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foods. When necessary Lactagol is prescribed. I should like
to arrange for periodical examinations of the milk of nursingmothers
wihen the infant does not thrive satisfactorily. The bottle
baby is regulated with regard to quantity of food week by week.
In most cases, babies are put on four-hour meals about the fourth
month; but no hard and' fast line is drawn. The attendance at
each Centre, People's Hall, Leytonstone, and Town Hall, Leyton,
is about the same. At Leyton 704 cases have been seen from
May till December, the average attendance being 30 an afternoon.
Mrs. Haslop who, whilst a voluntary worker, is a
trained nurse, weighs the babies, which is a very important part
oif the Clinic.
The Ante-Natal Clinic is held on Tuesday mornings at the
People's Hall. With the collaboration of Sister Alice, this
Centre promises to be a very important part of the work on behalf
of mothers and baibies. We have frequently five or six cases,
which is about as many as can be dealt with in the morning, and
arrangements are being made to provide classes for expectant
mothers in sewing, etc. Average attendance, 3-4. Number of
women on register, 30.
I should like to express my appreciation of the invaluable
assistance rendered to the Clinics by Miss Lister, Sister Alice and
the voluntary workers connected with the Leyton Health Society,
who help with the tea and the distribution of dried milk, etc.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
No case of Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, Typhus or Dysentery
has been notified during the year.
There has been since March, 1913, no provision for the isolation
in hospital of cases of Smallpox occurring in Leyton.
SMALLPOX.
In November a letter was received from the Clerk to the
Essex County Council intimating that the Public Health and