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*Thursday 10.30 a.m. to noon.
Friday 2—4 p.m.
New Eltham.—Church Army Hut, Southwood Road.
Tuesday 2—4 p.m.
*Consultation and advice for mothers at these times.
In February, 1920, the approval of the Ministry of Health
was obtained to the opening of a new Centre at New Eltham.
At the end of the year, the number of sessions per week
during which all Centres were opened, was 3 Ante-natal and
11 Infant Consultations, as compared with 3 Ante-natal and
9 Infant Consultations at the end of 1919.
100. Treatment. No arrangements for the treatment of
mothers and children at the Centres have yet been made, but,
by an arrangement with the Woolwich Branch of the British
Medical Association, children requiring medical, surgical or
dental treatment, are referred to the School Treatment Centre
in Brewer Street. The Borough Council pays 5/- for each case
so referred. During the year, 78 cases were sent there for treatment.
In September, a progressive step was taken by the
London County Council with regard to the treatment of school
children suffering from enlarged tonsils and adenoids. Children
are now operated on for these conditions at the Cyril Henry
Home, St. Mary Street, whereas previously these children
had been treated at the Brewer Street Clinic and had been
sent home immediately after the operation. Under the new
arrangement, these children are admitted to the Cyril Henry
Home and are detained there for two nights while recovering
from the effects of the operation. Owing to the demand made
by the school services on the available beds there, it has not
been possible to make similar arrangements for the treatment
of children under school age suffering from enlarged tonsils
and adenoids.