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(4) The Council should satisfy themselves that they are
obtaining their supplies of milk, whether liquid or
dried, at prices which bear adequate relation to the
quantities of milk distributed by them.
(m) Collective Instruction of Expectant and Nursing
Mothers. In Section III. of this Report reference is made to
general health propaganda work amongst the mothers attending
centres and to the special course of lectures organised for
mothers at the beginning of the year. In addition to these
a special class in mothercraft has been held every Wednesday
afternoon at the Plumstead Welfare Centre. It is pleasing
to record that, after the disappointments and trials of the
previous three years, there has been a more gratifying response
on the part of the mothers towards this work, so much so that
at the end of the year the Council decided to open a similar
centre early in the new year at the Old Town Hall Centre.
The object of this class is to demonstrate to mothers suitable
articles of attire for baby and to provide facilities for making
them under expert supervision. Collective and individual
teaching is given and the best methods of adapting old garments
are taught. Planning and cutting out are done at the
Centre and most of the sewing, but in some cases work is taken
home to finish. The total attendances at the Mothercraft
Class during the year were 831.
(n) Voluntary Centre. The only voluntary centre in the
Borough is held in the Hall of the Holy Trinity Church, Beresford
Street, every Monday afternoon, and does excellent work
in a very difficult area of the Borough. It is staffed by
voluntary workers from St. Francis Mission, but the Council
supply one health visitor every session and an assistant
medical officer every alternate week. The number of children
attending the centre during the year was 155, and the
total number of attendances, including mothers, was 994.
The Council do not make a grant towards the working of