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† Including visits to mothers and babies moving into the Borough and
previously visited.
*A temporary paid helper was also present at these Clinics in 100 instances.
‡ A temporary paid helper was also present at the Post-natal Clinic in 16 instances.
Approximately 74 per cent. of the infanta under one year of age
visited for the first time attended the Infant Welfare Centres during
1937.
At every first visit a letter, giving in detail the various facilities
of the Council relating to Maternity and Child Welfare, together with
certain literature, is given to the mothers, and this letter and literature
is sent by post to those border-line cases in which it is not easy to
decide whether or not a visit is desirable.
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
It is pleasing to make reference to the complete and ready cooperation which exists between the officers of National Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Children and those of the Borough Maternity
and Child Welfare Department, as and when the occasion demands.
Happily these occurrences are rare, but the Society advises this
department of cases of pre-school children in which they arc interested,
whilst we advise the Society of cases in which a visit from their
Inspector would appear to be indicated.
Student Health Visitors.
During the year three student health visitors from the College of
Nursing, preparing for the examination for the Health Visitors'
Certificate, have received instruction. They attend at the Public
Health Department two or three times a week for a period of six
weeks: accompany the health visitors in their routine visits: attend at
the Municipal Ante-natal and Dental Clinics and Tuberculosis
Dispensary and visit the voluntary Infant Welfare Centres. The
College of Nursing pays to the Borough Council a fee of £1 1s. 0d.
for each student so instructed.