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engaged in the Maternity and Child Welfare Work of the Borough
know that additional sessions are necessary, and hope that
before long they will be provided.
To relieve the congestion, especially at Brook Road Centre,
the opening of an additional centre at Highgate will in the
future be desirable. This matter has been considered more
than once by the Maternity Committee; but even if a Highgate
Centre were to be established I believe before long it would still
be necessary to increase the sessions at Brook Road and Wightman
Road Centres. At the present time certain selected mothers
from Highgate are transported to and from Brook Road Centre
once a week by the Council's ambulance; and it is hoped that
we shall be able to increase this service during 1924. There is
no doubt that the public appreciates most thoroughly our
Maternity and Child Welfare Work, and that with its evergrowing
popularity our responsibilities will increase. The extension
of this work merits the serious consideration of the
Maternity Committee during the coming year.
Voluntary Workers.—It would not be possible to do such
good work at the centres if we were not helped by a number of
voluntary workers. These ladies devote much time to their valuable
work, both at Brook Road and at Wightman Road, and it
is largely owing to their unselfish labour and untiring activity
that our Maternity and Child Welfare Work has been so successful
during the year.
Mothercraft Examinations.—During the past three years the
mothers attending our Centres have been successful in obtaining
Mothercraft Certificates granted by the Association of Infant
Welfares as follows:—20 Elementary Certificates, 11 Advanced,
1 Honours and 1 Double Honours. These are highly satisfactory
results of which the mothers and their teachers may well be
proud.
Milk (Mothers and Children) Orders.—After careful investigation
of cases, milk is allowed free or at half-price to pregnant
women and nursing mothers and to children under one year of
age. During the year 405 applications for milk were received,
and of these 372 were granted, the remainder being refused.
Milk from a dairy, or dried milk, is given according to the needs
of the case