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The question of the proper supervision of the mother
during the year following child birth is one of great
importance and one which unfortunately does not always
receive the attention which it deserves. A record is kept
;at the clinics of the health of each nursing mother and
during the year under consideration the attendances of
nursing mothers were 4182 in number.
A large number of children between 2 and 5 also
attend the ordinary clinics and the ideal certainly is to
have one mother attending one doctor with her whole
family. The numbers of toddlers on the register at the
ordinary centres during the year were as follows:—
Eustace Road 140
Wandsworth Bridge Road 172
Greyhound Road 135
The Committee were most anxious to make special
arrangements for these toddlers as it was found that
many mothers did not care to come with their toddlers
to the Infant Clinics and further it was realised that
there was a large addition to the toddler population of
the Borough in the new buildings erected by the Lewis
Trust in West Kensington. Accordingly a special
Toddlers' Clinic was started in February, 1928 and this
is proving most useful. There were 357 attendances,
these numbers being made up by transfers from infant
clinics and by entirely new patients.
As already stated the work of the centres is mainly
preventive and for the purpose of education on health
matters. A certain amount of treatment is, however,
carried out. The nature of the treatment will be seen
from the following figures for the year 1928:—
At 92, Greyhound Road.
Number of children who attended for
massage or treatment of minor
ailments 463
Number of attendances 1214
At the School Treatment Centre.
For operative treatment for enlarged
tonsils and adenoids 12
For visual defects
Number of mothers and children
treated 48