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The Nursing Sisters of St. John the Divine state that 47
mothers attended their Centre making 240 attendances in all.
Toddlers' Clinics.—Very useful work is carried out at these
clinics, sessions being held weekly at Shooters Hill Road and fortnightly
at Creek Road and Charlton Lane. 1,419 children between
the age of 1 and 5 years attended these Centres making in all
3,744 attendances.
Midwifery Services.—The new Midwives Act came into
force on 1st January, 1938. The Act makes provision for a service
of salaried midwives for domiciliary midwifery and maternity
nursing.
The midwives are employed under the London County Council
and for the purposes of administration this Borough is grouped with
Woolwich, Lewisham, Deptford and Camberwell and termed Area E.
Twelve midwives are available for this Area. The result of the
first year's working has proved in every way entirely satisfactory.
Infantile Mortality.—The total number of deaths under 1
year of age was 55 as compared with 67 for the previous year.
The Infantile Mortality Rate is thus equal to 42 per 1,000 Births.
This is the lowest rate ever recorded in the Borough and is even
4 points below the figure returned in the year 1930 when Infantile
Mortality Rates generally throughout the country were regarded
as somewhat phenomenal. The average for the last 10 years is
62.