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Infant clinics in connection with the maternity departments of
Charing Cross, Westminster, St. George's, Middlesex, and the General
Lying-in Hospitals are held weekly in those institutions, but they do not
come within the maternity and child welfare scheme of the Council, nor
do the clinics at the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square.
The Council's arrangement with St. George's Hospital for the admission
of cases recommended by the Council's officers remains in force. It is in
operation over the area served by the centres at Pimlico Road and
Bessborough Street.
Nursing.—Under the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme of the
Council arrangements are in force with the three District Nursing Associations,
the Pimlico, Belgravia and Chelsea: the Westminster; and the
Metropolitan Associations, for the nursing of children under five years of
age suffering from various ailments, and for certain conditions in adults.
A flat rate of Is. 6d. is paid for each visit made by the Association concerned.
The following table shows the nature of certain conditions for
which nursing visits were paid :—

Ophthalmia neonatorum has been notifiable since 1911. The percentage
of mild (non-purulent) and notified (purulent) cases in relation to births
from the year 1921 is as follows :—