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(2) AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
The ambulance services provided by the Council have been
adequate to meet the needs of the area.
Information as to these services, both for infectious cases and
for non-infectious and accident cases, has been given annually in my
previous Reports, and there has been no change during 1939 in
the facilities provided.
(3) CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES.
The Clinics provided in the Borough either by the Barnes Borough
Council, or by the Surrey County Council, were set out in my
Annual Report for 1938 (page 15), together with the days and hours
of attendance at the various Centres.
The clinics held at these centres continued unchanged during
1939 until September. At the outbreak of war, owing to the
premises being taken over for air raid precautions purposes, it
became necessary to discontinue the use of the Centres for clinics.
Arrangements were made immediately for the Barnes Borough
Council's Maternity and Child Welfare work to be continued at
other premises. Information as to the steps taken in this direction
will be found in Section VII dealing with Maternity and Child
Welfare.
(4) MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICES.
There has been no change in the provision made for these
services since my last Annual Report.
During 1939 the number of midwives who gave notice of their
intention to practise in this Borough was nine, eight of these
(including the two municipal midwives) being resident within the
Borough and one resident in adjacent area.
(5) MATERNITY AND NURSING HOMES.
There are three private Maternity Homes in the district
registered by the Surrey County Council.
(6) PUBLIC MORTUARY.
The Council have provided a Public Mortuary situated in South
Worple Way, Mortlake.
During 1939 10 bodies, on which post-mortem examinations were
conducted or inquests held, were received ; of this number 3 were
bodies of persons resident in the district, 4 were bodies of nonresidents
whose deaths occurred in the district, and 3 were bodies of
persons unknown.