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One of the schemes contained the suggestion that part of the
ground floor of the Town Hall premises should be used for the
purposes of a Welfare Centre. The necessary adaptation to secure
this object could be attained at an estimated expenditure of
approximately £500. The yard at the rear of the Town Hall
would provide a site for the erection of perambulator shelters
suitable for the requirements of the mothers.
As an alternative suggestion to the above consideration might
be given to the advisability of building a new Welfare Centre in
the Southern part of the Borough, similar in type, for example,
to that recently completed by the Ealing Town Council at Perivale.
The Perivale Health Centre has been built as a subsidiary
Centre, and consists of three rooms—a waiting room 20 ft. by
16 ft., a weighing room 16 ft. by 12 ft. and a Medical Officer's
consulting room 14 ft. by 12 ft.—with lavatory accommodation
for staff and for mothers and children and with storage room.
The building is heated by electric fires and hot water is provided
by electric water heaters. The cost of this building was £1,380,
with an additional £135 for furnishing.
II. Medical Staff and Supervision.
The general work in connection with the Council's Maternity
and Child Welfare scheme has increased from year to year since
1927, as indicated by the following figures of attendances at the
Welfare Centres:—
Year. Attendances of infants and children under 5 years.
1927 7,979
1928 9,580
1929 10,550
1930 10,542
1931 12,453
1932 14,414
1933 15,137
1934 16,358
1935 16,675
The Council at present employs 4 Health Visitors, one of whom
gives half-time to Tuberculosis visiting in the Borough.
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