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attends.. An Infant Welfare Clinic is held every Tuesday afternoon and also on
the first and third Fridays in each month. Dental Clinics are held daily and on
Saturday mornings.
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.
Ø x Arthur L. Hyatt, M.R.C.S.(Eng.), L.R.C.P.
Chief Sanitary Inspector.
+ Ø John Baillie Wilson, M.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.
Additional Sanitary Inspector.
Ø Howard W. C. Alloway, A.R.San.I., M.S.I.A.
One Clerk-Typist.
One Rodent Operative.
+ Holds the special qualification as Inspector of Meat and other Foods under
examination of the Royal Sanitary Institute,
Ø Salary Contribution of one half from Exchequer Grants.
x 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 Vailey
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 199 Chemical and 1,455 Bacteriological examinations
of the water were made by the Company's own staff. 1,240 of those samples were
representative of the supply and 98.6 were found to be free from B.Coli. Five
samples of water were taken by the Department and submitted for analysis with
satisfactory results, coliform organisms being absent in 100 milliiitres in each
case.