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tions. This seems to suggest that the attendance at the weekly
Infant Welfare Centre combined with the home visits of the
Health Visitor are quite sufficient to meet the needs in most
cases.
"Complaints to Sanitary Inspectors.
"The same remarks apply in the case of the Sanitary Inspectors.
It was the original intention that the District Sanitary
Inspector should call each morning so that he might be able to
deal promptly with any complaint brought to his notice, but the
complaints have been so few that this arrangement has been
discontinued.
"Foot Clinic Sessions.
"One Foot Clinic Session a week has been held at each
Centre, and the Session has been fairly well attended. The
average attendance at these centres has, however, been decidedly
lower than at the two main Foot Clinics, and this involves a
considerable waste of time and energy on the part of the chiropodists,
who are already working at full pressure. This is a matter
of course for the Public Health Committee, but it is reported to
the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee as being involved
in the general question of the Sub-Centres.
"On the whole the response to this experiment has been
disappointing. I am regretfully forced to the conclusion that
the Committee should consider discontinuing these Centres. It
will be necessary to continue the Infant Welfare Centre at Bryan
House until such time as other suitable premises can be obtained.
I understand, however, that premisesto be erected by the Housing
Department will be available in the course of a few months time,
so that it would not be necessary to return to the church premises
formerly occupied by the Centre if Bryan House Sub-Centre
were to be closed."
In June a letter was received from the Reverend Dr. J.
Scott Lidgett suggesting that the time had perhaps arrived when
the Borough Council should assume full responsibility for the
Alice Barlow House Welfare Centre. This was the first centre