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Prevention of Tuberculosis.
The various preventive measures detailed in the Report for
1950 continued in subsequent years and were shared between the
Borough Council as Sanitary Authority, and as the Excepted
District for Education, and by the Health Area Sub-Committee
administering the Part III Services under the National Health
Service Act.
The preventive services operated by the Borough Council
included the following:—Rehousing on Medical Grounds, "Mobile
Meals" where necessary and Sanitary Inspection, both to improve
living conditions and to investigate possible sources of infection.
MORBIDITY
The arrangement under which a statement of new claims for
Sickness Benefit is received weekly from the Ministry of National
Insurance has provided an interesting measure of morbidity. During
the past three years the weekly averages of new claims were as
follows. The extraordinary consistency of those for the months of
Tune to November will be noted.
1952
1953
1954
January 464 747 500
February 433 832 513
March 390 401 375
April 350 300 267
May 270 232 314
June 214 237 252
July 200 197 220
August 205 201 209
September 262 257 284
October 369 370 348
November 311 360 366
December 426 291 299
(The large number of claims in January and February, 1953,
apparently reflected the delayed effects of the severe "smog" experienced
in December, 1952.)
G.—MISCELLANEOUS
1. Old People's Welfare.
(a) General. The Town Clerk, as Honorary Secretary of the
Walthamstow Old People's Welfare Committee, states that the Committee's
"Meals on Wheels" Service provided 16,074 meals during
1954. Five rounds are now operated on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday. The meals are obtained from the Council's Catering