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Welfare Centres at Avenue Road. The Child Welfare Centres
which were established at Palmerston Road Mission Room and Church
Road Church Hall are now accommodated at Avenue Road, and these
are open on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
The premises are very conveniently situated and the fact
that the centres are housed in premises owned by a Committee of
the Council has very many advantages.
The centre in the South-West is still held in the Steele Road
Mission.
The centre in the North-East has been moved from the East
Acton School to the John Perryn School. These premises are much
better arranged and at present are more conveniently situated.
In the John Perryn School, two rooms are set apart for the purposes
of Medical Inspection. These two rooms are so situated that
mothers and infants can attend the Child Welfare Centre without
having to enter the playground and the rest of the school premises.
After may years of fruitless and unsuccessful efforts, a centre
has been established in the North-West part of the district. This
step had been repeatedly urged upon the Council by the Ministry
of Health, and the Committee was awake to the need of a centre
in this area. But it was impossible to find suitable premises for the
purpose. Last year the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Gabriels
Church were able to offer St. Gabriels Hall for the purpose, and the
Committee gratefully accepted the offer. From the attendances
which have been made there, it is obvious that the facilities provided
are appreciated.
Seven sessions are now held weekly—4 in Avenue Road and
1 each in Steele Road Mission, John Perryn School and St. Gabriels
Hall.