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1,580 consultations with the Medical Officer are recorded.
Dr. Porter states that a feature of this year's work has been the
special difficulties in which mothers are placed as a result of the
prevailing unemployment: in many cases the supply of maternal
milk has failed through malnutrition, and in many more the cost
of bottle feeding has resulted in an inadequate or unsuitable supply
of food. (A similar state of affairs was reported by Dr. Laughton
at the close of last year at Hackney Mothers' and Babies'
Welfare Centre.)
(4). NORTHWOLD ROAD. (Dr. D. B. Gere).
Number of times Centre open 44
Number of primary cases brought to Centre 519
Number of repeated visits to Centre 3,215
Total attendances 3,734
Total attendances of infants under 1 year 2,534
Total attendances of children over 1 year 1,200
Dr. Gere gives the following description of the methods employed
at this Centre:—
1. Breast feeding is always strongly encouraged, and many
cases which had been weaned in the early months for insufficient
reason, have been got back to breast-feeding or mixed feeding,
even after a lapse of several weeks.
2. Where artificial feeding is unavoidable, most cases are
now put on to dried (Cow and Gate) milk, made up with Marylebone
cream and sugar to human milk standard.
3. Instruction is given to mothers at the Centre on infant
management.
4. A large number of cases of chronic otorrhœa have been
seen and sent to their own doctor or hospitals, or treatment
ordered which is carried out at their own homes by Queen's
Nurses. (Dr. Gere states that it would be of great advantage