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risk" is notified to this Department and all workers concerned
are kept informed.
Several case conferences with similar attendances have been
held at local hospitals to ensure the safety of a child in-patient in
this category and to provide assistance for its parents in instances
presenting particularly difficult problems.
We were grateful to Dr. David Morris, paediatrician at the
Brook Hospital, who invited Borough staff to a meeting he
arranged at which a large audience was addressed by Professor
Kempe of the University of Colorado, an acknowledged international
authority on the problem of the "battered baby" and its
family.
Deaf Register (Including Partially Hearing)
There was little change in the number of deaf and partially
hearing children on the register at 31st December, 1970. There
was, however, a slightly higher proportion of these provided with
hearing aids.
In the future, figures in relation to the deaf and partially hearing
will form part of the Observation/Handicapped Children's Register
and statistics as given below will be discontinued.

Selected deaf school leavers are introduced to social workers
(Welfare Services) if they are in need of assistance for employment
and for other special problems which can arise in the lives of
handicapped people at this milestone in their lives.
Home Nursing
Despite an increase in new patients by 85 to a total of
4,232, the current year showed a decline of 8,381 to 209,014 in
visits undertaken by the District Nurses. Referrals of new patients
from general practitioners rose by 124 while those from clinics,
hospitals, geriatric visitors and district nursing services fell by 39.
A number of causes contributed to the decrease in visits, namely
a slight reduction in the population; a fairly mild winter with no