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Dental treatment for children under 5 years was given to 18 children. All the cases
were extractions of carious teeth, which were carried out under "gas" anaesthesia.
The treatment of middle ear suppuration which is so common a disease in infancy or early
childhood was carried out at the school minor ailment clinic, cases being referred to the
Consulting Aurist when necessary. The chief difficulty experienced in the treatment of this
condition arises from the fact that the treatment must be thoroughly carried out and it is not
easy for mothers of young children to attend frequently and regularly.
Under the arrangement made for this treatment, 4 infants attended during the year.
One child who suffered from crippling deformity of the legs in consequence of severe
rickets was admitted to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital for treatment, at the expense
of the Committee.
Infant Life Protection.
The Health Visitors are appointed as infant life protection visitors under the Children
Act, 1908. The details as to registration during 1935 were as follows:—
Number of foster children on register at beginning of year 62
Number removed from register 44
Number registered for first time during year 39
Number on register at end of 1935 57
Deaths of foster children Nil
SECTION C.
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Almost every house in the Borough derives its water supply from that of the Metropolitan
Water Board. A few cesspools still exist on the Heathfield Farm Estate and Eel Pie Island, but
water closet accommodation is general throughout the district which is sewered on the separate
system.
The sewage disposal works of the Corporation continued to dispose of all the sewage
of the borough, as the new West Middlesex sewage scheme had not commenced to function at the
end of the year.
The collection of house refuse is carried out under the direction of the Borough Surveyor
and Engineer, from whose reports it is found that during the year, 10,870 tons of refuse were
disposed of in the destructor, a limited quantity being dealt with by tipping.
Sanitary Inspection.
The details of this work, which include domestic sanitation, housing inspection, supervision
of food supplies (including milk, meat and other foods), the investigation and abatement of
nuisances, the sanitation of workshops and factories, the supervision of offensive trades, the
investigation of and disinfection after the occurrence of cases of infectious disease and the
storage of petrol and carbide of calcium, will be found under the appropriate headings. The
figures give some indication of the attention needed to secure effective supervision in this very
important branch of public health work.
The total number of inspections and re-inspections carried out during the year was 7,378.
The visits paid in respect of each branch of the duties of the inspectors are set out under each
heading. In consequence of these visits, notices were served on owners or occupiers as follows:—
Informal notices (intimations) served 291
Informal notices complied 282
Statutory notices served 6
Statutory notices complied 3
Domestic Sanitation.
Included under this heading will be found the visits paid by the Sanitary Inspectors, under
the Housing Regulations, to premises where nuisances were suspected and visits for the purpose
of enquiry and disinfection after the occurrence of infectious disease.
Visits to premises after complaint 463
Visits after the occurrence of infectious disease 162
Visits under Housing Regulations 55
Total visits and inspections 7,378