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Invalid Children's Aid Association {vide page 50) £50
National Baby Week Council £2 2s.
St. Thomas's Babies' Hostel (vide page 47) £200
South London District Nursing Association (vide
page 47) £300
Southwark Diocesan Association for Moral Welfare
(vide page 44) £150
Victoria Hospital for Children £100
The Council is represented upon the governing bodies of the
larger of these voluntary associations (except the two hospitals) as
will be found set out on the pages cited. They are not directly
represented upon the Chislehurst Mission, the South London
District Nursing Association, or the Southwark Diocesan Association
for Moral Welfare, but in the case of the last named the Medical
Officer of Health is summoned to the meetings of the Committee.
In the case of the National Baby Week Council Mrs. K. S. D.
Baker and Mrs. M. J. Robinson were re-elected in March as the
representatives of the Council.

In total there were 304 meetings with a total attendance of
3,964, giving on average 13.0 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. 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.
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. Although provided mainly for residents
in the League's district, mothers and children from other parts of
the Borough are in suitable cases sent to the dining rooms and
supplied with dinners at the cost of the Council.