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Horse Troughs
Charlton Church Lane.
Creek Road, Deptford.
Invicta Road, Blackheath.
Tunnel Avenue, East Greenwich.
In addition to the above, one Council urinal and four others
attached to Public Houses are cleansed daily by the attendants,
responsibility for the repairs of the latter remaining with the
Brewers concerned.
Exhumations.—Notice was received from the Home Office of
three exhumations at the Council's Cemeteries. In each case the
Sanitary Inspector for the District was present to see that the
usual precautions were observed.
Aged, Infirm and Physically Incapacitated Persons.—
Cases of infirm persons who are unable to maintain a reasonable
standard of cleanliness owing to senility or ill-health are usually
brought to the notice of the Department either through complaints
by neighbours or through the secretaries of old people's associations
and other organisations. Other cases are brought to light in the
course of the Woman Sanitary Inspector's visits to almshouses, etc.
During the year 201 cases were visited on 512 occasions by the
Woman Sanitary Inspector. Experience has shown that these
visits serve a very useful purpose, especially in the case of those
individuals who for various reasons have ceased to take an interest
in their own welfare. In this connection the Home Helps Scheme
has been of very great assistance, and by July 5th, 1948, when this
service was transferred to the London County Council, expansion
was taking place to meet the growing demand.
Since the transfer of functions the close liaison between the
officers concerned in its administration ensures that the advantages
of the scheme are available to the old and infirm in the Borough.
It was not necessary for your Medical Officer to take action
under section 224 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, during
the year.