View report page

Foot Clinic.
This clinic remained open for the first seven months of the year only and during
this period 45 new cases (mothers 33, children 12) were dealt with, the total number
of attendances being 335 (mothers 303, children 32).
Child Guidance Clinic.
Twenty-three new cases (with a total of 118 attendances) were investigated
and treated. The clinic was closed for the last five months of the year.
Orthopaedic Treatment.
Cases requiring orthopaedic treatment are referred by the medical officers at
the welfare centres to the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, which is situated
in the Borough.
Maternity Cases.
Accommodation for maternity cases is available within the borough at Queen
Charlotte's Hospital and the Middlesex Hospital, and also at the Paddington
Hospital of the London County Council. The number of births notified from
these institutions during 1939 was 1,824, 400 and 174 respectively, the total births
notified in the Borough from all sources numbering 3,177.
To secure the closer linking up of the maternity and child welfare services of
the London County Council with those of the Borough Council, arrangements have
been made for the Borough Council's two Assistant Medical Officers of Health to
be associated, in an honorary capacity, with the Paddington Hospital.
Obstetric Services.
The emergency obstetric service of the London County Council (the so-called
"Maternity Flying Squad") and a panel of four local obstetric consultants are
available for any doctor in the area needing assistance in difficulties or complications
arising during pregnancy or at or after confinement.