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V.-MATERNITY AND CHILD
WELFARE.
The only change of note which has taken place this year is
the transfer of one of the centres from Percy Hall to the neighbouring
premises of the Time and Talents Club. This change
was necessitated owing to the re-building of Percy Hall.
There has been no alteration in the arrangements made for
visiting children. The present scheme requires the Health
Visitor to make a first visit as soon after the tenth day as possible.
Visits are then made monthly for four months, then at six, eight,
ten, twelve, fifteen and eighteen months and at the age of two,
two-and-a-half, three, four and five years. The mouth is specially
examined and the state of the teeth recorded at the visit between
six and nine months, and again at the visits at two, three, four
and five years. The Health Visitors have been carefully instructed
in the use of the dental mirror by Mr. Grantley Smith.
The attached tables show the work of the Health Visitors
on their districts and at the centres. The three largest municipal
centres are at 110 Grange Road, 98 Rotherhithe New Road and
the Princess Club, Jamaica Road. The average attendanc e
at these centres has been 44.7, 41 and 41.4 respectively, and the
average number of children seen by the doctor at each session
has been 26.2, 19 and 26. The two remaining municipal centres
namely those held at Roseberry Street and Trinity Road are
both comparatively small and have an average attendance of
35.4 and 28.4 respectively, the average number of children seen
by the doctor being 19.4 and 21.6. I am very pleased to note
that the attendances at the Trinity Road centre show a very
substantial improvement over last year. This centre is situated
"down town" and is the only centre available for most of
Rotherhithe Street and Derrick Street area. Owing to the
extensive activities of the Housing Department in this region a
new centre is very urgently needed and it was hoped that the new