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No further developments have occurred in the
Health Services under the following headings: —
Treatment Centres.
Hospitals.
Nursing in the Home.
Ambulance Facilites are adequate.
Laboratory Facilities.
The following specimens were sent to the County
Laboratory from this district: —
Swabs 82
Sputa 83
Others 6
Bacteriological examination of School
Milk 38
Child Welfare Clinics.
A start was made with a Toddlers' Clinic at Barnehurst
in May, 1938. This proved so successful that
similar Clinics were started at Crayford and Slade Green
in October, 1938.
As a full year has not run with these new Clinics
the figures below are the total attendances for infants
and toddlers.
The average attendance at the Toddlers' Clinics
since their inception is as follows: —
Crayford 18
Slade Green 24
Barnehurst 25
Total Attendances at the Clinics.
Clinic. Total Attendance. Average.
Crayford 3,490 69.8
Slade Green 1,302 43.4
Barnehurst 3,897 59.9
Milk.
2,968 pints and 1,681 pounds (dry milk) of milk
were granted to Clinic mothers and children during the
year either free or at less than cost price.
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