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Three midwives are employed by the Woodford Council,
from whom they receive a fixed salary. Fees received by them
arc payable to the Council. Expectant mothers are encouraged
to engage with the maternity nurses at the earliest possible
moment, as they are then visited regularly in the ante-natal
period and examinations of the urine made. All primiparae are
urged to have an examination by a doctor. The nurses attend
either as a midwife or with a doctor. They also continue to
visit the children at whose birth they have attended until they
are of school age.
Child Welfare Centres.—There are two Child Welfare
Centres in the district: (i.) At St. Barnabas' Hall, Snakes Lane;
(ii.) at the Fullers Road Sunday School. These are supported
and directed by the District Council. A third Centre under
voluntary direction meets at Hermon Hill Church Hall, which
is just over the Wanstead border. This is attended by mothers
and children from both districts.
The midwives attend once a week at their Centres.
Maternal Mortality.

For incidence of Puerperal Fever see Infectious Disease
Table on Page 18.
R. F. VERE HODGE.