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House differs from that at Whites Grounds in that at Bryan
House an Infant Welfare Centre is held once a week on Thursday
afternoons. The figures for this Centre are set out below for the
two years 1935 and 1936.

"From this table it will be seen that the total attendances
have increased by nearly 500 with proportionate increases in the
other columns, and it appears that the Infant Clinic has been
considerably benefitted by the change of premises.
"Toddlers' Play Centres.
"The play centres were intended to receive children between
the ages of one and five for short periods, so that a mother might be
free to do shopping and other similar works of necessity. The
response in this case has been disappointing. The number of
children attending varies greatly, sometimes being very few—
occasionally reaching the maximum of 12, but it is noticeable
that these children are drawn from a very restricted number of
families, so that the same children repeatedly come to the play
centres, and sometimes several children from one family attend.
"Health Visitors' Consultations.
"It was also intended that these sub-centres should act as a
local centre conveniently near to the home, at which mothers
could readily consult the Health Visitor. The number of such
consultations has been very small, and although the Health
Visitor attends every morning there are frequently no consulta-