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to a Sanatorium. Unfortunately, in many instances, the case was
too far advanced for anything of this sort to be done. It seems to
me that some machinery should be provided whereby patients who
are certified to be suffering from some of these vague conditions for
long periods might be enabled to have a second opinion upon their
case, and it is hoped that far greater use will be made in the future
by medical practitioners of the services of the local Tuberculosis
Officer in this respect.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The following School Clinics, Health Centres, and Infant
Consultations are still doing very good work in the Borough: —
L.C.C. Clinic.
Health Centre, Deptford Green.
Miss McMillan's Infant Creche and Cleansing Station,
Wellington Street.
Albany Institute Infant Consultation, Creche and Babies
Home.
Greenwich Borough Council's Creche at Conduit House, 236,
Trafalgar Road.
Greenwich Borough Council's Infant Consultations and AnteNatal
Centre.
The total attendances of Babies at our Creche has been 2,981
whilst the figures for our Infant Consultation Centres are as
follows:-
New Cases 930
Attendances 8,717
Medical Consultations 4,613
The Children are weighed at every attendance.
The number of cases attending the Ante-Natal Clinic was 94,
and the number of attendances 196.
The work carried out by the Officers of this Authority at the
Albany Institute, and not included in the above figures, is as
follows: —
Individual babies attended Infant Consultation 134
Seen by Doctor 581 times
Weighed 1158 ,,
Mothers seen by Doctor 34 ,,