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MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
The Council's Scheme for Maternity and Child Welfare includes
the following activities:—
(a). The visiting of expectant and nursing mothers and
babies by the Council's staff of health visitors, who work (a).
from the Town Hall and (b) from the Welfare Centres.
(b). The provision and maintenance of 2 Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres.
(c). The provision of a dental clinic for mothers and young
children.
(d). The supply of milk free or at a reduced price, for
necessitous mothers (nursing or expectant) and young children.
(e). The provision of convalescent home treatment for
mothers and young children by mutual arrangement with
various charity organisations.
(f). The provision of consultations with obstetric specialists
in connection with any abnormality of pregnancy or
child birth.
(g). The provision of a clinic for Diphtheria immunisation.
(h). Provision of Home Helps in maternity cases.
(i). An arrangement with the Stoke Newington School
Treatment Centre Committee for the treatment of minor
ailments in young children.
(i). Instruction to expectant and nursing mothers.