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Sterile Maternity Outfits
21 (29) applications - 2 (2) cancelled
19 (27) sterile maternity outfits issued -
cost to Council £2:ls:9d.
Obstetric Concsultants
Called once (1)
Puerperal Fever and Pyrexia Consultants
Nil (0)
Milk Assistance Scheme
42,277 (63,107) gallons of milk were provided free
during the year.
Summary of work done by the four official health visitors
Ante-natal visits 1,119
Ante-natal re-visits 274
Births 1st visits 777
Births- re-visits 283
Births stillborn 59
Ophthalmia 1st visits 83
Ophthalmia re-visits 71
Measles 1st visits 256
Measles re-visits 3
Infantile deaths visits 9
Welfare centres attendances 190
Diphtheria prevention clinic attendances 47
Post natal visits 967
Visits to children 1-5 years 317
Puerperal Pyrexia, visits 28
Puerperal Pyrexia re-visits 7
Tonsil and Adenoids visits 3
Special visits :- refugees, evacuation,
rest centres, shelters, scabies etc. 1,944
Two of these health visitors were seconded for
temporary duty in reception areas where they remained for sever
months. They were recalled towards the end of the year to the
regret of the reception authorities under whom they were working
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
Male Sanitary Inspectors
Total number of inspections 4,047
Total number of re-inspections 10,857
Total number of intimation notices served 1,443
Total number of nuisance notices served 223
Female Sanitary Inspectors
Total number of visits and inspections
(factories, workplaces etc.) 1,920
Total number of re-visits 351
Total number of intimation notices served 161
Workshops in which defects were found 180
The sanitary inspectors were withdrawn at intervals ???
A.R.P. duties as they could be replaced and all but one are now ???
back with three still maintaining supervision over their first ???
posts and mobile units. The one not back has been lent to the
billeting officer and is engaged in repairs to requisitioned
billets among his many other duties.
Public Health (London) Act, 1936. Section 224.
Orders were applied for and granted for the compulsory???
removal to hospital of two persons under this section.
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