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Miss Goodman reports that on examining the children
of the seven schools, who had been inspected and
treated each year, very few required further treatment.
She still met parents who declined treatment, others
who said they would go to their own dentist and did
not, and others who signed papers consenting with no
intention of attending. On the whole the parents
welcome a dental inspection at the schools. Illness
accounted for many absentees. The help of the V.A.D.
Nurses was much appreciated and enabled the staff to
get over the work more expeditiously.
(8). The Maternity Hostel.
Seventy-nine mothers were confined during the year
1925, the average stay in the Hostel being 15 days.
The resident medical practitioners of Harrow, members
of the British Medical Association, have, for some
years drawn attention to the class of patient treated at
this Hostel, to the method of admission and to other
points, and especially their reference to the Ante-natal
Clinic. They still regard the matter with grave concern.
Recently the specially appointed Sub-Committee have
again met the Hostel Committee to place the doctors'
suggestions before that Board. Whilst the matter is
still sub judice, it may be stated, without breach of confidence,
that by the goodwill displayed by both parties,
a friendly and amicable settlement by compromise is
likely to be effected in the next few weeks.
There can be no doubt that a much larger Hostel is
required for Harrow and district, one containing from
20 to 25 beds for instance.
Unfortunately the Hendon Rural District and also
the Wembley Urban District have definitely declined to
be members of a con-joint scheme located in Harrow, so
that the possibility of any co-operation of the neighbouring
districts for this purpose must be abandoned, or, at
any rate, deferred for the present.