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The Medical Officer (Dr. Bousfield) in charge of the Diphtheria
Immunisation Clinic is paid on a sessional basis.
A clerk was appointed to the Public Health Department on
the 1st April, 1935.
Hospitals.—Hospital accommodation in this area is adequate.
The Urban District Council contributes the equivalent of a
penny rate to the Hayes Cottage Hospital, and the Harlington
Cottage Hospital, the contributions being apportioned according
to the rateable value of the respective parishes.
There has been no change in laboratory facilities, hospitals,
ambulance facilities, or existing clinics and treatment centres.
A District Nurse was appointed to Harlington during the year.
The parish of Hayes has had the services of a District Nurse for
several years.
Diphtheria Immunisation.—A free Clinic was commenced
in October for the testing and immunisation of children against
diphtheria. Those children are eligible whose parents are
insured under the National Health Insurance or who have
incomes which would entitle them to benefit if they were
insurable.
The clinic is under the direction of Dr. Guy Bousfield, and
meets at the Hayes Cottage Hospital on Saturday mornings.
Up to the end of 1935 429 attendances had been recorded.
SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.—Three samples of water from private wells have been
submitted for bacteriological examination, the results of which
are set out in the schedule. A marked improvement has been
shown in the water from one of the private wells and it is now
considered reasonably safe for drinking purposes. No samples
have been taken from the piped supplies of statutory undertakers.
Drainage and Sewerage.—The northern half of the district
is drained to the Minet Drive Disposal Works, where the sewage
is treated in continuous flow sedimentation tanks followed by
percolating filters and humus tanks. A large extension of the
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