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Dried milk is the only food sold at this Clinic.
Health Talks. Mondays, 2.30 p.m., Prenatal Care—Nurse.
Thursdays, 2.45 p.m., Infant Care—Nurse. Thursday, 2 p.m.,
Sewing Class. In addition, the Superintendent Nurse is in the
office daily from 4—5 p.m. (except Saturdays), when she will
advise any mother about herself or her baby.
C. Stratford Day Nursery, Welfare Road.
This Centre is in charge of a Superintendent Nurse.
Antenatal Work. No antenatal work: s done.
Infant Welfare Work. Three sessions are held weekly: on
Monday and Friday afternoons, at 1.30 p.m., the doctor (Dr.
Dorothea Brooks) is present; on Wednesday afternoons, the
Nurse-in-charge weighs the infants and children, and gives advice
to the mothers.
Dried milk preparations are sold at a cheap rate.
Medicines sold at the Centre include cod liver oil preparations
and certain simple drugs.
In addition there are three sessions per week for Artificial
Sunlight Treatment—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings—a
doctor being present on Monday mornings (Dr. Eva
Morton).
Health Talks. Health Talks are given to the Mothers on
Thursday afternoons—a separate session—by the Nurse-in-charge
(Miss Jermyn).
Sewing Class. The Sewing Class at this Centre is a special
attraction: it is held on Tuesday afternoons, and is conducted by
a qualified Sewing Teacher.
D. Trinity Mission Infant Welfare Centre, Oxford Road.
This Centre serves a congested, poor area of the Borough;
it is in charge of a trained Children's Nurse (Miss Butterworth)
with an assistant helper.
Antenatal Work. None.
Infant Welfare Work. Three sessions are held weekly: on
Monday afternoons the babies and children under 5 years may be
seen bv the Superintendent Nurse for weighing. On Wednesday
and Thursday afternoons a doctor is present for consultations
from 1.30—4 p.m. (Dr. Jean Smith).
Foods and drugs sold at the Centre include, as at the other
Centres, various dried milk and cod liver oil preparations.
The Centre is open daily (except Saturdays) for the sale of
food, from 9.30—10.30 a.m.
Health Talks. Talks are given on Tuesdays from 2—4 p.m.
by Lecturers from various Health and other Societies,
Sewing Class, Friday, 2—4 p.m.; a special teacher is present
to conduct this Class.
Home Nursing Classes for mothers are occasionally given for
short periods by Dr. Jean Smith.
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