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The Milton Road Centre is used to its utmost seating
capacity, and more attendances would be made if increased
space were provided, for the effect would be to reduce the
present overcrowding, discomfort, and unpleasant heat from the
Wash house below.
The practice of sending birthday cards to children who
have completed the first year of life has been approved by the
Committee.
The Midwifery services for the Borough have recovered from
the shortage of a year or two ago. We have now two Midwives
residing in the Borough and two others who live close upon our
borders.
Recognising the need for the adoption of measures whereby
every child under five years of age, and every expectant or
nursing mother requiring after-care upon discharge from Hospital,
shall always obtain this, I have taken certain action in this matter.
In the Provinces the after-care requirements of nursing
or expectant mothers and children under five who have either been
in Hospital or are attending as out-patients are commonly reported,
as a matter of routine, to the Medical Officer of Health, and the
Maternity and Child Welfare Staff see that these requirements are met.
Within the Metropolitan area, however, where the large majority
of the Hospitals attended are entirely independent institutions
administering to the needs of many sanitary areas, there is little
of such co-operation; and so it is found that in many cases no
warning or advice is given to parents, and when instructions are
given, ignorance and neglect not infrequently lead to the advice
being improperly followed or entirely ignored. Therefore, it is
suggested that a written notification should be sent from the
Hospital to the Medical Officers of Maternity and Child Welfare,
if any such patients require after-care when discharged from
Hospital, or special services while attending the out-patients'
department; the Local Authority meeting the cost of postage,
printing and stationery.