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NURSING IN THE HOME.
The arrangements for home nursing which the Council has made
with the Ranyard Mission, the Charlton and Blackheath District
Nursing Association, and the Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine
respectively, continue to be in operation. Such services were utilised
as and when occasion demanded.
CLINICS.
Reference was made in last year's Report to the purchase of a
plot of land in Charlton Lane, with the intention of erecting a Centre
in place of the unsuitable Sunday School premises, which are now in
use at Charlton Vale. The purchase has now been completed and
the plans passed by the Ministry of Health for the erection of a
combined Infant Welfare and Artificial Sunlight Treatment Centre
at an estimated cost of £2,048. The erection of the building will be
commenced early in the new year.
Negotiations are still proceeding with regard to the purchase of
a site in the St. Nicholas, Deptford, district, which was also referred
to in last year's Report.
TUMOUR DIAGNOSIS CLINIC.
During 1933, the clinic was attended by 33 new patients, of
whom 4 were males. In all, the attendances totalled 42. As in
previous years there were several inquiries from outside Boroughs.
Of the new patients, 4 were sent by medical men, 3 came on the
recommendation of other patients the Health Visitors sent 7, and
the remainder attended as a result of advertisements in the local
Press, and propaganda in the form of leaflets and booklets (Better
Health). Despite every endeavour the attendance is discouraging,
all the more so, when one notes that during the year no fewer than
162 residents in the Borough died from malignant disease, and from
a study of the death certificates it is quite evident that many of these
people had suffered for years.
Of the 33 new patients, only one was found to be definitely
malignant and arrangements were made for immediate treatment by
the Council's Consultant, Mr. Davies-Colley, who kindly admitted
the case to his own wards in Guy's Hospital, and up to the present
the patient is doing well.
The remaining patients suffered from various conditions, e.g.,
Ovarian Cysts, Fibroid tumours, Enlarged glands, etc., calling for
no special treatment, but where possible arrangements were made for
appropriate treatment. In all, 5 cases were referred to the Consultant
for diagnosis.