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the welfare of Southgate, and there can be even less doubt that the
effects of those efforts will become more and more apparent as the
years pass by. The future of Southgate may well be said to lie
within the Committee's hands. The policy adopted has been progressive
and, in the right sense of the word, generous. Such being
the case, one can look forward to the future with a complete sense
of equanimity.
Further extensions of the Maternity and Child Welfare services
are contemplated in the near future. Thus, the milk grants and midwives
scales are receiving further attention, with a view to their
revision and extension. Premises are being sought for the erection
of a new and up-to-date Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic in the
southern portion of the district, an area which has not been
adequately served for some time.
An attempt is also being made to establish at least one creche
within the Borough and to persuade the Middlesex County Council
that the provision of a nursery school is extremely advisable. These
are but further stepping-stones in the path of progress. The
Maternity and Child Welfare services can never stand still. As
their responsibilities increase, their horizon must continue to
extend. As I have endeavoured to indicate, we have much upon
which to congratulate ourselves. Even more work lies before us in
the immediate future.
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
The arrangements for co-operation between the County School
Medical service and the Public Health Department remain as outlined
in last year's Annual Report. Several visits were paid to
elementary schools following multiple cases of infectious disease,
while immunisation was also carried out at two schools ill the
district. One visit was paid to a secondary school for the purpose
of giving a lecture on Public Health to the senior scholars. This
talk will be repeated during 1937.
Medical Inspection.—The Middlesex County Medical Officer
is the Chief School Medical Officer for this district, and organises
and supervises the work.
The total number of children inspected at the Elementary
Schools during 1936 was as follows :—
35