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Notification of Births.
Number of live births notified during the year 1242
Number of still births notified 30
Notified by midwives 725
Notified by parents or doctors 547
No special measures exist for dealing with unmarried1 mothers
or illegitimate children of such, but cases not wholly destitute have
derived benefit through the Council's scheme for grants of food and
milk.
VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES AND HELPERS.
I feel I must pay a special tribute and record my very grateful
thanks to Dr. Sydney Owen, the Physician in charge of the
Children's Department of the West London Hospital.
His assistance in cases of difficulty and the careful painstaking
and illuminating reports which he has furnished on these
cases, are such as I have never come across in my experience elsewhere.
I only wish it were possible to retain Dr. Owen's services as
a Consultant to our scheme, at some fee which would in some little
way recompense him for the infinite pains he takes with cases that
are sent from our district.
Apart from this, in cases requiring admission, wherever it
can be done, I can always rely on Dr. Owen doing his best in the
circumstances.
The Isleworth Nursing Association and the Osterley North
Hounslow and Heston Nursing Association are the only Voluntary
Societies in direct contact with the Council's Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme.
Special mention must be made of the services rendered at the
Welfare Clinics by Miss Ankritt (who was a co-opted member of
the Committee), Mrs. Goff, Mrs. Hogg, Mrs. Griffin, Mrs. Griffiths,
Mrs. Killick, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Davies, Mrs. Bergin,