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short period, had two other children in her care, and she was
requested to have them removed. Shortly after their removal,
the woman disappeared from the district.
Five other children were removed from the care of foster"
mothers as a result of requests made by the Medical Officer of
Health. Three of these children had been received by fostermothers
in excess of the number of children which it was considered
desirable should be in their care ; the fourth child had been received
by a woman with six children of her own, and the care of the fifth
child had been undertaken by a woman who went out to work daily.
Immediate removal of these children was requested and in each
instance the request was complied with, so that action under the
Children Acts to secure an order for the removal of the child to
a place of safety was not necessary.
At the end of the year arrangements had been completed for
dealing with the amendments in the law relating to Infant Life
Protection, made by the Children and Young Persons Act, 1932,
and which were to come into force on the 1st January, 1933. To
give information of the new requirements a circular letter, enclosing
a copy of the leaflet summarizing the revised Children Act, was
sent to every woman in the Borough who at any time since the
1st April, 1930, had been registered as having a fosterchild in her
care. The opportunity was taken to emphasize in this leaflet the
desirability of all fosterchildren under the age of five years being
brought regularly to the Health Centre.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE BOROUGH.
Water.—The Greenford and Northolt Wards are supplied
with water by the Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water
Company, while the rest of the Borough is supplied by the Metropolitan
Water Board.
During the year complaints were received from the Sudbury
Heights estate regarding the insufficient supply of water, particularly
on Sundays and Mondays. These complaints were well
founded, but on representations being made to the Water Company
it was ascertained that the laying of a new main had already commenced,
the completion of which, it was stated, would ensure an
adequate supply for this part of the Borough.