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(viii) Grants of milk are made to necessitous
expectant and nursing mothers and young
children.
(ix) The Council employs a trained midwife, who
conducts confinements in the district; also
(x) Provides a panel of Obstetrical Consultants
whose services are available to local doctors in
any difficult or abnormal confinement.
(xi) Provides the services of Home Helps to
relieve women of domestic work during confinement;
and
(xii) Supplies a sterile maternity outfit.
(xiii) Mothers recovering from confinement, also
ailing children, are sent away for convalescent
treatment.
(xiv) In-patient operative treatment is provided
for children with enlarged tonsils, etc.
(xv) Nursing assistance in a variety of illnesses
is provided through the agency of the District
Nursing Association.
If the Council's welfare work were a commercial
undertaking, its merits would doubtless bo proclaimed
by posters and newspaper headlines. Municipal enterprise
is more modest but none the less appreciates such
testimonials as the following:—
"I wish to inform you that I am very pleased and well
satisfied with the services of and during
my confinement. I cannot speak too highly of ,
she was very good indeed, and proved herself to
be a rreal motherly person and a very good cook. I am sure
she did all she could for me and family. I cannot thank