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The Ministry of Health has stressed the importance of the
home visits by Health Visitors, and an increase in this home
visitation has been taking place in Wembley. Visits paid during
the year to children between the ages of one and five have been
—1935—3,572, 1936—5,700, 1937—6,745, 1938—6,935.
It was considered that there was little evidence which could
be passed to the Council pointing to any immediate necessity
for the provision of nursery schools for debilitated children.
As regards nursery classes, however, it was considered the
case was entirely different. These nursery classes are very much
in parallel with toddlers' clinics, in the endeavour to keep
toddlers always healthy in bodily and mental development, and
to anyone who has visited the Middlesex County Council school
at Vicars Green, there can be no doubt about the good work of
these nursery classes.
In this regard, it is considered that the experiment being
made at Vicars Green is a public health one of great importance.
April—Insurance Against Mistakes in Diagnosis of Medical
Officers.
The Borough Council have insured by a policy which provides
to indemnify the Council against all sums including law
costs which the Council shall legally be liable to pay as compensation
for damages following a wrongful diagnosis of a
notifiable infectious disease or diseases, made for, or on behalf
of the Council by their Medical Officer of Health or any Assistant
Medical Officer of Health for the time being, or for any
failure to diagnose any notifiable infectious disease by their
Medical Officer of Health or Assistant Medical Officer of Health.
The Council have also a policy which indemnifies the Council
against all sums which they shall become legally liable to pay
as compensation for (a) bodily injury or illness, fatal or otherwise,
to any person other than persons in the employ of the
Council, and (b) damage caused to property, other than property
belonging to the Council.
The indemnity given by the policy extends to protect the
individual officers or other employees and the honorary or
voluntary staff of the Council whilst engaged on the Council's
business at the clinics.
June—Rejuse Disposal Works.
A report was asked for regarding working conditions at the
Refuse Disposal Works.
From the facts elicited regarding absences from duty no
conclusion could be arrived at with regard to any effect on the
health of men of the work performed by them.
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