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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 117
Home Helps.
The services of a Home Help have been obtained for the
Southfield, Fairfield and Springfield Wards of Wandsworth in
connection with the Infant Welfare Centre in Garratt Lane. The
woman is paid 30/- a week with outdoor uniform and overall,
fares being allowed up to 2/6 a week. She is required to work
eight hours a day, and to do whatever is necessary in the home
—Saturday afternoons and Sundays excepted. The mothers
book her services for confinement or sickness, and pay a contribution
according to their means to the Infant Welfare Centre.
No money is paid by them to the Home Help, nor are meals
provided.
Staff.
No change has taken place in the staff and duties during the
year with the following exceptions:—
Mr. E. B. Kershaw retired in January, on reaching the age
limit, after 29 years of faithful service.
Mr. A. W. Browne was transferred from Clapham North
Ward to Streatham, and Mr. J. A. Sands, who was appointed
chiefly for housing duties, was appointed to his district.
The vacancy caused by Mr. Sands' appointment to a district
was filled by the appointment of Mr. B. Good.
Chemical Work.
All the necessary chemical work, analysis of food and drugs,
rag flock and water, is carried out by the Public Analyst, Mr.
A. H. M. Muter, F.I.C., F.C.S.
Bacteriological Examinations.
During the year 2,226 bacteriological examinations were
made.
The following Table shows the number of examinations in
each sub-district and for the whole Borough, also the disease
for which the examination was made, and the result of such
examination.