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experienced in child care attend on a sessional basis. Behaviour problems,
feeding and other matters are attended to in reasonable privacy and arrangements
are made for immunisation and vaccination to be carried out.
Toddler Sessions are now operating in all Welfare Centres in the Area.
The periodic examination of children in the 2-5 age group ensures that
children who are not otherwise regularly examined receive a medical overhaul.
By this means defects are detected early and arrangements made for correction
or treatment. Signs of maladjustments are discussed with the parents in
order to restore the child to a mental and physical condition of well-being.
All the children attending the Toddler clinic at Mildura Court have been
tested with tuberculin jelly.
Out of 322 children two had been infected with tubercle,
The source of infection of these two children was traced to a person who
was already under treatment at the Chest Clinic