London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Maternity and Child Welfare.
and distribution of food, drugs and clothing. The assistance
which these ladies give is much appreciated and there is the closest
co-operation between them and those members of the Council's
staff who work at the Clinics.
Table XV. gives details of the work carried out at the
Infant Welfare Centres during the year.
| No. of Sessions held. | No. of new cases. | Total attendances. | No. of Doctors' Consultations. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ante-Natal and Post-Natal Clinics.
Ante-natal Clinics are now held at nine of the Welfare Centres
in the Borough, i.e., at all the Centres except the one in Longley
Road, Tooting.
No special Post-natal Clinics are held, but post-natal women
are encouraged to attend the Ante-natal Clinics for consultation
and examination.
The details of the work carried out at the Clinics are given
in Table XVI.
The Ante-Natal Clinics at the Municipal Buildings and at
Beechcroft Road are conducted by a rota of four Medical
Practitioners, who are Dr. V. Harcourt Ellis, Dr. Helen Gray,
Dr. E. G. Housden and Dr. A. C. Nicol. The Medical Officer
of the Streatham Clinic is Dr. Eileen Saxton. The other Antenatal
Clinics are conducted by the same doctors who take the
corresponding Infant Clinics.