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Acton 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]
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expected to contribute a corresponding part of the net cost, and a
financial agreement to that effect was concluded.
The nursery position therefore, from the 1st April, 1946, was
as follows:
Bollo Bridge Road,
Horn Lane,
Friars Place Lane, and
Longcot
were retained as Day Nurseries. "The Maples" was transferred to
the local education authority as a nursery school, while the 0-2
group from Birkbeck Road were dispersed among the remaining,
four nurseries.
The charges for admission were raised to 8/6d. per week, made
up of l/6d. per day, Monday to Fridays, and 1/- for Saturdays.
The following Table gives the average daily attendances at the Nurseries:
| Under 2. | Over 2. | |
|---|---|---|
| Bollo Bridge Road | 14.1 | 15.0 |
| Horn Lane | 19.2 | 26.4 |
| Friars Place Lane | 10.2 | 29.9 |
| Longcot ___ | 13.3 | 25.7 |
Infectious Diseases.
701 cases of notifiable disease occurred in the Borough as
compared with 845 in 1945. This is a smaller total due to the fact
that there were only 281 cases of Measles as compared with 519
in 1945.
There were no deaths from Diphtheria or Scarlet Fever, but 1
death from Measles and 2 from Pertussis.
Two cases of food poisoning were notified, but the causal agent
was not traced; investigations were carried out into the 12 cases of
Dysentery notified.
Diphtheria Immunisation.
Immunisation was carried out as before along the lines indicated
in previous reports. Advertisements were placed monthly in the
local paper, giving times and places of inoculation clinics, and