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DISINFECTION.
The disinfection of houses has been undertaken by the Council
during the year and the Wandle Valley Hospital Board have continued
to co-operate in the disinfection of bedding, etc.
When residents request disinfection which is not essential in the
interests of the public health, this is undertaken upon a payment of
10s. per load for bedding, etc., and 5s. for the first room and 2s. 6d. for
each additional room as applied to house disinfection.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Council is the responsible authority for this important section
of Public Health work.
During 1942 the Council's schemes for Maternity and Child
Welfare continued to operate satisfactorily. The District Nursing
Association midwives continued to perform yeoman service, the increase
in their midwifery cases being from 82 to 106.
ANTE-NATAL CLINIC.
The Clinic is housed in the Nurses' Home, Montagu Gardens, where
very good accommodation is rented by the Council from the District
Nursing Association.
No change took place in the arrangement of this clinic, two
sessions weekly being held, with an average attendance of 17 patients
per session.

All cases are seen by the Medical Officer when attending these clinics.
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