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Subjoined are brief particulars as to the staff employed and the work carried
on at the Model centre, 210, Kingsland Road, during the year under consideration.
The staff comprises a matron (Miss Borrow), a sister, two staff nurses, four probationers
and a cook, who are resident in the institution. Non-resident are the
assistant medical officer of health (Dr. Radford), who is in charge of the observation
wards, an emergency medical officer (Dr. Hamilton), who also acts as occasional
anaesthetist for dental purposes, an anaesthetist (Dr. Davie) for the dental clinic,
and for consultations the staff is as under:—
Infant Welfare Du Richards Monday afternoons.
,, „ Dr. Richards Wednesday afternoons.
,, ,, Dr. Radford Thursday afternoons.
„ ,, Dr. Smith Friday afternoons.
Ante Natal Dr. Smith Friday mornings.
Five health visitors, in accordance with a scheme laid down, together with a
female clerk, are in attendance at the consultations. A weighing centre and a
sewing class are conducted by the health visitors on Tuesday and Wednesday
afternoons respectively, and the dentist (Mr. Ridout) attends on Wednesday
mornings.
The regular staff employed in cleaning, waiting, &c., are: two porters (male),
a cook-help and cleaner, a part-time cleaner, a cleaner and waitress, a cleaner and
laundress, and a baby minder. These are not resident.
At the weekly ante-natal clinic on Fridays, the average attendance has been
nine mothers or expectant mothers per session. Although mothers may come to the
centre from all parts of the Borough they are mostly from the locality lying near.
On the west side of the Borough the mothers go to the Shoreditch School for Mothers.
The observation wards arc for the use of the whole of the Borough, including the
district allotted to the Shoreditch School for Mothers. During the last six months
of the year the children attending the consultations averaged 233 per week. From
Monday to Friday, inclusive, a mid-day dinner was supplied to nursing and expectant
mothers, who averaged 34 per diem for the last six months of the year. There
is another dining centre for the western part of the Borough which is in use
mainly for the area of the Shoreditch School for Mothers.
All arrangements as regards the supply of milk are made at the Town Hall,
which is the centre of administration in accordance with a scheme settled by the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee. Dried milk only is distributed at the centre
as is done in the cases of the other consultation centres. In cases where cow's milk
is required for infants in the wards, certified milk is used.
Since the centre was opened for the reception of infants early in the year, the cots
in the observation wards have been in constant use. Owing to the necessity of keeping
the children in the institution for lengthy periods the total number of cases passed
through these wards has been restricted. From 7th February to the end of the year
39 infants were admitted. One of the cases terminated fatally, but all those discharged
were greatly benefited by their treatment in the institution.