[Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Chanctonbury R.D.C.

  • Chanctonbury (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1935
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Credit: [Report 1935] / Medical Officer of Health, Chanctonbury R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Bramber and Deeding, 1 nurse. Coldwaltham (jointly with Fittleworth), 1 nurse. Parham, 1 nurse. Pulborough, 1 nurse. Steyning, 1 nurse. Grants are made by the County Council to the County Nursing Association for various Nursing Services including Child Welfare work. School Nurses’ work. Tuberculosis health visiting, and as subsidies to provide Nurse-midwives in areas which would other- wise be without a midwife. Midwives. There are fourteen Midwives practising in the district, thirteen are District Nurse-Midwives, and one resident in the district is in private practice on her own account; one or two midwives resident in adjoining districts take cases in the rural area. Maternity and Child Welfare Centre. The West Sussex County Council provides Centres at Storring- ton, Henfield and Pulborough. Meetings are held at the Girl Guides’ Hall, Brown’s Lane, Storrington, fortnightly on Thursdays at 2.30 p.m. ; at the Church Rooms, Pulborough, on the first Tuesday in the month at 2.30 p.m.; and at the Parish Hall, Henfield, fortnightly on Wednesdays at 2.30, a doctor attending monthly at each. School Clinics. No regular general School Clinic is held in the district. Temporary Dental Clinics are held from time to time either at the Schools or Village Halls for the treatment of children attending all the Schools in the district. The West Sussex County Council provide an Eye Clinic frequently at the Worthing Hospital, to which children from the Rural District suffering from defective vision are taken for treatment by appointment. Children suffering from enlarged tonsils and adenoids are treated at the Sussex Throat and Ear Hospital, Brighton, or the Worthing Hospital. Ear Clinics are held at the Sussex Throat and Ear Hospital, Brighton, from time to time, and appointments are made for children suffering from ear disease to attend.