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(9) Ambulance facilities.
The ambulance services are provided by the London County Council.
(10) Clinics and Treatment Centres.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres, Ante-Natal Clinics and Day
Nurseries. (See Maternity and Child Welfare Section, page 117.)
Tuberculosis Dispensary. (See page 100, where a list of accommodation
and hours of sessions, etc., is shown.)
There are several school treatment centres in the Borough maintained
by the London County Council.
There is no centre in the Borough for the treatment of venereal
disease. Posters published by the London County Council giving addresses
of the nearest clinics are displayed in the public urinals throughout the
Borough. These posters also state that a complete list of Hospitals where
treatment is available can be had on application at the office of the Public
Health Department.
(11) Maternal Mortality.
All maternal deaths and all cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal
Pyrexia are specially investigated. (See Maternity and Child Welfare
section, page 126.)
(12) Health Visiting.
The Maternity and Child Welfare work of the Borough is divided
between the M. and C.W. section of the Public Health Department and
the Royal College of St. Katharine. The latter body is responsible for
approximately one-third of the Borough, namely, the central portion
lying between Bow Road in the north and East India Dock Road in the
south.
With few exceptions, infants are visited on the nth day after birth,
or as soon as possible thereafter. An endeavour is made to pay eight
visits during the first year of life, six in the second year, four in the third
year, three in the fourth year, and one or two in the fifth year.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1928, sec. 28.
Removal of infirm persons.
During the year it has been necessary to obtain one Magistrate's Order
for the removal of a person to an institution.