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The representations of the Council were sympathetically
received by the Standing Joint Committee, and they are at
present collecting information upon which a model outline
scheme could be based.
CORONERS' COURT AND PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The amount of work at the Coroners' Court and Mortuary
did not vary much from the previous year. The Mortuary
and Court were again used by the Boroughs of Chelsea,
Kensington and Fulham.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The fall in notifications which I had pleasure in reporting
last year was not maintained, and new cases rose to a very
similar number to those notified in 1947. Deaths, however,
dropped to a number well below that for any year on record,
and whilst this is a reassuring feature, the incidence of new
cases, in my opinion, more than overshadows it. However,
the willingness of the Housing Authorities to re-house tuberculous
persons is such that this complaint receives greater
priority than any other, and so it is reasonable to suppose
that control will be maintained over the spread of all the various
types of this condition.
MEDICINAL BATHS.
There has been a further fall in the incidence of Scabies and
the various verminous conditions requiring treatment at the
Council's Medicinal Baths. The County Council continue to
use this centre for treatment of school children, and special
attention has been given also to head infestations at the Welfare
Centres and at the Day Nurseries. Domiciliary advice on
methods of prevention, treatment and eradication is a further
necessary requirement and has been maintained. Families
particularly troubled with re-occurrences have received care
and attention also from the Health Visitors and from the
Sanitary Inspectors.
One mobile team is available for dealing with homes that
require spraying and other treatment, and because of the
reduction in cases dealt with at the Baths itself, it has been
possible to send out this team to a greater extent than since
before the war.