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Workers is of inestimable value and is greatly appreciated
by the permanent staff. The work carried out by
these ladies week by week contributes in no small
measure to the. success which attends the work of the
Welfare Centres.
The following extracts from the statistics compiled
indicate to some extent the activities undertaken at the
Centres during 1938 : —
(a) Total number of attendances at
Centres during 1938 27,105
(i) by children under 1 year of age 11,013
(ii) by children between the ages of
1 and 5 16,092
(b) Total number of children who
attended at the centres for the
first time during 1938 786
(i) children under 1 year 567
(ii) children between the ages of 1
and 5 219
(c) Total number of children who were
in attendance at the centres at.
the end of 1938 2,749
(i) children under 1 year 417
(ii) children between the ages of 1
and 5 2,332
Milk in Necessitous Cases.
Milk is granted on medical grounds to cases whose
family conforms to a scale of income not exceedingFather
and Mother £2, for the first child 5/-, and for
any subsequent child 2/6. One hundred and fifty-two
applicants were granted milk for varying periods during
1938. The total quantity supplied was 2,156 gallons
(liquid) and 136 lbs. (dried).