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Summary of the work carried out during 1937 is as under :—
(1) Children invited at age of 3 1,171
(Net number, after deducting returned letters, &c.)
(2) Children who attended—
(a) Invited (31·4 per cent.) 368
(b) Uninvited (various ages) 16
384
(3) Number of sessions 48
(4) Attendances (first 384; subsequent 30) 414
(5) Average per session (first 8·0; subsequent ·6) 8·6
(6) Children who had not previously attended a centre
(26·3 per cent.) 101
(7) Referred elsewhere for treatment, including dental
treatment (40·1 per cent.) 154
(8) (a) Advised to attend Schick clinic 307
(b) Did so (17·6 per cent.) 54
(9) Recommended for grant of milk 19
Result of Medical Inspection.
Nutrition—normal 357
poor 27
Defective teeth 101
Enlarged tonsils and adenoids 55
Enlarged glands 10
Eye defects (a) squint 9
(b) infective 2
Otorrhœa 1
Skin conditions 27
Knock knee 38
Heart (organic 2: functional 6) 8
Lung defects 19
Nervous defects 8
Phimosis 21
Eneurisis 15
Hernia (a) umbilical 1
(b) inguinal 1
Acute tonsillitis 3
Evidence of past rickets 28
Naevus 8
Miscellaneous deformities 6
Child Life Protection.
The statutory provisions relating to infant life protection,
so far as London is concerned, are now embodied in the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936.
Foster mothers and the children in their care were visited
throughout the year by the health visiting staff, who have been
appointed by the Council as Infant Life Protection visitors. The
number of visits paid by them in 1937 to foster mothers and
children was 985.