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The following gives an abstract of the work:—

The number of sessions for Child Welfare respectively for the two centres
were 96 and 46. This gives an average number per session of 56 for the Central
Hall and 89 for St. Michael's. There were 48 sessions for the Ante-Natal
Clinic. There are three Health Visitors associated with the work of infant
welfare. They each attend every clinic, and their other duties can be seen
by the subjoined list of visits paid by them during the year:—
Visits re Notification of Births 1,467
Visits in connection with Still-births and the deaths of
babies under one year 81
Re-visits at the end of six months 526
Re-visits at the end of twelve months 598
Special visits to cases attending Welfare 523
Visits re application for milk, free or part cost, under the
Municipal Milk Scheme 396
Visits to cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum 25
Visits to cases of Puerperal Fever 20
Educational work carried on at the Centres includes a talk to the mothers
on common ailments, etc., by the Superintendent Health Visitor of about
15 minutes' duration; the cutting-out and making of garments; and the knitting
of woollen garments.
Keen interest in Welfare Work is shown by the voluntary workers, and their
help is appreciated by the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
Though the applications for municipal milk come before a sub-committee
of the Public Health Committee, yet the actual work is carried out by the
Health Visitors and the half-time Clerk to the Maternity and Child Welfare
Committee. The distribution of 200 pints of milk daily involves a good deal
of clerical work: the checking of goods sold at the Welfare, the checking of