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Opening of New Maternity and Child Welfare Centre.
4. Arrangements were made for the work at the new Maternity and Child
Welfare Centre in Short's Gardens to commence on Monday, the 4th October.
More than a hundred mothers attended at the opening when the Chairman of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee (Councillor The Revd. Henry Ross) gave
an informal address, and the Vice-Chairman (Councillor Lady Smith, J.P.),
entertained the mothers to tea.
Town Planning Conference.
5. On Wednesday, the 6th October, a Conference was held in the Court
Room at the Town Hall on Town Planning for London and Greater London. In
the absence of the Mayor, Councillor Charles Fitzroy Doll, J.P., presided; the
speakers included:—Sir H. E. Bruce Bruce-Porter, Mr. Harold Swann (Chairman
of the Town Planning Committee of the London County Council), Dr. R. King
Brown (Medical Officer of Health of Bermondsey), Dr. S. J. C. Holden (Medical
Officer of Health, Bucks County), Alderman Culpin, L.C.C., Capt. R. L. Reiss
(Garden Cities' Association), and Mr. E. J. Elford (Borough Surveyor,
Wandsworth).
The Conference was attended by representatives of a number of Metropolitan
and Greater London Local Authorities.
Meeting for Mothers.
6. On Thursday, the 7th October, a special meeting for mothers attending
the Maternity Centre at No. 10, John Street was held. Lady Islington presided
and addresses of an educational character were given by Dr. Hugh Thursfield,
Physician, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, Dr. Letitia Fairfield,
C.B.E., Divisional Medical Officer, L.C.C. (a resident of the Borough), and Dr.
J. Fenton, M.O.H., Kensington. A large number of mothers were present and
were subsequently entertained to tea.
Co-operation with Schools.
7. Arrangements were made for the distribution through the schools of
leaflets respecting the facilities offered by the Council for immunisation against
diphtheria. The schools also co-operated, as in previous years, by arranging for
health lessons to be given and for a series of health questions to be submitted to
the children at the close of the week. The questions were prepared in the Public
Health Department; the best three sets of answers in each school department were
selected by the Head Teachers for examination in the Public Health Office, two
prizes being awarded to each school, one for boys and one for girls. The Mayor
and Mayoress kindly entertained to tea the prize-winners and the two next best
examinees from each department.