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At the Welfare Centre, 14, Salisbury Street, a special "Toddlers' Clinic"
is held once a week. The mothers are encouraged to bring their children to this
clinic once a month. Regular visits are carried out by the Health Visitor t6
encourage them to attend, and cards are sent to the mothers to remind them of
the date of the clinic when their children should next be seen. Children of from
18 months to 5 years are also seen at any of the other consultations held at the
centre if it is more convenient for the mothers to attend then.
At the Welfare centres at 113, Marylebone Road and 24, Hill Road, children
of from 18 months to 5 years may be seen at the ordinary clinics held twice a week.
In addition to these centres, consultations are held weekly at Queen
Charlotte's Hospital, Middlesex Hospital, Church Army Dispensary, and at the
Western General Dispensary (until closed down in June for rebuilding operations),
and the St. Marylebone General Dispensary at 30, Marylebone Lane (until the
premises were closed in October, 1936). All these clinics are chiefly attended by
infants, but children up to the age of 5 years are also seen. At the Middlesex
Hospital a special clinic for toddlers is held once a week. All the consultations
are open to other than St. Marylebone babies.
At 113, Marylebone Road, a special clinic is, held for children of 3 years old.
This clinic, which was established experimentally in 1931, has grown in importance.
The object of its' initiation under Dr. Bulman, was to endeavour to make touch,
before they entered school, with children who had never attended a clinic or
welfare centre, and find out something with regard to their condition for their own
benefit and for the information of the School Medical Officer. To this end all
children who have reached the age of 3 years are found from a register, and unless
they are already in attendance at a clinic, an invitation is sent and they are
visited specially, if they have not been recently visited as part of the Health
Visitor's routine visit, and attendance at the clinic advised. Figures with regard
to the work done in 1936 are given on page 56.
Treatment of Minor Ailments.—Children suffering from minor ailments and
dental defects are treated at the London County Council clinics at 12, Salisbury
Street. The co-operation between the two clinics has worked very satisfactorily.
Special clinics for massage and artificial sunlight are held at 14, Salisbury Street.
Children requiring hospital treatment are referred to hospitals and dispensaries
in the borough. Special arrangements have been made with Middlesex Hospital
and the Western General Dispensary.
Day Nurseries.—There are 3 Day Nurseries in the borough provided by
Voluntary Associations, as follows
Crossley Day Nursery, 38, Barrow Hill Road
Portman Day Nursery, 115, Marylebone Road
St. Vincent de Paul, 111, Wigmore Street
There is some shortage of accommodation at the Portman Day Nursery,
chiefly for children under 18 months.
When the new premises of this Day Nursery are complete the accommodation
for children of all ages should be adequate, though the possibility of making
further provision in the Southern half of the borough is in mind.
The arrangements for home visits, clinics, treatment of defects found, and
the provision of Day Nurseries for children of from 18 months to 5 years in the
borough are therefore adequate and satisfactory for the needs of the area.