London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Penge 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

This page requires JavaScript

12
There is a co-ordination scheme between the ambulance
services of Penge, Beckenham and Bromley, which works
satisfactorily.
Nursing in the Home.
There are no changes or developments to report under
this heading.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre, provided by
the Council, is held, as before, at the Council's School Clinic,
17, Oakfield Road, on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons,
and the Medical Officer of Health, who is the Medical Officer
for the Centre, attends on Wednesday afternoons for consultations.
In addition, a special Ante-Natal Clinic, attended by the
Medical Officer of Health, is held fortnightly, on alternate
Wednesday mornings.
A monthly clinic for post-natal patients and for women in
the neighbourhood of 40 years of age was established in
December, 1937.
Medical Officer's Consultations.
Infants 2,059
Nursing Mothers 422
Post-Natal 51
Ante-Natal 777
3,309