[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough.

  • Middlesbrough (England). County Borough Council.
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, Middlesbrough County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Treatment Centres and Clinics. (a) Maternity and Child Welfare Centres. Ordinary Child Name of Centre. Held at Welfare Meetings. (1) Elizabeth Purvis 5, The Newlands Mondays - 2 p.m. Centre (2) Cannon Centre West End Metho- Tuesdays - 2 p.m. dist Church Schoolroom (3) American Red Cross Market Place Wednesdays Centre 2 p.m. (4) Settlement Centre Settlement Hall, Thursdays 9 p.m. Church Street (5) Whinney Banks The Institute, Thursdays 2 p.m. Centre Harehills Road (6) North Ormesby Mount St. Mary, Eridays 9 p.m. Centre North Ormesby (7) Grove Hill Centre The Institute, Eridavs 9 p.m. Bishopton Road At all the Centres, children from early infancy to five years are received at each session and are examined and supervised. These Centres have voluntary workers working under the direction of the Assistant Medical Officer of Health. (6) Ante-Natal Clinics. These are held every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at the Municipal Maternity Hospital at 9-30 a.m. In addition, two monthly clinics are held, one on the second Thursday of each month at the North Ormesby Centre and the other on the fourth Thursday of each month at the American Red Cross Centre. Post-natal cases are dealt with at these clinics. A weekly session is held at the Maternity Hospital every Friday at 2 p.m. for post-natal cases onljn (c) School Clinic. Examination and treatment of school children is carried out at the School Clinic, Woodlands Road. It is desirable that similar facilities should be available for children below school age, but the School Clinic is already so