Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hornchurch]
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(4) Treatment Centres and Clinics.
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics are carried on by the
County Council which is the Welfare Authority at the following
centres:—
(i) North Street School.
(ii) Malvern Road, Romford.
(iii) 61, Athelstan Road, Harold Wood.
(iv) St. Lawrence Hall, Upminster.
(v) Church Hall, Rainham.
SECTION C.
Sanitary Officers Regulations, 1935.
Article 27.
For the purposes of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors the
District is divided into four areas each equal as far as possible in
work and responsibility and in each a Sanitary Inspector carries out
all the duties of his office.
In addition to the normal duties the Sanitary Inspectors have
also carried out work of a similar nature, e.g., visiting billets:
public air-raid shelters: Civil Defence depots: inspecting damaged
foodstuffs, etc.
One Inspector also takes part in the routine inspection of the
carcases of animals slaughtered for food at the Regional Slaughter
House in Romford.
SECTION D.
HOUSING.
During the year 23 houses were completed by private builders
and housing certificates were issued.
No houses were built by the Council,