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INTRODUCTION.
Medical Officer's Department,
Town Hall, Tottenham, N.15.
To the Chairman and other Members of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
April, 1937.
Madam Chairman,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Annual Report for 1936 is required to state, in addition to
matters of statistical importance, only those alterations of and additions
to the Maternity and Child Welfare services as have occurred during the
year.
In the Health Section of the report it will be noted that a gynaecological
clinic has been established. Although this clinic is under the
auspices of the Council it is so closely linked with the work in which
your Committee is directly interested that it was considered convenient
that the services of health visitors should be enlisted to assist the clinician
at the gynaecological clinic.
The new combined centre in Lordship Lane for Maternity and Child
Welfare and School Medioal purposes is in process of erection at the time
of writing this report. It is to replace the existing centre at Bruce
Castle.
"Keep Fit" classes for mothers commenced at Bruce Castle in the
month of May. Miss S. P. Beale, the organiser of physical training, is
in charge of the movement, which is very popular and gives promise of
growing to considerable dimensions.
Circular 1550 of the Ministry of Health recommending more
systematic scrutiny of children between the ages of 18 months and 5
years has received your Committee's favourable consideration.
In order that effect may be given to the Minister's representations
you have approved the appointment of four additional health visitors,
of whom two, at the moment of writing, have taken up their duties.
On account of the expansion of the Maternity and Child Welfare
services generally your Committee approved the appointment of an additional
health visitor to augment the staff, so that there are now the
Superintendent Health Visitor, and 13 health visitors in your
employment.