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It will be noted that there is a considerable increase in the number of school
children cleansed during 1930, and this is accounted for by the increased activity of
the School Nurses. Of the number, 3,314 children were sent from schools in the
Borough, but not all of them were resident here. The cost of cleansing these
children was borne by the London County Council, who paid the Borough Council
the sum of £287 4s. for this service.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
In its construction, the Maternity and Child Welfare Scheme has undergone
no change since 1925, and still contains voluntary and official elements. Of the
voluntary elements, to the nature of which reference is made later, those for which
the St. Marylebone Health Society is responsible bulk largest. The Council, who
made a grant of £1,000 in 1929 to the Society, and the inhabitants of the Borough
are greatly indebted to this body and those who work for it for what they have
done and what they are doing in relation to maternity and child welfare.
Apart from the Health Society, however, there are other bodies that assist
and that are more or less definitely linked up to the main scheme, the connecting
link being the Public Health Department of the Council. Amongst these bodies
may be mentioned Queen Charlotte's Hospital and Middlesex Hospital, which in
addition to providing lying-in accommodation, arrange for attention to be given
to out-door patients as well, and conduct ante-natal clinics and infant consultations.
At the Western General Dispensary the special clinic for children under
Dr. Bernard Myers does most useful work. Less definitely part of the scheme,
but still doing very valuable work and helping whenever possible, are St. Agatha's
Home, The Home of the Little Company of Mary, and The Home of the St.
Marylebone Female Protection Societv. where unmarried mothers particularly are
provided for, both before and after the birth of their child.
The following summaries, the second of which (Form M.C.W. 96 revised) is
prepared at the request of the Ministry, give a number of details with regard to
the arrangements under the scheme and afford some indication of the work done
during 1930, and of the extensions that have taken place since 1925. It will be
noted that at the end of the year there were available eight centres where attention
was given to infant and child welfare, and if those at the hospitals are included
four ante-natal clinics. At some of the centres, as is shown in the accompanying
time-table, consultations are held every day, sometimes twice a day. In addition
to the ordinary infant and young child ("toddlers") consultations, there is a dental
clinic for mothers and young children, open on four days, for two of which the
Health Society is responsible. By arrangement with the London County Council
the dental clinic is used also by school children, and in conjunction with this there
is also a minor ailment treatment centre for school children. The Schick Testing,