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As a result the work has proceeded on the same lines as hitherto.
At Douglas Road a Mothers' Committee has been active during
the year. Sewing meetings have been held; maternity bags with
complete outfits were provided for the use of the poorer members.
The Committee granted the sum of £2 towards the original purchase
of material.
In order to assist the Mothers Committee in dealing with
necessitous cases the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee
agreed to provide a fund which contributes towards the various
activities in equal shares by an addition of 1d. per packet on purchase
prices of dried milk sold at the Clinics.
Towards the end of the year, as a result of an address given to
the fathers of the children attending the Douglas Eoad Clinic, a
Fathers' Committee was formed to see in what way they could
assist the more necessitous cases attending the Clinic.
In November I was instructed to report on the desirability of
the purchase of apparatus for affording sun-ray treatment, the report
to deal particularly with—
(a) Types of apparatus and their cost.
(b) Accommodation for apparatus.
(c) Maintenance and attendance; and
(d) Arguments for and against sun-ray treatment.
The arrangements with chemists for the dispensing of prescriptions
on terms similar to those under the National Insurance Act,
have been continued.
In addition to the Infant Welfare Centre an Ante-Natal Clinic
was held on the first Monday in the month at the Council House,
and the attendance is steadily growing.
There are possibilities that something can be done to replace
satisfactorily the premises used for the Infant Welfare Clinic at
Isleworth. There is no possibility of any instructive work so long
as we are restricted to the present unsatisfactory premises.
I am as convinced as ever of the value of a Consulting Obstetrician
in the District. It has been urged and will be urged that if a