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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1931.
Mrs. Nicol.
Miss J. M. Duff.
Mrs. Halfhide.
Dr. Elizabeth Higgins.
Mrs. Jeans.
Mrs. Cresswell.
Mrs. Roberts.
Mrs. Parsons.
Mrs. Dixon.
Miss Hill.
Officers of the Committee.—
Chairman : Councillor T. Harding.
Vice-Chairman : Miss J. M. Duff.
Secretary : Miss M. L. Baptie.
Hon. Treasurer : Mrs. Nicol.
Meetings.—The Care Committee meets at the Public Health
Department, 79, East Hill, Wandsworth, every six weeks on Friday
afternoon at 8.30 p.m. The Assessment Sub-Committee meets on
alternate Friday afternoons at 2.30 p.m.
Summary of the Work done.—Whilst a patient is undergoing
Institutional treatment arrangements have to be made for the
care of the children and from time to time mothers refuse to go to
an Institution until they are satisfied that provision has been
made for their children to be cared for properly. These arrangements
are made by the Secretary of the Care Committee.
An important duty of the Committee is to supply patients
going to an Institution with additional clothing. Many of them
are short of the clothing requirements of the Institution and
it is frequently a difficult problem to get them properly fitted
out in this respect. Much time is spent by Members of the
Committee in collecting articles of clothing from their friends
and a certain proportion of the funds of the Committee have
to be expended in this direction.
When a patient, previously a wage earner, has completed
treatment he is sometimes fit to return to work and it is often
a difficult matter to place these ex-patients. The previous
occupation may be entirely unsuited for a person suffering from