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the children has been periodic and regular and special cases
referred to the Assistant Medical Officer, Dr. P. Currie
"The training of the five students has progressed satisfactorily,
the technical lectures being held at Sidcup Polytechnic.
" The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee pay monthly
visits for inspection and supervision. The year of work at the
nursery has, I believe, been successful."
DOMESTIC HELP SCHEME.
The steady demand for home assistance in cases of sickness
during 1946 has been met by this service, though not without
difficulty haying regard to the shortage of workers, which is a
difficulty not at all likely to be alleviated in the future.
Figures of the service during 1946:—
No. of helpers engaged during 1946:
(a) Whole-time, 4.
(b) Part-time, varying 4 to 10.
Total number of cases assisted, 182.
(a) Maternity, 58.
(b) Sickness, 124.
There is at the present time no limit to the amount of help
that can be given to the distressed household, but we have,
owing to shortage of staff, had to restrict the help available to
the most needy and to those in a temporary emergency.
There are many aged and decrepit people who should be
under institutional care and for whom domestic help would be
of assistance, but we have not been able to meet this need owing
to the fact that such help would be of a permanent nature
requiring a much larger staff than the labour market can
provide.
SECTION D. SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA
WATER.
The Director of Water Examination of the Metropolitan
Water Board has kindly supplied the following information on
water supply to the Borough for the year 1946:—
"The supply to the Bromley district during 1946 has been
adequate at all times. The higher level is supplied from Shortlands
Wells and by Thames-derived filtered water; the lower
level is supplied from West Wickham and Orpington Wells with
additional Thames-derived filtered water during the summer
months.