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VII. 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, 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.
(j) Instruction to expectant and nursing mothers.
(k) Supervision of foster-mothers and the children in their
charge.
Home Visiting.—The following statement gives an outline of
the very important work carried out by the Health Visitors during
the year:—
Visits Paid by the Three Health Visitors:—
To expectant mothers:—
(1) First Visits: 351 (2) Total Visits 827
To infants under 1:—
(1) First Visits: 890 (2) Total Visits 2,869
To children 1-5:—
(1) First Visits: 219 (2) Total Visits 4,607
Thus a total of 8,303 visits has to be recorded for the year
1933, as compared with 7,018 visits the previous year.
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