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While there are practically no slum areas in the Borough
of Hornsey the housing in many parts leaves much to be
desired, and the tendency to sub-let houses suitable for one
family so as to accommodate two or three families has increased
of late years owing to high rentals and shortage of housing
which is prevalent throughout the whole country. Till these
condition can be efficiently remedied an extension of the work
in three directions is very desirable, viz.: —
(1) in the provision of open-air classes and open-air
schools for delicate children;
(2) further opportunities for treatment at convalescent
homes at the seaside or in the country;
(3) extension of the holiday movement providing two or
three weeks at the seaside or in the country
during the summer vacation."
GENERAL REVIEW OF HOME CONDITIONS AND
EMPLOYMENT.
Under this heading I have nothing to add to the remarks
which I made in my last Report.
ACTION TAKEN TO DETECT AND PREVENT THE SPREAD
OF INFECTION IN SCHOOLS.
This is, generally speaking, the same as last year. The
teachers, school attendance officers, nurses and medical officers
are always on the watch for possible cases of infectious disease,
and no doubt the good health of the school children during the
year was due, in part, to this carefulness.
The year under review was a non-epidemic year. We have
suffered from no epidemics in the schools, and only a few
sporadic cases of infectious diseases have been reported.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.
No legal proceedings were taken during the year under
section 122 of the Children's Act, but 115 preliminary and 20
statutory notices were served on parents, and children were
compulsorily cleansed in 8 instances. In five cases notices
under S. 122 were served with satisfactory results.