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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
Edmonton 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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The school clinic cases are children brought home from the North Middlesex
Hospital after the operation for the removal of tonsils and adenoids. A school
nurse accompanies the patients home.
The total distance covered was 9,277 miles.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES
| Situation. | Accommodation. | Authority | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternity and Child Welfare | Brookfield House, adjoining the Town Hall | Five sessions weekly, including one antenatal session | Edmonton Council. |
| Maternity and Child Welfare | At the School Clinic, Pymmes Park | One dental session weekly | Edmonton Council. |
| Day Nursery | Fore Street | 30 children | Private. |
| School Clinic | Pymmes Park | Minor Ailments: Dental, Ophthalmic | Edmonton Education Committee. |
| School Clinic | Houndsfield Road School | Minor Ailments | Edmonton Education Committee. |
| Orthopaedic Clinic | Brookfield House | Three sessions weekly | Education Committee and Council |
| Tuberculosis | Fore Street, Edmonton | Dispensary | Middlesex County Council. |
| Venereal Disease | Prince of Wales's Hospital, Tottenham, and many London Hospitals | — | Middlesex County Council. |
Details regarding the orthopaedic clinic are given under the work of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Department, as is also that relating to the dental
session for mothers and children under five years of age : the work of the school
clinics is given fully in the report of the School Medical Officer.
DAY NURSERY.
This is situated in Fore Street, convenient of access: the charge is 9d. per
day, or 3s. 6d. per week; residential boarders are admitted, the charge being
10s. weekly.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Committee avail themselves of these
facilities, as will be seen by the'report under that section.
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