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Paddington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Number of Orders for Milk | 776 | ||
| At Total Cost | 729 | ||
| At Half Cost | 47 | ||
| Number of Quarts at Total Cost | 8,689 | ||
| „ „ „ Half Cost | 617½ | ||
| Total Number of Quarts | 9,306½ | ||
| s. | d. | ||
| Cost of Milk at Total Cost | 238 | 5 | 11 |
| „ „ Half Cost | 8 | 11 | 10 |
| £246 | 17 | 9 | |
| Number of Orders for Dried Milk | 113 | ||
| At Total Cost | 112 | ||
| At Half Cost | 1 | ||
| Total Cost of Dried Milk | £29 | 7 | 10 |
| Number of Orders for Dinners | 6 | ||
| Number of Dinners supplied at Total Cost | 103 | ||
| Total Cost of Dinners | £6 | 8 | 9 |
Convalescent Home.
One nursing mother, with her twins aged 3 months, was admitted to St. Mary's Convalescent
Home, Birchington-on-Sea on the 29th July, for a period of two weeks. The total cost
was borne by the Council.
ADMINISTRATION.
GENERAL.
Staff of the Department.—Mr. E. J. Potter, Chief Sanitary Inspector and Canal Boats
Inspector retired from the Council's service on March 31st. No further appointment as Chief
Sanitary Inspector was made but Mr. J. W. Webster was designated Senior Sanitary Inspector
as from April 1st. Mr. C. S. Wansbrough was appointed Canal Boats Inspector as from
April 1st.
Mr. E. J. Grivell, Sanitary (Meat and Food) Inspector, retired from the Council's service
on March 12th and Mr. F. J. Pallet was appointed to that position as from June 11th.
Mr. E. B. Wilde was appointed Sanitary Inspector as from March 2nd.
Mr. G. Frost, Junior Clerk, resigned on August 27th, and Mr. R. H. Davis, Junior Clerk,
was appointed as from December 5th.
Prevention of Infectious Disease.—Visits of inquiry after notification of infectious disease
numbered 4,200. This figure excludes visits in connection with tuberculosis, which are recorded
elsewhere in this report.
The removals to hospitals and other institutions for various diseases other than tuberculosis
numbered 1,104.
In connection with the arrangement between the Council and the Paddington and St.
Marylebone District Nursing Association, 82 patients (comprising 4 cases of measles, 61 of
pneumonia, 7 of whooping-cough, and 10 of ophthalmia neonatorum) were visited in their homes
by the nurses of the Association. The visits paid to such patients numbered 1,537.
Disinfection.—The rooms disinfected after infectious disease numbered 1,705, including
255 rooms disinfected after tuberculosis.
The weight of bedding, etc., removed for disinfection at the Wood Lane Disinfecting
Station, under the agreement with the Kensington Borough Council, amounted to 25f tons.
One hundred and one library books were disinfected.
Schools.—A total of 3,334 notices relating to cases of infectious disease were despatched
to the Head Teachers of the various schools attended by patients or their "contacts," 1,646
of such notices referring to cases of measles, whooping-cough and chickenpox, and the remainder
to cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever and other notifiable diseases. In addition 203 reports were
sent to the Medical Officers of Health of other boroughs in connection with cases attending
outlying schools.