[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow].

  • Harrow (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1945]
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    11/64 (page 5)
    5 GENERAL PROVISIONS OF HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AREA. CLINIC AND TREATMENT CENTRES. The only changes in the clinic sessions during the year were the transference in November, on the closing down of First-Aid Post 61, of the infant welfare and ante-natal sessions to the Broadway clinic, and the transferring in August of one infant welfare session from Chandos to the Honeypot Lane clinic building. At the end of the year then, 24 weekly infant welfare centre sessions were being held in 13 premises, 14 ante natal sessions (2 fortnightly, the remainder weekly) at 12 premises, and the equivalent of 5 weekly toddlers' sessions at 8 premises. AMBULANCE FACILITIES. The ambulances continued throughout the year to be stationed at Ruffell's Garage, Wealdstone, being manned by the Civil Defence per sonnel attached to C.15 ambulance depot. The following figures relate to the service for the past year:— Traffic accidents 146 Other accidents, including street illness 442 Maternity removals 407 Sick removals to and from hospitals 2,845 Calls received, ambulance not required 48 Total calls for the year 4,851 Total mileage for the year 42,012 Carried out for other authorities 123 SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA. WATER. Circular 49/45 of the Ministry of Health requires that reference be made to certain aspects of the water supply. Full particulars of the district's supplies were set out in the Annual Report for 1938. Copies are regularly received from the analyst of the Colne Valley Water Company of the results of the analyses carried out on samples of water collected from houses throughout the district. In addition each quarter samples are submitted for full chemical and bacteriological analysis at an independent laboratory. The findings in every case have proved satisfactory. The Water Company are advised of the occurrence of any infection which might be water borne, and they arrange for the water of the house in which the patient is to be analysed and copies of these reports are received. Practically every house in the district is served with water from public water mains direct to the house.