[Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C.
- Bognor Regis (England). Urban District Council.
- Date:
- 1945
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1945] / Medical Officer of Health, Bognor Regis U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) School Clinic. A Minor Ailments Clinic is held at the Westloats Lane Health Centre on Tuesday mornings, when j'our Medical Officer of Health is in attendance. During the year, 721 local children attended the clinic, making 3,338 attendances. In addition, 55 evacuees attended making 187 attendances. .Appointments are made with an Ophthalmic Surgeon for children suffering from defective vision and arrangements are made, where necessary, with the War Memorial Hospital for the operative treatment of tonsils and adenoids. A dental clinic is held frequently for the treatment of children with defective teeth. Arrangements are also made for the treatment of children suffering from crippling defects, ear defects, and speech defects. A modern Health Centre in Westloats Lane in close proximity to the elementary schools provides accommodation for the Minor Ailments, Dental, Ophthalmic, Orthopaedic, Speech and Child Welfare Clinics. Nutrition Clinic. Nutrition Clinic is held at the Westloats Lane Health Centre fortnightly by your Medical Officer of Health, where mothers are advised regarding the health of children suffering from malnutrition. Vitamin C and Adexolin tablets are available for such children. He.\lth Education. Ev'ery effort is made, either by poster or leaflets distributed in the area, to secure a wider use of the Health Services. It is found in this area that the best propaganda is carried out at the Health Centre by intimate talks with the parents, and it will be appreciated that, with the large numbers attending, such talks can be highly successful. (c) Child Guidance Clinics. Suitable cases in 1945 were referred to the Child Guidance Clinic, Brighton. A scheme, however, has been established whereby, as from January, 1948, clinics will be set up in West Sussex under a psychiatrist and trained staff. (d) Tuberculosis. A dispensary is held at the Chapel Street Clinic, Chichester, every Tuesday morning, and is available for patients residing in Bognor Regis. The County Tuberculosis Officer attends every week. He also places his services at the disposal of local Medical Practitioners in any cases where they desire specialist opinion. (e) Venereal Diseases. The West Sussex County Council have made arrangements by which residents in the county may attend the following clinics :— Brighton Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Kemp Town. Men: ]\Iondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Women: Tuesdays, 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. ; Thursdays and Satur- days, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2893717x_0037.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
