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and a health visitor attended every session. The Council
do not make a grant towards the expenses of this Centre.
(n) Research Work on the Health of the Toddler. At the
request of the Ministry of Health, arrangements have been
made to keep under observation, for a period of three years, a
certain number of children between the ages of one and five
years in the three following groups:—
1. Unselected children in attendance at an infant welfare
centre.
2. Catarrhal children in attendance at an infant welfare
centre.
3. Two or more children in the same family—"good "and
"bad" families.
This is part of a general system of observations being carried
out in some ten or twelve areas throughout the country, and
it is hoped that valuable information may be collected from
this enquiry, and as a result measures may be elaborated for
improving the health of the toddler. This work is being
carried out at the Eltham and New Eltham Centres.
(o) Feeding of Infants in Woolwich. In midsummer the
usual enquiry was made as to the type of feeding adopted in
the case of infants attending the welfare centres. The method
used was as follows:—
(a) On the card of every child onder one year of age
attending a Welfare Centre between the 1st June
and 11th July, was inserted once, and once only,
the terms "Breast," or " Breast and Hand," or
"Hand fed."
(b) The child's age was taken on the day on which this
note was made.
(c) At the end of the period the results were summarised
for the whole Borough and the appropriate percentages
were worked out.
The results of the enquiry are set out if the following
table No. 74:—