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were recorded at the five Centres serving the Wanstead and Woodford
residents:—
(a) Children under one year of age 7167
(b) Children between the ages of one and five years 4385
4. Child Life Protection.—The Health Visitors are appointed Child
Life Protection Visitors under Part VII of the Public Health Act, 1936
There were eight foster-mothers and ten foster-children on the Register
at the end of the year.
A total of one hundred and seventeen visits were paid by the Visitors.
5. (a) Arrangements for Dental Cases.—Arrangements were made
with the local dentists in 1937 to undertake the dental treatment of expectant
and nursing mothers and children under school age. Their charges are on
an agreed scale and the fees payable by the patients are assessed according
to their means, on a scale similar to that of the Essex County Council.
During the year 1940, ten mothers and seven children were treated
under this Scheme.
(b) Arrangements for Orthopaedic cases.—There is an orthopaedic
clinic at the Shrubberies, High Road, South Woodford, directed conjointly
by the British Red Cross Society and the Essex County Council.
In suitable cases the Wanstead and Woodford Borough Council have
paid the fees for the admission of orthopaedic cases to Brookfield Ortho.
paedic Hospital.
Section C. Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
1. (1) Water Supply.—The water service throughout the district is
supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board.
(2) Drainage and Sewerage- There have been no important extensions
of sewerage or improvements made in the arrangements for drainage,
sewerage and sewage disposal.
2. Rivers and Streams.—The results of the analyses of samples of effluent
from the three sewage works were satisfactory, with the exception of the
Western Sewage Works when the samples taken in April, June and October,
1940, proved to be unsatisfactory.
3. (1) Closet Accommodation.—With the exception of four isolated
dwellings, house drainage throughout the district is conducted on the water
carriage system.
(2) Public Cleansing.—The collection and disposal of house refuse
has continued to be carried out under contract requiring the maintenance
of a weekly collection throughout the district and the disposal of the refuse
under controlled tipping conditions.
The present contract dating from March, 1938, is for a period of
three years, the contractor providing mechanised transport only. Council
owned land in the Borough is used for the tipping of the refuse.