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The Food Executive Officer has kindly supplied the following
figures of milk and vitamin preparations issued by his department
to expectant and nursing mothers and to children:
Orange juice 54,661 bottles (43,849 last year).
Cod Liver Oil 7,197 „ (6,440 „ „).
Vitamin Capsules 2,117 pckts. (1,756 „ „).
National Dried Milk 11,374 tins (6,762 „ „).
Birth Control Clinics.
Previous arrangements for this purpose with the North
Kensington Women's Welfare Centre were continued, and 22
patients were sent there for advice in 1945.
Sterility Clinic.
During the year, 2 patients were referred to this clinic at North
Kensington Women's Welfare Centre, arrangements for that purpose
having been made in 1944.
Exercise Class for Mothers.
This class for ante natal exercises is held in the hut behind the
School Clinic and is becomingi ncreasingly popular. The number
of mothers who attended during the year was 73 and the total
number of attendances made was 508.
Home Help Scheme.
At the end of the year there were 2 full time Home Helps and
2 part time. The following Table shows the number of cases booked
and those actually attended:
Number of cases bookedA 67
Number of cases attended 54
Number of cases cancelled 13
Domestic Help Scheme.
Circular 179/44 of the Ministry of Health was received in
December 1944. This circular advocated the setting up of a Domestic