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Haemorrhoils occurred in twelve cases and were relieved by
appropriate treatment.
A very definite diathesis in which nerves and sleeplessness form
predominant features was also observed in ten women and very good
results were obtained by a combination of sedative and tonic treatment.
In two women, sore nipples occurred during pregnancy and were
successfully dealt with.
A large number of patients were referred for treatment to the
Dental Clinic. The patients who have been sent there are very grateful
for the dental treatment received and say how ranch better they feel
after it.
Several old patients have been to see me, suffering from various
ailments, and I have passed them on to other Hospitals for treatment.
The supply of milk to expectant and nursing mothers continues to
greatly help their health and to promote the habit of breast feeding.
I regret that the level of weekly family income (below which this
free milk can be given to mothers) has had to be so greatly lowered,
owing to the insistent need for national economy.
In consequence, a mother has to be very necessitous before she
receives the pint of free milk daily, and thus a class of very hardworking
and deserving mothers, who are just struggling along at poverty level
on the small weekly but regular wage earned by their husbands, have
to go without milk. As these are just the people that the Milk (Mothers
and Children) Order was designed to help one regrets all the more that
the help has had to be withdrawn in so many instances.
The Convalescent Home treatment at the Catherine Gladstone
Home at Mitcham has been greatly appreciated by those mothers who
have been able to go there with their babies, and the gain to their health
has been great.
My thanks are due to Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Simmonds, who have
so kindly presided over the tea at the two Clinics for all this past year
and I think that the mothers would like to add their thanks to mine for
this voluntary and ungrudging service.
(Signed) MARY KIDD,
M.B. (Lond.)