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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 61.
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, 1928. 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
children referred to them, treatment in Hospitals, Sanatoria and Nursing
Homes, according to need; convalescence in the country or at the seaside;
orthopaedic appliances and surgical boots; massage, remedial
exercises, surgical dressings and medical comforts; help in training
for suitable work; additional clothing, etc.
Details of work done by the Association during the year will be found
on page 71.
Three members of the Public Health Committee of the Borough Council
and the Medical Officer of Health are members of the local Committee
of the Association.
With the approval of the Ministry of Health the Borough Council
made a financial grant of £100 to the Association for the year commencing
1st April, 1928.
(e.) The Babies' Club. —35, Danvers Street, S.W. 3. Chairman
Mrs. William Piercy. Hon. Sec.: Mrs. Stanley Robinson. Medical
Officer: Dr. Harold Waller.
This Infant Welfare Clinic is controlled by a voluntary Committee.
It is intended for the use of annual subscribers only. The Medical
Officer of Health is a member of the Committee of the Home.
(f.) Charity Organisation Society. —Chairman: E. F. Dent Esq.
Hon. Secretaries: Miss Larken and Miss Fairtlough.
The Chelsea branch of the Charity Organisation Society is located at
2, Glebe Place, King's Road, S.W. 3.
This Society arranges for convalescent treatment when necessary ;
for the supply of dentures and surgical appliances and for various forms
of temporary assistance during disablement, etc.
In connection with the Society there is a Women's Holiday Fund and
a large number of Chelsea women are thus enabled to obtain holidays
in the country or at the seaside during the summer months.