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In every case where a birth is registered and has not been
notified the responsible person is requested to furnish an
explanation. All stillbirths and deaths of children under the
age of five years are investigated by the Health Visitors.
B(3). Child Welfare Centres.
The basis of child welfare facilities in the Erith Borough
is a system of 3 clinics held on one half-day a week, and one
clinic held on one half day a fortnight, in various parts of the
town.
Each Infant Welfare Clinic is attended by a Medical Officer,
three Health Visitors, and one clerk. The Health Visitors weigh
each child who attends, advise mothers in certain cases and
refer others to the Medical Officer for consultation, as shown in
the Table on page 17.
The work of the infant welfare centre is for the most part
educational and advisory, and any ailments of a serious nature
are referred to the private medical practitioner, or to a hospital,
for treatment.
Dried milks and other auxiliary foods, i.e., Cod Liver Oil
and Malt, Glucose, Farex, &c., are supplied to the mothers,
on the advice of the Medical Officer, as a rule at cost price, but
where the family income falls below a stated figure, milk may
be provided either at half cost or free.