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probably come into use during the Autumn. This
has been arranged for in conjunction with the
Surrey County Council.
A mothers' and infants' clinic is held at the
Council House weekly on Thursdays at 2.30 in the
afternoon. Dr. Hodge is the visiting Lady
Medical Officer of the Clinic, and Miss Leigh is
the part-time Health Visitor, giving three days
work per week within the District.
The work of the Clinic, besides the registration
of names and addresses and the weighing of
babies, includes advice to mothers and attention
to minor ailments for which medical assistance is
rarely if ever sought. The work is mainly preventive,
and infraction of the work of the medical
practitioner is carefully avoided. Voluntary
members of the Centre attend and help. The
infants are regularly weighed and results noted,
and advice is given on the feeding of both infants
and mothers. With the opening of larger and
more suitable premises, ante-natal help will be
taken up and expectant mothers invited for advice
and instruction.
The carrying out of the Milk (Mothers and
Children) Order, 1918, entails much more care and
work than in the preceding year and cases in
receipt of milk are always reported to the Health
Committee at their monthly meetings. Great
care is taken in order to be sure that only