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Sub-Committee instituted the provision of free mid-day meals
for necessitous school children. Started as a temporary measure
at two centres, this scheme has since continued at three
centres. The committee subsequently, as the Dagenham Care
Committee extended their activities to include the provision of
dental treatment, boots, etc. A local Tuberculosis After-Care
Association was also inaugurated during the year.
The Registrar General's estimate of the population at midyear
is 76,970, being an increase of only 10,000 on that for
mid-year 1928. This increase is low, considering that some
4,000 houses were erected during that twelve months. The
local estimate was 85,000.
The notifications of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria were
again both relatively high, though not when based on the
standardised population. Smallpox was notified for the first
time in this district in December, during which month a
total of three cases occurred
Additional clinics were opened to meet the increasing demand,
and, during the year, further arrangements were made
in connection with the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme
with regard to institutional and home-treatment of patients.
I desire to thank the members of the Council and administrative
staff for the help they have given me in the past year.
I have the honour to be,
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
E. W. CARYL THOMAS.
Public Health Offices,
Becontree Avenue,
Chadwell Heath.
20th June, 1930.