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Visiting in the Borough outside of Ward 7 is carried out only at the express wish of
the Medical Officer in charge of the Hospital's Welfare Centre. Children visited in this
respect are only those attending the Hospital under items 3 and occasionally 4.
This results in some overlapping by the Hospital and local Welfare Centres' respective
Health Visitors which requires co-operation and exchange of information between the
Centres. Therefore, unless otherwise indicated, the local Welfare Centres are responsible for
visiting all babies after the 14th day.
(A) Exchange of Information.
Children referred under item 3 are given a letter from the Medical Officer to the
Consultant and the Consultant would report back any important notes on the case.
In the case of children coming under item 4, the Hospital reports all first
attendances indicating whether the baby is considered normal or abnormal. In the case of an
abnormal baby clinical notes are appreciated. When the abnormal baby becomes fit for
transfer the Hospital notifies the local Centre of this discharge. When required, diaries
of Health Visitors, Children's Case Papers, reports on home visiting and other relevant
records are sent to the Maternity and Child Welfare Officer at the Town Hall. When
a child is transferred to another Centre, the case papers are sent to the Town Hall in
order that they may be forwarded to the Centre serving the area into which the child has
moved. This transfer may result from knowledge coming in the first place to the staff in
Ward 7, in which case the papers and information are sent to the Town Hall as a
routine measure without waiting for a request.
The grant made under the Maternity and Child Welfare Contributions (London)
Scheme, 1937, by the Borough Council to University College Hospital for the Service outlined
above is £1,150 per annum. The payment of this contribution is subject to the following
conditions:—
1.—That the Borough Council are satisfied as to the efficiency of the maternity
and child welfare service provided by the association in respect of which contribution
is payable, and that such service is being used by a reasonable number of those persons
for whom it is provided ;
2.—That no reduction or alteration of such service is made without the consent
of the Borough Council ;
3.—That such service, and any premises in which it is carried on, are open to
inspection at all reasonable times by an officer of the Borough Council duly authorised
by the Council, and by any officer of the Ministry of Health appointed for that purpose
by the Minister;
4.—That the association sends to the Borough Council in each year a copy of the
annual report of the association on the maternity and child welfare work of the
previous year, together with a statement of the accounts of the association for that
year relating to such work and a copy of the auditor's certificate thereon, and furnishes
the Borough Council from time to time with such other information relating to the
maternity and child welfare services provided by the association and the expenditure
thereon as may reasonably be required.
The Eastman Dental Clinic.
This Clinic is attached to the Royal Free Hospital and is a lavishly-equipped clinic
which provides dental treatment for children and for nursing and expectant mothers, and
operative treatment in connection with enlarged tonsils and adenoids in children. The
Dental Section is equipped with 68 chairs and complete electric units, the Surgical wing
contains 32 beds for tonsil and adenoid, cleft palate, hare lip, etc., cases requiring operative
treatment,