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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN THE AREA.
Clinics and Treatment Centres. The clinics and treatment centres in the
Borough are as set out in my Annual Report for 1938 except for the following
changes:—
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre at Holy Trinity Church Hall, Beresford
Street, was discontinued as from 30th January.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centre at the Old Town Hall, Woolwich, was
closed on the opening of the new Central Health Centre, Market Street, Woolwich,
on the 14th January. The new Centre is a combined maternity and child welfare
centre and school treatment centre and provides also accommodation for the treatment
of rheumatism, artificial sunlight treatment, orthopaedic treatment, dental
treatment and a foot clinic. The London County Council School Treatment Centre
at Brewer Street, Woolwich, was closed on the opening of this new Centre.
A Maternity and Child Welfare Centre was opened at 137, Alnwick Road,
Lee, S.E. 12, on 6th October.
The attendances at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres during the year
were: Expectant Mothers, 3,138; Nursing Mothers, 1,795; Children, 32,124.
Ambulance Facilities. The London County Council provide an ambulance
service, full details of which are set out in my Annual Report for 1938.
Professional Nursing in the Home. The arrangements with the six nursing
associations for the nursing of cases of measles, ophthalmia neonatorum, zymotic
enteritis, whooping cough and poliomyelitis, in children under five, and pneumonia,
puerperal fever, puerperal pyrexia and tuberculosis were continued during 1939.
The total number of visits paid by the nurses was 2,592.
Midwifery Services. There are no whole-time midwives employed by the
Council, the Domiciliary Midwifery Service in London being administered by the
London County Council.
Maternity beds are provided in the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies,
the War Memorial Hospital, the Eltham Cottage Hospital, the Military Families'
Hospital, St. Nicholas' Hospital, and a few in midwives' homes. At the outbreak
of War, the War Memorial Hospital, the Military Families' Hospital and St. Nicholas'
Hospital closed their maternity wards, and consequently a greater demand was made
on the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies.