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Chelsea 1929

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1929

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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 62,
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, 1929. 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 : Alderman
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 72.
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, 1929.
(e.) The Babies' Club.—35, Danvers Street, S.W. 3. Chairman:
Mrs. William Piercy. Hon. Sec. : Mrs. Stanley Robinson. • Medical
Officers : Dr. Harold Waller and Dr. Neville Lloyd.
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 Executive 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.