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to the cases, but the work is so arduous that the end of the day
leaves one absolutely fagged out. The maximum number which I
personally have seen at the Clinic is 46.
During the year arrangements were made for the opening of
a new Clinic at Heston, the Village Hall having been enlarged by
Mr. Fenton. The extension was designed by my son Mr. E. T. Nash
A.R.I.B.A., specially to suit the purposes of the Maternity and Child
Welfare work, the plans of which I presented to Mr. Fenton as my
contribution to the Maternity and Child Welfare work. The alteration
was however, not completed in time for the new Centre to be
opened during the year under report, but will be referred to mors
fully in the next report.
During the year, owing to the class of house which is being
purchased in very large numbers in the district, the question of
means of the parents attending the Clinic was raised and a resolution
moved that a report should be made as to the possibility of reserving
the use of the Council's Clinics to the poor. As a result an investigation
was made with regard to a number of mothers attending
both at Hounslow and Isleworth. Particularly in the new houses
the amounts of income are no index of the financial position of the
family, as owing to commitments of various kinds there is no margin
left and many of these cases are really a great deal more in need of
assistance than those whose income is less, and the following was
the report submitted to the Committee.
Means of Persons attending Clinics.—The Medical Officer
submitted the following statement shewing the means, and kindred
particulars, of persons attending the Council's clinics at Hounslow
and Isleworth:—