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Type of treatment received-
Patients Patients
receiving receiving
conservative extraction
treatment. treatment.
Children 393 253
Mothers 427 722
General:
Laboratory Facilities - Arrangements dealt with
in previous reports regarding laboratory facilities
continued until the outbreak of war when the
Emergency Laboratory Service provided by the
Ministry of Health and the Medical Research Council
was instituted. The laboratory for this district
is that for Sector 5-at first conducted at Merchant
Taylors School, North wood and lately transferred to
the Middlesex Hospital.
London Underground Water: The Ministry of Health's
letter, 31st Jan. 1939, asked to be furnished with
a report dealing with the position in the Borough
and any difficulties which may be encountered in
dealing with the position, the Minister's attention
having been drawn to the possibility of pollution
from disused wells or borings of water obtained
from the chalk Tinder London. Five private wells
from the chalk are known to the Public Health
Department which supply water for factory or
industrial purposes only. Two factories have two
sells each and one factory has one well. Six
disused wells are known.
The Council adopted the suggestion that the
ministry of Health be informed of the position so
far as Wembley is concerned and resolved that they
are of the opinion that legislation should be
introduced to provide (a) that all known or fresh
wells or borings should be registered with the
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