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Nineteen applications were granted for convalescent home accommodation
for children under five years of age, but in two cases the parents failed to take
advantage of the facilities provided. Eight children were sent away free:
the parents of the other children were required to pay part of the cost. All these
children were admitted to the Hopedene Convalescent Home at Barnet through the
kind co-operation of Sister Hope of the West London Mission, Kingsway.
Saffron Hill Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
Consultations in connection with this Voluntary Centre are held at the St.
Winifred Club, St. Peter's School, Onslow Street, Saffron Hill.
During the year ended 31st December, 1931, 175 infants and children under
five attended the consultations, 52 of the total number coming from the Holborn
Borough. The 175 children made 1,711 attendances.
Extra food and nourishment was provided, also convalescent treatment at
country and seaside Homes (40 mothers and 56 children); classes and lectures on
health, care of the home, food, economy and kindred subjects were held. The
Chairman and Honorary Secretary is Miss Mary Canney, 75, Lamb's Conduit
Street.
Deaths of Children One to Five Years, 1931.