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# ANTE-NATAL AND INFANT WELFARE WORK.
270. The ante-natal and infant welfare centres in the Colony are:-
The Government Infant Welfare Centre, Wanchai.
The Tung Wah Hospital Centre.
The Tsan Yuk Hospital Centre.
The Alice Memorial Hospital Centre.
The Military Centre.
271. Infants are of course seen and treated at all hospitals both as inpatients and outpatients and at all the Chinese Public Dispensaries.
272. With regard to the New Territories, Government has made provision for infant welfare at the two Government Dispensaries. The Government Travelling Dispensary which stops at road-side villages dispenses advice and medicines free. Two new Government Centres were in course of erection during the year, one the Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre near Ko Tung, the other the Ruttonjee Dispensary at Sham Tseng.
273. The St. John Ambulance Brigade have established ten centres in the New Territories where infants and mothers can receive treatment.
## THE GOVERNMENT INFANT WELFARE CENTRE.
274. This centre, which is the first established by Government, occupies the ground floors of two adjacent shop houses which were rented for the purpose. It is situated at the eastern end of Victoria in the area lately reclaimed from the sea in the district of Wanchai.
275. The premises consist of a waiting room communicating by a door in the party wall with the demonstration room, the front part of the latter being partitioned off to form a small consulting room; the remaining small rooms comprise the creche, the dispensary, and the amah's quarters.
276. The staff consists of one Lady Medical Officer, one Chinese nurse, one interpreter, one dispenser, and one amah. In addition, the centre has had valuable assistance from a number of voluntary workers whose help has been greatly appreciated.
277. The Centre was opened to the public on the 25th of April 1932. From its inception, the attendances increased daily. The following table shows the monthly attendance figures.