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(e) In the event of illness after confinement the services of an
obstetric consultant, pathologists, nursing and treatment
in hospital.
(/) Confinement as in-patient in hospital.
(g) Provision of home help during the mother's period of
ability.
(h) Convalescent treatment if necessary before and after
finement.
(i) Instruction in mothercraft, i.e.:—
(1) Classes for making garments.
(2) Classes for cookery, food values, and marketing.
(3) A variety of health lectures.
(j) Dental treatment, and supply of dentures.
(k) Extra nourishment.
(2) Care of the mother after confinement and the infant:—
(a) Regular home visits by health visitor.
(b) Attendance at clinic with the infant for advice by a specialist
in children and at a post-natal clinic for herself.
(c) Provision of extra nourishment in the form of fresh or dried
milk, according to medical advice, to cases falling within
the Council's Income scale, with the addition of such
accessories to diet as cod liver oil, iron and calcium.
(d) Dental and convalescent treatment as above for women, and
children up to 5 years of age.
(e) Nursing services.
(/) Special treatment, e.g., artificial sunlight.
(g) Treatment of minor ailments in children under school age.
(h) Special items such as umbilical belts provided in necessitous
cases through the Barlow Charity.
It might be added that even in cases not associated with the welfare
centres expert obstetric assistance is available for all medical practitioners
requiring it in abnormal confinements and likewise for all private practising
midwives in similar circumstances.