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Four part-time Medical Officers are employed by the Society—Dr.
Nora Pinkerton, Dr. Muriel Radford, Dr. Kathleen Matthews and Dr.
Margaret Rorke. Three whole-time trained Health Visitors are also
employed, together with necessary clerical and domestic assistance.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, arrangements for the
adequate treatment of lactation cases were adopted during the year
and these have proved most satisfactory in their working and in the
results achieved. Much valuable work is done by voluntary workers
attached to the Society.
Three members of the Public Health Committee of the Borough
Council and the Medical Officer of Health are members of the Executive
Committee.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, the Borough Council
made a financial grant of £750 to the Society for the year commencing
1st April, 1926.
(b) Chelsea Day Nursery, 65, Sydney Street, S.W. 3. Chairman:
The Hon. Mrs. Eustace Hills. Hon. Sec.: Mrs. Sandwith.
The Chelsea Day Nursery is conducted by a voluntary Association.
The Nursery is ably administered and is much appreciated in the Borough.
Details of work done by the Nursery during the year 1926 will be
found on page 69.
Three members of the Public Health Committee and the Medical
Officer of Health are members of the Day Nursery Committee.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, the Borough Council
made a financial grant of £100 to the Day Nursery for the year commencing
1st April, 1926.
(c) Chelsea Tuberculosis Dispensary. This Dispensary, located at
Brompton Hospital, affords skilled diagnosis and efficient treatment
for all cases of Tuberculosis within the Borough. By agreement with
the Borough Council, adequate medical, nursing and other necessary
services are provided. The Tuberculosis Officer (Dr. W. J. Fenton) is
one of the Honorary Physicians to the Hospital and his services are
available when required by any medical practitioner in the Borough.
Social work in connection with the Dispensary cases is carried out systematically
and well by a trained Social Worker.
Details of the work done by the Dispensary will be found on page 58.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health, the Borough Council
made a financial grant of £1,000 to Brompton Hospital for the year
commencing 1st April, 1926. An additional sum of £160 for Nurses'
visits to homes of patients was also granted by the Council to the Hospital
and approved by the Ministry of Health.
(d) Invalid Children's Aid Association. Chairman: Councillor
F. J. Synge. Hon. Sec.: Mrs. Rathbone.
The Chelsea branch of the Invalid Children's Aid Association is located
at 2 Glebe Place, King's Road, S.W. 3. The Association provides, for