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The position in Maternity and Infant Welfare work in Croydon
now is:—
(a) Carried Out by the County Borough Council.
(1) The complete maintenance of one Maternity and Infant
Centre.
(2) The supply of dried milk for mothers and infants at the
London Road Centre.
(3) The supply of doctors and nurses for all the Maternity
and Infant Centres in the town and for home visiting
of such cases.
(4) The maintenance of an Ante-natal Clinic.
(5) The supply of fresh milk for necessitous mothers and
infants.
(6) The payment of doctors' fees when called in to
cated confinements by midwives.
(7) The maintenance of an Infant Sick Nursery.
(8) An annual subsidy of £l,500 towards the cost of the
Maternity Hospital.
(b) Carried out by the Croydon Mothers and Infants Welfare
Association.
(1) The maintenance—excepting the services of doctors and
nurses—of nine Maternity and Infant Centres. This
includes the provision of dried milk for mothers and
infants at these Centres, and the work of voluntary
helpers at the Centres.
(2) The provision of a Maternity Hostel for the Borough.
(c) Work in Hand or Under Consideration.
(1) By the Council—
The removal of the Infant Sick Nursery into larger
premises where both children and mothers can be
admitted.
(2) By the Association—
The provision of mothers' helps.
The 1918 August circular of the Local Government Board
indicates the various directions in which local authorities are
expected to develop the Maternity and Infant work in their
districts. These are given on the left-hand sides of the next two
pages; on the right is given the position of affairs in Croydon in
each case.