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Massage Clinic.
Treatments numbering 568 were given at 88 clinics by trained masseuses, the cost
of whose services was not paid by the Borough Council.
Camden Town Centre, Barnes House, Camden Road.
28 mothers and 34 children were sent away on holiday, for a period of two weeks,
either to the country or seaside.
Interviews with parents by the Superintendent, apart from medical consultations,
numbered 2,711.
Classes for expectant mothers numbering 19 were held simultaneously with the antenatal
clinics. There were 324 attendances, the average being 17 per class.
Knitting and Needlework classes and Health Talks were given, the total attendances
being 960.
The services of two trained masseuses (not paid by the Borough Council) were
available throughout the year, during which time 67 massage clinics were held. There were
671 attendances.
Dinners for Mothers and Children were supplied daily at the Centre to 7,402
expectant and nursing mothers and 4,838 children, at a charge of 2d. per head.
The Borough Council's Dental Clinic.
At this clinic dental treatment is provided, under the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme, for nursing or expectant mothers and children under five years of age who are in
touch with the various Welfare Centres. Mr. R. M. Underwood, L.D.S., is the Dental
Surgeon.
Consultations are held every Thursday morning for examinations, fillings, etc., and
for extractions with gas on alternate Friday mornings.
No charge is made for extractions, fillings or scaling, but the patients contribute what
they can reasonably afford toward the cost of dentures.