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Mitcham 1945

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Mitcham]

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WOODLANDS MATERNITY HOME
The Borough Maternity Home has accommodation for 15
cases. All patients must be Mitcham residents, and those who
wish may book their own medical attendant for the confinement.
CLINICS AND TREATMENT CENTRES
Welfare Clinics
Infant Welfare Centres are held at the following places: —
Sunshine Hall, Park Road.-— Sessions are held every
Monday afternoon. This clinic returned to Cavendish
Road Clinic in August
St. Barnabas Church Hall, Gorringe Park Avenue.—Ses
sions are held every Tuesday afternoon.
Sherwood House, Commonside East.—Sessions are held
every Thursday morning.
Church Road Centre.—Sessions are held every Thursday
afternoon.
Meopham Road Clinic.—This clinic was opened in
November, and is held each Wednesday afternoon.
Ante-Natal Clinics
Ante-natal clinics are held at the following places: —
Woodlands Maternity Home.—Sessions are held on
Friday and Monday mornings for patients who
have booked for the Woodlands Maternity Home.
Church Road Clinic.—Sessions are held on every Tuesday
morning.
The municipal midwives also hold a clinic at Church Road
Clinic on Wednesday afternoons.
Post-Natal Clinic
A post-natal clinic is held at Church Road Clinic on the
fourth Tuesday of each month. Since October clinics are held
alternate Mondays.
Post-natal examinations of cases confined in Woodlands are
made at the Woodlands clinics.