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2. (a) That an amount of £30 (affording 4 weeks' convalescent
treatment for 15 cases, at 10s. a week) be included in
the annual estimates and earmarked for this purpose;
(b) That any such child for whom convalescent treatment is
desired must be referred to the appropriate Maternity
and Child Welfare Centre for examination by the Clinic
Medical Officer for his, or her, approval;
(c) That payment of the Convalescent Home account and
collection of any monies towards the cost of the treatment
be undertaken by the Invalid Children's Aid
Association, who shall submit each month an account
to the Borough Council for payment of the balance.
The Association assisted 14 children in obtaining surgical appliances
and provided convalescent treatment in 17 cases during 1936.
Centres.
In the table facing page 108 will be found a list of the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres in the Borough, together with the days and hours
of clinics and the accommodation available at each centre.

Old Ford Clinic.
Reference was made in last year's Annual Report to the preparations
made for the erection of a modern clinic in Old Ford. It has not been
possible to put the work in hand on account of the difficulty of rehousing
the tenants occupying this site, but at the end of the year only two houses
were partly occupied.