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HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
In addition to the numerous leaflets which are distributed from the various Welfare
Centres, Tuberculosis Dispensary, etc., an arrangement is in force, in conjunction with the
Education and Public Libraries Committee, to make known the Health Facilities which
exist in the Borough by printing this information on the reverse side of the Monthly Lists
which are issued to borrowers at the libraries.
The arrangements made for the issue of the St. Pancras edition of the Monthly
Journal known as "Better Health" were discontinued for a time owing to the lack of
advertising support, but on payment of a slightly increased subsidy by the Borough Council
publication is to be resumed early in 1934.
Two thousand copies are issued each month and are distributed through the following
agencies:—
Infant Welfare Centres,
Tuberculosis Dispensary,
Electricity Department and Public Libraries,
L.C.C. Schools in the Borough.
A copy is also sent to each member of the Council and to all medical practitioners in
the Borough who place it on the table of their waiting rooms.
Section III.—SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
WATER SUPPLY.
This is provided and controlled by the Metropolitan Water Board. Several industrial
undertakings in the Borough have provided a private supply of good quality by means of deep
wells. The Borough Council also obtains, by means of a deep well, a considerable supply for
use at the Public Baths, Prince of Wales Road.
Under Section 49 of the Public Health (London) Act, 8 notices were received and the
necessary action was taken with reference to premises in which the water supply had been
cut off.
In connection with new dwellings, 112 certificates were issued under Section 48 (2) of
the Public Health (London) Act, to the effect that a proper and sufficient supply of water
for sanitary and domestic purposes had been provided.
A11 additional supply of water was furnished to the upper doors of 157 tenement
houses under powers contained in Section 78 of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1907.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASHHOUSES.
These are provided by the Borough Council at the following situations:—Prince of
Wales Road, N.W.5 ; Whitfield Street, W.1; and King Street, N.W.1.
A block of 12 slipper baths, available to the public, adjoins the Council's flats at
Prospect Terrace, W.C.1.
The water supply in all cases is obtained from the mains of the Metropolitan Water
Board, but at the Prince of Wales Road Baths an additional supply is available from a deep
well on the premises.