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(5) Hours would be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (to stay until 5.30 p.m. if
necessary).
(6) Probationers to attend the Maternity and Child Welfare Department
as follows:—
Monday afternoon.
Wednesday all day.
Thursday all day.
Friday afternoon
or to attend on an equivalent number of other days.
They will attend lectures at the Battersea Polytechnic on Monday
evening, Tuesday all day, and Friday morning; Monday mornings
and Saturday mornings will be allowed for private study.
During nine weeks in summer, probationers will not be required to
attend the Battersea Polytechnic, and their services will be at the
disposal of the Council.
(7) Probationers to have two weeks' vacation during the year, to be
arranged at the time most convenient to the Department.
Two ladies, Miss Bevins and Miss Toogood, were appointed under this
scheme, and commenced duty on 21st September.
The remaining two appointments approved under this scheme were not
made until after the end of the year covered by this report.
Babies' Wards.
Model Welfare Centre.
There is accommodation at this Centre for 10 babies, or 8 babies and 2
mothers, and the cases treated are babies suffering from disorders of nutrition ;
mothers can be admitted with their babies for the establishment of breast
feeding.
The nursing staff comprises a matron (Miss Borrow), sister, two staff
nurses and four probationers.
Statistical summary relating to children admitted: —
Number of cases in the wards on 1st January, 1931 10
Number of cases admitted 68 babies and
1 mother.
Average duration of stay 7½ weeks.
Reasons for admission:—
Wasting and malnutrition and debility 36
Prematurity 5
Disorders of digestion 1
Observation 12
Weaning 2
Establishment of breast feeding 10
Rickets 1
Bronchitis 1