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the general health of the child. In this respect, of course, the
doctors have helped much by referring children under their
care to the Dental Clinic.
On the whole the mothers are now more willing than at
first to have treatment carried out for their children, once the
facts of the ease have been carefully explained to them. The
mothers themselves after friendly talks with them are becoming
increasingly willing to venture to have their own teeth attended
to. The accommodation and equipment at the Centre are
excellent; there is plenty of work to be done in the Borough.
I feel that a regular weekly session would ensure a larger and
more steady attendance of patients, who find it difficult to
remember the present irregular dates, constantly lose their
appointment cards, often turning up on a Thursday when there
is no session.
Janet H. M. Sutherland.
BOROUGH MIDWIFERY SERVICE
Of the Borough Midwife's 35 bookings carried
forward to 1926, 2 were cancelled, while during 1926
120 bookings were received, of which 10 were
subsequently cancelled. During the year 114 mothers
were delivered, 83 by the Borough Midwife, 19 by one
of the Health Visitors while acting as Deputy Borough
Midwife, 11 by various private midwives acting as
deputy for the Borough Midwife, while in one case the
mother was admitted to hospital while in labour. Of
the 114 mothers delivered, 17 were primiparæ and 97
multipara. There were 31 expectant mothers on the
books at the end of the year.
The Borough Midwife paid 1,122 visits in connection
with her practice. She also attended 61 Infant
Consultation Sessions, 73 Maternity Clinic Sessions and
45 Midwifery Booking Sessions.
The services of the Borough Midwife are
appreciated in the Borough, as will be seen from the
fact that although she started only in July, 1925, 18 of
the mothers delivered in 1926 had been previously
attended by her.