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The Medical and other staff are appointed by the Voluntary Committee.
Four part-time Medical Officers are employed—Dr. Mary Nelson, Dr.
Muriel Radford, Dr. Kathleen Matthews and Dr. Margaret Salmond.
Three whole-time trained Health Visitors are also employed, together with
necessary clerical and domestic assistance. 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.
The Society is supported by (1) voluntary contributions (2) financial
grants from the Ministry of Health and from the Borough Council.
Under section 101 (6) of the Local Government Act, 1829, the Borough
Council made an annual contribution of £1,427 to the Chelsea Health
Society for services in respect of Maternity and Child Welfare work for
the financial year 1934-1935.
(2) Chelsea Day Nursery, Flood Street, S.W.3.—Chairman of
Executive Committee: Alderman Eric Hall, L.C.C. Hon. Secretary:
Miss E. G. Antrobus.
The Chelsea Day Nursery is controlled by a Voluntary Committee.
It provides accommodation for fifty children. In addition to two large
nurseries for infants and toddlers, there are bathrooms, a kitchen
and an enclosed garden for the children to play in.
The staff consists of a Medical Officer, an honorary Medical Adviser,
a Matron, a Sister, a Staff Nurse, eight probationers, and six London
County Council Scholarship Students.
The Nursery is ably administered and is much appreciated in the
Borough.
Three members of the Public Health Committee and the Medical Officer
of Health are members of the Day Nursery Committee.
The Nursery is supported by (1) voluntary contributions (2) children's
fees, (3) a financial grant from the Borough Council.
Under section 101 (6) of the Local Government Act, 1929, the Borough
Council made an annual contribution of £358 to the Chelsea Day Nursery
for the financial year 1934-35.