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Plans have been submitted for approval of the Ministry
of Health for the new central clinic and public health
offices in Barking Road, also for a new pavilion treatment
block and recreation Hall with additional accommodation
for staff at Harts Sanatorium. The unsatisfactory provision
for our clinics, to which reference has so often been
made in these reports, will be superseded by modern buildings
and equipment; such will greatly enhance the value of
the services and permit of greater comfort and expeditious
treatment.
The replacement of old structures at Harts Sanatorium
with the additional facilities mentioned, is the only requirement
needed to place this hospital in the forefront of
institutions available for this purpose. It is anticipated that
building operations will commence at an early date.
Consideration was given to the needs of the district
from the point of view of maternity and child welfare
services, and re-organisation resulted in the closure of the
Masterman Road branch clinic and concentration of the
work at the High Street centre. The alterations generally
have met with success.
Arrangements were considered by the Public Health
Committee with the object of affording a complete training
for nurses, including experience in fevers and tuberculosis.
Unfortunately, owing to certain restrictions by outside bodies,
it was not possible to proceed with the scheme at the
time.
The overcrowding survey under the Housing Act,
1935, was expeditiously carried out, and showed overcrowding
to the extent of 2.1 per cent, of all houses in the
Borough; such a result compares favourably with similar
districts throughout the country. As elsewhere, outstanding
examples were apparent of insufficient accommodation detrimental
to the health of the inhabitants.
During the year, clearance orders affecting 48 houses
in different areas, including a number of caravans in an