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where there was no ascertained water main damage,
22 showed coli Mac Conkey; 13 did not, that is,
1.7 in 1.
Fortnightly samples are taken of the
public water supplies in the Borough for examination
at the Emergency Public Health Laboratories, copies
being submitted to the Statutory Water Companies.
These check samples confirm the consistently high
bacteriological standard of the water supply.
Abridged though this report is, it gives
ample evidence that the work of the Public Health
Department has gone on to the full, all in spite
of the gradual absorption by H.M. Forces of the
male personnel, and with constant changes in
the temporary staff.
In war conditions a Public Health Department
has an opportunity of providing new and additional
services as well as of giving its usual services
from new angles. Wembley has now itself suffered
air raid damage, and has received many who have
suffered severely in other areas.
Assistance and advice have been given
regarding first aid repairs on damaged houses,
more particularly with regard to the maintenance
of sufficient light and ventilation. The
Health Visitors have visited families received
from other areas and distributed information
regarding and given of the various services
available in the district. The officers of this
department have their places in the Rest Centres
and other Schemes of the Borough, while reference
is made in the report to the public shelters.
view of housing difficulties, of temporary
evacuations and removals and other war circum-
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