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Treatment.
Cases of acute illness, and of chronic illness where indicated, are referred to their
own doctors for treatment. For certain illness the following arrangements have been
made with London and local hospitals:—
Defect. Hospital.
Tonsils and Adenoids King Edward Hospital, Ealing, but during the war, St.
Bernard's Hospital treat these defects.
Orthopaedic conditions King Edward Hospital, Ealing.
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
Orthoptic „ Western Ophthalmic Hospital, Marylebone Road.
Rheumatic „ . Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, W.C.
Child guidance West End Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Welbeck Street,
W.I.
There are disadvantages in this variety of hospitals, but with the geographical
position of Southall some disadvantages are unavoidable. Help is given with payment/
of fares if the family income is below a certain scale.
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A system of following-up has been instituted whereby the health visitors make
enquiries to see if the proper treatment has been carried out and, if not, steps are taken
to persuade the parent to obtain the necessary treatment. »
Remedial Exercises.
Two afternoon sessions of special Margaret Morris Movement exercises are held
each week at the Branch Health Centre. The duration of the session is two hours, the
first half being devoted to children and the second to expectant mothers.
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The attendances from July until the end of the year are tabulated below:—
Infants. Mothers.
First visits 21 4
Re-attendances 191 4
Voluntary Help at Clinics.
The voluntary workers continue to give considerable help in the running of the
Infant Welfare clinics. As has been pointed out before, the help given greatly aids
the efficient running of the clinics and it also saves considerable expense to the Council,
who are deeply appreciative of the work done.
Midwives.
Arrangements in the Council's Domiciliary Midwifery Service remain unchanged
and leaflets are issued describing the services provided. These are available at the
Manor House and the Branch Health Centre.
Midwives attend regularly at the ante-natal clinics, where in consultation with
the doctor any anticipated difficulties can be discussed and a solution found.
The scheme has resulted in an improvement of the standard of domestic obstetrics,
and a satisfactory number of bookings is made each month.
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