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24
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
In September the Council opened the new Health Services building
in Walworth Road.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Department is situated on the
ground floor and the several services provided are:—
(1) Toddlers' Clinic.
(2) Breast Feeding Clinic.
(3) Ante-natal Clinic.
(4) Post-natal and Gynaecological Clinic.
In order to relieve congestion it has been found desirable to arrange
consultations for the above clinics by appointment and this method
proves to be working satisfactorily.
The other Maternity and Child Welfare services which are conducted
by the Council and various voluntary organisations are dealt with under
their respective headings in the following pages of this report.
During the year under review two additional Health Visitors were
appointed. For the purpose of arranging Home Visiting the Borough
has been divided into ten areas, each with its own Health Visitor. The
work of visiting Tuberculous patients is now carried out by the Health
Visitors, each visitor dealing with all the cases in her own district.
This arrangement does not apply to the four voluntary areas.
The system of supervising the health of children under school age
has been reviewed and a new card index method has been introduced.
All children in this group are visited quarterly, enquiries being made by
the Health Visitor as to the state of health. If any departure from
normal health is observed, that fact is duly noted, and in necessary cases
the mother is advised to consult a private doctor, or to take the child to
the appropriate clinic for a medical examination.
There are three creches in the Borough, one being Municipal and the
others Voluntary. Supervision of these nurseries is under the control
of an Assistant Medical Officer. Health records of all children cared
for are properly kept.