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they have had to form the habit of attending the branch
oentre.
Routine consultations have been held on Mondays and
Thursdays, having respectively two and one Medical Officer
in attendance. Attendances have been satisfactory when it
is remembered that at any branch centre a steady number of
children must be referred to the main oentre for various
purposes and varying lengths of time. One hundred and
eighteen children from Hereford Street attended for Sunlight
treatment at Cornwall Road, while ninety-six mothers
and infants were referred to the Breast Feeding Clinic;
also the majority of children receiving Milk grants, and
all children receiving Massage or Inhalation treatment
attend Cornwall Road. In fact the very success of these
other clinics implies a continuous withdrawal of a number
of children from Hereford Street.
The organisation of the work has been satisfactory
and an acknowledgment must be made to the staff for their
help and co-operation in ensuring the comfort of the
mothers while at the centre and eliminating waiting and
delay.
Thirty talks were given by the Superintendent Health
Visitor at the Monday clinic. These have been appreciated
and commented on by individual mothers. Model garments
for infants have been on view at each session, and although
for obvious reasons the sales have been small, the mothers
have been interested and encouraged to make similar clothes
for their own children.
Our thanks are due to the clergy of St. Matthew's for
their assistance in arranging the club room most conveniently
for the clinic and to those Councillors who have visited us
for their interest in the work.
TODDLERS' CLINIC.
The Toddlers' Clinic has been held at the Cornwall
Road Centre on Monday morning in each week and has
completed its first year of its existence. Letters of invitation
to attend have been sent to each district in weekly
rotation. The Superintendent Health Visitor and the Health
Visitor in charge of the district being on duty at the clinic.
Attendances have been small, but judging by the frequency
with which replies are received explaining inability to
attend, the invitations are appreciated by the parents.
The results of examination show that more than half of
the children required treatment of some kind. The biggest
groups were Dental Caries and Rickets. Sixty children had