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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Walthamstow 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table gives information required by the Ministry of Health
| 1. No. of applications for registration | 1 (for additional beds). |
| 2. No. of Homes registered | No new registrations. |
| 3. No. of orders made refusing or cancelling registration | Nil. |
| 4. No. of appeals against such orders | Nil. |
| 5. No. of cases in which such orders have been made:— | |
| (a) Confirmed on appeal | Nil. |
| (b) Disallowed | Nil. |
| 6. No. of applications for exemption from registration | Nil. |
| 7. No. of cases in which exemption has been | |
| (a) Granted | Nil. |
| (b) Withdrawn | Nil. |
| (c) Refused | Nil. |
Periodical quarterly inspections are made to each Home, in
addition to any visits necessary for special inquiries.
The Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade carried out a detailed
inspection of the fire appliances at each Home during the year.
9. Institutional Provision for Unmarried Mothers, Illegitimate
Infants and Homeless Children.—There is no change to
record from the provision detailed in the 1930 Report.
10. Ambulance Facilities.
(a) For Infectious Diseases.—The ambulance facilities remained
as detailed in the 1930 Report. All the ambulances were either
repainted or revarnished during 1931. New garage accommodation
was erected during the year on the site of the old garage.
(b) For Non -Infectious and Accident Cases.—Your Council
provided no facilities for non-infectious cases. A proposal to enter
into an agreement with the St. John Ambulance Brigade proved
abortive, and a scheme for the provision of two ambulances to be
located at the Fire Station has now been approved.
1. Mr. A. G. Mattacks, the Corps Secretary of the Walthamstow
and District Corps of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, reports
as follows:—
"We have two Motor Ambulances, the day drivers being the
only paid men in the Walthamstow Corps. Otherwise our services