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enlarged tonsils, but only twenty-five required treatment,
the remaining thirty-five children being quite untroubled by
them. The problem of child management frequently recurred,
thirty-three children being found who had insufficient
sleep, sixteen children had insufficient fresh air and exercise
while a similar number had symptoms of marked nervous
tension. These mismanaged children not only come from
crowded homes with overburdened mothers where the
problem is difficult to solve, but also from good homes with
over-anxious mothers. The height and nutrition of the
majority of the children was satisfactory and their resistance
to serious illness, judged by their previous history, apparently
good.
Records are as follows:—
Sessions 40
Children inspected 213; Children treated 155 Total 368.
Average attendance per session 9.2

MATERNITY CLINIC (CORNWALL ROAD).
This is open every Wednesday and Thursday,
morning, and during 1932 the special post-natal session
on Monday after being altered from weekly to monthly
was finally discontinued owing to the falling off in
attendance
Particulars of attendances:
Expectant Mothers—First visits 372
,, „ —Subsequent visits 703
Mothers recently confined—First visits 139
,, ,, „ —Subsequent visits 59
Total.
1,075
198