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Cynthia Mosley Day Nursery
This was evacuated to Godalming on the outbreak of war.
Convalescent Homes
(a) Zacchary Merton
The two beds maintained by the Council were kept fully
occupied until the home closed at the beginning of the war.
34 mothers and 39 children 3pent a fortnight or more there.
(b) Through the I.C.A.A. with the Council's assistance 29
children were sent away.
Milk Assistance Scheme
63,167 gallons of milk were provided free compared with
68,481 gallons in the previous year.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Matters were conducted normally until the outbreak of war
when the entire staff were asked to undertake duties of various
kinds in the casualty service. Some were released from this
service as they could be spared but no routine work could be
kept up in the prevailing circumstances. It is not possible
to make a comparison with the work of previous years and yet by
one means or another all the really urgent difficulties were
overcome by the depleted staff.
HOUSING
All work under the Housing Act, 1936, was stopped at the
outbreak of war and all inspectors employed in that work have
been engaged ever since in the casualty service.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
This section of work was kept going all the time and the,
duties become more onerous as time passes and food suffering
war damage is added to an already full day's work. The two food
inspectors have shouldered the additional burdens and carried
out their work remarkably well.
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES
In common with the rest of the country the incidence of all the
ordinary infectious diseases fell to levels far below those ever
before recorded and moreover the expected biennial measles epidemic
failed to materialise.
Notifications received during the year
ended 31st December, 1939
Scarlet Fever 261(463)
Diphtheria 238(610)
Typhoid Fever 4(8)
Erysipelas 89(109)
Puerperal Pyrexia 42(46)
Puerperal Fever 6(19)
Cerebro-spinal Fever 10(18)
Ophthalmia Neonatorum 37(50)
Measles 113(4,025)
Whooping Cough 896*(104)
Primary Pneumonia 125 (166)
Encephalitis Lethargica 1 (-)
Dysentery 14(18)
Influenzal Pneumonia 64 (56)
Food Poisoning * 8 (25)
not previously notifiable
5.