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The following information, relating to maternity and nursing homes in Southall,
has been supplied by the County Medical Officer:—
Table G.
Total number of registered nursing homes in Southall 2
Total accommodation (No. of beds) 27
Number of deletions during the year 1944 Nil
Number of additional applications re registration during the year 1944 Nil
Number so registered Nil
Refusals or cancellations of registration Nil
Number of applications for exemption of registration Nil
Result of such applications Nil
Grants of Milk.
Under the Ministry of Food scheme, expectant mothers, nursing mothers, and
children under five years of age, are supplied with dried milk or liquid milk, free or at 2d.
a pint, according to income. Babies requiring special feeding, i.e., Cow & Gate, or Ostermilk
instead of National Dried Milk, were supplied through the Council's clinics. National
Cod Liver Oil, Orange Juice and Vitamin tablets are also supplied under the Ministry of
Food scheme, and can be obtained at the clinics during the usual clinic session hours.
There were 90 applications granted during the year, as follows:—
Table H.
Cow's milk
free
Cow's milk
at 50% cost
Dried milk
free
Dried milk
at 50% cost
1944
—
—
85
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Dental Treatment.
By arrangement between this Council and the County Education Authority, expectant
and nursing mothers and children under five years of age attending the Maternity
and Child Welfare Centres are enabled to have dental treatment and advice, including
if necessary the provisions of dentures.
The increase in this figure is encouraging as it shows that a larger number of mothers
are realising the value of dental treatment for themselves and the desirability of dental
inspection for younger children. In the past it has been difficult to obtain co-operation
from mothers with regard to the examination and the care of milk teeth as they considered
that temporary teeth are bound to be lost in the course of nature, and did not require special
care and attention.
(For statistics of dental treatment see Appendix, Table XXL The figures show a
grand total of 709 attendances, compared with 648 for 1943.)
Wartime Day Nurseries.
The three day Nurseries already functioning were filled during the year, and in
November a fourth day Nursery was opened in the Municipal Sports Ground. This
Nursery was again of the fifty-place pre-fabricated type, and by the end of the year a good
proportion of the children's places were taken.
Civil Defence auxiliaries and other voluntary workers gave a considerable amount
of help in each of our Wartime Nurseries which was much appreciated, and the attendance
of girls from schools in their spare time was of value, not only to the Nurseries but for
their own education in health and mothercraft. There is no doubt now that these Wartime
Nurseries are of immense value as second homes for young children whose own homes are
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