-852f4b1f00cd | Still Births Medical Practitioners 117 4 Certified Midwives 529 14 Parents and Others 124 4 The percentage of still-births was 2.6. Of the total live births during the year 511, or 63.6 per cent, were attended by midwives, the remainder being attended by medical practitioners. BIRTH RATE. The birth rate for the year wa... |
76f4eb8b-8b85-4950-8742-80cbb6f1f429 | (2) By the detection and removal of foci of infection in the mother, viz., septic conditions of the mouth and throat, and of the genital tract to reduce the incidence of puerperal sepsis and of contagious conditions such as opthalmia neonatorum in the infant. 56 (3) To arrange for suitable institutional treatment for c... |
904c4811-5d3f-4ae9-9ab0-0f9309545eb0 | Expectant mothers attending the Ante-natal Clinic are drawn from the following classes:β (a) Patients intending to enter the Upney Maternity Ward for confinement. (b) Those engaging with the midwives of the Plaistow Maternity Charity. (c) Patients engaging with private midwives. From the figures given at the beginning ... |
4f99bf21-e5d4-4e2a-bfd1-8ac589cf5966 | The following table gives particulars of cases referred from the Ante-natal Clinic for hospital or other treatment:β Syphilis 2 (1 post natal case) Albuminuria 1 Pyelonephritis 1 Rheumatism I Pleurisy 1 Chronic Bronchitis 1 Small Pelvis 1 57 A new development towards the end of the year at the Antenatal Clinic was the ... |
b390c670-cd5f-4d23-80f3-fdd20a72a607 | Seven of these cases were found to be in need of special medical treatment, for which they were referred to hospital or elsewhere, according to the defect found. MATERNITY WARD. The admission to the Maternity Ward of the Municipal Hospital numbered 206, the total being the same as for 1925. Of these 37 cases were admit... |
3d83efd5-76fc-4890-8abe-da5dcf98adf3 | Of the patients confined in 1926, 75 were mothers of first babies, and in these cases the two weeks' stay at Upney Hospital has a definite educational effect in emphasising the importance of breast feeding and in instilling the first principles of infant care. The return of cases as required by the Ministry of Health i... |
71500bbd-309e-4492-8af4-d2bd9751cac2 | (b) During Labour 3 Adherent Placenta 1 High Temperature (c) After Labour 8 Ruptured Perineums (d) For Infant 1 Prematurity (5) Number of cases notified as puerperal sepsis with result of treatment in each case 1 (recovered) (6) Number of cases notified as puerperal pyrexia with result of treatment in each case Nil (7)... |
ba834310-9ee4-4a03-9969-329a08383541 | and (b) within 10 days of birth and their causesβand the results of the post mortem examination if obtainable:β (a) Stillborn 5 (b) Within 10 days of birth 69 PUERPERAL FEVER AND PUERPERAL PYREXIA. On October 1st, 1926, the Public Health (Notification of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia) Regulations, 1926, came in... |
e2305cc1-ff49-4d9a-8267-5cea61cfb92d | In a circular accompanying the Regulations, the Minister of Health urges local authorities to exercise the powers conferred on them under the Maternity and Child Welfare Act for provision of facilities for diagnosis, skilled nursing at home, or institutional treatment, if in the opinion of the medical practitioner in c... |
f27dafa7-deac-4d96-a6b2-09e7fe09a39e | In addition to the cases of puerperal sepsis, one case of puerperal pyrexia was notified. All the patients recovered. No definite cause of infection was found in any of the cases, although it was noted by the health visitors in the routine investigation, that in three out of four patients foci of infection were present... |
9a8ceac6-bef4-4848-b127-ccecd721c797 | The number of deaths of infants under four weeks of age was 15, giving a rate of 18.3 per thousand, compared with 30.3 for the previous year in Barking, and 32.2 for England and Wales during 1925. It is hoped that, with the extension of ante-natal care, this low rate will be maintained. Deaths Under Four Weeks. Under s... |
61319430-56d3-4709-a22b-2ffe364278cf | Of the total notifications received under the Notification of Births Act, 22 related to stillborn children, giving a percentage of 2.6, compared with 3.2 in 1925. In addition, two Barking women were delivered of stillborn infants in institutions outside the district, so that the total number for the year was 24. One ca... |
6b5ddfc1-b790-4244-890e-9447326e0228 | 4 (d) Not known 6 (e) I11 health 7 (4) Occupation of mother :β All the mothers were engaged in household duties at home. In addition, one woman did an occasional day's cleaning elsewhere, whilst one was engaged in dressmaking at home. OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM. There was again an increase in the number of .cases of opthalmi... |
3e909b96-e38a-4856-a8be-ad470b528971 | Under 3 weeks 16 14 0 15 1 β β The growing appreciation among midwives of the seriousness of the condition and of the value of early treatment makes for a greater readiness on their part to call in medical help to the slighter cases of discharge which previously may have escaped notification altogether. OPTHALMIA NEONA... |
feb979f5-77fe-4594-8d81-a4570bdd5580 | the midwife is under obligation to call in medical aid for any inflammation of the eyes, however slight, and the onus is now with the medical man called in to notify if, in his opinion, the case is one of opthalmia neonatorum For the effective supervision and treatment of such cases, close co-operation between the Loca... |
3d750b7b-1aae-41dd-9a4b-9ef6a99b477f | 63 The use of Empress Mall as an Infant Welfare Clinic was discontinued on the 3rd May, 1926, and the Greatfield Welfare Centre in Movers Lane opened on the 31st of that month for the Ripple and Westbun Wards. This centre is a decided improvement on the premises previously in use, providing as it dors a suitable room f... |
6982eacd-62f0-42c1-a083-1f6c9ed09ef2 | of sessions 97 100 93 290 No. of attendances of children under one year:β (a) New cases 140 206 152 498 (b) Old cases 1585 2221 1599 5405 No. of attendances of children 1 to 5 years of age :β (a) New cases 11 13 7 31 (b) Old cases 1010 1671 1220 3901 Average number of attendances per session 28 41 32 33 No. of sessions... |
845badef-0a62-4ad3-8311-a06c51ae2d70 | of children seen by medical officers (a) Under one year 860 998 931 2789 (b) Over one year 419 409 445 1273 Average number of children seen by medical officer per session 21 23 24 22 64 The total attendances during the year were 10,125 as compared with 11,525 in 1925. There is no reason to anticipate that this reductio... |
94c5607a-5cfc-4919-a79f-1c09a7f5f82c | of visits to children 1 to 5 years of age:β (a) Attending a Centre 300 (b) Not Attending a Centre 1,511 No. of special visits in connection with Ophthalmia Neonatorum 44 Ditto Deaths of children up to 3 years of age 59 Ditto Still-births 24 Ditto Puerperal sepsis and Pueperal Pyrexia 3 Ditto Foster Children 28 Other vi... |
df64f257-c248-4994-a43e-ddf0683c5a26 | The more complete supervision of the pre-school child, as outlined above, leading to detection and treatment of disease in its earliest stages, together with utilisation of the special facilities available for such children under the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, will, it may reasonably be hoped, l... |
ca26ed3b-2d93-4d03-888f-fc7c074c2998 | 66 Four of the foster children were resident in Barking for less than one month ; but of the others, twenty-three were in regular attendance at the Infant Welfare Clinics. This satisfactory result is due in great part to the active co-operation of the Infant Life Protection Visitor with the work of the Maternity and Ch... |
7a7338c7-5196-48a9-8b56-42c89503f0fa | A disquieting feature towards the end of the third quarter was the occurrence of an epidemic of summer diarrhoea, which caused 15 deaths, all of children under 12 months of age, and of these deaths 9 occurred in infants resident in the Abbey Ward. Diseases of the respiratory system, bronchitis and pneumonia were respon... |
828d3706-195a-48a7-ac36-a8d983f55755 | 1926 rate per 1000 notified births Abbey 187 19 101.6 Gascoigne 113 7 61.9 Central 94 7 74.4 Longbridge 134 7 52.2 Westbury 145 6 41.3 Ripple 113 3 26.5 67 In considering these figures it must be borne in mind that whilst overcrowding and insanitary environment have a direct influence in inducing a high infant death ra... |
ac698422-968d-48af-8c7f-af2a7f627296 | It will be noted that pneumonia and bronchitis together were the cause of mere than 20 per cent. of the infant deaths in Barking during the year. Moreover, pneumonia is probably responsible for an even greater proportion of the deaths of children from one to five years of ageβeither as a primary condition or as a compl... |
00dc905f-e67b-4008-95e3-d1e6cc751853 | Twenty-six illegitimate children were born during the year, and in the same period 4 deaths of illegitimate infants occurred ; the infantile mortality rate among these children was therefore 153.8 ; while that for legitimate infants was 50.8 68 BREAST FEEDING. The importance of breast feeding in increasing the resistan... |
9e90024f-0f32-44d2-a535-b3325e818c8f | A steady expansion in this branch of the work has been taking place, and during 1926 the attendances of expectant and nursing mothers and of children referred from the Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics were as follows:β (1) Number of children treated .. .. .. .. Β£0 (2) Number of mothers treated:β (a) New cases119 (b)... |
711803e7-376b-41ba-86cf-80d49771845a | 69 ORTHOPAEDIC CLINIC. Seventeen children under school age were referred from the Infant Welfare Clinics or by the local medical practitioners for examitation by the Orthopaedic Surgeon during the course of the year, and, in addition, 20 cases attended for re-examination. Four of the children received in-patient treatm... |
0464388b-3348-421c-a4df-dc29786aae10 | Cases are referred by the medical officers in charge of the Infant Welfare Clinics, and the children attending are kept under constant medical supervision during their course of treatment. The majority of the children referred for treatment were suffering from early rickets and malnutrition. In addition, cases were ref... |
ef4809f5-8478-4136-9936-809c2622a285 | The total number c.f dinners supplied was 710. The nutrition of the mother during pregnancy and in the lying-in period has a very important bearing on the well being of the infant, and it is at these times that necessitous mothers are particularly encouraged to avail themselves of the Council's scheme. PROVISION OF FRE... |
fc915f55-9475-4f84-b864-7cccdae1040a | (lbs ) Reduced Price. (lbs.) Free. (lbs.) Total. (lbs.) Glaxo (Full Cream) 1,104 35 142 1,281 Glaxo (Half Cream) 16 β 2 18 Glaxo (Humanised) 93 β 5 98 Ambrosia 746 102 173 1,021 Cow and Gate 5,120 412 1,698 7,230 Almata 117 β β 117 |
6f80dd2b-8eab-471b-9a80-ce23c03f4d9b | BAR 68 Barking Town Urban District Council. THE OF THE School Medical Officer For the Year 1926. K. SIMPSON, M.D., Ch. Bβ M.R.C.P., D.P.H. 3 SCHOOL MEDICAL STAFF, 1926. School Medical Officer: K. SIMPSON, M.D., Ch.B., M.R.C.P., D.P.H. Deputy School Medical Officer: MURIEL J. LOUGH, M.B., B.S., B.Sc., M.R.G.S., L.R.C.P.... |
a4975faf-dcd8-4f28-b439-cf8fa194bd1f | Masseuse: Miss A. E. FINDLAY, C.S.M.M.G. School Nurses: Miss L. F. SWAIN. Miss F. YOUNG (Dental Nurse). Miss S. E. W. GIBSON. * Clerical Staff: E. W. WINCHESTER (Chief Clerk). Miss A. SHAW. Miss V. SHEAD. Miss B. INGHAM. * β
of Salaries charged to School Medical Service. 4 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL MEDICAL OFFICER. (... |
aa759f54-a0eb-4ffb-8dbf-f8b844190cdd | As pointed out in my Report for the past yearβ "The nursing staff of the Education Authority is not engaged "in the work of the Sanitary Authority, so that co-ordination in "the fullest sense of the word is not complete. Although the present "position is unavoidable, a distinct gain would result were the "school nurses... |
6c18c004-d060-460b-8234-3c18338730de | 5 (c) Care of Debilitated Children under School Age.β Orthopaedic treatment where necessary is available for children under school age, joint arrangements existing therefor between the Education and Public Health Committees, treatment required being given at the Orthopaedic Clinic of the Spccial School. Dental treatmen... |
3c173ef8-c681-44d0-80d6-890dc11eb8be | Both schools lack, to some extent, open surroundings, and from the points of view of lighting, ventilation and heating, leave something to be desired. A site has been secured for an additional Roman Catholic School which, on completion, will go some way in minimising existing overcrowding at the present school. The New... |
3b973595-306e-49c7-bceb-7080083022af | C.of E. Boys - No School fires in winter only. Girls β ,, β β Infants β β β β Rippleβ Boys - ,, β β Girls - ,, β β Infants - ,, β β Catholic Mixed 18-20 ,, β β Infants 4 ,, β β Gascoigne Boys 8 ,, β β Girls 2 Gas ring β β Infants β No β β Westbury Boys 4 ,, β β Girls β ,, β β Infants β ,, β β North Street- β Boys 5 ,, ... |
a9876973-04f4-4fc7-82b9-a2f9f00e4207 | Meals are served in the Dining Hall of the School under the supervision of certain teachers, who, at the close of the children's dinner, are supplied with meals at a nominal charge. Food is cooked in the Municipal Kitchen, arrangements existing for keeping food hot during transit and at the school before service. The a... |
1cca23e6-0f99-4fbc-a309-04b01cd433bc | Parents are specially urged to attend the Inspection. The number of children examined as entrants, intermediates and leavers, besides those examined otherwise than during routine inspection, together with the percentage of defectives found, is furnished by the subjoined table:β 8 Entrants. Intermediates Leavers. Speci... |
b5025438-5f71-4936-a974-b0b90d0188ad | The number of children on the school register on 31st December, 1926, was 6,855, compared with 6,794 on 31st December, 1925. During the year, the Medical Officer paid 116 visits to 22 departments for inspection purposes, examinations being con ducted throughout the year on the various school premises Certain cases of d... |
93cf1c06-9dfe-4609-bf92-69665f43d2d9 | Gascoigne 26 317 299 374 North St. 22 278 231 346 Castle 2 28 27 22 Creeksmouth 1 6 5 11 Westbury 22 302 282 367 Ripple 19 224 221 304 Faircross 4 79 63 60 VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS. Church of England 13 130 142 137 Roman Catholic 7 57 57 49 (5) FINDINGS OF MEDICAL INSPECTIONS. Table II, Appendix (a), gives a return of defects... |
30e3a684-d2f6-4302-a71f-de78dcb4878d | Owing to the condition of some of the homes from which the children come, and of the other inmates, this defect cannot be stamped out by the School Medical Service alone. In this connection, close co-operation with the sanitary authority is valuable, though the homes of children are visited and parents instructed in th... |
641b8fd8-700e-42c6-a55c-adb25c2540f7 | (ii) During the year the school nurses made 17,952 individual investigations, compared with 17,504 in 1925, of which number 198S children were found to have nits only, 131 harboured nits and head vermin, whilst 6 had verminous bodies and clothing. 278 visits in connection with uncleanliness were made during the year. F... |
cf5fdea1-6c21-4203-85f1-6bcaa8e159fd | Infants 112 10 1 Boys 30 4 1 Girls 151 5 - Castle Infants 56 6 β Boys Girls Creeksmouth Infants 12 - - Boys Girls Westbury Infants 132 13 β Boys 33 10 β Girls 208 8 - Ripple Infants 58 7 - Boys 19 3 β Girls 109 6 β C. of E. Infants 135 7 β Boys 41 1 - Girls 211 13 - RC. Infants 42 6 1 Boys 117 8 1 Girls Faircross - 74 ... |
84d618bf-7859-4904-a44f-5011b7ffd6a9 | Clothing.βChildren with dirty clothing numbered 14 or 0.5 per cert., compared with 10 or 0.47 per cent. in 1925. Children with defective footgear numbered 10 or 0.3. Cases of children with defective footgear were as heretofore referred to the Boots Minor Sub-Committee, who considered applications for the provision of b... |
91ca9ca5-fc93-4baf-adce-cb281708446e | 5 years 42.1 42.4 41.1 40.3 8 years 49.05 49.9 54.1 54.6 12 years 56.5 57.5 78.8 82.4 (c) Minor Ailments.βMinor ailments are seen, daily at 9 a.m., excepting Sundays, at the Clinic premises in East Street, the staffing of this Clinic being provided by nurses of the Plaistow Maternity Charity. For particulars of cases t... |
81d3d8f8-7253-4ed3-bcb9-0b06b2d77c92 | They amount to 1.6 per cent, among routine cases No case of Ringworm of the scalp was met with during the year. (e) Eye Diseases.βThese diseases chiefly comprising Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis and styes, either indicate faulty personal hygiene or some error in refraction. They form a very important section of the minor ... |
a7e397c7-62a3-4ae4-8ac8-e51e601e8415 | 23 children, or 0.8 per cent., were found to be deaf, while 47 or 1.7 per cent., suffered from ear disease, the latter generally having discharging ears and a certain amount of deafness in consequence. Defective hearing is either due to wax or middle ear disease which is much more untractable, a third and very common c... |
16c996b2-8881-4061-9bc0-414e972305c6 | Mary's Hospital, Plaistow, and Queen Mary's Hospital, Stratford, parents contributing to the cost thereot according to means. 13 Adequate facilities at either of these hospitals do not exist for the overnight detention of all children after operation. Home visits by the school nurses to children operated upon are paid ... |
1d5a730e-6941-4672-8434-77d6de94ec11 | The total number of attendances by children of school age at the Dispensary amounted to 259, while during the year 11 children were recommended through the Essex County Council for hospital or sanatorium treatment. Quiescent cases of the disease were as in previous years admitted to the Open-air School, Faircross, and ... |
d25e6adb-cf24-45de-9cbf-aba39a7f6f7d | (k) Crippling Defects.βMarked deformities of such a degree as to cripple a child are becoming less numerous, as these conditions are being dealt with under the orthopaedic scheme now in existence in the pre-school age. Such defects as come to notice are found in Table II of the Appendix and consist of various degrees o... |
b879c5b1-9524-4596-b023-2e74ec30e6ee | (a) Scarlet Fever.β78 children were reported in 1926, compared with 35 in 1925, the number of contacts excluded numbering 160. (b) Diphtheria.β35 cases were reported in 1926 compared with 37 in 1925, contacts excluded, numbering 68. (c) Measles and German Measles.β353 children were reported from schools during the year... |
3f3c1a08-8bbc-408a-9fab-f751f01d3b09 | Arrangements for following up cases of defect are as follow-: Children referred for treatment from routine inspection artvisited and advice offered the parents by the school nurses as how best whatever treatment may be necessary can be obtained Following-up cards are kept in respect of all children referred for treatme... |
d404fb9d-d5b9-445e-af80-6930f8d49c6e | It is gratifying to notice that of the number of children referred for treatment during the year, 59.45 were found to have been treated, compared with 56.79 in 1925. A summary of the work of the two school nurses during the year is as follows:β No. of visits to schools 220 No. of visits to schools for medical inspectio... |
7795d064-34d2-47ab-838e-28f299ada3d5 | There are numerous conditions, minor ailments especially, which would escape attention altogether unless the authority arranged for their official attention. The number of cases referred for treatment will be found in the sub-divisions of Table II, while the numbers treated, and whether by the authority's scheme or not... |
31399e26-1c81-4755-af43-b779c10ce3a4 | Minor Ailments Clinic, East Street.βMornings on days at 8.30 o'clock. 2. Opthalmic Clinic, Central Clinic, East Street.β Half day, Saturday mornings. 3._ Throat and Nose.βOperations for tonsils and adenoids are carried out by arrangement with neighbouring institutions, no facilities for the purpose being available loca... |
4cd87edc-9470-4be9-a9cc-42e8005a2982 | Suspected cases of tuberculosis are referred from routine inspections or from any of the 17 special clinics to the Tuberculosis Dispensary at 37, Linton Road. The Tuberculosis Dispensary is run in close touch with the open-air classes of the Special School, arrangements being made through the Essex County Council for a... |
c8411ff0-9ece-4cfb-b2b4-565bf84028bb | Monthly visits to the clinic are paid by the orthopaedic surgeon for purposes of examining rew cases and those undergoing treatment. When necessary children from the Orthopaedic Clinic are admitted to Brookneld Orthopaedic Hospital, Walthamstow, and Queen's Hospital, Hackney, for operation or other special surgical tre... |
8ad7fa9c-dff2-4b7a-bb24-81458da98394 | 18 Free medical treatment will continue to be given where parents cannot afford to pay. During 1926 payments made in accordance with scale amounts to Β£92 15s. 3d. CLINICS.βThe numbers of school children attending in 1926 were as follows:β Clinic. No. of children seen. Total No of attendances. Minor Ailments 1070 8085 O... |
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