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The amount received by the sale of these foods
during 1919 was £397 7s. 10d.
Patterns of model baby clothing are also kept and
sold to the mothers attending the Centres and Antenatal
Clinic; demonstrations in cutting out garments have
also been given by Mrs. Reeves one of the members of
the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
In the third week in July a Baby week was held
and a Health and Child Welfare Exhibition (kindly lent
by the National Council of Women of Great Britain and
Ireland) was opened for 3 days. The exhibition committee
sent down two ladies as organizers and lecturers,
and their talks to the mothers were greatly appreciated.
The exhibition was opened on successive days by Lady
Callender, Dr. A. Greenwood, M.O.H. for Kent County,
and Dr. Sidney Davies, M.O.H. for Woolwich. The
attendances were very good, and the exhibition most
successful. Valuable assistance was given by the
members of the Women's Co-operative Guilds at Erith
and Belvedere.
The exhibition had a very good effect in increasing
the interest of mothers in the Welfare Centres as shown
by the increased attendances.
Early in 1919 the Council took into consideration
the question of purchasing a house for the purpose of coordinating
their School Medical and Child Welfare
services. In February Dr. Eichholz, Chief Assistant
Medical Officer of the Board of Education, came down to
Erith and inspected the premises; he reported favourably,
and the Council decided to buy the house
(Hainault) with a little more than 2 acres of ground at a
cost of £1,800. Plans for the alteration and adaptation
of the house for the required purpose were submitted to
the Ministry of Health and the Board of Education,
and finally approved after a consultation between
representatives of the Ministry, the Board, and the
Council, and the work was put in hand. The building
should be ready for occupation shortly.