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Ante-Natal Attendances.— The large increase- under the
latter heading is due to the number of patients attending the
Ante-Natal Clinic at the Maternity Home. The percentages,
for the past six years have been as follows:—
1935 ... 65.7 1932 ... 22.9
1934 ... 44.1 1931 ... 16.5
1933 ... 25.6 1930 ... 16.7
The numbers do not represent the total amount of antenatal
care which is given, because of the number of mothers
receiving ante-natal care from their private doctors and from
the institutions in which they are confined, both within and
without the area.
Post-Natal Attendances.—280 mothers made 580 postnatal
attendances, a percentage of 17.1 of the total notified!
births (live and still).
The totals include five sessions per month provided by
the Public Health Committee, at which 11 mothers made 23
ante- and post-natal attendances.
Nursery School and Classes.— Apart from the children at
the Nursery School, 484 children born in 1931/32 (i.e., under
5 years of age) were on the School Registers on 31st December,.
1935.
6. ASSISTED MILK SCHEME.
Milk is supplied under this scheme to expectant and nursing
mothers and to children under three years of age. It is not a.
condition that the applicants should attend the Welfare Centres„
although, in practice, many do so.
Applications are made on special forms which give particulars
of income and rent and are scrutinised each week by
lady members of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
who attend in rotation.
Milk may be either granted free or at reduced cost, and the
following shows the amount and approximate cost of milk
granted by the Committee during 1935:—
Number of applications during 1935 ... 6,051
Number of families assisted ... ... 1,047
Of the 6,051 applications, approximately 47 per cent. were
from families where the father was unemployed.