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3.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE CENTRES.
The Maternity and Child Welfare Centres
in the Borough are maintained at 10, John Street
and Shorts Gardens. Four infant clinics and two
ante-natal clinics were held weekly throughout the
year. The total number of attendances at the
clinics by mothers and children was 7571. There
were 381 attendances by mothers at the ante-natal and
post-natal clinics.
CONFINEMENTS. Arrangements were continued
throughout the year with one of the principal
Maternity Hospitals within reach of Holborn to accept
normal cases of confinement.
182 Expectant mothers were visited during the
year, of this number 135 went into hospital.
BATHS. The baths provided free of charge at the John
Street Centre for expectant and nursing mothers were
used 841 times during the year.
PHYSICAL. CULTURE CLASSES FOR MOTHERS.
These classes which are held every Thursday
at John Street Clinic were continued throughout the year
under the direction of a fully qualified instructress
(Miss N. Fairgrieve) appointed on the recommendation
of the Central Council for Recreative Physical Training.
INSTRUCTION IN MOTHERCRAFT AND HYGIENE.
Mrs. Alice Gibson and Miss Edith Joyce
have continued to give a great deal of valuable
assistance during the year by making children's garments
for mothers from materials supplied by the mothers
and from their own resources. Mrs. Lauder Eaton
gave assistance at the Centre regularly on Wednesdays