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Barnet 1949

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnet Urban District Council]

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morning from Monday to Friday inclusive, a Speech Therapy Clinic on Wednesdays
and Fridays, a Child Guidance Clinic on Thursdays and an Eye Clinic on the first,
third andfourth Fridays in each month.
These Clinics are subject to alteration and it is advisable to enquire of the
Vale Drive Clinic (BAR; 6194) for the current days and times.
Home Helps Service.
The local office of the Herts County Council Home Helps Service at No. 31
Wood Street, Barnet, is open daily from 11 - 12 noon, Monday to Friday inclusive.
PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF.
Acting Medical Officer of Health.
0 x Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P.
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
+ 0 Charles William Hill, M.S.I.A. (Deceased 14th December, 1949)
+ 0 John Baillie Wilson, M.R.San.I., M.S.I.A. (From 15th December, 1949)
Additional Sanitary Inspector.
fi Howard W. C. Alloway, A.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.
Clerical Staff.
One Clerk-Typist.
Holds the special qualification as Inspector of Meat and Other Foods under
examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute.
Salary Contribution of one half from Exchequer Grants.
Part-time Officer.
WATER SUPPLY.
The major area of the District is supplied with water from the mains of the
Barnet District Water Company, and the remainder is served by the Colne Valley
Water Company.
All water supplied by the Barnet District Water Company is chlorinated. A
pathological staff is maintained and the water is regularly tested at all stages.
During the year, a total of 223 Chemical and 1689 Bacteriological examinations of
the water were made by the Company's own staff and by an independent laboratory.
Of the Bacteriological samples representative of supply, the percentage of