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Mitcham 1948
[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
Tnfant Welfare Centres are held at the following places:—
Cavendish Road Welfare Centre.- Sessions are held every
Monday afternoon.
St. Barnabas Church Hall, Gorringe Park Avenue.—
Sessions are held every Tuesday afternoon.
Sherwood House, Commonside East.—Sessions are held
every Thursday morning, and Monday afternoon
(weighing).
Church Road Centre.—Sessions are held every Thursday
afternoon, and Wednesday afternoon (weighing
session).
Meopham Road Clinic.—Sessions are held each Wednesday
afternoon, and Friday afternoon (weighing session).
Ante-Natal Clinics
Ante-natal clinics are held at the following places: —
Woodlands Maternity Home.—Sessions areheld on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday mornings for patients who
have booked for their confinement at the Woodlands
Maternity Home.
Church Road Clinic.—Sessions are held on every Tuesday
and Friday mornings, and a clinic for cases booked by
midwives is held on Friday afternoons.