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SECTION B.—GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH
SERVICES.
STAFF.
Information as required by the Ministry of Health with regard to the staff of
the department is contained in a statement on page 5. During the year a number
of changes took place and two retirements are recorded. Miss C. M. L. Kilgallin,
having reached the age limit, retired on the 14th May, 1940, after 44 years' service
with the Council, the greater part of it as Matron of the old Shelter House and
Cleansing of Persons Baths at what was formerly No. 27, Grove Road, upon the site
of which Health Centre No. 2 was erected in 1937, Miss Kilgallin being appointed
the first Matron-Housekeeper. After 43 years in the local government service (30
with the St. Marylebone Borough Council), Mr. A. S. Wilson, Sanitary Inspector,
retired for health reasons as from the 31st July, 1940. To both these officers the
Council expressed their appreciation of the long period of devoted service which they
had rendered in connection with the public health work of the Borough.
LABORATORY FACILITIES.
Dr. L. E. H. Whitby, C.V.O., M.C., is the Council's Bacteriologist, but during
his absence on military duties, Dr. C. J. C. Britton, Assistant Pathologist, Middlesex
Hospital, has acted in that capacity. The work is carried out in the Bland Sutton
Institute of Pathology at the Middlesex Hospital, and details of investigations in
relation to (a) the water of the Council's swimming pools, (b) milk, ice cream and
other foods, and (c) infectious disease, are set forth under the appropriate headings
of this report at pages 25, 29, 31 and 43.
Mr. J. F. F. Rowland, B.A., A.I.C., is the Public Analyst for the Borough, and
his laboratory is situated at No. 133, Gloucester Place, N.W.1. A report on the work
done during 1940, together with a statement of food and drugs analysed, will be
found on pages 30—34.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
The efficient ambulance service of the London County Council is available in
the Borough for the conveyance of persons suffering from infectious disease, for
cases of accident, sudden illness and for maternity cases. The ambulances of the
County Council may also be utilised, on payment, for private and non-infectious
cases.
NURSING IN THE HOME.
The Paddington and St. Marylebone District Nursing Association continue to
provide adequate nursing services in the home under an arrangement made with the
Council. Table 6 gives full particulars of the work carried out in 1940.