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Number of children on the register:—
(a) at the beginning of the year 14
(b) at the end of the year 10
(c) who died during the year —
No legal proceedings were taken.
Orthopaedic Treatment.
Cases are seen at the Infant Welfare Centre and at the
School Clinic, and, when necessary, referred to the Croydon
General Hospital, where treatment is provided at the cost
of the Council.
Suitable cases are sent to St. Nicholas' and St. Martin's
Orthopaedic Hospital, Pyrford, Surrey, for in-patient treatment.
In necessitous cases hospital treatment and surgical
appliances are provided by the Council free of charge.
Maternity and Nursing Homes.
The Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927, is administered
by the Kent County Council.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Water.
All the houses in the district are supplied with a constant
service of water by the Metropolitan Water Board, the
majority of the premises being directly connected with the
rising main. Four drinking water cisterns were cleansed and
covered, and at 7 houses water was supplied direct from the
rising main.