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10 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1942.
one shilling each time they attend. If dentures are necessary
the patients are assessed on their income in accordance with
a scale approved by the Council. 374 patients were seen for
the first time, and the number of attendances made at the
Clinic by all patients was 1,046. 20 women were granted
assistance towards the cost of their dentures, the Council
contributing £36 14s. 5d.
The Council grants financial assistance to women who are
unable to pay for the attendance of a qualified midwife at
their confinements. Three women received assistance during the
year. Contributions are also made towards the charges made
by suitable women who assist in the home during confinements
Assistance was granted to 49 cases during 1942.
39 families were supplied with milk under the Milk
(Mothers and Children) Order, 1918. The cost to the Counci1
was £15 gs. gd.
Grants amounting to £98 8s. 1d. were made to the Southwark
Diocesan Association towards the maintenance of unmarried
mothers in their institutions.
21 children have been sent to Convalescent Homes at a
cost to the Council of £70 14s. 6d.
344 children under school age suffering from minor ail
ments were referred to the London County Council for treatment.
The cost to the Borough Council for this service was
£81 17s. od.
In November the Under Secretary of State for the Home
Office, by virtue of the power conferred on him by Section 94
(2) of the Children and Young Persons' Act, 1933, delegated
to me the power of inspection of the Catholic Girls' Home,
55 South Side, Clapham Common. He appointed me, with the
consent of the Council, as the authorised officer to act on his
behalf.
MATERNITY HOME.
The Council's Maternity Home, which since the outbreak
of war had been used as a First Aid Post, was re-opened for
the reception of patients on the 26th August, 1942. Up to the
end of the year 93 women had been admitted.