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Civen Wilson Institute, Pelly Road, E.
Maternity and Child Wel- Advice and treatment to nursing
fare Centre. mothers and children under five years
Welfare Road Clinic, Stratford, E.15.
Maternity and Child Wel- Artificial Sunlight treatment (Cases
fare Centre. sent through M.O.H. by all M. &
C.W. Clinics throughout the Borough),
also Child Welfare Clinic.
Stratford Day Nursery, E.15.
Infant Welfare. Care of infants and toddlers during
absence of mothers.
WORK OF THE DISTRICT MEDICAL OFFICERS.
There are five District Medical Officers, two of these are fulltime
officials and three are part-time officers.
Their main duties consist in attending all necessitous sick
persons either in the homes, or at their surgeries, or at the Relief
Stations.
They also see all cases referred to them by the various Relieving
Officers or Relief Sub-Committees. Suitable cases are
drafted by them into the various institutions.
The District Medical Officers are assisted in their duties by
two whole-time trained nurses.
There is a doctor's consulting room and a dispensary with a
dispenser attached at the Relief Stations at Cumberland Road
and West Ham Lane.
SPECIALIST MEDICAL SERVICES.
In addition to the modern equipment and treatment provided
in most of the residential institutions for the sick, facilities are
provided under the Public Health Services of the Borough for the
treatment of special disabilities, and also arrangements are in
force whereby the services of specialists in various diseases are
available in institutions, at the clinics and in the homes.
Mentally defective children who are educable are provided
for by two special schools situated respectively at Knox Road,
Forest Gate, and at Grange Road, Plaistow; these schools accommodate
some two hundred mentally defective children.
Physically defective children are likewise provided for by two
special schools situated on the same sites and run in conjunction
with the Schools for Mentally Defective Children. Accommodation
is available for some one hundred and sixty physically defective
children. There is usually a waiting list for both these sections
of the special schools.
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