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Trinity Institute Centre, in connection with which arrangements have
been made for medical advice to be given to mothers and infants as
required at the St. Thomas's Hospital "Consulations" Centre.
Finally, some of the voluntary centres are also staffed with
Superintendents and Secretaries (one or both); indeed, it is difficult to
see how the organisation could be more complete. All that is required
is to ensure uniformity of procedure at the various centres, and complete
co-ordination with the work of the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Committee and Public Health Department.
From the above it will be seen that the maximum use is being
made of the official staffs of the various voluntary centres, assisted by
the Council's official Health Visitors, who act as liaison or linking-up
officers, linking up the work of the various voluntary centres with the
work of the Council's Public Health Department, and securing
uniformity of administration. Judging from experience gained since
the alterations in administration were made at the suggestion of the
Ministry of Health, the Amended Scheme promises to be a distinct
improvement, and the Medical Officer of Health looks forward, in the
future, to even more valuable work connected with Child Welfare in
Lambeth Borough being carried out - a no mean compliment to the
Borough Council, when the great (almost incredible) success in the past
thirty years is remembered, as shown by a reduction of the Lambeth
Infantile Mortality Rate from 150 (and over) to 50 (and under) per
1,000 births. This represents an enormous saving of infantile mortality,
as well as of proportionate infantile morbidity.