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does not interfere with the normal laboratory services
which are still maintained. One such emergency
laboratory has been established within easy situation of
the Borough and has already been of service on several
occasions.
(b) Ambulance Facilities. '
(c) Nursing in the home.
(d) Treatment Centre and Clinics
provided by the Local Authority.
(e) Tuberculosis Dispensary, 2, Park
Road.
(f) Venereal Diseases and Treatment
Centres.
(g) Hospitals, Public and Voluntary.
For details see Annual Report for 1938.
Public Health Act, 1936. Section 187/195, Nursing
Homes.
Vigilance in the discovery of unregistered nursing
homes is exercised by the officers of the department during
routine visitation of the district, noting advertisements
of such premises, and scrutinising weekly returns for
recurring birth or deaths at any address, when enquiries
would be instituted.
There were 10 nursing homes on the register at the
close of the year 1939, of which 3 were new registrations
The homes are regularly inspected by an Assistant
Medical Officer of Health, and no action in regard
unsatisfactory homes was necessary during 1939.
SECTION B (II). MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
This service functioned to its full extent throughout
the year, with the exception of some temporary curtailment
of activities in the first two weeks of the war. The
services available are the same as detailed on page 34 of
my Annual Report for 1938.