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Twenty-eight other midwives resident in the district declared their
intention to practise in 1947. Of these, 17 were on the staff of the
St. Helier Hospital, 4 on the staff of the War Memorial Hospital, 4 were
District Nursing Association Midwives, and one a County Council
Midwife.
Voluntary Helpers.
The Scheme had the benefit of the services of ten voluntary
helpers who regularly attended the welfare clinics throughout the year.
As this report covers the last complete year during which the
District Council was responsible for the Maternity and Child Welfare
Scheme, the occasion should not pass without appropriate acknowledgment
being made of the great amount of time and effort which these
public spirited ladies have so willingly given in the interests of the
mothers and children of the district. With unfailing regularity they
have helped with the conduct of the clinics year by year and, in the
case of Mrs. Champness and Mrs. Claxton, over a period of nearly
thirty years.
The notable success which, since its inception, the maternity
and child welfare scheme has achieved under the aegis of the District
Council has, in no small measure, been due to the willing service of
the voluntary helpers. The ladies who helped at the welfare centres
were as follows :—
Rochester Road Clinic: Mesdames Champness, Claxton, Jennings
and Nicholls.
Stanley Road Clinic: Mesdames Bonney, Riley, Wedgbury.
Wrythe Lane Clinic: Mrs. Slowgrove.
The Mount Clinic: Mesdames Abrahams and Collins.
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