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been few serious abnormalities. Co-operation with the Westminster Hospital and
St. Stephen's Hospital is maintained happily and any abnormalities occurring in
domiciliary cases can, fortunately, be transferred immediately to hospital.
I have to thank the Westminster City Council Midwife and her assistant and the
staffs of the clinics concerned for all the hard work they do, and for their help in
making the clinics run smoothly and happily for all concerned. The information
they provide about patients is often of inestimable value in the determination of that
most important factor in ante- and post-natal work, namely, the nutrition of the
patient.
(Signed) Margaret Salmond.
Infant Clinics.—These are held at the following centres at the times
mentioned:—
Council's Centres—
Ebury Bridge—2 p.m. Wednesday. 2 p.m. Friday.
Bessborough Street—2 p.m. Tuesday and 2 p.m. Thursday.
Marshall Street—2 p.m. Wednesday.
Westminster Health Society—
Marsham Street—2 p.m. Tuesday. 2 p.m. Friday.
Toddlers' Clinic—1st Tuesday each month at 10 a.m.
2nd Tuesday each month at 2 p.m.
Clinics are also held at the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square and
Charing Cross Hospital.
It will be noted from the following table of attendances that the
work at the centres continues satisfactorily, although there is a slight
decrease in total attendances and in average attendances at each centre.
This is due to the declining birth rate and to the migration of young
families to outlying housing estates. The proportion of elderly people
in the population of the City seems to be rising. The comparative totals
since 1932 are also shown.