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6 Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1942.
DISTRICT NURSING.
The Council has an arangement with the various Nursing
Associations in the Borough for a nurse to attend patients
suffering from certain infectious diseases and minor ailments.
7,026 visits were made during the year.
TREATMENT OF SPECIAL DISEASES.
Five persons are receiving treatment for Diabetes and one
for Pernicious Anaemia, at the Council's expense.
PREVENTION OF DIPHTHERIA.
Last year I reported that there had been a large increase
in the number of children brought to the two Immunisation
Clinics which had been in operation since January, 1928.
There has been a further material increase in the numbers
during 1942, and it was decided to open further Clinics. A
second weekly session for the Clinic held at the Municipal
Buildings was opened on the 12th November, and new Clinics
were opened in Streatham on the 29th October, in Tooting on
the 17th November and in Clapham on the 8th December. The
particulars of the six Clinics which were in operation at the
end of the year are as follows: —
Municipal Buildings, Fairfield Street
Wednesdays 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Thursdays 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Balham Infant Welfare Centre, 91 Bedford Hill
Fridays 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
No. 6 First Aid Post, Streatham Baths
Thursdays 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
St. Peter's Church Hall, Beechcroft Road
Tuesdays 2 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Clapham Dispensary, 42 Clapham Manor Street
Tuesdays 2 p.m to 3.30 p.m.