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A subsidy is also paid in connection with certain cases attended at home by
midwives on the staff of various hospitals and institutions.
The provision by the Borough Council of Consultants' services, bacteriological
investigation and skilled nursing in connection with cases developing
Puerperal Fever or Puerperal Pyrexia. Hospital accommodation is also
available for these cases.
A subsidy is paid by the Borough Council to a Voluntary Committee for the
provision of Ilome Helps.
3. Infants and Yuung Children.
The dispatch by post of cards of advice to the individual mothers immediately
after the receipt of the notification of birth required by law.
The visiting of infants and young children by the Council's staff of health
visitors.
The provision and maintenance of Child Welfare Centres. These Centres are
partly maintained on a voluntary basis; but the whole of the professional
staff (medical officers and health visitors) are paid and controlled by the
Council, who also pay the rent, rates and taxes of the Centre premises.
The provision of a clinic for ailing mothers and young children, the expenses
being borne partly by municipal and partly by voluntary funds.
The provision of a municipal dental clinic.
The subsidisation of a Home for ailing young children.
The supply of milk, free or at reduced price.
The subsidisation of the four voluntary Day Nurseries in the Borough.
The payment for the home nursing of sick infants in certain cases.
A Centre for Artificial Light treatment.
The provision of convalescent home treatment by means of subsidy to voluntary
agencies.
Duties concerned with infant life protection under Part I of the Children
Acts, 1908—1932.
The above—mentioned activities are dealt with in detail in the following pages.
Advice Cards.—Besides the posting of cards of advice to the mothers of all infants
whose births have been notified, cards of advice to expectant mothers have been distributed
through the University College Hospital, (lie Middlesex Hospital, the Maternity Nursing
Association, and other agencies.
Home. Visiting. — The Council's Health Visitors at the Welfare Centres are full—time
workers (17 in number), who divide their time between the necessary work at the Centres
and visitinsr the homes of the mothers and children.
The number of visits paid by each officer is shown in the following table:—