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Public Health Department,
43, White Horse Street,
Stepney, London, E.
24th April, 1935.
To the Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors
of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney.
Your Worship, Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you my second annual report on the
vital statistics and the sanitary conditions of the Borough of Stepney for
the year 1934.
On the whole it has been a year of preparation rather than a year of
actual progress.
My report upon a proposed reorganisation of the staff of Sanitary
Inspectors was duly considered and the formation of a Food Section was
agreed to by Council and was sanctioned by the Minister of Health.
Unfortunately unforeseen circumstances prevented this section from
starting its activities until January 1st, 1935.
Certain other reorganisation in the staff of the department was alsofound
to be necessary and this will be considered by Council early in the
New Year.
The new Tuberculosis Dispensary did not materialise, as I had
hoped, but this should now be a fait accompli in 1935 and before that
year is out the Tuberculosis Service in Stepney will be placed upon a
more efficient basis.
Slum Clearance did not progress as rapidly as I hoped and I was
able to represent only one Clearance Area—the Beccles Street area—
during the year. The Minister of Health confirmed the Council's
Compulsory Purchase Order on 28th September.
The bathing facilities for the treatment of Scabies, other than in
school children, are very inadequate and consideration is being given to
the necessary alterations at the Council's Disinfecting Station. In the
meantime arrangements were made with Bethnal Green for the bathing
of adults and with the London County Council for the bathing of children
under school age.