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MATERNITY & CHILD WELFARE.
The following cursory outline gives some idea of
the variety and extent of the Maternity and Child
Welfare work undertaken by the Council:—
(i) Mothers and children are visited in their
homes by a staff of 10 Health Visitors.
(ii) Mothers are also given advice with regard
to their own and their children's health by a
staff of one full-time and several part-time
lady doctors at the Welfare Centres. The
Council's principal Maternity and Child Welfare
Centre (Cornwall Road) is a well-equipped
building at which the usual clinics for general
advice with regard to maternal and child welfare
are held. A branch centre is also conducted
on hired premises at St. Matthew's
Institute, Hereford Street, where weekly
Infant consultations and an ante-natal clinic
are held. In addition, the following special
branches of work are undertaken at or from
Cornwall Road Centre :
(iii) Special Clinic for delicate children, at which
a consultant attends weekly for the diagnosis
and treatment of children requiring special
observation.
(iv) Light treatment, also Inhalation.
(v) Dental inspection and treatment, including
provision of dentures.
(vi) Orthopaedic treatment,including provision of
in-patient treatment for children requiring it,
is provided through the agency of the Queen's
Hospital.
(vii) Massage.
(viii) Grants of milk are made to necessitous
expectant and nursing mothers and young
children.
(ix) The Council employs a trained midwife, who