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Medical examinations
The number of references to the department for medical examination or advice
concerning the health of staff and the fitness of candidates for appointment totalled
12,361 compared with 12,184 in 1949.
Reciprocal arrangements with provincial authorities for the examination locally
of new entrants were continued. Provincial medical officers of health arranged
examination for 13 entrants to the Council's service and the Council's medical officers
examined 18 persons for provincial appointments.
The Council's staff medical examiners made 74 home visits to examine members
of the staff who were unable to travel, compared with 81 during 1949.
Sewer
workers
Arrangements made for the ascertainment and treatment of leptospirosis among
the Council's sewer workers have been continued. There was a reduction in the
incidence of the disease among London sewer workers during the war years, possibly
associated with the cessation of building operations in the sewers. Since the war there
have been two or three cases a year and despite a slight increase in the last two years
the incidence remains reasonably low.
Capital
FINANCE
The total capital expenditure on the health services of the Council in the year
ended 31st March, 1950, was £240,126 of which by far the largest amount was spent
on the purchase of ambulances. This was part of a replacement programme expected
to cost £280,000 in all. £8,686 was spent on the commencement of building operations
on the Health Centre and Day Nursery at Woodberry Down, estimated to cost in
total £163,000.

Maintenance

The gross cost of the various services in 1949-50—including central administrative
and loan charges and contributions to the Superannuation Fund—and the