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Dinners.—Free dinners are supplied to necessitous
nursing and expectant mothers and to toddlers, on
the recommendation of Medical Officers at the
Infant Welfare Clinics. During 1938, 6,095
dinners were supplied to mothers and 8,074 to
children under this scheme. This is a marked
increase over the year 1937.
Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic.—Two sessions are held
weekly at the Woodward Clinic on Tuesday and
Friday afternoons, under the direction of Mr.
C. R. Sandiford, F.R.C.S. Treatment includes
ionisation, diastolisation and audiometry.
Prevention of Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Whooping
Cough.—An Immunisation Clinic is held every
Monday morning at the Central Clinic and at the
Woodward Clinic.
Gyncecological Clinic.—Gynaecological Clinics are held
as and when required.
Home Helps.—Although home helps as such are not
provided by you under any particular scheme, you
do make financial provision in cases of maternity
which are aided by you, because your scale of
charges in all such cases is drawn up so as to leave
an amount of money in the family exchequer
sufficient for this purpose. You have now set up a
rota of approved home helps.
Infant Welfare Clinics.—Infant Welfare Clinics are held
each week at five different Centres. These Clinics
are available for all children under the age of five
years.
Maternity Services.—Maternity Home.—Upney Hospital
is a maternity home run by the Corporation.
Applications for admission are made at the AnteNatal
Clinics, and the charges are in accordance