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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
In addition to the above, 45 inspections of Creches were made,
36 visits were paid to homes of various kinds, three open-air schools
were seen, and 85 attendances were made at the Committees in
connection with the Infant Welfare Centres, the Creches, and the
Invalid Children's Aid Association by the Health Visitors.
Numerous health talks were given by the Health Visitors during
the year, and the following is a list of the subjects dealt with:—
Subjects of "Talks" given to Mothers at the Centres.
Baby clothes.
Best food for Britons.
Breast feeding.
Care of the body.
Care of the feet.
Care of the teeth, eyes, nose, and
throat.
Childhood insurance.
Chicken-pox and mumps.
Clothing of infants and young
children.
Common ailments.
Convulsions.
Cleanliness of person, clothes, and
surroundings.
Day nurseries.
Early symptons of infectious disease
Feeding of children from nine months
to three years of age.
First aid at home.
Flies.
Food substitutes.
Food values.
General hygiene.
Habits and need for early training.
Hay-box cooking.
Hand-feeding.
Housing.
How infectious diseases are spread.
How to wash woollen garments.
Hygiene of pregnancy.
Indigestion in infants.
Infection and disinfection.
Influenza.
Infantile diarrhœa.
Labour-saving devices.
Measles.
Open-air schools.
Ophthalmia neonatorum.
Rashes a baby can have.
Rickets : How caused.
Skin, The.
Sunshine and fresh air.
Superstitions of lying-in period ;
need for proper nourishment.
Tonsils and adenoids.
Tuberculosis.
Vaccination.
Vermin of all sorts : how to get rid
of them.
Whooping cough.
National Kitchens.
Organisations in this Borough to
help mothers and children.
Work of Welfare Centres and how
they help mothers.
What did each mother do to practice
economy in War-time ?
The following is a list of the Infant Welfare Centres in the
Borough, with hours of attendance:—