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It is hoped that this service will fulfil a need not hitherto fullyprovided
for.
The Scheme approved by the Council for this work is a considerable
extension of former arrangements as treatment will be available
for adolescents and adults generally.
There also are the Foot and Women's Clinics, both new branches
of the service.
The Foot Clinic is conducted by a fully qualified chiropodist,
and deals with such conditions as corns, warts and the like, the
cause of much unnecessary disability especially amongst those who
spend much time standing.
The Women's Clinic is primarily a clinic for women "over forty"
suffering from disease consequent upon "change of life," but will
also deal with minor gynaecological conditions: a special treatment
room has been provided for this purpose.
The Centre wing consists of a large Waiting Hall, with a Janitor's
desk and office, from which all callers are directed to the appropriate
clinic or office. At the rear of this is the Solarium, another new
service provided for the use of patients referred by the various clinics
in the building and outlying Maternity and Child Welfare Centres,
Municipal and Voluntary.
The Massage and Light Clinic, formerly conducted in the
adjoining Pine Street Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, has been
transferred to the Solarium: the Light Clinic provided at the Leage
Street Centre will, however, be continued. It is provided with four
special treatment cubicles, one room for collective treatment by means
of carbon-arc lamps and showers. In the other wing is the Clinic
equipped with a modern X-ray apparatus and dark room, and the
latest equipment for the cure and prevention of Tuberculosis, replacing
dwelling house premises converted temporarily for this use in
1931. A special surgery is incorporated in the Clinic for the treatment
of patients by collapse therapy.
The Bacteriological Laboratory formerly was housed in the
administrative offices of the Public Health Department: in the new
buildings improved accommodation has been provided in this wing
in which the work can be more efficiently carried out under the
direct supervision of the Tuberculosis Officer, who is also the Deputy
Medical Officer of Health.