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53
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
In my Report for the year 1920 I referred to the projected!
use of Conduit House, 236, Trafalgar Road, not only for the purposes
of a Municipal Creche, but also for the holding of Infant)
Consultations, w hich would permit of our giving up Victoria Hall.
The necessary alterations, etc., were carried out early in the year
by the Council's Works Department at a cost of £607, and Conduit
House was first used for Infant Consultation purposes in
August.
The Council have also acquired the commodious premises, No.
105, Shooters Hill Road, the ground floor of which comprises, very
suitable accommodation for our Infant Consultation work in the
Charlton and Kidbrooke area. This house was purchased for
£1,275, and the necessary alterations were carried out by public
contract at a cost of £693 10s. It may be added that the alterations
carried out included the cutting off of the two upper floors,
which were not required for Infant Consultation purposes, and this
portion of the premises ;is let separately as a maisonette. The
premises first came into use as a Centre'for Infant Consultations
in August, which enabled us to give up the use of the premises
which had been previously rented for this purpose at Sunfields
Memorial Churchroom.
Throughout the year seven Infant Consultations have been held
weekly as follows:—
Borough Hall—Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Conduit House—Mondays and Wednesdays.
Albany Institute—Thursdays.
Shooters Hill Road—Fridays.
In addition to these Consultations Ante-Natal Clinics were held
Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Borough Hall.
It will be noticed that the Infant Consultations represent one
more than were held during 1920, three taking place at the Borough
Hall instead of two. A glance at the table on page 57 will serve
to convey an adequate appreciation of the really enormous number
of attendances at these Clinics. The attendances at the Borough
Hall were approximately twice those of the preceding year, owing
to an extra Consultation being held, whilst the attendances at the
other three centres show generally an appreciable adVance.
At the end of 1920 Dr. F. L. Pickett was appointed as
Maternity and Child Welfare Medical Officer in succession to Dr.
Katherine McNeill, and commenced his duties officially on 24th
January, 1921. I also have to acknowledge the services of Doctors
Neary and Kellett, who regularly throughout the year conducted the