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15
Clinic Activities
During the year the ante-natal clinics steadily became more
and more crowded and it was found essential to increase the
number of sessions from 6 to 8 per month.
Infant Welfare Clinics were becoming overcrowded and
arrangements were made to hold a weekly session at St. Winifred's
Church Hall. This session is very much appreciated by the
residents of Kew and has done something to ease the strain at
Windham Road.
There is a case for at least one weekly session located in
the neighbourhood of Richmond Hill. During the year efforts
were made to find suitable accommodation, but these were
unsuccessful. Such a clinic would again ease the strain at Windham
Road which is most desirable, and would be a great advantage
to parents living in the area indicated.
A Creche was opened at the Health Centre on one afternoon
each week. Twenty children under the age of five are cared for
from 2 until 6 p.m., thus allowing the mothers an afternoon of
freedom. A tea meal is provided and a small charge is made.
It is supervised by one Health Visitor and a number of voluntary
workers.
A "Sitters-In" Service was started and organised by a voluntary
committee with Mrs. M. A. Toms of 4 Lawn Crescent,
Kew Gardens, as chairman, and a panel of Sitters-In exists who
will take care of the home and the children while the parents
go out in the evening.