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Eleven mothers were evacuated under this scheme, the total
cost amounting to £299 4s. Od. of which £63 12s. 3d. was recovered.
Denial Treatment.
Dental treatment is available for children under school age, and
for nursing and expectant mothers. This Clinic continued without
interruption throughout the year.
Municipal Day Nursery.
The evacuated Nursery remained at Hindhead as a residential
Nursery. It was administered by the Surrey County Council on behalf
of the Wimbledon Borough Council. Nine children were admitted
from Wimbledon during 1945.
The War-time Nurseries in the nursery premises at All Saints
Road and Russell Road, continued to be well used during 1945.
There were sixty one and fifty seven children on the registers respectively
at the end of the year.
Public Health Act, 1936—Part VI.—Nursing Homes.
The Wimbledon Borough Council is responsible for the supervision
of nursing homes in Wimbledon. At the end of the year
there were eight registered nursing homes, including two for the
reception of maternity cases.
Twenty two visits of inspection were made.
Care of Premature Infants.
In June, 1944, the Council appointed Dr. G. H. Newns as Consulting
Paediatrician, and his services are available to all local practitioners
in respect of any infant up to the age of twelve months. During
1945 he was called in on six occasions.
The necessary special equipment suggested in Ministry of Health
Circular No.20/1944 is available on application to the Wimbledon
District Nursing and Midwifery Association, 28, King's Road,
Wimbledon.
Infestation by Head Lice.—Circular No. 2831.
The examination of the heads of children under the age of 5
years has been carried out as part of the Health Visitors' normal
duties both at the times of their visits to the homes and also in the
Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics. The standard of cleanliness
of children under 5 in Wimbledon has always been high.
It has been the practice of the Health Visitors, who also combine
the duties of School Nurses, to pay particular attention to the homes
of school children whose heads have been found to be dirty, and
where there are children under the age of 5 years in such homes their
condition of cleanliness is closely supervised in so far as the cooperation
of the parents can be obtained. In most cases the Health
Visitors are successful in obtaining the good will and assistance of the
parents.
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