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This is a healthy and satisfactory state of affairs and should
be followed by corresponding improvement in the well-being of the
mothers and children of Southgate. In this connection, it might
here be noted that, by the time this Report is issued, the Child
Welfare Clinic formerly situated in St. Andrew's Church Hall will
have been removed to The Bourne, Southgate, while an entirely
new Clinic will be operating at the Community Hall, Southgate.
Thus, a portion of the district whose wants have not been entirely
met in the past will receive much more satisfactory attention, the
new Clinics being suitably distributed and very well equipped for
their purpose. Having taken this step, the facilities available in
New Southgate might now be reviewed, with a view to a corresponding
improvement. The remaining Centres within the district
appear to be eminently satisfactory for immediate requirements.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
As before, the Public Health Department has worked in conjunction
with the County School Medical service with respect to
the discovery of "carriers," missed cases of infectious diseases,
etc., several conjoined visits having been paid to schools in the
district by the Assistant School Medical Officer and myself for such
purposes. Immunisation has also been carried out in the schools,
as noted elsewhere in the report, an average of two schools being
visited in this connection each year.
Medical Inspection.—The Middlesex County Medical Officer
is the Chief School Medical Officer for this district, and organises
and supervises the work.