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INTRODUCTION.
Medical Officer's Department,
Town Hall, Tottenham, N.15.
To the Chairman and other Members of the
Maternity and Child Welfare Committee.
April, 1926.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The year to which this report relates has been marked by incidents,
amongst which the following are worthy of record:—
The first International Congress on Child Welfare was held at Geneva
in August. Your Medical Officer was privileged to attend, and presented
a paper on "The Education of Public Opinion in matters relating to
Child Welfare." A comprehensive report upon the proceedings at
Geneva engaged your Committee's attention.
The Town Hall Centre was established and furnished, and forms a
very useful addition to your Committee's equipment.
An arrangement was entered into with the Prince of Wales's Hospital
for the treatment of children under 5 years of age.
In October last, Grade A "Tuberculin Tested" Milk was substituted
for the ordinary Milk supplied to necessitous mothers and children under
the provisions of the Maternity and Child Welfare Act, 1918, and
Pamphlet M. and C. W. 4.
Likewise, Grade A "Tuberculin Tested" Milk was substituted for
the ordinary Milk supplied at the Crèche.
During the summer holiday period of 1925, the Crèche was kept open
for the reception of children whose mothers were at work. The attendance
justified the experiment.
The usefulness of the Open-Air Shelter at the Crèche was added to
by a water supply being laid on.
Two Crèche children were awarded £5 each in the Empire's Mother
and Baby Competition, held at Wembley, and organised by the National
Baby Week Council.