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Reception Houses.— During disinfection of rooms, free
accommodation is provided for the temporarily displaced persons
We have two reception houses, one (41, Macclesfield Street) in the
Eastern Division of the Borough, and a second (47, Northampton
Road), when necessary, in the Western Division.
The total number using the reception houses in 1904 was twenty
families of 80 persons.
THE WORK OF THE LADY SANITARY
INSPECTOR.
On the 17th March, 1904, the Borough Council appointed Mrs.
Greenwood (Diploma Nat. Health Society, Cert. Sanitary Inspectors'
Exam. Board) as Temporary Sanitary Inspector, and on the 18th
April, 1904, she began the following work, i.e., the inspection of
houses where an infant death had occurred and investigation into
the cause of death, investigation into cases of measles, the inspection
of workshops where women and girls are employed, and the inspection
of the premises of home workers.
In October, 1904, the appointment was made permanent, and the
results of her work are shown in the following pages
Investigation of Deaths of Infants.—A systematic investigation
has been carried out into the causes and circumstances of the
deaths of infants, that is, of children under 12 months of age.
Enquiries have been made into 385 infant deaths, and in 356 cases
the information obtained has been classified in the adjoining table.