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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Council's Scheme for Maternity and Child Welfare includes
the following activities :—
(a) The visiting of expectant and nursing mothers and
babies by the Council's staff of health visitors, who work (a) from
the Town Hall and (b) from the Welfare Centres.
(b) The provision and maintenance of 2 Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres.
(c) The provision of a dental clinic for mothers and young
children.
(d) The supply of milk free or at a reduced price, for
necessitous mothers (nursing or expectant) and young children.
(e) The provision of convalescent home treatment for mothers
and young children by mutual arrangement with various charity
organisations.
(/) The provision of consultations with obstetric specialists
in connection with any abnormality of pregnancy or child birth.
(g) The provision of a clinic for Diphtheria immunisation.
(h) Provision of Home Helps in maternity cases.
(i) An arrangement with the Stoke Newington School
Treatment Centre Committee for the treatment of minor ailments
in young children.
(j) Instruction to expectant and nursing mothers.
Home Visiting.—The Council employs three full-time Health
Visitors, who divide their time between the necessary work at the
Centres and visiting the homes of the mothers and children.
Their duties are as follows :—
1. To visit the homes of all newlyborn children amongst
the working classes after the 10th day of birth and subsequently
as required.