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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
THE AREA.
Births. The number of notifications received was 2,349 and the number
registered in Woolwich was 2,326. After correction for inward and outward
transfer the nett number of Woolwich live births was 3,193. It is known that at
least 1,443 births took place in Institutions.
Clinics and Treatment Centres. The following clinics and treatment
centres were in use throughout the year:—
Woolwich Central Health Centre Child welfare and ante-natal clinic.
Sunlight clinic. Physical medicineFoot
clinic.
Plumstead Health Centre Child welfare and ante-natal clinics.
Lionel Road, Eltham Child welfare and ante-natal clinics.
Wesley Hall, Timbercroft Lane Child welfare clinics.
Bardhill Sports Pavilion, Footscray
Road, New Eltham Child welfare and ante-natal clinics.
St. Luke's Church Hall, Westmount
Road Child welfare clinics.
Fernhill Street, North Woolwich Child welfare and ante-natal clinics.
137, Alnwick Road, Horn Park Child welfare and ante-natal clinics.
Turkish Baths, Plumstead High
Street Personal cleansing station.
Eltham Hill Health Centre, Sherard
Road Personal cleansing station. Foot clinic.
Maxey Road, Plumstead Tuberculosis Dispensary.
11, Carnecke Gardens, Eltham Tuberculosis Dispensary.
The attendances at the Maternity and Child Welfare Centres were as follows :—
Expectant mothers, 11,017 ; nursing mothers, 15,007 ; children, 65,581.
Toddlers' Clinics. The clinics were well attended and 3,725 inspections
were carried out as compared with 3,720 in 1946.
One of the Council's Assistant Medical Officers reports that the attendances of
toddlers, especially two-year-olds, have been good and their general condition
satisfactory. Postural defects, knock knees and bowed tibia are relatively
common in younger children though by no means necessarily of pathological import.
Advice on shoes, sunlight treatment and, if necessary, attendance at the Physical
Medicine Clinic, has in most cases cured them during the pre-school period. A
number of toddlers have been sent for dental treatment though most of these have
had adequate vitamins since infancy. This is a further illustration of our present
incomplete knowledge of caries. Troubles arising from enlarged tonsils and
adenoids have been investigated at the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic. Advice,
usually successful, has been given to mothers with "difficult children"—a few of
these have gone to a Child Guidance Clinic for further treatment.