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Wednesdays from 2.30 to 4 p.m., is now held on Thursdays from
10.15 a.m. to 12 noon.
On the 1st January, 1934, the Medical Staff of the Centres was
reduced to two, viz.:—
Dr. M. A. Blandy, who attends the Centres at Belsize, Heath
Street and Lisburne Road.
Dr. A. S. Hall-Craggs, who attends the Centres at The Health
Institute and Mill Lane.
Toddlers' Clinic.
The Hampstead Council of Social Welfare up to September,
1933, were holding a Toddlers' Clinic every two months at the Health
Institute. On and after the 6th October, as a result of the new
arrangement with the Borough Council, weekly toddlers' sessions were
held alternatively on either side of the Borough.
Dr. Ruth Balmer, who has special experience in pre-school
children, was appointed the Medical Officer in attendance at the Clinic.
In co-operation with the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the
Infant Welfare Committee of the Hampstead Council of Social
Welfare, 1 arranged that the children attending the Toddlers' Clinic
should consist of :—
(1) "Special Children"—referred by the Borough Council.
(2) " Other Children"—referred by Health Visitors, Voluntary
Workers, Parents, Re-visits of " Special Children," etc.
" Special Children."
The parents of every child in the Borough attaining the age of
three years receive a special invitation from this Department, to bring
the child to the Toddlers' Clinic for a routine examination. It has
been arranged for the health visitor to deliver the letter inviting the
child for examination, when, and at the same time, she uses her
influence in persuading the mother to bring the child along. The
examination by the Doctor at the Clinic is on the lines of a school
medical inspection. " Defective " children are referred either to their
family doctor or to a hospital and are subsequently followed up by
the health visitor to ensure that they are receiving the requisite
treatment. These "defective" children are called up again to the