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Whitehorse Road.
Robin House, Morland Road.
Bramley Hill.
Ritchie Road.
Addington Nursery, Salcot Crescent.
Euston Road.
Bensham Grove.
The Corporation charge 1/- per child per day for the meals
supplied at the Day Nursery.
Care and After=Care of the Sick.
The Corporation have power to provide many of the extras
(but not cash grants) necessary for the proper care or after-care
of sick persons. These include such things as nursing equipment
(which can sometimes be supplied on loan), special foods
and extra comforts. In tuberculosis cases, particularly, the
Corporation have a comprehensive after-care scheme.
The Corporation may make a charge for the articles and
equipment they supply; detailed information regarding this
service can be obtained from the Health Department, 20,
Katharine Street, Croydon.
Ambulance Service.
The Corporation provide an ambulance service which
covers not only accidents, but which will also provide, on the
request of a doctor or a State registered nurse or State certified
midwife, transport for persons who are ill, mentally defective,
or who are expectant or nursing mothers. While the person
needing the transport should live within the borough, the
destination to which he is going may be inside or outside the
borough. The service operates from three stations at Stroud
Green, Crunden Road, and Cassland Road, and any of the
following three telephone numbers may be called:—ADD. 4373,
CRO. 4373, or THO. 4373.
No charge is made for the ambulance service.
Enquiries regarding the service should be made direct to
the depots or to the Health Department, 20, Katharine Street,
Croydon.
Vaccination and Immunisation.
Vaccination against Smallpox is no longer compulsory, but
the Corporation offer wide facilities for the vaccination and
immunisation of persons (particularly children) against Smallpox
and Diphtheria. The vaccination and immunisation can be
carried out at Infant Welfare Centres, the School Clinics, or by
private medical practitioners.
Vaccine and anti-Diphtheria prophylactic will be supplied
by the Corporation, and any doctor may carry out vaccinations
and inoculations under the Corporation's scheme, and claim his
fees from the Corporation. Whooping Cough inoculations can
be carried out at the request of a parent.
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