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Mrs. P. Manger, temporary Matron at the Infectious Diseases
Hospital, having resigned her appointment, ceased duties on the 7th
October, 1945. Mrs. C. Dyer was appointed temporary Matron,
commencing duties on the 1st October, for the interim period pending
the appointment of a Matron on the permanent staff. Mrs. C. Dyer
had previously resigned her position as Matron at the Sheen Wartime
Day Nursery, finishing duties on the 7th August, Miss D. Callund,
Deputy Matron at the Nursery, being promoted on the 14th September,
to succeed her.
Mrs. M. Heard, Matron of the Castelnau Day Nursery, resigned
her appointment and left on the 8th November. She was succeeded
by Miss M. Farrar who commenced duties on the 26th November.
SANITARY INSPECTION OF DISTRICT.
The remarks contained in my Annual Reports for 1943 and 1944
as to the effect upon property of bombing and gunfire, and the consequent
demands upon the services of the sanitary inspectors, have
proved correct.
The position is aggravated by the shortage in supply of materials
and labour, causing many more visits by the inspectors, to see that
repairs are carried out, than would normally be the case. It can be
expected that these conditions will prevail for some considerable time.
WATER SUPPLY.
The water supply of the area has been satisfactory both in quality
and in quantity. Bacteriological examinations of the water have not
been made as these are carried out by the Metropolitan Water Board.
There has been no evidence of either plumbo-solvency or of any form
of contamination. The whole of the dwellings in the Borough are
supplied from public water mains direct to house.
PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Particulars of the incidence and distribution of the cases of infectious
disease notified during the year 1945 are set out in Tables 23-26 in the
Appendix, in which the number of cases removed to hospital and the
number of deaths in the district from these diseases are also given.
The incidence of infectious diseases in the Borough during the
year have been low, measles being the only disease showing an
appreciable increase.
The number of cases of measles notified during the year was 358.
The disease was prevalent throughout the whole of the country and
was not confined to Barnes and was apparently following the normal
three to four years cycle, reaching its peak in 1945.
It is even more significant this year than last that there has been
a great shift of the incidence of diphtheria to the higher age groups.