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During 1945 the County midwives attended 104 cases as
Midwives and 31 as Maternity Nurses.
Home Helps.
The Council is empowered to engage suitable women to assist
in the housekeeping and domestic work of homes where the mother
is confined in her own home; in certain cases the Council pays all or
part of the fees for this attendance.
It has been difficult to obtain the services of women for this
work, but 10 confinement cases were assisted.
3. SUPERVISION OF MOTHERS AND INFANTS.
(a) Post-Natal Clinics.
Arrangements are made for the examination of mothers after
their confinements. These examinations are carried out by the
medical practitioners on the panel or by the Assistant Medical
Officer, as the case may be.
During 1945, 299 of these examinations were carried out.
In addition, all mothers who engaged midwives for their
confinements are invited to attend the Obstetric Consultant's
Clinic for final examination and the correction of any abnormality
caused by pregnancy and childbirth.
Details of this work appear in the report of the Obstetric
Consultant.
(b) Nursing Mothers and Infants.
Supervision is carried out at the Infant Welfare Centres and
by visits to the homes made by the Health Visitors.
There are seven Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough and
during the year nine sessions were held each week. With the
exception of the Centre at Shortlands a Medical Officer attended
each centre each week. The situations and other particulars of the
centres appear in the Table of Local Clinic Services on page 21.

3,619 children made 26,745 attendances—an average of 7.4.
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