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Barnes 1917

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Hospital Administration. 17
4. Only minor ailments will be treated at the Clinic, but
advice will be given in all cases.
5. Any Midwife suspecting venereal disease can send her
patient to the Clinic Doctor with a note, and blood will be taken
for testing and treatment given or recommended in accordance with
the pathologist's report.
6. Urine will be tested as a matter of routine.
7. An internal examination will not be made as a matter of
routine, but only when there is reason to believe that such is
desirable.
8. In the case of a woman attending the Clinic who has not
booked an attendant, no particular Doctor, Hospital, or Midwife
will be recommended, but a list of those available will be shown to
her, and she will be advised to choose her own as soon as possible
9. Medical etiquette will always be observed in dealing with
both Midwives' and Doctors' cases.
10. All correspondence between the Doctor and Midwife
must be strictly confidential.
Patients seen at Afon House, High Street, Mortlake, S.W.,
Thursdays, 3 to 4.30.
HOUSING OP THE WORKING CLASSES.
Government Scheme.
It is estimated that at least 100 houses are required for the
accommodation of the artisan class. These should not be flats,
but self-contained houses, averaging ten to the acre.
H. AND T. P. ACT, ETC.
Certain areas have been visited by the Inspector. Two houses
have been closed and one demolished. One closing order was
made; the other closure and demolition were voluntary.
HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION.
The Hospital is situated in South Worple Way, and
contains blocks for Scarlet Pever, Diphtheria, Typhoid Fever, and
Tuberculosis. It also contains a Tuberculosis Dispensary,