[Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Gravesend Borough.

  • Gravesend (Kent, England). Borough Council.
Date:
1940
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Credit: [Report 1940] / Medical Officer of Health, Gravesend Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    At the end of the year two nursing homes were on the register; one medical (12 patients) and one Maternity (12 patients). Five supervision visits were made by the Officers of Council and on all occasions the Homes appeared to be conducted satis- factorily. One Maternity Home was closed during the year. Or ho oaodic Treatment. By arrangement with the Gravesend and North Kent Hospital children under the age of 5 years are referred to the Orthopaedic Specialist who attends this hospital on one afternoon per week. The Specialist, after making a report to the Medical Officer of Health, undertakes and supervises the necessary treatment. He also, in appropriate cases, arranges for in-patient treatment at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, for which the Council accepts financial responsibility. Necessary surgical appliances are paid for by the Council and a proportion of the cost is recovered from the parents according to their financial circumstances. During the year 3 infants were referred to the Specialist, who advised the provision of apparatus in 2 instances and the mainten- ance of supervision over another child. A total of eight attendances were made to the hospital for treatment. SECTION C.” PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY. As in past years little comment can he made on the w^ater supply. There is an unvarying high standard of purity and an abundant supply is always available. The supply is obtained in the old portion of the Borough from the Gravesend and Milton Water Company: in the Denton and Chalk areas, from the Higham and Hundred of Hoo Water Com- pany. Routine samples are taken twice per month for bacteriological examination as follows ; —