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held at the same time, but they are also available for all
children, including those from Hereford Street who attend
Cornwall Road for Sunlight Treatment, Inhalation, Massage
or the Breast Feeding Clinic. Attendances have not been
big, but a certain number of mothers are glad of the opportunity
to save time. The urgent need to be at home for
school children and husbands at dinner time prevents many
from attending a morning clinic, as well as a Milk session
or for some form of treatment.
The Wednesday afternoon clinic which began the year
as a small one owing to the transference of a big group
of mothers to Hereford Street, has increased in numbers
though the attendances are not so large as on Tuesday and
Friday when the clinics are old established.
A stall on which model infant clothing is shown and
where either garments or materials may be bought by the
mothers has been open during the afternoon sessions. Few
Health Talks have been given, the staff finding it increasingly
difficult to fit these into the busy routine work. Those that
have been given have been good and much appreciated.
From the point of view of a medical officer the outstanding
need seems to be to tackle the problem of child
management. Apart from conditions due to lack of good
general diet and to insufficient fresh air, these mismanaged
children form a big group attending the clinics. It is
encouraging to 9ee the ready response made by the young
mother to the advice of the centre staff, but a large amount
of work remains to be done to ensure rational treatment of
the young child.
Good response has been made to the Council's Orthopaedic
scheme and to the arrangements made for treatment
for Enlarged Tonsils and Adenoids. Increasingly mothers
ask for Dental treatment for their children, but still
relatively few mothers are willing to part with their children
for Convalescence. An attempt has been made to reduce
the number of bottles of medicine given at the clinics, and
to teach that good health means a good life. It is encouraging
to find an occasional mother who says "No medicine,
thank you, doctor."
Infant Consultations, Hereford Street.
This has been the first whole year of the clinic's
existence and it has been spent in establishing it as a
separate unit from the Cornwall Road Centre. Change is
accepted slowly by our mothers, and as many of them had
previously attended Cornwall Road with their children,