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Maternity and Child Welfare.
Maternity and Child Welfare Centres.
There are now 12 Infant Welfare Centres in the Borough.
They are voluntary institutions administered by the Committees
of the Centres who work in close co-operation with the Maternity
and Child Welfare Committee of the Council. The Council pay
75 per cent. of the approved expenditure of each Centre.
Each Centre has a Medical Officer, who attends at each
Infant or Ante-Natal Clinic, together with a trained Superintendent
who visits the homes of children and expectant mothers in
addition to her duties at the clinics. As already mentioned one
of the Council's Health Visitors now acts as Superintendent in
six of the Centres.
The voluntary workers at all the Centres continue to render
valuable assistance at the sessions and carry out all the work
connected with the keeping of records, and the purchase and sale
of food, drugs and clothing. They do no visiting.
The following is a list of the Welfare Centres in the Borough
together with the hours at which the clinics are held :—