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made during the year in Hampstead with this end in view are contained
in the body of the report. It is hoped to extend these services
during the forthcoming year.
The outcome of the discussions between the Borough Council
and the Voluntary Bodies associated with maternity and child welfare
services are referred to on pages 35-37. These negotiations have
resulted in a marked increase in co-operation with the resulting
improvement of the service. A weekly Central Dental Clinic is now
established at the Public Health Station, Lithos Road, and also a
Toddlers' Clinic is held weekly on alternative sides of the Borough.
In June last the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee appointed
an additional health visitor to assist in the expansion of these services.
During the year the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933,
resulted in the transfer of the supervision of foster-children and
foster-mothers from the London County Council to the Hampstead
Borough Council.
By the end of the year under review detailed investigations and
reports had been completed by this Department on the various
" Areas " for treatment under the Housing Act, 1930. Simultaneously,
the Housing Committee had made marked progress in their scheme
for the erection of 300 working-class dwellings, which will fructify
during the forthcoming year.
The important work under the Tenement House Bye-laws of the
London County Council is still unfortunately curtailed, owing, in part,
to the reduction in staff since 1929, and in part to the increased duties
devolving on this Department due to new legislation.
During the year 496 samples of food and drugs were submitted
by this Department to the Borough Analyst, H. E. Cox, Esq., D.Sc.,
Ph.D., for analysis. The results were most gratifying in so far as
only 18 were unsatisfactory. In London, at any rate, there is no doubt
that the quality of milk retailed has improved considerably during the
last decade. However, the time is overdue for the establishment of
legal standards and definitions for very many food commodities which
are in common use by the working classes, and to this end a Departmental
Committee on Food Law is now sitting.