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(f) Home Helps.
The service inaugurated last year to assist women
in their homes at the time of their confinement has
become established.
At the end of the year 1944, there were three
home helps on the Council's panel and a home help
had been provided in 32 confinement cases.
This Scheme has been extended to cover households
where help is required on account of the illness
of an expectant mother, also a nursing mother or a
child under five years of age.
(g) Infant Welfare Centres.
There were 26,345 attendances at the Council's
Infant Welfare Clinics, the figure for the year 1943
being 33,083.
(h) Home Visiting.
Home Visiting is an important part of a Maternity
and Child Welfare Scheme, and it is pleasing to record
that there has been an increase in this work, the total
home visits paid being 18,859 as compared with
17,308 in the year 1943 and 17,950 in 1942.
(i) Circumcisian Clinic.
This Clinic was held regularly during the year and
143 cases received treatment.
(j) Priority Dockets for Sheets.
In November, 1944, we commenced to operate
the Government Scheme for the supply of sheets to
expectant mothers to be confined in their own homes,
and up to the 31st December a total of 47 dockets
had been issued to a total of 18 expectant mothers.