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4. BRITISH HOSPITAL FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES.
Two mornings weekly have been spent. there. On one of these,
visits are paid to the wards, and a lecture given to the nurses
who are there in training. At the last C.M.B, examination
four nurses were present, all of whom succeeded in getting
their Diploma.
On the other mornings there is an Ante-natal clinic
which is quite well attended. The attendance here shows that
if midwives sent to clinic3 all their cases which require advice,
the other clinics should be much larger than they are. I hope
they will soon be so. Of course the women seen at the British
Hospital are all patients to be attended by the midwives of
the Hospital.
HEALTH VISITORS' REPORTS.
MISS FARMER, (Dockyard, St, Mary's, Burrage and Glyndon Wards).
Visiting hemes where births have occurred has been
continued as in previous years, and advice given as to feeding,
clothing, and general hygiene. The mothers are invited to
bring their babies to the Infant Welfare Centres , and it is
surprising to note that, although every mother has received by
post a card giving the times of the Centre, she generally waits
for the personal invitation of the Health Visitor before bringing
her child for advice and to be weighed.
The attendances of children at the Infant Welfare
Centre at the Town Hall have continued the seine as in previous
years. It is inter sting to note this, in view of the opening
of the new American Red Cross Centre at Plumstead, as it was
from this district that the greater number of infants who were
brought to the Town Hall come, and who now attend the new centre.
The Home for Ailing Babies which was opened at Perran
Lodge in December, will prove of great assistance in the work of
the Infant Welfare Centres, as it will now be possible to send
to the hospital infants who are not progressing properly and
for whom hospital treatment is recommended. Before the opening or
this hospital, not only had it proved very difficult to get
young children admitted to a children's hospital, but even if
a bed could' be secured this entailed a long journey with a
child often in a serious condition.
The milk and meals supplied in cases of necessity for
mothers who are nursing their babies have proved of great benefit
to many mothers and babies who are brought to the centres.
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