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The children come under this Act until they are nine years of age,
and of course, the Nurses pay more frequent visits when the
children are below school age. 249 visits were paid to Foster
Children by the Nurses in 1933.
4. Nursing Homes Registration Act, 1927.
The Surrey County Council are the supervising Authority for
Registration of these Homes. After registration is completed the
delegation of all other powers (inspection, etc.) are carried out by
the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough. The County
Medical Officer consults me with regard to premises when registration
is asked for. The County Council have issued Bye-laws
with regard to Nursing Homes.
The number of Homes in the Borough during the year was 10
of which 8 take Maternity cases.
Inspections have been made and no contraventions of the
Bye-laws have been found.
Sanitary Circumstances of Area.
Water.
The Borough receives its water from two sources (1) from
Wells situated in the area and (2) from the Metropolitan Water
Board. The local wells are of two kinds (1) a deep well in the
chalk and (2) five wells near the river.
The water from these latter wells is chlorinated by an automatic
process. Even before chlorination analysis shows that the
water is a good one, but after chlorination the analyst's report
invariably shows a practically sterile water, and one excellent for
the purpose of a public supply.
Drainage and. Sewerage.
Practically all houses in the Borough are drained into the
sewers. The construction of drains for new buildings is supervised