Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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(c) Dental Clinics.
Health Centre. Daily.
"Keeldar" 25 , Queen's Road Daily by appointment,
(Orthodontic only). (except Saturday)
(d) Immunisation and Vaccination Clinics.
Health Centre. Thursday afternoon.
Queen's Road Clinic. Friday forenoon.
(e) Day Nursery.
53-55 Canbury Park Road. Approved accommo-
dation 46 places.
This day nursery admits children aged 0-5 years and a small
charge is made for the ears of the children.
(f) Midwifery Service.
Certified addwives are employed for attendance as midwives or
maternity nurses at domioiliary confinements.
(g) Home Nursing.
Home Nursing is undertaken by nurses of the Queen's Institute of
District Nursing, Nursing equipment required for use in the home Can
be supplied on loan through the British Red Cross Society, at the
B.R.C.S., H.Q., 73, Penrbyn Road Kingston-upen-Thames9 Kingston
5072).
(h) Health Visitors.
Health Visitors also act as school nurses working in the clinics
and do home visiting. Their work is largely educational and social,
defined in the Act as "giving advice as to the care of young children,
persons suffering from illness, and expectant and nursing
mothers, and as to the measures necessary to prevent the spread of
infection."