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Any mother may attend the P.M.C. Centres with her baby,
irrespective of whether she was confined by the P.M.C. midwives.
Special Features of this Centre. Health Talks are given
during the Antenatal Clinics to the expectant mothers; these are
given by a trained midwife. No other special classes are held.
(2) St. Luke's Centre, Tidal Basin.
A new Centre has been built in this district recently; it is
situated in one of the poorest and most congested areas of the
Borough, where there is great need for infant welfare work.
It is conducted on similar lines to the Chesterton House
Centre, being in charge of a trained nurse and midwife.
Antenatal Work. There is one antenatal session per week,
on Friday afternoons, a doctor being in attendance weekly, and,
here again, all the mothers who attend this Centre have
booked the P.M.C. midwives for confinement.
Infant Welfare Work. The Centre is open daily from 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m.; a doctor is present only on Tuesday afternoons each
week to see the infants and toddlers. At the other sessions the
mothers are interviewed by the Sister-in-charge or the trained
Staff Nurses, and the infants and children can then be weighed.
Health Talks. A class for expectant mothers is held once
weekly by one of the trained midwives.
(3) Martin Street Centre, Stratford.
This Centre, situated in a poor and over-crowded area, is the
smallest of the P.M.C. Centres. It is in charge of a trained
Sister, who is also a midwife, and is conducted on similar lines
to the two other Centres.
Antenatal Work and Infant Welfare Work. A combined
Antenatal and Infant Welfare Clinic is held once a week, on Tuesday
afternoons, a doctor being present weekly. Mothers and
babies can be seen by the Sister-in-charge any morning from
9.30—10 a.m.
Foods and Simple Medicines are sold as at the other centres.
B. Lees Hall Infant Welfare Centre, Barking Road.
This Centre is in charge of a Superintendent Nurse, who is
now helped in her clinic work by one of the Municipal Health Visitors.
They are assisted at the Clinics by the ladies of the Voluntary
Committee.
Antenatal Work. An Antenatal Clinic is held on alternate
Wednesday mornings at 10 a.m.; appointments are made by the
Nurse-in-charge for the expectant mothers to be examined by the
doctor, and a definite number of women is seen at each session,
Infant Welfare Work. Three sessions are held weeklyTuesdays
and Fridays at 1.30 p.m., when the infants and toddlers
are weighed and advice given to the mothers by the Nurses.
Wednesday, 1 p.m., a clinic is held for medical consultations
(Dr. J. Lorimer Hawthorne).
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