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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
include the following: Rehousing on Medical Grounds, "Mobile
Meals" where necessary and Public Health Inspection, both to
improve living conditions and to investigate possible sources of
infection.
SICKNESS BENEFIT
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 five years the weekly averages of new claims were as

(The large number of claims in January and February, 1953,
reflected the delayed effects of the severe "smog" experienced in
December, 1952.)
In January, 1956, there was fog, frost, and damp followed by
the very cold and frozen fortnight in mid-February. March to
May was mild and sunny and better than the cold, dull rainy
"summer" that followed. Weather conditions improved in the
autumn reverting to damp and fog in December.