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AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(a)Infectious Cases.—Under the Public Health(London) Act,
persons in London suffering from certain notifiable diseases may be
conveyed without payment to a hospital of the London County Council.
The London County Council ambulances are also available, on payment,
for the conveyance of persons suffering from infectious disease to places
elsewhere in the metropolitan area.
(b)Non-infectious and Accident Cases.—The efficient ambulance
service of the London County Council is available for cases of accident,
sudden illness and also for maternity cases. The ambulances of the
London County Council may also be utilized, on payment, for the removal
of non-infectious cases to hospitals or homes.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
(a.) The Violet Melchett Infant Welfare Centre, Flood Walk,
S.W.3.—Patroness: Her Majesty Queen Mary. Chairman of Council :
Violet, Lady Melchett, D.B.E. Hon. Treasurer : Col. Sir Courtauld
Thomson, K.B.E., C.B. Hon. Secretary. Miss M. Bowden-Smith.
This Centre, controlled by a Voluntary Council with headquarters
in Flood Walk, adjoining the Town Hall, was completed in February,
1931, and formally opened by Her Majesty Queen Mary on 26th March,
1931.
The Violet Melchett Infant Welfare Centre maintains the Maternity
and Child Welfare services in the Borough and embodies the activities
of the Chelsea Health Society, the Chelsea Day Nursery and the Chelsea
Mothercraft Home.
The magnificent building, with the land on which it stands and a
considerable portion of its equipment, was a gift of the late Lord Melchett
as a memorial to Lady Melchett's life-long work for Infant Welfare.
Three members of the Public Health Committee of the Borough Council
and the Medical Officer of Health are members of the Executive Committee.
The Violet Melchett Infant Welfare Centre is supported by (1) voluntary
contributions (2) an endowment of £500 per annum generously provided
by Lady Melchett herself (3) financial grants from the Borough Council.
A further source of income arises from the fees paid by pupils and
parents.