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The following specimens were sent for investigation .
Throat swabs for the diphtheria bacillus 482
Sputa for tubercle bacillus 18
Blood for malarial parasite 8
Waters for chemical and bacteriological
analysis 1
Food stuffs for decomposition, etc. 4
At present the Lister Institute, Chelsea Bridge, London,
S.W.I., carries out this work.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
This is the most important of all the departments of
public health work in that its endeavours to prevent disease
are already active in the ante-natal days of the child : It
accordingly demands the strongest support.
This work, in Harrow, has grown steadily from its inception
nearly five years ago. The Maternity and Baby
Clinics have been transferred from the Wesleyan Schools to
Homeleigh, 8, College Road. The dental clinic has also
been transferred from St. Anne's Schools to the same building.
At the end of the year collected under one roof are to
be found the Harrow Baby Clinic (Municipal Centre), and the
following co-ordinated activities radiating from it:
Dental Clinic (Joint for Harrow and Wealdstone and
Elementary Schools), 8, College Road. Saturdays, Dental
treatment for mothers, clinic and school chldren; dentures
for mothers. Miss Goodman, L.D.S.
Throat, Nose and Ear Clinic (Joint for Harrow and
Wealdstone). Fridays, Dr. Eleanor Lowry.
Eye Clinic (Joint for Harrow and Wealdstone). Fridays,
Dr. Amy Shepard.
Ante-natal Clinic (Joint for Harrow and Wealdstone).
Tuesdays, 4.30. Dr. Agatha Doherty.
Minor Ailments Clinic (Joint for Harrow Wealdstone).
Wednesdays (fortnightly), Dr. Agatha Doherty.
Massage Clinic JJoint for Harrow and Wealdstone).
Thrice weekly. Miss Townsend.
The Maternity Hostel, 10, College Road (next door to
:above), for maternity in-patients, sent from the antenatal
clinic and medical practitioners. Dr. Agatha Doherty
visits weekly.
This scheme organised by Dr. Tychaykovsky and her
executive committee, with the exception of the Bahy Clinic,
which is entirely municipal, is supported partly by local and
government grants and partly by voluntary subscriptions.
The formation of a Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic