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6858783b-8733-4cf6-a014-711aae06f849 | I feel sure that an appeal made by the Local Authority would meet with a satisfactory response. (10) PHYSICAL TRAINING. There is no area organiser of physical training. (11) PROVISION OF MEALS. Extra feeding in the form of milk, cocoa, cod liver oil, etc., is supplied to children attending the open-air classes of the S... |
4a4e74d0-b814-48a4-8c6c-5f0fe8bd7ea2 | The menus in use are submitted weekly to the medical officer, and I am happy to be able to state that our every suggestion has received the kind attention of the Treasurer, who is in charge of the Municipal Kitchen. (12) SCHOOL BATHS. With the exception of the Special School and Park Modern school, which are provided w... |
cc7e2d89-549e-4d2f-94fb-0a5c217ad155 | The attendance of parents at the medical inspections throughout the year was 62.7 per cent., compared with 60.7 per cent, in 1926. The teachers take a kindly interest in the work of medical inspections in spite of the interruption entailed, and their help is most valuable, while communication and mutual assistance are ... |
1e95353f-52f5-4aa9-a05f-3986fbe3a48a | The following is a brief resume of the work done by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the district during the year:- Total number of cases investigated 14 (a) Neglect 10 (b) Ill-treatment 1 (c) Advice, etc. 3 (d) Proceedings instituted — The work of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ch... |
b83410d4-8ad1-4795-8487-9bcf59fc90fa | (17) BLIND, DEAF, DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN. (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 28 officers, the information so acquired being passed to the school medical officer,... |
c4fbb74b-9114-4067-a733-338c447c59b2 | Unless the defect is of quite a minor character (when the child may attend an ordinary elementary school), epileptic children can only be satisfactorily educated in special residential schools or colonies. Where epilepsy is combined with mental defect, the disposal of such cases is difficult, since few institutions thr... |
a503f87a-a025-4e00-bc44-e5928a76c021 | Mentally Defective Children.—9 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. 29 The number of physically defective children in attendance at the cripple class was 38; 4 cases left the class on atta... |
8bc24268-81e1-413c-a3ad-424f65c16934 | Though no provision had until recently been made for the after-care of blind or deaf children or cripples, an after-care Committee has now been formed for that purpose. (18) NURSERY SCHOOLS. There are no nursery schools in the district. (19) SECONDARY SCHOOLS. The only secondary school in the district is the Abbey Scho... |
d370798b-0265-4615-a92b-b791568675e5 | 30 (21) EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS. Milk and newspaper deliveries, general errands, hawking and newspaper selling are the usual forms of employment of children and young persons. In accordance with the Bye-laws of the Education Authority, 5 applicants of school age submitted themselves for examination pri... |
f3a322d7-696a-4be0-ba8b-ec76faffae67 | 31 REPORT OF THE ORTHOPÆDIC CLINIC. Orthopaedic Clinic, Faircross School, Barking, Essex. To the School Medical Officer. The Orthopaedic Clinic during this year has shown an increase in every way. Thirty-eight school children and eighteen children under school age were examined by me for the first time during the year,... |
1d7656ed-0af1-471c-b80a-14fdb6580b99 | Spine 1 Muscular Deformities— 13 (а) Congenital: (i) Torticollis 2 (b) Acquired: (i) Pes Piano Valgus 5 (ii) Kyphosis 1 (iii) Scoliosis 1 Paralysis— 9 (d) Congenital (i) Hemiplegia 2 (ii) Diplegia 2 (iii) Spastic Gait 1 (iv) Pseudo-hypertrophic Muscular Paralysis 1 (b) Acquired: (i) Anterior Polio Myelitis 3 9 32 Conge... |
7ac7ba6b-c73b-4624-8541-088325b26691 | Glands 2 (iii) Alopecia 1 4 Total 38 CHILDREN UNDER SCHOOL AGE. Deformities—Bones and Joints— (a) Congenital: (i) Digit 3 Foot R. and L. |
a925dcdf-f2a4-4abc-8727-2f7b78f5a1f3 | 1 (ii) Webbed Digits 1 (b) Acquired: (i) Rickets 6 (ii) Genu Valgum 1 9 Muscular Deformities— (a) Congenital: (i) Talipes 3 (ii) Amyotonia 1 (b) Acquired: (i) Pes Planus Valgus 1 5 Paralysis— (a) Congenital: (i) Tetraplegia 1 (b) Acquired: (ii) Anterior Polio Myelitis 2 3 Congenital Deformities— (i) Congenital weakness... |
13798f93-52a6-43cb-b31c-b549be20c761 | 1 (iv) Tenotomy—Tendo Achillis 2 (v) Tenotomy of Adductors 1 (vi) Left Inguinal Hernia 1 Total 8 The successful results of the operations, particularly the cases of Torticollis, and the early treatment of Congenital Talipes in infants have been the special features of the work during 1927. B. WHITCHURCH HOWELL, F.R.C.S... |
652815a2-1fbe-4493-bb66-1bbb1c106db0 | Occasions have occurred where treatment has been accepted, yet appointments for such treatment have not been kept. To obviate loss of working time in this respect these conditions are now being considered with a view to formulating some scheme whereby the department will still be able to be fully busy when such circums... |
fef1dfb5-7bf2-4d00-98a0-efafb00965c4 | It should be pointed out, however, that in the best attended dentition decay may occur and unfortunately invariably does, in the course of the year, but though it does, this does not necessarily place the mouth in the class of bad hygienic condition, for the dentition, apart from requiring one filling or two, may be ot... |
91af48fe-dbb1-4e3d-80ca-b3ce06bb0e0a | This treatment is actuated by the fact of the great importance that the retention of the deciduous teeth are to be the position which the permanent teeth come to ultimately occupy, and is in addition to the importance of the masticatory machinery so necessary to the growing child. Though filling of the deciduous teeth ... |
7f6af272-45d4-47a9-9222-9d78a6be9b4b | At the present time in appointments being made a distinction is made between "cases of extractions under gas" and "cases of fillings and extraction under local anaesthetic." It does unfortunately very much depend upon what the condition is found within the tooth in preparing it for filling before it can definitely be s... |
eb09aabe-f74c-4902-a18f-4d90b20a15e5 | It should also be stated that a nurse, well informed in the general clinic routine and treatment, visits all the parents from whom refusals for treatment are received, and endeavours to remove the cause of objection and to obtain consent, explaining at the same time that the dental surgeon at all times is ready to disc... |
dc71b845-1cae-4754-8dc3-0196275d211e | Number of Special Inspections 89 Number of Re-inspections 1574 Total 1663 38 TABLE II.—A. RETURN OF DEFECTS FOUND BY MEDICAL INSPECTION IN THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1927. Defect or Disease. Routine Inspections. Special Inspections. No. of Defects. No. of Defects. Requiring Treatment. Requiring to be kept under obse... |
905e9dfe-93f8-4cf5-b2e9-f6dd92e1952b | 8 — 3 - Conjunctivitis 1 — 1 - Keratitis - — — - Corneal Opacities — — — - Defective Vision (excluding Squint) 66 10 26 3 Squint 7 1 1 - Other Conditions 4 2 2 - Ear Defective Hearing 1 — 2 - Otitis Media 9 - 2 - Other Ear Disease 6 1 3 — Nose and Throat Enlarged Tonsils only 17 35 1 — Adenoids only 7 8 2 — Enlarged To... |
39668f5c-e3b8-417c-83e5-f8ed8ab32484 | Heart Disease : Organic - 23 - 1 Functional — 29 — — Anæmia 5 11 4 — Lungs Bronchitis 16 29 2 — Other Non-Tuberculous Diseases 3 4 1 — 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... |
f9bb55cf-251d-4e8a-81e8-5ef4a01ca051 | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Tuberculosis Pulmonary: Definite - - — — Suspected - 16 — — Non-Pulmonary: Glands 5 13 — — Spine — - - — Hip - - - — Other Bones and Joints - 1 - - Skin — — - — Other Forms — — — — Nervous System Epilepsy - — 1 — Chorea — 3 1 — Other Conditions 2 - 1 — Deformities Rickets - - — — Spinal 1 -| — — Oth... |
84ededaf-8277-4e53-921b-f30182ff9002 | Found to require treatment CODE GROUPS : Entrants 918 149 16.23 Intermediates 483 69 14.28 Leavers 566 85 15.01 Total (Code Groups) 1,967 303 15.4 Other Routine Inspections 193 8 4.1 41 TABLE III.—RETURN OF ALL EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE AREA. Boys. Girls. Total. Blind (including partially blind.) (I.) Suitable for tr... |
a0371bd1-1cad-4d28-993d-a825e2948bf3 | Attending Certified Schools or Classes for the Blind Attending Public Elementary Schools - 1 1 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 Certified Schoo... |
3cc4a859-19b0-4e1d-9987-50e2eea61540 | Attending Certified Schools for Mentally Defective Children 23 23 46 Attending Public Elementary Schools - - - At other Institutions __ - — At no School or Institution — — — Notified to the Local Control Authority during the year. Feeble minded - - - Imbeciles — 1 1 Idiots - - - Epilepsy. Suffering from severe Epilepsy... |
7309421b-bfae-49a7-8820-b04a6d1d3ba2 | At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board 2 1 3 At other Institutions — — — At no School or Institution —— —— — Non-infectious, but active pulmonary and glandular tuberculosis. At Sanatoria or Sanatorium Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board - - - At Certified ... |
76dc2b35-bba6-4b5f-9c13-26d360ffc156 | At Sanatoria or Hospital Schools approved by the Ministry of Health or the Board 2 2 4 At Public Elementary Schools — - — At other Institutions — — — At no School or Institution — — — Crippled Children (other than those with active tuberculous disease), e.g., children suffering from paralysis, etc. and including those ... |
b03ed4f6-4588-495e-ad59-a95f8ac7441c | Skin:— Ringworm—Scalp 9 - 9 Body 25 - 25 Scabies 23 2 25 Impetigo 290 1 291 Other Skin Diseases 135 1 136 Minor Eye Defects 120 6 126 (External and other, but excluding cases falling in Group II.) Minor Ear Defects 125 18 143 Miscellaneous 330 1 331 (e.g., minor injuries, bruises, sores, chilblains, etc.). Total 1,057 ... |
bd667527-4bc3-4023-9eea-accb97470fca | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Errors of Refraction (including Squint) 137 35 172 Other Defects or Diseasesof the eyes (excluding those recorded in Group I.) — — Total 137" 35 ' 172 Total number of children for whom spectacles were scribed:— (a) Under the Authority's Scheme 126 (b) Otherwise 35 Total number of children who obtain... |
30e8941e-2fb3-452c-b187-67a4e307fe87 | (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) 239 48 287 15 302 45 GROUP IV.—Dental Defects. (I) Number of Children who were:— (a) Inspected by the Dentist. |
74603904-415b-4af4-94a0-d8ee9391ecfe | Routine Age Groups— Age 3 - 4 20 5 621 6 866 7 761 8 470 9 464 10 506 11 599 12 593 13 492 14 116 15 7 Total 5515 (b) Found to require treatment 3092 (c) Actually treated 2193 (2) Half-days devoted to Inspection 44 Treatment 347 Total 391 (3) Attendances made by children for Treatment 2377 (4) Fillings—Permanent Teeth ... |
b09ee07d-e79d-41f5-bd67-525a7d36a2a2 | (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 18367 (iii) Number of individual children found unclean 2081 (iv) Number of children cleansed under arrangements made by the Local Education Authority 184 (v) ... |
e3de63c6-1654-403d-b19f-76bed0b3fcef | BARK 22 Barking Town Urban District Council. REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH For the Year 1928. C. LEONARD WILLIAMS, B.Sc. Hons. (Lond.) M.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.P.H. (Camb.) 75150 BARK 22 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1—GENERAL. page Staff 5 Statistical Summary 12 Comparative Statistical Table 13 Table of Vital Statis... |
dc5d3533-27aa-4e42-81ac-678663bf18c6 | Water Supply 29 Rivers and Streams 29 Rainfall 30 Sewerage 30 Scavenging 31 Housing Statistics 31 Sanitary Inspection of the Area 34 Summary of Sanitary Work carried out 35 Notices Served 37 Smoke Abatement 37 Offensive Trades 39 Common Lodging Houses 39 Stables 39 Tents, Vans, Sheds, etc. 39 Piggeries 39 Houses Let in... |
e8518314-14da-4f79-a26a-3802bb572cc0 | Table of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified and removed to Hospital 49 Cases Classified According to Age Groups and Wards 51-52 Monthly Summary of Receipt of Notifications 53 Scarlet Fever 53 Smallpox and Vaccination 53 Diphtheria 55 Puerperal Fever 55 Acute Primary and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia 56 Pneumonia Superv... |
c54e78a4-f0d4-4154-8403-749bc1e553f7 | Notification of Births Acts, 1907-1915 61 Ante-Natal Clinic 62 Post-Natal Cases 62 Maternity Ward 63 Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia 64 Maternal Mortality 65 Neonatal Mortality 65 Still Births 65 Ophthalmia Neonatorum 66 Work of Health Visitors and Infant Welfare Centres 67 The Pre-School Child 68 Foster Children... |
0aa1a9b1-3225-4082-acb3-b087147868ab | School Medical Officer: *MURIEL J. LOUGH, M.B., B.S., B.Sc., M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., D.P.H. 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... |
44cb20c3-1e70-477b-9c59-560ef85ce4b2 | Matron, Isolation Hospital: MISS M. J. HEDGCOCK (h, i and j). Masseuse, Orthopaedic Clinic (Part Time): *MISS A. E. FINDLAY, C.S.M.M.G. (k). Clerical Staff. E. W. HILL (Chief Clerk) (Commenced June, 1928). E. W. WINCHESTER (Chief Clerk) (Resigned May, 1928). D. G. TONKIN. MISS V. SHEAD. MISS H. NUNN MISS H. KING. Disin... |
7a62f605-359a-402e-95ca-ba5f1a6b402b | (e) Building Inspector's certificate of Worshipful Company of Carpenters. (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... |
c59fe615-153d-47c4-8e52-9cb060e6072b | Jackson and Gentlemen, Herewith I beg to submit for your favourable consideration the annual report on the Public Health Services for the year ending 31st December, 1928. Although last year I was responsible for and signed a report for the year ending 31st December, 1927, this is really my first annual report to you, b... |
841ca2d0-760f-417b-8a12-94a1521b9e85 | 8 There can be but few Councils in England with resources comparable to your own who have made provision for carrying on Public Health Services in the same way and to the same extent as you have done, and I am happy in my belief that you yourselves recognise this good work you have already accomplished is essentially t... |
2d46be45-ba0b-42fa-b74b-6c50138df899 | If criticism can indeed be offered to these Services, it is only such as can be given to all such progressive Services. These Services grow from small beginnings, and from different beginnings. There is, therefore, at first, during the growing stage, of necessity a certain uncouthness about them and a certain lack of c... |
44360556-2312-4e4c-93bd-df8f0c204820 | The year 1928 has been a heavy one from the standpoint of infectious diseases, and the accommodation at present available has been strained to the uttermost. The situation has been met generally by cutting down the period of isolation in individual cases to the minimum, and on one occasion by opening an auxiliary infec... |
be081ab0-5c30-41b0-9fd4-355e6b638c06 | This was not just a stunt of the Public Health Department. It represented the united efforts of every department of the Council and is a very fine testimony of the team spirit I am so happy to meet in Barking. In all my recommendations to you I have not so much the present needs of Barking before me as the needs of Bar... |
9421262f-9800-472e-a1c2-1e0510cde87c | There have been numerous conferences with Ilford and with Dagenham and with other authorities, and it seems that at last— what Barking urged so many years ago—we shall have a system whereby the greater part of the town drains into the Northern Outfall Works. The London County Council will no doubt proceed almost immedi... |
7435f4a9-11e4-4090-a4ea-8db0bfd699eb | With Barking a town of about 40,000 population I am of opinion that we can economically undertake our own obligations. You have further had under consideration the provision of more suitable and hygienic vehicles for the collection of refuse, and this work will be undertaken in the New Year under much more advantageous... |
f6d59e43-10f5-4758-af01-9008919af902 | His services, I know, have been appreciated and he takes into retirement the well wishes of the Council and his colleagues in the Public Health Department and no less I feel confident that of his colleagues in the whole of the Corporation services. Mr. E. Winchester, too, resigned his post as chief clerk to take up ano... |
ecd94ca9-f807-481a-95d6-1b3ae2ddaa61 | Thames 240 Roding 58 Loxford Water 2 300 4,106 Population (Census, 1921) 35,523 Population (June, 1928) (Registrar General's estimate) 40,870 Number of inhabited houses (1921) 6,762 Number of Families or separate occupiers (1921) 7,594 Population Density, i.e.. No. of persons per acre 9.9 Rateable Value—Houses. Buildin... |
2a13db86-1b83-4b40-a893-902c526a6407 | Legitimate 409 376 785 19.2 Illegitimate 11 9 20 0.48 Total 420 385 805 19.7 Deaths:— Male. Female. Total. Death Rate. Standard Death Rate (Factor 1.049) 230 184 414 10.1 10.5 Number of deaths of women during, or in consequence of, childbirth:— From Sepsis. From other causes. Total. 0 2 2 Number of deaths of infants un... |
7d2e8353-2e6e-49c9-a4fa-12915f735e90 | Legitimate 20 25 45 57.3 63.3 Illegitimate 3 3 6 300.0 Number of deaths from Measles (all ages) 13 „ Whooping Cough (all ages) 6 „ Diarrhoea (under 2 years of age) 6 THE YEAR. Birth Rate per 1,000 Total Population. Annual Death Rate. per 1,000 Population. Rate per 1,000 Births. Percentage of Total Deaths. All Causes. E... |
ce7fb0f9-e6c5-4c5c-9d23-af66fd7ad442 | England and Wales 16.7 11.7 0.01 0.00 0.11 0.01 0.07 0.06 0.19 0.53 7.0 65 90.9 6.7 1.4 1.0 107 County Boroughs and Great Towns including London 16.7 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.15 0.02 0.09 0.09 0.17 0.48 9.6 70 91.0 6.5 1.9 0.6 155 Smaller Towns (1921 Adjusted Populations 20,00050,000) 16.6 10.6 0.01 0.00 0.08 0.01 0.06 0.08 0.... |
633fc859-6ce2-4b56-be43-d28029fef116 | 5 1.2 London 15.9 11.6 0.01 0.00 0.30 0.02 0.09 0.09 0.13 0.55 10.2 67 88.7 7.6 3.7 0.0 BARKING 19.7 10.1 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.17 0.44 7.4 63 87.4 10.1 0.72 0.0 VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT FROM 1922 to 1928 Year. Population estimated to Middle of each Year. Births. Total Deaths Registered in the Distr... |
d6799986-7116-4c47-a97e-005d83a47496 | Under One year of age. At all Ages. Number. Rate. Number. Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. Number Rate. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ' 8 9 10 11 12 1922 36,680 882 24.0 308 8.1 - 56 49 55.5 364 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 7.4 107 66 80... |
21fe65f8-cb5a-46f2-8c54-787a93b49bb5 | 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 1928 40,870 805 19.7 276 6.7 6 144 51 63.3 414 10.1 * Registrar General's Figures 15 5. CAUSES OF SICKNESS. Amongst things prejudicial to health must be counted the condition of the Underground Railway to Barking. The fatigue of strap-hanging ... |
8b095892-b54e-49d5-8ff5-aaace358db8a | Under these conditions, to jostle cheek by jowl with all sorts of conditions and persons is to invite infection, and it may safely be assumed that our dormitory population bring down with them every infection prevalent in the City and the East End. During the year, my work at the Chest Clinic in Linton Road has drawn m... |
b1c71f06-abcc-4971-8778-211578f5f738 | It appears that there must have been one or two minor undetected cases which occurred some little time before the outbreak and which were discovered during the outbreak in the later stages of the disease. It appears also that the explosion, if I may so term this outbreak, was due to food poisoning, although there were ... |
1fdd7e92-f41b-472f-9f0d-5e0f9cf0b760 | These disastrous years come in cycles, and I am happy to be able to say I hopefully expect that the next few years will show a very considerable decline in the incidence of infectious disease. May I once again take an opportunity of pointing out that ultimately the control of infectious disease is in the hands of the p... |
6f11c38e-d6d5-41d7-9d5f-f6461daf68e3 | (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 instructions where advisable in hygienic home practices in relation to the sick. (ii) For infectious diseases. In the event of an epidemic, the ... |
91df9eb5-5efb-4969-a97f-2cf0034a423a | It has been stated that ailments such as scarlet fever and measles, to which so much attention has been given, have received the attention they have more because of the rash with which they are accompanied than because of their intrinsic powers of disablement, and certainly it must be said that other infectious disease... |
45f77547-e6ed-4061-bdc1-7c463305532b | The takings of the Charity for the year ending 31st December, 1928, amounted to £228, leaving a balance due to the charity from the Council of £72, such sum ranking for grant. (c) CLINIC AND TREATMENT CENTRES. Name and Situation. Nature of Accommodation. By Whom Provided. I, Maternity and Child Welfare:— (a) Centres Cl... |
31b24e59-d0f0-4f5a-b0b5-5d45bda76d93 | School Medical Service:— (a) Inspection Clinic and treatment of minor ailments Clinic premises, East Street. Three rooms. Local Authority. (b) Eve Clinic „ ,, One room. „ ,, (c) Dental Clinic „ ,, Two rooms. „ ,, (d) Crthopædic Clinic Faircross School. One room. „ ,, III. Tuberculosis 37, Linton Road. Three rooms. Esse... |
8211eb31-29c3-43e7-87aa-d9df34cc0512 | Orsett Smallpox Hospital is situated at Stifford in the Orsett Rural District, and has accommodation for twenty-two patients. Before leaving this question of smallpox I cannot help contrasting the work expended in this direction with the services we have available for other commoner diseases, which certainly, so far as... |
a59afa14-5054-4c8f-a7c2-6e69761337cc | (e) Ambulance Facilities:— (i) 'A motor ambulance is provided for the removal of infectious cases to the Isolation Hospital, Upney Lane. (ii) For non-infectious and accident cases, two motor ambulances are kept at the Fire Station, the ambulance and fire services being run. in conjunction under the Chief Fire Officer. ... |
2c4db6fc-a4d3-4229-9605-88e9cae58c11 | (i) Local Acts: Barking Town Wharf Act, 1893, Barking Parish Act, 1888. (ii) General Adoptive Acts : Local Government and other Officers' Superannuation Act, 1922. Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, Parts 2, 3 and 5. Public Health Act, 1925. Baths and Wash-houses Acts, 1847, etc. Infectious Diseases (Prevention) A... |
e7d63b70-fd79-447f-bb5f-14fa95f04889 | 23 (iv) Bye-laws with respect to : Nuisances, 1884. Common Lodging Houses, 1884. Offensive Trades, 1907 (revised 1924). Houses let in lodgings, or occupied by members of more than one family, 1924. Public Baths, 1900. Tents, Vans, Sheds and similar structures, 1909. Paving of Open Spaces, 1901. Nuisances in connection ... |
801bebac-922e-43a1-babe-1fe7d6774965 | (v) Among the Special Acts and Orders in force within the district, and important from a Public Health Standpoint, are:— * 1910.—Orders declaring the trades of fish-skin scraper, fish fryer, dealer by retail in rags, bones, skins, fat or other like articles in an offensive condition, blood drier, tanner, leather dresse... |
28bc7179-fca0-4944-a7d0-316691fe5ed1 | Females Total 230 184 414 The death rate for 1928 was 10.1 per 1,000, compared with 10.1 in 1927, calculated on the Registrar-General's estimated population and number of deaths, compared with 11.7 for England and Wales, 11.6 for the hundred and seven Great Towns, 10.6 for the hundred and fifty-six Smaller Towns, and 1... |
cb8f955f-f296-4ab8-bd6a-c974706cab17 | Under 1 year 51 1 to 2 years 15 2 to 5 years 9 5 to 15 years 14 15 to 25 years 31 25 to 45 years 52 45 to 65 years 112 Over 65 years 130 25 Causes of death in 1928.—The table on page 26 shows the principal causes of death at various ages. Those diseases, etc., causing most deaths or important from a Public Health aspec... |
a959ae52-9b33-4855-abeb-efa55b113755 | Cardio vascular system 94 22.7 Cancer 45 10.8 Tuberculosis (all forms) 48 11.6 Pulmonary affections, (exclusive of tuberculosis), viz., Bronchitis 16 3.8 Pneumonia 23 5.5 Other respiratory disease 4 0.9 Zymotic Diseases 25 6.0 Deaths from Zymotic Diseases.—These diseases caused 6.0 per cent, of the total deaths, such d... |
d1c26fa6-6763-4234-9927-687a933e3221 | 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 — — — — — — — — Influenza — 1 — — — 2 4 7 Scarlet Fever — — — — — — — — Small Pox — — — — — — — — Measles 3 8 2 — — — — 13 Whooping Cough 2 4 — — — — — 6 Epidemic Influenza — — — — — ... |
79aee0b0-f366-43b8-8bd3-e94b726eda6c | 46 Other Tubercular Diseases — — — — — — 2 Cancer, Malignant Disease — — — — 5 22 18 45 Bronchitis 2 2 — — — 1 11 16 Pneumonia 7 4 2 — 1 5 4 23 Other Respiratory Diseases — — — — — 3 1 4 Alcoholism (Cirrhosis of Liver) — — — — — — — Premature Birth, Malformation and Debility 23 — — — — — — 23 Accidents 1 1 3 5 2 2 — 14... |
a70f6689-1f95-4b56-9381-6368b47185d6 | — — — — — 2 7 9 Ulcer of stomach or duodenum — — — 2 1 3 — 6 Appendicitis and typhlitis — — — — 2 2 — 4 Acute and Chronic Nephritis — — — 1 2 6 7 16 Other accidents and diseases of pregnancy and parturition — — — — 2 — — 2 Other defined diseases 7 2 3 3 7 10 14 46 Causes ill-defined or unknown — — — — — — — — Totals 51... |
b978e388-ab11-4657-8083-f2c7f7e0aad0 | 2—3 weeks. 3—4 weeks. Total under 4 weeks. 4 weeks and under 3 months. 3 months and under 6 months. 6 months and under 9 months. 9 months and under 12 months. Total under one year. Small Pox — — — — — — — — — — Chicken Pox — — — — — — — — — — Measles — — — — — — — 1 — — Scarlet Fever — — — — — — — — — — Whooping Cough ... |
ffadc09a-6a4c-4eca-8fb7-42ceabc7c94c | — — 1 1 1 1 — 4 Laryngitis — — — — — — — — — — Bronchitis — — — — — — 1 — 2 3 Pneumonia (all forms) — — — 1 1 2 5 — 1 9 Diarrhœa — — — — — — — 3 3 Gastritis — — — — — — — — — — Syphilis — — — — — — — — — Rickets — — — — — — — — — — Suffocation, overlaying 1 — — — l 1 — — — 2 Injury at birth — — — — — — — — — — Atelecta... |
212566a6-90f1-4517-bf05-5525f0a32082 | debility and Marasmus 3 — 2 — 5 — — — 1 6 Other causes 1 1 1 — 3 — — — — 3 Totals 16 4 3 1 24 8 8 4 7 51 Nett Births in the year :— Nett Deaths in the year:— Legitimate 785 Legitimate 45 Illegitimate 20 Illegitimate 6 28 10. MARRIAGES. There were 311 marriages registered in the district in 1928. This is equal to a marr... |
455c1765-0b5e-4d91-be6d-581e3f60737b | 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, 20S marriages, equal to a rate of 5.4; in 1925, 258 marriages equal to a rate of 6.7; in 1926, 249 marriages equal to a rate of 6.3; and in 1927, 304 marriages equal to a rate of 7.6. 11. BIRTHS... |
d4a53300-06f6-497b-abd0-aed5973cc467 | Notification of Birihs Act, 1907-1915.—Of the total births recorded in the district during 1928, 703 were notified to the Medical Officer of Health, 493 being notified bv midwives and 210 by parents and doctors. 14 still-births were notified, 9 being notified by midwives and 5 by doctors and others 4 still-births, whic... |
6411d2b0-5c39-496a-bad8-912471950f4b | RIVERS AND STREAMS. 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 Consolida... |
aeb83caf-cd8a-4a20-b34c-8cf1c2bb6f1a | In addition, serious damage was caused at the Council's sewage disposal works through portions of the river wall giving way under the pressure of the water, and admitting tidal water to 40 acres of land. At Westbank, Little West Marsh was flooded, and to relieve this condition it was necessary to make a cutting communi... |
1d9c8503-5117-4373-a3f2-8f7fe7027c98 | Since the latter part of the year 1927, meetings and discussions have taken place between the Urban District Council of Barking and the Corporation of Ilford with a view to preparing a scheme for the reception and treatment of the sewage of the two districts at the Northern Outfall Works of the London County Council. S... |
39d6f609-f507-49fb-8b9f-db9c057b9eaa | SCAVENGING. Street cleansing, together with the collection and disposal of the domestic refuse, is under the control of the Engineer and Surveyor. The method of collection by antiquated and unsuitable vehicles which has occasioned adverse criticism in the last two Annual Reports is shortly being ended, and vehicles of ... |
a139a72e-4ef4-4b90-9c5e-602f3a4220cd | For cesspool emptying, a tank vehicle is employed, the contents being pumped out and afterwards discharged into the sewers. Privymiddens are emptied into tumbrils and the contents buried; the same remark being applicable to pail-closets. Housing Statistics for the year 1928. 1. GENERAL. Number of new houses erected dur... |
088705ac-7cf5-4a88-8357-00169bab958b | (i) Total number of dwelling houses inspected for housing defects (under Public Health or Housing Acts) 4.151 (ii) Number of dwelling houses which were inspected and recorded under the Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations, 1910 739 (iii) Number of dwelling houses found to be in a state so dangerous or injurious... |
b2fb0ff5-4d5c-478f-8009-246504dfe7f4 | (i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring repairs 129 (ii) Number of dwelling houses which were rendered fit— (a) by owners 123 (b) by Local Authority in default of owners 6 33 (iii) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which Closing Orders became operative in pursuance of decla... |
d72ad629-abdb-4c93-8bf9-2712c7795b73 | (i) Number of dwelling houses in respect of which notices were served requiring defects to be remedied 377 (ii) Number of dwelling houses in which defects were remedied :— (a) by owners 377 (b) by local Authority in default of owners Nil C.—Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the Housing Act, 1925:— (i) Number ... |
2a18fd5c-74e7-4fbc-9531-9d8caa75b107 | Total under Public Health or Housing Acts 4,151 Housing (Inspection of District) Regulations 735 After Infectious Disease 647 Defects Found 7,852 Notices Served (Preliminary) 2,182 Re-inspections re Notices Served 3,042 2. Premises Controlled by Bye-Laws and, Regulations. Houses Let in Lodgings 23 Common Lodging Houses... |
9a3aeaff-0744-4283-8bb1-b7d165927307 | Smoke Observations 196 Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919 83 Vacant Land and Refuse Dumps 132 Public Lavatories 88 Schools 81 General Shops 249 Ice-Cream Vendors 90 Petroleum Stores 86 SUMMARY OF SANITARY WORK CARRIED OUT. (a) Drainage. Choked drains, opened, repaired, and cleansed 331 Drains reconstructed 80 New Dr... |
66ee8458-6633-4263-a24e-6a5f762c652f | Roofs 715 Eavesgutters 471 Rainwater Pipes 175 Damp Walls Remedied 150 36 (e) Water Supply. Storage Cisterns Abolished 26 Defective Water Fittings Repaired and Supply Reinstated 108 Supply provided inside houses 8 Existing supplies increased 10 (f) Yard Paving. Yard paving repaired or relaid 247 (g) Dustbins. New ones ... |
9f34bafa-ff7d-495e-b0c1-7a69fb2f0703 | Offensive accumulations removed 80 Animals so kept as to be a nuisance 21 Verminous rooms and persons disinfected 37 Smoke nuisances 70 Drains tested 167 37 NOTICES SERVED. Informal Notices 2,182 Statutory Notices 506 Section 36, Public Health Act, 1875 38 Section 94, Public Health Act, 1875 334 Section 41, Public Heal... |
6f592c18-804e-48ae-a0a3-ec27389ce9f7 | The question of "grit" discharge from the super-power station at Creeksmouth has received attention and the station kept under observation. A considerable amount of grit escapes into the atmosphere, causing nuisance to workmen in the locality, and would undoubtedly be a serious matter if the station was situated other ... |
864c2910-4883-4677-95cb-5e74d19c9481 | of sulphur and 14 per cent ash. 38 The super stations which are now being erected, of which Barking station is one, will have a coal consumption of 2,000 tons per day containing 40 tons of sulphur which passes out into the air as sulphur gases and 280 tons of ash of which 140 tons will be discharged into the atmosphere... |
cb9cfc93-c520-4133-a96a-6e9156108e68 | It is now accepted that smoke and other items of air pollution fill the atmosphere with acrid, poisonous compounds and soot particles which irritate the sensitive membranes of the eyes, nose, throat, lungs and gastro-intestinal tract, increasing the susceptibility to gastro-intestinal, pulmonary and naso-pharyngeal dis... |
98a5d1f5-2269-4acd-8d4b-fd5b73605736 | The marketing of a smokeless fuel suitable for all purposes now served by coal at a price the public can afford will be an important move forward, and with the completion of the factory, which is to be erected at Creeksmouth, I am hopeful that such a fuel will be available to Barking inhabitants. 39 OFFENSIVE TRADES. T... |
6573f0b2-99c5-4ac1-b6a8-f93bd91455a5 | Ninety visits were paid to the two common lodging houses. At the end of the year the licence granted to the keeper of the Heath Street house was terminated owing to his unsatisfactory methods. The other lodging house continues to be kept in good order. TENTS, VANS, SHEDS and HOUSES LET IN LODGINGS. Until such time as h... |
0eff0b54-173f-4f6c-8fe8-aeb273e07e19 | Generally speaking, the cleanliness of the milk supplied is of a high standard. Of the samples examined during the year it is interesting to note that whilst all the samples of raw milk submitted were satisfactory, 3 samples of pasteurised milk (although not retailed under that designation) were found below the standar... |
d62e7043-1df9-4a01-ab44-df5d327fa7a6 | Milk 4 — 4 Grade A Milk 1 — 1 Raw Milk 8 — 8 Pasteurised Milk 10 3 13 Sterilised Milk 3 — 3 26 3 29 The following table shows the number of licences granted during the year for the sale of graded milks' under the Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923:— (a) "Certified" Milk 1 (b) Grade A Milk 3 (c) "Pasteurised" Milk ... |
010783bc-84ed-4061-9cc4-0421b288e0e8 | During the year 126 notifications to slaughter were received and 40 beasts, 409 pigs, 815 sheep and 71 calves were examined. Diseased meat was destroyed as under:— Description Disease Weight 2 Beasts Heads Tuberculosis 56 lbs. 4 „ Lungs „ 19 lbs. 1 „ Pluck Echinococcus 20 lbs. 5 „ Livers Distoma Hepaticum 70 lbs. 3 „ „... |
2da22cf2-e04d-4a50-852c-0a83de3b03ff | 2 „ Pneumonia 7 lbs. 9 „ Stronglyus Paradoxus 34 lbs. 2 Legs of Mutton Caseous Lymphadenitis 10 lbs. Total weight 888 lbs. 42 UNSOUND FOOD. The following list gives particulars of the unsound food destroyed during the year:— 5 stone of Dabs. One bushel of Winkles. One Loin of Pork. One Sirloin of Beef. SALE OF FOOD AND... |
c141fcdb-a40f-4cf9-9c4f-09a9ee274780 | SCHOOLS. 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 fo... |
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