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and measles are distributed and re-distributed to every tenement
in the slums and in those parts of the Borough where these
diseases are known or suspected to be prevalent.
6. The Borough Council maintains three weighing centres,
open from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. as follows:—The Branch
Library, Penton Street, Wednesdays; St. Luke's Institute,
Radnor Street, Thursday; the Committee Room, the Town Hall,
Friday. The babies are weighed at these centres and the weights
entered on cards, which the mothers keep and take home with
them. If the child is not thriving as evidenced by its loss of
weight, the mother's diet and the child's feeding are inquired
into very carefully, and appropriate advice given.
Model clothes, suitable for the children of poor parents, and
which defer to some of their minor prejudices, are shown on each
occasion, and their advantages pointed out.
The mothers are shown how to make these garments.
At each meeting questions are asked and answered, and short
lectures given on suitable subjects. Expectant mothers attend
for advice and instruction.
7. During the hot summer months special measures are taken
to deal with summer diarrhoea. These have already been given
on a previous page.
8. Special attention is given to verminous houses by the
district Sanitary Inspectors, who serve the usual notices and see
that the tenements are cleaned. The floor and woodwork are
scrubbed. The rooms are sulphur fumigated.
Voluntary Societies and Institutions.—There are many of
these bodies in or near the Borough whose work closely touches
the prevention of infant mortality. A list was given in last
year's report. It comprises, General and Special Hospitals; the
Lying-in Hospital, City Road; the Maternity Nursing Association,
63, Myddleton Square; the Royal Maternity Charity, 31,
Finsbury Square; the Finsbury Dispensary, Brewer Street; the
Leysian Medical Mission, City Road; the Bunhill Medical Mission,