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Section 4: Environmental hygiene, sanitary complaints and
nuisances, Land Charges, Searches, etc., Statutory Notices under
Public Health and Housing Acts, sewers, closets, etc., food and
milk; and premises and dairies, water, housing, factories, vermin,
rats, etc.; swimming-baths, hairdressers, establishments for massage,
private school premises, disinfectants, etc.
Section 5: Day Nurseries and Daily Guardian Scheme.
Section 6: All Civil Defence; general filing and more personal
M.O.H. matters; Borough Civil Ambulances, Volunteer Car Pool.
The above arrangements have proved fluid enough to allow
a smooth assumption of the additional duties which are being
continually imposed upon Health Departments. At the time of
writing, of course, the largest extension in the services so far is
taking place as on the 16th July, the provision of the School
Medical Services is being undertaken by the Department according
to delegation under the Education Act, 1944.
The Staff (July, 1845) ((full-time).
Medical Officers 4
Health Visitors 13
Home and Domestic Helps 8
Sanitary Inspectors 6
Disinfectors 2
Rodent Operatives 2
Sanitary Assistants 2
Mortuary Attendant 1
Clerical Officers 14
Forward 52
Forward 52
Day Nurseries.
Matron & Sisters-in-Charge 8
Other nursing personnel 58
Wardens 6
Domestic personnel 11
Ambulance Service.
Station Officer and Drivers 9
Attendants 8
Clerical and Telephone
Operators 3
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SUMMARY.
Probably this is the last Report to be of an interim nature,
and it is being compiled just at the end of hostilities in Europe.
But even those short war-time Reports have given, in summary
fashion, an indication of the increased health services which have
fallen upon the Borough Council. Civil Defence, especially,
filtered into all the sections of the Department, but the Ministry
of Health has been providing through Local Authorities additional
public health, and personal health and social services.
The essential statistics for the Borough have continued
throughout the war years to be satisfactory. This applies to the
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