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Health Visitors.—There are six health visitors. Two give whole time to
health visiting and work, one at the centre in Salisbury Street, the other at
Cosway Street. Four are part time health visitors, holding appointments also as
sanitary inspectors. Voluntary workers of the St. Marylebone Health Society
also do visiting in co-operation with the work of the Council. The borough for
the purpose of health visiting is divided into four districts, and in 1924 the health
visitors made 8,476 visits, and the voluntary visitors attached to the schools for
mothers made 578 visits; children are visited up to school age.
Centres.—There are in all nine centres, all " voluntary," at which consultations
are held. Five of these are under the Health Society, viz. :—(1) North
Marylebone School of Mothercraft, Salisbury Street, has an ante- and post-natal
consultation under medical supervision. The dental clinic and minor ailment
treatment centre are in the same building. The Council's health visitors cooperate,
one of them acting as superintendent.—(2) South Marylebone School of
Mothercraft, St. Marylebone General Dispensary, 77, Welbeck Street, and 30,
Marylebone Lane. An ante-natal clinic is held once weekly, and an infant consultation
twice weekly, both under medical supervision. There is a superintendent
and a part-time assistant, both of whom are nurses. Children attend up to school
age, and the Council's health visitors co-operate.—(3) Ogl° Mews, Ogle Street,
W.l. Infantile consultations are held weekly under medical supervision. The
Council's health visitors attend. There are also classes weekly in cookery, needlework
and hygiene.;—(4) Barrow Hill Road. Infant consultations under medical
supervision were held weekly at the day nursery here until April, when the centre
removed to new premises at 24, Hill Road. The health visitors co-operate, and
one of the nurses of the day nursery gives part-time to health visiting.—(5)
Temporarily held at Western General Dispensary, Cosway Street. Infant consultations
under medical supervision are held weekly. There are also classes for
nursing, etc. One of the health visitors is specially attached to this centre and
acts as superintendent.
In addition to these centres, consultations are held weekly) at Queen Charlotte's
Hospital, at Middlesex Hospital, at the Church Army Dispensary, and at the
Western General Dispensary. One of the Council's health visitors attends at
each, and Middlesex Hospital has also a paid health visitor in attendance. All
the consultations are open to other than St. Marylebone babies, who, however,
constitute the bulk of those attending. At the hospitals there is an ante-natal
clinic particularly for hospital patients.
Ante-Natal Work as indicated. There are two voluntary Ante-Natal Clinics.
Visiting is undertaken by the Council's health visitors. There is a system of
co-operation with the Middlesex and Queen Charlotte's Hospitals.
Dental Clinic.—This was originally established for the treatment of women,
and children of pre-school age. By arrangement with the London County Council,
school children are also dealt with.
Massage Clinics are held weekly at Salisbury Street and Ogle Mews.
Hospital Treatment.—Children's cases are referred from the centres to the
dispensaries and hospitals in the borough, and the Queen Charlotte's and Middlesex
Hospitals are available for ante-natal and complicated maternity cases. Under
a special arrangement cases calling for special examination or treatment are
referred by the doctors at the centres to Middlesex Hospital. The fact that a
special centre has been established at the Western General Dispensary has already
been mentioned.