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week in association with the work of the Tuberculosis and Chest
Clinic, and also at Harts Sanatorium.
It would be unwise to suggest the appointment of a nurse
to assist at Light Clinics without taking into consideration the
immediate needs of the Council in respect of X-ray services.
The suggested allocation in regard to the duties of the Light
Clinic Sister is six sessions per week to the School Medical Service
and the remaining five sessions to duties associated with the Public
Health Department (Maternity and Child Welfare and
Tuberculosis.)
Tuberculosis and Chest Clinic.
The conditions under which this service is carried on at
Durban House, Katherine Road, have long been a matter of
concern to the Council. Particulars relating to the new Clinic
are given in the Tuberculosis Section.
General and Special Hospitals and
Children's Homes.
Hospitals—
(a) Provided by Local Authority, (b) Maternity, (c)
Orthopaedic, (e) Ear, Nose and Throat, (f) Puerperal
Fever and Pyrexia, (g) Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
There are no further comments to make on the Council's
arrangements under the above headings. Particulars have been
set out in previous reports.
Runwell Mental Hospital.
The plans approved by the Joint Visiting Committee of the
Corporations of the County Boroughs of East Ham and Southendon-Sea
for the new Mental Hospital at Runwell, Essex, were submitted
to the Ministry of Health and Board of Control during the
early part of the year. After some adjustments, final sanction
was obtained and building operations commenced about April,
1934.