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Certain of the Homes to which expectant mothers
were evacuated during the war years have been retained
by the Government for the reception of maternity cases
from the Metropolitan Area where the home conditions
are such that domiciliary confinement is impracticable
and there is no maternity bed available in the area of
residence. The scheme is operated by the London
County Council and we have been participants therein.
A total of 222 mothers were confined in reception
areas during the year.
(e) Home Helps.
You had on your panel at the end of the year six
home helps, but of these one was not available for a
considerable part of the year because of illness. The
services of these home helps were made available in
50 confinement cases.
In addition, 19 cases were attended by private home
helps paid by you.
(f) Infant Welfare Centres.
There were 51,552 attendances at your Infant
Welfare Clinics, the figure for the year 1944 being
26,345.
(g) Home Visiting.
Home Visiting is an important part of a Maternity
and Child Welfare Scheme and during the year 16,087
such visits were made.
(h) Priority Dockets for Sheets.
During the year under review, 1,083 dockets for the
supply of sheets were issued to 418 expectant mothers
to be confined in their own homes.