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Deptford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]
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St. John's Home. A voluntary ante-natal clinic, amongst
other activities, is provided at the St. John's Home, Watson Street,
and co operation exists between this clinic and the municipal clinic.
The following particulars have been kindly given to me:—
| Number of Clinics held | 145 |
| Total attendances made | 1464 |
| Number of individual women who attended | 620 |
(c) Artificial Light Clinic. Both the Mercury Vapour and the
Carbon Arc type lamps are in use, the former being centrally-placed
Centrosol Mercury Vapour lamp together with two ancilliary lamps of
the "Sollux" type, to aid the efficiency of Ultra-violet radiation. All
children and adults given this form of treatment are selected upon
medical grounds and are kept under careful supervision.
The following is a statement of the year's work:—