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A.post-natal clinic is held at No. 304, Westbourn»
Grove once a week, and during 1939, 105 mothers attended.

The gross cost of the scheme to the council during
1939 was £840 3s. Od.
The assessments made in respect of patients whose
applications were accepted and not withdrawn during the year
amounted to £405 7s. Od. Payments made by patients totalled
£403 6s. 9d.
The Baby Clinic, 92, Tavistock Road.
One hundred and seven individual mothers, and 549
children attended this institution, making respectively 918
end 6,424 attendances. The average number seen at doctors'
consultations was, mothers 29 and children 20.
The Baby Hospital, 1, Ladbroke Square.
One hundred and seventy-five patients were admitted
to this hospital during the year for in-patient treatment, end
the average duration of stay was 27 days.
Supply of Extra Nourishment for Expectant and Nursing Mothers
and for Infants.
Under the council's scheme, 29,728 packets of dried
milk and 728 pints of fresh milk were supplied to expectant and
nursing mothers and infants at a cost of £1,760 11s. Od. In
addition, 3,520 dinners were supplied at a cost of £62 5s. 9d.
Ten thousand,nine hundred and thirty-four packets of dried milk
were sold at cost price. The public assistance officer of the
London County Council supplied 70 pints of milk at a cost of
£1 0s. 5d., and 682 packets of dried milk at a cost of £8 3s, 7d.
Home Helps.
One hundred and forty-six home helps were supplied
under the council's scheme at a cost of £224 17s. 9d.
Convalescent Homes.
Twenty-one mothers and babies received convalescent
home treatment under the council's scheme at a cost of £113 0s. 6d.
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