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(2.) The Upminster and Cranham Nursing Association maintains
two private nurses.
(3.) The Rainham Nursing Association maintains two private nurses
in Rainham.
All of the local associations are affiliated to the Essex County Nursing
Association.
5. Treatment Centres and Clinics.
The County Council is the Local Authority for Maternity and Child
Welfare and for the medical services amongst school children.
Ante-natal clinics are held twice a week and a Women's Welfare clinic,
at which instruction in birth control is given to married women, once a
week at the Combined Treatment Centre in Westland Avenue.
Infant Welfare clinics are held at the Combined Treatment Centre in
Westland Avenue: Memorial Hall, Harold Wood: Holy Cross Hall, Park
Lane : Social Hall, Rainham : and St. Laurence Hall, Upminster.
Refraction, dental and orthopaedic clinics are also held at the Centre
in Westland Avenue.
6. Nursing and Maternity Homes.
There are 10 registered Nursing and Maternity Homes in the District.
7. Midwives.
The number of midwives practising in the district and registered by
the County Council is 35.
8. Hospitals.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The Romford Joint Hospital District, constituted in the year 1899, is
comprised of the Urban Districts of Hornchurch, Dagenham and Romford,
containing about 35,600 acres and with a combined population of approximately
230,000.
The Hospital Board consists of 4 elected members from Hornchurch,
5 from Dagenham and 3 from Romford, together with the Chairman of
each Council ex officio.