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There are, of course, large numbers of Toddlers
who regularly attend the ordinary Infant Welfare
Clinics, and the attendances are shown in the following
Table:—
92, Greyhound Road 836
170, Wandsworth Bridge Road 793
Melmoth Hall, Eustace Road 768
2,397
These figures all show an encouraging increase.
I have always regarded the medical supervision of
the nursing mother as being as important as that of the
child, because upon her health during this important
period depends, not only the health and future wellbeing
of the child, but aiso the welfare of her home and
all succeeding children. No medical officer who neglects
this part of the work can be considered to be doing
really constructive work. A special mother card has
been attached to the card of every infant under one year
since I took over the work in 1919, and these cards in
many cases remain in use as long as the child remains
at the Clinics. Even when the child is over a year old,
the mother is still a potential nursing mother and her
health is important to the family and to the State. The
attendances of nursing mothers (i.e. mothers whose
children are under one year), who were definitely considered
as patients of the Centres were 11,789 during
the year 1930.