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The "St. Moritz" and Collier Row Nurseries are capable of
taking 40 children each, and the Rush Green Nursery, 50 children.
For most of the year it was possible to maintain a sufficiency
of staff, but, towards the end of the year, there was a number of
resignations, in part due to the return from Military Service of
husbands of members of the staff, who no longer wished to continue
in employment, or who moved out of the district. By the end of
the year, however, practically full establishment had been reached,
although several untrained helpers had to be employed to achieve
this.
Some of the probationers were successful in obtaining the
Diploma, granted by the National Society of Children's Nurseries.
Others failed on the first attempt, but were successful in a subsequent
examination. Others could not be persuaded to re-sit, and
left the nurseries.
To supplement the full-time staff, assistance was given in the
first part of the year by the personnel of the Civil Defence First
Aid Posts, but this terminated on the cessation of the Posts.
3.—INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD.
The Sanitary Inspectors, once again, under considerable difficulties
owing to lack of staff, 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, Stores of the Ministry of Food, Civil Defence Canteens, etc.,
and, once more, we were grateful for the assistance rendered by
the Sanitary Inspectors of the Dagenham Borough, and Hornchurch
Urban District Councils, and especially to the Sanitary
Inspectors of the former district, who readily gave us additional
assistance when Hornchurch could no longer help us by reason
of their own shortage of personnel. Since the return, however, of
one of our Inspectors from Military Service at the beginning of
November, we have been able to cope with the inspections ourselves.
Altogether, 918 visits have been paid. At the Slaughterhouse
alone, 14,507 carcases were examined.
4.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
(i) Notifiable Diseases.
As particulars, relative to the notifications of infectious
diseases have not been published since 1938, I give below a suitable
table, setting out the appropriate information.