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In conclusion, I should like to bring before your notice, the
splendid service of the Health Visitors who have assisted me at the
Centre; especially Miss Clarke and Miss Piggott who have been
more intimately associated with this Centre.
Their invariable tact and gentleness, the thoroughness with
which they have carried out the work, and their kind co-operation
could not, in my opinion, have been improved upon.
I wish also to acknowledge my indebtedness to the members
of the staff of the hospital to which I have sent patients, and
especially to Dr. Hutchison and Dr. Horton-Smith-Hartley, who
have been most kind in seeing and advising in regard to patients
sent to them.
(Sgd.) Reginald Brown, M.R.C.S., &c.
20th January, 1918.
2. "All Souls," Clapton Park Infant Welfare Centre.
During 1917, 473 children have attended the Centre; of these
100 were at their first visit over one year of age. There have been
2,191 attendances in all. Some mothers bring the children regularly
every week or fortnight; other children, especially the older
ones, are only brought once to be examined as to their general
health, or on account of ailments such as scabies, impetigo,
otorrhaea, conjunctivitis, adenoids, enlarged glands, &c.
Such cases have been generally referred to the private practitioner
or to a hospital or occasionally to the Queen's nurses, who
have kindly taken them in hand.
I encourage breast-feeding in every possible case, attention
to the health of the mother, and the prescribing of lactagol or iron
has often rendered the continuance of lactation possible in difficult
cases. When breast milk is insufficient, I find the giving of a few
spoonfuls of dilute Nestle's milk or Glaxo after each natural meal,
better than alternative bottle-feeding, as the latter plan often leads
to complete artificial feeding. Of the 473 children, 185 have been