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195
Full cost met by parents 41%
Full cost met by Local Authority 32%
Number of cases in which Hospital contributions were
authorised 21
Under the Tuberculosis after-care scheme, 62 families were
considered by the Tuberculosis After Care Committee. The total
amount expended in assisting in various ways was £276 6s. 3d.
Mrs. D. B. Connor, the organiser of this department, attended
49 Clinic sessions, interviewed 1,860 people, made 251 enquiries
into financial conditions of families, and sent out 1,017 letters in
connection with her work.
Mrs. Connor's work, though interesting, calls for a considerable
degree of tact and sympathy, and, I am happy to record, the success
of the orthopaedic work carried out by the Local Authority is largely
attributable to her aptness for the work.
Maternity and Child Welfare Massage Clinic, Lodge Road.
One of the whole-time masseuses devotes 5 sessions a week
to this work. The remainder of her time being devoted to the
children at St. Giles' School which she attends each morning.
During 1930, 109 children attended this Clinic and made 1,654
attendances; 62 were boys and 47 girls. The conditions for which
they were referred were: General Myopathy, 1 boy; Weak Legs,
21 boys, 30 girls; Bow Legs, 21 boys, 10 girls; Knock Knees, 13
boys, 5 girls; Flat Feet, 1 boy, 1 girl; Hemiplegia, 1 boy, 1 girl;
Constipation, 1 boy; General Debility, 2 boys; Erbs Paralysis, 1
boy. At the end of 1930, 32 cases were still attending.
ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT CLINIC.
This Clinic is held at the Croydon General Hospital on two
days a week under the superintendence of Dr. F. HernamanJohnson.
The majority of the cases referred were from the Tuberculosis
Dispensary (20). The M. and C.W. Department referred
16 cases and the School Medical 13 children.
The following Table gives a summary of the attendances
made:—