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6. The expenditure of the Voluntary Committee
must not be increased by any extendedactivities
without the previous consent of the Borough
Council.
At the present time the Medical Officers concerned
in this work are Dr. Ruby Thomson, Dr. G. Frank
Hardy, Dr. Florence Wilson and Dr. Dorothy Stewart.
The last-named was added to the staff during the
current year, owing to the extension of the work.
Three centres are in operation, viz., 92, Greyhound
Road; 170, Wandsworth Bridge Road ; and Melmoth
Hall, Eustace Road. These divide the Borough into
three districts, with a centre within reasonable distance
to the mothers residing in each district. During
1925, the work of the centres was increased at the
suggestion of the Ministry of Health, an additional
ante-natal clinic was provided at 170, Wandsworth
Bridge Road, and an additional infant clinic at the same
centre. This necessitated the appointment of a wholetime
assistant superintendent of the centres in place
of the previous part-time assistant.
The consultations held at these centres are divided
into two classes (1) ante-natal and (2) post-natal. There
are now three ante-natal clinics held each week and
eight post-natal clinics. It will be seen from the
figures given below that many of the clinics even now
are having larger attendances than can be efficiently
dealt with.
I give below particulars of the attendances at these
clinics during the year :—