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VENEREAL DISEASES CLINICS.
The County Council administers the Venereal Diseases Regulations
and participates in the London and Home Counties Scheme.
Under this arrangement, treatment is available at the Croydon
General Hospital and the principal London hospitals. The sessions
are numerous, and in some cases continuous, whilst many of these
institutions provide in-patient as well as out-patient treatment.
MATERNITY AND CHILD WELFARE.
Public Health Act. 1936—Section 203.

The total is 19 less than in 1936 and represents 95 per cent of
the live births registered during the year.
The Work of the Centres.
The most note-worthy feature of the Maternity and Child
Welfare Scheme during the year under review was the substantial
increase in the use made of the maternity clinics. The number
of women who attended for supervision rose from 297 in 1936
to 419, an increase of 40 per cent. The number of attendances
made by these women increased by more than 100 per cent, the
actual figures being 632 in 1936 and 1325 in 1937.
The number of women who attended the clinics represents
50 per cent of the total births notified during the year, which means
that very nearly half the expectant mothers in the district came
under the supervision of the Council's clinics. This very satisfactory
result was in a great measure due to the increased facilities
provided by the Council and reflects also great credit on the
Medical Officer of the clinics, the health visitors and the voluntary
helpers, all of whom constantly strive to make this service attractive
and helpful to the mothers of the district. It is a very encouraging
augury that the year which saw such increased activity in the
maternity clinics should be one without a maternal death.
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