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It will be remembered that "St. Moritz" and Collier Row
Nurseries are capable of taking 40 children each, and Rush Green
Nursery, 50 children.
Owing to prevailing conditions the Ministry of Health were
asked to give a further opinion as to the necessity of proceeding with
plans for a 4th Nursery to serve the area, as, previously, sanction to
establish had been obtained. The Ministry indicated that having
regard to the urgent demand for building labour for war-damage
repairs, etc., the proposed scheme should be abandoned.
On the the whole it has been possible to maintain a sufficient
staff throughout the year, although there have been several changes
of personnel.
To supplement the Full-time Stuff, a small number of voluntary
workers have attended regularly, and, in addition, assistance has
frequently been given by the personnel of the First-Aid Posts.
3.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
The Sanitary Inspectors have again carried out their numerous
duties in connection with the inspection of meat and other foods, at
the Regional Slaughterhouse, the Meat Depots, Butchers' Shops,
Stalls, etc., and, in this connection, we have again been grateful for
the assistance rendered by the Sanitary Inspectors of the Dagenham
and Hornchurch Districts, who, for the purpose of carrying out inspections,
have attended at the Regional Slaughterhouse on one day
of each week.
Altogether, 989 visits have been paid. At the Slaughterhouse
alone, 13,295 carcases were inspected.
4— PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
(i) Notifiable Diseases.
(a) Scarlet Fever.
During the first six months of the year there was a slight increase
in the number of cases of Scarlet Fever, but, as for several
years now, the type was mild.