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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1932.
Mr. L. M. Shepherd, J.P., Fairlight Hall, Tooting.
Mrs. Baker, British Legion and United Services Fund
(Wandsworth Area).
Mrs. Nicol.
Miss J. M. Duff.
Mrs. Halfhide.
Dr. Elizabeth Higgins.
Mrs. Jeans.
Mrs. Cresswell.
Mrs. Roberts.
Mrs. Parsons.
Mrs. Dixon.
Mrs. Laer.
Mrs. Arding.
Mrs. Tomson.
Mrs. McKerrow.
Officers of the Committee:—
Chairman : Councillor T. Harding.
Vice-Chairman : Miss J. M. Duff.
Hon. Treasurer : Mrs. Nicol.
Secretary : Miss M. L. Baptie.
Councillor Mrs. J. Dewar Robertson was elected Chairman on
16th December.
Meetings.—The Care Committee meets at the Council House
East Hill, Wandsworth, every six weeks on Friday afternoon
at 3.30 p.m. The Assessment Sub-Committeee meets on alternate
Friday afternoons at 2.30 p.m., at the Public Health Department.
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