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MOTHERS' CLINIC.
A clinic to provide contraceptive advice for married
women within the terms of the Memorandum of the Ministry
of Health was opened at Cornwall Road in October.
The clinic is to be held in two consecutive weeks every
two months, on Thursday afternoons. At this time there is
no Maternity or Child Welfare session held at the centre.
Mothers may be recommended by doctors at the clinics or
from hospitals in the neighbourhood. Two members of the
Health Visiting staff received a course of training in the
management of such a clinic at Burdett Road.
Our thanks are due to the Secretary and the Medical
Officer at Burdett Road for their courtesy and interest.
The October session was in the nature of an experiment
and was not followed by a second session. Two mothers
attended. Arrangements seemed satisfactory and at the
November clinic five mothers attended. Of the total four
only were eligible for treatment at the clinic.

BREAST FEEDING CLINIC.
The Breast Feeding Clinic was begun to try to maintain
breast feeding in cases where there were definite signs of its
being given up. The reasons are many, but fall into three