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Congregational Institute, Third Avenue, Harrow Road, W. 10.—Large room, doctor's room and
sales room warmed by gas radiators and hot pipes. Large outer room for perambulators, etc.
Two Infant Consultations weekly.—Tuesday, 2 p.m. Medical Officer, Dr. E. Dorothy Fenwick.
Friday, 2 p.m. Medical Officer, Dr. S. Denovan Adam. Special arrangements for toddlers once
in three months. Tuesday, 2 p.m.
Area served:—Queen's Park Ward and part of Harrow Road and Westbourne Wards.
St. Simon's Parish Hall, Macroom Road, Saltram Crescent, W.9.—Large hall, doctor's room
and weighing room warmed by gas radiators and gas fires.
Two Infant Consultations weekly.—Wednesday, 2 p.m. Medical Officer, Dr. J. McKail.
Thursday, 2 p.m. Medical Officer, Dr. Hubert Hodge.
Area servedMaida Vale Ward and part of Harrow Road Ward.
One Maternity (Ante- and Post-natal) Consultation weekly.—Thursday, 10 a.m. Medical Officer,
Dr. E. Dorothy Fenwick. Instruction in Maternal Hygiene (Ante- and Post-Natal), and in cutting
out and making babies' clothes, together with a stall for the sale of babies' garments and woollies.
Area served:—North Paddington.
At each Infant Consultation Centre there is a stall for the sale of babies' woollies, etc.
Dental Arrangements.—Mr. F. H. Brinkley Tofts, L.D.S., R.C.S., 281, Harrow Road, treats
mothers who attend Centres, on special terms. Financial assistance from private funds of the
SYhool for Mothers is given in many cases.
Dental Treatment can also be obtained for mothers and children from the Paddington Welfare
Centres, at the local Hospitals, and at the Eastman Dental Clinic, Royal Free Hospital, Gray's
Inn Road.
Lectures on Health Topics are provided weekly at each Centre by the Health Visitors.
Co-operation with Personal Service League.—Grants of clothes for cases recommended by Healtli
Visitors are received at No. 232, Harrow Road, W.2, for distribution.
Convalescent and Holiday Homes.—Mothers and children are sent to Convalescent and Holiday
Homes on the recommendation of Medical Officers at Centres. Financial assistance is given in many
cases by the Borough Council for nursing mothers and their babies. In some other cases assistance
is obtained from private sources.
The Vest Fund is maintained by a small Association of Ladies connected with the School, who
knit garments and woollies which are sold at low cost to mothers at the Centres.
The stock of clothing and the financial balance are augmented by gifts from friends, and the
money realised is spent on dentures, convalescence, etc., already referred to.