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natal clinic or welfare centre shall be sent there. The medical officer of the centre
would then be in a position to recommend to the relieving officer the extra diet,
over and above ordinary scales, which he considered necessary in any given ease.
Payment for extra diet for these cases would be made by the Public Assistance
Committee.
The City Council, while agreeing with this scheme of co-operation in principle,
raised certain points of detailed administration which seemed to require simplification
or elucidation. Discussion with the officers of the London County Council is proceeding
anil it is confidently hoped that these points will have been settled and the scheme
brought into operation at an early date.
XI.—Tuberculosis—Payment for Sanocrysin Treatment.
The authorities of Brampton Hospital desire that this form of treatment, which
is highly expensive, should, in the case of patients ordinarily resident in a metropolitan
borough, be paid for by that Borough Council. The City Council while prepared to
consider payment for individual eases was of opinion that such payment should be
made only on the express recommendation of its Tuberculosis Officer.
Some Observations from the Work of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Centres.
The Health Visitors in charge of the Council's Centres have been
requested by the Medical Officer of Health to comment on certain aspects
of social and health conditions in their respective areas, and after consulting
the medical officers of the centres report as follows :—
Ebury Bridge Centre.—Mo deterioration noted in health of mothers
and infants during 1933 in spite of unemployment which, however, is
decreasing. There is a tendency for the numbers of mothers coming to
live in Victoria district from Wales and Ireland to increase. These do
not possess so good a physique as the Westminster-born women.
An observation made some years ago is confirmed : that mothers
who previous to marriage were in good domestic service show to advantage
as regards bodily fitness.
Foster Mothers.— The number of women possessing the desirable
qualifications for the care of foster children is regrettably small, and the
demand for foster mothers, as might be expected, is for the care of
illegitimate children. Close contact is maintained with the National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and much useful information
has been exchanged.
Student Health Visitors.— Sixteen from the National Health Society
Were trained at the Centre, all of whom were trained nurses. At the