President Nixon made sickle cell anemia research and treatment as a priority in national health. In the 1960s, researchers still had much to learn the disease. It mostly affects people of African descent and he’s frustrated by how little information there is in British medical texts. Turner hits the books and learns about sickle cell disease, a genetic disorder in which red blood cells form a sickle shape, with the resulting symptoms of anemia and great pain. Aidoo’s unusual blood loss reminds her of what she saw in Africa, where women spoke of a “curse” in some families. Turner (STEPHEN McGANN) discuss what he has learned about sickle cell. She enlists Sister Monica Joan to help tidy up the unhygienic home before social services arrives, and the older women bond over a shared love books, particularly The Illiad. Lucille works overtime to help grumpy Ms. This is another reminder of how different life was for the urban poor in the U.K.
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That’s a portable chair with a chamber pot to save her from the walk to the outside toilet. Lucille wins the hand, bandages the woman’s leg and arranges for a social worker visit, and a commode. Millgrove’s threat with that of a visit by Dr. “Begone! I’ll send for the police,” she angrily warns Lucille, who like all the midwives, doesn’t blink when thrown a challenge. Millgrove (Annette Crosbie, Calendar Girls), immobile with a festering leg ulcer, has long ago walled herself in. We see that hoarding predates the 21 century. When Lucille gains entry, she’s gone through the Looking Glass, but it’s not a Wonderland. When Lucille Anderson pays a house call to a new elderly client, a neighbor and girl drop hints that not all is well with Clarice Millgrove or the state of her home.
Clarice Millgrove (ANNETTE CROSBIE) and Nurse Lucille Anderson (LEONIE ELLIOTT)