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Mrs. D. B. Connor, the organiser of this department, attended
48 Clinic sessions, interviewed 1,985 people, made 213 enquiries
into financial conditions of families, and sent out 1,029 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.
Under the Tuberculosis after-care scheme, 64 families were
considered by the Tuberculosis After Care Committee. The total
amount expended in assisting in various ways was £283 12s. 8d.
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.
ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT CLINIC.
The 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 (17), the M. and C.W. Department referred
57 eases and the School Medical 24 children.
The following Table gives a summary of the attendances
made:—