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The Matron is to have a salary of £2 per week and two
rooms. The Assistant has 25s. per week, and the Probationer
{a girl of 14 years of age) has 12s. per week. The Domestic
Help's wages is not yet decided upon. No meals are supplied to
the staff.
At present there are 14 children on the books, and the attendance
averages from 7 or 8 to 12 children per day.
The Cr&che is open every week day, except Saturday, from
8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Dr. Elizabeth Sloan-Chesser or Dr. Charlotte A. Shields
visits weekly.
The Medical Officer of Health or his deputy is available at
any other time.
A charge of 9d. per diem is made for each child.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
5 cases of Dysentery and 81 of Malaria were notified during
the year (old military cases).
No case of Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, or Typhus has been
notified.
SMALLPOX.
On October 8th I received the following letter from the
Medical Officer of Health to the Essex County Council:—
26, High Street, Chelmsford.
8th October, 1919.
Dear Sir,
Smallpox Hospital Accommodation.
I have to inform you that the County Council, as the
Authority for the provision of Smallpox Hospital accommodation
for South-West Essex, is now making arrangements
as under :—
1. Dagenliam Hospital.—In the event of an epidemic,
cases to be sent there.
2. Orsett Joint Hospital.—All sporadic cases to be sent
there.