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details, but there are other parts of her report which
are perfectly sound and which will appeal to a much
wider public.
There is a great deal of anaemia among women of
Barking and it is true that much of this anaemia is due
to continued malnutrition. It is true that during
1938 no cases of puerperal fever were due to the more
hostile germs which are so highly infectious and which
cause such a high mortality—they were due in large
part to germs which were able to obtain fopthold
because of anaemia or haemorrhage.
Particularly, I want you to note Dr. Hill's evidence
of good work you are doing amongst girls of school age,
especially her remark that this work may confidently
be expected to bring its own reward when these selfsame
girls take upon themselves the responsibility of
motherhood in the years to come.
It will be quite obvious that this Unit has been
founded on sound lines.
(b) Ambulance Facilities.—It can be well understood
that during this year of the Crisis, the question of
ambulances has been very much in the forefront.
Incidentally, I may remind you that during this year
the Du Cros Ambulance, which has been running for
very many years, has been replaced by one built on an
Austin chassis, but has been retained for the training
of ambulance drivers in the Air Raid Precautions
Scheme.
You already have an adequate ambulance service,
especially having regard to the fact that you have
reciprocal agreements with all neighbouring boroughs,
but perhaps the time has come when areas in extrametropolitan
Essex should look for reciprocal agreements
with every authority within reasonable distance