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The statistics of attendances at the Centres during
1924 and in previous years are as follow :-
Cornwall Thornton
Road. Hall.
Total Attendances of Children . . 13,900 2,835
Average Attendance per Session 89.1 57.8
New Cases (Children) .. .. 1,248 280
Medical Consultations (Children) 9,729 2,053
1924. 1923. 1922.
Total Attendances of Children 16,735 18,028 14,446
New Cases (Children) .. 1,528 1,989 1,623
New Cases (Mothers) .. . . 468 483 349
Medical Consultations
(Children) 11,782 11,685 9,541
(Mothers) 1,044 1,055 710
Total Attendances for Milk
Grants 17,425 15,862 8,302
INFANT CONSULTATIONS.
The work of Infant Consultations has continued
on the same lines as heretofore, that is, the individual
instruction of the mother by the doctor or health
visitor.
A few observations by the Medical Officers will be
of interest: —
Dr. Addison writes : —
" In making a report on the year's work, certain impressions
at once come into my mind. The first is one of wonder
and respect at the endless industry, patience and self-denial
required of, and displayed by, any poor mother who attempts
to bring up a family decently. One sees the young mother
with her first baby, bears and sympathises with her exhaustion,
nervous and physical, in trying to keep the baby well, feed
it herself, wash it and also do her house cleaning and washing.
Then one sees the mother of six or seven, the baby clean and
vigorous, and the others not at school brought up by turns,
all well-cared for, and often well-behaved and obedient, and
realises that the woman who can do all that this mother does.