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5
NATURAL AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS.
Details of the area and character of the district have
been given in previous reports. No figures relating to
population are being published this year.
UNEMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE.
The Kent County Council Public Assistance Department
state that out-relief was given in Beckenham anc. West Wickham
during the year to 201 cases.
PUBLIC MORTUARY
There were 45 cases of sudden death in the district
during 1941, where the public mortuary was used.
VENEREAL DISEASES
There is no treatment centre in the area for these
diseases. The K.C.C. provide a Clinic at Dartford.
NURSING HOMES REGISTRATION ACT, 1927.
At the end of the year there were 4 homes on the
register; no new. applications were received during 1941.
The Medical Officer of Health and Assistant M.O.H. paid 26
visits of inspection to the premises and found the records and
equipment satisfactory. Local papers were scrutinised for
advertisements of unregistered homes. Two homes were closed
owing to War Damage and two others also closed.
BOARDED OUT CHILDREN
At the beginning of the year there were 9 registered
Foster Mothers having charge of 12 children. At the end of
1941 there were 10 children under the care of 7 Foster Mothers.
The Health Visitors made 74 inspections of the premises
on the register, and most of the children were seen at the
Welfare Centres,
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE
This service deals with the ante-natal. care of
expectant mothers and the supervision of nursing mothers and
children up to the age of five years.