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3. That all post-natal patients be invited to attend by appointment
at Ante-Natal Clinics.
4. That a panel of Home Helps be set up and kept in the
department.
5. That the Milk Scale be revised, and that the Medical Officer
of Health be authorised, when the scale is revised, to
provide meals for mothers, in such cases as are suitable,
by arrangement with the authorities of the Princess Club
and of the Central Hall."
With regard to the suggestions which were made to the
Committee in that report I may observe that the first suggestion,
that one or more general practitioners be co-opted on the Maternity
and Child Welfare Committee, is still under consideration.
An agreement has already been made with the London County
Council for the provision of an emergency unit in midwifery
cases, and so far as post-natal patients are concerned it is pointed
out that it has been the practice in this borough to make appointments
for post-natal patients to be seen on the same days, and
by the same doctors as ante-natal patients. The question of
holding separate post-natal clinics is still under consideration.
The other two suggestions which relate to Home Helps and the
revision of the Scales of Income in connection with the Maternity
and Child Welfare Scheme were the subject of a further report
which was submitted to the Committee in June. One income
scale was finally agreed upon which should apply in future to
applications for Midwifery Service, Milk, Dental Treatment
(Maternity and Child Welfare cases), Home Helps and for admission
to Fairby Grange Convalescent Home, and the Council
at the same time decided to set up a panel of Home Helps.
In my last Annual Report I made reference to the experimental
establishment of two sub-centres in the borough, and the
following report submitted to the Committee in May and later
adopted by the Council indicates that the experiment proved a
failure:—
"I was instructed by the Committee to report at this meeting
upon the Sub-Centres. The two Sub-Centres have now been in
operation for more than twelve months. The Centre at Bryan