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(b) Sanitary Inspector.
There is one whole time Sanitary Inspector, Mr. H.
Bousfield, who holds the Sanitary Inspector's Certificate of the
Royal Sanitary Institute.
2. Laboratory Facilities.
Under arrangements made by the Essex County Council
sputum, swabs and other pathological material are examined by Dr.
Beale the County Pathologist, at the Laboratories, 96 Queen Victoria
Street, London, E.C., 4. Reports are sent to the Doctors
submitting the sample, and a copy is forwarded to the Medical
Officer of Health.
Water, Milk and other foodstuffs may also be examined in
the Laboratories on the instructions of the Local Council.
3. Ambulance Facilities.
(a) The Romford Joint Hospital Board remove cases of
notifiable infectious diseases in their motor ambulance which is
stationed at the Hospital, Rush Green.
(b) Public Assistance cases are removed to Oldchurch
Hospital in a motor ambulance provided for the purpose and kept
at the Institution.
(c) The Hornchurch Council have entered into a financial
arrangement with the St. John Ambulance Brigade who are
responsible for the maintenance of an ambulance which is stationed
in Upminster. This is a provisional arrangement and will be
reviewed when the proposed enlargement of the District has taken
effect.
4. Nursing in the Home.
(a) There is one district nurse-midwife maintained by the
Local Nursing Association in the village. The nurse is supplied by
the Essex County Nursing Association, to the funds of which the
County Council contribute.
(b) No home nursing of Infectious cases is provided by
the Council.
5. Clinics and Treatment Centres.
The Essex County Council's Combined Treatment Centre
at Westland Avenue, Hornchurch, was opened on the 31st May,
1933 This building accommodates Infant Welfare, Antenatal,
Orthopaedic and Dental clinics.