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Maternity Home.
Eighty-eight babies were born in the Maternity
Home last year. The home is not subsidized by the
Council.
Ante-Natal Clinic.
This is held at Barnes Cray House. Crayford (Crayford
Maternity Home), weekly, on Thursday afternoons.
It is run with the knowledge and approval of the Council,
but at present is not subsidized by them. They are
being increasingly attended and are much appreciated.
No charge is made to expectant mothers.
Public Health Officers.
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH (part-time)
C. M. Ockwell, F.R.C.S. (Eng.), D.P.H., Camb,
SANITARY INSPECTOR (whole-time),
H. G. Davey. A.M.I.S.E., M.S.I. A.
HEALTH VISITOR (whole-time), Nurse Kiddell.
Home Nursing.
The Crayford Nursing Association have one wholetime
nurse at Crayford, and one at Slade Green. Both
are nurses trained and sent down by the Queen's
Victoria's Jubilee Institute for Nurses. The Council
gives no grant, but have an arrangement for home nursing
of measles, the Council undertaking to reimburse the
Association if extra help is required. Northumberland
Heath (the Crayford part of it) is served with the rest of
that district by a Ranyard nurse.
Midwives.
There is one midwife resident in Crayford itself;
one midwife resident outside the area, but practising
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