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5th June, 1947, at Emmanuel Church Hall, The Ridgway. Sessions
are held there every Thursday afternoon.
Hitherto, it has not been possible to sell National Dried Milk
from the welfare centres, owing to the impossibility of obtaining
transport for the conveyance of the milk from the Food Office to the
centres.
In September, 1947, however, an arrangement was entered into
between the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee and the Food
Executive Officer, whereby the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
made themselves responsible for transporting National Dried
Milk and vitamin preparations to the welfare centres each week, to
be sold there by Food Office clerks.
This arrangement has proved very satisfactory, as the mothers
are now able to purchase National Dried Milk at the same time as
they bring their babies to be weighed, and are thus saved a special
journey to the Food Office.
MIDWIFERY AND MATERNITY SERVICES.
Midwives Act, 1936.
A service of whole-time domiciliary midwives is provided by the
Wimbledon District Nursing and Midwifery Association under an
agreement with the Borough Council made in accordance with
Section 1(1) of the Midwives Act, 1936. There were three full-time
and two part-time domiciliary midwives so employed at the end of 1947.
During the year they dealt with 206 cases as midwives and 37
as maternity nurses. In addition, they attended 16 cases of miscarriage.
Their future bookings for 1948 amounted to 89.
The total amount paid by relatives during the year was
£449 12s 3d.
Midwives Acts, 1902j 1936.
For the purposes of the Midwives Acts the Borough Council is
the Local Supervising Authority in Wimbledon.
There were in all seven practising midwives in Wimbledon at the
end of 1947.