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Child Welfare. 13
that they got it. Treatment does not mean incapacity for work.
The scheme for Surrey is, however, controlled by the Surrey
County Council, from Kingston.
The following letter was widely circulated in the district last
October:—
Venereal Diseases.
the barnes urban district council.
A conference will be held on Wednesday, the 31st October,
1917, at 8 p.m., at the Council House, High Street, Mortlake.
Sir Thomas Barlow, Bart., and Miss W. Cullis, D.Sc., from
the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases, will explain
the working of the Regulations of the Local Government Board for
the Prevention and Treatment of these Diseases, and indicate
generally how all interested in the welfare of our race can actively
assist in this desirable object.
Your presence at the conference will be appreciated, and you
will be helping in a great National Effort to combat diseases which
affect so seriously the national life, and are well-known causes of
in-efficiency in the home and industrial life and in the services.
A card of admission is enclosed which is hoped you will use
yourself or pass on to a friend ready to assist in so worthy an
undertaking.
As space will be restricted an early intimation of attendance
to the Medical Officer of Health would assist the organisers.
The Public Health Department,
Council Offices,
Mortlake, S.W. 14.
CHILD WELFARE.
Under the Notification of Births Extension Act, 1915, all
births must be notified to the Medical Officer of Health, and are
visited by the Health Visitors after the doctor or midwife in
attendance have ceased their visits.
The Mother and Child Welfare Centre receives mothers and
their children up to five years of age, and is attended by the doctor