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Summary of Nursing Arrangements,
Hospitals and other Institutions
Available for the District.
Professional Nursing in the Home.
(a) General.—This is carried out by District Nurses
from the Kingston Nursing Association, and in necessitous
cases the fees are defrayed by the Council.
(b) Infectious Diseases.—In Measles, Whooping
Cough, and Epidemic Diarrhœa, the Health Visitors are
under instructions to visit the cases and give practical
advice as to the best methods of nursing them.
Cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum are visited and treatment
carried out by Nurses from the Kingston Nursing
Association, the fees being paid by the Council.
Midwives.
The Midwives are under the administrative control of
the Surrey County Council.
There were eight residing in the Borough at the end
of the year.
Clinics and Treatment Centres.
Centre. Situation. Accommodation. Provided by
Maternity and Eden Street Consultation The Corporation
Child Welfare
Maternity and Washington Consultation The Corporation
Child Welfare Road
School Clinic " Elmfield," Consultation & The Education
London Road Treatment of Committee
Minor Ailments,
Refractions,
Dental Treatment
Day Nursery Canbury Park 9 Babies and 16 Vol. Committee
Road Infants
Tuberculosis Grove Crescent Consultation Surrey C.C.
Dispensary
Red Cross Coombe Road Out-Patients, British Red
Curative Post Massage, . Cross Society
Electrical and
Orthopaedic
Treatment