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Clinic previously held at John Perryn School, the rooms in which
it was formerly held being needed for school purposes.
The building at Trinity Way served as Sports Pavilion to the
C.A.V. Athletic Club until recent years, and was converted to provide
accommodation for a Child Welfare and Ante-Natal Clinic,
and Dental and Minor Ailments Clinics.
The new Clinic was not developed to its fullest extent during
the year, but it was hoped to implement this early in 1952.
The use of St. Gabriel's church hall, Noel Road, was continued
throughout the year, as the new clinic in Cloister Road was not
ready for occupation until January, 1952.
Towards the end of the year a re-arrangement of the area provided
for seven Health Visitors' districts, and from September onwards
the bi-weekly sessions at Noel Road were shared by two
Health Visitors. This arrangement was far from satisfactory as
the accommodation provided was not suitable for dealing with
large numbers, but it had been hoped that Cloister Road would
have been available by that time. At the close of the year there
were therefore five Clinics accommodating seven Health Visitor's
districts. Each Health Visitor held two sessions weekly, generally
one with a doctor in attendance and one without, but at
Trinity Way the numbers warranted a doctor's attendance at both
of the weekly sessions. At Steele Road a doctor attended on the
second Monday of each month to carry out Diphtheria Immunisation
in addition to the weekly doctor's session on Thursday afternoons.
After the second Health Visitor's district had been transferred
to St. Gabriel's Hall, Noel Road, two doctor's sessions were held
there, but this still failed to remedy the overcrowding, and as soon
as the transfer could be made to Cloister Road, an additional session
without a doctor was given to each Health Visitor.