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42 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1940.
Day Nurseries.
The three Day Nurseries belonging to the Borough have
been evacuated since the outbreak of war.
Institutions for Mothers and Young Children.
The Council's Maternity Home and the Streatham Babies'
Hospital were closed on the outbreak of war.
Formerly there were five institutions where unmarried
expectant mothers were received for their confinements, remaining
as a rule for some months after the birth of their infants. Two
of these were closed or removed on the outbreak of war and a third
was closed in September, 1940. The remaining two institutions
are still open.
The Council pays grants to the Soutliwark Diocesan Association
for Preventive and Rescue Work towards the maintenance
in their institutions of unmarried mothers usually resident in
the Borough. During 1940 assistance was granted in respect
of five cases at a cost of £59 7s. Sd.
Similar grants are made to the Mission of Hope, one case
being assisted at a cost of £6 10s.
The Wandsworth and Tooting Children's Clinic, which provided
artificial sunlight, massage and electrical treatment for
children of all ages, has been closed since the outbreak of war.
Convalescent Treatment.
During the year 14 children were sent to Convalescent Homes
at a cost to the Council of £53 5s. 3d.
Minor Ailments.
107 children under school age who were suffering from
impetigo, enlarged tonsils, adenoids, etc., were referred for treatment
to the London County Council. The cost of this service
to the Borough Council was £20 8s.