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Islington 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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[1938
The following statement will give an idea of the state of the premises when visited:—
| Houses in bad sanitary condition | 25 |
| Houses in good sanitary condition | 274 |
| Houses in which minor defects were discovered | 58 |
| Patients removed to another address | 76 |
| 433 | |
| Patients deceased (and where immediate enquiry was not considered necessary) | 71 |
| Patients in Mental Hospital | 2 |
| Resident in a clearance area | 10 |
| Not visited (by request) | 5 |
| 521 |
PUBLIC HEALTH (PREVENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS)
REGULATIONS, 1925.
These Regulations provide that no person suffering from respiratory tuberculosis
who is in an infective condition shall be engaged in any form of dairy work
involving the milking of cows, the treatment of milk, or the handling of containers.
No such case came to our knowledge during the course of the year.
ISLINGTON TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE.
A summary giving the aims and examples of the work effected by this Committee
was given in last year's report, and a separate report for the year under review was
issued by the Committee.
The constitution of the Committee up to the 31st October, 1938, is as follows.
It will be noted that there is slight variation from year to year, and the Committee
have lost, through death, the keen, earnest membership of Councillor W. Harper.
Members of Tuberculosis Care Committee.
Chairman: Alderman H. J. L. Lygoe.
Vice-Chairman: Councillor C. E. Ratcliffe.
Secretary: Miss K. I. C. Hadley.
Hon. Treasurer: Mr. G. H. Meakin.
The members of the Public Health Committee of
the Borough Council
Aldermen Lygoe; Councillors Bennett,
Mrs. G. D. Cantwell, Evans, W. Harper,
Herrington, Keer, Knight, McColgan,
Ratcliffe, Ricketts, Rogers, Sargent,
F. Stonham, Mrs. Summers, Mrs.
Thurtle. and Willis.
The Borough Medical Officer of Health Dr. G. Clark Trotter.
The Assistant Medical Officer of Health Dr. Victor Freeman.
The Tuberculosis Officers Dr. W. E. Snell; Dr. A. Leitch.
The Tuberculosis Visiting Nurse Miss E. McGoldrick.
The Divisional School Medical Officer Dr. M. C. Polhill.
The Children's Care Organiser for Islington Miss O. W. Cram.
The representative of the Public Assistance Area Committee
Mrs. E. E. Bull, L.C.C.
Representatives of the London Insurance Committee Mr. C. W. Shaw; Mr. J. C. Gilbert.
The representative of the Local Panel Practitioners Dr. J. Liddell.
The representative of the Local War Pensions Committee
Vacant.
The representative of the Local Hospitals Miss E. M. Howes.
The representative of the Local Branch of the Invalid
Children's Aid Association Mrs. Watt.
Member of the North London (Islington) District
Nursing Association Miss H. F. G. Piper.
British Legion and United Services Fund Mrs. Stevenson; Mr. A. E. Hocking.
Islington Committee of the Charity Organisations
Society Miss L. E. Hartley.
Social Work Mrs. A. Twidell.