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12
CLINICS AND
TREATMENT
CENTRES.
There has been no marked change in
the arrangements for holding AnteNatal
and Infant Welfare Centres,
but owing to the large numbers at
York House Ante-Natal Clinic, an additional session is
held there on Tuesday mornings. Another alteration is
that the Ante-Natal and Infant Welfare Centre formerly
held at the Co-operative Hall, Whalebone Lane, has been
transferred to the First Aid Post situate in the High
Road. This possesses certain advantages amongst which
are the assistance afforded by the personnel of the post.
The sessions are well attended as the position of the post
is readily accessible to all parts of the Borough north of
the L.N.E. Railway. Conveyance is still provided for
mothers and children living in Marks Gate, Hog Hill
and Chigwell Row.
MIDWIVES.
The domiciliary midwifery service
in the district is still carried out by
nine Council midwives, seven midwives employed by the
Dagenham District Nursing Association, and two Salvation
Army midwives, added to these are three independent
midwives practising within the Borough.
The report of the Midwives Salaries Committee prepared
under the chairmanship of Lord Rushcliffe, will, if
widely adopted, improve the status of midwives. Recommendations
are adoptive as far as local authorities are
concerned. They should attract trained midwives, this
in its turn should tend to raise the standard of midwifery.
It is not suggested that this standard calls for adverse
comment. Our local experience is that midwifery as