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MEDICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHILDREN'S HOMES
Reception Home, Rosebery House, 7/9 Rosebery Road, Cheam
Throwley House, 10 Throwley Road, Sutton
Malvern House, Foxley Road, Kenley
Camperdown Children's Home, 146 Woodcote Road, Wallington
Dean House, 95 Nuffield Road, Merstham
Working Girls' Hostel, 57 Montague Gardens, Wallington
A general practitioner residing near the Reception Home is responsible for the examination
of new admissions and discharges as well as for medical treatment.
At ail other homes a general practitioner is responsible for medical treatment. Examinations
of new admissions and discharges are carried out by Medical Officers in Department. In
addition a medical officer visits all the homes regularly, carries out routine medical
inspections annually on all children resident in the home and is responsible for seeing that
any special investigations and routine immunisations against infectious diseases are carried
out. Advice is also given to the house parents on any medical aspect concerned with the
care of the children.
Each home is inspected regularly by the Principal Medical Officer and a report on the
environmental conditions and the health of the children submitted to the Director of
Social Services.
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