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Child Welfare Clinics
Address
Abbey Parade, North Circular Road,
Ealing, W.5.
Brentside, Westcott Crescent,
Hanwell, W.7.
Cherington House, Cherington Road,
Hanwell, W. 7.
Greenford Green. Wadham Gardens,
Green ford
Islip Manor, Eastcote Lane,
Northolt.
Northolt Grange Community Centre,
Northolt,
Laurel House, Windmill Road,
Ealing, W, 5.
Mattock Lane, 13 Mattock Lane,
Ealing, W, 5,
Perivale, Horsenden Lane, Greenford.
Ravenor Park, Oldfield Lane,
Greenford.
Times
Tues. Fri. 2-4 p.m.
Thurs. 2 - 4 p.m.
Mon. Tues. Thurs.
2-4 p.m.
Tues. Wed. Pri.
2 - 4 p.m.
Mon. Thurs. 2-4 p.m.
Tues. 2 - 4 p.m.
Mon. Thurs. 2-4 p. m.
Mon. Wed. Thurs. Pri.
2-4 p.m.
Mon. Thurs. 2-4 p.m.
Mon. Tues, Wed Pri.
2 - 4 p.m.
DOMICILIARY MIDWIFERY SERVICE-
Home confinements increased last year, numbering 740
compared with 622 in 1957. This has necessitated the
appointment of two additional midwives to bring the staff
to a total of 11. Anew rota has been introduced to provide
more satisfactory off-duty and has been generally welcomed.
All midwives are trained in the use of Trilene Analgesia
machines for mothers in labour, and in the use of small
oxygen cylinders should any baby have respiratory difficulty.
The number of pupil midwives who received district
training during the year was twenty.
It was 21 years ago on May 1st of this year that the
Domiciliary Midwifery Service was inaugurated in Ealing
by the Borough Council. At a most pleasant gathering,
attended by His Worship the Mayor, the first baby delivered,
now 21 years old, was enabled to meet the midwife concerned.
(Photograph page 72).
Applications for the services of a midwife should be
made through a Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic.
HOME NURSING SERVICE,
There are 28 home nurses in Ealing, including 3 male
nurses, and during the year a total of 81,823 visits was
made to 3,689 patients. The object of the service is to
enable those patients whose illness does not require
hospital admission to be nursed at home. The duties carried