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Included in these figures are attendances made and treatments
given by a masseuse who gives treatments in their homes to patients
who are too ill to attend at the Clinic.
A fee of 4s. per attendance is charged, but only a small proportion
of the patients are able to contribute at this rate and the
majority of the cases are treated at a reduced fee. Many cases are
treated free of charge, especially in the case of children referred to
the Clinic by the Invalid Children's Aid Association.
The expenses of the Clinic are more than its total income, and
in order that this most valuable work should not be discontinued for
financial reasons, the Borough Council decided in 1934 to make an
annual grant of £150 towards the cost of the treatment given to the
poorer inhabitants of the Borough, who form a large proportion of
the patients attending at the Clinic.
AMBULANCE FACILITIES.
(а) For Infectious Cases.— Provided by the London County
Council. Ambulance Station : Eastern Hospital, Homerton Grove.
(б) For Non.Infectious and Accident Cases.—The London
County Council has an ambulance station in Paragon Road.
(c) For Maternity Cases.—Provided by the London County
Council.
Urgent cases are removed at any hour of the day or night free
of cost on application by a qualified medical practitioner or certified
midwife, provided that a doctor or midwife accompanies the patient.
Non.urgent cases are removed between the hours of 11 p.m.
and 8 a.m. free of cost, if letters of admission to maternity hospitals
are produced. Such cases can be removed between the hours of
8 a.m. and 11 p.m. upon the application of the Public Health
Department at a cost to the Borough Council of 10s. Od. per case.
The Borough Council requires patients to refund the whole or a
part of this charge according to the financial position of the family.