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During the year, 3,274 inspections were made, 14 Preliminary
Notices were served, 13 of which were complied with and 2
Statutory Notices were served, both of which were complied with.
7 Preliminary Notices served in 1947 were also complied with.
No Certificates of Exemption from the provisions of sub-Sections 2
and 4 of Section 10 were granted in 1948.
There are three local Acts in operation—(1) The Ilford Improvement
Act, 1898, which has important sanitary provisions; (2) The
Ilford Urban District Council Act, 1904, the Section which deals
with the control of tuberculosis is repealed, the powers of the
Corporation now being contained in the Food and Drugs Act, 1938;
and (3) The Ilford Corporation Act, 1937.
The Ilford Corporation Act, 1937, repealed Section 62 of the
Ilford Improvement Act, 1898, dealing with the holding of a wake
over a body of any person who died while suffering from a notifiable
disease. This offence is now dealt with in Section 165 of the
Public Health Act, 1936.
(14) Nurses Act, 1943 (Part 2). Nurses' Agencies.
The Essex County Council, on application by the Ilford Council,
delegated to them, in pursuance of Section 11 (1) the powers conferred
upon the County Council by Part II of the Act, subject to
certain conditions.
During 1948 a licence was granted to one Nurses' Agency in
Ilford; such licence expires on the 31st December, 1949.
Agencies are inspected before the issue of a licence, and thereafter
at intervals of not more than once a quarter.
A letter of warning was sent to the Agency in reference to two
irregularities which had occurred in the conducting of the Agency.
The Medical Officer of Health and his deputy are authorised
under Part 2, Section 9 (2) to enter and inspect any such licensed
premises in the Borough.
(v) Hospitals, Etc.
Isolation Hospital.—189 beds are provided. Of this number 19 are
permanently maintained for the treatment of advanced cases of pulmonary
tuberculosis. Thirty-two of the remaining beds were allocated for the
reception of tuberculosis patients during the year.
Maternity Hospital.—51 beds for the reception of maternity cases are
maintained at the Ilford Maternity Hospital.

The above three hospitals are now included in the Ilford and Barking
Group. (Group 12 N.E. Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board).
Maternity and Nursing Homes.—On the 1st January there were 3 private
registered Nursing Homes in the district, 1 for medical and senile cases, and
2 for maternity cases. On 31st December there were 3 private registered
Nursing Homes, 1 for medical and senile cases, 1 for medical and surgical
cases and 1 for maternity cases.