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Three nurses on the staff of the Plaistow Maternity Charity attend daily from 8.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. The work of the practitioner is encroached upon as little as possible, although cases do at times arise which must under certain circumstances be relieved The faulty state of the premises and the interference of the du...
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7 13 15 209 125 197 Ringworm of the Scalp constitutes the most difficult problem to be dealt with necessitating in every case the services of a competent radiologist, the consensus of opinion now being that treatment other than by X-rays is of very doubtful utility, necessitating even if successful a protracted period ...
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Whitchurch Howell, F.R.C.S., Orthopaedic Surgeon, whose report appears separately on pages 28 to 31. 11 monthly visits were paid by Mr. Howell during the year, while 159 sessions of 3 hours were attended by the masseuse. 13 children were treated by massage, 5 by electricity, 2(3 by re-educational exercises, while 8 chi...
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of visits by Masseuse ATTENDANCES Primary Examination Re-Examination For Treatment Total School Children Under School Age School Children Under School Age School Children Under School Age 11 *159 30 17 123 20 1109 184 1483 TREATMENTS Massage Electricity Remedial Exercises Ultra Violet Therapy Radiant Heat Dressings and...
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School Children Under School Age Total School Children Under School Age Total 8 4 12 2 1 3 visits increased from 3 to 6 per week from 23/8/86. 21 Children on the Physically Defective Register may be classified under the following groups:β€” Atrophic and paralytic. Spastic. Tuberculosis (Surgical) Injuries. Congenital def...
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(c) School Camps.β€”No school camps were held, but four holiday camps were held as in previous years at Hainault for necessitous children where short holidays of two weeks were followed by improvement in general health and physique. The children were medically examined by the staff prior to going to camp. (d) Open-air Cl...
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The school combines separate departments for delicate children and mentally and physically defectives, such cases being found from routine and 22 special inspections at school, besides those referred from the inspection clinic and tuberculosis dispensary. The general routine of the school was described in my Report for...
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Extra feeding in the form of milk, cocoa, cod liver oil, etc., is supplied to children attending the open-air classes of the Special School throughout the year, while all children at this school receive a hot mid-day meal. Under the provisions of the Meals Act, 1906-14, the of necessitous school children was continued ...
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In connection with verminous conditions and scabies, baths and disinfestation are provided at the cleansing station Public swimming baths in East Street, belonging to the Council, are available for children attending the elementary schools on certain week-days during part of the year, when swimming instruction is given...
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A large percentage of persons now realise that the School Medical Service is not in the position of a censor but rather that of a mentor, ready to help them in their difficulties as regards the health and welfare of their children. The number of parents actually refusing medical examination during the year was 29. The ...
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(a) Children subjects of the above defects are ascertained through routine medical inspection or in more severe cases necessitating school absence through the activities of attendance officers, the information so acquired being passed to the school medical officer, when any subsequent arrangements necessarv for the chi...
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Where epilepsy is combined with mental defect, the disposal of such cases is difficult, since few institutions throughout the country are prepared to receive them. One epileptic child was examined during the year. The child also suffered from spastic hemiplegin of the left leg and was recommended as unsuitable for any ...
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Mentalfy defective Children.β€”11 children were examined as to their mental condition during the year, all of whom were certified educable and arrangements made for their admission to the special class. During the year one child attending the Special School was notified to the Local Control Authority as having attained t...
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(c) The question of the after-care of mentally defective children, i.e., after attaining the age of 16 years becomes the statutoryduty of the Local Control Authority, and is carried out by the Essex County Council who arrange for guardianship or institutional care in necessary cases. 26 Though no provision had up to th...
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Leavers. (15 years old.) Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. No. examined. 5 β€” 17 15 35 10 No. referred for Treatment . 2 β€” 2 5 16 8 No. referred for observation. β€” β€” β€” 2 1 5 Re-Inspections. Number re-inspected. Number found to have been treated. Boy3 11 5 Girls 13 8 (20) CONTINUATION SCHOOLS. There are no continuat...
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In accordance with the Bye-laws of the Education Authority, 8 applicants of school age submitted themselves for examination prior to employment, of which number it was unnecessary to refuse any applicant on medical grounds. Street trading is permissible to boys of 15 years, although licence is refused girls under 16 ye...
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Eight young persons, who desired to become bursars and student teachers, were medically examined during the year, out of which number no one was rejected on medical grounds. 28 REPORT OF THE ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON. Orthopaedic Clinic, Faircross School, Barking. Essex. March, 1927. To the School Medical Officer. The year 1...
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It will now be possible to secure earlier admission to hospital, owing to the increase in the number of beds at my disposal since appointment as Honorary Surgeon to the Cheyne Hospital for Children, Chelsea. This institution is recognised by the Board of Education and the Ministry of Health as affording facilities for ...
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It is therefore humbly put forward that the Orthopaedic Clinic might now serve as an example which any public or voluntary body in Essex or elsewhere might see fit to copy. 29 Thirty school children and seventeen children under school age were examined by me for the first time during the year, my findings being as foll...
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Diseases and Injuries of Boneβ€” (1) Tuberculous Joints: (a) Knee 1 (b) Hip 1 (c) Spine 3 5 (2) Osteo-myelitis Humerus and Tibia 1 (3) Hallux Valgus 1 (4) Fractureβ€”forearm (left) 1 8 Paralysis :β€” (1) Anterior Polio-myelitisβ€” (a) Right Lower Limb 1 (b) Left Lower Limb 1 2 (2) Hemiplegia 1 (3) Diplegia 2 5 Congenital Defor...
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1 4 Spinal Curvature:β€” (1) Scoliosis 2 (2) Kyphosis 1 (3) Kypho-lordosis 1 4 30 Various:β€” (1) Pes Planus 1 (2) Contracture of digits right-hand (resulting from severe burn) 1 (3) Injury to wrist with ulnar neuroma, right 1 (4) Cretinism 1 (5) Alopoecia 1 (6) Ringworm 1 (7) Glands (? T.B.) 3 9 Total 30 CHILDREN UNDER SC...
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1 Congenital Deformities:β€” 3 (a) Club-foot 1 (b) Amputation of forearm, left 1 2 Tuberculosis of Spine 1 Glands 1 Total 17 123 school children and 20 children under school age were, re-examined by me during the year. The following operations have been carried out:β€” (a) School Children:β€” (i) Tenotomy-Tendo Achillis 2 (i...
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(Genu Valgum) 1 (iii) Osteotomyβ€”Tibia R. and L. (Rickets) 1 Total 3 B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, F.R.C.S. 32 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DENTAL SURGEON. To the School Medical Officer. I beg to present my report for the year ended December 31st. 1926. The progress of dental treatment at the Municipal Clinic is extremely encouraging. ...
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and 63.3 per cent. respectively. This amply justifies the reorganising of the Clinic on a whole-time basis in that, since its institution, the percentage of parents refusing Clinic treatment has been nearly halved. There are still, however, only too many parents, as in all areas, not sufficiently enlightened to realise...
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With regard to diet in childhood a noticeable feature of the inspection is the extraordinary number of "mottled teeth" found in the area. This is thought by many authorities to be due to lack of lime salts in the local water supply, and this, in conjunction with neglect of fresh fruit and vegetables and milk in diet, r...
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Number of children treated under school age 80 Number of mothers who accepted treatment:β€” (a) New cases 119 (b) Old cases 556 Total number of Fillings 36 ditto Scalings 23 ditto Dressings 86 ditto Extractions 867 ditto Administrations of Anaesthetics:β€” (a) General 138 (b) Local 28 Number of dentures supplied 51 Number ...
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The following facts are interesting in the light of recent investigations:β€” 1.β€”The total number of deaths in England and Wales in 1924 attributed to heart disease and other affections for which rheumatism is responsible was 60,050, yielding the highest proportion per 1.000 deaths from all causes, while if deaths of the...
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before the thirtieth year. At least 50 per cent. of all rheumatic cases develop and die from heart affections. 35 3.β€”One-sixth of the industrial invalidity of the country arises from rheumatic infections. The annual loss to the Approved Societies is Β£2,000,000 and the work lost to the members equivalent to three millio...
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Adshead, I am able to produce the following statistics relative to the prevalence of rheumatism in 784 school children examined during the last two months:β€” Of 245 "entrants," 15.1 per cent. were rheumatic. early symptoms being present in 9.3 per cent. and heart complications in 5.7 per cent. Among 259 "intermediates,"...
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I append the following suggested lines of prevention and treatment of this disease. 1.β€”In order to gain a better supervision of the growing child, it is necessary that the artificial barrier which now exists between the School Medical Service and Infant Welfare Departments be broken down, the same nurse-visitor becomin...
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4.β€”There should be medical and surgical treatment suited to each case in school, home or clinic, and particular care should be taken to remove any local infection in teeth or tonsils. 5.β€”Parents and teachers should be informed of the significance of rheumatism and its early symptoms, of the dangers of neglecting growin...
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Although hospital accommodation throughout the country for the treatment of rheumatism is hopelessly inadequate, this lack may to some extent be surmounted locally by keeping such children under regular supervision at the Child Welfare Centre, the Special School and School Clinic, active and close co-operation existing...
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Number of Special Inspections 153 Number of Re-inspections 1,295 Total 1,448 38 TABLE II.β€” A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1926. Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections No. of Defects. No. of Defects Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under ob...
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1 - Keratitis 1 β€” β€” - Corneal Opacities 1 1 β€” - Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 105 26 30 8 Squint 13 10 3 β€” Other Conditions 1 β€” 1 β€” Ear Defective Hearing 9 3 11 β€” Otitis Media 39 β€” 7 β€” Other Ear Disease 1 β€” β€” β€” Nose and Throat Enlarged Tonsils only 22 68 3 β€” Adenoids only 33 15 5 3 Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids 1...
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Heart Disease Organic — 75 1 3 Functional — 24 - 3 Anæmia 15 13 4 1 Lungs Bronchitis 26 12 — 2 Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases 3 13 — - 39 TABLE II.—Continued. Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment Requiring to be kept under observation, but not r...
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Tuberculosis - Pulmonary: Definite β€” 1 - -β€” Suspected 2 17 - 2 Non-Pulmonary: Glands 4 17 1 2 Spine β€” 1 - - Hip - 1 - 1 Other Bones and Joints - 1 - 1 Skin - - - - Other Forms - 2 - - Nervous System Epilepsy 1 β€” - - Chorea 5 30 2 - Other Conditions 1 4 1 2 Deformities Rickets 1 β€” β€” β€” Spinal 19 3 3 β€”...
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Percentage of Children found to require treatment. Inspected. Found to require treatment CODE GROUPS : Entrants 1038 201 19.36 Intermediates 738 172 23.306 Leavers 677 134 19.79 Total (Code Groups) 2,453 507 20.66 Other Routine Inspections 142 18 12.67 41 TABLE III.β€”RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. Boys....
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Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind - 1 1 Attending Public Elementary Schools - - - At other Institutions - - - At no School or Institution. - - - Deaf (including deaf and dumb and partially deaf.) (I.) Suitable for training in a School or Class for the totally deaf or deaf and dumb. Attending Certifie...
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Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children 25 23 48 Attending Public Elementary Schools - - - At other Institutions - - - At no School or Institution - - - Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. Feeble mined - - - Imbeciles - - - Idiots - - - Epilepsy. Suffering from severe Epilepsy. ...
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At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board 1 1 2 At other Institutions β€” β€” - At no School or Institution. - β€” β€” Non-infectious, but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board - - - At Certified R...
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At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board 1 1 2 At Public Elementary Schools - - β€” At other Institutions β€” β€”. β€” At no School or Institution. β€” β€” β€” Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease), e.g., children suffering from paralysis, etc. and including thos...
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Skin:β€” Ringwormβ€”Scalp 7 1 8 Body 13 β€” 13 Scabies 15 β€” 15 Impetigo 209 1 210 Other Skin Diseases 125 β€” 125 Minor Eye Defects (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) 119 8 127 Minor Ear Defects 124 15 139 Miscellaneous (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.). 419 - 419 Total 1,031 ...
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 106 27 - 133 Other Defects or Diseases of the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) β€” β€” β€” Total 106 27 β€” 133 Total number of children for whom spectacles were prescribed:β€” (a) Under the Authority's Scheme 101 (b) Otherwise 27 Total number of children who...
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 208 69 277 64 341 45 Group IV Dental Defects. (1) Number of Children who were:β€” (a) Inspected by the Dentist Routine Age Groups.
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Age 3 4 25 5 817 6 1,082 7 653 8 699 9 794 10 921 11 813 12 801 13 752 14 188 15 5 Total 7,550 (b) Found to require treatment 3,736 (c) Actually treated 2,365 (2) Half-days devoted to Inspection 42 Treatment 377 Total 419 (3) Attendances made by children for Treatment 2,736 (4) Fillingsβ€” Permanent Teeth 1,077 Temporary...
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(i) Average number of visits per school made during the year by the School Nurse 3 (ii) Total number of examinations of children in the schools by School Nurses 17,952 (iii) Number of individual children found unclean 2,125 (iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority 120 (v...
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BAR 21 Barking Town Urban District Council. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the Year 1927. C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc. Hons. (Lond.) M.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Gamb.) 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1β€”GENERAL. Staff Statistical Summary- Comparative Statistical Table Table of Vital Statistics from 1922 to 1927 Summ...
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Water Supply Rivers and Streams Rainfall Sewerage Scavenging Housing Statistics Sanitary Inspection of the Area Summary of Sanit-.ry Work carried out Notices Served Smoke Abatement Offensive Trades Common Lodging Houses Stables Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc. Piggeries Houses Let in Lodgings Inspection and Supervision of Food...
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Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified and removed to Hospital 38 Cases Classified According to Age Groups and Wards 40 Monthly Summary of Receipt of Notifications 41 Scarlet Fever 42 Smallpox and Vaccination 42 Diphtheria 42 Puerperal Fever 43 Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia 43 Pneumonia Superveni...
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Mortality 55 Still Births 56 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 57 Work of Health Visitors and Infant Welfare Centres 58 The Pre-School Child 59 Foster Children 59 Infantile Mortality 59 Dental Clinic 60 Orthopaedic Clinic 61 Artificial Sunlight Clinic 62 Provision of Meals and Fresh and Dried Milk 63 5 STAFF, 1927. Medical Officer...
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Orthopaedic Surgeon (Part Time) : *B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S. School Dentist : *H. S. SMYTH, L.D.S., R.C.S. (Eng.) Sanitary Inspectors : *N. BASTABLE (Chief Sanitary Inspector) (b, c and f). *H. WOOD (Sanitary Inspector) (b and c). *H. CARR (Sanitary Inspector (b, c and e). Health Visitors : *MRS. G. ST...
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Masseuse, Orthopaedic Clinic (Part Time) : *MISS A. E. FINDLAY, C.S.M.M.G. (k). Clerical Staff. E. W. WINCHESTER (Chief Clerk) (a, c and d). MISS A. SHAW. MISS V. SHEAD. MISS B. INGHAM (Resigned, July 1927). MISS H. NUNN (Commenced, Angnst 1927). , Disinfector and Mortuary Keeper: H. LONG. (a) Sanitary Inspector's cert...
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(f) Sanitary Science Certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (g) Health Visitor's certificate of Royal Sanitary Institute. (h) Certificate of Central Midwives' Board. (i) General Hospital Training. (j) General Fever Training. (k) Certificate M.E. and S.R.E. (l) Health Visitor's Diploma of Board of Education. *Proporti...
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It was only late in September that I took up my duty as Medical Officer of .Health, so that I am unable personally to speak for more than a small portion of the year under review, but, for the purpose of complying with the requirements of the Ministry of Health, I have written the report as though I were responsible fo...
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Area (acres) 4,106 Ward areas 3,806 Tidal Water H.W.M. Thames 240 Roding 58 Loxford Water 2 300 4,106 Population (Census, 1921) 35,523 Population (June, 1927) (Registrar General's estimate) 39,900 Number of inhabited houses (1921) 6,762 Number of Families or separate occupiers (1921) 7,594 Population Density, i.e., No....
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Births :β€” Males. Females. Total. Birth Kate. Legitimate 332 357 689 17.26 Illegitimate 13 8 21 0.52 Total 345 365 710 17.78 Deaths:β€” Male. Female. Total. Death Rate. Standard Death Rate Factor 1.040} 204 202 406 10.1 10.5 Number of deaths of women during, or in consequence of, childbirth :β€” From Sepsis. From other caus...
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Legitimate 18 24 42 60.9 66.1 Illegitimate 2 3 5 238.0 Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) β€” β€ž β€ž Whooping Cough (all ages) 7 β€ž β€ž Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 7 9 3. BIRTH RATE, DEATH RATE, AND ANALYSIS OF MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR. Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Population. Annual Death Rate per 1,000 Population. ...
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Causes of Deaths Certified by Registered Medical Practitioners Inquest Cases. Certified by Coroner after P.M. No Inquest. Uncertified Causes of Death. England and Wales 16.7 12.3 0.01 0.00 0.09 0.01 0.09 0.07 0.57 0.51 6.3 09 91.7 6.6 0.7 * 1.0 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London 17.1 12.2 0.01 0.00 0....
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01 0.00 0.07 0.01 0.08 0.05 0.58 0.41 5.0 68 92.7 5.8 0.3* 1.2 London 16.1 11.9 0.01 0.00 0.04 0.01 0.12 0.09 0.39 0.51 7.5 59 90.3 7.9 1.8* 0.0 BARKING 17.7 10.1 0.05 β€” β€” β€” 0.17 0.05 0.55 0.55 9.8 66 88.7 11.1 0.2* β€” * The Coroners (Amendment) Act 1926, which came into operation on the 1st May, 1027,
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provided for the registration of deaths on a certificate of the Coroner after P.M. without inquest. These percentages relate therefore to 8 months of the year only. 10 VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1922 to 1927. Year. Population estimated to Middle of each Year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in the District...
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5 364 9.9 1923 37,210 862 23.1 234 6.2 5 86 *43 *49.8 *318 *8.5 1924 37,890 846 22.3 273 7.2 3 109 72 85.1 *379 10.0 1925 38,450 825 21.4 287 7.4 β€” 107 66 80.0 386 10.0 1926 38,920 818 21.0 259 6.6 11 118 49 59.9 366 9.4 1927 39,900 710 17.7 251 6.2 7 162 47 66.1 406 10.1 β€’Registrar General'S Figures. 11 5. CAUSES OF S...
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6. SUMMARY (FOR REFERENCE) OF NURSING ARRANGEMENTS, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE DISTRICT. (a) Nursing in the Home. (i) The Plaistow Maternity Charity provide a staff of nurses, who attend at the homes of the sick once or twice a day, carry out such skilled nursing as is required, and offer instr...
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By agreement dated January 1st, 1924, with the Plaistow Maternity Charity, the Council annually subsidise the Charity on any deficit from Β£300 in respect of 300 District Midwifery cases attended by the Charity reckoned at the rate of Β£1 per case. The takings of the Charity for the year ended 31st December, 1927, amount...
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Accommodation for consultations. β€ž β€ž (c) School Nurseries Nil. Nil. Nil. (d) Day Nurseries Nil. Nil. Nil. II. School Medical Service :β€” (a) Inspection Clinic and treatment of minor ailments Clinic premises, East Street. Three rooms. Local Authority,. (b) Eve Clinic β€ž β€ž One room. β€ž β€ž (c) Dental Clinic β€ž β€ž Two rooms. β€ž β€ž...
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13 (d) Hospitals provided or subsidised by the Local Authority : (i) Smallpox.β€”An arrangement exists with the neighbouring County Borough of West Ham whereby an unlimited number of beds are available at Dagenham for the reception and treatment of cases of small pox which may occur in the Barking area. (ii) The only hos...
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The necessary laboratory work of the district is carried out by arrangement with the Essex County Council at the Counties' Laboratory, situated in Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C.4, particulars of the number of specimens submitted for examination being supplied by the following table :β€” Specimen Numte examined Dipht...
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Infectious Diseases (Prevention) Act, 1890. Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907, Parts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, and Section 95 of Part 10. (iii) Regulations: Regulations as to Dairies, Cowsheds and Milkshops, 1900 (revised 1924). Regulations as to Cemetery, 1902. Barking Town (Pneumonia) Regulations, 1924. (iv) Bye-laws...
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Nuisances in connection with the removal of offensive matter, 1908. Employment of Children and Young Persons, 1921 revised (1924). (v) Among the Special Acts and Orders in force within the district, and important from a Public Health Standpoint, are:β€” 1910.β€”Orders declaring the trades of fish-skin scraper, fish fryer, ...
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Including the latter and excluding the deaths of visitors, the net number of deaths were as follows:β€” Males. Females Total 204 202 406 The death rate for 1927 was 10.1 per 1,000, compared with 9.4 in 1926, calculated on the Registrar-General's estimated population and number of deaths, compared with 12.3 for England an...
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No. of Deaths. Death Rate per 1,000 Population. Under 1 year 47 1.17 1 to 2 years 10 0.25 2 to 5 ycars 11 0.27 5 to 15 years 14 0.35 15 to 25 years 24 0.60 25 to 45 years 46 1.15 45 to 65 years 105 2.63 Over 65 years 149 3.73 Causes of death in 1927.β€”The table on page 17 shows the principal causes of death at various a...
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Cardio-vascular system 59 14.5 Cancer 51 12.5 Tuberculosis (all forms) 46 11.3 Pulmonary affections, (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis 19 4.6 Pneumonia 31 7.6 Other respiratory disease 4 0.9 Zymotic Diseases 18 4.4 Of the total deaths, tuberculosis caused one in every 8.8, heart diseases one in every 6.8, b...
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Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.β€”These diseases caused 4.4 per cent, of the total deaths, such deaths being caused in the following proportions:β€” Enteric Fever 0.49 Measles β€” Whooping Cough 1.72 Scarlet Fever β€” Diphtheria 0.49 Diarrhoea 1.72 S mallpox β€” 17 INQUESTS.β€”Coroner's inquests were held on 45 deaths. The ages at d...
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Lethargica β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” 1 Heart Disease β€” β€” β€” l β€” β€” 2 2 5 Arterio Sclerosis β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” 1 Cerebral Haemorrhage β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2 β€” 2 Pneumonia 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” 2 Convulsions β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 Enteritis Convulsions 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 Pneumonia Convulsions 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 Influenza Pneumonia 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 Septic...
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18 CAUSES OF AND AGES OF DEATH DURING YEAR, 1927. (Nett Deaths.) Causes of Death. Deaths at the subjoined ages of " Residents" whether occurring in or beyond the district. Under one year 1 and under 5 5 and under 15 15 and under 25 25 and under 45 45 and under 65 65 and upwards Total Encephalitis Lethargica β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 1...
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Diphtheria β€” 2 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2 Enteric Fever β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2 β€” 2 Puerperal Fever β€” β€” β€” β€” 2 β€” β€” β€” Phthisis (Pulmonary Tuberculosis) β€” β€” 2 6 13 14 β€” 37 Other Tubercular Diseases 1β€” 3 2 β€” 2 1 β€” 9 Cancer , Malignant β€” β€” β€” β€” 4 21 26 51 Bronchitis β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 3 16 β€” Pneumonis 7 8 β€” 3 5 6 2 31 Other Respiratory Diseases β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” 3 4 A...
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Malformation and Debility 21 β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 21 Accidents 1 1 1 4 1 5 2 15 Suicides β€” β€” β€” 5 1 1 β€” 7 Rheumatic Fever β€” β€” 3 1 β€” β€” β€” 4 Diabetes β€” β€” β€” β€” 3 3 6 Cerebral Hsemorrhage β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 7 17 24 Heart Disease β€” β€” 1 β€” 5 12 39 59 Arterio-Sclerosis β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 5 6 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum β€” β€” β€” β€” 2 2 1 6 Appendicitis and t...
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_nd parturition β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 Other defined diseases 5 2 1 2 5 10 22 52 Causes ill-defined or unknown β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” β€” Totals 47 21 14 24 46 105 149 406 19 INFANT MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1927. The following table gives the actual causes of death of children dying under one year of age. Nett deaths from stated causes...
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β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Measles β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Scarlet Fever β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”Whooping β€”Coughβ€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 1 1 β€” 3 Diphtheria and Croup β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Erysipelas β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Tubercular Meningitis β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 1 1 Other Tubercular diseases β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Meningitis (non tubercular) β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” ...
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2 β€” 1 β€” 5 Gastritis β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Syphilis β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Rickets β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Suffocation, overlaying β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Injury at birth β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” Atelectasis 1 β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” β€” β€” 1 β€” Congenital malformation β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 3 β€” β€” β€” 3 Premcture Birth 11 β€” β€” β€” 11 11 Atrophy,
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debility and Marasmus 3 2 β€” β€” 5 1 1 β€” β€” 7 Other causes β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” 2 2 1 2 7 Totals 15 2 1 β€” 18 9 10 6 4 47 Nett Births in the year:β€” Legitimate 689 Illegitimate 21 Nett Deaths in the year:β€” Legitimate 42 Illegitimate 5 20 10. MARRIAGES. There were 304 marriages registered in the district in 1927. This is equal to a marr...
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In 1922, there were 208 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.6; in 1923, 219 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.9 per 1,000; in 1924, 208 marriages, equal to a rate of 5.4 ; in 1925, 258 marriages equal to a rate of 6.7, and in 1926, 249 marriages equal to a rate of 6.3. 11. BIRTHS. The net number of births registered in 1927 ...
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Notification of Births Act, 1907-1915.β€”Of the total births recorded in the district during 1927, all except 38 or 5.3 per cent. of the total, were notified to the Medical Officer of Health, 461 being notified by midwives and 213 by parents and doctors. 18 still-births were notified, 4 being notified by midwives and 14 ...
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The Rivers and Streams of the district come within the jurisdiction of the Essex Sewers Commissioners (who are the Tidal Flush and Flood Water Drainage Authority), and the Port of London Authority, who are the recognised Navigation Authority for the Thames, as defined by the Port of London Consolidation Act, 1920, and ...
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The question of scavenging (which is closely linked with that of sewage disposal in several respects) comes under the control of the Engineer. Domestic and trade refuse is collected weekly in horsedrawn two-wheeled vehicles, and deposited on low-lying land. The question of replacing these methods has received considera...
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Number of new houses erected during the year:β€” (i) Total 358 (ii) As part of a municipal housing scheme 30 (iii) Others (including private enterprise and subsidy houses) 328 2. UNFIT DWELLING HOUSES. I.β€”Inspection. (i) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 3...
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Number of defective dwelling houses rendered fit in consequence of informal action by the Local Authority or their officers.1,680 III.β€”Action under Statutory Powers. A.β€”Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act, 1925. (i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 135 (ii) ...
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(i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 339 24 (ii) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied:β€” (a) by owners 339 (b) by local Authority in default of owners Nil C.β€”Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925:β€” (i) Numbe...
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Total under Public Health or Housing Acts 3,976 Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations 1,311 After Infectious Disease 565 Defects Found 6,975 Notices Served (Preliminary) 2,196 Re-inspections re Notices Served 2,521 25 2. Premises Controlled by Bye-Laws and Regulations. Houses Let in Lodgings 70 Common Lodging Ho...
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Smoke Observations 127 Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 130 Vacant Land and Refuse Dumps 82 Public Lavatories 94 Schools 78 General Shops 242 Ice-Cream Vendors 126 Petroleum Stores 130 SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT. (a) Drainage. Choked drains, opened,, repaired, and cleansed 282 Drains reconstructed 30 New...
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Roofs 556 Eavesgutters 441 Rainwater Pipes 165 Damp Walls Remedied 224 (e) Water Supply. Storage Cisterns Abolished 20 Defective Water Fittings Repaired and Supply Reinstated 105 Supply provided inside houses 19 (f) Yard Paving. Yard paving repaired ot; relaid 191 (g) Dustbins. New ones provided 250 27 (h) General Repa...
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Offensive accumulations removed 88 Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 24 Verminous rooms and persons disinfected 15 Stables cleansed 7 NOTICES SERVED. Informal Notices 2,196 Statutory Notices 516 Section 36, Public Health Act, 1875 35 516 Section 94, Public Health Act, 1875 295 Section 41, Public Health Act, 1875 7 Se...
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Previous to this date, all observations upon chim::.ey shafts, were for periods of one hour,, but following the commencement of this Act, it was decided to'introduce 30 minute observations and to limit the permissible period of black smoke emission to 2 minutes in the aggregate ; excluding bursts of less than 30 second...
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The following shows the nature of trades carried on and the number of premises registered :β€” Fish Fryers 20 Fish-skin Scrapers 1 Dealers in Rags and Bones 10 Fat Melters and Extractors β– > Gut Scrapers 1 Oil Boilers 1 These premises received 3S5 visits. Forty-two breaches of the Bye-laws were discovered and dealt with. ...
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There are 17 piggeries in the district, at five of which pigs are kept on an extensive scale. These are at considerable distance from any houses ; are situated on low lying land, and require constant supervision to secure any approach to sanitary conditions. Serious attention has been given to the question of drainage,...
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With respect to this house, which is of the old type, I am glad to report considerable improvement, which is being maintained, in the standard of conditions. TENTS, VANS, SHEDS. There are still ten of these undesirable dwellings. With respect to a concerted barn at Rippleside which was occupied, a Closing Order was mad...
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Including four whose premises are situated outside the district, there are 33 registered retail purveyors. These are frequently inspected, particular attention being paid to facilities for the clcansing of utensils. There continues an improvement in the methods of distribution, unsatisfactory metal cans previously used...
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MEAT INSPECTION. In the early part of the year, slaughtering was taking place the registered slaughter-house and also the one subject to an annual licence. The occupier of the registered slaughter-house was slaughtering, for the short period of his occupation, indifferent quality cow b^f, which was consigned to the who...
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Diseased meat weighing 2 tons, 11 cwts., 1 quarter, and 20 pounds, was destroyed. Particulars are set out in the following table :β€” DISEASED MEAT. Descripticm. Disease. Weight. 7 Beasts' Carcases Tuberculosis 3.155 pounds. 1 Longside of Beef , 200 5 Forequarters of Beef , 660 2 Top-pieces of Beef , 220 ] Pig Carcase , ...
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40 1 β€ž Lung , 4 1 β€ž Mesentery , 21 4 β€ž Lungs Pneumonia 16 1 β€ž Lung Congestion 4 3 β€ž Livers Cirrhosis 21 10 Sheep Plucks Parasites 70 12 β€ž Livers , 48 75 β€ž Lungs , 225 TOTAL 5,760 32 ADMINISTRATION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH (MEAT) REGULATIONS, 1924, AS REGARDS STALLS, SHOPS, STORES AND VEHICLES. No contraventions of special ...
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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. 55 64 44 163 β€” β€” No occasion for prosecution arose during the year. IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING HOUSI...