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the help provided by Voluntary Bodies etc., and only invoking
action under Section 47 as a last resort when everything
else has failed.
Housing
Progress was maintained during the year in the clearance
of unfit houses and in the building of many new
Council and private dwellings. Several new Council housing
schemes were completed incorporating for the first
time large blocks of flats. This usually brings some problems
mainly due to tenants not being used to "flat" life.
However, people usually adapt themselves fairly quickly
and I am sure the amenities and good living conditions
that these new flats provide must far outweigh any of the
so-called drawbacks of flat life.
Maternity and Chief Welfare and School Health Services
The District forms part of Health Area 10, Middlesex
County Council who provide numerous sessions for antenatal
and post-natal care, child welfare, immunisation and
school health services at the following clinics:—
Cardinal Road, Feltham.
Grove Crescent, Hanworth.
Imperial Road, Bedfont.
In addition a mobile clinic providing child welfare
services visits sites on the Sparrow Farm Estate, the Wigley
Road Estate and in Lower Feltham.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
One establishment was licensed under Sections 355-357
of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944.
During the year the Middlesex County Council started
weekly chiropody sessions at their three clinics in the
district. In the first instance priority is being given to the
elderly people, the physically handicapped and nursing and
expectant mothers.
Medical Examination of Council Employees
The total number of medical interviews and examinations
carried out during the year was seventy-nine. These
consisted of thirty-one for fitness for admission to the
Council's Sick Pay Scheme, thirty-four for Superannuation
purposes and fourteen for aged employees' fitness to continue
working.
Sewerage
The vast majority of premises in the district are drained
to the public sewers which in turn discharge to the West