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patient who had previously borne a stillborn child
produced a live healthy child after receiving appropriate
treatment.
" Most of the post-natal patients merely required
a tonic, and sometimes advice was necessary on the
management of breast-feeding.
" Many of these mothers were suffering from
varying degrees of prolapse of the womb, and in some
cases it. was necessary to order a belt for general abdominal
support.
" One case of parametritis was sent to hospital
and was admitted. Another mother was found to
have a rapidly growing ovarian cyst."
INFANT CONSULTATIONS.
Valuable work continues to be done at the Infant
Consultations, and in this connection I cannot do
better than quote from a recent communication from
Dr. E. F. Iredell, one of the Medical Officers :—
" All the best and most essential part of
our work at the Infant Welfare Centre is preventive
and therefore makes little show on
paper. A large number of mothers have at tended
owing to the milk grants, but many who
first came under economic pressure have really
appreciated and profited by their attendances.
" Many mothers who had intended to wean
their babies and came for instruction as to how
to do it and what substitutes to give their
babies, have been persuaded to continue suckling.
Very frequently, simple treatment for
intercurrent ailments in mother or baby has
enabled the flow of milk to be completely re-