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undertake to apply simple dressings to children referred to the
centres from the schools between 9 and 10 a.m. during school
terms. In return for this service certain cases of defects of
the eyes or teeth, or of enlarged tonsils and adenoids, referred
from the centres are dealt with at the school clinic. The
Health Visitors attend the ordinary sessions at the centres,
and hold themselves special sessions, when health talks are
given.
Details of the work of the Health Visitors and of the
Municipal Midwife will be found in Table I. (p. 45).
Voluntary Workers.—Each Centre has its own committee of
voluntary workers who assist in various ways on the days when
the centres are open and who are responsible for much social
work of great importance. During the year the Voluntary
Committees at the three centres provided dental treatment in 32
cases, massage in 86 cases, and insulin treatment for six months
in one case. Thirteen mothers and 12 babies were also sent
to convalescent homes. Instruction in the making of clothing
has been given to mothers, and in necessitous cases garments
have sometimes been provided free of cost. In one case a
home-help was arranged for. The responsibility for the raising
of the money necessary for all these activities rests with the
Voluntary Committees, who are assisted by committees of the
mothers attending the centres, and in one case, at any rate,
by a very active fathers' committee. It is quite certain that
without the co-operation of the Voluntary Committees and of
mothers' and fathers' committees the Council's Maternity and
Child Welfare Scheme would not play the important part in
the life of the Borough that it undoubtedly does at the present
time.
Supply of Milk to Mothers and Children.—During the year
175 cases have received milk free or at less than cost price.
The sum so expended has amounted to £67 17s, 7d.
Residential Institutions (Table J.).—There are several special
institutions within the Borough to which mothers and
babies may be admitted. The Motheroraft Training Society at
Cromwell House has accommodation for 10 nursing mothers and
for 15 infants; the Hornsey Deanery Association can receive