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Maternity and Child Welfare. 71
MOTHERCRAFT AND FATHERCRAFT COMPETITIONS.
For some years several of the Infant Welfare Centres have
been entering for the National Competitions in Mothercraft,
and several successes have been obtained. As there are now
11 Centres in Wandsworth it was decided in 1926 to institute
an annual competition among the Centres in the Borough,
with the object of fostering increased interest in the important
educational work which is being carried out at the Centres.
Alderman G. F. Doland, O.B.E., J.P., who was then Chairman
of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee of the Council,
presented a challenge shield which will be held in rotation by
the Centre winning the competition each year.
A syllabus of classes for the competition was drawn up
by a Committee of ladies from the Federation of Infant Welfare
Centres in the Borough. The parents of children attending the
Centres compete by entering in some of these classes, and the
best entries at each Centre are chosen to represent that Centre
in the Shield Competition.
The first Competition for the Borough Shield was held
in the Town Hall on the 2nd July, 1928.
The syllabus which consisted of ten classes, for six of which
each competing Centre could enter, was as follows:—
Class 1. Compulsory.
(a.) A syllabus of the Health Talks given over a period
of three consecutive months in 1927.
(b.) An account of any activities at the Centre.
(c.) A paper on Mothercraft written by a parent attending
the Welfare Centre.
Not more than five entries out of the following classes can
be sent in by any one centre.
Class 2. Needlework.
Make a sleeping suit to fit a child of from 1-5 years, out of
flannel bought at the clothing stall.