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Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
These ate 10 in number. Each Centre is managed by a Committee, the members of
which not only give valuable help at the various consultations, but in most cases also
provide additional funds for the maintenance of many other useful activities associated with
the work of each Centre. The Council has representatives on each Committee, and each
Committee sends one representative to the Council's Maternity and Child Welfare SubCommittee.
The Centre at the Royal Free Hospital is not subsidised by the Council.
The Table on page 31 gives statistics concerning the work of all the Centres during
the year. It will be seen that 476 ante-natal consultations were held, the number of expectant
mothers was 1,564 and their total attendances were 6,388.
For the two previous years the total attendances were 6,377 and 5,706.
The number of consultations for children was 1,609, the children who attended for the
first time numbered 3,001, and the total attendances were 47,557.
For the two previous years the total attendances of children were 48,091 and 44,851.
Particulars concerning some of the special activities of the individual Centres are given
in the following paragraphs:—
St. Pancras School for Mothers, 1, Ampthill Square.
In addition to the consultations provided by the Council, interviews with parents
(apart from those otherwise recorded) numbered 1,467. Other activities of this centre
include the following:—
Classes for Mothers.
At infant care classes there were 310 attendances; and at needlework, etc., classes,
545 attendances.
Dinners for Mothers and Children.
These are supplied at a very small charge for necessitous cases. 2,019 dinners were
supplied to nursing and expectant mothers, and 2,165 to young children.
Observation Day Nursery.
This is for children attending the Centre who need special care. There were 1,763
attendances during the year, of which 547 were made by infants under one year of age, and
1,763 by children from 1 to 5 years of age.
Dental Clinic.