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ted in place of the unsatisfactory structure on the car park at St.
John Road, Sidcup, have been agreed and it is hoped that the
building will be in use by 1962. Attendants will be stationed here
and hot water facilities are to be installed.
Conveniences continue to be subject to malicious damage
usually of an irresponsible and comparatively minor character. No
fewer than 102 items were reported necessitating remedial works
costing in all £219.
LABORATORY SERVICE.
The modern technique of investigating intestinal infections
necessitates the bacteriological examination of specimens from
patients and of suspected food stuffs.
The majority of these are despatched to the Public Health
Laboratory at Maidstone, where Dr. J. H. C. Walker, who has been
the Director for some years, retired during the period under review.
His unsparing keenness and assistance must be recorded at this
time. In a few cases, where results are required with more than
the usual urgency, specimens have been examined by Dr. Keall of
Bromley Hospital, or Dr. Herman the pathologist at Queen Mary's
Hospital. The Department is indebted to these gentlemen and
their staffs.

NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948.
Removal of Persons living in Insanitary Conditions.
Section 47 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, places upon
the local authority the duty of arranging for compulsory removal
of aged or infirm persons in need of care and attention, and unable
to provide for themselves.