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cases supplied free. Arrangements were such that necessitous
children needing dried food other than that supplied at the clinics
could obtain this free.
Liquid or National Dried Milk is supplied free in necessitous
cases on application to the local Food Office.
Vitamins are supplied to children under two years of age
at Welfare Centres, the Food Office and at British Restaurants.
Arrangements were also made for necessitous nursing and
expectant mothers to receive free meals.
Ante-Natal Centres
One ante-natal clinic is held each week at Mitcham Court
and two clinics each week In connection with Woodlands
Maternity Home.
A clinic for cases booked by the midwives is held each
Wednesday at Mitcham Court.
Of the total number of registered births, 84.8 per cent, of
the mothers had attended the ante-natal centres.
The number of expectant mothers who attended the antenatal
centres and were evacuated for their confinements was 72.
General Remarks
The clinics were reserved, as in previous years, for those
cases entering Woodlands, hospital, or for evacuation, or who
were to be confined in their own homes and attended by mid-