At one time, however, the Centre provided assistance to patients delivered at home, in the shape of a working housekeeper to discharge the mother’s household duties while she remained in bed the necessary length of time after the baby was born, or in some cases, while she took much needed rest during the latter part of pregnancy. For this purpose the nurses had a list of women who were good housekeepers and clean workers and whose own children were partly grown. These women were glad of an opportunity to do part time work and earn a little extra money. They were paid thirty cents an hour, twenty-five cents for lunch and whatever their carfare amounted to, the patient paying whatever she could afford toward the fund, provided by the Women’s City Club, from which these working housekeepers were paid. This service, which in no wise replaced the nurse’s care, has been temporarily discontinued because of lack of funds, but proved to be so valuable that it will be resumed as soon as possible. Supervisory postnatal visits are paid to patients, not under the care of the visiting nurse service, who have been under Maternity Centre Association care during pregnancy, as well as to those who have not had this care but are referred to the Centre, by hospitals, upon their discharge. The nurse first visits to satisfy herself that the mother is able to care for her baby and to give any instructions that seem to be necessary. She then visits the patient, or the patient visits the nurse, when she is able, until the baby is a month old, when she is urged to register the baby at a baby health station. The importance and value of birth-registration is explained to the mother and the nurse endeavors to have a copy of a birth certificate in the mother’s hands before the case is dismissed. The importance of post-partum examinations, not later than six weeks after delivery, is also impressed upon the patient. Patients who are not to be examined by the doctors who delivered them are given a post-partum examination by a doctor at the Maternity Centre, to make sure that they are dismissed in good condition, or are referred to the proper agency for further care, this being the first step in prenatal care for the next baby. Is all of this elaborate organization and detailed care worth while? A recent statement issued by the Maternity Centre Association replies convincingly that it is. It says that during 1920 among women in the Borough of Manhattan not under Maternity Centre supervision: 1. One mother died for every 205 babies born. (One out of 14 for the rest of the country.) 2. One out of every 26 babies born, died under one month of age. 3. One out of every 21 babies was born dead. Whereas, among women in Manhattan who were supervised by the Association, during the same period: 1. One mother died for every 500 babies born. 2. One out of every 51 babies born, died under one month of age. 3. One out of every 42 babies was born dead.