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At each of the centres a clinic is held once or twice weekly with
a woman Medical Officer in attendance, as shewn in the tables
on the previous pages.
Each centre is under the supervision of a trained Health Visitor
and voluntary helpers assist in the work. The voluntary centres
are conducted on similar lines to those of the municipal centres.
Mothercraft Classes.
Instruction in mothercraft has been given weekly at 5 centres
during the year, the average attendance being respectively:—
Southlands 3.3 55 Mundella Road 14.2
Gideon Road 14.7 Women's League of
Chatham Road 18.2 Service (Southlands) 16.4
Plough Road 17.7
The class at Southlands was commenced on 4th October, 1937.
In total there were 263 meetings with a total attendance of
4,157, giving on average 15.8 attendances per session.
Voluntary Centres.
Women's League of Service.—The Battersea centre of this
League (formerly held at 111 Bridge Road West) was established
in 1911, and was transferred to Southlands in 1928. The League
hold a formal lease from the Council of a portion of the building.
The district served by the League is a populous one adjoining
the Thames, and situate between Battersea Bridge Road and
Battersea High Street. Slight alterations in the boundary of this
district were made at the time of the general alterations referred
to on page 22. A qualified Health Visitor (Miss F. Pethybridge)
undertakes the usual duties of a health visitor within the district.
In November the Council reappointed Mrs. M. J. Robinson to
represent them upon the Committee of the Association.
The centre is carried on as an integral part of the Council's
Maternity and Child Welfare scheme, and the Council make an annual
grant of £546 towards the expenses.
The Council during the year provided an exit, with external
staircase, from the rooms occupied by the League, in order to give
direct access to the grounds of Southlands. The cost of the work
amounted to £29 9s. 0d., towards which the League contributed £10.
An important feature of the work of the League is the provision
of dinners for nursing and expectant mothers and children at a
minimum charge or free.