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Child Welfare Clinics. As a result there has been much more traffic to these
buildings during the year, but no figures have been recorded.
Supply of Milk to Necessitous Mothers and Children. The approximate
cost of this service during the year was : dried milk, £180 12s. 2d.; fresh milk, nil;
dinners, nil.
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 1941.
The total number of visits paid by the nurses on behalf of the Council was 192(f.
School Clinics. Clinics were held at the Woolwich Central Health Centre,
and at 595 Westhorne Avlnue—a private house taken over when Eltham Health
Centre was demolished. The number of children under 5 years of age referred to
the school clinics for treatment of minor ailments during the year was 109.
Ambulance Facilities. The London County Council provide an ambulance"
service for four main purposes, (a) removal of persons meeting with accidents or
sudden illness in the streets or public places, (6) for removal of maternity cases,
(c) for removal of sick persons, (d) for removal of civil defence casualties.
Clinic for Physical Medicine. This clinic was not open during the year.
Foot Clinic. An additional chiropodist was appointed and she commenced
duty in October. The number of treatments rose from 7,416 in 1940 to 8,945 hi
1941.
Tuberculosis Dispensaries.
Maxey Road, Plumstead. In use as a first aid post but temporary
modation at the rear in use as a Tuberculosis
Dispensary from 28th April.
11, C'arnecke Gardens, Eltham. Continued to be used as a Tuberculosis Dispensary
during the year.
The work of the dispensaries is referred to in the section dealing with infectious
disease.
Supply ot Insulin to Persons Suffering from Diabetes. The number of
patients, under the Council's scheme, who received insulin during the year was 18.
Vaccination. I submit a return by the Vaccination Officer on the wrork
carried out under the Vaccination Acts for the year.