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Barnes 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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(b) For Non-infectious and Accident Cases.
The Council have provided a motor ambulance for use in
removing accident cases to Hospital, and in such cases no charge
is made. The ambulance may also be hired at a nominal scale of
charges, according to distance, by residents of the District for the
conveyance of patients suffering from non-infectious diseases to
Hospitals, Nursing Homes, etc. In necessitous cases the fees may
be remitted.
| Name of Clinic, etc. | Address. | Days of attendance. | Provided by. |
|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Situated in the District: | |||
| Maternity and Child Welfare. Ante-natal Clinic Infant Welfare Clinic | Technical Institute, North Worple Way, Mortlake | Wednesday, 2.30 Tuesday, 2.30 Thursday, 2.30 | Urban District Council of Barnes |
| School Clinics— | |||
| Minor Ailments Clinic | „ „ | Daily, Monday to Friday, 9.30 | Surrey County |
| Eye Clinic | „ „ | Monday, 2 | Council |
| Dental Clinic | „ „ | Tuesday, 9.30 Friday, 2 | |
| Tuberculosis Dispensary | South Worple Way, Mortlake | Tuesday, 5 | „ |
| (b) Situate outside District: | |||
| Venereal Diseases Clinics | Richmond Royal Hospital | Males, Tuesday and Friday, 6 Females, Tues- day & Friday, 5 | „ |
| West London Hospital, Hammersmith | Daily 5.30 | „ | |
| And at 21 other Hospitals in the County of London | Various times as advertised | „ |
(5) Public Health Staff.
(a) Medical Officer of Health.
The Medical Officer of Health of the Barnes Urban District
in addition to undertaking the duties of District Medical Officer
of Health acts also as Bacteriologist and as Medical Superintendent
of the Council's Isolation Hospital. For the past ten years the